Failed to check registry.npmjs.org for updates: "socket hang up"
Homebridge Version: v1.3.5 on macOS Monterey 12.0.1 as hb-service

Node.js Version: v16.13.0

Npm Version: v8.1.3

My Homebridge log is being filled with these entries:

[11/7/2021, 11:15:49 AM] [Homebridge UI] [homebridge] Failed to check registry.npmjs.org for updates: "socket hang up" - see https://git.io/JJSz6 for help.
[11/7/2021, 11:15:49 AM] [Homebridge UI] [homebridge-config-ui-x] Failed to check registry.npmjs.org for updates: "socket hang up" - see https://git.io/JJSz6 for help.
[11/7/2021, 11:15:49 AM] [Homebridge UI] [homebridge-dummy] Failed to check registry.npmjs.org for updates: "socket hang up" - see https://git.io/JJSz6 for help.

I have visited the web page noted in the log entry for help for the "failed to check registry..." but there's nothing about "socket hang up".

I've restarted with -D but the log output provides no additional information when these socket hang up's occur other than that pasted above.

Can someone wiser than me tell me where, within the Homebridge code, these sockets are being opened to registry.npmjs.com and then timing out? And are there **any** debug environmental entries I can restart with that can provide greater insight?