[rush] Seeing several "Unknown env config" warnings from npm while publishing packages

[kgetz-arista]

Summary

Seeing this while publishing packages:

npm warn Unknown env config "cache-dir". This will stop working in the next major version of npm.
npm warn Unknown env config "state-dir". This will stop working in the next major version of npm.
npm warn Unknown env config "store-dir". This will stop working in the next major version of npm.
npm warn Unknown env config "workspace-dir". This will stop working in the next major version of npm.
npm warn Unknown project config "email". This will stop working in the next major version of npm.
npm warn Unknown project config "publish-branch". This will stop working in the next major version of npm.

Repro steps

1. 'rush-pnpm publish --no-git-checks -r

Standard questions

Please answer these questions to help us investigate your issue more quickly:

Question	Answer
@microsoft/rush globally installed version?	5.169.3
rushVersion from rush.json?	5.169.3
pnpmVersion, npmVersion, or yarnVersion from rush.json?	pnpm@10.32.1 -->
(if pnpm) useWorkspaces from pnpm-config.json?	true
Operating system?	Linux
Would you consider contributing a PR?	No
Node.js version (node -v)?	24.12.0