Bug Fixes

• Deserializer for ignored modules doesn't crash
• Allow the unsafeCache option to be a proxy object
• Normalize the snapshot.unmanagedPaths option
• Fixed fs types
• Fixed resolve's plugins types
• Fixed wrongly calculate postOrderIndex
• Fixed watching types
• Output import attrbiutes/import assertions for external JS imports
• Throw an error when DllPlugin needs to generate multiple manifest files, but the path is the same
• [CSS] Output layer/supports/media for external CSS imports

New Features

• Allow to customize the stage of BannerPlugin
• [CSS] Support CSS exports convention
• [CSS] support CSS local ident name
• [CSS] Support __webpack_nonce__ for CSS chunks
• [CSS] Support fetchPriority for CSS chunks
• [CSS] Allow to use LZW to compress css head meta (enabled in the production mode by default)
• [CSS] Support prefetch/preload for CSS chunks

Bug Fixes

• don't mangle when destructuring a reexport
• types for Stats.toJson() and Stats.toString()
• many internal types
• [CSS] clean up export css local vars

Perf

• simplify and optimize chunk graph creation

Bug Fixes

• use Math.imul in fnv1a32 to avoid loss of precision, directly hash UTF16 values
• the setStatus() of the HMR module should not return an array, which may cause infinite recursion
• __webpack_exports_info__.xxx.canMangle shouldn't always same as default
• mangle export with destructuring
• use new runtime to reconsider skipped connections activeState
• make dynamic import optional in try/catch
• improve auto publicPath detection

Dependencies & Maintenance

• improve CI setup and include Node.js@21

Bug Fixes

• set unmanagedPaths in defaults
• correct preOrderIndex and postOrderIndex
• add fallback for MIME mismatch error in async wasm loading
• browsers versions of ECMA features

Performance

• optimize compareStringsNumeric
• optimize numberHash using 32-bit FNV1a for small ranges, 64-bit for larger
• reuse VM context across webpack magic comments

Bug Fixes

• Fixed inner graph for classes
• Optimized RemoveParentModulesPlugin via bigint arithmetic
• Fixed worklet detection in production mode
• Fixed an error for cyclic importModule
• Fixed types for Server and Dirent
• Added the fetchPriority to hmr runtime's ensureChunk function
• Don't warn about dynamic import for build dependencies
• External module generation respects the output.environment.arrowFunction option
• Fixed consumimng shared runtime module logic
• Fixed a runtime logic of multiple chunks
• Fixed destructing assignment of dynamic import json file
• Passing errors array for a module hash
• Added /*#__PURE__*/ to generated JSON.parse()
• Generated a library manifest after clean plugin
• Fixed non amd externals and amd library
• Fixed a bug in SideEffectsFlagPlugin with namespace re-exports
• Fixed an error message for condition or
• The strictModuleErrorHandling is now working
• Clean up child compilation chunk graph to avoid memory leak
• [CSS] - Fixed CSS import prefer relative resolution
• [CSS] - Fixed CSS runtime chunk loading error message

New Features

• Allow to set false for dev server in webpack.config.js
• Added a warning for async external when not supported
• Added a warning for async module when not supported
• Added the node-module option for the node.__filename/__dirname and enable it by default for ESM target
• Added the snapshot.unmanagedPaths option
• Exposed the MultiCompilerOptions type
• [CSS] - Added CSS parser options to enable/disable named exports
• [CSS] - Moved CSS the exportsOnly option to CSS generator options

Dependencies & Maintenance

• use node.js LTS version for lint
• bump actions/cache from 3 to 4
• bump prettier from 3.2.1 to 3.2.3
• bump assemblyscript
• bump actions/checkout from 3 to 4

Full Changelog: v5.89.0...v5.90.0

New Features

• Make CommonJS import preserve chained expressions by @bworline in #17718

Dependencies & Maintenance

• chore(deps-dev): bump @types/node from 20.3.1 to 20.4.8 by @dependabot in #17568
• docs: add example for stats detailed output by @ersachin3112 in #17420
• docs: add example for stats normal output by @ersachin3112 in #17426
• chore(deps-dev): bump core-js from 3.31.0 to 3.32.0 by @dependabot in #17539
• chore(deps-dev): bump pretty-format from 29.5.0 to 29.6.2 by @dependabot in #17536
• chore(deps-dev): bump @types/node from 20.4.8 to 20.4.9 by @dependabot in #17583
• chore(deps-dev): bump less from 4.1.3 to 4.2.0 by @dependabot in #17580
• chore(deps): bump semver from 5.7.1 to 5.7.2 by @dependabot in #17483
• chore(deps-dev): bump simple-git from 3.19.0 to 3.19.1 by @dependabot in #17427
• chore(deps-dev): bump @types/node from 20.4.9 to 20.6.0 by @dependabot in #17666

Full Changelog: v5.88.2...v5.89.0

New Features

• [Security] - Add support for md4 in Node >=18. by @iclanton in #17628

New Contributors

• @iclanton made their first contribution in #17628

Full Changelog: v4.46.0...v4.47.0

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where unused identifiers should retain names when using css modules by @burhanuday in #17444

Full Changelog: v5.88.1...v5.88.2

Developer Experience

• Significantly improve TypeScript coverage for Library Plugins by @alexander-akait in #17414

Full Changelog: v5.88.0...v5.88.1

New Features

• [CSS] - Use css/auto as the default css mode by @burhanuday in #17399

Bug Fixes

• Fix bugs related to require.context and layer by @alexander-akait in #17388
• Fix bug in runtime for CSS loading by @alexander-akait in #17400
• Correct indirect call for tagged template expressions using correct this context by @alexander-akait in #17397
• Update environment support for KaiOS browser by @steverep in #17395
• Fix async module runtime code for running top-level-await by @ahabhgk in #17393

Developer Experience

• Add example for stats minimal output by @ersachin3112 in #17406
• Significantly improve type coverage for Dependency, Runtime, Template classes by @alexander-akait in #17394

Dependencies & Maintenance

• Bump browserslist from 4.21.8 to 4.21.9 by @dependabot in #17389
• Bump acorn from 8.8.2 to 8.9.0 by @dependabot in #17402
• Bump eslint from 8.42.0 to 8.43.0 by @dependabot in #17401
• Bump eslint-plugin-jest from 27.2.1 to 27.2.2 by @dependabot in #17407

New Contributors

• @steverep made their first contribution in #17395

Full Changelog: v5.87.0...v5.88.0