* **New Features**
* `pnpm view` now shows publish age (e.g., "published 2 hours ago") and, when available, publisher attribution ("by …"); invalid or future timestamps fall back to "just now".
* Console styling for package metadata (name/version, license, counts, links, dependencies, maintainers) was improved for readability.
* **Tests**
* Added tests verifying the published timestamp and publisher attribution appear in `pnpm view` output.
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This is consistent with #9358, but implements support for the GitHub Packages npm registry and, more broadly, for vlt-style https://docs.vlt.sh/cli/registries for any registry.
This PR adds a built-in gh: specifier that resolves against the GitHub Packages npm registry, plus a namedRegistries config key so a project can map its own aliases to arbitrary registries. A project can mix public npm packages and private GitHub Packages (or self-hosted) ones without applying a scope-wide registry override to every @scope/* package.
- pnpm add gh:@acme/private writes "@acme/private": "gh:^1.0.0" and resolves from https://npm.pkg.github.com/.
- pnpm add gh:@acme/private@^1.0.0 (with or without an alias) is also supported. Aliased form writes "my-alias": "gh:@acme/private@^1.0.0".
- Auth comes from the existing per-URL .npmrc mechanism, e.g. //npm.pkg.github.com/:_authToken=${GITHUB_TOKEN}. No new auth surface.
- @github is intentionally not defaulted to https://npm.pkg.github.com/ - hardcoding that would hijack installs of the public @github/* packages on npmjs.org (e.g. @github/relative-time-element) for users without a scope-wide override. Use gh: to install from GitHub Packages, or configure @github:registry=... yourself if that's really what you want.
- Additional named registries (a self-hosted proxy, GitHub Enterprise Server, etc.) can be configured in pnpm-workspace.yaml:
```yml
namedRegistries:
gh: https://npm.pkg.github.example.com/ # optional: overrides the built-in `gh` alias for GHES
work: https://npm.work.example.com/
```
- Then work:@corp/lib@^2.0.0 resolves against https://npm.work.example.com/, and the built-in gh alias can be redirected to a GHES host.
- Env-var substitution (${VAR}) is supported in namedRegistries values, mirroring the .npmrc convention.
- Reserved alias names (npm, jsr, github, workspace, catalog, file, git, http, https, link, patch, and related git host shorthands) cannot be redefined as user-named registries - the resolver throws ERR_PNPM_RESERVED_NAMED_REGISTRY_ALIAS at startup rather than silently shadowing another protocol. Malformed URLs throw ERR_PNPM_INVALID_NAMED_REGISTRY_URL at startup too, instead of failing as a confusing 404 during resolution.
- On publish, createExportableManifest strips any named-registry prefix (both the built-in gh: and any user-configured alias) so npm and yarn consumers can still resolve the dependency via their own scope-registry configuration - mirroring the user-facing requirement when installing such a dep without the prefix.
The prefix is gh: rather than github: because github: is reserved by npm-package-arg / hosted-git-info as a git host shorthand (e.g. github:owner/repo) - reusing it would be a deviation from the specs used by the npm CLI. gh: is shorter, matches vlt's convention, and cannot collide with any existing npm scheme.
Unlike jsr:, gh: (and any other named-registry alias) does not rewrite the package name - gh:@acme/foo resolves @acme/foo from the GitHub Packages registry as-is. This also means npm/yarn consumers see the original name after the prefix is stripped on publish.
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Co-authored-by: Zoltan Kochan <z@kochan.io>
## Summary
Adds an opt-in **pnpm agent** server that resolves dependencies server-side and streams only the files missing from the client's content-addressable store.
- **`@pnpm/agent.server`** — multi-process HTTP server (Node.js `cluster`) with SQLite-backed metadata and file caches
- **`@pnpm/agent.client`** — streams an NDJSON response, dispatches worker threads to fetch files while the server is still resolving
- **New config**: `agent` in `pnpm-workspace.yaml` (opt-in)
## How it works
1. Client reads integrity hashes from its local store index
2. Sends `POST /v1/install` with dependencies + store integrities
3. Server resolves the dependency tree using pnpm's `install({ lockfileOnly: true })`, with a SQLite-backed `PackageMetaCache` for fast repeat resolution
4. As each package resolves, a wrapped `storeController.requestPackage` looks up its files and immediately streams digests the client is missing (NDJSON `D` lines)
5. Client reads the stream line by line; digest batches fill up and dispatch worker threads to `POST /v1/files` — file downloads overlap with server-side resolution
6. After resolution, server sends index entries (`I` lines) and lockfile (`L` line)
7. Client writes index entries to store, then runs headless install with a wrapped `fetchPackage` that calls `readPkgFromCafs` with `verifyStoreIntegrity: false` (files are trusted from the agent)
8. `/v1/files` response is gzip-streamed (274MB → ~80MB) — server pipes through `createGzip`, worker pipes through `createGunzip`, parsing and writing files to CAFS as data arrives
## Performance
1351-package project, cold local store, warm server (localhost):
| Scenario | Time |
|----------|------|
| Vanilla pnpm install (cold OS cache) | ~48s |
| Vanilla pnpm install (warm OS cache) | ~34s |
| With pnpm agent (consistent) | **~33s** |
### Key optimizations
1. **SQLite metadata cache** — server-side resolution drops from ~3.4s to ~0.9s
2. **SQLite file store** — consistent read performance regardless of OS file cache state
3. **Streaming `/v1/install`** — file digests stream during resolution, downloads start before resolution finishes
4. **Gzip-streamed `/v1/files`** — whole-stream gzip (274MB → ~80MB), significant savings on remote servers
5. **Worker-thread streaming HTTP** — workers pipe gzip → parse → write to CAFS as data arrives, no buffering
6. **No rehashing** — server-provided digests used directly, skipping 33K SHA-512 computations
7. **No re-verification** — wrapped `fetchPackage` calls `readPkgFromCafs` with `verifyStoreIntegrity: false`
8. **Direct `writeFileSync` with `wx`** — no stat + temp + rename
9. **Pre-packed msgpack** — server sends raw store index buffers, client writes directly to SQLite
10. **WAL checkpoint** — ensures store index entries written by agent are visible to headless install's worker threads
## Usage
Start the server:
```bash
node agent/server/lib/bin.js
```
Configure in `pnpm-workspace.yaml`:
```yaml
agent: http://localhost:4873
```
Skips the minimumReleaseAge maturity check when the registry metadata
lacks the "time" field, instead of throwing ERR_PNPM_MISSING_TIME.
Defaults to true, and prints a warning once per affected package.
* feat: add native view/info command
* test: add unit tests for native view command
* fix(view): support ranges, aliases, and tags
* chore: update lockfile and tsconfig
* refactor(view): reuse pickPackageFromMeta from npm-resolver
- Share version resolution logic with the npm-resolver instead of
reimplementing tag/range/version matching in the view command.
- Export pickPackageFromMeta and pickVersionByVersionRange from
@pnpm/resolving.npm-resolver.
- Remove redundant double HTTP fetch (metadata already contains all
version data).
- Remove duplicate author/repository fields from PackageInRegistry
(already inherited from BaseManifest).
- Consolidate four changesets into one.
- Revert unrelated .gitignore change.
- Drop direct semver dependency from deps.inspection.commands.
* refactor(view): reuse fetchMetadataFromFromRegistry from npm-resolver
Use the npm-resolver's fetchMetadataFromFromRegistry instead of
hand-rolled fetch logic. This fixes:
- Broken URL encoding for scoped packages (@scope/pkg)
- Missing auth header, proxy, SSL, and retry config
- Duplicated fetch + error handling code
Also pass proper Config options (rawConfig, userAgent, SSL, proxy,
retry, timeout) through to createFetchFromRegistry and
createGetAuthHeaderByURI so the view command works with private
registries and corporate proxies.
* test(view): improve test coverage for view command
Add tests for:
- non-registry spec rejection (git URLs)
- no matching version error
- version range resolution (^1.0.0)
- dist-tag resolution (latest)
- nested field selection (dist.shasum)
- field selection with --json
- text output format (header, dist section, dist-tags)
- scoped package lookup (@pnpm.e2e/pkg-with-1-dep)
- deps count / deps: none in header
- object field rendering as JSON
* revert: undo rename of @pnpm/resolving.registry.types
The rename from @pnpm/resolving.registry.types to
@pnpm/registry.types (and the move from resolving/registry/types/
to registry/types/) is a separate refactoring concern unrelated to
the view command. Revert all rename-related changes.
Keep the legitimate type additions to PackageInRegistry:
maintainers, contributors, and dist.unpackedSize.
* revert: restore pnpm-workspace.yaml (remove registry/* glob)
* fix(view): handle edge cases in formatBytes and unpackedSize
- Use explicit null check for unpackedSize so 0 B is still rendered
- Add TB/PB units and clamp index to prevent undefined output
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Co-authored-by: Zoltan Kochan <z@kochan.io>
* chore: update all dependencies to latest versions
Update all outdated dependencies across the monorepo catalog and fix
breaking changes from major version bumps.
Notable updates:
- ESLint 9 → 10 (fix custom rule API, disable new no-useless-assignment)
- @stylistic/eslint-plugin 4 → 5 (auto-fixed indent changes)
- @cyclonedx/cyclonedx-library 9 → 10 (adapt to removed SPDX API)
- esbuild 0.25 → 0.27
- TypeScript 5.9.2 → 5.9.3
- Various @types packages, test utilities, and build tools
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix: update unified/remark/mdast imports for v11/v4 API changes
Update imports in get-release-text for the new ESM named exports:
- mdast-util-to-string: default → { toString }
- unified: default → { unified }
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix: resolve typecheck errors from dependency updates
- isexe v4: use named import { sync } instead of default export
- remark-parse/remark-stringify v11: add vfile as packageExtension
dependency so TypeScript can resolve type declarations
- get-release-text: remove unused @ts-expect-error directives
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix: revert runtime dependency major version bumps
Revert major version bumps for runtime dependencies that are bundled
into pnpm to fix test failures where pnpm add silently fails:
- bin-links: keep ^5.0.0 (was ^6.0.0)
- cli-truncate: keep ^4.0.0 (was ^5.2.0)
- delay: keep ^6.0.0 (was ^7.0.0)
- filenamify: keep ^6.0.0 (was ^7.0.1)
- find-up: keep ^7.0.0 (was ^8.0.0)
- isexe: keep 2.0.0 (was 4.0.0)
- normalize-newline: keep 4.1.0 (was 5.0.0)
- p-queue: keep ^8.1.0 (was ^9.1.0)
- ps-list: keep ^8.1.1 (was ^9.0.0)
- string-length: keep ^6.0.0 (was ^7.0.1)
- symlink-dir: keep ^7.0.0 (was ^9.0.0)
- terminal-link: keep ^4.0.0 (was ^5.0.0)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix: restore runtime dependency major version bumps
Re-apply all runtime dependency major version bumps that were
previously reverted. All packages maintain their default exports
except isexe v4 which needs named imports.
Updated runtime deps:
- bin-links: ^5.0.0 → ^6.0.0
- cli-truncate: ^4.0.0 → ^5.2.0
- delay: ^6.0.0 → ^7.0.0
- filenamify: ^6.0.0 → ^7.0.1
- find-up: ^7.0.0 → ^8.0.0
- isexe: 2.0.0 → 4.0.0 (fix: use named import { sync })
- normalize-newline: 4.1.0 → 5.0.0
- p-queue: ^8.1.0 → ^9.1.0
- ps-list: ^8.1.1 → ^9.0.0
- string-length: ^6.0.0 → ^7.0.1
- symlink-dir: ^7.0.0 → ^9.0.0
- terminal-link: ^4.0.0 → ^5.0.0
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix: revert tempy to 3.0.0 to fix bundle hang
tempy 3.2.0 pulls in temp-dir 3.0.0 which uses async fs.realpath()
inside its module init. When bundled by esbuild into the __esm lazy
init pattern, this causes a deadlock during module initialization,
making the pnpm binary hang silently on startup.
Keeping tempy at 3.0.0 which uses temp-dir 2.x (sync fs.realpathSync).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* docs: add comment explaining why tempy cannot be upgraded
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix: revert nock to 13.3.4 for node-fetch compatibility
nock 14 changed its HTTP interception mechanism in a way that doesn't
properly intercept node-fetch requests, causing audit tests to hang
waiting for responses that are never intercepted.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* docs: add comment explaining why nock cannot be upgraded
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix: update symlink-dir imports for v10 ESM named exports
symlink-dir v10 removed the default export and switched to named
exports: { symlinkDir, symlinkDirSync }.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix: revert @typescript/native-preview to working version
Newer tsgo dev builds (>= 20260318) have a regression where
@types/node cannot be resolved, breaking all node built-in types.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix: vulnerabilities
* fix: align comment indentation in runLifecycleHook
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix: pin msgpackr to 1.11.8 for TypeScript 5.9 compatibility
msgpackr 1.11.9 has broken type definitions that use Iterable/Iterator
without required type arguments, causing compile errors with TS 5.9.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add n/prefer-node-protocol rule and autofix all bare builtin imports
to use the node: prefix. Simplify the simple-import-sort builtins
pattern to just ^node: since all imports now use the prefix.
Add eslint-plugin-simple-import-sort to enforce consistent import ordering:
- Node.js builtins first
- External packages second
- Relative imports last
- Named imports sorted alphabetically within each statement
## Summary
- Support specifying the pnpm version via `devEngines.packageManager` in `package.json`, as an alternative to the `packageManager` field
- Unlike `packageManager`, `devEngines.packageManager` supports semver ranges — the resolved version is stored in `pnpm-lock.env.yaml` and reused if it still satisfies the range
- The `onFail` field determines behavior: `download` (auto-download), `error` (default), `warn`, or `ignore`
- `devEngines.packageManager` takes precedence over `packageManager` when both are present (with a warning)
- For array notation, default `onFail` is `ignore` for non-last elements and `error` for the last
- For the legacy `packageManager` field, `onFail` is derived from existing config settings (`managePackageManagerVersions`, `packageManagerStrict`, `packageManagerStrictVersion`), so `main.ts` uses `onFail` as the single source of truth
- Reuses `EngineDependency` type from `@pnpm/types` instead of a custom `WantedPackageManager` type
## Test plan
- [x] 10 tests in `switchingVersions.test.ts` — version switching with `packageManager` field, `devEngines.packageManager` with `onFail=download` (exact + range), env lockfile reuse, corrupt binary
- [x] 15 tests in `packageManagerCheck.test.ts` — version checks with `engines.pnpm`, `packageManager` field, `devEngines.packageManager` with all `onFail` values, array notation, range matching, precedence
close https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/issues/8153
## Summary
Replace individual `.mpk` (MessagePack) files under `$STORE/index/` with a single SQLite database at `$STORE/index.db` using Node.js 22's built-in `node:sqlite` module. This reduces filesystem syscall overhead and improves space efficiency for small metadata entries.
Closes#10826
## Design
### New package: `@pnpm/store.index`
A new `StoreIndex` class wraps a SQLite database with a simple key-value API (`get`, `set`, `delete`, `has`, `entries`). Data is serialized with msgpackr and stored as BLOBs. The table uses `WITHOUT ROWID` for compact storage.
Key design decisions:
- **WAL mode** enables concurrent reads from workers while the main process writes.
- **`busy_timeout=5000`** plus a retry loop with `Atomics.wait`-based `sleepSync` handles `SQLITE_BUSY` errors from concurrent access.
- **Performance PRAGMAs**: `synchronous=NORMAL`, `mmap_size=512MB`, `cache_size=32MB`, `temp_store=MEMORY`, `wal_autocheckpoint=10000`.
- **Write batching**: `queueWrites()` batches pre-packed entries from tarball extraction and flushes them in a single transaction on `process.nextTick`. `setRawMany()` writes immediate batches (e.g. from `addFilesFromDir`).
- **Lifecycle**: `close()` auto-flushes pending writes, runs `PRAGMA optimize`, and closes the DB. A `process.on('exit')` handler ensures cleanup even on unexpected exits.
- **`VACUUM` after `deleteMany`** (used by `pnpm store prune`) to reclaim disk space.
### Key format
Keys are `integrity\tpkgId` (tab-separated). Git-hosted packages use `pkgId\tbuilt` or `pkgId\tnot-built`.
### Shared StoreIndex instance
A single `StoreIndex` instance is threaded through the entire install lifecycle — from `createNewStoreController` through the fetcher chain, package requester, license scanner, SBOM collector, and dependencies hierarchy. This replaces the previous pattern of each component creating its own file-based index access.
### Worker architecture
Index writes are performed in the main process, not in worker threads. Workers send pre-packed `{ key, buffer }` pairs back to the main process via `postMessage`, where they are batched and flushed to SQLite. This avoids SQLite write contention between threads.
### SQLite ExperimentalWarning suppression
`node:sqlite` emits an `ExperimentalWarning` on first load. This is suppressed via a `process.emitWarning` override injected through esbuild's `banner` option, which runs on line 1 of both `dist/pnpm.mjs` and `dist/worker.js` — before any module that loads `node:sqlite`.
### No migration from `.mpk` files
Old `.mpk` index files are not migrated. Packages missing from the new SQLite index are re-fetched on demand (the same behavior as a fresh store).
## Changed packages
121 files changed across these areas:
- **`store/index/`** — New `@pnpm/store.index` package
- **`worker/`** — Write batching moved from worker module into `StoreIndex` class; workers send pre-packed buffers to main process
- **`store/package-store/`** — StoreIndex creation and lifecycle management
- **`store/cafs/`** — Removed `getFilePathInCafs` index-file utilities (no longer needed)
- **`store/pkg-finder/`** — Reads from StoreIndex instead of `.mpk` files
- **`store/plugin-commands-store/`** — `store status` uses StoreIndex
- **`store/plugin-commands-store-inspecting/`** — `cat-index` and `find-hash` use StoreIndex
- **`fetching/tarball-fetcher/`** — Threads StoreIndex through fetchers; git-hosted fetcher flushes before reading
- **`fetching/git-fetcher/`, `binary-fetcher/`, `pick-fetcher/`** — Accept StoreIndex parameter
- **`pkg-manager/`** — `client`, `core`, `headless`, `package-requester` thread StoreIndex
- **`reviewing/`** — `license-scanner`, `sbom`, `dependencies-hierarchy` accept StoreIndex
- **`cache/api/`** — Cache view uses StoreIndex
- **`pnpm/bundle.ts`** — esbuild banner for ExperimentalWarning suppression
## Test plan
- [x] `pnpm --filter @pnpm/store.index test` — Unit tests for StoreIndex CRUD and batching
- [x] `pnpm --filter @pnpm/package-store test` — Store controller lifecycle
- [x] `pnpm --filter @pnpm/package-requester test` — Package requester reads from SQLite index
- [x] `pnpm --filter @pnpm/tarball-fetcher test` — Tarball and git-hosted fetcher writes
- [x] `pnpm --filter @pnpm/headless test` — Headless install
- [x] `pnpm --filter @pnpm/core test` — Core install, side effects, patching
- [x] `pnpm --filter @pnpm/plugin-commands-rebuild test` — Rebuild reads from index
- [x] `pnpm --filter @pnpm/license-scanner test` — License scanning
- [x] e2e tests pass
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* fix(npm-resolver): respect version constraints when falling back to workspace packages
When link-workspace-packages=true, the fallback resolution paths (registry 404
and no matching registry version) pass update: Boolean(opts.update) to
tryResolveFromWorkspacePackages. On fresh installs without a lockfile entry,
opts.update is 'compatible' (truthy), which overrides the version spec to '*'
and matches any workspace package regardless of version.
Change both fallback call sites to pass update: false so version constraints
are always respected for non-workspace-protocol dependencies. The workspace:
protocol path returns before these blocks and correctly continues to use
opts.update.
Close#10173
* test: clarify npm-resolver test names for workspace version mismatch scenarios
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* feat: print a warning if network requests are slow
* feat: print a warning if network requests are slow
add a new setting for fetch tarball speed
* feat: print a warning if network requests are slow
* fix: src/fetch.ts
* docs: add changeset
* feat: changes local-resolver to support absolute paths
Previously absolute paths were being turned to relative paths, but if the file:
specifier is 'file:/path/to/file', and the users are using a shared network
storage, this relative path requires that the users all use the same
local folder structure. Instead, using an absolute path as the specifier
allows them to have the source code anywhere, and the absolute path will
be resolved consistently.
Enabled via the `preserveAbsolutePaths` option.
* chore: changeset
* feat: add preserve absolute paths option
* docs: add changesets
* fix: also update the 'dependencyPath', add test for that case
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