fix(app): make postcss override track the direct dep ($postcss) — unblocks the /app Dependabot lane - #189
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app/package.json pinned `overrides.postcss` to the literal `^8.5.18`
while `devDependencies.postcss` was the same literal. npm refuses any
bump of a direct dependency whose override spec no longer matches it,
so every Dependabot /app run died with:
npm error code EOVERRIDE
npm error Override for postcss@8.5.26 conflicts with direct dependency
That failed the whole `npm_and_yarn in /app` job, not just postcss —
the entire /app update lane has been blocked since the override landed
in 1a9ea0d (2026-07-27 CVE patch pass).
Fix: use npm's dependency-reference syntax `"postcss": "$postcss"`, so
the override always resolves to whatever the direct dev-dependency spec
is. Dependabot can now bump the direct dep and the override follows
automatically, with no further maintenance.
The override is kept, not removed: deleting it lets a transitive copy
resolve down to postcss@8.4.31 (pulled via next), which npm audit flags
high. With `$postcss` every resolved copy is a single postcss@8.5.23.
Verified under CI's toolchain (node v20.20.2 / npm 10.8.2):
- npm ls postcss --all -> exactly one copy, postcss@8.5.23
- replayed Dependabot's own command,
`npm install postcss@8.5.26 --force --ignore-scripts --package-lock-only`:
EOVERRIDE on main, succeeds here (devDeps -> ^8.5.26, override follows)
- npx tsc --noEmit: clean
- npm run lint: 0 errors
- npm run build: success
- npm audit: postcss advisories gone; the 3 remaining high findings
(deepmerge-ts -> @prisma/config -> prisma) are unchanged from main
The other five overrides (axios, brace-expansion, sharp, esbuild,
valibot) are transitive-only pins with no matching direct dependency,
so they cannot hit EOVERRIDE and are left as-is.
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What
app/package.jsonhadoverrides.postcsspinned to the literal^8.5.18, identical todevDependencies.postcss. npm rejects any bump of a direct dependency once its override spec no longer matches, so every Dependabot/apprun failed:That kills the whole
npm_and_yarn in /appjob — not just the postcss update. Latest occurrence: run 33746071743 (2026-09-03 10:48Z,failure).Why it existed
Introduced in
1a9ea0d(2026-07-27, "security(deps): purge stale RuneBolt copies and patch dependency CVEs"), which bumped the direct dep^8.5.0→^8.5.18and added the matching override to force transitive copies up to the same floor. Correct intent, self-blocking implementation.How
Switch to npm's dependency-reference syntax
"postcss": "$postcss". The override now resolves to whatever the direct dev-dependency spec is, so Dependabot can bump the direct dep and the override follows automatically — no recurring maintenance, no re-break.The override is kept, not deleted. Removing it outright lets a transitive copy resolve down to
postcss@8.4.31(vianext), whichnpm auditflags high.$postcsskeeps a single hoisted copy.How verified — node v20.20.2 / npm 10.8.2 (CI's toolchain)
npm ls postcss --allnpm install postcss@8.5.26 --force --ignore-scripts --package-lock-onlymain; succeeds here → devDeps^8.5.26, override followsnpx prisma generate+npx tsc --noEmitnpm run lintnpm run buildnpm auditdeepmerge-ts→@prisma/config→prisma) are byte-identical tomainand out of scope — fixing them needs a breaking prisma downgradeOther overrides audited
axios,brace-expansion,sharp,esbuild,valibotare all transitive-only pins with no matching entry independencies/devDependencies, so none can trigger EOVERRIDE. Left as-is.Scope:
app/package.json+app/package-lock.jsononly.