fix(npm): handle boolean-form deprecated field

internal/npm/npm.go

@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 package npm
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/url"
 	"strings"
@@ -71,14 +73,52 @@ type versionInfo struct {
 	Dependencies map[string]string      `json:"dependencies"`
 	DevDeps      map[string]string      `json:"devDependencies"`
 	OptionalDeps map[string]string      `json:"optionalDependencies"`
-	Deprecated   string                 `json:"deprecated"`
+	Deprecated   deprecatedField        `json:"deprecated"`
 	Dist         distInfo               `json:"dist"`
 	Maintainers  []maintainerInfo       `json:"maintainers"`
 	NpmUser      map[string]interface{} `json:"_npmUser"`
 	Engines      interface{}            `json:"engines"`
 	Funding      interface{}            `json:"funding"`
 }
 
+// deprecatedField is the npm version "deprecated" field, which the packument
+// spec defines as a string carrying the deprecation message. In practice some
+// packuments emit a boolean instead (false meaning "not deprecated", true
+// meaning deprecated with no message), which the registry historically
+// accepted. UnmarshalJSON normalizes both shapes to the string form the rest
+// of the code relies on: any non-empty value marks the version deprecated.
+type deprecatedField string
+
+// UnmarshalJSON accepts a string (the deprecation message), a boolean, or
+// null/empty. Strings are kept verbatim; booleans map to "true" (deprecated)
+// or "" (not deprecated) so the non-empty check driving StatusDeprecated keeps
+// working.
+func (d *deprecatedField) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
+	trimmed := bytes.TrimSpace(data)
+	if len(trimmed) == 0 || bytes.Equal(trimmed, []byte("null")) {
+		*d = ""
+		return nil
+	}
+	if trimmed[0] == '"' {
+		var s string
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(trimmed, &s); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		*d = deprecatedField(s)
+		return nil
+	}
+	var b bool
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(trimmed, &b); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if b {
+		*d = "true"
+		return nil
+	}
+	*d = ""
+	return nil
+}
+
 type distInfo struct {
 	Shasum       string          `json:"shasum"`
 	Tarball      string          `json:"tarball"`
@@ -191,7 +231,7 @@ func (r *Registry) FetchVersions(ctx context.Context, name string) ([]core.Versi
 			Integrity:   integrity,
 			Status:      status,
 			Metadata: map[string]any{
-				"deprecated":       v.Deprecated,
+				"deprecated":       string(v.Deprecated),
 				"dist":             v.Dist,
 				"engines":          v.Engines,
 				"_npmUser":         v.NpmUser,

internal/npm/npm_test.go

@@ -225,6 +225,86 @@ func TestFetchVersions_LegacyEnginesArray(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestFetchVersions_DeprecatedShapes verifies that the "deprecated" field is
+// handled across the shapes npm packuments emit: absent/null, a string
+// message, and the legacy boolean form (false == not deprecated,
+// true == deprecated with no message). String and true values must mark the
+// version StatusDeprecated; absent/null/false must leave it active.
+func TestFetchVersions_DeprecatedShapes(t *testing.T) {
+	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
+		resp := map[string]interface{}{
+			"_id":       "shapes",
+			"name":      "shapes",
+			"dist-tags": map[string]string{"latest": "1.3.0"},
+			"versions": map[string]interface{}{
+				"1.0.0": map[string]interface{}{ // absent
+					"name": "shapes", "version": "1.0.0",
+					"dist": map[string]interface{}{"integrity": "sha512-a"},
+				},
+				"1.1.0": map[string]interface{}{ // string message
+					"name": "shapes", "version": "1.1.0",
+					"deprecated": "use v2 instead",
+					"dist":       map[string]interface{}{"integrity": "sha512-b"},
+				},
+				"1.2.0": map[string]interface{}{ // boolean false
+					"name": "shapes", "version": "1.2.0",
+					"deprecated": false,
+					"dist":       map[string]interface{}{"integrity": "sha512-c"},
+				},
+				"1.3.0": map[string]interface{}{ // boolean true
+					"name": "shapes", "version": "1.3.0",
+					"deprecated": true,
+					"dist":       map[string]interface{}{"integrity": "sha512-d"},
+				},
+			},
+			"time": map[string]string{
+				"1.0.0": "2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+				"1.1.0": "2020-02-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+				"1.2.0": "2020-03-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+				"1.3.0": "2020-04-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+			},
+		}
+		_ = json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(resp)
+	}))
+	defer server.Close()
+
+	reg := New(server.URL, core.DefaultClient())
+	versions, err := reg.FetchVersions(context.Background(), "shapes")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("FetchVersions failed: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	wantStatus := map[string]core.VersionStatus{
+		"1.0.0": core.StatusNone,
+		"1.1.0": core.StatusDeprecated,
+		"1.2.0": core.StatusNone, // boolean false is not deprecated
+		"1.3.0": core.StatusDeprecated,
+	}
+	wantDep := map[string]string{
+		"1.0.0": "",
+		"1.1.0": "use v2 instead",
+		"1.2.0": "",
+		"1.3.0": "true",
+	}
+
+	byNumber := map[string]core.Version{}
+	for _, v := range versions {
+		byNumber[v.Number] = v
+	}
+	for _, num := range []string{"1.0.0", "1.1.0", "1.2.0", "1.3.0"} {
+		v, ok := byNumber[num]
+		if !ok {
+			t.Fatalf("missing version %s", num)
+		}
+		if v.Status != wantStatus[num] {
+			t.Errorf("%s status = %q, want %q", num, v.Status, wantStatus[num])
+		}
+		if v.Metadata["deprecated"] != wantDep[num] {
+			t.Errorf("%s deprecated metadata = %q, want %q", num, v.Metadata["deprecated"], wantDep[num])
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestFetchPackageScoped(t *testing.T) {
 	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		// Path can be encoded in different ways depending on the URL library