# pnpm v12.0.0-rc.3 — pnpm 12 RC 3

- Product: pnpm (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/pnpm)
- Vendor: pnpm
- Date: 2026-08-09
- Version: v12.0.0-rc.3
- Original notes: https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/releases/tag/v12.0.0-rc.3
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/pnpm/releases/v12.0.0-rc.3
- Labels: Pre-release

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- **fixed** — Command shims on POSIX now exec a target that has no interpreter instead of waiting on it, fixing incorrect exit codes when a target is killed by a signal

##### Patch Changes

- Command shims on POSIX again `exec` a target that has no interpreter — a runtime binary such as the managed Node.js, or any bin without a shebang — instead of waiting on it. A shim that waited reported a target killed by a signal as exit code `128+N` (for example `137` for `SIGKILL`), so callers that distinguish a signal death from an exit code, such as CI runners and process supervisors, saw the wrong outcome.