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
   7 of 7
   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. fix: stop ignoring NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED when strictSSL is not defined make-fetch-happen#316
   +0
5. fix(view): sort and truncate dist-tags cli#7808
   +0
6. make prepare obey --ignore-scripts config ([BUG] npm pack and publish should not run hooks, or hooks need to have opt-out cli#7211) feat!: adds --ignore-scripts flag to pack  cli#7850
7. remove npmg alias detection fix: don't go into global mode if aliased to npmg cli#7842
8. feat!: adds type init-package-json#313
   +0
9. RFC: No implicit tagging for non-latest release versions rfcs#776
   +0
10. feat: add bun.lockb to ignorelist npm-packlist#168
    +0
11. Make docs site aware of npm 10/11
12. Update sigstore (breaking change due to v3 default)

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
6. update post-release citgm tests to run in newer node.js version