fix: add fallback for time-based resolution

.changeset/fast-games-grow.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/npm-resolver": patch
+---
+
+Pick a version even if it was published after the given date (if there is no better match).

packages/npm-resolver/src/pickPackage.ts

@@ -55,6 +55,17 @@ export interface PickPackageOptions {
   dryRun: boolean
 }
 
+function pickPackageFromMetaUsingTime (
+  spec: RegistryPackageSpec,
+  preferredVersionSelectors: VersionSelectors | undefined,
+  meta: PackageMeta,
+  publishedBy?: Date
+) {
+  const pickedPackage = pickPackageFromMeta(pickVersionByVersionRange, spec, preferredVersionSelectors, meta, publishedBy)
+  if (pickedPackage) return pickedPackage
+  return pickPackageFromMeta(pickLowestVersionByVersionRange, spec, preferredVersionSelectors, meta, publishedBy)
+}
+
 export default async (
   ctx: {
     fetch: (pkgName: string, registry: string, authHeaderValue?: string) => Promise<PackageMeta>
@@ -69,7 +80,10 @@ export default async (
   opts: PickPackageOptions
 ): Promise<{meta: PackageMeta, pickedPackage: PackageInRegistry | null}> => {
   opts = opts || {}
-  const _pickPackageFromMeta = pickPackageFromMeta.bind(null, opts.pickLowestVersion ? pickLowestVersionByVersionRange : pickVersionByVersionRange)
+  const _pickPackageFromMeta =
+    opts.publishedBy
+      ? pickPackageFromMetaUsingTime
+      : (pickPackageFromMeta.bind(null, opts.pickLowestVersion ? pickLowestVersionByVersionRange : pickVersionByVersionRange))
 
   validatePackageName(spec.name)
 
@@ -123,9 +137,12 @@ export default async (
   if (opts.publishedBy) {
     metaCachedInStore = metaCachedInStore ?? await limit(async () => loadMeta(pkgMirror))
     if (metaCachedInStore?.cachedAt && new Date(metaCachedInStore.cachedAt) >= opts.publishedBy) {
-      return {
-        meta: metaCachedInStore,
-        pickedPackage: _pickPackageFromMeta(spec, opts.preferredVersionSelectors, metaCachedInStore, opts.publishedBy),
+      const pickedPackage = _pickPackageFromMeta(spec, opts.preferredVersionSelectors, metaCachedInStore, opts.publishedBy)
+      if (pickedPackage) {
+        return {
+          meta: metaCachedInStore,
+          pickedPackage,
+        }
       }
     }
   }

packages/npm-resolver/test/fixtures/bad-dates.json

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+  "versions": {
+      "1.0.0": {
+          "name": "bad-dates",
+          "version": "1.0.0",
+          "_hasShrinkwrap": false,
+          "directories": {},
+          "dist": {
+              "integrity": "sha512-9cI+DmhNhA8ioT/3EJFnt0s1yehnAECyIOXdT+2uQGzcEEBaj8oNmVWj33+ZjPndMIFRQh8JeJlEu1uv5/J7pQ==",
+              "shasum": "88009856b64a2f1eb7d8bb0179418424ae0452cb",
+              "tarball": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bad-dates/-/bad-dates-1.0.0.tgz"
+          }
+      }
+  },
+  "time": {
+    "1.0.0": "2017-08-17T19:26:00.508Z"
+  },
+  "name": "bad-dates",
+  "dist-tags": {
+      "latest": "1.0.0"
+  },
+  "modified": "2017-08-17T19:26:00.508Z"
+}

packages/npm-resolver/test/publishedBy.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import fs from 'fs'
+import path from 'path'
+import { createFetchFromRegistry } from '@pnpm/fetch'
+import _createResolveFromNpm from '@pnpm/npm-resolver'
+import fixtures from '@pnpm/test-fixtures'
+import loadJsonFile from 'load-json-file'
+import nock from 'nock'
+import tempy from 'tempy'
+
+const f = fixtures(__dirname)
+const registry = 'https://registry.npmjs.org/'
+
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
+const badDatesMeta = loadJsonFile.sync<any>(f.find('bad-dates.json'))
+/* eslint-enable @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
+
+const fetch = createFetchFromRegistry({})
+const getCredentials = () => ({ authHeaderValue: undefined, alwaysAuth: undefined })
+const createResolveFromNpm = _createResolveFromNpm.bind(null, fetch, getCredentials)
+
+test('fall back to a newer version if there is no version published by the given date', async () => {
+  nock(registry)
+    .get('/bad-dates')
+    .reply(200, badDatesMeta)
+
+  const cacheDir = tempy.directory()
+  const resolve = createResolveFromNpm({
+    cacheDir,
+    filterMetadata: true,
+    fullMetadata: true,
+  })
+  const resolveResult = await resolve({ alias: 'bad-dates', pref: '^1.0.0' }, {
+    registry,
+    publishedBy: new Date('2015-08-17T19:26:00.508Z'),
+  })
+
+  expect(resolveResult!.resolvedVia).toBe('npm-registry')
+  expect(resolveResult!.id).toBe('registry.npmjs.org/bad-dates/1.0.0')
+})
+
+test('request metadata when the one in cache does not have a version satisfiyng the range', async () => {
+  const cacheDir = tempy.directory()
+  const cachedMeta = {
+    'dist-tags': {},
+    versions: {},
+    time: {},
+    cachedAt: '2016-08-17T19:26:00.508Z',
+  }
+  fs.mkdirSync(path.join(cacheDir, 'metadata-full-filtered/registry.npmjs.org'), { recursive: true })
+  fs.writeFileSync(path.join(cacheDir, 'metadata-full-filtered/registry.npmjs.org/bad-dates.json'), JSON.stringify(cachedMeta), 'utf8')
+
+  nock(registry)
+    .get('/bad-dates')
+    .reply(200, badDatesMeta)
+
+  const resolve = createResolveFromNpm({
+    cacheDir,
+    filterMetadata: true,
+    fullMetadata: true,
+  })
+  const resolveResult = await resolve({ alias: 'bad-dates', pref: '^1.0.0' }, {
+    registry,
+    publishedBy: new Date('2015-08-17T19:26:00.508Z'),
+  })
+
+  expect(resolveResult!.resolvedVia).toBe('npm-registry')
+  expect(resolveResult!.id).toBe('registry.npmjs.org/bad-dates/1.0.0')
+})

packages/plugin-commands-script-runners/test/testRecursive.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import { preparePackages } from '@pnpm/prepare'
 import execa from 'execa'
 import { DEFAULT_OPTS, REGISTRY_URL } from './utils'
 
+const pnpmBin = path.join(__dirname, '../../pnpm/bin/pnpm.cjs')
+
 test('pnpm recursive test', async () => {
   preparePackages([
     {
@@ -51,7 +53,8 @@ test('pnpm recursive test', async () => {
   ])
 
   const { allProjects, selectedProjectsGraph } = await readProjects(process.cwd(), [])
-  await execa('pnpm', [
+  await execa('node', [
+    pnpmBin,
     'install',
     '-r',
     '--registry',
@@ -106,7 +109,8 @@ test('`pnpm recursive test` does not fail if none of the packages has a test com
   ])
 
   const { allProjects, selectedProjectsGraph } = await readProjects(process.cwd(), [])
-  await execa('pnpm', [
+  await execa('node', [
+    pnpmBin,
     'install',
     '-r',
     '--registry',
@@ -158,7 +162,8 @@ test('pnpm recursive test with filtering', async () => {
     [{ namePattern: 'project-1' }],
     { workspaceDir: process.cwd() }
   )
-  await execa('pnpm', [
+  await execa('node', [
+    pnpmBin,
     'install',
     '-r',
     '--registry',

packages/plugin-commands-store/test/storeStatus.ts

@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ test('CLI does not fail when store status does not find modified packages', asyn
     `--store-dir=${storeDir}`,
     `--registry=${REGISTRY}`,
     '--verify-store-integrity',
-    '--config.resolution-mode=highest',
     'add',
     'eslint@3.4.0',
     'gulp@4.0.2',
@@ -79,7 +78,6 @@ test('CLI does not fail when store status does not find modified packages', asyn
     `--store-dir=${storeDir}`,
     `--registry=${REGISTRY}`,
     '--verify-store-integrity',
-    '--config.resolution-mode=highest',
   ])
 
   const modulesState = await project.readModulesManifest()