- Added .nvmrc/.node version support in the global node shim, new allowBuild option, publishWaitTimeout, and auto‑creation of pnpm workspace.yaml from the workspaces field.
- Introduced forceIgnoresPlatform setting to restore previous optional‑dependency behavior and improved lock handling, private copy fallback, and proxy connection limits.
- Fixed security issues (userAgent placeholder expansion, Nix bin shim hijacking, lifecycle scripts in storeDir) and numerous bugs (out‑of‑memory during peer checks, lockfile hangs, TLS failures, macOS CA fallback, etc.).