chore(ci): replace npm-cli-adduser with native npm config (#14273)

* chore(ci): replace npm-cli-adduser with native npm config

* chore(ci): remove pinned node version

* chore(ci): use latest verdaccio stable version

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Co-authored-by: Ashwin Kumar <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: ashika112 <[email protected]>

Author: 3 people

.github/actions/load-verdaccio-with-amplify-js/action.yml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ runs:
   steps:
     - name: Start verdaccio
       run: |
-        npx verdaccio@5.25.0 &
+        npx verdaccio@6.0.5 &
         while ! nc -z localhost 4873; do
           echo "Verdaccio not running yet"
           sleep 1
@@ -15,17 +15,22 @@ runs:
         # Run your commands after verdaccio is up and running
         echo "Verdaccio is up and running, proceeding with the script..."
       shell: bash
-    - name: Install and run npm-cli-login
+    - name: Authenticate with Verdaccio
       shell: bash
       env:
         NPM_REGISTRY: http://localhost:4873/
         NPM_USER: verdaccio
         NPM_PASS: verdaccio
         NPM_EMAIL: [email protected]
       run: |
-        npm i -g npm-cli-adduser
-        npm-cli-adduser
-        sleep 1
+        TOKEN=$(curl -X PUT \
+        -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+        -d "{\"name\": \"$NPM_USER\", \"password\": \"$NPM_PASS\"}" \
+        $NPM_REGISTRY-/user/org.couchdb.user:$NPM_USER | jq -r '.token')
+
+        echo "registry=$NPM_REGISTRY
+        //localhost:4873/:_authToken=$TOKEN" > ~/.npmrc
+
     - name: Configure registry and git
       shell: bash
       working-directory: ./amplify-js

.github/actions/node-and-build/action.yml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ runs:
     - name: Setup Node.js 18
       uses: actions/setup-node@b39b52d1213e96004bfcb1c61a8a6fa8ab84f3e8 # v4.0.1
       with:
-        node-version: 18.20.2
+        node-version: 18
       env:
         SEGMENT_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT_MINS: 2
     - uses: actions/cache@1bd1e32a3bdc45362d1e726936510720a7c30a57 # v4.2.0