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  • Addresses an existing issue: SCO-8988
  • Your changes are well-tested and test coverage does not degrade.1

Description

Converts this repo's own tooling from npm to pnpm. pnpm is pinned in mise.toml; all workflows, .precious.toml commands, and dev-bin/release.sh use it. The consumer-facing npm install in README.md is deliberately unchanged — this is about our dev workflow, not how users install the package.

minfraud-api-node is getting the same treatment under the same ticket, and the two conversions were coordinated so both repos land the same shape.

e2e projects become pnpm workspace members

e2e/js and e2e/ts previously got the library via npm link, which has no pnpm equivalent. They now depend on @maxmind/geoip2-node at workspace:*, so one root install links them. This replaces three package-lock.json files with a single pnpm-lock.yaml and removes six steps from test.yml.

npm link was already a symlink, so there's no fidelity change. Both e2e manifests gain "private": true, since workspace membership would otherwise let a stray pnpm publish -r push js-test/ts-test to the registry. Accepted trade-off: the e2e/* dirs are no longer installable standalone.

Resolves the zizmor adhoc-packages alert

The publish job moves to Node 24, whose bundled npm 11.17.0 clears the 11.5.1 minimum for npm Trusted Publishing. On Node 22 (npm 10.9.8) the job had to run npm install -g npm@latest, which is what alert #33 flagged for installing outside a lockfile. That line is now simply deleted.

Publishing itself stays on the npm CLI. pnpm has no native OIDC implementation — it shells out to npm for trusted publishing and provenance, and that path has known failures. npm publish is safe in a pnpm-installed tree: it packs only files: ["dist"] and reads no lockfile. A comment in the workflow records this so it isn't "fixed" later.

Notable details

  • No .npmrc. pnpm 11 no longer reads non-auth settings from INI, so engineStrict: true lives in pnpm-workspace.yaml. The engine-strict=true in dev-site/blog-site is dead config; it was not copied here.
  • lockfile_platforms excludes macos-x64. pnpm 11 ships no darwin-x64 binary, so mise mis-resolves that platform to the release's unrelated source-maps.tgz. Omitting it turns a silent mis-download into a clear error. See the open question below.
  • src/types.ts is unrelated to pnpm. The fresh resolve moved prettier 3.8.4 → 3.9.6 within its declared ^3.0.0 range, and the newer version collapses that union type, which failed prettier:ci. Verified 3.8.4 passes and 3.9.6 does not, so this is the bump and not pre-existing drift.
  • dependabot.yml narrows to directory: /, since one root lockfile covers the workspace. Ecosystem stays npm, which is correct for pnpm.

Verified

Locally: build, 131 tests at 100% coverage, build:docs, both e2e suites, lint, prettier:ci, precious lint -g, and pnpm install --frozen-lockfile on a clean tree. npm pack --dry-run shows the published surface unchanged (43 files, no pnpm-workspace.yaml, no workspace: specifier leaking into the manifest).

The Links workflow already passed on the branch push, which exercises the rewritten mise.toml/mise.lock under the --locked that mise-action forces.

On the sibling repo's CI, the identical workflow shape logged v22.23.2 / v24.19.0 across matrix legs and using pnpm v11.22.0 — confirming mise's own Node ("latest") does not shadow actions/setup-node's, and that mise which pnpm resolves by bare name on a runner. The node --version guard step is retained because that shadowing failure would otherwise be silent and green.

Open question, not resolved by this PR

Does anyone here develop on an Intel Mac? pnpm 11 ships no darwin-x64 binary at all, so those machines cannot run pnpm 11 via mise regardless of what we lock — this is upstream, not a choice made here. Both repos' CI is linux-x64, so nothing will ever surface it automatically. Worth a decision rather than being implied by a lock file. Note mm_website's committed mise.lock has the same bad macos-x64 entry today.

Separately, SCO-9212 was filed for mm_website's .npmrc, where pnpm 11 silently ignores ignore-scripts and the deliberate 4-day minimum-release-age supply-chain delay.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Developer Experience

    • Standardized installation, testing, linting, formatting, building, and release workflows on pnpm.
    • Added workspace support for end-to-end packages and pinned pnpm 11 tooling.
    • Added safeguards for supported Node.js and pnpm versions.
  • Documentation

    • Updated development and pull request instructions to use pnpm commands.
    • Clarified workspace and dependency setup guidance.
  • Maintenance

    • Improved dependency automation and CI configuration for the pnpm workspace.
    • Added pnpm-specific files and exclusions for cleaner local development.

Converts the repo's own tooling from npm to pnpm. pnpm is pinned in
mise.toml, and all workflows, precious commands, and the release script
use it.

The e2e projects previously got the root package via `npm link`, which has
no pnpm equivalent. They are now pnpm workspace members depending on
`@maxmind/geoip2-node` at `workspace:*`, so a single root install links
them. This replaces three package-lock.json files with one
pnpm-lock.yaml and removes six steps from test.yml. Both are marked
private, since workspace membership would otherwise let a stray
`pnpm publish -r` push them to the registry.

The publish job moves to Node 24, whose bundled npm 11.17.0 is above the
11.5.1 minimum for npm Trusted Publishing. That lets `npm install -g
npm@latest` be deleted, resolving the zizmor adhoc-packages alert that
flagged it for installing outside a lockfile. Publishing itself stays on
the npm CLI: pnpm has no native OIDC support, and delegating provenance
to npm through `pnpm publish` has known failures. A comment in the
workflow records why, so it is not "fixed" later.

mise.toml restricts lockfile_platforms to exclude macos-x64. pnpm 11
ships no darwin-x64 binary, so mise mis-resolves that platform to the
release's unrelated source-maps.tgz asset. Intel Macs therefore cannot
run pnpm 11 via mise at all; omitting the platform turns a silent
mis-download into a clear error rather than causing the loss.

pnpm settings live in pnpm-workspace.yaml, not .npmrc: pnpm 11 no longer
reads non-auth settings from INI, which makes the `engine-strict=true`
used elsewhere in the house dead config.

The src/types.ts change is unrelated to pnpm. The fresh resolve moved
prettier from 3.8.4 to 3.9.6 within its declared `^3.0.0` range, and the
newer version collapses that union type, which failed prettier:ci.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The repository now uses pnpm 11 as its package manager. Workspace configuration covers e2e packages. Local commands, CI workflows, Dependabot settings, release scripts, and development documentation use pnpm.

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pnpm workspace migration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Workspace and toolchain configuration
mise.toml, pnpm-workspace.yaml, package.json, e2e/*/package.json, .gitignore, .prettierignore
The repository pins pnpm 11.22.0, defines the e2e workspace, enforces package engines, and updates ignored files and workspace package metadata.
Developer command tooling
.precious.toml, package.json, CLAUDE.md, dev-bin/release.sh, src/types.ts
Developer scripts, release commands, and instructions use pnpm commands. Prettier, ESLint, and TypeScript commands use pnpm exec.
CI and dependency automation
.github/workflows/*, .github/dependabot.yml
CI and release workflows install dependencies with pnpm and use frozen lockfiles. Dependabot configuration targets the root workspace.
Release and project guidance
.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
Coverage instructions use the pnpm command.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 20c71

This migration changes CI and release tooling, but the current configuration can let the environment manager override the Node 22/24 versions selected for publishing, creating a concrete risk of running releases under an unintended runtime. Intel Mac development setup also remains unresolved, so merge should wait for the workflow fix and an explicit owner decision on that platform.

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  GitHubActions->>setup-node: Select the Node.js version
  GitHubActions->>mise: Install the pinned pnpm version
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zizmor's cache-poisoning audit flags a restorable cache in a job that
publishes artifacts built at runtime. Both setup-node steps in this
workflow already set package-manager-cache: false for that reason, so
adding jdx/mise-action, which caches by default, reintroduced the finding
that existing config was written to avoid.

Caching stays enabled in test.yml and lint.yml, where zizmor does not
flag it and it is a real speed win. This mirrors the asymmetry the
workflow already had with package-manager-cache.

Verified with `zizmor --no-online-audits .github/workflows/`: two high
cache-poisoning findings before, none after.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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- Around line 30-39: Set cache: false in the with blocks for both
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In `@mise.toml`:
- Around line 9-19: Update the mise configuration and platform support
documentation so Intel macOS is not treated as a supported pnpm platform; do not
rely solely on lockfile_platforms, since mise may add macos-x64 during lock
generation. If Intel macOS remains supported, define an installation path using
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30-39: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Disable mise PATH exports in both Setup mise steps.

Set add_shims_to_path: false and export_path: false. Otherwise, mise can shadow the Node 22/24 versions selected by actions/setup-node because mise.toml uses node = "latest".

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Addresses code review on #1775.

The `node --version` step added with the pnpm conversion only printed the
version, so a mise-shadowed Node would have gone undetected unless a human
read the log. test.yml now compares the running major against the matrix
value and fails on mismatch. The matrix value is passed through env rather
than interpolated into the run block, which is the form zizmor's
template-injection audit flags. lint.yml has no matrix, so its step is
relabelled as the smoke check it actually is.

release.yml's publish job now asserts npm >= 11.5.1, the invariant that
lets it pin Node 24 and skip installing npm globally. A Node downgrade
would otherwise only surface during a real release.

mise.toml's lockfile_platforms comment claimed more than the setting
delivers. `mise lock` always locks the platform it runs on, even one
excluded from that list -- verified by dropping the current platform and
regenerating, which re-added it. So the list is not a hard guard, and the
comment now says so and points at the post-regeneration check.

Records that Intel macOS and Windows ARM64 are unsupported, so excluding
macos-x64 is not a loss of support. Intel macOS could not work regardless:
pnpm 11 ships no darwin-x64 binary, which is why mise falls back to the
release's unrelated source-maps.tgz there. README.dev.md gains a supported
platforms section.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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