webpack v5.3.1 Release Notes

Release Date: 2020-10-28 // over 3 years ago
  • ๐Ÿ›  Bugfixes

    • ๐Ÿ›  fix incorrect concatenation of modules when multiple runtimes are involved
      • fixes a "This should not happen" error
      • fixes a __webpack_require__ (null) problem
    • โš™ run CLI correctly after installing
    • ๐Ÿ›  fixes a huge performance issue when processing minimized code with SourceMap
    • ๐Ÿ‘‰ Use string[] types instead of [string, ...string[]] for arrays that must not be empty
      • this is more convinient to use

    ๐ŸŽ Performance

    • ๐Ÿ”Œ avoid incorrect store of counts in the ProgressPlugin, which causes unneeded serialization of the Persistent Cache
    • ๐ŸŽ upgrade terser-webpack-plugin for performance improvements
    • ๐ŸŽ upgrade webpack-sources for performance improvements