## Summary
Closes#11423.
`pnpm-darwin-x64.tar.gz` and `@pnpm/macos-x64` are removed because the binaries they contain segfault at startup on Intel Macs and the underlying bug is upstream and unfixed.
## Why this isn't a fix in code
The crash happens in `__cxx_global_var_init` with `EXC_BAD_ACCESS (code=1, address=0x3)` — the unprocessed-chain-entry tag — in dyld's chained-fixup processing. PR #11415's hypothesis was that `ldid`'s page hashes were the cause, but switching to native `codesign` in #11415 didn't fix it: the upstream minimal repro in [nodejs/node#62893](https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/62893) is `node --build-sea` + `codesign --sign -` + run, with no pnpm and no `ldid`, and it still crashes. The corruption is in LIEF's Mach-O surgery during `--build-sea` for x64 — chained-fixup chain entries get rewritten incorrectly when the SEA segment is inserted, and re-signing produces a valid signature over the broken bytes.
The Node.js team is not going to fix this:
- [nodejs/node#60250](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60250) (merged) — *"It's unlikely that anyone would invest in fixing them on x64 macOS in the near future, now that x64 macOS is being phased out."* They skipped the SEA tests on x64 macOS rather than chase the bug.
- [nodejs/node#59553](https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/59553) (open) — long-running test failures on macOS x64 with the same root cause (sometimes surfacing as `unsupported thread-local, larger than 4GB`).
`@yao-pkg/pkg` works around it by appending the JS payload to the file tail and using a custom-patched Node binary that reads from the tail at startup; this avoids Mach-O surgery entirely. We can't reuse pack-app for that because vanilla Node from nodejs.org doesn't read tail-appended payloads — only pkg-fetch's patched binaries do — so adopting that path would mean re-implementing pkg-fetch for one target. For now we're dropping the broken artifact rather than introducing a second build mechanism.
## Changes
- **`pnpm/artifacts/exe/package.json`** — remove `@pnpm/macos-x64` from `optionalDependencies`; remove `darwin-x64` from `pnpm.app.targets`.
- **`.meta-updater/src/index.ts`** — remove `@pnpm/macos-x64` from the enforced `optionalDependencies` list (otherwise `meta-updater` would put it back).
- **`pnpm/artifacts/exe/scripts/build-artifacts.ts`** — drop `darwin-x64` from `narrowTargets` so dev-local builds match the published matrix; comment explains why.
- **`__utils__/scripts/src/copy-artifacts.ts`** — stop creating `pnpm-darwin-x64.tar.gz` so the GitHub release page no longer ships it.
- **`pnpm/artifacts/darwin-x64/`** — deleted (was the workspace source for `@pnpm/macos-x64`).
- **`pnpm/artifacts/exe/setup.js`** — wraps the `import.meta.resolve('${pkgName}/package.json')` lookup in `try`/`catch`. On Intel Mac specifically, prints a clear message pointing at this issue, the upstream Node.js issue, and the two workarounds (`npm install -g pnpm` to use the system Node.js, or stay on pnpm 10.x). Other unsupported hosts get a generic message in the same shape. Exits non-zero so the install fails loudly instead of silently leaving a broken `pnpm`.
- **`pnpm-lock.yaml`** — regenerated.
- **`.changeset/drop-darwin-x64-broken-sea.md`** — patch bumps for `@pnpm/exe` and `pnpm` with user-facing explanation and pointers.
Docs side already lists this limitation under `pack-app` Known limitations: pnpm/pnpm.io@36d962f6 / pnpm/pnpm.io@91f45632.
## Compat
- Intel Mac users on existing `@pnpm/exe` (≤ 11.0.4) keep working with the (broken) old binary they already have.
- `pnpm self-update` from an Intel Mac on an older `@pnpm/exe` will hit the new `setup.js` error path with a clear pointer to the workarounds.
- New Intel Mac installs via `npm install -g @pnpm/exe` will fail loudly with the same pointer.
- Install via `npm install -g pnpm` (the JS-only package, uses system Node) is unaffected and remains the recommended path.
- The `install.sh` from `get.pnpm.io` will fail with a 404 on the missing `pnpm-darwin-x64.tar.gz`. That's a separate repo and a follow-up — happy to do that as a second PR.
#11399 fixed the fs.cpSync call in pnpm/artifacts/exe/scripts/build-artifacts.ts,
which controls the dist/ shipped inside the npm-published @pnpm/exe package.
But the GitHub release tarballs (pnpm-{darwin,linux}-{x64,arm64}.tar.gz) are
produced by a different script — __utils__/scripts/src/copy-artifacts.ts, run
via 'pn copy-artifacts' in the release workflow. That script has the same
fs.cpSync(...) call without verbatimSymlinks: true, so the broken absolute
symlinks under dist/node_modules/.bin/ pointing at /home/runner/work/pnpm/
pnpm/... still made it into the v11.0.2 GitHub release tarballs.
Apply the same one-line fix to that script so the next release ships clean
relative symlinks.
Follow-up to #11398.
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* refactor: rename @pnpm/exe platform packages to @pnpm/exe.<platform>-<arch>[-musl]
Aligns pnpm's own published platform artifacts with the one naming
convention the rest of the codebase already uses (`process.platform`
values plus an explicit `-musl` libc suffix), matching what `pnpm
pack-app`, `pnpm add --os/--cpu/--libc`, `supportedArchitectures.os`,
and Node.js tarball names all already settled on.
Package renames:
- @pnpm/linux-x64 -> @pnpm/exe.linux-x64
- @pnpm/linux-arm64 -> @pnpm/exe.linux-arm64
- @pnpm/linuxstatic-x64 -> @pnpm/exe.linux-x64-musl (new dir)
- @pnpm/linuxstatic-arm64 -> @pnpm/exe.linux-arm64-musl
- @pnpm/macos-x64 -> @pnpm/exe.darwin-x64
- @pnpm/macos-arm64 -> @pnpm/exe.darwin-arm64
- @pnpm/win-x64 -> @pnpm/exe.win32-x64
- @pnpm/win-arm64 -> @pnpm/exe.win32-arm64
GitHub release asset names follow suit (`pnpm-linuxstatic-x64.tar.gz`
-> `pnpm-linux-x64-musl.tar.gz`, `pnpm-macos-*` -> `pnpm-darwin-*`,
`pnpm-win-*` -> `pnpm-win32-*`). Internal artifact directories under
`pnpm/artifacts/` renamed to match, which drops the awkward mixed
naming between target and directory.
The umbrella package `@pnpm/exe` keeps its name so that `pnpm
self-update` from v10 and any `npm i -g @pnpm/exe` scripts continue to
resolve. Platform children can be renamed freely because npm/pnpm
filter optional deps by each child's `os`/`cpu`/`libc` manifest
fields, not by package names.
Also updates:
- `@pnpm/exe`'s `setup.js` (preinstall) and the self-updater's
`linkExePlatformBinary` to look up the platform package by the new
scheme, using `detect-libc` to append `-musl` on musl Linux hosts.
- `.meta-updater` optional-dependency list for @pnpm/exe.
- `copy-artifacts.ts` target list and Windows detection prefix.
- cspell wordlist (drops `linuxstatic`; it's no longer used anywhere).
Final transition publishes of the old package names (pointing at the
new ones so direct pins keep resolving) are a release-engineering step
handled separately.
Refs #11314.
* chore: keep "linuxstatic" in cspell wordlist for changeset references
* test(pack-app rename): cover the musl branch of platform-package-name lookup
Copilot flagged that the musl -> -musl suffix logic in setup.js's preinstall
and self-updater's linkExePlatformBinary had no regression coverage. Extract
the name-computation from both into small pure helpers and unit-test all
four matrix cases (linux+musl, linux+glibc, darwin, win32) plus the
win32 ia32->x86 arch normalization:
- pnpm/artifacts/exe/platform-pkg-name.js exposes `exePlatformPkgName`
(returns `@pnpm/exe.<platform>-<arch>[-musl]`). setup.js imports it
instead of inlining the logic; the new setup.test.ts block covers the
four-case matrix without having to mock detect-libc or patch
process.platform.
- engine/pm/commands/src/self-updater/installPnpm.ts exports a new
`exePlatformPkgDirName` returning `exe.<platform>-<arch>[-musl]` (the
scope-local dir). linkExePlatformBinary calls it; the new
selfUpdate.test.ts block covers the same matrix.
Both helpers are deliberately pure so the non-musl CI host can still
exercise the musl code path.
The targeted fetch refspec doesn't create a remote-tracking branch,
causing `git branch --set-upstream-to` to fail. Use `git config` to
set branch.remote and branch.merge directly instead.
When creating a worktree from a PR number, use `gh pr view` to get the
fork owner/repo and branch name, add the fork as a remote, and set the
upstream tracking branch. This makes `git push` work out of the box for
PRs from forks, matching the behavior of `gh pr checkout`.
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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
Adds a `pnpm worktree:new <branch>` script that creates a git worktree
as a sibling directory of the repo root, with branch slashes replaced by
dashes (e.g. `feat/foo` → `../feat-foo`). Shell helpers in `shell/wt.fish`
and `shell/wt.sh` wrap the script to also `cd` into the new worktree.
Documents setup and usage in CONTRIBUTING.md.
Update all packages from zkochan/packages to their latest major versions
and exclude them from minimumReleaseAge requirement. This includes
updating catalog entries, adapting to breaking API changes (default
exports replaced with named exports, sync functions renamed with Sync
suffix), and updating type declarations.
* feat: switch from pkg to Node.js SEA for creating standalone executables
Replace @yao-pkg/pkg with Node.js native Single Executable Applications
(--build-sea, Node.js 25.5+). The SEA binary embeds only pnpm.cjs (CJS
bootstrap), while pnpm.mjs and all assets live in a dist/ directory
shipped alongside the binary in platform-specific tarballs.
* refactor: move dist/ from platform packages to @pnpm/exe
The dist/ directory (pnpm.mjs, worker.js, templates, etc.) is identical
across all platforms, so ship it once in @pnpm/exe instead of duplicating
it in each platform package. Platform packages now only contain the
binary. The self-updater installs @pnpm/exe (not the platform package)
so it gets both dist/ and the binary via optionalDependencies.
* refactor: externalize @reflink/reflink in esbuild bundle
Make @reflink/reflink external in both the main and worker esbuild
bundles so the require() calls resolve at runtime from dist/node_modules
instead of being inlined. Add @reflink/reflink as a production dependency
of both pnpm (bundled into dist/node_modules by bundle-deps.ts) and
@pnpm/exe (installed by npm alongside the binary).
For GitHub release tarballs, only the target platform's reflink package
is kept. For @pnpm/exe npm publishing, all reflink platform packages
are stripped from dist/ since npm installs the right one automatically.
* chore: update cspell list
* test: update system-node-version tests for SEA detection
Mock @pnpm/cli-meta's detectIfCurrentPkgIsExecutable instead of
setting process.pkg, which is no longer used for SEA detection.
* test: improve cli-meta test coverage for SEA migration
Add tests for detectIfCurrentPkgIsExecutable() (non-SEA path) and
isExecutedByCorepack() which were previously untested. The SEA=true
path of detectIfCurrentPkgIsExecutable() cannot be unit tested since
node:sea is unavailable in an ESM test environment.
* refactor: move GitHub tarball assembly to copy-artifacts.ts
build-artifacts.ts (prepublishOnly of @pnpm/exe) now only builds the
SEA executables and prepares the exe npm dist/. The per-target dist/
assembly for GitHub release tarballs moves to copy-artifacts.ts, which
is the natural owner of that concern.
Other changes:
- Extract getReflinkKeepPackages/stripReflinkPackages to reflink-utils.ts
with tests using node:test
- Move --force from top-level pnpm install in release.yml to the pnpm
deploy in bundle-deps.ts, where it is actually needed to install all
@reflink/reflink-* platform packages into dist/node_modules
- Change @pnpm/exe prepublishOnly to run pnpm's full prepublishOnly
(compile + bundle-deps) so dist/node_modules is populated before
build-artifacts.ts and copy-artifacts.ts read from pnpm/dist
* fix: copy dist/ alongside binary when running pnpm setup for SEA
When the pnpm CLI is a Node.js SEA binary, it requires a dist/ directory
adjacent to the executable at runtime (containing pnpm.mjs and bundled
node_modules). The copyCli function in plugin-commands-setup now copies
dist/ from alongside the current binary into the tools directory so that
the installed pnpm works correctly after `pnpm setup`.
* fix: avoid argument list too long when creating Windows zip archives
* fix: propagate errors in copy-artifacts script
Previously errors in createArtifactTarball were swallowed, causing the
script to exit 0 even when artifact creation failed. Now errors are
re-thrown with a descriptive message, and the top-level IIFE has a
.catch() handler that sets a non-zero exit code.
* refactor: remove reflink-utils.ts from @pnpm/exe
The stripReflinkPackages call in build-artifacts.ts stripped all platform
packages while keeping @reflink/reflink. Instead, just remove the entire
@reflink directory from dist/ — @pnpm/exe already declares @reflink/reflink
as a runtime dependency, so npm installs it (along with the right platform
package via optionalDependencies) automatically.
This eliminates reflink-utils.ts, its tests, and the code duplication with
copy-artifacts.ts.
