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Skip npm install during update when lockfile unchanged

Cluster 17268 · hermes cli. Data as of

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix attempted, not merged.

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Known?
Yes. 5 related items grouped here, 2 issues already closed.
Fix event
No fix has been merged to main. 3 PRs closed without merging; see the attempts below.
Tracker
The maintainers' tracker marks this unresolved. That is separate from the fix event.
Still open
Nothing open on GitHub.

These members all concern the update command running Node.js dependency installation (npm ci/install) every time, including a report of roughly 8 minutes spent on Windows. The pull requests and feature requests propose skipping that step when lockfiles or node_modules already match.

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No open issues.

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No open pull requests.

3 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: superseded by another PR 2 · stale or abandoned 1

  • #17386 feat(update): skip npm ci when node_modules already matches lockfile (#17268) · stale or abandoned
  • #39397 perf(cli): skip npm install during update when lockfile is unchanged (#17268) · superseded by another PR
  • #43875 fix(update): skip npm ci when lockfiles haven't changed · superseded by another PR → #39397
Closed issues · 2
  • Closed#17268feat: Skip npm install during updates when Node dependencies haven't changed
  • Closed#43837hermes update: Node.js dependencies install unconditionally every time — ~8 min wasted on Windows
How this cluster was grouped
  • Link evidence (structural links throughout): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
  • Pairwise link density 0.44: the share of item pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. 1.00 means every pair is linked.

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3 PRs closed without merging

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