diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/build-ideal-tree.js b/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/build-ideal-tree.js
index a28778bd69e99..a7e01fcf14801 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/build-ideal-tree.js
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/build-ideal-tree.js
@@ -809,7 +809,8 @@ This is a one-time fix-up, please be patient...
     const crackOpen = this.#complete &&
       node !== this.idealTree &&
       node.resolved &&
-      (hasBundle || hasShrinkwrap)
+      (hasBundle || hasShrinkwrap) &&
+      !node.ideallyInert
     if (crackOpen) {
       const Arborist = this.constructor
       const opt = { ...this.options }
@@ -1527,7 +1528,7 @@ This is a one-time fix-up, please be patient...
 
       const set = optionalSet(node)
       for (const node of set) {
-        node.parent = null
+        node.ideallyInert = true
       }
     }
   }
@@ -1548,6 +1549,7 @@ This is a one-time fix-up, please be patient...
           node.parent !== null
           && !node.isProjectRoot
           && !excludeNodes.has(node)
+          && !node.ideallyInert
         ) {
           this[_addNodeToTrashList](node)
         }
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/isolated-reifier.js b/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/isolated-reifier.js
index 4fbcd801fdf63..ff0bbd2418c73 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/isolated-reifier.js
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/isolated-reifier.js
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ module.exports = cls => class IsolatedReifier extends cls {
   }
 
   async externalProxy (result, node) {
+    if (node.ideallyInert) {
+      return
+    }
     await this.assignCommonProperties(node, result)
     if (node.hasShrinkwrap) {
       const dir = join(
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/load-virtual.js b/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/load-virtual.js
index 07c986853913e..96cd18302e994 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/load-virtual.js
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/load-virtual.js
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ module.exports = cls => class VirtualLoader extends cls {
       integrity: sw.integrity,
       resolved: consistentResolve(sw.resolved, this.path, path),
       pkg: sw,
+      ideallyInert: sw.ideallyInert,
       hasShrinkwrap: sw.hasShrinkwrap,
       dev,
       optional,
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/reify.js b/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/reify.js
index 7315ed7bcb1bc..ce1daec1a36a8 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/reify.js
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/reify.js
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ module.exports = cls => class Reifier extends cls {
     for (const path of this[_trashList]) {
       const loc = relpath(this.idealTree.realpath, path)
       const node = this.idealTree.inventory.get(loc)
-      if (node && node.root === this.idealTree) {
+      if (node && node.root === this.idealTree && !node.ideallyInert) {
         node.parent = null
       }
     }
@@ -237,6 +237,18 @@ module.exports = cls => class Reifier extends cls {
     this.idealTree.meta.hiddenLockfile = true
     this.idealTree.meta.lockfileVersion = defaultLockfileVersion
 
+    // Preserve inertness for failed stuff.
+    if (this.actualTree) {
+      for (const [loc, actual] of this.actualTree.inventory.entries()) {
+        if (actual.ideallyInert) {
+          const ideal = this.idealTree.inventory.get(loc)
+          if (ideal) {
+            ideal.ideallyInert = true
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
     this.actualTree = this.idealTree
     this.idealTree = null
 
@@ -599,6 +611,9 @@ module.exports = cls => class Reifier extends cls {
     // retire the same path at the same time.
     const dirsChecked = new Set()
     return promiseAllRejectLate(leaves.map(async node => {
+      if (node.ideallyInert) {
+        return
+      }
       for (const d of walkUp(node.path)) {
         if (d === node.top.path) {
           break
@@ -743,6 +758,10 @@ module.exports = cls => class Reifier extends cls {
   }
 
   async #extractOrLink (node) {
+    if (node.ideallyInert) {
+      return
+    }
+
     const nm = resolve(node.parent.path, 'node_modules')
     await this.#validateNodeModules(nm)
 
@@ -818,6 +837,7 @@ module.exports = cls => class Reifier extends cls {
       const set = optionalSet(node)
       for (node of set) {
         log.verbose('reify', 'failed optional dependency', node.path)
+        node.ideallyInert = true
         this[_addNodeToTrashList](node)
       }
     }) : p).then(() => node)
@@ -1152,6 +1172,9 @@ module.exports = cls => class Reifier extends cls {
 
       this.#retiredUnchanged[retireFolder] = []
       return promiseAllRejectLate(diff.unchanged.map(node => {
+        if (node.ideallyInert) {
+          return
+        }
         // no need to roll back links, since we'll just delete them anyway
         if (node.isLink) {
           return mkdir(dirname(node.path), { recursive: true, force: true })
@@ -1231,7 +1254,7 @@ module.exports = cls => class Reifier extends cls {
       // skip links that only live within node_modules as they are most
       // likely managed by packages we installed, we only want to rebuild
       // unchanged links we directly manage
-      const linkedFromRoot = node.parent === tree || node.target.fsTop === tree
+      const linkedFromRoot = (node.parent === tree && !node.ideallyInert) || node.target.fsTop === tree
       if (node.isLink && linkedFromRoot) {
         nodes.push(node)
       }
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/lib/node.js b/workspaces/arborist/lib/node.js
index 7bf9bc1fd6b5e..d067fe393a3be 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/lib/node.js
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/lib/node.js
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ class Node {
       global = false,
       dummy = false,
       sourceReference = null,
+      ideallyInert = false,
     } = options
     // this object gives querySelectorAll somewhere to stash context about a node
     // while processing a query
@@ -197,6 +198,8 @@ class Node {
       this.extraneous = false
     }
 
+    this.ideallyInert = ideallyInert
+
     this.edgesIn = new Set()
     this.edgesOut = new CaseInsensitiveMap()
 
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/lib/shrinkwrap.js b/workspaces/arborist/lib/shrinkwrap.js
index 11703fad4b925..e4b159c568250 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/lib/shrinkwrap.js
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/lib/shrinkwrap.js
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ const nodeMetaKeys = [
   'inBundle',
   'hasShrinkwrap',
   'hasInstallScript',
+  'ideallyInert',
 ]
 
 const metaFieldFromPkg = (pkg, key) => {
@@ -135,6 +136,10 @@ const assertNoNewer = async (path, data, lockTime, dir, seen) => {
 
   const parent = isParent ? dir : resolve(dir, 'node_modules')
   const rel = relpath(path, dir)
+  const inert = data.packages[rel]?.ideallyInert
+  if (inert) {
+    return
+  }
   seen.add(rel)
   let entries
   if (dir === path) {
@@ -173,7 +178,7 @@ const assertNoNewer = async (path, data, lockTime, dir, seen) => {
 
   // assert that all the entries in the lockfile were seen
   for (const loc in data.packages) {
-    if (!seen.has(loc)) {
+    if (!seen.has(loc) && !data.packages[loc].ideallyInert) {
       throw new Error(`missing from node_modules: ${loc}`)
     }
   }
@@ -783,6 +788,10 @@ class Shrinkwrap {
       // ok, I did my best!  good luck!
     }
 
+    if (lock.ideallyInert) {
+      meta.ideallyInert = true
+    }
+
     if (lock.bundled) {
       meta.inBundle = true
     }
@@ -953,6 +962,12 @@ class Shrinkwrap {
       this.#buildLegacyLockfile(this.tree, this.data)
     }
 
+    if (!this.hiddenLockfile) {
+      for (const node of Object.values(this.data.packages)) {
+        delete node.ideallyInert
+      }
+    }
+
     // lf version 1 = dependencies only
     // lf version 2 = dependencies and packages
     // lf version 3 = packages only
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/tap-snapshots/test/arborist/build-ideal-tree.js.test.cjs b/workspaces/arborist/tap-snapshots/test/arborist/build-ideal-tree.js.test.cjs
index 8b37abd84e1f6..855539521b9df 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/tap-snapshots/test/arborist/build-ideal-tree.js.test.cjs
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/tap-snapshots/test/arborist/build-ideal-tree.js.test.cjs
@@ -77868,11 +77868,34 @@ ArboristNode {
 
 exports[`test/arborist/build-ideal-tree.js TAP optional dependency failures > optional-dep-enotarget 1`] = `
 ArboristNode {
+  "children": Map {
+    "tap" => ArboristNode {
+      "edgesIn": Set {
+        EdgeIn {
+          "error": "INVALID",
+          "from": "",
+          "name": "tap",
+          "spec": "9999.0000.9999",
+          "type": "optional",
+        },
+      },
+      "errors": Array [
+        Object {
+          "code": "ETARGET",
+        },
+      ],
+      "location": "node_modules/tap",
+      "name": "tap",
+      "optional": true,
+      "path": "{CWD}/test/fixtures/optional-dep-enotarget/node_modules/tap",
+    },
+  },
   "edgesOut": Map {
     "tap" => EdgeOut {
+      "error": "INVALID",
       "name": "tap",
       "spec": "9999.0000.9999",
-      "to": null,
+      "to": "node_modules/tap",
       "type": "optional",
     },
   },
@@ -77887,11 +77910,32 @@ ArboristNode {
 
 exports[`test/arborist/build-ideal-tree.js TAP optional dependency failures > optional-dep-missing 1`] = `
 ArboristNode {
+  "children": Map {
+    "@isaacs/this-does-not-exist-at-all" => ArboristNode {
+      "edgesIn": Set {
+        EdgeIn {
+          "from": "",
+          "name": "@isaacs/this-does-not-exist-at-all",
+          "spec": "*",
+          "type": "optional",
+        },
+      },
+      "errors": Array [
+        Object {
+          "code": "E404",
+        },
+      ],
+      "location": "node_modules/@isaacs/this-does-not-exist-at-all",
+      "name": "@isaacs/this-does-not-exist-at-all",
+      "optional": true,
+      "path": "{CWD}/test/fixtures/optional-dep-missing/node_modules/@isaacs/this-does-not-exist-at-all",
+    },
+  },
   "edgesOut": Map {
     "@isaacs/this-does-not-exist-at-all" => EdgeOut {
       "name": "@isaacs/this-does-not-exist-at-all",
       "spec": "*",
-      "to": null,
+      "to": "node_modules/@isaacs/this-does-not-exist-at-all",
       "type": "optional",
     },
   },
@@ -77906,11 +77950,60 @@ ArboristNode {
 
 exports[`test/arborist/build-ideal-tree.js TAP optional dependency failures > optional-metadep-enotarget 1`] = `
 ArboristNode {
+  "children": Map {
+    "@isaacs/prod-dep-enotarget" => ArboristNode {
+      "children": Map {
+        "tap" => ArboristNode {
+          "edgesIn": Set {
+            EdgeIn {
+              "error": "INVALID",
+              "from": "node_modules/@isaacs/prod-dep-enotarget",
+              "name": "tap",
+              "spec": "9999.0000.9999",
+              "type": "prod",
+            },
+          },
+          "errors": Array [
+            Object {
+              "code": "ETARGET",
+            },
+          ],
+          "location": "node_modules/@isaacs/prod-dep-enotarget/node_modules/tap",
+          "name": "tap",
+          "optional": true,
+          "path": "{CWD}/test/fixtures/optional-metadep-enotarget/node_modules/@isaacs/prod-dep-enotarget/node_modules/tap",
+        },
+      },
+      "edgesIn": Set {
+        EdgeIn {
+          "from": "",
+          "name": "@isaacs/prod-dep-enotarget",
+          "spec": "*",
+          "type": "optional",
+        },
+      },
+      "edgesOut": Map {
+        "tap" => EdgeOut {
+          "error": "INVALID",
+          "name": "tap",
+          "spec": "9999.0000.9999",
+          "to": "node_modules/@isaacs/prod-dep-enotarget/node_modules/tap",
+          "type": "prod",
+        },
+      },
+      "location": "node_modules/@isaacs/prod-dep-enotarget",
+      "name": "@isaacs/prod-dep-enotarget",
+      "optional": true,
+      "path": "{CWD}/test/fixtures/optional-metadep-enotarget/node_modules/@isaacs/prod-dep-enotarget",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@isaacs/prod-dep-enotarget/-/prod-dep-enotarget-1.0.0.tgz",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+    },
+  },
   "edgesOut": Map {
     "@isaacs/prod-dep-enotarget" => EdgeOut {
       "name": "@isaacs/prod-dep-enotarget",
       "spec": "*",
-      "to": null,
+      "to": "node_modules/@isaacs/prod-dep-enotarget",
       "type": "optional",
     },
   },
@@ -77924,11 +78017,58 @@ ArboristNode {
 
 exports[`test/arborist/build-ideal-tree.js TAP optional dependency failures > optional-metadep-missing 1`] = `
 ArboristNode {
+  "children": Map {
+    "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-metadata-missing" => ArboristNode {
+      "children": Map {
+        "@isaacs/this-does-not-exist-at-all" => ArboristNode {
+          "edgesIn": Set {
+            EdgeIn {
+              "from": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-metadata-missing",
+              "name": "@isaacs/this-does-not-exist-at-all",
+              "spec": "*",
+              "type": "prod",
+            },
+          },
+          "errors": Array [
+            Object {
+              "code": "E404",
+            },
+          ],
+          "location": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-metadata-missing/node_modules/@isaacs/this-does-not-exist-at-all",
+          "name": "@isaacs/this-does-not-exist-at-all",
+          "optional": true,
+          "path": "{CWD}/test/fixtures/optional-metadep-missing/node_modules/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-metadata-missing/node_modules/@isaacs/this-does-not-exist-at-all",
+        },
+      },
+      "edgesIn": Set {
+        EdgeIn {
+          "from": "",
+          "name": "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-metadata-missing",
+          "spec": "*",
+          "type": "optional",
+        },
+      },
+      "edgesOut": Map {
+        "@isaacs/this-does-not-exist-at-all" => EdgeOut {
+          "name": "@isaacs/this-does-not-exist-at-all",
+          "spec": "*",
+          "to": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-metadata-missing/node_modules/@isaacs/this-does-not-exist-at-all",
+          "type": "prod",
+        },
+      },
+      "location": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-metadata-missing",
+      "name": "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-metadata-missing",
+      "optional": true,
+      "path": "{CWD}/test/fixtures/optional-metadep-missing/node_modules/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-metadata-missing",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-metadata-missing/-/testing-prod-dep-metadata-missing-1.0.0.tgz",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+    },
+  },
   "edgesOut": Map {
     "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-metadata-missing" => EdgeOut {
       "name": "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-metadata-missing",
       "spec": "*",
-      "to": null,
+      "to": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-metadata-missing",
       "type": "optional",
     },
   },
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/tap-snapshots/test/arborist/load-actual.js.test.cjs b/workspaces/arborist/tap-snapshots/test/arborist/load-actual.js.test.cjs
index 35ba9f7cafa84..352836b44f5b8 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/tap-snapshots/test/arborist/load-actual.js.test.cjs
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/tap-snapshots/test/arborist/load-actual.js.test.cjs
@@ -6161,237 +6161,6 @@ ArboristNode {
 }
 `
 
-exports[`test/arborist/load-actual.js TAP selflink > loaded tree 1`] = `
-ArboristNode {
-  "children": Map {
-    "@scope/y" => ArboristNode {
-      "edgesIn": Set {
-        EdgeIn {
-          "from": "",
-          "name": "@scope/y",
-          "spec": "*",
-          "type": "prod",
-        },
-      },
-      "edgesOut": Map {
-        "foo" => EdgeOut {
-          "name": "foo",
-          "spec": "*",
-          "to": "node_modules/foo",
-          "type": "prod",
-        },
-      },
-      "location": "node_modules/@scope/y",
-      "name": "@scope/y",
-      "path": "selflink/node_modules/@scope/y",
-      "version": "1.2.3",
-    },
-    "@scope/z" => ArboristNode {
-      "children": Map {
-        "glob" => ArboristLink {
-          "dev": true,
-          "edgesIn": Set {
-            EdgeIn {
-              "from": "node_modules/@scope/z",
-              "name": "glob",
-              "spec": "4",
-              "type": "prod",
-            },
-          },
-          "extraneous": true,
-          "location": "node_modules/@scope/z/node_modules/glob",
-          "name": "glob",
-          "optional": true,
-          "path": "selflink/node_modules/@scope/z/node_modules/glob",
-          "peer": true,
-          "realpath": "selflink/node_modules/foo/node_modules/glob",
-          "resolved": "file:../../../foo/node_modules/glob",
-          "target": ArboristNode {
-            "children": Map {
-              "graceful-fs" => ArboristNode {
-                "dev": true,
-                "extraneous": true,
-                "location": "node_modules/foo/node_modules/glob/node_modules/graceful-fs",
-                "name": "graceful-fs",
-                "optional": true,
-                "path": "selflink/node_modules/foo/node_modules/glob/node_modules/graceful-fs",
-                "peer": true,
-                "version": "3.0.2",
-              },
-              "inherits" => ArboristNode {
-                "dev": true,
-                "extraneous": true,
-                "location": "node_modules/foo/node_modules/glob/node_modules/inherits",
-                "name": "inherits",
-                "optional": true,
-                "path": "selflink/node_modules/foo/node_modules/glob/node_modules/inherits",
-                "peer": true,
-                "version": "2.0.1",
-              },
-              "minimatch" => ArboristNode {
-                "children": Map {
-                  "lru-cache" => ArboristNode {
-                    "dev": true,
-                    "extraneous": true,
-                    "location": "node_modules/foo/node_modules/glob/node_modules/minimatch/node_modules/lru-cache",
-                    "name": "lru-cache",
-                    "optional": true,
-                    "path": "selflink/node_modules/foo/node_modules/glob/node_modules/minimatch/node_modules/lru-cache",
-                    "peer": true,
-                    "version": "2.5.0",
-                  },
-                  "sigmund" => ArboristNode {
-                    "dev": true,
-                    "extraneous": true,
-                    "location": "node_modules/foo/node_modules/glob/node_modules/minimatch/node_modules/sigmund",
-                    "name": "sigmund",
-                    "optional": true,
-                    "path": "selflink/node_modules/foo/node_modules/glob/node_modules/minimatch/node_modules/sigmund",
-                    "peer": true,
-                    "version": "1.0.0",
-                  },
-                },
-                "dev": true,
-                "extraneous": true,
-                "location": "node_modules/foo/node_modules/glob/node_modules/minimatch",
-                "name": "minimatch",
-                "optional": true,
-                "path": "selflink/node_modules/foo/node_modules/glob/node_modules/minimatch",
-                "peer": true,
-                "version": "1.0.0",
-              },
-              "once" => ArboristNode {
-                "dev": true,
-                "extraneous": true,
-                "location": "node_modules/foo/node_modules/glob/node_modules/once",
-                "name": "once",
-                "optional": true,
-                "path": "selflink/node_modules/foo/node_modules/glob/node_modules/once",
-                "peer": true,
-                "version": "1.3.0",
-              },
-            },
-            "edgesIn": Set {
-              EdgeIn {
-                "from": "node_modules/foo",
-                "name": "glob",
-                "spec": "4",
-                "type": "prod",
-              },
-            },
-            "location": "node_modules/foo/node_modules/glob",
-            "name": "glob",
-            "path": "selflink/node_modules/foo/node_modules/glob",
-            "version": "4.0.5",
-          },
-          "version": "4.0.5",
-        },
-      },
-      "dev": true,
-      "edgesOut": Map {
-        "glob" => EdgeOut {
-          "name": "glob",
-          "spec": "4",
-          "to": "node_modules/@scope/z/node_modules/glob",
-          "type": "prod",
-        },
-      },
-      "extraneous": true,
-      "location": "node_modules/@scope/z",
-      "name": "@scope/z",
-      "optional": true,
-      "path": "selflink/node_modules/@scope/z",
-      "peer": true,
-      "version": "1.2.3",
-    },
-    "foo" => ArboristNode {
-      "children": Map {
-        "glob" => ArboristNode {
-          "location": "node_modules/foo/node_modules/glob",
-        },
-        "selflink" => ArboristLink {
-          "edgesIn": Set {
-            EdgeIn {
-              "from": "node_modules/foo",
-              "name": "selflink",
-              "spec": "*",
-              "type": "prod",
-            },
-          },
-          "location": "node_modules/foo/node_modules/selflink",
-          "name": "selflink",
-          "path": "selflink/node_modules/foo/node_modules/selflink",
-          "realpath": "selflink",
-          "resolved": "file:../../..",
-          "target": ArboristNode {
-            "location": "",
-          },
-          "version": "1.2.3",
-        },
-      },
-      "edgesIn": Set {
-        EdgeIn {
-          "from": "",
-          "name": "foo",
-          "spec": "*",
-          "type": "prod",
-        },
-        EdgeIn {
-          "from": "node_modules/@scope/y",
-          "name": "foo",
-          "spec": "*",
-          "type": "prod",
-        },
-      },
-      "edgesOut": Map {
-        "glob" => EdgeOut {
-          "name": "glob",
-          "spec": "4",
-          "to": "node_modules/foo/node_modules/glob",
-          "type": "prod",
-        },
-        "selflink" => EdgeOut {
-          "name": "selflink",
-          "spec": "*",
-          "to": "node_modules/foo/node_modules/selflink",
-          "type": "prod",
-        },
-      },
-      "location": "node_modules/foo",
-      "name": "foo",
-      "path": "selflink/node_modules/foo",
-      "version": "1.2.3",
-    },
-  },
-  "edgesOut": Map {
-    "@scope/x" => EdgeOut {
-      "error": "MISSING",
-      "name": "@scope/x",
-      "spec": "*",
-      "to": null,
-      "type": "prod",
-    },
-    "@scope/y" => EdgeOut {
-      "name": "@scope/y",
-      "spec": "*",
-      "to": "node_modules/@scope/y",
-      "type": "prod",
-    },
-    "foo" => EdgeOut {
-      "name": "foo",
-      "spec": "*",
-      "to": "node_modules/foo",
-      "type": "prod",
-    },
-  },
-  "isProjectRoot": true,
-  "location": "",
-  "name": "selflink",
-  "path": "selflink",
-  "version": "1.2.3",
-}
-`
-
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   "children": Map {
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/tap-snapshots/test/arborist/reify.js.test.cjs b/workspaces/arborist/tap-snapshots/test/arborist/reify.js.test.cjs
index 797f102234f5d..b8bac9537ed9d 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/tap-snapshots/test/arborist/reify.js.test.cjs
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/tap-snapshots/test/arborist/reify.js.test.cjs
@@ -1859,11 +1859,34 @@ exports[`test/arborist/reify.js TAP add spec * with semver prefix range gets upd
 
 exports[`test/arborist/reify.js TAP adding an unresolvable optional dep is OK > must match snapshot 1`] = `
 ArboristNode {
+  "children": Map {
+    "abbrev" => ArboristNode {
+      "edgesIn": Set {
+        EdgeIn {
+          "error": "INVALID",
+          "from": "",
+          "name": "abbrev",
+          "spec": "npm:null@999999",
+          "type": "optional",
+        },
+      },
+      "errors": Array [
+        Object {
+          "code": "ETARGET",
+        },
+      ],
+      "location": "node_modules/abbrev",
+      "name": "abbrev",
+      "optional": true,
+      "path": "{CWD}/test/arborist/tap-testdir-reify-adding-an-unresolvable-optional-dep-is-OK/node_modules/abbrev",
+    },
+  },
   "edgesOut": Map {
     "abbrev" => EdgeOut {
+      "error": "INVALID",
       "name": "abbrev",
-      "spec": "999999",
-      "to": null,
+      "spec": "npm:null@999999",
+      "to": "node_modules/abbrev",
       "type": "optional",
     },
   },
@@ -2842,11 +2865,29 @@ ArboristNode {
 
 exports[`test/arborist/reify.js TAP do not install optional deps with mismatched platform specifications > expect resolving Promise 1`] = `
 ArboristNode {
+  "children": Map {
+    "platform-specifying-test-package" => ArboristNode {
+      "edgesIn": Set {
+        EdgeIn {
+          "from": "",
+          "name": "platform-specifying-test-package",
+          "spec": "1.0.0",
+          "type": "optional",
+        },
+      },
+      "location": "node_modules/platform-specifying-test-package",
+      "name": "platform-specifying-test-package",
+      "optional": true,
+      "path": "{CWD}/test/arborist/tap-testdir-reify-do-not-install-optional-deps-with-mismatched-platform-specifications/node_modules/platform-specifying-test-package",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/platform-specifying-test-package/-/platform-specifying-test-package-1.0.0.tgz",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+    },
+  },
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     "platform-specifying-test-package" => EdgeOut {
       "name": "platform-specifying-test-package",
       "spec": "1.0.0",
-      "to": null,
+      "to": "node_modules/platform-specifying-test-package",
       "type": "optional",
     },
   },
@@ -3320,11 +3361,29 @@ ArboristNode {
 
 exports[`test/arborist/reify.js TAP fail to install optional deps with matched os and matched cpu and mismatched libc with os and cpu and libc options > expect resolving Promise 1`] = `
 ArboristNode {
+  "children": Map {
+    "platform-specifying-test-package" => ArboristNode {
+      "edgesIn": Set {
+        EdgeIn {
+          "from": "",
+          "name": "platform-specifying-test-package",
+          "spec": "1.0.0",
+          "type": "optional",
+        },
+      },
+      "location": "node_modules/platform-specifying-test-package",
+      "name": "platform-specifying-test-package",
+      "optional": true,
+      "path": "{CWD}/test/arborist/tap-testdir-reify-fail-to-install-optional-deps-with-matched-os-and-matched-cpu-and-mismatched-libc-with-os-and-cpu-and-libc-options/node_modules/platform-specifying-test-package",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/platform-specifying-test-package/-/platform-specifying-test-package-1.0.0.tgz",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+    },
+  },
   "edgesOut": Map {
     "platform-specifying-test-package" => EdgeOut {
       "name": "platform-specifying-test-package",
       "spec": "1.0.0",
-      "to": null,
+      "to": "node_modules/platform-specifying-test-package",
       "type": "optional",
     },
   },
@@ -3339,11 +3398,29 @@ ArboristNode {
 
 exports[`test/arborist/reify.js TAP fail to install optional deps with matched os and mismatched cpu with os and cpu and libc options > expect resolving Promise 1`] = `
 ArboristNode {
+  "children": Map {
+    "platform-specifying-test-package" => ArboristNode {
+      "edgesIn": Set {
+        EdgeIn {
+          "from": "",
+          "name": "platform-specifying-test-package",
+          "spec": "1.0.0",
+          "type": "optional",
+        },
+      },
+      "location": "node_modules/platform-specifying-test-package",
+      "name": "platform-specifying-test-package",
+      "optional": true,
+      "path": "{CWD}/test/arborist/tap-testdir-reify-fail-to-install-optional-deps-with-matched-os-and-mismatched-cpu-with-os-and-cpu-and-libc-options/node_modules/platform-specifying-test-package",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/platform-specifying-test-package/-/platform-specifying-test-package-1.0.0.tgz",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+    },
+  },
   "edgesOut": Map {
     "platform-specifying-test-package" => EdgeOut {
       "name": "platform-specifying-test-package",
       "spec": "1.0.0",
-      "to": null,
+      "to": "node_modules/platform-specifying-test-package",
       "type": "optional",
     },
   },
@@ -3358,11 +3435,29 @@ ArboristNode {
 
 exports[`test/arborist/reify.js TAP fail to install optional deps with mismatched os and matched cpu with os and cpu and libc options > expect resolving Promise 1`] = `
 ArboristNode {
+  "children": Map {
+    "platform-specifying-test-package" => ArboristNode {
+      "edgesIn": Set {
+        EdgeIn {
+          "from": "",
+          "name": "platform-specifying-test-package",
+          "spec": "1.0.0",
+          "type": "optional",
+        },
+      },
+      "location": "node_modules/platform-specifying-test-package",
+      "name": "platform-specifying-test-package",
+      "optional": true,
+      "path": "{CWD}/test/arborist/tap-testdir-reify-fail-to-install-optional-deps-with-mismatched-os-and-matched-cpu-with-os-and-cpu-and-libc-options/node_modules/platform-specifying-test-package",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/platform-specifying-test-package/-/platform-specifying-test-package-1.0.0.tgz",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+    },
+  },
   "edgesOut": Map {
     "platform-specifying-test-package" => EdgeOut {
       "name": "platform-specifying-test-package",
       "spec": "1.0.0",
-      "to": null,
+      "to": "node_modules/platform-specifying-test-package",
       "type": "optional",
     },
   },
@@ -17288,11 +17383,29 @@ ArboristNode {
 
 exports[`test/arborist/reify.js TAP optional dependency failures optional-dep-allinstall-fail save=false > expect resolving Promise 1`] = `
 ArboristNode {
+  "children": Map {
+    "@isaacs/testing-fail-allinstall" => ArboristNode {
+      "edgesIn": Set {
+        EdgeIn {
+          "from": "",
+          "name": "@isaacs/testing-fail-allinstall",
+          "spec": "^1.0.0",
+          "type": "optional",
+        },
+      },
+      "location": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-fail-allinstall",
+      "name": "@isaacs/testing-fail-allinstall",
+      "optional": true,
+      "path": "{CWD}/test/arborist/tap-testdir-reify-optional-dependency-failures-optional-dep-allinstall-fail-save-false/node_modules/@isaacs/testing-fail-allinstall",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@isaacs/testing-fail-allinstall/-/testing-fail-allinstall-1.0.0.tgz",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+    },
+  },
   "edgesOut": Map {
     "@isaacs/testing-fail-allinstall" => EdgeOut {
       "name": "@isaacs/testing-fail-allinstall",
       "spec": "^1.0.0",
-      "to": null,
+      "to": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-fail-allinstall",
       "type": "optional",
     },
   },
@@ -17307,11 +17420,29 @@ ArboristNode {
 
 exports[`test/arborist/reify.js TAP optional dependency failures optional-dep-allinstall-fail save=true > expect resolving Promise 1`] = `
 ArboristNode {
+  "children": Map {
+    "@isaacs/testing-fail-allinstall" => ArboristNode {
+      "edgesIn": Set {
+        EdgeIn {
+          "from": "",
+          "name": "@isaacs/testing-fail-allinstall",
+          "spec": "^1.0.0",
+          "type": "optional",
+        },
+      },
+      "location": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-fail-allinstall",
+      "name": "@isaacs/testing-fail-allinstall",
+      "optional": true,
+      "path": "{CWD}/test/arborist/tap-testdir-reify-optional-dependency-failures-optional-dep-allinstall-fail-save-true/node_modules/@isaacs/testing-fail-allinstall",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@isaacs/testing-fail-allinstall/-/testing-fail-allinstall-1.0.0.tgz",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+    },
+  },
   "edgesOut": Map {
     "@isaacs/testing-fail-allinstall" => EdgeOut {
       "name": "@isaacs/testing-fail-allinstall",
       "spec": "^1.0.0",
-      "to": null,
+      "to": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-fail-allinstall",
       "type": "optional",
     },
   },
@@ -17326,11 +17457,29 @@ ArboristNode {
 
 exports[`test/arborist/reify.js TAP optional dependency failures optional-dep-install-fail save=false > expect resolving Promise 1`] = `
 ArboristNode {
+  "children": Map {
+    "@isaacs/testing-fail-install" => ArboristNode {
+      "edgesIn": Set {
+        EdgeIn {
+          "from": "",
+          "name": "@isaacs/testing-fail-install",
+          "spec": "^1.0.0",
+          "type": "optional",
+        },
+      },
+      "location": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-fail-install",
+      "name": "@isaacs/testing-fail-install",
+      "optional": true,
+      "path": "{CWD}/test/arborist/tap-testdir-reify-optional-dependency-failures-optional-dep-install-fail-save-false/node_modules/@isaacs/testing-fail-install",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@isaacs/testing-fail-install/-/testing-fail-install-1.0.0.tgz",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+    },
+  },
   "edgesOut": Map {
     "@isaacs/testing-fail-install" => EdgeOut {
       "name": "@isaacs/testing-fail-install",
       "spec": "^1.0.0",
-      "to": null,
+      "to": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-fail-install",
       "type": "optional",
     },
   },
@@ -17345,11 +17494,29 @@ ArboristNode {
 
 exports[`test/arborist/reify.js TAP optional dependency failures optional-dep-install-fail save=true > expect resolving Promise 1`] = `
 ArboristNode {
+  "children": Map {
+    "@isaacs/testing-fail-install" => ArboristNode {
+      "edgesIn": Set {
+        EdgeIn {
+          "from": "",
+          "name": "@isaacs/testing-fail-install",
+          "spec": "^1.0.0",
+          "type": "optional",
+        },
+      },
+      "location": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-fail-install",
+      "name": "@isaacs/testing-fail-install",
+      "optional": true,
+      "path": "{CWD}/test/arborist/tap-testdir-reify-optional-dependency-failures-optional-dep-install-fail-save-true/node_modules/@isaacs/testing-fail-install",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@isaacs/testing-fail-install/-/testing-fail-install-1.0.0.tgz",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+    },
+  },
   "edgesOut": Map {
     "@isaacs/testing-fail-install" => EdgeOut {
       "name": "@isaacs/testing-fail-install",
       "spec": "^1.0.0",
-      "to": null,
+      "to": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-fail-install",
       "type": "optional",
     },
   },
@@ -17438,11 +17605,29 @@ ArboristNode {
 
 exports[`test/arborist/reify.js TAP optional dependency failures optional-dep-preinstall-fail save=false > expect resolving Promise 1`] = `
 ArboristNode {
+  "children": Map {
+    "@isaacs/testing-fail-preinstall" => ArboristNode {
+      "edgesIn": Set {
+        EdgeIn {
+          "from": "",
+          "name": "@isaacs/testing-fail-preinstall",
+          "spec": "^1.0.0",
+          "type": "optional",
+        },
+      },
+      "location": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-fail-preinstall",
+      "name": "@isaacs/testing-fail-preinstall",
+      "optional": true,
+      "path": "{CWD}/test/arborist/tap-testdir-reify-optional-dependency-failures-optional-dep-preinstall-fail-save-false/node_modules/@isaacs/testing-fail-preinstall",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@isaacs/testing-fail-preinstall/-/testing-fail-preinstall-1.0.0.tgz",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+    },
+  },
   "edgesOut": Map {
     "@isaacs/testing-fail-preinstall" => EdgeOut {
       "name": "@isaacs/testing-fail-preinstall",
       "spec": "^1.0.0",
-      "to": null,
+      "to": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-fail-preinstall",
       "type": "optional",
     },
   },
@@ -17457,11 +17642,29 @@ ArboristNode {
 
 exports[`test/arborist/reify.js TAP optional dependency failures optional-dep-preinstall-fail save=true > expect resolving Promise 1`] = `
 ArboristNode {
+  "children": Map {
+    "@isaacs/testing-fail-preinstall" => ArboristNode {
+      "edgesIn": Set {
+        EdgeIn {
+          "from": "",
+          "name": "@isaacs/testing-fail-preinstall",
+          "spec": "^1.0.0",
+          "type": "optional",
+        },
+      },
+      "location": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-fail-preinstall",
+      "name": "@isaacs/testing-fail-preinstall",
+      "optional": true,
+      "path": "{CWD}/test/arborist/tap-testdir-reify-optional-dependency-failures-optional-dep-preinstall-fail-save-true/node_modules/@isaacs/testing-fail-preinstall",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@isaacs/testing-fail-preinstall/-/testing-fail-preinstall-1.0.0.tgz",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+    },
+  },
   "edgesOut": Map {
     "@isaacs/testing-fail-preinstall" => EdgeOut {
       "name": "@isaacs/testing-fail-preinstall",
       "spec": "^1.0.0",
-      "to": null,
+      "to": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-fail-preinstall",
       "type": "optional",
     },
   },
@@ -17476,11 +17679,29 @@ ArboristNode {
 
 exports[`test/arborist/reify.js TAP optional dependency failures optional-dep-tgz-missing save=false > expect resolving Promise 1`] = `
 ArboristNode {
+  "children": Map {
+    "@isaacs/testing-missing-tgz" => ArboristNode {
+      "edgesIn": Set {
+        EdgeIn {
+          "from": "",
+          "name": "@isaacs/testing-missing-tgz",
+          "spec": "*",
+          "type": "optional",
+        },
+      },
+      "location": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-missing-tgz",
+      "name": "@isaacs/testing-missing-tgz",
+      "optional": true,
+      "path": "{CWD}/test/arborist/tap-testdir-reify-optional-dependency-failures-optional-dep-tgz-missing-save-false/node_modules/@isaacs/testing-missing-tgz",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@isaacs/testing-missing-tgz/-/testing-missing-tgz-1.0.1.tgz",
+      "version": "1.0.1",
+    },
+  },
   "edgesOut": Map {
     "@isaacs/testing-missing-tgz" => EdgeOut {
       "name": "@isaacs/testing-missing-tgz",
       "spec": "*",
-      "to": null,
+      "to": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-missing-tgz",
       "type": "optional",
     },
   },
@@ -17495,11 +17716,29 @@ ArboristNode {
 
 exports[`test/arborist/reify.js TAP optional dependency failures optional-dep-tgz-missing save=true > expect resolving Promise 1`] = `
 ArboristNode {
+  "children": Map {
+    "@isaacs/testing-missing-tgz" => ArboristNode {
+      "edgesIn": Set {
+        EdgeIn {
+          "from": "",
+          "name": "@isaacs/testing-missing-tgz",
+          "spec": "^1.0.1",
+          "type": "optional",
+        },
+      },
+      "location": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-missing-tgz",
+      "name": "@isaacs/testing-missing-tgz",
+      "optional": true,
+      "path": "{CWD}/test/arborist/tap-testdir-reify-optional-dependency-failures-optional-dep-tgz-missing-save-true/node_modules/@isaacs/testing-missing-tgz",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@isaacs/testing-missing-tgz/-/testing-missing-tgz-1.0.1.tgz",
+      "version": "1.0.1",
+    },
+  },
   "edgesOut": Map {
     "@isaacs/testing-missing-tgz" => EdgeOut {
       "name": "@isaacs/testing-missing-tgz",
       "spec": "^1.0.1",
-      "to": null,
+      "to": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-missing-tgz",
       "type": "optional",
     },
   },
@@ -17514,30 +17753,114 @@ ArboristNode {
 
 exports[`test/arborist/reify.js TAP optional dependency failures optional-metadep-allinstall-fail save=false > expect resolving Promise 1`] = `
 ArboristNode {
-  "edgesOut": Map {
-    "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-allinstall-fail" => EdgeOut {
-      "name": "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-allinstall-fail",
-      "spec": "*",
-      "to": null,
-      "type": "optional",
-    },
-  },
-  "isProjectRoot": true,
-  "location": "",
-  "name": "tap-testdir-reify-optional-dependency-failures-optional-metadep-allinstall-fail-save-false",
-  "packageName": "optional-metadep-allinstall-fail",
-  "path": "{CWD}/test/arborist/tap-testdir-reify-optional-dependency-failures-optional-metadep-allinstall-fail-save-false",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
-}
-`
-
-exports[`test/arborist/reify.js TAP optional dependency failures optional-metadep-allinstall-fail save=true > expect resolving Promise 1`] = `
+  "children": Map {
+    "@isaacs/testing-fail-allinstall" => ArboristNode {
+      "edgesIn": Set {
+        EdgeIn {
+          "from": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-allinstall-fail",
+          "name": "@isaacs/testing-fail-allinstall",
+          "spec": "^1.0.0",
+          "type": "prod",
+        },
+      },
+      "location": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-fail-allinstall",
+      "name": "@isaacs/testing-fail-allinstall",
+      "optional": true,
+      "path": "{CWD}/test/arborist/tap-testdir-reify-optional-dependency-failures-optional-metadep-allinstall-fail-save-false/node_modules/@isaacs/testing-fail-allinstall",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@isaacs/testing-fail-allinstall/-/testing-fail-allinstall-1.0.0.tgz",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+    },
+    "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-allinstall-fail" => ArboristNode {
+      "edgesIn": Set {
+        EdgeIn {
+          "from": "",
+          "name": "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-allinstall-fail",
+          "spec": "*",
+          "type": "optional",
+        },
+      },
+      "edgesOut": Map {
+        "@isaacs/testing-fail-allinstall" => EdgeOut {
+          "name": "@isaacs/testing-fail-allinstall",
+          "spec": "^1.0.0",
+          "to": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-fail-allinstall",
+          "type": "prod",
+        },
+      },
+      "location": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-allinstall-fail",
+      "name": "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-allinstall-fail",
+      "optional": true,
+      "path": "{CWD}/test/arborist/tap-testdir-reify-optional-dependency-failures-optional-metadep-allinstall-fail-save-false/node_modules/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-allinstall-fail",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-allinstall-fail/-/testing-prod-dep-allinstall-fail-1.0.1.tgz",
+      "version": "1.0.1",
+    },
+  },
+  "edgesOut": Map {
+    "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-allinstall-fail" => EdgeOut {
+      "name": "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-allinstall-fail",
+      "spec": "*",
+      "to": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-allinstall-fail",
+      "type": "optional",
+    },
+  },
+  "isProjectRoot": true,
+  "location": "",
+  "name": "tap-testdir-reify-optional-dependency-failures-optional-metadep-allinstall-fail-save-false",
+  "packageName": "optional-metadep-allinstall-fail",
+  "path": "{CWD}/test/arborist/tap-testdir-reify-optional-dependency-failures-optional-metadep-allinstall-fail-save-false",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+}
+`
+
+exports[`test/arborist/reify.js TAP optional dependency failures optional-metadep-allinstall-fail save=true > expect resolving Promise 1`] = `
 ArboristNode {
+  "children": Map {
+    "@isaacs/testing-fail-allinstall" => ArboristNode {
+      "edgesIn": Set {
+        EdgeIn {
+          "from": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-allinstall-fail",
+          "name": "@isaacs/testing-fail-allinstall",
+          "spec": "^1.0.0",
+          "type": "prod",
+        },
+      },
+      "location": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-fail-allinstall",
+      "name": "@isaacs/testing-fail-allinstall",
+      "optional": true,
+      "path": "{CWD}/test/arborist/tap-testdir-reify-optional-dependency-failures-optional-metadep-allinstall-fail-save-true/node_modules/@isaacs/testing-fail-allinstall",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@isaacs/testing-fail-allinstall/-/testing-fail-allinstall-1.0.0.tgz",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+    },
+    "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-allinstall-fail" => ArboristNode {
+      "edgesIn": Set {
+        EdgeIn {
+          "from": "",
+          "name": "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-allinstall-fail",
+          "spec": "^1.0.1",
+          "type": "optional",
+        },
+      },
+      "edgesOut": Map {
+        "@isaacs/testing-fail-allinstall" => EdgeOut {
+          "name": "@isaacs/testing-fail-allinstall",
+          "spec": "^1.0.0",
+          "to": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-fail-allinstall",
+          "type": "prod",
+        },
+      },
+      "location": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-allinstall-fail",
+      "name": "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-allinstall-fail",
+      "optional": true,
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+      "to": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-allinstall-fail",
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 exports[`test/arborist/reify.js TAP optional dependency failures optional-metadep-install-fail save=false > expect resolving Promise 1`] = `
 ArboristNode {
+  "children": Map {
+    "@isaacs/testing-fail-install" => ArboristNode {
+      "edgesIn": Set {
+        EdgeIn {
+          "from": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-install-fail",
+          "name": "@isaacs/testing-fail-install",
+          "spec": "^1.0.0",
+          "type": "prod",
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+      },
+      "location": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-fail-install",
+      "name": "@isaacs/testing-fail-install",
+      "optional": true,
+      "path": "{CWD}/test/arborist/tap-testdir-reify-optional-dependency-failures-optional-metadep-install-fail-save-false/node_modules/@isaacs/testing-fail-install",
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+      "version": "1.0.0",
+    },
+    "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-install-fail" => ArboristNode {
+      "edgesIn": Set {
+        EdgeIn {
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+          "name": "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-install-fail",
+          "spec": "*",
+          "type": "optional",
+        },
+      },
+      "edgesOut": Map {
+        "@isaacs/testing-fail-install" => EdgeOut {
+          "name": "@isaacs/testing-fail-install",
+          "spec": "^1.0.0",
+          "to": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-fail-install",
+          "type": "prod",
+        },
+      },
+      "location": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-install-fail",
+      "name": "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-install-fail",
+      "optional": true,
+      "path": "{CWD}/test/arborist/tap-testdir-reify-optional-dependency-failures-optional-metadep-install-fail-save-false/node_modules/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-install-fail",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-install-fail/-/testing-prod-dep-install-fail-1.0.1.tgz",
+      "version": "1.0.1",
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     "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-install-fail" => EdgeOut {
       "name": "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-install-fail",
       "spec": "*",
-      "to": null,
+      "to": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-install-fail",
       "type": "optional",
     },
   },
@@ -17571,11 +17936,53 @@ ArboristNode {
 
 exports[`test/arborist/reify.js TAP optional dependency failures optional-metadep-install-fail save=true > expect resolving Promise 1`] = `
 ArboristNode {
+  "children": Map {
+    "@isaacs/testing-fail-install" => ArboristNode {
+      "edgesIn": Set {
+        EdgeIn {
+          "from": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-install-fail",
+          "name": "@isaacs/testing-fail-install",
+          "spec": "^1.0.0",
+          "type": "prod",
+        },
+      },
+      "location": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-fail-install",
+      "name": "@isaacs/testing-fail-install",
+      "optional": true,
+      "path": "{CWD}/test/arborist/tap-testdir-reify-optional-dependency-failures-optional-metadep-install-fail-save-true/node_modules/@isaacs/testing-fail-install",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@isaacs/testing-fail-install/-/testing-fail-install-1.0.0.tgz",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+    },
+    "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-install-fail" => ArboristNode {
+      "edgesIn": Set {
+        EdgeIn {
+          "from": "",
+          "name": "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-install-fail",
+          "spec": "^1.0.1",
+          "type": "optional",
+        },
+      },
+      "edgesOut": Map {
+        "@isaacs/testing-fail-install" => EdgeOut {
+          "name": "@isaacs/testing-fail-install",
+          "spec": "^1.0.0",
+          "to": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-fail-install",
+          "type": "prod",
+        },
+      },
+      "location": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-install-fail",
+      "name": "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-install-fail",
+      "optional": true,
+      "path": "{CWD}/test/arborist/tap-testdir-reify-optional-dependency-failures-optional-metadep-install-fail-save-true/node_modules/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-install-fail",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-install-fail/-/testing-prod-dep-install-fail-1.0.1.tgz",
+      "version": "1.0.1",
+    },
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     "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-install-fail" => EdgeOut {
       "name": "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-install-fail",
       "spec": "^1.0.1",
-      "to": null,
+      "to": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-install-fail",
       "type": "optional",
     },
   },
@@ -17590,11 +17997,53 @@ ArboristNode {
 
 exports[`test/arborist/reify.js TAP optional dependency failures optional-metadep-postinstall-fail save=false > expect resolving Promise 1`] = `
 ArboristNode {
+  "children": Map {
+    "@isaacs/testing-fail-postinstall" => ArboristNode {
+      "edgesIn": Set {
+        EdgeIn {
+          "from": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-postinstall-fail",
+          "name": "@isaacs/testing-fail-postinstall",
+          "spec": "^1.0.0",
+          "type": "prod",
+        },
+      },
+      "location": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-fail-postinstall",
+      "name": "@isaacs/testing-fail-postinstall",
+      "optional": true,
+      "path": "{CWD}/test/arborist/tap-testdir-reify-optional-dependency-failures-optional-metadep-postinstall-fail-save-false/node_modules/@isaacs/testing-fail-postinstall",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@isaacs/testing-fail-postinstall/-/testing-fail-postinstall-1.0.0.tgz",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+    },
+    "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-postinstall-fail" => ArboristNode {
+      "edgesIn": Set {
+        EdgeIn {
+          "from": "",
+          "name": "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-postinstall-fail",
+          "spec": "*",
+          "type": "optional",
+        },
+      },
+      "edgesOut": Map {
+        "@isaacs/testing-fail-postinstall" => EdgeOut {
+          "name": "@isaacs/testing-fail-postinstall",
+          "spec": "^1.0.0",
+          "to": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-fail-postinstall",
+          "type": "prod",
+        },
+      },
+      "location": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-postinstall-fail",
+      "name": "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-postinstall-fail",
+      "optional": true,
+      "path": "{CWD}/test/arborist/tap-testdir-reify-optional-dependency-failures-optional-metadep-postinstall-fail-save-false/node_modules/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-postinstall-fail",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-postinstall-fail/-/testing-prod-dep-postinstall-fail-1.0.1.tgz",
+      "version": "1.0.1",
+    },
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   "edgesOut": Map {
     "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-postinstall-fail" => EdgeOut {
       "name": "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-postinstall-fail",
       "spec": "*",
-      "to": null,
+      "to": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-postinstall-fail",
       "type": "optional",
     },
   },
@@ -17609,11 +18058,53 @@ ArboristNode {
 
 exports[`test/arborist/reify.js TAP optional dependency failures optional-metadep-postinstall-fail save=true > expect resolving Promise 1`] = `
 ArboristNode {
+  "children": Map {
+    "@isaacs/testing-fail-postinstall" => ArboristNode {
+      "edgesIn": Set {
+        EdgeIn {
+          "from": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-postinstall-fail",
+          "name": "@isaacs/testing-fail-postinstall",
+          "spec": "^1.0.0",
+          "type": "prod",
+        },
+      },
+      "location": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-fail-postinstall",
+      "name": "@isaacs/testing-fail-postinstall",
+      "optional": true,
+      "path": "{CWD}/test/arborist/tap-testdir-reify-optional-dependency-failures-optional-metadep-postinstall-fail-save-true/node_modules/@isaacs/testing-fail-postinstall",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@isaacs/testing-fail-postinstall/-/testing-fail-postinstall-1.0.0.tgz",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+    },
+    "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-postinstall-fail" => ArboristNode {
+      "edgesIn": Set {
+        EdgeIn {
+          "from": "",
+          "name": "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-postinstall-fail",
+          "spec": "^1.0.1",
+          "type": "optional",
+        },
+      },
+      "edgesOut": Map {
+        "@isaacs/testing-fail-postinstall" => EdgeOut {
+          "name": "@isaacs/testing-fail-postinstall",
+          "spec": "^1.0.0",
+          "to": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-fail-postinstall",
+          "type": "prod",
+        },
+      },
+      "location": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-postinstall-fail",
+      "name": "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-postinstall-fail",
+      "optional": true,
+      "path": "{CWD}/test/arborist/tap-testdir-reify-optional-dependency-failures-optional-metadep-postinstall-fail-save-true/node_modules/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-postinstall-fail",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-postinstall-fail/-/testing-prod-dep-postinstall-fail-1.0.1.tgz",
+      "version": "1.0.1",
+    },
+  },
   "edgesOut": Map {
     "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-postinstall-fail" => EdgeOut {
       "name": "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-postinstall-fail",
       "spec": "^1.0.1",
-      "to": null,
+      "to": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-postinstall-fail",
       "type": "optional",
     },
   },
@@ -17628,11 +18119,53 @@ ArboristNode {
 
 exports[`test/arborist/reify.js TAP optional dependency failures optional-metadep-preinstall-fail save=false > expect resolving Promise 1`] = `
 ArboristNode {
+  "children": Map {
+    "@isaacs/testing-fail-preinstall" => ArboristNode {
+      "edgesIn": Set {
+        EdgeIn {
+          "from": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-preinstall-fail",
+          "name": "@isaacs/testing-fail-preinstall",
+          "spec": "^1.0.0",
+          "type": "prod",
+        },
+      },
+      "location": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-fail-preinstall",
+      "name": "@isaacs/testing-fail-preinstall",
+      "optional": true,
+      "path": "{CWD}/test/arborist/tap-testdir-reify-optional-dependency-failures-optional-metadep-preinstall-fail-save-false/node_modules/@isaacs/testing-fail-preinstall",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@isaacs/testing-fail-preinstall/-/testing-fail-preinstall-1.0.0.tgz",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+    },
+    "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-preinstall-fail" => ArboristNode {
+      "edgesIn": Set {
+        EdgeIn {
+          "from": "",
+          "name": "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-preinstall-fail",
+          "spec": "*",
+          "type": "optional",
+        },
+      },
+      "edgesOut": Map {
+        "@isaacs/testing-fail-preinstall" => EdgeOut {
+          "name": "@isaacs/testing-fail-preinstall",
+          "spec": "^1.0.0",
+          "to": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-fail-preinstall",
+          "type": "prod",
+        },
+      },
+      "location": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-preinstall-fail",
+      "name": "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-preinstall-fail",
+      "optional": true,
+      "path": "{CWD}/test/arborist/tap-testdir-reify-optional-dependency-failures-optional-metadep-preinstall-fail-save-false/node_modules/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-preinstall-fail",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-preinstall-fail/-/testing-prod-dep-preinstall-fail-1.0.1.tgz",
+      "version": "1.0.1",
+    },
+  },
   "edgesOut": Map {
     "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-preinstall-fail" => EdgeOut {
       "name": "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-preinstall-fail",
       "spec": "*",
-      "to": null,
+      "to": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-preinstall-fail",
       "type": "optional",
     },
   },
@@ -17647,11 +18180,53 @@ ArboristNode {
 
 exports[`test/arborist/reify.js TAP optional dependency failures optional-metadep-preinstall-fail save=true > expect resolving Promise 1`] = `
 ArboristNode {
+  "children": Map {
+    "@isaacs/testing-fail-preinstall" => ArboristNode {
+      "edgesIn": Set {
+        EdgeIn {
+          "from": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-preinstall-fail",
+          "name": "@isaacs/testing-fail-preinstall",
+          "spec": "^1.0.0",
+          "type": "prod",
+        },
+      },
+      "location": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-fail-preinstall",
+      "name": "@isaacs/testing-fail-preinstall",
+      "optional": true,
+      "path": "{CWD}/test/arborist/tap-testdir-reify-optional-dependency-failures-optional-metadep-preinstall-fail-save-true/node_modules/@isaacs/testing-fail-preinstall",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@isaacs/testing-fail-preinstall/-/testing-fail-preinstall-1.0.0.tgz",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+    },
+    "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-preinstall-fail" => ArboristNode {
+      "edgesIn": Set {
+        EdgeIn {
+          "from": "",
+          "name": "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-preinstall-fail",
+          "spec": "^1.0.1",
+          "type": "optional",
+        },
+      },
+      "edgesOut": Map {
+        "@isaacs/testing-fail-preinstall" => EdgeOut {
+          "name": "@isaacs/testing-fail-preinstall",
+          "spec": "^1.0.0",
+          "to": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-fail-preinstall",
+          "type": "prod",
+        },
+      },
+      "location": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-preinstall-fail",
+      "name": "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-preinstall-fail",
+      "optional": true,
+      "path": "{CWD}/test/arborist/tap-testdir-reify-optional-dependency-failures-optional-metadep-preinstall-fail-save-true/node_modules/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-preinstall-fail",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-preinstall-fail/-/testing-prod-dep-preinstall-fail-1.0.1.tgz",
+      "version": "1.0.1",
+    },
+  },
   "edgesOut": Map {
     "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-preinstall-fail" => EdgeOut {
       "name": "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-preinstall-fail",
       "spec": "^1.0.1",
-      "to": null,
+      "to": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-preinstall-fail",
       "type": "optional",
     },
   },
@@ -17666,11 +18241,53 @@ ArboristNode {
 
 exports[`test/arborist/reify.js TAP optional dependency failures optional-metadep-tgz-missing save=false > expect resolving Promise 1`] = `
 ArboristNode {
+  "children": Map {
+    "@isaacs/testing-missing-tgz" => ArboristNode {
+      "edgesIn": Set {
+        EdgeIn {
+          "from": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-tgz-missing",
+          "name": "@isaacs/testing-missing-tgz",
+          "spec": "*",
+          "type": "prod",
+        },
+      },
+      "location": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-missing-tgz",
+      "name": "@isaacs/testing-missing-tgz",
+      "optional": true,
+      "path": "{CWD}/test/arborist/tap-testdir-reify-optional-dependency-failures-optional-metadep-tgz-missing-save-false/node_modules/@isaacs/testing-missing-tgz",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@isaacs/testing-missing-tgz/-/testing-missing-tgz-1.0.1.tgz",
+      "version": "1.0.1",
+    },
+    "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-tgz-missing" => ArboristNode {
+      "edgesIn": Set {
+        EdgeIn {
+          "from": "",
+          "name": "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-tgz-missing",
+          "spec": "*",
+          "type": "optional",
+        },
+      },
+      "edgesOut": Map {
+        "@isaacs/testing-missing-tgz" => EdgeOut {
+          "name": "@isaacs/testing-missing-tgz",
+          "spec": "*",
+          "to": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-missing-tgz",
+          "type": "prod",
+        },
+      },
+      "location": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-tgz-missing",
+      "name": "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-tgz-missing",
+      "optional": true,
+      "path": "{CWD}/test/arborist/tap-testdir-reify-optional-dependency-failures-optional-metadep-tgz-missing-save-false/node_modules/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-tgz-missing",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-tgz-missing/-/testing-prod-dep-tgz-missing-1.0.1.tgz",
+      "version": "1.0.1",
+    },
+  },
   "edgesOut": Map {
     "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-tgz-missing" => EdgeOut {
       "name": "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-tgz-missing",
       "spec": "*",
-      "to": null,
+      "to": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-tgz-missing",
       "type": "optional",
     },
   },
@@ -17685,11 +18302,53 @@ ArboristNode {
 
 exports[`test/arborist/reify.js TAP optional dependency failures optional-metadep-tgz-missing save=true > expect resolving Promise 1`] = `
 ArboristNode {
+  "children": Map {
+    "@isaacs/testing-missing-tgz" => ArboristNode {
+      "edgesIn": Set {
+        EdgeIn {
+          "from": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-tgz-missing",
+          "name": "@isaacs/testing-missing-tgz",
+          "spec": "*",
+          "type": "prod",
+        },
+      },
+      "location": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-missing-tgz",
+      "name": "@isaacs/testing-missing-tgz",
+      "optional": true,
+      "path": "{CWD}/test/arborist/tap-testdir-reify-optional-dependency-failures-optional-metadep-tgz-missing-save-true/node_modules/@isaacs/testing-missing-tgz",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@isaacs/testing-missing-tgz/-/testing-missing-tgz-1.0.1.tgz",
+      "version": "1.0.1",
+    },
+    "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-tgz-missing" => ArboristNode {
+      "edgesIn": Set {
+        EdgeIn {
+          "from": "",
+          "name": "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-tgz-missing",
+          "spec": "^1.0.1",
+          "type": "optional",
+        },
+      },
+      "edgesOut": Map {
+        "@isaacs/testing-missing-tgz" => EdgeOut {
+          "name": "@isaacs/testing-missing-tgz",
+          "spec": "*",
+          "to": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-missing-tgz",
+          "type": "prod",
+        },
+      },
+      "location": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-tgz-missing",
+      "name": "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-tgz-missing",
+      "optional": true,
+      "path": "{CWD}/test/arborist/tap-testdir-reify-optional-dependency-failures-optional-metadep-tgz-missing-save-true/node_modules/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-tgz-missing",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-tgz-missing/-/testing-prod-dep-tgz-missing-1.0.1.tgz",
+      "version": "1.0.1",
+    },
+  },
   "edgesOut": Map {
     "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-tgz-missing" => EdgeOut {
       "name": "@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-tgz-missing",
       "spec": "^1.0.1",
-      "to": null,
+      "to": "node_modules/@isaacs/testing-prod-dep-tgz-missing",
       "type": "optional",
     },
   },
@@ -33177,11 +33836,29 @@ exports[`test/arborist/reify.js TAP scoped registries > should preserve original
 
 exports[`test/arborist/reify.js TAP still do not install optional deps with mismatched platform specifications even when forced > expect resolving Promise 1`] = `
 ArboristNode {
+  "children": Map {
+    "platform-specifying-test-package" => ArboristNode {
+      "edgesIn": Set {
+        EdgeIn {
+          "from": "",
+          "name": "platform-specifying-test-package",
+          "spec": "1.0.0",
+          "type": "optional",
+        },
+      },
+      "location": "node_modules/platform-specifying-test-package",
+      "name": "platform-specifying-test-package",
+      "optional": true,
+      "path": "{CWD}/test/arborist/tap-testdir-reify-still-do-not-install-optional-deps-with-mismatched-platform-specifications-even-when-forced/node_modules/platform-specifying-test-package",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/platform-specifying-test-package/-/platform-specifying-test-package-1.0.0.tgz",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+    },
+  },
   "edgesOut": Map {
     "platform-specifying-test-package" => EdgeOut {
       "name": "platform-specifying-test-package",
       "spec": "1.0.0",
-      "to": null,
+      "to": "node_modules/platform-specifying-test-package",
       "type": "optional",
     },
   },
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/tap-snapshots/test/link.js.test.cjs b/workspaces/arborist/tap-snapshots/test/link.js.test.cjs
index 1978f7dd6f575..8687dca76769d 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/tap-snapshots/test/link.js.test.cjs
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/tap-snapshots/test/link.js.test.cjs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Link {
   "extraneous": true,
   "fsChildren": Set {},
   "hasShrinkwrap": false,
+  "ideallyInert": false,
   "installLinks": false,
   "integrity": null,
   "inventory": Inventory {},
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ exports[`test/link.js TAP > instantiate without providing target 1`] = `
   "extraneous": true,
   "fsChildren": Set {},
   "hasShrinkwrap": false,
+  "ideallyInert": false,
   "installLinks": false,
   "integrity": null,
   "inventory": Inventory {
@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@ exports[`test/link.js TAP > instantiate without providing target 1`] = `
       "extraneous": true,
       "fsChildren": Set {},
       "hasShrinkwrap": false,
+      "ideallyInert": false,
       "installLinks": false,
       "integrity": null,
       "inventory": Inventory {},
@@ -105,6 +108,7 @@ exports[`test/link.js TAP > instantiate without providing target 1`] = `
       "extraneous": true,
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index c025e3509a150..773ff4646befc 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/tap-snapshots/test/node.js.test.cjs
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       "fsChildren": Set {},
       "hasShrinkwrap": false,
+      "ideallyInert": false,
       "installLinks": false,
       "integrity": "extraneous",
       "inventory": Inventory {},
@@ -8036,6 +8267,7 @@ exports[`test/node.js TAP testing with dep tree without meta > move new meta to
           "extraneous": true,
           "fsChildren": Set {},
           "hasShrinkwrap": false,
+          "ideallyInert": false,
           "installLinks": false,
           "integrity": "metameta",
           "inventory": Inventory {},
@@ -8077,6 +8309,7 @@ exports[`test/node.js TAP testing with dep tree without meta > move new meta to
       "extraneous": true,
       "fsChildren": Set {},
       "hasShrinkwrap": false,
+      "ideallyInert": false,
       "installLinks": false,
       "integrity": "newMeta",
       "inventory": Inventory {},
@@ -8093,6 +8326,7 @@ exports[`test/node.js TAP testing with dep tree without meta > move new meta to
           "extraneous": true,
           "fsChildren": Set {},
           "hasShrinkwrap": false,
+          "ideallyInert": false,
           "installLinks": false,
           "integrity": "metameta",
           "inventory": Inventory {},
@@ -8154,6 +8388,7 @@ exports[`test/node.js TAP testing with dep tree without meta > move new meta to
   "extraneous": true,
   "fsChildren": Set {},
   "hasShrinkwrap": false,
+  "ideallyInert": false,
   "installLinks": false,
   "integrity": null,
   "inventory": Inventory {
@@ -8194,6 +8429,7 @@ exports[`test/node.js TAP testing with dep tree without meta > move new meta to
           "extraneous": true,
           "fsChildren": Set {},
           "hasShrinkwrap": false,
+          "ideallyInert": false,
           "installLinks": false,
           "integrity": null,
           "inventory": Inventory {},
@@ -8213,6 +8449,7 @@ exports[`test/node.js TAP testing with dep tree without meta > move new meta to
         },
       },
       "hasShrinkwrap": false,
+      "ideallyInert": false,
       "installLinks": false,
       "integrity": "prod",
       "inventory": Inventory {},
@@ -8245,6 +8482,7 @@ exports[`test/node.js TAP testing with dep tree without meta > move new meta to
       "extraneous": true,
       "fsChildren": Set {},
       "hasShrinkwrap": false,
+      "ideallyInert": false,
       "installLinks": false,
       "integrity": null,
       "inventory": Inventory {},
@@ -8281,6 +8519,7 @@ exports[`test/node.js TAP testing with dep tree without meta > move new meta to
       "extraneous": true,
       "fsChildren": Set {},
       "hasShrinkwrap": false,
+      "ideallyInert": false,
       "installLinks": false,
       "integrity": "bundled",
       "inventory": Inventory {},
@@ -8313,6 +8552,7 @@ exports[`test/node.js TAP testing with dep tree without meta > move new meta to
       "extraneous": true,
       "fsChildren": Set {},
       "hasShrinkwrap": false,
+      "ideallyInert": false,
       "installLinks": false,
       "integrity": "dev",
       "inventory": Inventory {},
@@ -8345,6 +8585,7 @@ exports[`test/node.js TAP testing with dep tree without meta > move new meta to
       "extraneous": true,
       "fsChildren": Set {},
       "hasShrinkwrap": false,
+      "ideallyInert": false,
       "installLinks": false,
       "integrity": "opt",
       "inventory": Inventory {},
@@ -8377,6 +8618,7 @@ exports[`test/node.js TAP testing with dep tree without meta > move new meta to
       "extraneous": true,
       "fsChildren": Set {},
       "hasShrinkwrap": false,
+      "ideallyInert": false,
       "installLinks": false,
       "integrity": "peer",
       "inventory": Inventory {},
@@ -8405,6 +8647,7 @@ exports[`test/node.js TAP testing with dep tree without meta > move new meta to
       "extraneous": true,
       "fsChildren": Set {},
       "hasShrinkwrap": false,
+      "ideallyInert": false,
       "installLinks": false,
       "integrity": "extraneous",
       "inventory": Inventory {},
@@ -8432,6 +8675,7 @@ exports[`test/node.js TAP testing with dep tree without meta > move new meta to
       "extraneous": true,
       "fsChildren": Set {},
       "hasShrinkwrap": false,
+      "ideallyInert": false,
       "installLinks": false,
       "integrity": "metameta",
       "inventory": Inventory {},
@@ -8461,6 +8705,7 @@ exports[`test/node.js TAP testing with dep tree without meta > move new meta to
           "extraneous": true,
           "fsChildren": Set {},
           "hasShrinkwrap": false,
+          "ideallyInert": false,
           "installLinks": false,
           "integrity": "metameta",
           "inventory": Inventory {},
@@ -8502,6 +8747,7 @@ exports[`test/node.js TAP testing with dep tree without meta > move new meta to
       "extraneous": true,
       "fsChildren": Set {},
       "hasShrinkwrap": false,
+      "ideallyInert": false,
       "installLinks": false,
       "integrity": "newMeta",
       "inventory": Inventory {},
@@ -8518,6 +8764,7 @@ exports[`test/node.js TAP testing with dep tree without meta > move new meta to
           "extraneous": true,
           "fsChildren": Set {},
           "hasShrinkwrap": false,
+          "ideallyInert": false,
           "installLinks": false,
           "integrity": "metameta",
           "inventory": Inventory {},
@@ -8576,6 +8823,7 @@ exports[`test/node.js TAP testing with dep tree without meta > move new meta to
       "extraneous": true,
       "fsChildren": Set {},
       "hasShrinkwrap": false,
+      "ideallyInert": false,
       "installLinks": false,
       "integrity": null,
       "inventory": Inventory {},
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/tap-snapshots/test/shrinkwrap.js.test.cjs b/workspaces/arborist/tap-snapshots/test/shrinkwrap.js.test.cjs
index e2fde91c439e3..a061ef5fbe493 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/tap-snapshots/test/shrinkwrap.js.test.cjs
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/tap-snapshots/test/shrinkwrap.js.test.cjs
@@ -654,6 +654,29 @@ Object {
 }
 `
 
+exports[`test/shrinkwrap.js TAP load a hidden lockfile with ideallyInert > must match snapshot 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "dependencies": Object {},
+  "lockfileVersion": 3,
+  "name": "hidden-lockfile",
+  "packages": Object {
+    "": Object {
+      "dependencies": Object {
+        "abbrev": "^1.1.1",
+      },
+    },
+    "node_modules/abbrev": Object {
+      "ideallyInert": true,
+      "integrity": "sha512-nne9/IiQ/hzIhY6pdDnbBtz7DjPTKrY00P/zvPSm5pOFkl6xuGrGnXn/VtTNNfNtAfZ9/1RtehkszU9qcTii0Q==",
+      "name": "abbrev",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/abbrev/-/abbrev-1.1.1.tgz",
+      "version": "1.1.1",
+    },
+  },
+  "requires": true,
+}
+`
+
 exports[`test/shrinkwrap.js TAP load a legacy shrinkwrap without a package.json > did our best with what we had 1`] = `
 Object {
   "dependencies": Object {
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/test/arborist/reify.js b/workspaces/arborist/test/arborist/reify.js
index 9c7b8b14506b5..63b6b1b353ef3 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/test/arborist/reify.js
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/test/arborist/reify.js
@@ -2592,7 +2592,10 @@ t.test('adding an unresolvable optional dep is OK', async t => {
   })
   createRegistry(t, true)
   const tree = await reify(path, { add: ['abbrev'] })
-  t.strictSame([...tree.children.values()], [], 'nothing actually added')
+  const children = [...tree.children.values()]
+  t.equal(children.length, 1, 'optional unresolved dep node added')
+  t.ok(children[0].ideallyInert, 'node is ideally inert')
+  t.throws(() => fs.statSync(path + '/node_modules/abbrev'), { code: 'ENOENT' }, 'optional dependency should not exist on disk')
   t.matchSnapshot(printTree(tree))
 })
 
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/test/fixtures/hidden-lockfile-inert/node_modules/.package-lock.json b/workspaces/arborist/test/fixtures/hidden-lockfile-inert/node_modules/.package-lock.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4d459d9712cb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/test/fixtures/hidden-lockfile-inert/node_modules/.package-lock.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "name": "hidden-lockfile",
+  "lockfileVersion": 2,
+  "requires": true,
+  "packages": {
+    "": {
+      "dependencies": {
+        "abbrev": "^1.1.1"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/abbrev": {
+      "name": "abbrev",
+      "version": "1.1.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/abbrev/-/abbrev-1.1.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-nne9/IiQ/hzIhY6pdDnbBtz7DjPTKrY00P/zvPSm5pOFkl6xuGrGnXn/VtTNNfNtAfZ9/1RtehkszU9qcTii0Q==",
+      "ideallyInert": true
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/test/fixtures/hidden-lockfile-inert/node_modules/abbrev/package.json b/workspaces/arborist/test/fixtures/hidden-lockfile-inert/node_modules/abbrev/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..bf4e8015bba9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/test/fixtures/hidden-lockfile-inert/node_modules/abbrev/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  "name": "abbrev",
+  "version": "1.1.1",
+  "description": "Like ruby's abbrev module, but in js",
+  "author": "Isaac Z. Schlueter <i@izs.me>",
+  "main": "abbrev.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "tap test.js --100",
+    "preversion": "npm test",
+    "postversion": "npm publish",
+    "postpublish": "git push origin --all; git push origin --tags"
+  },
+  "repository": "http://github.com/isaacs/abbrev-js",
+  "license": "ISC",
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "tap": "^10.1"
+  },
+  "files": [
+    "abbrev.js"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/test/fixtures/hidden-lockfile-inert/package.json b/workspaces/arborist/test/fixtures/hidden-lockfile-inert/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3d7c4ee8c0db1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/test/fixtures/hidden-lockfile-inert/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "dependencies": {
+    "abbrev": "^1.1.1"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/test/shrinkwrap.js b/workspaces/arborist/test/shrinkwrap.js
index 5a52a44dfa860..bc0e56cf3928d 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/test/shrinkwrap.js
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/test/shrinkwrap.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ const emptyFixture = resolve(__dirname, 'fixtures/empty')
 const depTypesFixture = resolve(__dirname, 'fixtures/dev-deps')
 const badJsonFixture = resolve(__dirname, 'fixtures/testing-peer-deps-bad-sw')
 const hiddenLockfileFixture = resolve(__dirname, 'fixtures/hidden-lockfile')
+const hiddenIdeallyInertLockfileFixture = resolve(__dirname, 'fixtures/hidden-lockfile-inert')
 const hidden = 'node_modules/.package-lock.json'
 const saxFixture = resolve(__dirname, 'fixtures/sax')
 
@@ -864,6 +865,15 @@ t.test('load a hidden lockfile', async t => {
   t.equal(data.dependencies, undefined, 'deleted legacy metadata')
 })
 
+t.test('load a hidden lockfile with ideallyInert', async t => {
+  fs.utimesSync(resolve(hiddenIdeallyInertLockfileFixture, hidden), new Date(), new Date())
+  const s = await Shrinkwrap.load({
+    path: hiddenIdeallyInertLockfileFixture,
+    hiddenLockfile: true,
+  })
+  t.matchSnapshot(s.data)
+})
+
 t.test('load a fresh hidden lockfile', async t => {
   const sw = await Shrinkwrap.reset({
     path: hiddenLockfileFixture,