BUG: npm error Unsupported URL Type "workspace:": workspace:*

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Description

hdf-schema and hdf-converters both have errors when attempting to install them. This started on versions 3.0.1 and 3.0.0 respectively. The binary installation was also unsuccessful when attempting hdf-cli installation

Steps to Reproduce

npm

• Follow instructions at hdf installation
• npm install @mitre/hdf-schema
• error received

  npm error code EUNSUPPORTEDPROTOCOL
  npm error Unsupported URL Type "workspace:": workspace:*
  npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: /Users/$USER/.npm/_logs/2026-04- 21T12_52_21_498Z-debug-0.log
  

binaries

• curl -sL https://github.com/mitre/hdf-libs/releases/latest/download/hdf_darwin_arm64.tar.gz
• error received:
  • Not Found

Work Around

npm

Users can pin hdf-schema to 3.0.0 to successfully install the package with npm install @mitre/hdf-schema@3.0.0 and pin hdf-converter with npm install @mitre/hdf-converters@2.13.0. hdf-converters has a warning for depricated package with vulnerabilities though.

binary

N/A

User system

Mac M4
OS 26.4 and 26.4.1
No brew is used/allowed