Why am I getting error "No valid versions available for undefined" while installing create-react-app

Sometimes this can happen when you are using a private NPM registry / proxy registry and it has corrupted metadata. I've seen this happen with Sonatype Nexus 3 - there were corresponding error messages in the server logs.

I had this issue this morning, and my solution was to click on the log file.

It showed me this:

2992 verbose type range 2993 verbose stack Error: No valid versions available for undefined 2993 verbose stack at pickManifest (C:\Program Files\choco\nodejs-14\14.17.1.2108041435\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-pick-manifest\index.js:39:11) 2993 verbose stack ...etc... 

So, I opened the file which threw the exception:

C:\Program Files\choco\nodejs-14\14.17.1.2108041435\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-pick-manifest\index.js

and changed line 39 from:

err = new Error(`No valid versions available for ${packument.name}`) 

to

err = new Error(`No valid versions available for ${JSON.stringify(packument)}`) 

I then re-ran "npm install", and this time, it showed the cause of the problem (I've split the one line into several lines, for readability):

npm ERR! No valid versions available for { "dist-tags":{}, "versions":{}, "success":false, "time":{ "created":"2023-05-15T20:42:01.119Z", "modified":"2023-05-15T20:48:12.712Z" }, "error":"Failed to stream response due to: Missing blob for crypto-js. Unable to check remote crypto-js for retrieving latest copy.", "_cached":true, "_contentLength":0 } 

So, this shows me that the cause of the problem is the package:

"crypto-js": "^4.1.1", 

So, I needed to grab one of the valid versions from:

https://www.npmjs.com/package/crypto-js?activeTab=versions

You can also see why the error message was so hopeless.

Error: No valid versions available for undefined 

Line 39 was attempting to display "name" from this error record, but there was no such field.

Are you sure you have the right Node version? Try updating NodeJS or try running: npx create-react-app my-app

For me this error came up because I had a version number that did not exist for a package I wanted.

My issue was similar to yours:

14.93 npm error code ENOVERSIONS 14.93 npm error No versions available for @anycompany/middleware-utils-log 14.94 npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: /root/.npm/_logs/2025-12-02T19_17_10_990Z-debug-0.log 

Anyone still having issues like this should check deep down the package dependencies you are using.
I am talking dependencies of dependencies of... and so on.
This is why you should clear all node_modules and package-locks involved, then install dependencies again, it is the fastest way to fix.
This is not related to cache or node versions.

you should check this out issue.

If the problem still exist, please check your versions with this:

npm -v node -v