# npm-check-updates v23.1.0

- Product: npm-check-updates (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/npm-check-updates)
- Vendor: npm-check-updates
- Date: 2026-08-23
- Version: v23.1.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/raineorshine/npm-check-updates/releases/tag/v23.1.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/npm-check-updates/releases/v23.1.0

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- **added** — Add --interactiveSelect option to control which upgrades are pre-selected in interactive mode, with values: auto (default), none, patch, minor, or all
- **changed** — Strip terminal escape sequences from package and registry text
- **changed** — Select the pnpm global config by the installed major version
- **changed** — Read registries from pnpm-workspace.yaml
- **changed** — Run getOwnerPerDependency at --concurrency
- **changed** — Pass color through to the package manager spawn in doctor command
- **changed** — Apply boolean false from the rc config as --no-<option>
- **fixed** — Do not let rejectOnError:false swallow spawn errors
- **fixed** — Warn when peer dependency lookups fail instead of silently disabling --peer
- **fixed** — Reject invalid values in array options
- **fixed** — Fix operator precedence in the invalid filter message
- **fixed** — Replace the github url version tag only in the fragment
- **fixed** — Fix pnpm global and prefix args being spread into single characters
- **fixed** — Restrict yaml catalog upgrades to catalog paths
- **fixed** — Only log the merged yarn config when it is not empty
- **fixed** — Fix --no-color being ignored
- **fixed** — Fix crash when a dist-tag points to a version missing from the packument

##### Added new option: `--interactiveSelect`

Usage:

```sh
ncu -i --interactiveSelect [value]
```

Default: auto

Control which upgrades are pre-selected in interactive mode. Only applies with `--interactive`.

<table>
  <tr><td>auto</td><td>Pre-selects patch and minor upgrades with <code>--format group</code>, which is enabled by default, and all upgrades otherwise. This is what <code>ncu -i</code> does. (default)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>none</td><td>Nothing is pre-selected.</td></tr>
  <tr><td>patch</td><td>Patch upgrades are pre-selected.</td></tr>
  <tr><td>minor</td><td>Patch and minor upgrades are pre-selected.</td></tr>
  <tr><td>all</td><td>All upgrades are pre-selected, including major.</td></tr>
</table>

Specify `auto` explicitly to restore the default when another value is set in your [config file](#config-file).

Major version zero upgrades (e.g. 0.1.0 → 0.2.0) are only pre-selected by `all`, since anything may change before 1.0.0. Custom groups returned by [--groupFunction](#groupfunction) are likewise only pre-selected by `all`.

##### Other Changes
* LICENSE: use clean GPL-2.0 by @XhmikosR in https://github.com/raineorshine/npm-check-updates/pull/1979
* Strip terminal escape sequences from package and registry text by @XhmikosR in https://github.com/raineorshine/npm-check-updates/pull/1994
* Select the pnpm global config by the installed major version by @XhmikosR in https://github.com/raineorshine/npm-check-updates/pull/1995
* Do not let rejectOnError:false swallow spawn errors by @XhmikosR in https://github.com/raineorshine/npm-check-updates/pull/1997
* Warn when peer dependency lookups fail instead of silently disabling `--peer` by @XhmikosR in https://github.com/raineorshine/npm-check-updates/pull/1984
* Test getModuleMismatchError directly instead of through a real config load by @XhmikosR in https://github.com/raineorshine/npm-check-updates/pull/1998
* Further e2e.sh improvements by @XhmikosR in https://github.com/raineorshine/npm-check-updates/pull/1993
* Update dependencies by @XhmikosR in https://github.com/raineorshine/npm-check-updates/pull/1992
* Wrap option default values in code tags by @XhmikosR in https://github.com/raineorshine/npm-check-updates/pull/2001
* Always run the deep test CLI from build by @XhmikosR in https://github.com/raineorshine/npm-check-updates/pull/2000
* Reject invalid values in array options by @XhmikosR in https://github.com/raineorshine/npm-check-updates/pull/2002
* doctor: pass color through to the package manager spawn by @XhmikosR in https://github.com/raineorshine/npm-check-updates/pull/2003
* Fix operator precedence in the invalid filter message by @XhmikosR in https://github.com/raineorshine/npm-check-updates/pull/2004
* Replace the github url version tag only in the fragment by @XhmikosR in https://github.com/raineorshine/npm-check-updates/pull/2005
* Clean up misleading names and dead code in npm, logging and filterAndReject by @XhmikosR in https://github.com/raineorshine/npm-check-updates/pull/2006
* Fix pnpm global and prefix args being spread into single characters by @XhmikosR in https://github.com/raineorshine/npm-check-updates/pull/2007
* Apply boolean false from the rc config as --no-<option> by @XhmikosR in https://github.com/raineorshine/npm-check-updates/pull/2008
* Restrict yaml catalog upgrades to catalog paths by @XhmikosR in https://github.com/raineorshine/npm-check-updates/pull/2009
* Only log the merged yarn config when it is not empty by @XhmikosR in https://github.com/raineorshine/npm-check-updates/pull/2010
* Fix --no-color being ignored by @XhmikosR in https://github.com/raineorshine/npm-check-updates/pull/2013
* Run getOwnerPerDependency at --concurrency by @XhmikosR in https://github.com/raineorshine/npm-check-updates/pull/2017
* Fix crash when a dist-tag points to a version missing from the packument by @XhmikosR in https://github.com/raineorshine/npm-check-updates/pull/2011
* Fix two rc-config tes

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