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What is the current behavior?

Every project created by create-voltagent-app receives the same Dockerfile, regardless of the package manager chosen in the wizard. Both Docker build stages copy yarn.lock* and pnpm-lock.yaml* before attempting an install. Docker requires a matching source for each COPY instruction, so an npm project with only package-lock.json fails at the first Yarn lockfile copy. The conditional install command cannot help because it runs after those copies. A Bun project has the same issue and, even if those copies were skipped, would fall through to npm ci without an npm lockfile.

This breaks the generated Docker deployment workflow at the point where a new user would expect the scaffold to work out of the box. It also makes the Dockerfile misleading: its install logic implies package-manager support that the preceding copy instructions prevent.

What is the new behavior?

The Dockerfile template now has slots for a lockfile COPY, a build-stage install command, and a production-stage install command. The scaffold fills those slots from the package manager already selected for the project:

Selection Additional lockfile copy Builder install Production install
npm None; COPY package*.json ./ includes package-lock.json npm ci npm ci --omit=dev
Yarn Classic (1.x) yarn.lock yarn install --frozen-lockfile yarn install --frozen-lockfile --production
pnpm pnpm-lock.yaml pnpm install --frozen-lockfile pnpm install --frozen-lockfile --prod
Bun bun.lock* bun install --frozen-lockfile bun install --frozen-lockfile --production

The generated Dockerfiles pin the selected pnpm or Bun version. Bun comes from the matching official Alpine image. For supported managers, dependency installation remains before COPY . ., preserving the Docker dependency-layer cache. The application build, runtime user, and entrypoint remain as they were.

Why this approach

The project generator already has a typed packageManager choice. Rendering the relevant Docker instructions at scaffold time avoids asking Docker to copy files that cannot exist for the chosen setup. It also gives Bun its own install path instead of relying on the npm fallback. The same substitutions are applied to both stages so the runtime image does not fail after the builder stage succeeds. Yarn Modern remains selectable for project creation. Because this Dockerfile does not support Yarn 2+, those projects are created without a Dockerfile; the CLI warns before installation and the generated README explains what is needed for Docker deployment.

Verification

  • pnpm --filter create-voltagent-app exec vitest run src/cli.integration.spec.ts src/utils/package-manager.spec.ts src/utils/templates.spec.ts — passed: 6 tests across 3 files. The CLI matrix includes npm, Yarn Classic, Yarn Modern, pnpm, and Bun; the Yarn Modern scenario confirms the warning, successful scaffold, omitted Dockerfile, and README explanation.
  • pnpm --filter create-voltagent-app build — passed: JavaScript and declaration builds.
  • pnpm --filter create-voltagent-app exec biome check src/cli.ts src/project-creator.ts src/utils/package-manager.ts src/utils/templates.ts src/cli.integration.spec.ts src/utils/package-manager.spec.ts — passed.
  • git diff --check — passed.

Notes for reviewers

The change covers the Dockerfile template and renderer, package-manager selection, the generated README, scaffold tests, and a patch changeset. The issue and fix address the package-manager selection made by the CLI rather than inferring a manager from whichever lockfiles happen to be present later.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Generated Dockerfiles use the package manager selected during project creation, with matching lockfile and install commands.
    • npm projects no longer need Yarn or pnpm lockfiles for Docker builds.
    • Dockerfiles can be generated for npm, pnpm, Bun, and Yarn Classic. For other Yarn versions, project creation continues without a Dockerfile and displays a warning.
  • Documentation
    • Docker deployment instructions clarify that the selected package manager’s lockfile must remain in the project root when building an image.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The CLI passes the selected package manager version into project creation. The project creator omits the Dockerfile for unsupported Yarn versions. For supported managers, the Dockerfile uses the selected manager’s lockfile and install commands.

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Package-manager-specific Dockerfiles

Layer / File(s) Summary
Detect and pass package-manager versions
packages/create-voltagent-app/src/types.ts, packages/create-voltagent-app/src/utils/package-manager.ts, packages/create-voltagent-app/src/utils/package-manager.spec.ts, packages/create-voltagent-app/src/cli.ts
ProjectOptions now requires packageManagerVersion. Version lookup validates version strings, and Yarn detection skips Yarn when the version probe fails. The CLI retrieves the selected manager’s version and passes it into project creation.
Apply Dockerfile compatibility rules
packages/create-voltagent-app/src/project-creator.ts, packages/create-voltagent-app/src/utils/templates.ts, packages/create-voltagent-app/src/cli.ts, packages/create-voltagent-app/src/cli.integration.spec.ts, packages/create-voltagent-app/templates/base/README.md.template
The project creator includes the Dockerfile only when the selected manager and version are supported. For unsupported Yarn versions, the CLI warns and the README replaces Docker deployment instructions with a notice.
Render manager-specific Dockerfiles
packages/create-voltagent-app/src/utils/templates.ts, packages/create-voltagent-app/templates/base/Dockerfile.template, packages/create-voltagent-app/src/utils/templates.spec.ts, packages/create-voltagent-app/src/cli.integration.spec.ts, .changeset/tidy-docker-lockfiles.md
The renderer supplies manager-specific lockfile copies, tool setup, and install commands for both Dockerfile stages. Tests cover the generated commands and unsupported Yarn versions. The changeset records the Dockerfile update.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to f5410

Yarn Modern projects can be created without a starter Dockerfile, with an explanatory README notice. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks.

Architecture Summary

Architecture risk: 🟡 Medium · up to bdd10

The change affects 1 system.

Changed systems: packages/create-voltagent-app

Architecture concerns
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Systems and components

  • observed — packages/create-voltagent-app (library) was modified; 9 changed files map to changed impact.

Before / after behavior

  • observed — Modified behavior in packages/create-voltagent-app/templates/base/README.md.template: Added a Docker deployment note identifying the selected package manager and requiring its lockfile in the project root for image builds.
  • observed — Modified behavior in packages/create-voltagent-app/src/cli.integration.spec.ts: The package-manager import now includes getPackageManagerVersion.
  • observed — Modified behavior in packages/create-voltagent-app/src/cli.integration.spec.ts: The package-manager mock now includes getPackageManagerVersion.
  • observed — Modified behavior in packages/create-voltagent-app/src/cli.integration.spec.ts: The test setup mocks package-manager version lookup with fixed versions for npm, Yarn, pnpm, and Bun.

Reliability and maintainability

  • inferred — Risk-relevant change factors for packages/create-voltagent-app: blast_radius_1; direct_dependents_1
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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes satisfy the coding requirements in [#1427]. Dockerfile.template uses selected-manager substitutions in both stages. npm uses COPY package*.json ./, npm ci, and npm ci --omit=dev. Y…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changes stay within [#1427]. Package-manager version detection, Yarn Modern Dockerfile exclusion, README guidance, template rendering, tests, and the changeset support reliable package-manager-spe…
Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 8…
Description check ✅ Passed The description covers the required checklist, current behavior, new behavior, issue reference, tests, documentation, changeset, and reviewer notes. It is complete and directly related to the changes.
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely identifies the main change: package-manager-specific Dockerfile generation for create-voltagent-app.
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