v5.64.3

Performance

• allow to use pre-compiled schema when Infinity is used in configuration
• allow to use pre-compiled schema for configuration arrays

v5.64.2

Bugfixes

• avoid double initial compilation due to invalid dependencies with managedPaths

v5.64.1

Bugfixes

• fix regexp in managedPaths to exclude additional slash
• make module.accept errorHandler optional in typings
• correctly create an async chunk when using a require(...).property in require.ensure
• fix cleaning of symlinks in output.clean: true
• fix change detection with unsafeCache within managedPaths (node_modules)
• bump webpack-sources for Stack Overflow bugfix

v5.64.0

Features

• add asyncChunks: boolean option to disable creation of async chunks

Bugfixes

• fix ProfilingPlugin for experiments.backCompat: false

Performance

• avoid running regexp twice over the file list

v5.63.0

Features

• allow passing chunkLoading: false to disable on-demand loading

Bugfixes

• fix import 'single-quote' in esm build dependencies

v5.62.2

Bugfixes

• fix __system_context__ injection when using the library option on entrypoint
• enable exportsPresence: "error" by default in futureDefaults
• fix bad performance for a RegExp in Stats printing (with large error messages)
• fix exportPresence -> exportsPresence typo
• fix a bug with module invalidation when only module id changes with experiments.cacheUnaffected

v5.62.1

Bugfix

• fix invalid generated code when omitting ;

v5.62.0

Features

• add options to configure export presence checking
  • parser.javascript.reexportExportsPresence: false allows to disable warnings for non-existing exports during the migration from export ... from "..." to export type ... from "..." for type reexports in TypeScript
• add experiments.backCompat: false to disable some expensive deprecations for better performance

Bugfixes

• use ['catch'] instead of .catch for better ES3 support
• fix removed parentheses when using new (require("...")).Something()
• fix { require } object literals
• splitChunks.chunks option is now correctly used for splitChunks.fallbackCacheGroup.maxSize too
• fix schema of listen option, allow to omit port
• add better support for Promises from different isolates

Developer Experience

• add typings for the webpack API that is available within modules
  • use /// <reference types="webpack/module" /> to use the typings in typescript modules
  • or "types": [..., "webpack/module"] in tsconfig

v5.61.0

Bugfixes

• use a wasm md4 implementation for node 17 support
• include the path submodules in the node.js default externals

Performance

• improve string to binary conversion performance for hashing

Contribution

• CI runs on node.js 17

v5.60.0

Features

• Allow to pass more options to experiments.lazyCompilation. e. g. port, https stuff

Bugfixes

• fix output.hashFunction used to persistent caching too
• Initialize buildDependencies Set correctly when loaders are added in beforeLoaders hook