diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/lflang/target/Target.java b/core/src/main/java/org/lflang/target/Target.java
index 98f39929f4..6128c95c13 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/lflang/target/Target.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/lflang/target/Target.java
@@ -425,6 +425,14 @@ public boolean supportsFederated() {
     };
   }
 
+  /** Return true if the target supports decentralized coordination. */
+  public boolean supportsDecentralizedCoordination() {
+    return switch (this) {
+      case C, CCPP, Python, Polyglot -> true;
+      default -> false;
+    };
+  }
+
   /** Return true if the target supports reactor inheritance (extends keyword). */
   public boolean supportsInheritance() {
     return switch (this) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/lflang/target/property/CoordinationProperty.java b/core/src/main/java/org/lflang/target/property/CoordinationProperty.java
index 6809aeb99d..3307b5300b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/lflang/target/property/CoordinationProperty.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/lflang/target/property/CoordinationProperty.java
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 import org.lflang.MessageReporter;
 import org.lflang.ast.ASTUtils;
 import org.lflang.lf.Element;
+import org.lflang.lf.LfPackage.Literals;
+import org.lflang.target.TargetConfig;
 import org.lflang.target.property.type.CoordinationModeType;
 import org.lflang.target.property.type.CoordinationModeType.CoordinationMode;
 
@@ -35,6 +37,19 @@ protected CoordinationMode fromString(String string, MessageReporter reporter) {
     return ((CoordinationModeType) this.type).forName(string);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void validate(TargetConfig config, MessageReporter reporter) {
+    if (config.get(this) == CoordinationMode.DECENTRALIZED
+        && !config.target.supportsDecentralizedCoordination()) {
+      reporter
+          .at(config.lookup(this), Literals.KEY_VALUE_PAIR__VALUE)
+          .error(
+              "The "
+                  + config.target.getDisplayName()
+                  + " target does not support decentralized coordination.");
+    }
+  }
+
   @Override
   public Element toAstElement(CoordinationMode value) {
     return ASTUtils.toElement(value.toString());
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/lib/ts/pnpm-workspace.yaml b/core/src/main/resources/lib/ts/pnpm-workspace.yaml
index 65ea82f557..89c4c82a02 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/lib/ts/pnpm-workspace.yaml
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/lib/ts/pnpm-workspace.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-allowBuilds:
-  '@lf-lang/reactor-ts': true
-  'microtime': true
+dangerouslyAllowAllBuilds: true
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/lflang/tests/compiler/LinguaFrancaValidationTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/lflang/tests/compiler/LinguaFrancaValidationTest.java
index 8f8677ba02..147dd2c9ac 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/lflang/tests/compiler/LinguaFrancaValidationTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/lflang/tests/compiler/LinguaFrancaValidationTest.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 import org.lflang.target.property.type.TargetPropertyType;
 import org.lflang.target.property.type.UnionType;
 import org.lflang.tests.LFInjectorProvider;
+import org.lflang.tests.TestBase;
 import org.lflang.util.StringUtil;
 
 /**
@@ -1091,6 +1092,21 @@ public void testFederationSupport() throws Exception {
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testDecentralizedCoordinationNotSupportedForTypeScript() throws Exception {
+    validator.assertError(
+        parseWithoutError(
+            """
+                target TypeScript {
+                  coordination: decentralized
+                }
+                main reactor {}
+            """),
+        LfPackage.eINSTANCE.getKeyValuePair(),
+        null,
+        TestBase.Message.NO_DECENTRALIZED_COORDINATION_SUPPORT);
+  }
+
   /** Tests for state and parameter declarations, including native lists. */
   @Test
   public void stateAndParameterDeclarationsInC() throws Exception {
diff --git a/core/src/testFixtures/java/org/lflang/tests/TestBase.java b/core/src/testFixtures/java/org/lflang/tests/TestBase.java
index 9d51cfd3ff..992ae611ab 100644
--- a/core/src/testFixtures/java/org/lflang/tests/TestBase.java
+++ b/core/src/testFixtures/java/org/lflang/tests/TestBase.java
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ public static class Message {
         "Target does not support single-threaded execution.";
     public static final String NO_FEDERATION_SUPPORT =
         "Target does not support federated execution.";
+    public static final String NO_DECENTRALIZED_COORDINATION_SUPPORT =
+        "The TypeScript target does not support decentralized coordination.";
     public static final String NO_ENCLAVE_SUPPORT = "Targeet does not support the enclave feature.";
     public static final String NO_DOCKER_SUPPORT = "Target does not support the 'docker' property.";
     public static final String NO_DOCKER_TEST_SUPPORT = "Docker tests are only supported on Linux.";