# pnpm 12.9.1

DevFeed: [pnpm 12.9.1](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/pnpm-12-9-1-64430.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://pnpm.io/blog/releases/12.9.1>)

Author: Zoltan Kochan

Published: 2026-10-03T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [pnpm](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/pnpm-blog.md>)

Topics: [pnpm](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pnpm.md>), [CI/CD](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cicd.md>), [Wasm components](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/wasm-components.md>), [GitLab](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gitlab.md>)

Tags: [gitlab](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gitlab.md>), [pnpm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pnpm.md>), [provenance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/provenance.md>), [wasm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/wasm.md>)

## AI overview

pnpm 12.9.1 separates the WebContainer build into the @pnpm/wasm package, reducing the pnpm package's unpacked size to about 4 MB. The release also fixes provenance publishing from GitLab CI, TLS handling for redirected signature checks, lockfile and file matching issues, and other install and update behaviors.

## Source excerpt

This release moves the WebContainer build into a separate @pnpm/wasm package, shrinks the pnpm package back to about 4 MB, and fixes pnpm publish with provenance from GitLab CI.