[BUG] NPM fails when trying to install gulp CLI 2.3.0 in restricted environment

[sunnynagavo]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

This issue exists in the latest npm version

• I am using the latest npm

Current Behavior

I have the following task in my ADO pipeline and we are trying to restrict access to outside public repos.

• task: Npm@1
  displayName: 'Install Gulp CLI Globally'
  inputs:
  command: custom
  customCommand: 'install -g [email protected]

I have npmrc file where I specified to use the local feed as registry, even then it tries to connect to registry.npmjs.org and I dont know why ?

error details:
npm error network request to https://registry.npmjs.org/gulp-cli failed, reason: Client network socket disconnected before secure TLS connection was established
npm error network This is a problem related to network connectivity.

Expected Behavior

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Steps To Reproduce

running install -g [email protected]

Environment

• npm: 10.7.0
• Node.js: v18.20.4
• OS Name:
• System Model Name:
• npm config:

; copy and paste output from `npm config ls` here