Fixes

• Keep consistent CSS order
• Dependency without the source order attribute must keep their original index
• Keep module traversal consistent across reexport scenarios

Performance Improvements

• Extend importPhasesPlugin only when enable deferImport (#19689)

Fixes

• Tree-shaking unused ignored modules
• [Types] Compatibility with old Node.js versions

Fixes

• Fixed the case where an ES modules entry chunk depends on the runtime chunk hash
• Handle function exports in webpack module wrapper
• Ensure dependent chunks are imported before startup & fix duplicate export of 'default'
• Generate lose closing brace when exports are unprovided
• CleanPlugin doesn't unlink same file twice
• Fixed unexpected error codes from fs.unlink on Windows
• Typescript types

Features

• HMR support for ES modules output
• ES module output mode now fully supports splitChunks when external variables and runtimeChunk are not set.
• Added support using keyword
• Implemented tc39 Defer Module Evaluation (experiment)
• Support dynamic template literals expressions for new URL(...)
• Enable ES modules worker chunk loading for Node.js targets
• Improved support for destructing in DefinePlugin
• Added VirtualUrlPlugin to support virtual: scheme

Performance Improvements

• Remove useless startup entrypoint runtime for ES modules output
• Cache new URL(...) evaluate expression

Fixes

• HMR might fail if there are new initial chunks
• Destructuring namespace import with default
• Destructuring namespace import with computed-property
• Generate valid code for es export generation for multiple module entries
• Fixed public path issue for ES modules
• Asset modules work when lazy compilation used
• Eliminate unused statements in certain scenarios
• Fixed regression with location and order of dependencies
• Fixed typescript types

Fixes

• Fixed type error with latest @types/node
• Fixed typescript types

Fixes

• Don't skip export generation for default reexport (#19463)
• Fixed module library export generation for reexport (#19459)
• Avoid module concatenation in child compilation for module library (#19457)
• Ensure HMR recover gracefully when CSS module with error
• Respect cause of any errors and errors of AggregateError in stats output
• Added missing @types/json-schema in types

Fixes

• Respect public path for ES modules
• Fixed generation of module for module library when mixing commonjs and esm modules
• Always apply FlagDependencyExportsPlugin for libraries where it required
• Faster logic for dead control flow
• Typescript types

Fixes

• Control dead flow for labeled and blockless statements

Fixes

• Fixed terminated state for if/else

Fixes

• Fixed dead control flow with deep nested if/else