From 33a4a76364f65495cab5c3e65c43302237c3312f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Leo Vasanko <git@vasanko.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2026 02:03:10 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Skip npm's security audit on install (registry endpoint
 stalls for minutes)

---
 frontend/.gitignore | 3 +++
 frontend/.npmrc     | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 frontend/.npmrc

diff --git a/frontend/.gitignore b/frontend/.gitignore
index cb5d437..3e6420a 100644
--- a/frontend/.gitignore
+++ b/frontend/.gitignore
@@ -37,3 +37,6 @@ __screenshots__/
 
 # Playwright browser downloads (if ever installed locally)
 .pw-browsers/
+
+# npm project config (audit/fund off: the audit endpoint stalls installs)
+!.npmrc
diff --git a/frontend/.npmrc b/frontend/.npmrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09b35cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/.npmrc
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+audit=false
+fund=false