npm: v12.0.0-pre.1 Release

12.0.0-pre.1 (2026-06-19)

⚠️ BREAKING CHANGES

• Preserve https protocol when working with git (#8703)
• The default license for npm init has been changed from "ISC" to an empty string. If not set, the license field will be omitted from new packages.
• npm now supports node ^22.22.2 || ^24.15.0 || >=26.0.0
• allow-git and allow-remote now default to "none"; set them to "all" (or "root") to install git or user-supplied tarball-URL dependencies.
• root `preinstall` now runs before dependencies are installed.
• unknown configs in .npmrc, unknown CLI flags, abbreviated flags, and single-hyphen multi-char shorthands now throw instead of warning. ### Features
• ce7681f #9496 packageExtensions for root-owned dependency manifest repairs (#9496) (@manzoorwanijk)
• 1db885c #9439 native dependency patching (npm patch add/commit/update/ls/rm) (#9439) (@manzoorwanijk)
• fc80bb3 #9234 remove default license for npm init (@owlstronaut)
• be8053c #9544 warn when min-release-age blocks an audit fix (#9544) (@JamieMagee)
• 18eb967 #9559 bump to new node engine range (@owlstronaut)
• c3e1a71 #9532 add min-release-age-exclude config (@JamieMagee, @caseyjhol)
• 5cd5150 #9424 default-deny install scripts (allowScripts opt-in) [v12] (@JamieMagee)
• 64e3f79 #9480 allowScripts tooling and inBundle hardening (#9480) (@JamieMagee)
• caa3295 #9466 default allow-git and allow-remote to none (@owlstronaut)
• f2e4a28 #9351 add a global npmignore file (#9351) (@ljharb)
• c9be2d1 #9153 publish --access=private alias for restricted (#9153) (@reggi, @Copilot)
• 7068d42 #9360 Phase 1 of allowScripts opt-in install-script policy (#9360) (@JamieMagee)
• 979518d #9276 error on unknown configs, flags, and abbreviations (#9276) (@owlstronaut) ### Bug Fixes
• e96a7de #8703 Preserve https protocol when working with git (#8703) (@oldium)
• a847d28 #9575 patch: warn when patch update --to targets an uninstalled version (#9575) (@manzoorwanijk)
• 62b0694 #9576 patch: explain out-of-sync lockfile after --ignore-patch-failures (#9576) (@manzoorwanijk)
• 5ddf6cc #9567 patch: keep the update marker on a no-op commit so a retry finalizes (#9567) (@manzoorwanijk)
• fc3ef5a #9559 adapt to @npmcli/run-script@11 breaking changes (@owlstronaut)
• abf78b3 #9540 match dotted and versioned args in approve-scripts/deny-scripts (@owlstronaut)
• f6270d1 #9531 emit valid JSON from approve-scripts/deny-scripts --json (@owlstronaut)
• 0e55f97 #9492 pass script-shell to publish lifecycle hooks (@Zelys-DFKH)
• 2cbb13b #9490 recognize allowScripts for local link targets (#9490) (@cyphercodes, @cyphercodes)
• bf623e0 #9473 validate registry path for allow-remote tarballs (@Abhinav-143x)
• 6be874b #9479 list pending scripts in approve-scripts when ignore-scripts is set (#9479) (@JamieMagee)
• 6603b2c #9469 suggest --allow-scripts for global installs in unreviewed-scripts warnings (#9469) (@JamieMagee)
• fe820b6 #9442 invalid issue template YAML indentation (#9442) (@fallintoplace)
• fe41ae7 #9404 show full parent command path in subcommand usage errors (#9404) (@shaanmajid)
• 75bf7de #9456 respect allowScripts policy in prune, dedupe, uninstall, audit fix, and link (@JamieMagee)
• 6efac6e #9453 config: clarify --all help so it's accurate for approve-scripts and deny-scripts (@JamieMagee)
• b97edc0 #9430 audit: don't apply min-release-age before filter when verifying installed signatures (@JamieMagee)
• 080e3b2 #9425 block forbidden keys in Queryable setter to prevent prototype pollution (@12122J, @claude)
• c5292fa #9422 use prerelease strategy without a bug (@owlstronaut)
• 33aebaa #9410 fix typo of fullMetadata (@owlstronaut)
• 2a03860 #9267 run root preinstall before reify (@owlstronaut)
• c0fc549 #9372 config: pause progress spinner during interactive editor spawn (#9372) (@Zelys-DFKH, @claude) ### Documentation
• 357e8cd #9520 approve-scripts only throws EGLOBAL when run with -g (@JamieMagee)
• bcf01c6 #9505 clarify package.json override value specs (#9505) (@ded-furby)
• 455aa4a #9401 use the latest version for global update and outdated's wanted (#9401) (@liangmiQwQ)
• aac80dc #9470 update minimum npm required for npm trust (@meeech)
• d124c08 #9385 Document npm_old_version and npm_new_version environment variables (#9385) (@36degrees) ### Dependencies
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• 3ef66bb #9559 bundle arborist runtime deps for bootstrap
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• 577d61d #9420 [email protected] ### Chores
• 059c06e #9560 add web-login proxy doneUrl regression for npm-profile fix (#9560) (@manzoorwanijk)
• 1453954 #9559 [email protected] (@owlstronaut)
• 0323f2d #9559 template-oss-apply (@owlstronaut)
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• d25a179 #9559 template-oss-apply (@owlstronaut)
• acdd6d5 #9559 bumping @npmcli/template-oss from 4.29.0 to 5.1.0 (@owlstronaut)
• 4e2496a #9513 update issue templates - better language (@owlstronaut)
• 7a997ac #9512 update issue templates (#9512) (@owlstronaut)
• da63c79 #9420 dev dependency updates (@owlstronaut)
• 5fc9bc0 #9393 sanitize newlines in flags table default and type values (#9393) (@reggi, @Copilot)
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