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forever-agent

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HTTP Agent that keeps socket connections alive between keep-alive requests. Formerly part of mikeal/request, now a standalone module.
License: Permissive (Apache-2.0)
Published: almost 11 years ago
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SAFE Assessment

Compliance

Licenses
No license compliance issues
Secrets
No sensitive information found

Security

Vulnerabilities
No known vulnerabilities detected
Hardening
No application hardening issues

Threats

Tampering
No evidence of software tampering
Malware
No evidence of malware inclusion

Popularity

4.33B
Recorded Downloads Since 2021
3
Contributors
0
Declared Dependencies
806
Dependents

Top issues

No issues found.

Top behaviors

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Prevalence in npm community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
4 packages
found in
Top 100
23 packages
found in
Top 1k
372 packages
found in
Top 10k
57.54k packages
in community

Prevalence in npm community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
5 packages
found in
Top 100
23 packages
found in
Top 1k
345 packages
found in
Top 10k
62.43k packages
in community

Prevalence in npm community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
2 packages
found in
Top 100
15 packages
found in
Top 1k
190 packages
found in
Top 10k
25.19k packages
in community

Prevalence in npm community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
35 packages
found in
Top 100
183 packages
found in
Top 1k
1549 packages
found in
Top 10k
268.23k packages
in community

Prevalence in npm community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
97 packages
found in
Top 100
819 packages
found in
Top 1k
8086 packages
found in
Top 10k
2.83M packages
in community

Top vulnerabilities

No vulnerabilities found.

FAQ for forever-agent

What is forever-agent?

HTTP Agent that keeps socket connections alive between keep-alive requests. Formerly part of mikeal/request, now a standalone module. For more information about this package, visit its homepage.

Is forever-agent malicious or is it safe to use?

The npm package forever-agent was scanned for malware, software tampering, risky behaviors, exposed secrets and known vulnerabilities. No risks were detected, therefore, this version of the package is currently considered as safe to use.

Is forever-agent popular?

The npm package forever-agent ranks among the top 1000 projects in this community. It has 4B recorded downloads. A package's popularity is not a good indicator of its safety, visit the SAFE Assessment section to see the full analysis of package deployment risk categories.

How do I secure forever-agent once it is in my app?

Since we can't know when or where malicious attacks will happen, we recommend tracking how forever-agent behaviors change over multiple software releases. By adopting differential analysis in your release process, you can detect unexpected changes to a forever-agent version, which can prevent advanced software supply chain attacks. Read how our technology can help prevent future attacks similar to SolarWinds and 3CX.

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