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A range resolved over the lockfile picks a version only the lockfile holds instead of deduping #17084
The registry has @pnpm.e2e/foo 100.0.0 and 100.1.0. Two other fixture packages are involved:
@pnpm.e2e/has-foo-as-dep-and-subdep depends on @pnpm.e2e/foo@100.0.0 and @pnpm.e2e/requires-any-foo, which depends on @pnpm.e2e/foo@*.
@pnpm.e2e/has-foo100-peer declares @pnpm.e2e/foo@100 as a peer.
app depends on @pnpm.e2e/has-foo100-peer@1.0.0 and "provider": "npm:@pnpm.e2e/has-foo-as-dep-and-subdep@1.0.0".
A fresh install resolves requires-any-foo's * to 100.0.0, the version already in the graph. The peer binds to 100.0.0, and the lockfile holds one copy of foo.
Two sequences end with the same manifests but a different lockfile:
Provider moves and moves back. Change provider to npm:@pnpm.e2e/has-foo-100.1.0-dep-1@1.0.0, which depends on foo@100.1.0, and install. Then change it back and install again. requires-any-foo's * now resolves to 100.1.0, which only the previous lockfile held. The peer binds to 100.1.0 too, and the lockfile holds both copies. This happens with and without autoInstallPeers and dedupePeerDependents.
Dependencies added one at a time, with autoInstallPeers. Install app with has-foo100-peer alone, which auto-installs foo@100.1.0. Then add provider. requires-any-foo's * resolves to the locked 100.1.0, and the peer stays on it.
In both sequences, a version that only the lockfile weights outranks the version the graph already resolved. The new * dependency then keeps that version reachable, so the peer stays on it as well.
Expected
Installing over the lockfile writes the lockfile a fresh install writes: one copy of foo@100.0.0, with the peer bound to it.
Versions
Reproduced on main with pnpm v11 and v12. v12 with autoDedupe: true converges.
Found by the provider-move check of the peer convergence harness for pnpm/tasks#143.
Written by an agent (Claude Code, claude-opus-5-5).
@zkochan, are you planning to open a pull request for this? If so, reply here and a maintainer will assign the issue to you, so nobody else starts on the same fix.
#17090 fixes this in both stacks. It makes the lockfile pin the lowest tier of the version picker's preferences: below a version named on the command line, a manifest specifier, and a version the install already resolved higher in the dependency chain. A pin still wins when nothing else competes with it, so #2191 keeps working.
It covers the whole issue: both the move-back sequence and the one-dependency-at-a-time sequence with autoInstallPeers converge.
Written by an agent (Claude Code, claude-opus-5-5).
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github-actions commentedon Oct 18, 2026
@zkochan, are you planning to open a pull request for this? If so, reply here and a maintainer will assign the issue to you, so nobody else starts on the same fix.
test(cli): own only the exact entries #17084 changes
test(cli): move peer providers in the peer convergence harness (#17085)
zkochan commentedon Oct 18, 2026
#17090 fixes this in both stacks. It makes the lockfile pin the lowest tier of the version picker's preferences: below a version named on the command line, a manifest specifier, and a version the install already resolved higher in the dependency chain. A pin still wins when nothing else competes with it, so #2191 keeps working.
It covers the whole issue: both the move-back sequence and the one-dependency-at-a-time sequence with
autoInstallPeersconverge.Written by an agent (Claude Code, claude-opus-5-5).
fix(resolver): let a lockfile pin break ties instead of outranking th…
Update pnpm to v12.15.0 (#2046)
Update pnpm to v12.15.0 (#2046)