fix: remove npm caching

Author: parker-snyk

.circleci/config.yml

@@ -188,24 +188,14 @@ jobs:
       - checkout
       - install_node_npm:
           node_version: << parameters.node_version >>
-      - run:
-          name: Configure npm cache
-          command: npm config set cache .npm-cache
-      - restore_cache:
-          keys:
-            - v1-win-dependencies-{{ checksum "package.json" }}
-            - v1-win-dependencies- # Fallback key for partial cache restoration
-      - setup_npm_user
 
       # Restore Docker images from cache early
       - restore_cache:
           keys:
             - v1-docker-images-{{ checksum "test/windows/plugin.spec.ts" }}
             - v1-docker-images-  # Fallback to any docker cache
 
-      - run:
-          name: Load cached Docker images if available
-          command: .circleci/cache-python-docker.sh load
+
 
       # Run npm ci and docker pull in parallel
       - run:
@@ -215,7 +205,7 @@ jobs:
             echo "Starting Docker image pull in background..."
             (
               docker version
-              .circleci/cache-python-docker.sh pull
+              .circleci/cache-python-docker.sh load
               echo $? > /tmp/docker-pull-exit-code
             ) &
             DOCKER_PID=$!
@@ -245,11 +235,10 @@ jobs:
             
             echo "Both npm ci and Docker pull completed successfully!"
       
-      - save_cache:
-          key: v1-win-dependencies-{{ checksum "package.json" }}
-          paths:
-            - node_modules
-            - .npm-cache
+      - run:
+          name: Pull Docker images if needed
+          command: .circleci/cache-python-docker.sh pull
+
       - run:
           name: Install JUnit coverage reporter
           command: npm install --no-save jest-junit
@@ -281,20 +270,8 @@ jobs:
       - checkout
       - install_node_npm:
           node_version: << parameters.node_version >>
-      - run:
-          name: Configure npm cache
-          command: npm config set cache .npm-cache
-      - restore_cache:
-          keys:
-            - v1-win-dependencies-{{ checksum "package.json" }}
-            - v1-win-dependencies- # Fallback key for partial cache restoration
       - setup_npm_user
       - run: npm ci --loglevel verbose
-      - save_cache:
-          key: v1-win-dependencies-{{ checksum "package.json" }}
-          paths:
-            - node_modules
-            - .npm-cache
         # make docker appear to be broken.
       - run: "function docker() { return 1; }"
       - run: