From 8849cc8c37622b2a93cfd01d4fe73fbd12d1f594 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Erick Zhao <erick@hotmail.ca>
Date: Fri, 1 May 2026 16:06:13 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: include prerelease versions in package manager version
 check

---
 .../api/cli/spec/util/check-system.spec.ts    | 23 +++++++++++++++++++
 packages/api/cli/src/util/check-system.ts     |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/api/cli/spec/util/check-system.spec.ts b/packages/api/cli/spec/util/check-system.spec.ts
index c31f15d27e..92f5d0458d 100644
--- a/packages/api/cli/spec/util/check-system.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/api/cli/spec/util/check-system.spec.ts
@@ -132,6 +132,29 @@ describe('checkPackageManager', () => {
     },
   );
 
+  it('should accept prerelease versions within the supported range', async () => {
+    vi.mocked(resolvePackageManager).mockResolvedValue({
+      executable: 'pnpm',
+      install: 'add',
+      dev: '--dev',
+      exact: '--exact',
+    });
+    vi.mocked(spawnPackageManager).mockImplementation((_pm, args) => {
+      if (args?.join(' ') === 'config get node-linker') {
+        return Promise.resolve('hoisted');
+      } else if (args?.join(' ') === 'config get hoist-pattern') {
+        return Promise.resolve('undefined');
+      } else if (args?.join(' ') === 'config get public-hoist-pattern') {
+        return Promise.resolve('undefined');
+      } else if (args?.join(' ') === '--version') {
+        return Promise.resolve('11.0.0-beta.1');
+      } else {
+        throw new Error('Unexpected command');
+      }
+    });
+    await expect(checkPackageManager()).resolves.not.toThrow();
+  });
+
   // resolvePackageManager optionally returns a `version` if `npm_config_user_agent` was used to
   // resolve the package manager being used.
   it('should not shell out to child process if version was already parsed via npm_config_user_agent', async () => {
diff --git a/packages/api/cli/src/util/check-system.ts b/packages/api/cli/src/util/check-system.ts
index e2c70493f5..b812f9679f 100644
--- a/packages/api/cli/src/util/check-system.ts
+++ b/packages/api/cli/src/util/check-system.ts
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ export async function checkPackageManager() {
       `Could not check ${pm.executable} version "${version}", assuming incompatible`,
     );
   }
-  if (!semver.satisfies(version, range)) {
+  if (!semver.satisfies(version, range, { includePrerelease: true })) {
     throw new Error(
       `Incompatible version of ${pm.executable} detected: "${version}" must be in range ${range}`,
     );