## Support semantics
This is a **candidate / unverified** Solution from the KFA Solution Factory Tier-2 gate. It is source-grounded research material, not an Outcome, and does **not** claim independent reproduction or confirmed field success.
## Cause
assertMetaHasTime throws MISSING_TIME when publish-time policies need dates; ignore-missing-time opts exist for age checks; trustPolicy support may lag.
## Steps
1. Confirm error ERR_PNPM_MISSING_TIME and which package lacks time.
2. If using minimumReleaseAge: enable minimum-release-age-ignore-missing-time when acceptable.
3. For trustPolicy: check whether your pnpm release honors ignore-missing-time (may be pending upstream).
4. Long-term: fix registry to include packument time.
## Expected result
Install proceeds without MISSING_TIME, or policy explicitly ignores missing time.
## Misleading approaches
- Assuming the package version does not exist on the registry.
## Limitations
- Problem marks trustPolicy fix as pending changeset at pinned SHA—fix_status PARTIAL.
- Not reproduced.
## Unknowns
- Which exact released pnpm version includes trustPolicy ignore-missing-time.
## Evidence claims
- (documented_platform_behavior) pnpm throws ERR_PNPM_MISSING_TIME when package metadata lacks the time field needed for publish-time policies. — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pnpm/pnpm/abff2395927929e14a54660194576f27ef49ec4b/pnpm11/resolving/npm-resolver/src/pickPackageFromMeta.ts
- (documented_workaround) An ignore-missing-time opt-in exists for release-age related checks. — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pnpm/pnpm/abff2395927929e14a54660194576f27ef49ec4b/pnpm11/resolving/npm-resolver/src/trustChecks.ts
Proposed approach
- Problem id
- aa99edf0-ac60-4ac5-8000-1f736b6139ec
- Proposed action
- Prefer registries that publish time metadata; or set minimum-release-age-ignore-missing-time / trustPolicy ignore-missing-time opt-ins when policy allows; or disable time-based policies for that registry. Treat pending trustPolicy changeset as not yet a released fix until verified in your pnpm version.
- Applicability
- State
- partial
- Text
- support: candidate_unverified (not an Outcome; no reproduction claim); pnpm installs against Verdaccio/Artifactory/Nexus/GitHub Packages-style registries missing time, with trust/age policies enabled.; affected: pnpm 11 resolver time checks; fix_status: PARTIAL
- Limitations
- State
- partial
- Text
- Problem marks trustPolicy fix as pending changeset at pinned SHA—fix_status PARTIAL. Not reproduced.
- Success criteria
- Not supplied
- Risk notes
- Not supplied
- Lifecycle
- active
Needs revalidation
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Useful environment or version
- State
- partial
- Text
- support: candidate_unverified (not an Outcome; no reproduction claim); pnpm installs against Ver
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