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  • Fixes lockfile: false ignored when devEngines.packageManager.onFail: download #14728: lockfile: false / --no-lockfile was ignored when devEngines.packageManager.onFail was download, so a project pnpm-lock.yaml still appeared.
  • Rust (v12): skip the project env-lockfile sync when config.lockfile is false; keep onFail: download switching by recording the downloaded engine under the global env instead of the project lockfile.
  • TypeScript (v11): the same gate in syncEnvLockfile and switchCliVersion (save: false when lockfile writing is disabled). The gate reads config.useLockfile, the resolved setting, so --no-package-lock and packageLock: false are honored too — config.lockfile alone stays unset unless the user spells it out, which is what pacquet's config.lockfile already folds package_lock into.
  • TypeScript (v11): switchCliVersion returns as soon as the running pnpm satisfies the pin while persistence is off. Without a lockfile to read there is no recorded resolution to compare a range pin against, so it otherwise asked the registry on every command for a version it was already running.
  • Adds unit coverage on both stacks plus a filesystem-backed regression test in each, and a changeset for pacquet and pnpm.

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  • cargo test -p pnpm-cli --lib 'cli_args::pre_command::tests' (33 passed, including the two new lockfile_is_disabled cases)
  • cargo test -p pnpm-cli --test suite package_manager_check (46 passed, including a_pinned_package_manager_writes_no_lockfile_when_the_lockfile_is_turned_off, which runs a real pnpm install on the issue's repro and asserts no project lockfile appears)
  • cargo fmt --check and cargo clippy -p pnpm-cli --all-targets
  • jest src/switchCliVersion.test.ts, src/syncEnvLockfile.test.ts, test/switchingVersions.test.ts, test/packageManagerCheck.test.ts (89 passed, including the new e2e case asserting the switch to 9.3.0 still happens with no pnpm-lock.yaml)
  • Every new test was confirmed to fail with its fix disabled; the v11 e2e one fails on exactly the lockfile assertion, reproducing the issue.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • lockfile: false and --no-lockfile are now honored when automatically switching to a configured package manager version.
    • Automatic package-manager switching continues without creating or updating the project’s pnpm-lock.yaml.
    • When project lockfile persistence is disabled, related environment data is saved globally instead of in the project.
    • Compatible installed package-manager versions are used without unnecessary lockfile resolution or updates.

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The change makes lockfile: false and --no-lockfile suppress project lockfile persistence during devEngines.packageManager.onFail: download flows. Package-manager switching remains available and uses the global environment when required.

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Disabled lockfile handling

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Rust pre-command lockfile handling
pnpm/crates/cli/src/cli_args/pre_command.rs, pnpm/crates/cli/src/cli_args/pre_command/tests.rs, pnpm/crates/cli/tests/suite/package_manager_check.rs
Configuration now controls environment lockfile synchronization. Disabled project lockfiles skip persistence and use the global environment for downloaded pnpm versions. Tests cover these behaviors.
pnpm switching and synchronization guards
pnpm11/pnpm/src/switchCliVersion.ts, pnpm11/pnpm/src/syncEnvLockfile.ts, pnpm11/pnpm/src/*.test.ts, pnpm11/pnpm/test/switchingVersions.test.ts, .changeset/lockfile-false-honors-devengines-download.md
TypeScript switching and synchronization skip project lockfile writes when config.useLockfile is false. Tests verify skipped resolution and lockfile creation. The changeset documents the patch release.

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Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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Objective Addressed Explanation
[14728] Do not create a lockfile when lockfile: false or --no-lockfile is used with onFail: download ✅

Suggested labels: product: pnpm@11, product: pacquet

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Integrated-Benchmark Report (Linux)

Commit: 6848547bb1e0

Regular scenarios report direct and pnpr installs. The peer-heavy resolver scenario compares current Rust, main Rust, and TypeScript pnpm. Bencher consumes pacquet@HEAD and pnpr@HEAD.

The tables below show mean ± σ; Bencher thresholds on the minimum latency, which is far less perturbed by shared-runner contention (noise only adds time).

Scenario: Isolated linker: fresh restore, cold cache + cold store

Command Mean [s] Min [s] Max [s] Relative
pacquet@HEAD 2.529 ± 0.115 2.416 2.746 1.77 ± 0.15
pacquet@main 2.447 ± 0.076 2.352 2.588 1.71 ± 0.13
pnpr@HEAD 1.431 ± 0.098 1.316 1.550 1.00
pnpr@main 1.476 ± 0.116 1.296 1.671 1.03 ± 0.11
BENCHMARK_REPORT.json
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      "user": 1.7104220599999997,
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      "min": 2.4161902192,
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      "user": 1.55345706,
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Scenario: Isolated linker: fresh restore, hot cache + hot store

Command Mean [ms] Min [ms] Max [ms] Relative
pacquet@HEAD 240.3 ± 19.9 207.9 266.6 1.04 ± 0.09
pacquet@main 267.1 ± 25.5 208.9 291.7 1.15 ± 0.12
pnpr@HEAD 261.9 ± 31.3 229.8 311.5 1.13 ± 0.14
pnpr@main 231.7 ± 8.9 216.1 241.4 1.00
BENCHMARK_REPORT.json
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Scenario: Isolated linker: repeat install, hot cache + hot store

Command Mean [ms] Min [ms] Max [ms] Relative
pacquet@HEAD 7.5 ± 0.7 6.1 11.2 1.13 ± 0.13
pacquet@main 7.3 ± 0.5 6.3 10.7 1.09 ± 0.10
pnpr@HEAD 7.3 ± 0.5 6.2 9.5 1.10 ± 0.10
pnpr@main 6.6 ± 0.4 5.9 9.1 1.00
BENCHMARK_REPORT.json
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Scenario: Isolated linker: repeat install, cold cache + hot store

Command Mean [ms] Min [ms] Max [ms] Relative
pacquet@HEAD 7.4 ± 0.9 6.3 11.2 1.07 ± 0.14
pacquet@main 7.9 ± 1.8 6.2 15.5 1.13 ± 0.26
pnpr@HEAD 6.9 ± 0.4 6.0 9.0 1.00
pnpr@main 6.9 ± 0.4 5.9 8.1 1.00 ± 0.08
BENCHMARK_REPORT.json
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Scenario: Isolated linker: fresh install, cold cache + cold store

Command Mean [s] Min [s] Max [s] Relative
pacquet@HEAD 2.446 ± 0.022 2.409 2.483 1.63 ± 0.13
pacquet@main 2.445 ± 0.018 2.417 2.479 1.63 ± 0.13
pnpr@HEAD 1.602 ± 0.075 1.443 1.662 1.07 ± 0.10
pnpr@main 1.502 ± 0.124 1.355 1.739 1.00
BENCHMARK_REPORT.json
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Scenario: Isolated linker: fresh install, hot cache + hot store

Command Mean [ms] Min [ms] Max [ms] Relative
pacquet@HEAD 354.0 ± 13.9 336.5 384.5 1.29 ± 0.09
pacquet@main 353.4 ± 15.2 338.5 393.8 1.29 ± 0.10
pnpr@HEAD 276.3 ± 14.4 257.8 307.4 1.01 ± 0.08
pnpr@main 274.0 ± 16.9 247.8 304.2 1.00
BENCHMARK_REPORT.json
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      "user": 0.55053754,
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Scenario: Isolated linker: fresh install, cold cache + hot store

Command Mean [s] Min [s] Max [s] Relative
pacquet@HEAD 1.543 ± 0.014 1.521 1.571 5.63 ± 0.13
pacquet@main 1.536 ± 0.013 1.513 1.559 5.61 ± 0.13
pnpr@HEAD 0.284 ± 0.006 0.275 0.296 1.04 ± 0.03
pnpr@main 0.274 ± 0.006 0.264 0.282 1.00
BENCHMARK_REPORT.json
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Scenario: Isolated linker: fresh resolve, hot cache, offline

Command Mean [ms] Min [ms] Max [ms] Relative
pacquet@HEAD 189.6 ± 10.4 175.9 215.3 2.12 ± 0.13
pacquet@main 191.0 ± 15.7 173.1 225.6 2.13 ± 0.18
pnpr@HEAD 89.6 ± 2.2 86.7 95.2 1.00
pnpr@main 90.0 ± 2.2 86.3 94.8 1.00 ± 0.04
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Scenario: Isolated linker: peer-heavy resolve, hot cache, offline

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pacquet@main 590.1 ± 99.9 354.5 684.0 1.00
pnpm@HEAD 3375.4 ± 145.1 3197.9 3595.0 5.72 ± 1.00
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Scenario: Isolated linker: fresh restore, cold cache + cold store + cold pnpr

Command Mean [s] Min [s] Max [s] Relative
pacquet@HEAD 4.626 ± 0.163 4.457 4.867 1.36 ± 0.05
pacquet@main 4.497 ± 0.090 4.413 4.676 1.32 ± 0.03
pnpr@HEAD 3.478 ± 0.101 3.349 3.720 1.02 ± 0.03
pnpr@main 3.401 ± 0.030 3.369 3.448 1.00
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Scenario: GVS linker: fresh restore, hot cache + hot store

Same install as the isolated fresh-restore hot/hot scenario, into the shared virtual store — the layout pnpm 12 installs into by default. Comparable to that scenario head-to-head.

Command Mean [ms] Min [ms] Max [ms] Relative
pacquet@HEAD 118.6 ± 7.2 110.0 140.6 1.00
pacquet@main 123.5 ± 11.2 109.5 148.3 1.04 ± 0.11
pnpr@HEAD 136.2 ± 10.5 122.9 156.5 1.15 ± 0.11
pnpr@main 144.3 ± 8.1 131.5 156.7 1.22 ± 0.10
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devtechedge and others added 2 commits September 10, 2026 11:34
When devEngines.packageManager.onFail is download, pnpm was still writing
packageManagerDependencies into a project pnpm-lock.yaml even with
lockfile: false or --no-lockfile. Skip the project env-lockfile sync in
that case, and keep version switching by recording the downloaded engine
under the global env instead (Rust) / resolving with save:false (TypeScript).

Fixes #14728

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The v11 half read `config.lockfile`, which stays unset unless the user
spells it out, so `--no-package-lock` and `packageLock: false` still wrote
a project `pnpm-lock.yaml`. `config.useLockfile` is the resolved value, and
it matches what pacquet's `config.lockfile` already folds `package_lock`
into.

With no lockfile to read, `switchCliVersion` had no recorded resolution to
compare a range pin against, so it asked the registry on every command even
when the running pnpm satisfied the pin. It now returns as soon as the
running pnpm satisfies the pin, which is the version it would have picked
anyway — what pacquet already decides without a request.

Adds filesystem-backed regression tests to both stacks: a pacquet install
and a v11 version switch, each asserting that no project lockfile appears
while the switch still happens.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <[email protected]>
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pnpm/crates/cli/tests/suite/package_manager_check.rs[470-493]
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The Rust end-to-end regression pins the currently running pnpm version, so it does not verify that `onFail: download` still switches versions when lockfile writing is disabled.

## Fix Focus Areas
- pnpm/crates/cli/tests/suite/package_manager_check.rs[470-493]

## Recommended Fix
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The two disabled-lockfile cases both assert an absence: no plan, and no
project lockfile. Making `lockfile: false` skip switching altogether would
satisfy both, and the target-level test calls `switch_target` directly, so
it would not notice either.

Asserting it end to end is not available: the mocked registry's pnpm
package carries no platform binaries, so a real download switch stops at
`ERR_PNPM_PNPM_ENGINE_IDENTITY_UNVERIFIABLE` before anything observable.
The plan is where the decision is legible.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <[email protected]>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Dr2xYPYA1KseJ8sWgyvrBG
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Addressed the Qodo finding in 6848547.

The gap was real: both disabled-lockfile cases assert an absence (no plan, no project lockfile), and switch_target_uses_global_env_when_lockfile_is_disabled calls switch_target directly. Making lockfile: false skip switching altogether would have satisfied all three.

pre_command_plan_still_switches_when_lockfile_is_disabled now pins 99.0.0 with onFail: download plus --no-lockfile and asserts the planner returns a Switch for that spec, resolving into an env root that is not the project. It fails when the config.lockfile gate is removed from switch_target.

On the recommended fix: asserting the switched CLI's version end to end is not available in this suite. I probed it — the mocked registry's pnpm package carries no platform binaries, so a real download switch stops at ERR_PNPM_PNPM_ENGINE_IDENTITY_UNVERIFIABLE before the child ever runs. That is why the e2e case pins the running version, and why the switch half is asserted at the plan level, which is where the decision is legible. The v11 e2e test covers the observable Version 9.3.0 half, since jest can run the downloaded CLI.


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Thanks a lot, @zkochan, for taking the time to review and merge this PR!

I really appreciate the review and getting this fix into main. It was great to be able to address the lockfile: false / --no-lockfile behavior around devEngines.packageManager.onFail: download, including the regression coverage across both the Rust and TypeScript implementations.

Thanks again for maintaining pnpm and for making it possible for contributors to improve these kinds of edge cases.

biisal pushed a commit to biisal/pnpm that referenced this pull request Sep 15, 2026
* fix(cli): honor lockfile:false with onFail download

When devEngines.packageManager.onFail is download, pnpm was still writing
packageManagerDependencies into a project pnpm-lock.yaml even with
lockfile: false or --no-lockfile. Skip the project env-lockfile sync in
that case, and keep version switching by recording the downloaded engine
under the global env instead (Rust) / resolving with save:false (TypeScript).

Fixes pnpm#14728

Written by an agent (Cursor, GPT).

* fix(cli): gate the pin record on the resolved lockfile setting

The v11 half read `config.lockfile`, which stays unset unless the user
spells it out, so `--no-package-lock` and `packageLock: false` still wrote
a project `pnpm-lock.yaml`. `config.useLockfile` is the resolved value, and
it matches what pacquet's `config.lockfile` already folds `package_lock`
into.

With no lockfile to read, `switchCliVersion` had no recorded resolution to
compare a range pin against, so it asked the registry on every command even
when the running pnpm satisfied the pin. It now returns as soon as the
running pnpm satisfies the pin, which is the version it would have picked
anyway — what pacquet already decides without a request.

Adds filesystem-backed regression tests to both stacks: a pacquet install
and a v11 version switch, each asserting that no project lockfile appears
while the switch still happens.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <[email protected]>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Dr2xYPYA1KseJ8sWgyvrBG

* test(cli): assert the pin still switches with the lockfile turned off

The two disabled-lockfile cases both assert an absence: no plan, and no
project lockfile. Making `lockfile: false` skip switching altogether would
satisfy both, and the target-level test calls `switch_target` directly, so
it would not notice either.

Asserting it end to end is not available: the mocked registry's pnpm
package carries no platform binaries, so a real download switch stops at
`ERR_PNPM_PNPM_ENGINE_IDENTITY_UNVERIFIABLE` before anything observable.
The plan is where the decision is legible.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <[email protected]>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Dr2xYPYA1KseJ8sWgyvrBG

---------

Co-authored-by: Zoltan Kochan <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <[email protected]>
u9g pushed a commit to u9g/pnpm that referenced this pull request Sep 25, 2026
* fix(cli): honor lockfile:false with onFail download

When devEngines.packageManager.onFail is download, pnpm was still writing
packageManagerDependencies into a project pnpm-lock.yaml even with
lockfile: false or --no-lockfile. Skip the project env-lockfile sync in
that case, and keep version switching by recording the downloaded engine
under the global env instead (Rust) / resolving with save:false (TypeScript).

Fixes pnpm#14728

Written by an agent (Cursor, GPT).

* fix(cli): gate the pin record on the resolved lockfile setting

The v11 half read `config.lockfile`, which stays unset unless the user
spells it out, so `--no-package-lock` and `packageLock: false` still wrote
a project `pnpm-lock.yaml`. `config.useLockfile` is the resolved value, and
it matches what pacquet's `config.lockfile` already folds `package_lock`
into.

With no lockfile to read, `switchCliVersion` had no recorded resolution to
compare a range pin against, so it asked the registry on every command even
when the running pnpm satisfied the pin. It now returns as soon as the
running pnpm satisfies the pin, which is the version it would have picked
anyway — what pacquet already decides without a request.

Adds filesystem-backed regression tests to both stacks: a pacquet install
and a v11 version switch, each asserting that no project lockfile appears
while the switch still happens.

* test(cli): assert the pin still switches with the lockfile turned off

The two disabled-lockfile cases both assert an absence: no plan, and no
project lockfile. Making `lockfile: false` skip switching altogether would
satisfy both, and the target-level test calls `switch_target` directly, so
it would not notice either.

Asserting it end to end is not available: the mocked registry's pnpm
package carries no platform binaries, so a real download switch stops at
`ERR_PNPM_PNPM_ENGINE_IDENTITY_UNVERIFIABLE` before anything observable.
The plan is where the decision is legible.

---------

Co-authored-by: Zoltan Kochan <[email protected]>
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