[▲ Vercel Community](/) · [Categories](/categories) · [Latest](/latest) · [Top](/top) · [Live](/live) [Help](/c/help/9) # Troubleshooting Turborepo Frontend Deployment Issues with pnpm 211 views · 0 likes · 3 posts Tejaswahinduja (@tejaswahinduja) · 2025-12-09 ``` ERR_PNPM_META_FETCH_FAIL GET https://registry.npmjs.org/@eslint%2Fjs: Value of "this" must be of type URLSearchParams WARN GET https://registry.npmjs.org/react error (ERR_INVALID_THIS). Will retry in 10 seconds. 2 retries left. WARN GET https://registry.npmjs.org/react-dom error (ERR_INVALID_THIS). Will retry in 10 seconds. 2 retries left. WARN GET https://registry.npmjs.org/@google-cloud%2Fvision error (ERR_INVALID_THIS). Will retry in 10 seconds. 2 retries left. WARN GET https://registry.npmjs.org/@google%2Fgenai error (ERR_INVALID_THIS). Will retry in 10 seconds. 2 retries left. WARN GET https://registry.npmjs.org/@huggingface%2Finference error (ERR_INVALID_THIS). Will retry in 10 seconds. 2 retries left. WARN GET https://registry.npmjs.org/@types%2Fbcrypt error (ERR_INVALID_THIS). Will retry in 10 seconds. 2 retries left. WARN GET https://registry.npmjs.org/@types%2Fcookie-parser error (ERR_INVALID_THIS). Will retry in 10 seconds. 2 retries left. WARN GET https://registry.npmjs.org/@types%2Fcors error (ERR_INVALID_THIS). Will retry in 10 seconds. 2 retries left. WARN GET https://registry.npmjs.org/@types%2Fexpress error (ERR_INVALID_THIS). Will retry in 10 seconds. 2 retries left. WARN GET https://registry.npmjs.org/@types%2Fjsonwebtoken error (ERR_INVALID_THIS). Will retry in 10 seconds. 2 retries left. WARN GET https://registry.npmjs.org/@types%2Fmulter error (ERR_INVALID_THIS). Will retry in 10 seconds. 2 retries left. WARN GET https://registry.npmjs.org/bcrypt error (ERR_INVALID_THIS). Will retry in 10 seconds. 2 retries left. WARN GET https://registry.npmjs.org/cloudinary error (ERR_INVALID_THIS). Will retry in 10 seconds. 2 retries left. Error: Command "pnpm install" exited with 1 ``` et others see and understand the problem! --> Facing these issues, I tried looking at other similar posts but I am still not able to figure out what exaclty is the issue, the pnpm version 9.15.9 <!-- Current versus Expected behavior --> <!-- Code, configuration, and steps that reproduce this issue --> <!-- Project information (URL, framework, environment, project settings) --> Pauline P. Narvas (@pawlean) · 2025-12-09 This looks like a network connectivity issue during the pnpm install process on Vercel’s build servers. The `ERR_INVALID_THIS` errors suggest there’s a problem with how pnpm is trying to fetch packages from the npm registry. Here are a few things you can try: **1\. Pin your pnpm version in package.json:** `{ "packageManager": "pnpm@9.15.9" }` **2\. Try using a different pnpm version:** Sometimes newer versions can have issues. Try downgrading to a more stable version like `pnpm@8.15.6`: `{ "packageManager": "pnpm@8.15.6" }` **3\. Add a .npmrc file to your project root:** `registry=https://registry.npmjs.org/ network-timeout=300000 fetch-retries=5 fetch-retry-factor=2` **4\. Clear any cached dependencies:** Make sure your `pnpm-lock.yaml` is committed and try redeploying. **5\. Check your turborepo configuration:** Ensure your `turbo.json` and workspace configuration is correct for the frontend app you’re trying to deploy. If the issue persists, this might be a temporary problem with Vercel’s build environment or the npm registry. You could try redeploying after some time. **Helpful resources:** * [Vercel pnpm documentation](https://vercel.com/docs/deployments/configure-a-build#package-managers) * [Turborepo deployment guide](https://vercel.com/docs/monorepos/turborepo) Pauline P. Narvas (@pawlean) · 2026-01-20 Hey @tejaswahinduja, just checking in to see if you're still encountering the deployment issues with pnpm. Have you had a chance to try the suggestions I provided, or is there anything else you need help with?