prevent timeouts when we can see npm simply ran to completion incorrectly

Author: pvdz

test/socket-npm.test.ts

@@ -46,7 +46,17 @@ for (const npmDir of versions) {
         )
         spawnPromise.process.stdout.on('data', (buffer: Buffer) => {
           console.log(buffer.toString('utf8'))
-        });
+          // changed 13 packages, and audited 176 packages in 3s
+          if (
+            /changed .* packages, and audited .* packages in/.test(
+              buffer.toString('utf8')
+            )
+          ) {
+            reject(
+              'It seems npm ran anyways so the test failed to invoke socket'
+            )
+          }
+        })
 
         spawnPromise.process.stderr.on('data', (buffer: Buffer) => {
           console.error(buffer.toString('utf8'))