From 30c5b55d4a61e81acac64f70944124745da1dc95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Manzoor Wani <manzoorwani.jk@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:17:14 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] test(ls): cover linked strategy dev-edge guard to restore
 100% coverage

---
 test/lib/commands/ls.js | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+)

diff --git a/test/lib/commands/ls.js b/test/lib/commands/ls.js
index 577c2e7835e2a..cf99c3b889a6f 100644
--- a/test/lib/commands/ls.js
+++ b/test/lib/commands/ls.js
@@ -5462,6 +5462,37 @@ t.test('ls --install-strategy=linked', async t => {
     t.match(output, /nopt/, 'should list the dependency')
   })
 
+  t.test('should not report devDeps of linked transitive packages as UNMET DEPENDENCY', async t => {
+    const { result, ls } = await mockLs(t, {
+      config: {
+        'install-strategy': 'linked',
+        all: true,
+      },
+      prefixDir: {
+        'package.json': JSON.stringify({
+          name: 'test-linked-transitive',
+          version: '1.0.0',
+          dependencies: { 'pkg-a': 'file:./pkg-a' },
+        }),
+        'pkg-a': {
+          'package.json': JSON.stringify({
+            name: 'pkg-a',
+            version: '1.0.0',
+            devDependencies: { tap: '^16.0.0' },
+          }),
+        },
+        node_modules: {
+          'pkg-a': t.fixture('symlink', '../pkg-a'),
+        },
+      },
+    })
+    await ls.exec([])
+    const output = cleanCwd(result())
+    t.notMatch(output, /UNMET DEPENDENCY/, 'should not report devDeps of linked transitive packages')
+    t.notMatch(output, /tap/, 'should not traverse devDeps of linked transitive packages')
+    t.match(output, /pkg-a/, 'should list the dependency')
+  })
+
   t.test('should still report declared workspace as UNMET DEPENDENCY when missing', async t => {
     const { ls } = await mockLs(t, {
       config: {