Error on publishing npm package

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Hi there,
I’m trying to publish a test for a npm package but it constantly fails.
In my package.json I have named the package after “@username/package_name” and also configured the publishConfig object:

"publishConfig": {
    "@username:registry": "https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/<projectID>/packages/npm"
  },

My CICD YAML file is configured this way:

image: node:latest

stages:
  - publish

publish:
  stage: publish

  script:
    - echo "@username:registry=https://${CI_SERVER_HOST}/api/v4/projects/${CI_PROJECT_ID}/packages/npm/" > .npmrc
    - echo "//${CI_SERVER_HOST}/api/v4/projects/${CI_PROJECT_ID}/packages/npm/:_authToken=${CI_JOB_TOKEN}" >> .npmrc
    - npm publish

and it fails with

npm ERR! code ENEEDAUTH
npm ERR! need auth This command requires you to be logged in to https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/<projectID>/packages/npm

I’ve read a lot, tried to downgrade node version to 20, 18 and even 16. I followed tutorials and Gitlab documentation. Nothing seems to work.

Any thoughts on what’s wrong?