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`ng update` doesn't work with pnpm `catalog:` protocol
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
Our project is running on Angular 18 and we would like to migrate to 19. To do this, we tried to run the usual ng update but because of the usage of pnpm catalog protocol Angular CLI is unable to run the packages migration properly.
Minimal Reproduction
- Setup an angular 18 project inside a pnpm workspace
- Use
pnpx codemod pnpm/catalogto move all dependencies in workspace catalog - Try to run
ng update @angular/core@19 @angular/cli@19 - See the actual error
Exception or Error
The installed Angular CLI version is outdated.
Installing a temporary Angular CLI versioned 19.2.14 to perform the update.
Using package manager: npm
Collecting installed dependencies...
Found 30 dependencies.
Fetching dependency metadata from registry...
Package @angular-devkit/build-angular was not found on the registry. Skipping.
Package @angular/cli was not found on the registry. Skipping.
Package @angular/compiler-cli was not found on the registry. Skipping.
Package esbuild was not found on the registry. Skipping.
Package jasmine-core was not found on the registry. Skipping.
Package typescript was not found on the registry. Skipping.
Package @ale-rainbow/rainbow-components was not found on the registry. Skipping.
Package rainbow-web-sdk was not found on the registry. Skipping.
Package @angular/animations was not found on the registry. Skipping.
Package @angular/common was not found on the registry. Skipping.
Package @angular/compiler was not found on the registry. Skipping.
Package @angular/core was not found on the registry. Skipping.
Package @angular/forms was not found on the registry. Skipping.
Package @angular/platform-browser was not found on the registry. Skipping.
Package @angular/platform-browser-dynamic was not found on the registry. Skipping.
Package @angular/router was not found on the registry. Skipping.
Package @hono/node-server was not found on the registry. Skipping.
Package chrome-launcher was not found on the registry. Skipping.
Package chrome-remote-interface was not found on the registry. Skipping.
Package hono was not found on the registry. Skipping.
Package resize-observer-polyfill was not found on the registry. Skipping.
Package rxjs was not found on the registry. Skipping.
Package tslib was not found on the registry. Skipping.
Package zone.js was not found on the registry. Skipping.
Package not installed: "@angular/core". Skipping.
We analyzed your package.json and everything seems to be in order. Good work!
✔ Cleaning node modules directory
✖ Unable to install packages
npm warn using --force Recommended protections disabled.
npm error code EUNSUPPORTEDPROTOCOL
npm error Unsupported URL Type "workspace:": workspace:*
npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: /home/xxx/.npm/_logs/2025-06-02T13_47_55_651Z-debug-0.log
ELIFECYCLE Command failed with exit code 1.
WARN Local package.json exists, but node_modules missing, did you mean to install?
Your Environment
Angular CLI: 18.2.19
Node: 20.17.0
Package Manager: npm 10.8.2
OS: linux x64
Angular: 18.2.13
... animations, common, compiler, compiler-cli, core, forms
... platform-browser, platform-browser-dynamic, router
Package Version
---------------------------------------------------------
@angular-devkit/architect 0.1802.19
@angular-devkit/build-angular 18.2.19
@angular-devkit/core 18.2.13
@angular-devkit/schematics 18.2.19
@angular/cli 18.2.19
@schematics/angular 18.2.19
rxjs 7.8.2
typescript 5.5.4
zone.js 0.15.1
Anything else relevant?
No response
I encountered the same on a project where yarn is used and fixed by setting it as the preferred package manager for the cli.
Try setting "packageManager": "pnpm" in the cli section of angular.json.
Hello. Up on this subject. Same issue here
pnpm needs flag --save-catalog. It does not save by default in catalog. Maybe the culprit lies there
