npm: config-v11.0.0-pre.1 Release

11.0.0-pre.1 (2026-06-19)

⚠️ BREAKING CHANGES

• The default license for npm init has been changed from "ISC" to an empty string. If not set, the license field will be omitted from new packages.
• npm now supports node ^22.22.2 || ^24.15.0 || >=26.0.0
• allow-git and allow-remote now default to "none"; set them to "all" (or "root") to install git or user-supplied tarball-URL dependencies.
• unknown configs in .npmrc, unknown CLI flags, abbreviated flags, and single-hyphen multi-char shorthands now throw instead of warning. ### Features
• 1db885c #9439 native dependency patching (npm patch add/commit/update/ls/rm) (#9439) (@manzoorwanijk)
• fc80bb3 #9234 remove default license for npm init (@owlstronaut)
• be8053c #9544 warn when min-release-age blocks an audit fix (#9544) (@JamieMagee)
• 18eb967 #9559 bump to new node engine range (@owlstronaut)
• c3e1a71 #9532 add min-release-age-exclude config (@JamieMagee, @caseyjhol)
• f6a9aad #9517 differentiate GitHub Actions environments in user-agent (#9517) (@reggi, @Copilot)
• 5cd5150 #9424 default-deny install scripts (allowScripts opt-in) [v12] (@JamieMagee)
• caa3295 #9466 default allow-git and allow-remote to none (@owlstronaut)
• f2e4a28 #9351 add a global npmignore file (#9351) (@ljharb)
• c9be2d1 #9153 publish --access=private alias for restricted (#9153) (@reggi, @Copilot)
• 7068d42 #9360 Phase 1 of allowScripts opt-in install-script policy (#9360) (@JamieMagee)
• 979518d #9276 error on unknown configs, flags, and abbreviations (#9276) (@owlstronaut) ### Bug Fixes
• 9b5c7b0 #9521 config: strict-allow-scripts default blocks with a warning, not silently (@JamieMagee)
• 6efac6e #9453 config: clarify --all help so it's accurate for approve-scripts and deny-scripts (@JamieMagee)
• c5292fa #9422 use prerelease strategy without a bug (@owlstronaut) ### Dependencies
• 21df0ab #9559 proc-log@7.0.0
• 471309f #9559 nopt@10.0.1
• 406820a #9559 ini@7.0.0
• 0be6ae2 #9559 @npmcli/package-json@8.0.0
• 4d234b2 #9559 @npmcli/map-workspaces@6.0.0 ### Chores
• 0323f2d #9559 template-oss-apply (@owlstronaut)
• ee3d87f #9559 @npmcli/template-oss@5.1.1 (@owlstronaut)
• d25a179 #9559 template-oss-apply (@owlstronaut)