test: exclude cypress from pnpm minimum age checks

[MikeMcC399]

• closes pnpm@11 defaults prevent updating Cypress directly after release #1762

Situation

pnpm@11.0.0 introduced a breaking change of setting the configuration parameter minimumReleaseAge to 1440 minutes (1 day).

Attempting to install cypress@latest immediately after a release, falls back to installing a previous version that satisfies the requirements minimumReleaseAge. This is a disadvantage when running the npm script update:cypress to update Cypress to the latest version for each package manager (npm, pnpm, Yarn v1 & Yarn Modern), as it leaves the pnpm examples lagging behind.

Change

Configure the pnpm examples with:

• minimumReleaseAgeExclude for cypress
• minimumReleaseAge to 4320 minutes (3 days) for other dependencies

in the workflows:

• examples/basic-pnpm
• examples/start-and-pnpm-workspaces

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Note

Low Risk
Only adjusts pnpm workspace configuration for example projects; no production code paths or security/data handling logic are affected.

Overview
Updates the pnpm workspace configs in the example projects to set minimumReleaseAge: 4320 and exclude cypress via minimumReleaseAgeExclude.

This ensures pnpm installs cypress@latest immediately after releases while keeping minimum-age constraints for other dependencies.

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