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[pnpm v7] error message for workspace package scripts using v6 filter positions #4655
Description
pnpm version: 7.0.0
Code to reproduce the issue:
pnpm-workspace.yaml:
packages:
- 'automation/*'automation/sitemaps/package.json:
{
"name": "sitemaps",
"version": "0.0.0",
"private": true,
"scripts": {
"build": "tsc --project ./tsconfig.json",
"categories": "[[ -f ../../.env ]] && source ../../.env; NODE_OPTIONS='--unhandled-rejections=strict' ts-node src/categories.ts",
"popular": "[[ -f ../../.env ]] && source ../../.env; NODE_OPTIONS='--unhandled-rejections=strict' ts-node src/popular.ts",
"popular:npm": "[[ -f ../../.env ]] && source ../../.env; NODE_OPTIONS='--unhandled-rejections=strict' ts-node src/popular-npm.ts"
}
}Run pnpm categories --filter sitemaps from the repo/workspace root.
Expected behavior:
In the latest v6, this worked without issue. I don't see anything (nothing obvious at least) in the release notes to indicate this should have changed, and the docs still state that it should https://pnpm.io/cli/run#examples.
Actual behavior:
→ pnpm categories --filter sitemaps
ERR_PNPM_RECURSIVE_EXEC_FIRST_FAIL not found: categories
Additional information:
node -vprints: v14.19.0- Windows, macOS, or Linux?: macOS
Activity
zkochan commentedon May 2, 2022
It is probably related to this change:
Try
pnpm --filter sitemaps categoriesshellscape commentedon May 2, 2022
Thanks, that worked. It looks like the docs for filtering match (https://pnpm.io/filtering#--filter-package_name-1) and maybe it's just been a long time since I've looked at those, or I wasn't doing it correctly from the start. In either case it's not a regression.
I do wonder if we can improve the error message output with hints as to what the cause might be. e.g. if the script/command isn't found, examine the command for args that look like pnpm-specific args, and add a
did you mean: ... ?[-][pnpm v7] regression: filtered run for workspace package scripts[/-][+][pnpm v7] error message for workspace package scripts using v6 filter positions[/+]altaywtf commentedon Sep 26, 2026
A fix is ready for review in #15893. CI is green.
Written by an agent (Claude Code, Opus 5.5).
feat(run): hint at --filter placement when a script is missing (#15893)