Paperclip: fall back to a non-frozen install when the release lockfile is stale

v2026.1012.0 ships a pnpm-lock.yaml that does not match server/package.json,
so pnpm install --frozen-lockfile fails on every install (#17913).

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -566,7 +566,9 @@ Exercise vigilance regarding copycat or coat-tailing sites that seek to exploit
 
 ### 💾 Core
 
-  - github: say why a forge could not be reached instead of 'connection failed' [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([core#136](https://github.com/community-scripts/core/pull/136))
+  - Install jq before the release lookup and show what a non-JSON answer was [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([core#138](https://github.com/community-scripts/core/pull/138))
+- Refresh the NodeSource key before a same-major Node.js update [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([core#137](https://github.com/community-scripts/core/pull/137))
+- github: say why a forge could not be reached instead of 'connection failed' [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([core#136](https://github.com/community-scripts/core/pull/136))
 
 ## 2026-10-13
 

ct/paperclip.sh

@@ -50,7 +50,10 @@ function update_script() {
     cd /opt/paperclip-ai
     export HUSKY=0
     export NODE_OPTIONS="--max-old-space-size=8192"
-    $STD pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
+    $STD pnpm install --frozen-lockfile || {
+      msg_warn "The lockfile of this release is out of date, resolving dependencies without it"
+      $STD pnpm install --no-frozen-lockfile
+    }
     $STD pnpm build
     unset NODE_OPTIONS
     msg_ok "Rebuilt Paperclip"

install/paperclip-install.sh

@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@ msg_info "Building Paperclip"
 cd /opt/paperclip-ai
 export HUSKY=0
 export NODE_OPTIONS="--max-old-space-size=8192"
-$STD pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
+# Upstream tags ship with a stale pnpm-lock.yaml now and then (paperclipai/paperclip#13923).
+$STD pnpm install --frozen-lockfile || {
+  msg_warn "The lockfile of this release is out of date, resolving dependencies without it"
+  $STD pnpm install --no-frozen-lockfile
+}
 $STD pnpm build
 unset NODE_OPTIONS
 msg_ok "Built Paperclip"