Modern Yarn

After version 1.x Includes: 2.x, 3.x, and 4.x

asdf doesn’t support local yarn over 1.x

solution is to enable corepack.

then install it manually once for the latest stable version

corepack enable
corepack prepare yarn@stable --activate
# lock it in the current project
yarn set version stable

then it should be locked and setup with corepack enable in future installs. no additional installs needed beyond a future corepack enable with proper node version

this creates

.yarn/releases/yarn-x.x.x.cjs
.yarnrc.yml with a yarnPath

important: only available on node 16.10 or greater

Then it is a good idea to enforce via the engines in package.json

"engines": {
  "node": ">=18 <21",
  "yarn": "^4.0.0"
},
"packageManager": "yarn@4.0.0" # optional, stronger enforcement

researched via chatgpt plus 4o source: [ChatGPT thread removed]