npm: v11.16.0 Release

11.16.0 (2026-05-27)

Features

• 4b67f6e #9416 publish --access=private alias for restricted (#9416) (@github-actions[bot], @reggi, @Copilot)
• a10c7ca #9415 Phase 1 of allowScripts opt-in install-script policy (#9360) (#9415) (@owlstronaut, @JamieMagee) ### Bug Fixes
• 1f7869b #9411 fix typo of fullMetadata (@owlstronaut)
• cde03ba #9390 config: pause progress spinner during interactive editor spawn (#9388) (@github-actions[bot], @Zelys-DFKH, @claude) ### Documentation
• c5e9d73 #9390 Document npm_old_version and npm_new_version environment variables (#9389) (@github-actions[bot], @36degrees) ### Dependencies
• cdd7bbc #9421 [email protected]
• fde87c9 #9421 [email protected]
• 2779793 #9421 [email protected]
• dea702d #9421 @sigstore/[email protected]
• 4eab03f #9421 @sigstore/[email protected]
• 74c7323 #9421 @npmcli/[email protected]
• edc4ab3 #9421 [email protected]
• 5f6ce33 #9421 [email protected] ### Chores
• bd04976 #9421 dev dependency updates (@owlstronaut)
• aeceb23 #9407 sanitize newlines in flags table default and type values (#9407) (@reggi, @Copilot)
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