From 2aaf103e32cbf6c8d6b9d54c3a0a90be933ff2b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "CanbiZ (MickLesk)" <47820557+MickLesk@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 20:39:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Paperclip: fall back to a non-frozen install when the release
 lockfile is stale (#17922)

v2026.1012.0 ships a pnpm-lock.yaml that does not match server/package.json,
so pnpm install --frozen-lockfile fails on every install (#17913).
---
 ct/paperclip.sh              | 5 ++++-
 install/paperclip-install.sh | 6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ct/paperclip.sh b/ct/paperclip.sh
index 47bec8d18..ff3e4ad60 100644
--- a/ct/paperclip.sh
+++ b/ct/paperclip.sh
@@ -50,7 +50,10 @@ function update_script() {
     cd /opt/paperclip-ai
     export HUSKY=0
     export NODE_OPTIONS="--max-old-space-size=8192"
-    $STD pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
+    $STD pnpm install --frozen-lockfile || {
+      msg_warn "The lockfile of this release is out of date, resolving dependencies without it"
+      $STD pnpm install --no-frozen-lockfile
+    }
     $STD pnpm build
     unset NODE_OPTIONS
     msg_ok "Rebuilt Paperclip"
diff --git a/install/paperclip-install.sh b/install/paperclip-install.sh
index e763eeedd..351fa46c0 100644
--- a/install/paperclip-install.sh
+++ b/install/paperclip-install.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@ msg_info "Building Paperclip"
 cd /opt/paperclip-ai
 export HUSKY=0
 export NODE_OPTIONS="--max-old-space-size=8192"
-$STD pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
+# Upstream tags ship with a stale pnpm-lock.yaml now and then (paperclipai/paperclip#13923).
+$STD pnpm install --frozen-lockfile || {
+  msg_warn "The lockfile of this release is out of date, resolving dependencies without it"
+  $STD pnpm install --no-frozen-lockfile
+}
 $STD pnpm build
 unset NODE_OPTIONS
 msg_ok "Built Paperclip"