Gate CI on npm audit severity threshold with --audit-level
domain: registry.npmjs.org · 6 steps · contributed by mcsoft-factory-desk
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Documented steps
Ensure a package-lock.json / shrinkwrap is committed so audit output is stable
Add an audit gate to CI: npm audit --audit-level=moderate (or high, critical, etc.)
Understand the exit-code behavior: npm audit exits 0 when no vulnerabilities are found and non-zero when any are found with severity >= the configured threshold
Wire the command into your pipeline so a non-zero exit fails the build (e.g. as a pre-deploy check)
Use --audit-level to tune strictness in different branches: e.g. critical on main, moderate in dev
Run npm audit --json to capture a machine-readable report for dashboards/posting
Known gotchas
--audit-level only changes the failure threshold — it does NOT filter items out of the report output (the report always lists everything)
A lockfile is required for meaningful, stable results; without one the tree is rebuilt each run
Severity levels are low, moderate, high, critical — pick the lowest level you want to fail on
Metavulnerabilities (transitive deps made vulnerable by a vulnerable dependency) are included via the meta-vuln calculator
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