fix(gatsby-dev-cli): fix "expected manifest" errors

packages/gatsby-dev-cli/src/local-npm-registry/index.js

@@ -53,8 +53,10 @@ exports.publishPackagesLocallyAndInstall = async ({
 
   const versionPostFix = Date.now()
 
+  const newlyPublishedPackageVersions = {}
+
   for (let packageName of packagesToPublish) {
-    await publishPackage({
+    newlyPublishedPackageVersions[packageName] = await publishPackage({
       packageName,
       packagesToPublish,
       root,
@@ -65,5 +67,9 @@ exports.publishPackagesLocallyAndInstall = async ({
 
   const packagesToInstall = _.intersection(packagesToPublish, localPackages)
 
-  await installPackages({ packagesToInstall, yarnWorkspaceRoot })
+  await installPackages({
+    packagesToInstall,
+    yarnWorkspaceRoot,
+    newlyPublishedPackageVersions,
+  })
 }

packages/gatsby-dev-cli/src/local-npm-registry/install-packages.js

@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@ const fs = require(`fs-extra`)
 const { promisifiedSpawn } = require(`../utils/promisified-spawn`)
 const { registryUrl } = require(`./verdaccio-config`)
 
-const installPackages = async ({ packagesToInstall, yarnWorkspaceRoot }) => {
+const installPackages = async ({
+  packagesToInstall,
+  yarnWorkspaceRoot,
+  newlyPublishedPackageVersions,
+}) => {
   console.log(
     `Installing packages from local registry:\n${packagesToInstall
       .map(packageAndVersion => ` - ${packageAndVersion}`)
@@ -71,7 +75,10 @@ const installPackages = async ({ packagesToInstall, yarnWorkspaceRoot }) => {
       `yarn`,
       [
         `add`,
-        ...packagesToInstall.map(packageName => `${packageName}@gatsby-dev`),
+        ...packagesToInstall.map(packageName => {
+          const packageVersion = newlyPublishedPackageVersions[packageName]
+          return `${packageName}@${packageVersion}`
+        }),
         `--registry=${registryUrl}`,
         `--exact`,
       ],
@@ -84,6 +91,7 @@ const installPackages = async ({ packagesToInstall, yarnWorkspaceRoot }) => {
     console.log(`Installation complete`)
   } catch (error) {
     console.error(`Installation failed`, error)
+    process.exit(1)
   }
 }
 

packages/gatsby-dev-cli/src/local-npm-registry/publish-package.js

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ const adjustPackageJson = ({
   versionPostFix,
   packagesToPublish,
   ignorePackageJSONChanges,
+  root,
 }) => {
   // we need to check if package depend on any other package to will be published and
   // adjust version selector to point to dev version of package so local registry is used
@@ -44,8 +45,19 @@ const adjustPackageJson = ({
       monorepoPKGjson.dependencies &&
       monorepoPKGjson.dependencies[packageThatWillBePublished]
     ) {
-      // change to "gatsby-dev" dist tag
-      monorepoPKGjson.dependencies[packageThatWillBePublished] = `gatsby-dev`
+      const currentVersion = JSON.parse(
+        fs.readFileSync(
+          getMonorepoPackageJsonPath({
+            packageName: packageThatWillBePublished,
+            root,
+          }),
+          `utf-8`
+        )
+      ).version
+
+      monorepoPKGjson.dependencies[
+        packageThatWillBePublished
+      ] = `${currentVersion}-dev-${versionPostFix}`
     }
   })
 
@@ -133,6 +145,8 @@ const publishPackage = async ({
 
   uncreateTemporaryNPMRC()
   unadjustPackageJson()
+
+  return newPackageVersion
 }
 
 exports.publishPackage = publishPackage

packages/gatsby-dev-cli/src/local-npm-registry/verdaccio-config.js

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ const verdaccioConfig = {
   uplinks: {
     npmjs: {
       url: `https://registry.npmjs.org/`,
+      // default is 2 max_fails - on flaky networks that cause a lot of failed installations
+      max_fails: 10,
     },
   },
 }

packages/gatsby-dev-cli/src/watch.js

@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ async function watch(
   let allCopies = []
   const packagesToPublish = new Set()
   let isInitialScan = true
+  let isPublishing = false
 
   const waitFor = new Set()
   let anyPackageNotInstalled = false
@@ -211,6 +212,12 @@ async function watch(
       )
 
       if (relativePackageFile === `package.json`) {
+        // package.json files will change during publish to adjust version of package (and dependencies), so ignore
+        // changes during this process
+        if (isPublishing) {
+          return
+        }
+
         // Compare dependencies with local version
 
         const didDepsChangedPromise = checkDepsChanges({
@@ -292,13 +299,15 @@ async function watch(
       if (isInitialScan) {
         isInitialScan = false
         if (packagesToPublish.size > 0) {
+          isPublishing = true
           await publishPackagesLocallyAndInstall({
             packagesToPublish: Array.from(packagesToPublish),
             root,
             localPackages,
             ignorePackageJSONChanges,
           })
           packagesToPublish.clear()
+          isPublishing = false
         } else if (anyPackageNotInstalled) {
           // run `yarn`
           const yarnInstallCmd = [`yarn`]