pnpm 12.11.1

pnpm 12.11.1

on Node.js NPM

This release fixes two ways pnpm install could fail, runs tools of any Rust release through pnx, and treats registry.npmjs.com as an alias of the npm registry.

Patch Changes

• pnpm install no longer fails when packageManager pins the pnpm version that is already running and the registry does not publish that version. pnpm warns and continues. A registry mirror that has not synced a release no longer blocks the commands of a project pinned to it.

• pnpm install no longer fails with ERR_PNPM_CMD_SHIM_CHMOD when node_modules/.bin holds a shim that another user created, if everyone can already execute it and it is not world-writable. This happens when several users share one checkout.

• enable-modules-dir=false (enableModulesDir: false through the Node.js addon) fetches the registry packages the host can install into the store again, as pnpm v10 did, while still writing nothing under node_modules. The setting exists for a node_modules that something else mounts from the store, such as a FUSE daemon, and that consumer no longer has to download each package on first access. A plain --lockfile-only run still fetches nothing.

• pnpm pack and pnpm publish no longer put .npmignore and .gitignore files in the tarball. A files entry that names one still ships it.

• pnpm now treats https://registry.npmjs.com/ as an alias of https://registry.npmjs.org/. Registry requests, credentials, and trusted publishing use the canonical hostname.

• pnx --package=rust@<channel> <tool> runs a tool of that Rust release, for example pnx --package=rust@nightly-2026-01-01 cargo build. pnpm installs the release with the components and targets from rust-toolchain.toml and the target of each --target argument.

• pnpm install now links agent skills for more coding agents. It detects the agent from ANTIGRAVITY_AGENT, COPILOT_AGENT, COPILOT_CLI, CODEX_THREAD_ID, CODEX_SANDBOX, AI_AGENT, and CLAUDE_CODE pnpm/tasks#116.

• When the registry rejects pnpm stage publish, the error message now starts with "Failed to stage package".

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