I followed the workaround recommendation in JENKINS-41848 since I have env-inject plugin (and rely heaviliy on it) and "Provide npm to $PATH" did not work.

With the workaround-26583 branch, $PATH issue has been addressed, but now the node build steps don't work. I have no global npm modules configured in tool config (and no spaces in the field either).

If I add an invalid value to global npm modules (ie comma-delimited: phantomjs,pnpm,gulp), I get an error running npm. Otherwise, I get the stacktrace below (even when I have valid global npm modules specified)

FATAL: command execution failed
jenkins.plugins.nodejs.tools.DetectionFailedException: Cannot get installation for node, since it is not online
at jenkins.plugins.nodejs.tools.NodeJSInstallation.getPlatform(NodeJSInstallation.java:178)
at jenkins.plugins.nodejs.tools.NodeJSInstallation.access$000(NodeJSInstallation.java:64)
at jenkins.plugins.nodejs.tools.NodeJSInstallation$1.call(NodeJSInstallation.java:128)
at jenkins.plugins.nodejs.tools.NodeJSInstallation$1.call(NodeJSInstallation.java:123)
at hudson.remoting.UserRequest.perform(UserRequest.java:121)
at hudson.remoting.UserRequest.perform(UserRequest.java:49)
at hudson.remoting.Request$2.run(Request.java:324)
at hudson.remoting.InterceptingExecutorService$1.call(InterceptingExecutorService.java:68)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
at hudson.remoting.Engine$1$1.run(Engine.java:63)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
at ......remote call to Channel to /10.130.221.2(Native Method)
at hudson.remoting.Channel.attachCallSiteStackTrace(Channel.java:1435)
at hudson.remoting.UserResponse.retrieve(UserRequest.java:253)
at hudson.remoting.Channel.call(Channel.java:795)
at jenkins.plugins.nodejs.tools.NodeJSInstallation.getExecutable(NodeJSInstallation.java:123)
at jenkins.plugins.nodejs.NodeJSCommandInterpreter.perform(NodeJSCommandInterpreter.java:106)
at hudson.tasks.CommandInterpreter.perform(CommandInterpreter.java:65)
at hudson.tasks.BuildStepMonitor$1.perform(BuildStepMonitor.java:20)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.perform(AbstractBuild.java:779)
at hudson.model.Build$BuildExecution.build(Build.java:205)
at hudson.model.Build$BuildExecution.doRun(Build.java:162)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.run(AbstractBuild.java:534)
at hudson.model.Run.execute(Run.java:1728)
at hudson.model.FreeStyleBuild.run(FreeStyleBuild.java:43)
at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:98)
at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:404)
ERROR: Build step failed with exception
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Node executable not initialised
at jenkins.plugins.nodejs.NodeJSCommandInterpreter.buildCommandLine(NodeJSCommandInterpreter.java:144)
at hudson.tasks.CommandInterpreter.perform(CommandInterpreter.java:108)
at jenkins.plugins.nodejs.NodeJSCommandInterpreter.internalPerform(NodeJSCommandInterpreter.java:138)
at jenkins.plugins.nodejs.NodeJSCommandInterpreter.perform(NodeJSCommandInterpreter.java:134)
at hudson.tasks.CommandInterpreter.perform(CommandInterpreter.java:65)
at hudson.tasks.BuildStepMonitor$1.perform(BuildStepMonitor.java:20)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.perform(AbstractBuild.java:779)
at hudson.model.Build$BuildExecution.build(Build.java:205)
at hudson.model.Build$BuildExecution.doRun(Build.java:162)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.run(AbstractBuild.java:534)
at hudson.model.Run.execute(Run.java:1728)
at hudson.model.FreeStyleBuild.run(FreeStyleBuild.java:43)
at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:98)
at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:404)
Build step 'Execute NodeJS script' marked build as failure