ng update halts at "Installing a temporary Angular CLI" when using pnpm

[CGarces]

Command

update

Is this a regression?

• Yes, this behavior used to work in the previous version

The previous version in which this bug was not present was

No response

Description

Similar to #30512 but using pnpm

I can't see any log or debug trace, I need some guidance to generate proper logs.

Minimal Reproduction

Using powershell

PS> $env:DEBUG='*'; ng update @angular/cli --name use-application-builder --verbose
Locating potential npmrc files:
Trying 'C:\Users\carlo\.npmrc'...found.
The installed Angular CLI version is outdated.
Installing a temporary Angular CLI versioned 20.0.2 to perform the update.

Exception or Error

Your Environment

Angular CLI: 19.2.14
Node: 22.16.0
Package Manager: pnpm 10.10.0
OS: win32 x64

Angular: 19.2.14
... cli, common, compiler, compiler-cli, core, forms, localize
... platform-browser, platform-browser-dynamic, router

Package                         Version
---------------------------------------------------------
@angular-devkit/architect       0.1902.14 (cli-only)
@angular-devkit/build-angular   19.2.14
@angular-devkit/core            19.2.14 (cli-only)
@angular-devkit/schematics      19.2.14 (cli-only)
@schematics/angular             19.2.14 (cli-only)
rxjs                            7.8.2
typescript                      5.8.3

Anything else relevant?

No response

[smithr38atwit]

I had the same problem when using Node v22, my solution was to switch to Node version 20.19.2 and install the latest angular cli globally and it worked without issue.

[alan-agius4]

I tried this locally and I was not able to replicate it.

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Angular CLI: 19.2.15
Node: 22.16.0
Package Manager: pnpm 10.10.0
OS: linux x64

Angular: 19.2.14
... common, compiler, compiler-cli, core, forms
... platform-browser, platform-browser-dynamic, router

Package                         Version
---------------------------------------------------------
@angular-devkit/architect       0.1902.15 (cli-only)
@angular-devkit/build-angular   19.2.15
@angular-devkit/core            19.2.15 (cli-only)
@angular-devkit/schematics      19.2.15 (cli-only)
@angular/cli                    19.2.15
@schematics/angular             19.2.15 (cli-only)
rxjs                            7.8.2
typescript                      5.7.3
zone.js                         0.15.1


ng update @angular/cli --allow-dirty
Repository is not clean. Update changes will be mixed with pre-existing changes.
The installed Angular CLI version is outdated.
Installing a temporary Angular CLI versioned 20.0.2 to perform the update.
Repository is not clean. Update changes will be mixed with pre-existing changes.
Using package manager: pnpm
Collecting installed dependencies...
Found 21 dependencies.
Fetching dependency metadata from registry...
    Updating package.json with dependency @angular-devkit/build-angular @ "20.0.2" (was "19.2.15")...
    Updating package.json with dependency @angular/cli @ "20.0.2" (was "19.2.15")...
    Updating package.json with dependency @angular/compiler-cli @ "20.0.3" (was "19.2.14")...
    Updating package.json with dependency typescript @ "5.8.3" (was "5.7.3")...
    Updating package.json with dependency @angular/common @ "20.0.3" (was "19.2.14")...
    Updating package.json with dependency @angular/compiler @ "20.0.3" (was "19.2.14")...
    Updating package.json with dependency @angular/core @ "20.0.3" (was "19.2.14")...
    Updating package.json with dependency @angular/forms @ "20.0.3" (was "19.2.14")...
    Updating package.json with dependency @angular/platform-browser @ "20.0.3" (was "19.2.14")...
    Updating package.json with dependency @angular/platform-browser-dynamic @ "20.0.3" (was "19.2.14")...
    Updating package.json with dependency @angular/router @ "20.0.3" (was "19.2.14")...
UPDATE package.json (998 bytes)
✔ Cleaning node modules directory
⠋ Installing packages

Can you please share the contents of the npmrc located at C:\Users\carlo\.npmrc?

[CGarces]

After upgrade my environment I can't reproduce the issue.

Should be something similar to @smithr38atwit but I have done many changes and now I can't bisect the error.

[CGarces]

C:\Users\carlo.npmrc only contais:

strict-ssl=true