Create-react-app stuck on v4.0.3, cannot create a new app

Describe the bug

When attempting to use npx create-react-app <app-name>, I get the following error:

You are running `create-react-app` 4.0.3, which is behind the latest release (5.0.0).

We no longer support global installation of Create React App.

Please remove any global installs with one of the following commands:
- npm uninstall -g create-react-app
- yarn global remove create-react-app

What I have tried to fix it:

1. Run npm uninstall -g create-react-app to uninstall any global versions of create-react-app
2. Run npm i -g npm@latest to update npm
3. Run npm uninstall -g create-react-app && sudo npm cache clean -f to try and clean any cached information regarding create-react-app.

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Environment

Unfortunately, the npx create-react-app info command ends up with the same error.

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Steps to reproduce

1. Attempt to run npx create-react-app <app-name-here>

Expected behavior

A React app is created.

Actual behavior

create-react-app errors due to incorrect version.

[Newbie012]

run

npx create-react-app@5.0.0 app-name

[jestrickler]

That’s the problem. npx is NOT pulling the latest version. The workaround npx create-react-app@5.0.0 app-name will let you create a react app. But if you go back to the standard npx create-react-app my-app it goes back to this broken looping behavior where it is globally installing 4.0.3, then telling you to uninstall it… rinse… repeat