`dev_sitrep()` says to update with `pak::pak("somePackage")` but doing so doesn't change the report

Start at the dev_sitrep() entry point and reproduce the reported dependency summary with pak::pak("devtools"). Trace how the suggested pak command is generated, then verify that the report recommends an upgrade when dependencies are behind and that the resulting instruction matches the intended behavior.

I just ran dev_sitrep() in an R 4.5 session (not important) and saw this:

> dev_sitrep()
✔ Updated metadata database: 8.09 MB in 4 files.                          
✔ Updating metadata database ... done                                     
                                                                          
── R ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
• version: 4.5.3
• path: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/4.5-arm64/Resources
! R is out of date (4.5.3 vs 4.6.1)
── Positron ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
• version: 2026.9.0
── devtools ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
• version: 2.5.2
! 1 devtools dependency is not installed.
  Install it with pak::pak("devtools").
   rdtools (missing)
! 7 devtools dependencies are out of date.
  Update them with pak::pak("devtools").
   bslib    (behind: 0.11.0 vs 0.12.0)
   curl     (behind: 7.1.0 vs 8.0.0)
   gert     (behind: 2.4.0 vs 2.4.1)
   pak      (behind: 0.10.0 vs 0.11.1)
   roxygen2 (behind: 8.0.0 vs 8.1.0)
   stringi  (behind: 1.8.7 vs 1.8.9)
   zip      (behind: 3.0.1 vs 3.0.2)
── dev package ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
• package: <unset>
• path: <unset>

so I click on pak::pak("devtools") and see:

> pak::pak("devtools")
                                                                            
→ Package library at /Users/jenny/Library/R/arm64/4.5/library.
ℹ No downloads are needed
✔ 1 pkg + 92 deps: kept 86 [666ms]

because the sit rep is really nudging you to do what's meant by pak::pak(devtools, upgrade = TRUE). These updates aren't absolutely required, but this gets you to the latest version of these dependencies.