pnpm CLI ↔ pnpm Lockfile Schema: Is Rollback Safe After Schema Upgrade?
Goal Determine whether a pnpm installation can safely revert to an older CLI version after a lockfile schema upgrade without manual intervention. Constraints & Uncertainty The CLI automatically bumps the lockfile to the newest schema (e.g., v6) when running pnpm install with a newer pnpm release. Older pnpm binaries cannot parse newer lockfile versions,