Summary
Vercel says pnpm installs on its platform are now faster, which reduces the time spent installing dependencies before a build. For Pro deployments with a restored build cache, the company reports 14% lower average install times with the optimization enabled. The change also lets Vercel reuse successful dependency verification across deployments, and the source describes the best case as one where dependencies are unchanged and the previous verification can be reused.
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What happened
pnpm installs on Vercel are now faster, reducing the time spent installing dependencies before your build. For Pro deployments with restored build cache, we observed 14% lower average install times with the optimization enabled. Vercel now reuses successful dependency verification across deployments. In the best...
Why it matters
Teams using pnpm on Vercel Pro with build caching may see shorter builds before their code deploys. Projects with unchanged dependencies appear to benefit most, based on the described best case. The snippet is cut off before the full details, so readers should check the complete changelog for exact conditions and whether their setup qualifies.
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