feat(plugin): add registry name handling and release age exclusion for pnpm workspace

# Conflicts:
#	apps/desktop/scripts/build-harness.mjs

apps/cli/src/plugin.ts

@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@
  */
 
 import { spawnSync } from 'node:child_process'
-import { existsSync } from 'node:fs'
+import { existsSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs'
 import { join, resolve } from 'node:path'
+import { dump, load } from 'js-yaml'
 import {
   DEFAULT_PROFILE_BUNDLES,
   initProfile,
@@ -26,6 +27,52 @@ import { INSTALL_ANCHOR } from './profile-boot.ts'
 
 const NAME = 'dsh'
 
+/**
+ * The bare package name when `spec` is a registry specifier, else undefined —
+ * the same shape the in-app install uses to decide registry participation.
+ * Everything pnpm treats as a non-registry source (paths, `file:`/`link:`/
+ * `github:`/`git+`, tarballs, http(s) repo URLs, `.git` markers) is not a
+ * registry spec.
+ * @param spec - the pnpm specifier verbatim.
+ */
+export function registryNameOf(spec: string): string | undefined {
+  const trimmed = spec.trim()
+  if (trimmed.length === 0) return undefined
+  if (/^(?:file:|link:|github:|gitlab:|bitbucket:|git\+|git@)/.test(trimmed)) return undefined
+  if (/^(?:\.{1,2}|~|[/\\])/.test(trimmed) || /^[a-zA-Z]:[\\/]/.test(trimmed)) return undefined
+  if (/\.(?:tgz|tar\.gz)(?:[?#]|$)/.test(trimmed)) return undefined
+  if (/^https?:\/\//.test(trimmed) && trimmed.replace(/^https?:\/\//, '').split('/').length > 1) return undefined
+  if (/\.git(?:[#@]|$)/.test(trimmed)) return undefined
+  return trimmed.replace(/@[^/@]+$/, '')
+}
+
+/**
+ * Exempt registry package names from pnpm's `minimumReleaseAge` check by writing
+ * the `minimumReleaseAgeExclude` setting into the profile's `pnpm-workspace.yaml`
+ * (honored by pnpm ≥10.16; an older pnpm ignores the key rather than aborting,
+ * unlike the `--minimum-release-age-exclude` CLI flag). This mirrors the in-app
+ * install so an external `dsh plugin add <name>` gets the same latest-version
+ * behavior as the desktop's install, not a stale age-blocked fallback.
+ * @param profileDir - the profile directory.
+ * @param names - the registry package names to exempt.
+ */
+export function writeReleaseAgeExclude(profileDir: string, names: readonly string[]): void {
+  const workspacePath = join(profileDir, 'pnpm-workspace.yaml')
+  let doc: Record<string, unknown>
+  try {
+    const parsed = load(readFileSync(workspacePath, 'utf8'))
+    doc = parsed !== null && typeof parsed === 'object'
+      ? parsed as Record<string, unknown>
+      : {}
+  } catch {
+    doc = {}
+  }
+  const excluded = new Set<string>((doc.minimumReleaseAgeExclude ?? []) as string[])
+  for (const name of names) excluded.add(name)
+  if (excluded.size > 0) doc.minimumReleaseAgeExclude = [...excluded]
+  writeFileSync(workspacePath, dump(doc))
+}
+
 /**
  * Rewrite relative filesystem specs against the user's invoking directory.
  * pnpm runs with cwd = the profile directory, so a bare `.` or `../plugin`
@@ -66,6 +113,12 @@ export function runPlugin(profile: string, args: readonly string[]): number {
   // its .cmd shim, which spawn() refuses without a shell since the
   // CVE-2024-27980 hardening; the vendored path runs node against pnpm.cjs.
   const anchored = args.map(argument => anchorPathSpec(argument, process.cwd()))
+  // An external `add <registry-name>` gets the same minimum-release-age exemption
+  // the in-app install applies, so a just-published plugin installs at latest.
+  if (args[0] === 'add') {
+    const registryNames = args.slice(1).map(registryNameOf).filter((name): name is string => name !== undefined)
+    if (registryNames.length > 0) writeReleaseAgeExclude(dir, registryNames)
+  }
   const vendored = resolvePnpm(process.execPath)
   const result = vendored === undefined
     ? spawnSync('pnpm', anchored, { cwd: dir, stdio: 'inherit', shell: process.platform === 'win32' })

apps/cli/tests/plugin.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import { mkdtempSync, readFileSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs'
+import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
+import { join } from 'node:path'
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { load } from 'js-yaml'
+import { registryNameOf, writeReleaseAgeExclude } from '../src/plugin.ts'
+
+const dirs: string[] = []
+function tempDir(): string {
+  const dir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'dsh-cli-plugin-'))
+  dirs.push(dir)
+  return dir
+}
+afterEach(() => { for (const dir of dirs.splice(0)) rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true }) })
+
+describe('registryNameOf', () => {
+  it('returns the bare name for a registry specifier', () => {
+    expect(registryNameOf('dsh-theme-plugin')).toBe('dsh-theme-plugin')
+    expect(registryNameOf('dsh-theme-plugin@latest')).toBe('dsh-theme-plugin')
+    expect(registryNameOf('@scope/pkg@1.2.0')).toBe('@scope/pkg')
+  })
+
+  it('returns undefined for non-registry sources', () => {
+    expect(registryNameOf('github:user/repo')).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(registryNameOf('git+https://github.com/user/repo.git')).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(registryNameOf('file:../plugin')).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(registryNameOf('./plugin')).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(registryNameOf('https://example.com/p.tgz')).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+})
+
+describe('writeReleaseAgeExclude', () => {
+  it('writes the exclusion into pnpm-workspace.yaml, preserving existing settings', () => {
+    const dir = tempDir()
+    writeFileSync(join(dir, 'pnpm-workspace.yaml'), 'packages:\n  - .\nallowBuilds:\n  node-pty: true\n')
+    writeReleaseAgeExclude(dir, ['dsh-theme-plugin'])
+    writeReleaseAgeExclude(dir, ['@scope/pkg'])
+    const doc = load(readFileSync(join(dir, 'pnpm-workspace.yaml'), 'utf8')) as Record<string, unknown>
+    expect(doc.minimumReleaseAgeExclude).toEqual(['dsh-theme-plugin', '@scope/pkg'])
+    expect((doc.allowBuilds as Record<string, unknown>)['node-pty']).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('creates the file when absent', () => {
+    const dir = tempDir()
+    writeReleaseAgeExclude(dir, ['x'])
+    const doc = load(readFileSync(join(dir, 'pnpm-workspace.yaml'), 'utf8')) as Record<string, unknown>
+    expect(doc.minimumReleaseAgeExclude).toEqual(['x'])
+  })
+})

apps/desktop/LICENSE

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+MIT License
+
+本项目(DeepSeek Harness Desktop,即 deepseek-harness-desktop)是基于开源项目
+deepseek-harness(https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness)的衍生作品,
+同样以 MIT 协议开源,并保留原项目版权声明。
+
+Copyright (c) 2026 PineSound
+Original project deepseek-harness Copyright (c) 2026 DeepSeek
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.

apps/desktop/README.md

@@ -1,5 +1,35 @@
 # @deepseek-ai/dsh-desktop
 
+> **DeepSeek Harness Desktop(deepseek-harness-desktop)** — 由 PineSound 基于开源项目
+> [deepseek-harness](https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness) 构建的**社区版**桌面应用。
+> 为官方 CLI/Web 形态的 harness 提供原生桌面外壳:双击即用、零外部依赖,发布 macOS 与 Windows 安装包。
+
+[![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg)](LICENSE)
+
+- **基于**: [deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness](https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness)(MIT)
+- **源码**: https://github.com/PineKings/deepseek-harness-desktop
+- **发布站**: https://deepseek.pinesound.cn/
+
+## 开源协议(License)
+
+本项目基于 MIT 授权的 deepseek-harness 构建,同样以 **MIT 协议**开源(见 [LICENSE](./LICENSE)),并保留原项目版权声明。
+
+## 修改说明(Modification Note)
+
+本项目是 [deepseek-harness](https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness) 的**衍生作品**,在**完全保留原项目后端与核心 harness 行为**的基础上,面向最终用户增加了以下能力:
+
+- **桌面外壳**:基于 Electron 的原生桌面窗口,双击即用、无需浏览器标签页;安装包内置完整运行时与 Node,目标机器零外部依赖;发布 macOS(`.dmg`)与 Windows(`.nsis`)安装包。
+- **插件系统**:图形化的插件安装 / 开关、黑白名单守卫、内置 pnpm 与多镜像回退、免重启实时生效。
+- **图像识别**:通过 OpenAI 兼容接口(DashScope)补齐视觉能力,密钥 / 地址 / 模型与对话主模型完全独立。
+- **更新机制**:读取线上 `releases.json` 自动检测更新,桌面与发布站同渠道。
+- **发布站**:配套的**非官方社区发布站**(deepseek.pinesound.cn),复刻并重构官方页面为中文单语言纯静态站点,**非 DeepSeek 官方站点**,与 DeepSeek 无隶属或赞助关系,商标归原权利方所有。
+
+> 说明:本项目的后端与核心 harness 行为**完全保留原项目**;桌面外壳只是薄包装,原生 ABI 兼容,无需为 Electron 重编译。
+
+---
+
+## 技术说明(Technical Reference)
+
 Electron desktop shell for DeepSeek Harness. The Electron main process is a thin
 wrapper: it spawns the real `dsh` CLI running the `web` profile on loopback (an
 OS-assigned port), parses the readiness URL line the profile prints

apps/desktop/package.json

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   "version": "0.1.0-rc.5",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
+  "license": "MIT",
   "author": "PineSound",
   "main": "lib/types/main.js",
   "files": [

apps/desktop/scripts/build-harness.mjs

@@ -10,15 +10,22 @@
  * native, apps/cli, apps/web — plus the platform Node binary, into
  * `build/harness`, which electron-builder ships as `extraResources`.
  *
- * Run from the repository root (`pnpm --filter @deepseek-ai/dsh-desktop run
- * build:harness`; the root `desktop:pack` script runs it automatically). The
- * copy is followed by a relink pass (harness-relink.mjs) that rewrites every
+ * The packaged harness must stay fully self-contained: the app is not a mere
+ * launcher, it must let users in the most barren environments use dsh entirely
+ * through the app. We therefore copy the whole workspace node_modules and then
+ * prune a curated, VERIFIED-safe exclusion list (see pruneNodeModules below and
+ * `scripts/harness-excludes.json`). Nothing is excluded unless it is provably
+ * outside the dsh runtime dependency closure.
+ *
+ * The copy is followed by a relink pass (harness-relink.mjs) that rewrites every
  * Windows junction / absolute link into a RELATIVE in-tree symlink, so the
- * packaged harness no longer references the build machine's dev tree, and by a
- * self-containment check plus a `dsh --version` smoke test.
+ * packaged harness no longer references the build machine's dev tree, then by a
+ * self-containment check and a `dsh --version` smoke test.
+ *
+ * Run from the repository root before `desktop:pack`.
  */
 
-import { cpSync, chmodSync, existsSync, mkdirSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs'
+import { cpSync, chmodSync, existsSync, lstatSync, mkdirSync, readFileSync, readdirSync, readlinkSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs'
 import { dirname, join, resolve } from 'node:path'
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
 import { execFileSync } from 'node:child_process'
@@ -60,7 +67,11 @@ for (const [label, path] of [
   }
 }
 
-rmSync(out, { recursive: true, force: true })
+// Recursively removing the previous (multi-GB, symlink-heavy) harness can hit
+// ENOTEMPTY/EBUSY transiently — on Windows especially, and on macOS under load.
+// Retry so the rebuild is robust; maxRetries/retryDelay are Node's built-in
+// answer to exactly these codes.
+rmSync(out, { recursive: true, force: true, maxRetries: 10, retryDelay: 250 })
 mkdirSync(join(out, 'apps'), { recursive: true })
 mkdirSync(join(out, 'bin'), { recursive: true })
 
@@ -71,6 +82,12 @@ for (const [src, dst] of extraDirs) {
   cpSync(join(root, src), join(out, dst), { recursive: true })
 }
 
+// Prune verified-safe build/packaging tooling out of the copied node_modules.
+// This is the ONLY sanctioned way to shrink the self-contained runtime: every
+// exclusion is validated against the dependency closure of the kept packages
+// and refused if any kept package depends on it.
+pruneNodeModules(join(out, 'node_modules'))
+
 // Bundle the platform Node binary for the harness child. Windows needs a
 // `.exe` extension so both the child spawn and the `dsh.cmd` shim can execute
 // it; POSIX uses a bare `node`.
@@ -97,6 +114,13 @@ try {
 // Node/pnpm install is needed on the target. POSIX ships an executable `dsh`
 // shell script; Windows ships a `dsh.cmd` shim (the desktop registers the
 // harness directory on the user PATH on first launch).
+//
+// The POSIX launcher resolves its own real path through symlinks before looking
+// up `bin/node` and `apps/cli/lib/bin.js`: the desktop registers `dsh` on PATH
+// as a symlink into a bin dir, so a bare `dirname "$0"` would resolve to the
+// link's directory (no siblings there). `readlink -f` is unavailable on macOS,
+// so resolve portably with the readlink loop below. `dsh.cmd` needs no such
+// handling because `%~dp0` already expands to the real script location.
 if (process.platform === 'win32') {
   writeFileSync(
     join(out, 'dsh.cmd'),
@@ -106,11 +130,180 @@ if (process.platform === 'win32') {
   const dshLauncher = join(out, 'dsh')
   writeFileSync(
     dshLauncher,
-    '#!/bin/sh\nexec "$(dirname "$0")/bin/node" "$(dirname "$0")/apps/cli/lib/bin.js" "$@"\n',
+    '#!/bin/sh\nSELF="$0"\nwhile [ -h "$SELF" ]; do\n  DIR=$(cd "$(dirname "$SELF")" && pwd)\n  LINK=$(readlink "$SELF")\n  case "$LINK" in /*) SELF="$LINK";; *) SELF="$DIR/$LINK";; esac\ndone\nDIR=$(cd "$(dirname "$SELF")" && pwd)\nexec "$DIR/bin/node" "$DIR/apps/cli/lib/bin.js" "$@"\n',
   )
   chmodSync(dshLauncher, 0o755)
 }
 
+/**
+ * Remove the curated build/packaging-time packages from a copied pnpm
+ * `node_modules`. Safe by construction:
+ *
+ *   1. Reads `scripts/harness-excludes.json` — a visible, configurable list of
+ *      package names + reasons (users add/remove entries without touching the
+ *      copy logic).
+ *   2. For each exclusion, walks every KEPT `.pnpm/<pkg>@<ver>` entry and checks
+ *      whether any kept package symlinks this name as a dependency. If so, the
+ *      exclusion is REFUSED (throws) — the runtime must stay whole.
+ *   3. If safe, deletes the `.pnpm/<name>@*` entries, the top-level
+ *      `node_modules/<name>` link, and any `.bin` shims that pointed into them,
+ *      reporting bytes freed per entry and a total.
+ */
+function pruneNodeModules(nmDir) {
+  const cfgPath = join(root, 'apps/desktop/scripts/harness-excludes.json')
+  if (!existsSync(cfgPath)) return
+  const { excludes } = JSON.parse(readFileSync(cfgPath, 'utf8'))
+  if (!Array.isArray(excludes) || excludes.length === 0) return
+
+  // De-dupe by name so a duplicate config entry can't double-report or double-count.
+  const unique = new Map()
+  for (const e of excludes) if (e && e.name && !unique.has(e.name)) unique.set(e.name, e)
+  const list = [...unique.values()]
+
+  const pnpmDir = join(nmDir, '.pnpm')
+  if (!existsSync(pnpmDir)) return
+  const entries = readdirSync(pnpmDir)
+
+  // All packages that will be removed — used to ignore cross-excluded refs
+  // during the safety check (a dependency among two removed packages is fine).
+  const excludedSet = new Set(list.map((e) => e.name))
+
+  // Package name of a .pnpm entry. Entries look like "name@1.0.0" for a bare
+  // package or "@scope+name@1.0.0" for a scoped one, but peer-dependency
+  // suffixes add further "@"s (e.g. "dmg-builder@25.1.8_peer@25.1.8"). Parse
+  // from the FIRST "@" — the base name never contains one after the version
+  // separator — so peer suffixes can't leak into the parsed name.
+  const entryPkg = (entry) => {
+    const at = entry.indexOf('@')
+    if (at === -1) return entry
+    if (at === 0) {
+      const rest = entry.slice(1) // "@scope+name@ver..." -> "scope+name@ver..."
+      const sep = rest.indexOf('@')
+      const name = sep === -1 ? rest : rest.slice(0, sep)
+      return '@' + name.replace('+', '/')
+    }
+    return entry.slice(0, at)
+  }
+
+  let totalFreed = 0
+
+  for (const ex of list) {
+    const name = ex.name
+    if (excludedSet.size === 0) continue
+
+    // --- 2. Safety: does any KEPT package depend on this package? ---
+    const dependents = []
+    for (const entry of entries) {
+      const ep = entryPkg(entry)
+      if (ep === name || excludedSet.has(ep)) continue // itself or also excluded
+      const depDir = join(pnpmDir, entry, 'node_modules')
+      if (!existsSync(depDir)) continue
+      if (readdirSync(depDir).includes(name)) dependents.push(ep)
+    }
+    if (dependents.length > 0) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `[harness-excludes] REFUSING to exclude "${name}": kept packages depend on it ` +
+          `(${dependents.join(', ')}). The runtime must stay whole — remove it from ` +
+          `${cfgPath} or it is not actually safe to exclude.`,
+      )
+    }
+
+    // --- 3. Delete the .pnpm store entries for this package ---
+    const matching = entries.filter((e) => entryPkg(e) === name)
+    for (const m of matching) {
+      const p = join(pnpmDir, m)
+      const sz = dirSize(p)
+      rmSync(p, { recursive: true, force: true })
+      totalFreed += sz
+      console.log(`  [exclude] ${name} — removed .pnpm/${m} (${fmtSize(sz)})`)
+    }
+
+    // --- 4. Delete the top-level link/dir (node_modules/@scope/name too) ---
+    const top = join(nmDir, ...name.split('/'))
+    if (existsSync(top)) {
+      const sz = dirSize(top)
+      rmSync(top, { recursive: true, force: true })
+      totalFreed += sz
+      console.log(`  [exclude] ${name} — removed top-level link (${fmtSize(sz)})`)
+    }
+
+    // --- 5. Delete the flat .pnpm/node_modules/<name> copy. cpSync dereferences
+    // links while copying, so an excluded package lands here as a REAL directory
+    // (e.g. electron → 837 MB) that steps 2–4 never touch; it was shipping anyway.
+    // This shares the same safety check in step 2 — no kept package depends on it.
+    // Probe with lstatSync (not existsSync): it inspects the link itself rather
+    // than following the target, so a dangling symlink/junction (its .pnpm store
+    // entry already removed in step 3) is still found and removed on Windows. ---
+    const flat = join(pnpmDir, 'node_modules', ...name.split('/'))
+    let flatStat
+    try {
+      flatStat = lstatSync(flat)
+    } catch {
+      flatStat = null
+    }
+    if (flatStat) {
+      const sz = flatStat.isSymbolicLink() || flatStat.isFile() ? flatStat.size : dirSize(flat)
+      rmSync(flat, { recursive: true, force: true })
+      totalFreed += sz
+      console.log(`  [exclude] ${name} — removed flat .pnpm/node_modules copy (${fmtSize(sz)})`)
+    }
+
+    // --- 6. Drop .bin shims that pointed into the removed store entries ---
+    removeBinShims(join(nmDir, '.bin'), matching, pnpmDir)
+  }
+
+  if (totalFreed > 0) {
+    console.log(
+      `\n[harness-excludes] freed ${fmtSize(totalFreed)} by excluding ` +
+        `${list.map((e) => e.name).join(', ')} (config: ${cfgPath})`,
+    )
+  }
+}
+
+/** Recursive size of a dir or link target. Symlinks are counted as 0 bytes and
+ *  never followed (a pnpm store is full of links; following would loop). */
+function dirSize(p) {
+  let st
+  try {
+    st = lstatSync(p)
+  } catch {
+    return 0
+  }
+  if (st.isSymbolicLink() || st.isFile()) return st.size
+  if (!st.isDirectory()) return 0
+  let total = 0
+  for (const child of readdirSync(p)) total += dirSize(join(p, child))
+  return total
+}
+
+/** Remove `.bin` shims whose resolved target lives inside any removed store
+ *  entry, so no dangling executables remain. */
+function removeBinShims(binDir, removedEntries, pnpmDir) {
+  if (!existsSync(binDir)) return
+  const removedStoreDirs = removedEntries.map((e) => join(pnpmDir, e))
+  for (const shim of readdirSync(binDir)) {
+    const p = join(binDir, shim)
+    let target
+    try {
+      target = readlinkSync(p)
+    } catch {
+      continue // not a symlink (e.g. a real .cmd file) — leave it
+    }
+    const resolved = resolve(binDir, target)
+    if (removedStoreDirs.some((d) => resolved.startsWith(d))) {
+      rmSync(p, { recursive: true, force: true })
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/** Human-readable byte size, e.g. "553 MiB". */
+function fmtSize(bytes) {
+  if (bytes >= 1024 ** 3) return `${(bytes / 1024 ** 3).toFixed(2)} GiB`
+  if (bytes >= 1024 ** 2) return `${(bytes / 1024 ** 2).toFixed(1)} MiB`
+  if (bytes >= 1024) return `${(bytes / 1024).toFixed(1)} KiB`
+  return `${bytes} B`
+}
+
 console.log(`assembled self-contained harness at ${out}`)
 
 // Normalize every link to a relative in-tree target, then prove the tree no

apps/desktop/scripts/harness-excludes.json

@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "harness-excludes.schema.json",
+  "version": 1,
+  "description": "Packages excluded from the packaged harness node_modules (.pnpm store). The app must stay fully self-contained — it is not a launcher, it lets users in the most barren environments use dsh entirely through the app. So an entry here is a HARD guarantee that the package is NOT part of the dsh runtime dependency closure: the build refuses to exclude anything a kept workspace package actually depends on (see build-harness.mjs pruneNodeModules). Add entries only after verifying the package is build-time / packaging-time tooling that the harness never imports at runtime.",
+  "excludes": [
+    {
+      "name": "electron",
+      "reason": "Electron shell runtime. electron-builder ships it separately into resources/app; the dsh harness runs under the bundled system-Node child and never imports Electron. Verified: only apps/desktop/package.json depends on it, only apps/desktop/lib/types/{main,preload}.js import it (those are the shell, already packaged)."
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "electron-builder",
+      "reason": "Packaging toolchain (group). The harness is pre-built and distributed, so nothing packages installers at runtime. The electron-builder toolchain is mutually interdependent, so it is excluded as a group; build-harness.mjs refuses any exclusion a kept package still depends on, which is how this group stays coherent."
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "app-builder-lib",
+      "reason": "electron-builder toolchain (group): app-builder-lib is packaging logic only, never imported by the dsh runtime."
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "builder-util",
+      "reason": "electron-builder toolchain (group): build utilities (spawns app-builder-bin, 7zip-bin). Build-time only."
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "builder-util-runtime",
+      "reason": "electron-builder toolchain (group): runtime helpers used only by the builder at package time, not by dsh."
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "dmg-builder",
+      "reason": "electron-builder toolchain (group): mac .dmg packaging; not present on this Windows build and never used at runtime."
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "electron-builder-squirrel-windows",
+      "reason": "electron-builder toolchain (group): Squirrel.Windows packaging; build-time only."
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "app-builder-bin",
+      "reason": "electron-builder's build binary (7za/signtool/app-builder). Build-time only, never imported by the dsh runtime. Depended on by builder-util, which is itself excluded in this group."
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "electron-publish",
+      "reason": "electron-builder toolchain (group): publishing (upload to GitHub etc.); never used by the dsh runtime."
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "7zip-bin",
+      "reason": "electron-builder toolchain (group): 7-zip binary used to compress installers at package time; not a dsh runtime dependency."
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "@electron/asar",
+      "reason": "electron-builder toolchain (group): asar archive packing; build-time only (the desktop app ships asar:false anyway)."
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "@electron/notarize",
+      "reason": "electron-builder toolchain (group): macOS notarization; build-time only, and irrelevant on this Windows build."
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "@electron/osx-sign",
+      "reason": "electron-builder toolchain (group): macOS code signing; build-time only."
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "@electron/universal",
+      "reason": "electron-builder toolchain (group): macOS universal binaries; build-time only."
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "@electron/get",
+      "reason": "Orphan of the excluded electron toolchain: @electron/rebuild's download helper. No kept package imports it at runtime."
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "@electron/rebuild",
+      "reason": "Orphan of the excluded electron toolchain: rebuilds native addons for the Electron ABI, which this app never needs (harness runs under system-Node)."
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "@electron-internal/extract-zip",
+      "reason": "Orphan of the excluded electron-builder toolchain: internal zip extraction used only during packaging. Build-time only."
+    }
+  ]
+}

apps/desktop/scripts/harness-excludes.schema.json

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
+  "$id": "https://deepseek-harness.dev/schemas/harness-excludes.schema.json",
+  "title": "Harness dependency exclusion list",
+  "type": "object",
+  "additionalProperties": false,
+  "required": ["version", "description", "excludes"],
+  "properties": {
+    "version": { "type": "integer", "const": 1 },
+    "description": { "type": "string" },
+    "excludes": {
+      "type": "array",
+      "items": {
+        "type": "object",
+        "additionalProperties": false,
+        "required": ["name", "reason"],
+        "properties": {
+          "name": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "Package name to exclude, e.g. \"electron\" or \"@scope/name\". Matches pnpm store entries by unscoped/scoped base name.",
+            "minLength": 1
+          },
+          "reason": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "Why this package is safely outside the dsh runtime dependency closure. Required so the exclusion stays auditable."
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}

packages/host/plugin-inventory/src/index.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {
   runPnpmRemove,
   uninstallBundle,
   writeAllowBuilds,
+  writeReleaseAgeExclude,
 } from './install.ts'
 import {
   fetchMarketplaceCatalog,
@@ -253,8 +254,12 @@ export class PluginInventoryGateway extends TypertRemoteService {
       writeAllowBuilds(profileDir, spec.consentBuilds)
     }
     // A registry-name spec participates in the registry fallback loop and the
-    // minimum-release-age exemption; a git, tarball, or path spec runs once.
+    // minimum-release-age exemption; a git, tarball, or path spec runs once. The
+    // release-age exemption is written into pnpm-workspace.yaml (not passed as a
+    // CLI flag) so an older pnpm ignores the setting instead of aborting on an
+    // unknown option.
     const registryName = registryPackageName(spec.spec)
+    if (registryName !== undefined) writeReleaseAgeExclude(profileDir, [registryName])
     const result = registryName === undefined
       ? runPnpmInstall({
         binName: 'dsh',
@@ -273,7 +278,6 @@ export class PluginInventoryGateway extends TypertRemoteService {
         pnpmCjs: pnpm.pnpmCjs,
         spec: spec.spec,
         before,
-        minimumReleaseAgeExclude: registryName,
       })
     if (result.pendingBuilds !== undefined) {
       return { ok: true, restartRequired: false, pendingBuilds: result.pendingBuilds }

packages/host/plugin-inventory/src/install.ts

@@ -150,8 +150,6 @@ export interface PnpmInstallOptions {
   readonly before: ProfileManifest
   /** An npm registry to install from (`pnpm add --registry`); defaults to pnpm's configured one. */
   readonly registry?: string
-  /** A bare registry package name to exempt from pnpm's minimum-release-age check. */
-  readonly minimumReleaseAgeExclude?: string
 }
 
 /**
@@ -164,15 +162,9 @@ export interface PnpmInstallOptions {
  * @returns `pendingBuilds` when pnpm blocked build scripts, else an empty result.
  */
 export function runPnpmInstall(options: PnpmInstallOptions): PnpmAddResult {
-  const { binName, profileDir, installAnchor, nodeBin, pnpmCjs, spec, before, registry, minimumReleaseAgeExclude } = options
+  const { binName, profileDir, installAnchor, nodeBin, pnpmCjs, spec, before, registry } = options
   const args = ['add', spec]
   if (registry !== undefined) args.push('--registry', registry)
-  // `--minimum-release-age-exclude` is understood only by pnpm ≥10.7. It is safe
-  // with the vendored pnpm (pinned 11.7); a PATH-pnpm fallback in a development
-  // checkout may be older and reject the option, so skip it there.
-  if (minimumReleaseAgeExclude !== undefined && nodeBin !== undefined) {
-    args.push(`--minimum-release-age-exclude=${minimumReleaseAgeExclude}`)
-  }
   const result = nodeBin === undefined ? spawn(pnpmCjs, args, profileDir) : spawn(nodeBin, [pnpmCjs, ...args], profileDir)
   if (result.exitCode !== 0) {
     const pendingBuilds = parseBlockedBuilds(result.output)
@@ -264,6 +256,37 @@ export function writeAllowBuilds(profileDir: string, names: readonly string[]):
   writeFileSync(workspacePath, dump(doc))
 }
 
+/**
+ * Exempt the given registry package names from pnpm's `minimumReleaseAge` check
+ * by writing the `minimumReleaseAgeExclude` setting into the profile's
+ * `pnpm-workspace.yaml`. Writing the config directly is the robust way to beat
+ * the release-age check: the setting is honored by pnpm ≥10.16 (the documented
+ * mechanism, which pnpm reads only from `pnpm-workspace.yaml`, not `.npmrc`),
+ * and — unlike the `--minimum-release-age-exclude` CLI flag — an unknown-key pnpm
+ * ignores it instead of aborting with `Unknown option`. This lets a plugin
+ * published minutes ago install at its latest version on whichever pnpm the
+ * runtime resolves. Existing workspace settings are preserved and the exclusion
+ * list is merged.
+ * @param profileDir - the writable profile directory.
+ * @param names - the registry package names to exempt from the release-age check.
+ */
+export function writeReleaseAgeExclude(profileDir: string, names: readonly string[]): void {
+  const workspacePath = join(profileDir, 'pnpm-workspace.yaml')
+  let doc: Record<string, unknown>
+  try {
+    const parsed = load(readFileSync(workspacePath, 'utf8'))
+    doc = parsed !== null && typeof parsed === 'object'
+      ? parsed as Record<string, unknown>
+      : { ...PROFILE_WORKSPACE_BASE }
+  } catch {
+    doc = { ...PROFILE_WORKSPACE_BASE }
+  }
+  const excluded = new Set<string>((doc.minimumReleaseAgeExclude ?? []) as string[])
+  for (const name of names) excluded.add(name)
+  if (excluded.size > 0) doc.minimumReleaseAgeExclude = [...excluded]
+  writeFileSync(workspacePath, dump(doc))
+}
+
 /** Options for removing one plugin dependency. */
 export interface PnpmRemoveOptions {
   readonly binName: string

packages/host/plugin-inventory/tests/install.spec.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
-import { chmodSync, mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, readFileSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs'
+import { mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, readFileSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs'
 import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
 import { join } from 'node:path'
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { load } from 'js-yaml'
 import { readProfileManifest } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-app-boot'
 import {
   composeOfflineBundle, INSTALL_REGISTRIES, parseBlockedBuilds, registryPackageName,
   resolvePnpm, resolvePnpmCommand, runPnpmInstall, writeAllowBuilds,
+  writeReleaseAgeExclude,
   runPnpmInstallWithRegistries, runPnpmRemove, uninstallBundle,
 } from '../src/install.ts'
 
@@ -67,24 +69,6 @@ function makeBlockedBuildPnpm(dir: string): string {
   return file
 }
 
-/**
- * A self-executable fake pnpm (shebang + executable bit) that records its argv
- * and exits 0 — simulates a `pnpm` command invoked directly off PATH, without a
- * `node` prefix (as the PATH-pnpm fallback does).
- */
-function makeExecutablePnpm(dir: string): string {
-  const file = join(dir, 'pnpm-path')
-  writeFileSync(file, [
-    '#!/usr/bin/env node',
-    "const fs = require('fs')",
-    'const args = process.argv.slice(2)',
-    'fs.writeFileSync(process.env.RECORD, JSON.stringify(args))',
-    'process.exit(0)',
-  ].join('\n'))
-  chmodSync(file, 0o755)
-  return file
-}
-
 /**
  * A fake pnpm that, for `remove <name>`, drops the named dependency from the
  * profile's package.json (as pnpm does) and exits 0.
@@ -171,7 +155,7 @@ describe('runPnpmInstall', () => {
     }
   })
 
-  it('passes minimum-release-age-exclude for a registry name', () => {
+  it('never passes a release-age CLI flag (the exemption is a workspace setting, not a flag)', () => {
     const dir = makeProfile()
     const record = join(dir, 'record.json')
     const pnpm = makeRecordingPnpm(dir)
@@ -181,32 +165,28 @@ describe('runPnpmInstall', () => {
       runPnpmInstall({
         binName: 'dsh', profileDir: dir, installAnchor: join(dir, 'package.json'),
         nodeBin: process.execPath, pnpmCjs: pnpm, spec: 'x',
-        before: readProfileManifest('dsh', dir), minimumReleaseAgeExclude: 'x',
+        before: readProfileManifest('dsh', dir),
       })
       const args = JSON.parse(readFileSync(record, 'utf8')) as string[]
-      expect(args).toContain('--minimum-release-age-exclude=x')
+      expect(args).toEqual(['add', 'x'])
+      expect(args.some(arg => arg.includes('minimum-release-age'))).toBe(false)
     } finally {
       delete process.env.RECORD
       delete process.env.EXIT
     }
   })
 
-  it('omits minimum-release-age-exclude for a PATH-pnpm fallback (may be an older pnpm)', () => {
+  it('writes the minimum-release-age exemption into pnpm-workspace.yaml, preserving existing settings', () => {
     const dir = makeProfile()
-    const record = join(dir, 'record.json')
-    const pnpm = makeExecutablePnpm(dir)
-    process.env.RECORD = record
-    try {
-      runPnpmInstall({
-        binName: 'dsh', profileDir: dir, installAnchor: join(dir, 'package.json'),
-        nodeBin: undefined, pnpmCjs: pnpm, spec: 'x',
-        before: readProfileManifest('dsh', dir), minimumReleaseAgeExclude: 'x',
-      })
-      const args = JSON.parse(readFileSync(record, 'utf8')) as string[]
-      expect(args).toEqual(['add', 'x'])
-    } finally {
-      delete process.env.RECORD
-    }
+    const workspacePath = join(dir, 'pnpm-workspace.yaml')
+    writeFileSync(workspacePath, 'autoInstallPeers: false\nallowBuilds:\n  node-pty: true\n')
+    writeReleaseAgeExclude(dir, ['dsh-theme-plugin'])
+    writeReleaseAgeExclude(dir, ['@scope/pkg'])
+    const doc = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(load(readFileSync(workspacePath, 'utf8')))) as Record<string, unknown>
+    expect(doc.minimumReleaseAgeExclude).toEqual(['dsh-theme-plugin', '@scope/pkg'])
+    // Existing settings survive.
+    expect((doc.allowBuilds as Record<string, unknown>).node_pty ?? (doc.allowBuilds as Record<string, unknown>)['node-pty']).toBe(true)
+    expect(doc.autoInstallPeers).toBe(false)
   })
 
   it('returns pendingBuilds when pnpm blocks build scripts', () => {