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Summary

  • skip the optimisticRepeatInstall fast path when the wanted lockfile contains merge conflict markers
  • make dependency status checks treat conflicted lockfiles as not up to date
  • check modified patch/pnpmfile state before the workspace “no manifests changed” shortcut

Fixes #11604.

Testing

  • corepack pnpm --filter @pnpm/deps.status exec tsgo --build
  • corepack pnpm --filter @pnpm/deps.status exec eslint "src/**/*.ts" "test/**/*.ts"
  • corepack pnpm --filter @pnpm/installing.commands exec tsgo --build
  • corepack pnpm --filter @pnpm/installing.commands exec eslint "src/**/*.ts"
  • validated https://github.com/Stanzilla/pnpm-optimistic-patch-lockfile-repro with a locally bundled pnpm: final install resolves pnpm-lock.yaml conflict markers instead of printing Already up to date

Notes:

  • corepack pnpm --filter @pnpm/deps.status test -- checkDepsStatus.test.ts currently fails before running tests in this checkout with module is already linked; the same failure also occurs for an existing deps/status test, so I validated with direct compile/lint plus the end-to-end repro.
  • The pre-push hook was bypassed after it failed in pn -F=pnpm compile because that script removed pnpm/dist and then invoked pnpm/bin/pnpm.mjs, which imports the removed bundle.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Optimistic installs now detect and surface merge conflicts in lockfiles so conflicts are resolved instead of being skipped when local state appears up to date.
  • Releases

    • Patch version bumps applied to relevant packages to ship the fix.
  • Tests

    • Added tests covering lockfile merge-conflict detection and dependency-status validation (including patch file changes).

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lockfile/fs/src/read.ts (2)

1-1: LGTM!

Also applies to: 93-93


67-77: LGTM!

deps/status/src/checkDepsStatus.ts (4)

16-16: LGTM!

Also applies to: 51-51, 117-117


172-185: LGTM!


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576-604: LGTM!


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Walkthrough

Adds a synchronous helper to detect merge markers in wanted lockfiles, wires conflict detection into deps.status (early-failing when conflicts exist), adds filesystem-backed tests for conflict scenarios, and includes a changeset release note.

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Lockfile Merge Conflict Detection and Gating

Layer / File(s) Summary
Lockfile FS: wantedLockfileHasMergeConflicts
lockfile/fs/src/read.ts
Exports wantedLockfileHasMergeConflictsSync, adjusts FS imports to use fs and fsp, and updates _read to use fsp.readFile; helper reads WANTED_LOCKFILE, strips BOM, extracts main YAML doc, and detects merge markers; returns false on ENOENT.
Dependency status: lockfile conflict detection
deps/status/src/checkDepsStatus.ts
CheckDepsStatusOptions adds lockfileDir; _checkDepsStatus computes candidate wanted-lockfile dirs (via getWantedLockfileDirs), probes them (via findConflictedLockfileDir) and returns upToDate: false with a merge-conflict issue when a conflicted wanted lockfile is found; the "no manifest modifications" early-return is moved to after modifiedProjects.
Dependency status tests
deps/status/test/checkDepsStatus.test.ts
Updates test imports for fs/promises, adds a patch-file mtime test, and two filesystem-backed lockfile-conflict tests (root and per-project workspace case) that write conflicted pnpm-lock.yaml files via writeConflictedLockfile and assert upToDate: false; temp dirs cleaned up in finally.
Changeset / release note
.changeset/fix-optimistic-lockfile-conflict.md
Adds changeset bumping patch versions for pnpm, @pnpm/deps.status, @pnpm/installing.commands, and @pnpm/lockfile.fs; notes that optimisticRepeatInstall no longer skips pnpm-lock.yaml merge conflict resolution when node_modules appears current.

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🐰 A lockfile once conflicted lay,

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deps/status/test/checkDepsStatus.test.ts (1)

399-447: ⚡ Quick win

Add a regression case for sharedWorkspaceLockfile: false with conflict markers in a project lockfile.

Current coverage validates only one lockfile path. A per-project lockfile conflict case would protect against false upToDate: true when manifests are unchanged.

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Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@deps/status/test/checkDepsStatus.test.ts` around lines 399 - 447, Add a
regression test mirroring the existing "wanted lockfile has merge conflict
markers" case but for per-project lockfiles by setting sharedWorkspaceLockfile:
false in the CheckDepsStatusOptions and ensuring the mock workspace state
includes a project entry; create a project dir with a pnpm-lock.yaml containing
conflict markers, call checkDepsStatus(opts) where opts includes
sharedWorkspaceLockfile: false and rootProjectManifestDir pointing to the
workspace root and pnpmfile/paths as needed, then assert result.upToDate is
false and result.issue mentions the specific project lockfile path; reference
the existing test block in checkDepsStatus.test.ts, the checkDepsStatus
function, and the CheckDepsStatusOptions/sharedWorkspaceLockfile flag to locate
where to add the new it(...) test.
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Inline comments:
In `@deps/status/src/checkDepsStatus.ts`:
- Around line 171-178: The current early-return only checks a single
wantedLockfileDir for merge conflicts (computed as lockfileDir ?? workspaceDir
?? rootProjectManifestDir) which misses per-project lockfiles when
sharedWorkspaceLockfile is false; update the logic in checkDepsStatus (where
wantedLockfileDir and lockfileHasMergeConflicts are used) to build and iterate
over all relevant lockfile directories: if sharedWorkspaceLockfile is true keep
the existing single check, otherwise gather each project's lockfile directory
(e.g., per-project manifest dir or project.lockfileDir) and call
lockfileHasMergeConflicts for each one, returning upToDate: false and the
appropriate issue as soon as any conflicted lockfile is found.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@deps/status/test/checkDepsStatus.test.ts`:
- Around line 399-447: Add a regression test mirroring the existing "wanted
lockfile has merge conflict markers" case but for per-project lockfiles by
setting sharedWorkspaceLockfile: false in the CheckDepsStatusOptions and
ensuring the mock workspace state includes a project entry; create a project dir
with a pnpm-lock.yaml containing conflict markers, call checkDepsStatus(opts)
where opts includes sharedWorkspaceLockfile: false and rootProjectManifestDir
pointing to the workspace root and pnpmfile/paths as needed, then assert
result.upToDate is false and result.issue mentions the specific project lockfile
path; reference the existing test block in checkDepsStatus.test.ts, the
checkDepsStatus function, and the CheckDepsStatusOptions/sharedWorkspaceLockfile
flag to locate where to add the new it(...) test.
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2-7: Changeset entry looks accurate and aligned with the fix scope.

installing/commands/src/installDeps.ts (1)

169-169: Good guard: optimistic repeat-install is now correctly blocked when lockfile conflict markers are present.

Also applies to: 472-483

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Pull request overview

This PR improves optimisticRepeatInstall correctness by preventing “Already up to date” short-circuits when the wanted lockfile is conflicted, and by ensuring patch/pnpmfile modifications are considered even when workspace manifests haven’t changed (fixing #11604).

Changes:

  • Detect merge-conflict markers in pnpm-lock.yaml and treat the dependency state as not up to date.
  • Reorder checkDepsStatus so patch/pnpmfile changes are evaluated before the “no manifests changed” early exit.
  • Add regression tests and a changeset for the affected packages.

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File Description
installing/commands/src/installDeps.ts Skips optimistic fast-path when the lockfile appears conflicted by adding a merge-conflict marker check.
deps/status/src/checkDepsStatus.ts Treats conflicted wanted lockfiles as not up to date; moves patch/pnpmfile checks before manifest early-exit; adds lockfileDir support.
deps/status/test/checkDepsStatus.test.ts Adds test coverage for patch-only changes and for conflicted lockfiles returning upToDate: false.
.changeset/fix-optimistic-lockfile-conflict.md Declares patch releases for the impacted packages and documents the fix.
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installing/commands/src/installDeps.ts:173

  • installDeps() now checks lockfileHasMergeConflicts() before calling checkDepsStatus(), but checkDepsStatus() also reads the wanted lockfile to detect merge conflicts. In the common conflict-free case this will read pnpm-lock.yaml twice, which undermines the performance benefit of optimisticRepeatInstall. Consider removing the pre-check here and relying on the checkDepsStatus result (or otherwise sharing the read result) so the lockfile is only read once.
  if (!opts.update && !opts.dedupe && params.length === 0 && opts.optimisticRepeatInstall && !await lockfileHasMergeConflicts(opts.lockfileDir ?? opts.workspaceDir ?? opts.dir)) {
    const { upToDate } = await checkDepsStatus({
      ...opts,
      ignoreFilteredInstallCache: true,
    })

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@Stanzilla Stanzilla force-pushed the fix/optimistic-lockfile-conflict branch from 8f26b4c to 265f7ff Compare May 12, 2026 17:10
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compilation fails

Stanzilla and others added 3 commits May 14, 2026 10:24
`sharedWorkspaceLockfile` is not in `WORKSPACE_STATE_SETTING_KEYS`, so
placing it inside `WorkspaceState.settings` broke type checking. Pass
it directly on the `CheckDepsStatusOptions` instead.
`@pnpm/lockfile.fs` was added as a runtime dependency but the tsconfig
project references were not updated. meta-updater enforces this in CI.
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@zkochan zkochan force-pushed the fix/optimistic-lockfile-conflict branch from 265f7ff to 38c0e52 Compare May 14, 2026 08:32
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Compilation fix pushed:

  • 469164b moves sharedWorkspaceLockfile: false out of WorkspaceState.settings (it's not in WORKSPACE_STATE_SETTING_KEYS) and onto CheckDepsStatusOptions directly. This was the TS2353 error in deps/status/test/checkDepsStatus.test.ts:453.
  • 38c0e52 adds the missing ../../lockfile/fs project reference to installing/commands/tsconfig.json to match the new @pnpm/lockfile.fs runtime dependency (meta-updater check).

Local pnpm run compile-only and pnpm meta-updater --test both pass now.


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…tate

The first iteration of the conflict-detection fix unconditionally read
pnpm-lock.yaml on every install - once in installDeps and again inside
checkDepsStatus - defeating the point of optimisticRepeatInstall, which
was to skip reading the lockfile entirely when nothing changed.

Restore the fast path by:

- Dropping the redundant lockfile read from installDeps. checkDepsStatus
  already returns upToDate: false when the lockfile is conflicted, so
  the pre-check was dead weight.
- Gating the conflict check inside checkDepsStatus on the lockfile's
  mtime: if it hasn't been touched since the last successful install,
  it cannot have grown conflict markers, so the read is skipped.

Conflict markers introduced after a successful install (e.g. via
git pull/merge) still update the lockfile mtime, so the correctness
fix is preserved.
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Restored the optimisticRepeatInstall fast path in 54084df. The first iteration was reading pnpm-lock.yaml unconditionally — once in installDeps and again inside checkDepsStatus — which defeated the purpose of the optimization (the fast path's whole job is to avoid touching the lockfile when nothing has changed).

Changes:

  • Dropped the redundant pre-check in installDeps.ts. checkDepsStatus already returns upToDate: false for a conflicted lockfile, so the extra read was dead weight (also removed the now-unused @pnpm/lockfile.fs dep + tsconfig project ref).
  • Gated the conflict check inside _checkDepsStatus on the lockfile mtime: if the lockfile hasn't been modified since workspaceState.lastValidatedTimestamp, it can't have grown conflict markers, so the read is skipped.

Conflict markers introduced after a successful install (e.g. via git pull/merge) still bump the lockfile mtime, so the bug fix is preserved — the existing regression tests in checkDepsStatus.test.ts still pass because they create the conflicted lockfile after setting lastValidatedTimestamp to Date.now() - 10_000.

pnpm run compile-only, pnpm meta-updater --test, and the deps.status type check all pass locally.


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findConflictedLockfileDir awaits its work serially with no concurrent
operations to interleave, so the async overhead (Promise.all microtasks,
event-loop hops) buys nothing. Convert to a plain for-loop with
fs.statSync and a new wantedLockfileHasMergeConflictsSync export.

Also resolves a test-mock issue: the previous version called safeStat
from deps/status, which is jest-mocked across the test file. The mocked
safeStat returned undefined (or stale stats from earlier tests), causing
the conflict check to silently no-op. Switching to fs.statSync bypasses
the mock and gets the real mtime of the temp lockfile the regression
tests write.
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Two improvements in 44bdc98:

Sync conversion. The conflict check awaits its work serially with no concurrent operations to interleave, so async buys nothing. Converted findConflictedLockfileDir to a plain for-loop using fs.statSync + a new wantedLockfileHasMergeConflictsSync export from @pnpm/lockfile.fs (replacing the async version, which had no remaining callers). Removes promise allocation / microtask overhead on the steady-state path.

Fixes the CI test failure. The failing tests in run 25851101531 were caused by the mtime gate calling safeStat from deps/status — which is jest.unstable_mockModule'd across the test file. The mocked safeStat returns undefined (or stale stats from earlier mockImplementation calls that clearAllMocks doesn't reset), so the conflict check silently no-op'd. Switching to fs.statSync directly bypasses the mock and gets the real mtime of the temp lockfile the regression tests write to disk.


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@zkochan thanks for finishing this!

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