npm v11 Roadmap

[wraithgar]

Initiative

npm 11

Before release

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1. Align npm packages to npm 10's node engine range cli#7754
   Epic +1
   
2. [epic] devEngines #861
   3 of 5
   epic +1
   

For Release (breaking changes)

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1. npm 11 engines declaration #899
   +0
2. remove npm hooks code #901
   +0
3. Remove npm audit fallback request #900
   +0
4. make prepare obey --ignore-scripts config ([BUG] npm pack and publish should not run hooks, or hooks need to have opt-out cli#7211)
5. remove npmg alias detection https://github.com/npm/cli/blob/63d6a732c3c0e9c19fd4d147eaa5cc27c29b168d/lib/cli/entry.js#L9-L12
6. RFC: No implicit tagging for non-latest release versions rfcs#776
   +0
7. feat: add bun.lockb to ignorelist npm-packlist#168
   +0
8. feat: explicitly include type init-package-json#302
   +0
9. support init-type config #654
   Enhancement +1
10. fix(view): sort and truncate dist-tags cli#7808
    +0

Post-release

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1. Update engines for subdependencies
2. Update tap et al for subdependencies (all deps currently held back by engines)
3. remove and deprecate read-package-json-fast
4. add npm 11 to Node.js v23
5. see if Node.js v22 can have npm 11 by default