## Situation The release notes for [npm@12.0.0](https://github.com/npm/cli/releases/tag/v12.0.0) and the [CHANGELOG 12.0.0](https://github.com/npm/cli/blob/latest/CHANGELOG.md#1200-2026-07-08) state: > unknown configs in .npmrc, unknown CLI flags, abbreviated flags, and single-hyphen multi-char shorthands now throw instead of warning. @JamieMagee commented in https://github.com/nodejs/Release/issues/1161#issuecomment-4917749067 > the changes to .npmrc erroring on unknown keys has been reverted for npm 12: npm/cli#9729 ## Suggestion Correct the release notes concerning the description of handling unknown keys in npm 12.
Activity
docs: clarify npm 12 unknown-config breaking change in changelogs (#9805