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From: "github-actions[bot]"
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Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 18:39:43 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore: release 12.0.0-pre.0.0

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 AUTHORS                               |  2 ++
 CHANGELOG.md                          | 12 ++++++++++++
 workspaces/config/CHANGELOG.md        |  6 ++++++
 workspaces/libnpmversion/CHANGELOG.md |  4 ++++
 4 files changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 406be117a0203..75095a368367b 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -1016,3 +1016,5 @@ ecanturk <46566566+ecanturk@users.noreply.github.com>
 Max <135263966+verifizieren@users.noreply.github.com>
 Tea Reggi <reggi@github.com>
 raazkhnl <raazkhnl@gmail.com>
+Oliver Byford <oliver.byford@digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk>
+Zelys <zelys@dfkhelper.com>
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 29711d1aac3fd..55c93226c011e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [12.0.0-pre.0.0](https://github.com/npm/cli/compare/v12.0.0-pre.0.0...v12.0.0-pre.0.0) (2026-05-21)
+### ⚠️ BREAKING CHANGES
+* root \`preinstall\` now runs before dependencies are installed.
+* unknown configs in .npmrc, unknown CLI flags, abbreviated flags, and single-hyphen multi-char shorthands now throw instead of warning.
+### Features
+* [`979518d`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/979518dd198b9f2beb788c6c3cdcd1e055b03d22) [#9276](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/9276) error on unknown configs, flags, and abbreviations (#9276) (@owlstronaut)
+### Bug Fixes
+* [`2a03860`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/2a03860fcafe92b22770fc554b25994b29bacbdb) [#9267](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/9267) run root preinstall before reify (@owlstronaut)
+* [`c0fc549`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/c0fc54935af8e17a3a96cbdeac52bb4c597803b6) [#9372](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/9372) config: pause progress spinner during interactive editor spawn (#9372) (@Zelys-DFKH, @claude)
+### Documentation
+* [`d124c08`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/d124c0858da0b138cda2addcb0987b063ca86a47) [#9385](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/9385) Document `npm_old_version` and `npm_new_version` environment variables (#9385) (@36degrees)
+
 ## [12.0.0-pre.0.0](https://github.com/npm/cli/compare/v11.12.1...v12.0.0-pre.0.0) (2026-05-20)
 ### ⚠️ BREAKING CHANGES
 * npm view --json now always returns an array.
diff --git a/workspaces/config/CHANGELOG.md b/workspaces/config/CHANGELOG.md
index 14cdd55e7d9ca..c91656de7d6a2 100644
--- a/workspaces/config/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/workspaces/config/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [11.0.0-pre.0.0](https://github.com/npm/cli/compare/config-v11.0.0-pre.0.0...config-v11.0.0-pre.0.0) (2026-05-21)
+### ⚠️ BREAKING CHANGES
+* unknown configs in .npmrc, unknown CLI flags, abbreviated flags, and single-hyphen multi-char shorthands now throw instead of warning.
+### Features
+* [`979518d`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/979518dd198b9f2beb788c6c3cdcd1e055b03d22) [#9276](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/9276) error on unknown configs, flags, and abbreviations (#9276) (@owlstronaut)
+
 ## [11.0.0-pre.0.0](https://github.com/npm/cli/compare/config-v10.8.1...config-v11.0.0-pre.0.0) (2026-05-20)
 ### ⚠️ BREAKING CHANGES
 * `npm shrinkwrap` is removed, the `shrinkwrap` config alias is removed, and `npm-shrinkwrap.json` is no longer loaded or honored at the project root or from inside dependency tarballs. Rename project-root `npm-shrinkwrap.json` to `package-lock.json`; use `bundleDependencies` if you need to ship a locked dependency tree.
diff --git a/workspaces/libnpmversion/CHANGELOG.md b/workspaces/libnpmversion/CHANGELOG.md
index 868458696a4c1..c5ec0627968a0 100644
--- a/workspaces/libnpmversion/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/workspaces/libnpmversion/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [9.0.0-pre.0.0](https://github.com/npm/cli/compare/libnpmversion-v9.0.0-pre.0.0...libnpmversion-v9.0.0-pre.0.0) (2026-05-21)
+### Documentation
+* [`d124c08`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/d124c0858da0b138cda2addcb0987b063ca86a47) [#9385](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/9385) Document `npm_old_version` and `npm_new_version` environment variables (#9385) (@36degrees)
+
 ## [9.0.0-pre.0.0](https://github.com/npm/cli/compare/libnpmversion-v8.0.3...libnpmversion-v9.0.0-pre.0.0) (2026-05-20)
 ### ⚠️ BREAKING CHANGES
 * `npm shrinkwrap` is removed, the `shrinkwrap` config alias is removed, and `npm-shrinkwrap.json` is no longer loaded or honored at the project root or from inside dependency tarballs. Rename project-root `npm-shrinkwrap.json` to `package-lock.json`; use `bundleDependencies` if you need to ship a locked dependency tree.