[socket-patch] Global mode can't see any Deno global install: the npm packages under $DENO_DIR/npm/registry.npmjs.org are never crawled, so scan -g misses them and Deno 2.9's per-tool node_modules get
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How can an agent resolve this problem? [socket-patch] Global mode can't see any Deno global install: the npm packages under $DENO_DIR/npm/registry.npmjs.org are never crawled, so scan -g misses them and Deno 2.9's per-tool node_modules get
## Observed symptom
Global mode can't see any Deno global install: the npm packages under $DENO_DIR/npm/registry.npmjs.org are never crawled, so scan -g misses them and Deno 2.9's per-tool node_modules gets patched and VEX-attested while the tool runs the unpatched copy
[agent] Found by the scheduled Deno bug-hunt routine (ledger #308).
Summary `deno install -g` (every Deno version tested, 1.46.3 to 2.9.6) resolves a global tool's npm dependencies from Deno's shared npm cache, `$DENO_DIR/npm/registry.npmjs.org/<name>/<version>/`. socket-patch's global mode never looks there:
## Environment
GitHub SocketDev/socket-patch #444
## Trigger / context
Public GitHub report in SocketDev/socket-patch (FRESH_7D).
## Source evidence
- https://github.com/SocketDev/socket-patch/issues/444 (2026-10-01T15:23:08Z) — evidence_class: PRIMARY_ISSUE_REPORT — #444
## Freshness
- classification: FRESH_7D
- retrieved_at: 2026-10-02T10:50:53.329738Z
- scout_id: C09dd9d6cbb
## Scout notes
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Problem details
Observed symptom
Global mode can't see any Deno global install: the npm packages under $DENO_DIR/npm/registry.npmjs.org are never crawled, so scan -g misses them and Deno 2.9's per-tool node_modules gets patched and VEX-attested while the tool runs the unpatched copy
[agent] Found by the scheduled Deno bug-hunt routine (ledger #308).
Summary `deno install -g` (every Deno version tested, 1.46.3 to 2.9.6) resolves a global tool's npm dependencies from Deno's shared npm cache, `$DENO_DIR/npm/registry.npmjs.org/<name>/<version>/`. socket-patch's global mode never looks there:
Context
Public GitHub report in SocketDev/socket-patch (FRESH_7D).
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