Releases · web-infra-dev/rsbuild

11 Aug 11:22

v1.5.0-beta.0

939f3a7

v1.5.0-beta.0

Highlights 💡

Drop support for Node 16

Node.js 16 reached its end-of-life on September 11, 2023. Many other npm packages in the ecosystem have also dropped support for Node 16, including webpack-dev-server, css-loader, sass-loader, and so on, which makes maintaining compatibility increasingly challenging. Therefore, we have decided to drop Node 16 support starting from Rsbuild v1.5 to ensure better compatibility with the modern ecosystem.

Package	v1.4	v1.5
@rspack/core	>=16.0.0	>=18.12.0
@rspack/cli	>=18.12.0	>=18.12.0
@rspack/dev-server	>=18.12.0	>=18.12.0
@rsbuild/core	>=16.10.0	>=18.12.0

⚠️ This is a breaking change for users still running Node.js 16. Users will need to upgrade to Node.js 18.12.0 or later to use Rsbuild v1.5.

For users currently using Node.js 16:

Upgrade to Node.js 18.12.0 or later (Node.js 22 LTS is recommended)
Update your CI/CD pipelines to use the new Node.js version

Parallel Less Compilation

This release adds support for parallel loader execution to @rsbuild/plugin-less. If your project uses the @rsbuild/plugin-less and contains a large number of Less files, you can enable parallel compilation to improve build performance.

pluginLess({
  parallel: true,
});

What's Changed

New Features 🎉

feat!: update minimum Node.js version to 18.12.0 by @chenjiahan in #5786
feat: add onBeforeDevCompile plugin hook by @9aoy in #5788
feat: improve command descriptions and documentations by @chenjiahan in #5792
feat(plugin-less): support for parallel loader execution by @chenjiahan in #5805
feat: allow to custom Wasm filename hash by @chenjiahan in #5807
feat(deps): update @rspack/core to v1.5.0-beta.0 by @chenjiahan in #5818

Performance 🚀

perf: update build configs to target ES2022 by @chenjiahan in #5790
perf: remove pre-bundling of postcss-load-config by @chenjiahan in #5808

Bug Fixes 🐞

fix(cli): ensure consistent spacing for npx of node 20+ by @chenjiahan in #5791
fix(cli): skip greeting when help is requested by @chenjiahan in #5794
fix(cli): ensure consistent spacing for node run script by @chenjiahan in #5813

Refactor 🔨

refactor: eliminate switch exhaustiveness checks by @chenjiahan in #5803

Document 📖

docs: update JavaScript runtime installation instructions by @chenjiahan in #5787
docs: add less parallel to build performance guide by @chenjiahan in #5809
docs: add version info to onBeforeDevCompile hook by @chenjiahan in #5811
docs: improve code splitting documentation clarity by @chenjiahan in #5816

Other Changes

test(e2e): replace execSync and npx with a faster helper by @chenjiahan in #5783
test(e2e): replace direct exec calls with faster helper by @chenjiahan in #5784
chore: replace npx with pnpx in bump scripts by @chenjiahan in #5785
chore: remove node 16 compatibility patches and comments by @chenjiahan in #5789
chore(deps): update dependency @rsdoctor/rspack-plugin to v1.2.0 by @renovate[bot] in #5793
chore: exclude additional directories from biome by @chenjiahan in #5795
chore(deps): update @rslint/core to v0.1.7 by @chenjiahan in #5797
chore(deps): update dependency svelte to ^5.38.0 by @renovate[bot] in #5801
chore(deps): update dependency rsbuild-plugin-open-graph to ^1.1.0 by @renovate[bot] in #5800
chore(deps): update dependency react-router-dom to ^7.8.0 by @renovate[bot] in #5799
chore: remove unnecessary type assertions by @chenjiahan in #5802
release: @rsbuild/plugin-less v1.4.0 by @chenjiahan in #5806
chore(deps): update all patch dependencies by @renovate[bot] in #5810
chore: integrate with rsbuild-plugin-arethetypeswrong by @colinaaa in #5812
test(e2e): fix flaky watching file cases by @chenjiahan in #5815
release: 1.5.0-beta.0 by @chenjiahan in #5819

Full Changelog: v1.4.15...v1.5.0-beta.0

Contributors

renovate, chenjiahan, and 2 other contributors

Assets 2

07 Aug 03:50

chenjiahan

v1.4.15

f5367fe

v1.4.15