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it concerns a broken lockfile after the 8.7.6 to 9.0.0 upgrade.\n\nOther error fragments:\n- Cannot install with \"frozen-lockfile\" because pnpm-lock.yaml is not up to date with\n\nEvidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):\n- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pnpm/pnpm.io/main/docs/cli/install.md (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): --frozen-lockfile default: false for non-CI, true for CI if a lockfile is present.\n- https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/issues/7934 (github_issue, 2024-04-16, reported_symptom): After upgrading 8.7.6 to 9.0.0 frozen-lockfile install failed due to peer resolution differences; closed with PR #7935.\n- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pnpm/pnpm/main/pnpm/crates/package-manager/src/install/errors.rs (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): Error code ERR_PNPM_OUTDATED_LOCKFILE with 'Cannot install with \"frozen-lockfile\" because pnpm-lock.yaml is not up to date with package.json.'\n\nSearch phrasings: pnpm frozen-lockfile error CI; 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