Use the Node executable provided by the workspace’s pnpm installation

[guillaume-mueller]

How to use the Node executable selected in package.json the following way that pnpm v11 handles ?

[AriPerkkio]

pnpm takes care of it. Packages don't need to change code at all.

{
  "name": "vitest-pnpm-11",
  "devEngines": {
    "runtime": {
      "name": "node",
      "version": "24.4.0",
      "onFail": "download"
    }
  },
  "scripts": {
    "test": "vitest"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "vitest": "^4"
  }
}

import { test } from "vitest";

test("version", () => {
  console.log(process.versions.node);
});

$ pnpm install
Packages: +1 -1
+-
Downloading node@runtime:24.4.0: 48.85 MB/48.85 MB, done

$ pnpm test

stdout | example.test.ts > version
24.4.0

 ✓ example.test.ts (1 test) 1ms
   ✓ version 1ms

  "devEngines": {
    "runtime": {
      "name": "node",
-     "version": "24.4.0",
+     "version": "22.1.0",
      "onFail": "download"
    }
  },

$ pnpm i
Packages: +1 -1
+-
Progress: resolved 76, reused 52, downloaded 0, added 0, done

devDependencies:
- node 24.4.0
+ node 22.1.0

$ pnpm test

stdout | example.test.ts > version
22.1.0

 ✓ example.test.ts (1 test) 1ms
   ✓ version 1ms