Summary
Version 12.8.1 stops frozen-lockfile installs rejecting injected workspace packages with peer dependencies and makes pnpm dedupe converge reliably. It also restores executable bits for local dependencies, reduces CPU use on many-core frozen installs and prevents unnecessary reinstalls after filtered installs.
Why it matters
These changes target failure modes that can make monorepo builds non-reproducible or waste resources in continuous integration.
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