v5.87.0

New Features

• Implement fetchPriority feature as parser option and magic comment by @alexander-akait in #17249
• [CSS] - Introduce 'css/auto' as a css module type by @ahabhgk in #16577
• [CSS] - Style-specific fields now automatically resolve in package.json by @burhanuday in #17346
• webpack configuration API now accepts "falsy values" loaders and plugins by @alexander-akait in #17339

Bug Fixes

• Fix codecov badge in readme by @burhanuday in #17353

Developer Experience

• Add link to svelte loader for webpack by @burhanuday in #17369
• Increase parser API types in internal plugins across dependency plugins @alexander-akait in #17365

Dependencies & Maintenance

• Bump memfs from 3.5.2 to 3.5.3 by @dependabot in #17347
• Bump webpack-cli from 5.1.3 to 5.1.4 by @dependabot in #17349
• Bump es-module-lexer from 1.2.1 to 1.3.0 by @dependabot in #17362
• Bump @types/node from 20.2.5 to 20.3.0 by @dependabot in #17361
• Bump core-js from 3.30.2 to 3.31.0 by @dependabot in #17360
• Bump browserslist from 4.21.6 to 4.21.8 by @dependabot in #17367
• Bump @types/node from 20.3.0 to 20.3.1 by @dependabot in #17366

New Contributors

@aboktor made their first contribution in #16991 #16989
@silverwind made their first contribution in #17339 via #17329

Full Changelog: v5.86.0...v5.87.0

v5.86.0

New Features

• Improved cache size performance via better handling of serialization for errors and bigints by @alexander-akait in #17282
• Introduce an export default handler function option for ProgressPlugin by @alexander-akait in #17312
• Support passing RegExp to splitChunks.chunks by @hyf0 in #17332

Bug Fixes

• Fix layer capabilities for ContextModule types by @huozhi in #17310
• Fix compatibility of __non_webpack_require__ with ES modules by @alexander-akait in #17308
• Improve type coverage Chunk, ChunkGroup, and other plugins by @alexander-akait in #1731
• Do not add js extension for eval source maps when extension is not resolvable by @alexander-akait in #17331

Developer Experience

• Improve type coverage for Json Module type and lazy load json-assertions package by @alexander-akait in #17301

Dependencies & Maintenance

• Bump memfs from 3.5.1 to 3.5.2 by @dependabot in #17315
• Bump webpack-cli from 5.1.1 to 5.1.3 by @dependabot in #17314
• Bump eslint from 8.41.0 to 8.42.0 by @dependabot in #17313

New Contributors

• @huozhi made their first contribution in #17310
• @hyf0 made their first contribution in #17332

Full Changelog: v5.85.1...v5.86.0

v5.85.1

Bug Fixes

• Fix bug in handling barrel imports (#17305) by @bworline in #17307 - NOTE: An internal API BasicEvaluatedExpression.getMemberRangeStarts has been changed to BasicEvaluatedExpression.getMemberRanges, please see type definition changes and the pull request for more information.

Dependencies & Maintenance

• Bump @types/jest from 29.5.1 to 29.5.2 by @dependabot in #17297

Full Changelog: v5.85.0...v5.85.1

v5.85.0

New Features

• Add readonly cache mode by @vankop in #15470
• Normalize property accessors for esm namespaces and chained member/call expressions by @bworline in #17203
• Support environment in loader context by @alexander-akait in #17281
• Introduce a new syntax for addModule() support in worklets - *context.audioWorklet.addModule() by @alexander-akait in #17212

Bug Fixes

• Fix type regression with unknown module type strings by @alexander-akait in #17266

Developer Experience

• Use global runtime constants for webpack exports by @burhanuday in #17270
• Add strict mode type coverage for WASM and Runtime code by @alexander-akait in #17267
• Add strict mode type coverage for runtime modules and runtime plugins by @alexander-akait in #17261
• Add types for JSON & Asset Modules including their interfacing plugins by @alexander-akait in #17262
• Add type coverage for Module subclasses and plugins by @alexander-akait in #17272

Dependencies & Maintenance

• Use GitHub Discussions instead of Gitter in issue templates by @snitin315 in #17293
• Bump @types/node from 20.2.3 to 20.2.4 by @dependabot in #17269
• Bump browserslist from 4.21.5 to 4.21.6 by @dependabot in #17275
• Bump @types/node from 20.2.4 to 20.2.5 by @dependabot in #17276
• Bump @babel/core from 7.21.8 to 7.22.1 by @dependabot in #17278

Full Changelog: v5.84.1...v5.85.0

v5.84.1

Bug Fixes

• Fix regression in inner graph for reserved identifiers by @alexander-akait in #17265

Dependencies & Maintenance

• Bump @types/jest from 29.5.0 to 29.5.1 by @dependabot in #17027
• Bump simple-git from 3.18.0 to 3.19.0 by @dependabot in #17263

Full Changelog: v5.84.0...v5.84.1

v5.84.0

New Features

• SourceMapDevToolPlugin now supports append option as a function by @snitin315 in #17252

Bug Fixes

• Fix multiple bugs referencing class names when shadowed by import name in properties and methods by @alexander-akait in #17233
• Allow DefinePlugin shorthand property by @shamoilarsi in #17231
• [CSS] - Fix edge cases in parsing @import by @alexander-akait in #17229

Developer Experience

• Increase type coverage for serialization classes by @alexander-akait in #17243
• Increase type coverage for JavascriptParser and ModuleDependency subclasses by @alexander-akait in #17236
• Increase type coverage to strict-mode quality for Configuration/Normalization objects by @alexander-akait in #17247
• Refactor duplicate strings by replacing them with constant for webpack_require instead of string literal by @burhanuday in #17228
• Add test case for with { type: "json" } by @alexander-akait in #17230
• Add test case for destructuring by @alexander-akait in #17248

Dependencies & Maintenance

• Add GitHub discussions badge in README by @snitin315 in #17251
• Bump enhanced-resolve to 5.14.1 by @TheLarkInn in #17257
• Bump @types/node from 20.1.7 to 20.2.0 by @dependabot in #17219
• Bump @types/node from 20.2.0 to 20.2.1 by @dependabot in #17226
• Bump webpack-cli from 5.1.0 to 5.1.1 by @dependabot in #17164
• Bump eslint from 8.39.0 to 8.40.0 by @dependabot in #17148
• Bump @babel/core from 7.21.4 to 7.21.8 by @dependabot in #17126
• Bump @types/node from 20.2.1 to 20.2.3 by @dependabot in #17238
• Bump eslint from 8.40.0 to 8.41.0 by @dependabot in #17237

New Contributors

• @shamoilarsi made their first contribution in #17231

Full Changelog: v5.83.1...v5.84.0

v5.83.1

Bug Fixes

• Fix regression in import/export normailization effecting mini-css-extract-plugin by @alexander-akait in #17214

Full Changelog: v5.83.0...v5.83.1

v5.83.0

New Features

• Normalize property access for imports and exports by @bworline in #17137
• Top Level Await is now enabled by default by @burhanuday in #17192

Bug Fixes

• Correct chunkgroup.groupsIterable return type by @TheLarkInn in #17196
• Fix bug in Rule Matcher type by @alexander-akait in #17207
• Fixed apply event callback and optimizing callback event type by @nuintun in #16094
• Fix types in hot module replacement APIs by @alexander-akait in #17193

Developer Experience

• Expose ChunkGroup to type definitions by @TheLarkInn in #17201
• Add NormalModuleFactory's ResolveData type to public interface by @TheLarkInn in #17195
• Document compilation.afterChunks hook by @TheLarkInn in #17202

Dependencies & Maintenance

• Bump @webassemblyjs/wasm-edit from 1.11.5 to 1.11.6 by @dependabot in #17168
• Bump wast-loader from 1.11.5 to 1.11.6 by @dependabot in #17163
• Bump yarn-deduplicate from 6.0.1 to 6.0.2 by @dependabot in #17184
• Fix command by @alexander-akait in #17154
• Bump @types/node from 18.16.3 to 20.1.7 by @dependabot in #17205

New Contributors

• @bworline made their first contribution in #17137
• @nuintun made their first contribution in #16094

Full Changelog: v5.82.1...v5.83.0

v5.82.1

Bug Fixes

• [CSS] - Support nesting in CSS modules and bug fixes by @alexander-akait in #17133
• [CSS] - Fix crash with importModule when CSS enabled by @alexander-akait in #17140
• Fix bug where output.hashFunction was failing to generate debug hash by @ahabhgk in #16950
• Reduce the amount of generated code for chunk loading by @lvivski in #17151
• Use module preload for ESM module output by @alexander-akait in #17143

Developer Experience

• Improve module type strictness for Module.prototype.type expand ModuleTypeConstants by @TheLarkInn in #17136

Dependencies & Maintenance

• Update package.json description by @JeraldVin in #17145
• Bump webpack-cli from 5.0.2 to 5.1.0 by @dependabot in #17146
• Bump core-js from 3.30.1 to 3.30.2 by @dependabot in #17149
• Bump enhanced-resolve to v5.14.0 by @snitin315 in #17160

New Contributors

• @JeraldVin made their first contribution in #17145

Full Changelog: v5.82.0...v5.82.1

v5.82.0

New Features

• [CSS] - Add URL dependencies support to consume shared module via module federation by @snitin315 in #16945
• Allow webpack-cli to be in ESM by @alexander-akait in #17088
• Allow specifying "onPolicyCreationFailure" mode for trusted types by @Zlatkovsky in #16990

Bug Fixes

• [CSS] - Respect media/supports/layer from parent CSS module by @alexander-akait in #17115
• [CSS] - Add warning & support for any @import rules must precede all other rules by @alexander-akait in #17118
• [CSS] - Support handling #hash URL as external (similar to Parcel) by @alexander-akait in #17116
• Optimize numberHash.js performance by removing inner loops by @alexkuz in #17074
• Improve template string comparison algorithm by @An0nie in #17079

Tests & Contributor Experience

• [CSS] - Increase imports external test coverage by @alexander-akait in #17089
• Improve PR reliability via ignoring unstable coverage by @alexander-akait in #17106
• Update webpack types to support extends property in webpack (for webpack-cli) by @burhanuday in #17113

Developer Experience

• Increase type coverage and documentation for StringXor class. by @TheLarkInn in #17070
• Increase type coverage & docs for numberHash by @TheLarkInn in #17072
• Increase type coverage & docs for JavascriptParser by @TheLarkInn in #17094
• Increase type coverage & docs for BasicEvaluatedExpression by @TheLarkInn in #17096
• Increase type coverage for CSS module type by @alexander-akait in #17097
• Increase type coverage for JSON module type by @alexander-akait in #17095
• Increase type coverage & docs for multiple utility classes by @alexander-akait in #17107

Dependencies & Maintenance

• chore(deps-dev): bump lint-staged from 13.2.1 to 13.2.2 by @dependabot in #17075
• chore(deps-dev): bump eslint from 8.38.0 to 8.39.0 by @dependabot in #17052
• chore(deps-dev): bump assemblyscript from 0.27.3 to 0.27.4 by @dependabot in #17064
• chore(deps-dev): bump assemblyscript from 0.27.4 to 0.27.5 by @dependabot in #17109
• chore(deps-dev): bump @types/node from 18.16.2 to 18.16.3 by @dependabot in #17112
• chore(deps-dev): bump @types/node from 18.15.13 to 18.16.2 by @dependabot in #17084
• chore(deps-dev): bump webpack-cli from 5.0.1 to 5.0.2 by @dependabot in #17054
• chore(deps-dev): bump date-fns from 2.29.3 to 2.30.0 by @dependabot in #17111

New Contributors

• @An0nie made their first contribution in #17079
• @burhanuday made their first contribution in #17113
• @Zlatkovsky made their first contribution in #16990

Full Changelog: v5.81.0...v5.82.0