pi-mono/packages/coding-agent
robopipi[bot] 0d23d53457
fix(coding-agent): warn when an npm package update leaves the installed version unchanged (#11571)
## What was wrong

`pi update --extensions` first looks up the newest version of each npm
package with `npm view`. If that version is newer than the installed
one, pi runs `npm install <name>@latest`. The two commands read
different registry documents, and each is cached separately. Shortly
after a publish, `npm view` can already report the new version while
`npm install` still resolves the old one. npm then exits successfully,
pi prints "Updated packages", and the startup banner lists the same
package again on the next launch. The user can't tell that nothing was
actually updated.

## What the change does

- `shouldUpdateNpmSource` now returns the installed version and the
registry version along with its decision. Both are carried on
`NpmUpdateTarget`.
- After `npm install`, `updateNpmBatch` re-reads each package's
installed version. If the registry lookup succeeded and the version did
not change, it emits a `progress` event with the message: `<source> is
still X (registry reports Y); npm registry metadata may be stale, try
again in a few minutes`.
- The package CLI now prints `progress` events in yellow. Until now
nothing emitted them.

Install behavior is unchanged: pi still installs `@latest`.

## Testing

- New test in `test/package-manager.test.ts`: two packages are flagged
for update and only one is actually upgraded. The warning is emitted
only for the unchanged one. The test fails without the change.
- `test/package-manager.test.ts` passes (129 tests), and `npm run check`
passes.
- Ran the built CLI with an `npmCommand` stub whose `view` reports
`1.0.1` and whose `install` changes nothing:
  ```
  Updating npm:demo-pkg...
npm:demo-pkg is still 1.0.0 (registry reports 1.0.1); npm registry
metadata may be stale, try again in a few minutes
  Updated packages
  ```

Fixes #11536

Requested by @davidbrai

Co-authored-by: triagent <triagent@localhost>
2026-10-29 15:39:48 +01:00
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docs fix(coding-agent): cap pi.exec output at 256 MiB (#11546) 2026-10-29 00:13:41 +02:00
examples fix(tui,coding-agent): handle selection page keys in all scrolling lists 2026-10-28 19:05:21 +01:00
install-lock fix(coding-agent): update undici to 8.12.3 for security advisories 2026-10-26 13:50:55 +01:00
schemas feat(coding-agent): extensions changelog (#8790) 2026-10-28 11:25:04 +01:00
scripts docs(ai,coding-agent): generate models.json reference from schemas (#11038) 2026-10-16 21:53:00 +01:00
src fix(coding-agent): warn when an npm package update leaves the installed version unchanged (#11571) 2026-10-29 15:39:48 +01:00
test fix(coding-agent): warn when an npm package update leaves the installed version unchanged (#11571) 2026-10-29 15:39:48 +01:00
.gitignore Fix tool call ID normalization for cross-provider switches to Anthropic/GitHub Copilot 2026-01-13 04:07:10 +01:00
CHANGELOG.md fix(tui): stop writing OSC 133 prompt markers in regular mode (#11565) 2026-10-29 14:00:16 +01:00
package.json fix(coding-agent): update undici to 8.12.3 for security advisories 2026-10-26 13:50:55 +01:00
README.md feat(coding-agent): add Nix flake (#9137) 2026-10-02 18:30:51 +02:00
tsconfig.build.json feat(coding-agent): remove the experimental server stack and the client, protocol, and server packages 2026-10-12 10:41:59 +00:00
tsconfig.examples.json chore: migrate pi packages to earendil works scope 2026-05-07 15:59:42 +02:00
vitest.config.ts fix: use bounded runtime paths for Unix sockets 2026-08-14 17:02:03 +03:00

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