npx t3@latest crashes on Linux: npm blocks node-pty's install script so pty.node never gets built #7847

A fresh npx t3@latest on Linux dies before the server comes up:

NodePtyModuleLoadError: Failed to load node-pty for linux-x64.
    at t3/dist/NodePtyAdapter-DVcUyBhi.mjs:89
cause: Cannot find module './prebuilds/linux-x64//pty.node'

npm explains why during install:

npm warn install-scripts 1 package had install scripts blocked because they are not covered by allowScripts:
npm warn install-scripts   node-pty@1.1.0 (install: node-gyp rebuild)
npm warn install-scripts
npm warn install-scripts Run `npm install-scripts ls` to review, or `npm install-scripts approve <pkg>` to allow.

node-pty 1.1.0 ships prebuilds for darwin and win32 only, so on Linux it depends on its install script running node-gyp. npm 12 blocks dependency lifecycle scripts unless the project allow-lists them under allowScripts, and npx and global installs have no project manifest to edit. The package then extracts without a compiled binding and the server cannot start. The double slash in the path above is just how node-pty joins the strings, by the way.

The workaround today is global config: npm config set allow-scripts=node-pty --location=user. Easy to miss, since the fatal error never mentions it.

Repro: npm 12.0.2, node v26.7.0, Arch Linux, warm npx cache cleared.

Things that would help:

• ship Linux prebuilds for node-pty
• or detect the missing binding at startup and rebuild by invoking the node-gyp bundled inside npm against the installed node-pty package

For what it's worth, rebuilding by hand inside the cached package fixed it on the spot:

cd ~/.cache/npm/_npx/<hash>/node_modules/t3/node_modules/node-pty && node-gyp rebuild