From 0a6ab6cad2593292dd3f98edefa898938282465b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Smith <owlstronaut@github.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2025 11:04:46 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add deduping to notices unless in verbose+ mode

---
 lib/utils/display.js      | 11 ++++++
 test/lib/utils/display.js | 71 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 82 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/utils/display.js b/lib/utils/display.js
index 01ad55d4ce30c..bdaac6efceafe 100644
--- a/lib/utils/display.js
+++ b/lib/utils/display.js
@@ -177,6 +177,8 @@ class Display {
   #stdout
   #stderr
 
+  #seenNotices = new Set()
+
   constructor ({ stdout, stderr }) {
     this.#stdout = setBlocking(stdout)
     this.#stderr = setBlocking(stderr)
@@ -195,6 +197,7 @@ class Display {
     this.#outputState.buffer.length = 0
     process.off('input', this.#inputHandler)
     this.#progress.off()
+    this.#seenNotices.clear()
   }
 
   get chalk () {
@@ -404,6 +407,14 @@ class Display {
       // notice logs typically come from `npm-notice` headers in responses.  Some of them have 2fa login links so we skip redaction.
       if (level === 'notice') {
         writeOpts.redact = false
+        // Deduplicate notices within a single command execution, unless in verbose mode
+        if (this.#levelIndex < LEVEL_OPTIONS.verbose.index) {
+          const noticeKey = JSON.stringify([title, ...args])
+          if (this.#seenNotices.has(noticeKey)) {
+            return
+          }
+          this.#seenNotices.add(noticeKey)
+        }
       }
       this.#write(this.#stderr, writeOpts, ...args)
     }
diff --git a/test/lib/utils/display.js b/test/lib/utils/display.js
index bc4e23485fa3e..c29347fc283de 100644
--- a/test/lib/utils/display.js
+++ b/test/lib/utils/display.js
@@ -132,6 +132,77 @@ t.test('incorrect levels', async t => {
   t.strictSame(outputs, [], 'output is ignored')
 })
 
+t.test('notice deduplication', async t => {
+  const { log, logs, display } = await mockDisplay(t, {
+    load: { loglevel: 'notice' },
+  })
+
+  // Log the same notice multiple times - should be deduplicated
+  log.notice('', 'This is a duplicate notice')
+  log.notice('', 'This is a duplicate notice')
+  log.notice('', 'This is a duplicate notice')
+
+  // Should only appear once in logs
+  t.equal(logs.notice.length, 1, 'notice appears only once')
+  t.strictSame(logs.notice, ['This is a duplicate notice'])
+
+  // Different notice should appear
+  log.notice('', 'This is a different notice')
+  t.equal(logs.notice.length, 2, 'different notice is shown')
+  t.strictSame(logs.notice, [
+    'This is a duplicate notice',
+    'This is a different notice',
+  ])
+
+  // Same notice with different title should appear
+  log.notice('title', 'This is a duplicate notice')
+  t.equal(logs.notice.length, 3, 'notice with different title is shown')
+  t.match(logs.notice[2], /title.*This is a duplicate notice/)
+
+  // Log the first notice again - should still be deduplicated
+  log.notice('', 'This is a duplicate notice')
+  t.equal(logs.notice.length, 3, 'original notice still deduplicated')
+
+  // Call off() to simulate end of command and clear deduplication
+  display.off()
+
+  // Create a new display instance to simulate a new command
+  const logsResult = mockLogs()
+  const Display = tmock(t, '{LIB}/utils/display')
+  const display2 = new Display(logsResult.streams)
+  await display2.load({
+    loglevel: 'silly',
+    stderrColor: false,
+    stdoutColor: false,
+    heading: 'npm',
+  })
+  t.teardown(() => display2.off())
+
+  // Log the same notice again - should appear since deduplication was cleared
+  log.notice('', 'This is a duplicate notice')
+  t.equal(logsResult.logs.logs.notice.length, 1, 'notice appears after display.off() clears deduplication')
+  t.strictSame(logsResult.logs.logs.notice, ['This is a duplicate notice'])
+})
+
+t.test('notice deduplication does not apply in verbose mode', async t => {
+  const { log, logs } = await mockDisplay(t, {
+    load: { loglevel: 'verbose' },
+  })
+
+  // Log the same notice multiple times in verbose mode
+  log.notice('', 'Repeated notice')
+  log.notice('', 'Repeated notice')
+  log.notice('', 'Repeated notice')
+
+  // Should appear all three times in verbose mode
+  t.equal(logs.notice.length, 3, 'all notices appear in verbose mode')
+  t.strictSame(logs.notice, [
+    'Repeated notice',
+    'Repeated notice',
+    'Repeated notice',
+  ])
+})
+
 t.test('Display.clean', async (t) => {
   const { output, outputs, clearOutput } = await mockDisplay(t)