A bundler for javascript and friends. Packs many modules into a few bundled assets. Code Splitting allows for loading parts of the application on demand. Through "loaders", modules can be CommonJs, AMD, ES6 modules, CSS, Images, JSON, Coffeescript, LESS, ... and your custom stuff.
fetchPriority feature as parser option and magic comment by @alexander-akait in https://github.com/webpack/webpack/pull/17249
@aboktor made their first contribution in #16991 #16989 @silverwind made their first contribution in #17339 via #17329
Full Changelog: https://github.com/webpack/webpack/compare/v5.86.0...v5.87.0
ProgressPlugin by @alexander-akait in https://github.com/webpack/webpack/pull/17312
RegExp to splitChunks.chunks by @hyf0 in https://github.com/webpack/webpack/pull/17332
ContextModule types by @huozhi in https://github.com/webpack/webpack/pull/17310
__non_webpack_require__ with ES modules by @alexander-akait in https://github.com/webpack/webpack/pull/17308
Chunk, ChunkGroup, and other plugins by @alexander-akait in https://github.com/webpack/webpack/pull/1731
js extension for eval source maps when extension is not resolvable by @alexander-akait in https://github.com/webpack/webpack/pull/17331
Full Changelog: https://github.com/webpack/webpack/compare/v5.85.1...v5.86.0
BasicEvaluatedExpression.getMemberRangeStarts has been changed to BasicEvaluatedExpression.getMemberRanges, please see type definition changes and the pull request for more information.
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readonly cache mode by @vankop in https://github.com/webpack/webpack/pull/15470
environment in loader context by @alexander-akait in https://github.com/webpack/webpack/pull/17281
addModule() support in worklets - *context.audioWorklet.addModule() by @alexander-akait in https://github.com/webpack/webpack/pull/17212
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Full Changelog: https://github.com/webpack/webpack/compare/v5.84.0...v5.84.1
append option as a function by @snitin315 in https://github.com/webpack/webpack/pull/17252
@import by @alexander-akait in https://github.com/webpack/webpack/pull/17229
JavascriptParser and ModuleDependency subclasses by @alexander-akait in https://github.com/webpack/webpack/pull/17236
strict-mode quality for Configuration/Normalization objects by @alexander-akait in https://github.com/webpack/webpack/pull/17247
with { type: "json" } by @alexander-akait in https://github.com/webpack/webpack/pull/17230
Full Changelog: https://github.com/webpack/webpack/compare/v5.83.1...v5.84.0
Full Changelog: https://github.com/webpack/webpack/compare/v5.83.0...v5.83.1
chunkgroup.groupsIterable return type by @TheLarkInn in https://github.com/webpack/webpack/pull/17196
ChunkGroup to type definitions by @TheLarkInn in https://github.com/webpack/webpack/pull/17201
NormalModuleFactory's ResolveData type to public interface by @TheLarkInn in https://github.com/webpack/webpack/pull/17195
compilation.afterChunks hook by @TheLarkInn in https://github.com/webpack/webpack/pull/17202
Full Changelog: https://github.com/webpack/webpack/compare/v5.82.1...v5.83.0
importModule when CSS enabled by @alexander-akait in https://github.com/webpack/webpack/pull/17140
output.hashFunction was failing to generate debug hash by @ahabhgk in https://github.com/webpack/webpack/pull/16950
Full Changelog: https://github.com/webpack/webpack/compare/v5.82.0...v5.82.1
media/supports/layer from parent CSS module by @alexander-akait in https://github.com/webpack/webpack/pull/17115
#hash URL as external (similar to Parcel) by @alexander-akait in https://github.com/webpack/webpack/pull/17116
StringXor class. by @TheLarkInn in https://github.com/webpack/webpack/pull/17070
numberHash by @TheLarkInn in https://github.com/webpack/webpack/pull/17072
JavascriptParser by @TheLarkInn in https://github.com/webpack/webpack/pull/17094
BasicEvaluatedExpression by @TheLarkInn in https://github.com/webpack/webpack/pull/17096
Full Changelog: https://github.com/webpack/webpack/compare/v5.81.0...v5.82.0