Migrate from yarn to pnpm

[cmraible]

Migrates the toolchain from yarn (classic) to pnpm. Single commit against main.

What changed

Package manager

• "packageManager": "pnpm@11.24.0" — provisioned by corepack in the Docker build and pnpm/action-setup on the healthcheck runner.
• pnpm-workspace.yaml — pnpm settings: supply-chain soak (see below) + allowed build scripts (esbuild, protobufjs). Uses pnpm's default isolated node_modules layout, matching Ghost.
• Generated pnpm-lock.yaml (v9), removed yarn.lock.

Build / runtime

• Dockerfile: corepack enable → pnpm install --ignore-scripts --frozen-lockfile → pnpm build (copies pnpm-lock.yaml + pnpm-workspace.yaml).
• compose.yml / compose.ci.yml: pnpm exec tsx …, pnpm _test / pnpm _test:e2e.
• package.json scripts: yarn … → pnpm … (in step with main's vitest projects setup).

CI / dev / docs

• lint-and-test action → pnpm _lint; run-healthchecks → pnpm/action-setup + cache: pnpm + pnpm install --frozen-lockfile.
• .husky/pre-commit, README, AGENTS.md, docs/deployment.md, compose.ghost.yml → pnpm.

Supply-chain soak (minimumReleaseAge)

pnpm 11 defaults to a minimumReleaseAge gate that rejects freshly-published npm versions on --frozen-lockfile installs. pnpm-workspace.yaml sets it to 4320 (3 days), matching Ghost and the minimumReleaseAge that the shared TryGhost/renovate-config (already extended here) applies — so third-party bumps have soaked 3 days in Renovate before the lockfile lands, and first-party packages (@tryghost/*, eslint-plugin-ghost) are excluded on both sides. The lockfile was resolved under this gate, so every third-party entry is ≥3 days old.

Verification (local, CI-exact)

Build ✅ · lint ✅ · _test (types + coverage, thresholds enforced) ✅ 31/31, coverage unchanged (95.27 / 88.28 / 96.73 / 95.25) · e2e ✅ 2/2.

Notes

• --ignore-scripts preserved (as under yarn) — no onlyBuiltDependencies allowlist needed.
• deploy.yml keeps npm version patch — only edits package.json, no lockfile churn.

https://claude.ai/code/session_019VZskjJgacTYkiystBAHmP

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Walkthrough

The project migrates command execution and dependency management from Yarn to pnpm. It pins pnpm 11.24.0, configures a hoisted node_modules layout, and adds release-age settings. Docker, CI, Compose services, pre-commit hooks, package scripts, documentation, and ignore rules now use pnpm.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 5d398

The migration currently has two concrete compatibility risks: dependency installs may be rejected by the configured release-age policy, and the intended flat dependency layout may not be applied, potentially breaking CI, Docker builds, or local development. These issues should be fixed before merging.

Suggested reviewers: joeegrigg

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0…
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: migrating the project from Yarn to pnpm.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description directly explains the Yarn-to-pnpm migration and covers the affected package manager, build, runtime, CI, development, and documentation changes.

Full details: Docstring Coverage

Explanation

No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0 files. (15 skipped: 15 unsupported.)

✨ Finishing Touches

🧪 Generate unit tests (beta)

• Create PR with unit tests
• Commit unit tests in branch repo-audit/pnpm

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Codecov Report

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Actionable comments posted: 2

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Inline comments:
In @.npmrc:
- Line 3: Move the node-linker configuration from .npmrc into
pnpm-workspace.yaml using the nodeLinker: hoisted setting, remove the obsolete
.npmrc entry, and update AGENTS.md to document the new configuration location.

In `@pnpm-workspace.yaml`:
- Line 4: Update the minimumReleaseAge configuration to 0 to match the stated
objective and prevent frozen-lockfile installs from rejecting packages published
within the previous three days.

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📥 Commits

Reviewing files that changed from the base of the PR and between d14af98 and 5d398c8.

⛔ Files ignored due to path filters (2)

• pnpm-lock.yaml is excluded by !**/pnpm-lock.yaml
• yarn.lock is excluded by !**/yarn.lock, !**/*.lock

📒 Files selected for processing (15)

• .dockerignore
• .github/actions/lint-and-test/action.yml
• .github/actions/lint-and-test/compose.ci.yml
• .github/actions/run-healthchecks/action.yml
• .gitignore
• .husky/pre-commit
• .npmrc
• AGENTS.md
• Dockerfile
• README.md
• compose.ghost.yml
• compose.yml
• docs/deployment.md
• package.json
• pnpm-workspace.yaml

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✅ Deployed to staging (tree: bbde5e02c317ddd1249046475d05b4e111e23029)