All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See standard-version for commit guidelines.
4.0.0-rc.0 (2021-07-19)
- migration guide from v3 to v4 can be found here
- rename
client.transport
toclient.webSocketTransport
- move web socket client to web socket server class, i.e. to get web socket clients use
this.webSocketServer.clients
- remove entry options (i.e.
hotEntry
andneedClientEntry
) in favor manual setup entries (#3494) - you need to reset CLI options using
reset
option, please look them inwebpack serve --help
host
andport
options can't benull
or empty string
- allow to close overlay in browser (#3433) (307f2e7)
- add port
auto
(#3297) (437c8d3) - added
<url>
pattern for open and allow to use multiple browsers (#3496) (7c7ccf9) - allow string value for
client.webSocketURL.port
(#3354) (f5e7f8f) - allow to disable web socket server using
webSocketServer: false
(f62f20f) - allow
username
andpassword
in clientURL (#3452) (a7225d5) - display documentation links on errors (#3512) (54790ab)
- enable
compress
by default (#3303) (4d251b5) - implement the
client.webSocketURL.protocol
option (#3380) (8998d6b) - the
ipc
option was added for unix socket (#3479) (b559738) - support
Function
in headers option (#3267) (28f9597)
- allow to use
80
port for dev server (#3487) (22f18eb) - avoid duplicate
App updated. Recompiling...
(#3488) (a2e3ead) - do not allow empty string for
port
(#3372) (8c53102) - don't allow empty array for
allowedHosts
option (#3451) (17aa345) - get rid of Symbol core-js polyfill (#3535) (7afe3d2)
- the
host
option can't benull
or empty string (#3352) (216b0d3) - improve message for static content changes (#3289) (970a7d7)
- improve processing of CLI flags (#3313) (32bc877)
- rename
firewall
option toallowedHosts
option (#3345) (81e4e55) - pass own logger in historyApiFallback (#3373) (3ba2fa5)
- polling usage in watchFiles option (#3366) (2afb223)
- postpone initialize (#3467) (80087de)
- regression with
port
andbonjour
(c2805fe) - rename
path
topathname
forclient.webSocketURL
(#3466) (fd63e02) - respect
logLevel
andlogProvider
option for proxy (#3257) (199baec) - show plugin name in progress log (#3337) (b8a0932)
4.0.0-beta.3 (2021-05-06)
- the
https.ca
option was removed in favor thehttps.cacert
option - the
dev
option was renamed todevMiddleware
- the
client.overlay
option istrue
by default and show warnings by default - use server port for websocket connection by default, if you proxied
webpack-dev-server
, please updatewebpack-cli
tov4.7.0
(#3185) (0c3f817) - minimum supported Node.js version is
12.13.0
- added
https.cacert
(#3240) (b212a2c) - added more CLI options, please run
webpack server --help
to look at them (#3238) (469e558) - support
bonjour
options (#3202) (5534583)
- improve warning message for
open
(#3191) (d473fd9) - respect the
client.logging
option for HMR logging (#3159) (6f3c6ba) - respect
client.needClientEntry
andclient.needHotEntry
options (#3178) (a2b6db9) - overlay with warnings (#3215) (7e18161)
- help description for options
- error description for options
- improve warning message for the
open
option
4.0.0-beta.2 (2021-04-06)
- the
openPage
option and the--open-page
CLI option were removed in favor{ open: ['/my-page', '/my-other-page/'] }
for Node.js API and--open-target [URL]
(without[URL]
dev server will open a browser using thehost
option value) and--open-app <browser>
for CLI - the
useLocalIp
option was removed in favor{ host: 'local-ip' }
, alternative you can provide values:local-ipv4
for IPv4 andlocal-ipv6
for IPv6 stdin
option was removed in favor--watch-options-stdin
injectClient
andinjectHot
was removed in favorclient.needClientEntry
andclient.needHotEntry
- added the
watchFiles
option, now you can reload server on file changes, for example{ watchFiles: ['src/**/*.php', 'public/**/*'] }
(#3136) (d73213a) - added more CLI options, please run
webpack server --help
(#3148) (03a2b27) - enable overlay by default (#3108) (5e05e48)
- you can specify multiple targets and browsers for the
open
option, i.e.{ open: { target: ['/my-page', '/my-other-page'], app: ['google-chrome', '--incognito'] } }
(e3c2683)
-
/webpack-dev-server
url shows list of files (#3101) (b3374c3) -
dev server client compatibility with
IE11
/IE10
/IE9
(#3129) (1e3e656)- For
IE11
/IE10
you need polyfillfetch()
andPromise
, example:
module.exports = { entry: { entry: [ 'whatwg-fetch', 'core-js/features/promise', './entry.js' ], }, };
- For
IE9
you need polyfillfetch()
andPromise
and usesockjs
for communications (becauseWebSocket
is not supported), example:
module.exports = { entry: { entry: [ 'whatwg-fetch', 'core-js/features/promise', './entry.js' ], }, devServer: { transportMode: 'sockjs', }, };
IE8 is not supported
- For
-
reduce number of
dependencies
4.0.0-beta.1 (2021-03-23)
--hot-only
option was removed- default value of the
static
option ispath.resolve(process.cwd(), 'public')
, previouslypath.resolve(process.cwd(), 'static')
- the
overlay
option was moved into theclient
option
- add more negative flags -
--no-https
,--no-http2
,--no-compress
and--no-history-api-fallback
(#3070) (ebc966f) - allow
Boolean
type for the--firewall
option (#3041) (6711c1d) - improve output for localhost and fix open (#2892) (9e65c24)
- improve output for IPv4 and IPv6 (#3092) (f362665)
- allow to open browser with
--open-page
(#3032) (581ee07) - content security policy issue in client log (2de2e01)
- empty and multiple entries support (#2920) (45f6592)
- improve descriptions for CLI options (#3021) (7d339d4)
- improve descriptions for negative flags (#3029) (2e2190a)
- multi compiler mode with proxy (#2905) (247a92b)
- remove double brackets from the ws url when using raw IPv6 address (#2951) (2ec8160)
- show correct url in output status (#3013) (06b3d91)
- show detailed error in overlay (ba01b05)
- support
file:
andchrome-extension:
protocols in client (#2954) (163bdce) - warnings in overlay (#3054) (6144c8d)
- webpack-cli installation message (#2955) (b9ce07f)
4.0.0-beta.0 (2020-11-27)
- drop support
Node.js@6
andNode.js@8
, minimum supportedNode.js
version isNode@10
- the
hot
option istrue
by default - the
hotOnly
option was removed, if you need hot only mode, usehot: 'only'
value - the default
transportMode
is switched fromsockjs
tows
(IE 11 and other old browsers doesn't support WebSocket, setsockjs
value fortransportMode
if you need supports IE 11) before
,after
andsetup
were removed in favoronBeforeSetupMiddleware
(previouslybefore
) andonAfterSetupMiddleware
options (previouslyafter
)- the
clientOptions
was renamed to theclient
option - the
key
,cert
,pfx
,pfx-passphrase
,cacert
,ca
andrequestCert
options were moved tohttps
options, please usehttps.{key|cert|pfx|passphrase|requestCert|cacert|ca|requestCert}
- the
sockHost
,sockPath
andsockPort
options were removed inclient
option - the
inline
option (iframe
live mode) was removed - the
lazy
andfilename
options were removed - the
features
option was removed - the
log
,logLevel
,logTime
,noInfo
,quiet
,reporter
andwarn
options were removed in favor of built-in webpack logger, please read this to enable and setup logging output - the
fs
,index
,mimeTypes
,publicPath
,serverSideRender
, andwriteToDisk
options were moved in thedev
option (webpack-dev-middleware
options) - updating
webpack-dev-middleware
to v4, which includes many breaking options changes, please read - the
stats
option was removed, please use thestats
option fromwebpack.config.js
- the
socket
option was removed - the
contentBase
,contentBasePublicPath
,serveIndex
,staticOptions
,watchContentBase
,watchOptions
were removed in favor of thestatic
option - the
disableHostCheck
andallowedHosts
options were removed in favor of thefirewall
option server.listen()
will find free port if theport
is not set and theport
argument is not passed, also print a warning if theport
option and theport
argument passed toserver.listen()
are different- the
progress
option is moved to theclient
option, setclient: {progress: true}
- the
profile
option was removed, to print profile data, setclient: { progress: 'profile' }
- client uses the port of the current location (
location.port
, equivalent tosockPort: 'location'
), by default. To get previously behavior, set theclient.port
with the port you'd like to set - client uses the hostname of the current location (
location.hostname
), by default. To get previously behavior, set theclient.host
with the hostname you'd like to set
- compatibility with
webpack@5
- compatibility with
webpack-cli@4
- added the
setupExitSignals
option, it takes a boolean and if true (default on CLI), the server will close and exit the process on SIGINT and SIGTERM - update
chokidar
to v3
Unfortunately, due to the huge amount of changes it is very difficult to display all changes in a convenient form. Therefore, we offer you a couple of popular examples (feel free to send a PR with more examples).
Previously contentBase
, contentBasePublicPath
, serveIndex
, staticOptions
, watchContentBase
and watchOptions
module.exports = {
// ...
devServer: {
// Can be:
// static: path.resolve(__dirname, 'static')
// static: false
static: [
// Simple example
path.resolve(__dirname, 'static'),
// Complex example
{
directory: path.resolve(__dirname, 'static'),
staticOptions: {},
// Don't be confused with `dev.publicPath`, it is `publicPath` for static directory
// Can be:
// publicPath: ['/static-public-path-one/', '/static-public-path-two/'],
publicPath: '/static-public-path/',
// Can be:
// serveIndex: {} (options for the `serveIndex` option you can find https://github.com/expressjs/serve-index)
serveIndex: true,
// Can be:
// watch: {} (options for the `watch` option you can find https://github.com/paulmillr/chokidar)
watch: true,
},
],
},
};
module.exports = {
// ...
devServer: {
dev: {
publicPath: '/publicPathForDevServe',
},
},
};
Previously disableHostCheck
and allowedHosts
module.exports = {
// ...
devServer: {
// Can be
// firewall: ['192.168.0.1', 'domain.com']
firewall: false,
},
};
module.exports = {
// ...
infrastructureLogging: {
// Only warnings and errors
// level: 'none' disable logging
// Please read https://webpack.js.org/configuration/other-options/#infrastructurelogginglevel
level: 'warn',
},
};
3.11.0 (2020-05-08)
- add icons for directory viewer (#2441) (e953d01)
- allow multiple
contentBasePublicPath
paths (#2489) (c6bdfe4) - emit progress-update (#2498) (4808abd), closes #1666
- add invalidate endpoint (#2493) (89ffb86)
- allow open option to accept an object (#2492) (adeb92e)
- do not swallow errors from server (#2512) (06583f2)
- security vulnerability in yargs-parser (#2566) (41d1d0c)
- don't crash on setupExitSignals(undefined) (#2507) (0d5c681)
- support entry descriptor (closes #2453) (#2465) (8bbef6a)
- update jquery (#2516) (99ccfd8)
3.10.3 (2020-02-05)
3.10.2 (2020-01-31)
- fallthrough non
GET
andHEAD
request to routes (#2374) (ebe8eca) - add an optional peer dependency on webpack-cli (#2396) (aa365df)
- add heartbeat for the websocket server (#2404) (1a7c827)
3.10.1 (2019-12-19)
- ie11 compatibility (1306abe)
3.10.0 (2019-12-18)
- client: allow sock port to use location's port (
sockPort: 'location'
) (#2341) (dc10d06) - server: add
contentBasePublicPath
option (#2150) (cee700d)
- client: don't override protocol for socket connection to 127.0.0.1 (#2303) (3a31917), closes #2302
- server: respect sockPath on transportMode: 'ws' (#2310) (#2311) (e188542)
- https on chrome linux (#2330) (dc8b475)
- support webpack@5 (#2359) (8f89c01)
3.9.0 (2019-10-22)
- add
hostname
andport
to bonjour name to prevent name collisions (#2276) (d8af2d9) - add
extKeyUsage
to self-signed cert (#2274) (a4dbc3b)
3.8.2 (2019-10-02)
- update
selfsigned
package
3.8.1 (2019-09-16)
- add null check for connection.headers (#2200) (7964997)
- false positive for an absolute path in the
ContentBase
option on windows (#2202) (68ecf78) - add status in quiet log level (#2235) (7e2224e)
- scriptHost in client (#2246) (00903f6)
3.8.0 (2019-08-09)
- server: fix setupExitSignals usage (#2181) (bbe410e)
- server: set port before instantiating server (#2143) (cfbf229)
- check for name of HotModuleReplacementPlugin to avoid RangeError (#2146) (4579775)
- server: check for external urls in array (#1980) (fa78347)
- server: fix header check for socket server (#2077) (7f51859)
- server: stricter headers security check (#2092) (078ddca)
- server: add transportMode (#2116) (b5b9cb4)
- server: serverMode 'ws' option (#2082) (04483f4)
- server/client: made progress option available to API (#1961) (56274e4)
We have migrated serverMode
and clientMode
to transportMode
as an experimental option. If you want to use this feature, you have to change your settings.
Related PR: webpack#2116
3.7.2 (2019-06-17)
- client: add default fallback for client (#2015) (d26b444)
- open: set
wait: false
to run server.close successfully (#2001) (2b4cb52) - test: fixed ProvidePlugin.test.js (#2002) (47453cb)
3.7.1 (2019-06-07)
3.7.0 (2019-06-06)
- change clientLogLevel order to be called first (#1973) (57c8c92)
- es6 syntax in client (#1982) (802aa30)
3.6.0 (2019-06-05)
- config: enable
--overlay
(#1968) (dc81e23) - server: don't ignore node_modules by default (#1970) (699f8b4), closes #1794
3.5.1 (2019-06-01)
3.5.0 (2019-05-31)
- add client code for
electron-renderer
target (#1935) (9297988) - add client code for
node-webkit
target (#1942) (c6b2b1f)
- server:
onListening
option (#1930) (61d0cdf) - server: add callback support for invalidate (#1900) (cd218ef)
- server: add
WEBPACK_DEV_SERVER
env variable (#1929) (856169e)
3.4.1 (2019-05-17)
3.4.0 (2019-05-17)
- don't use self.location.port (#1838) (6d31984)
- do not include config files in dist (#1883) (c535bb2)
- only add client entry to web targets (#1775) (cf4d0d0)
- update clientLogLevel to match docs and error (#1825) (7f52bbf)
- add errors-warnings preset (#1895) (2a81ad2)
- added injectClient option (#1775) (cf4d0d0)
- added injectHot option (#1775) (cf4d0d0)
- added sockPort option (#1792) (58d1682)
- added sockHost option (#1858) (f47dff2)
- support HEAD method (#1875) (c2360e4)
- added liveReload option (#1889) (fc4fe32)
- update express to 4.17 version
3.3.1 (2019-04-09)
- regression: always get necessary stats for hmr (#1780) (66b04a9)
- regression: host and port can be undefined or null (#1779) (028ceee)
- only add entries after compilers have been created (#1774) (b31cbaa)
3.3.0 (2019-04-08)
- compatibility with [email protected] (#1754) (fd7cb0d)
- ignore proxy when bypass return false (#1696) (aa7de77)
- respect stats option from webpack config (#1665) (efaa740)
- use location.port when location.hostname is used to infer HMR socket URL (#1664) (2f7f052)
- don't crash with express.static.mime.types (#1765) (919ff77)
- add option "serveIndex" to enable/disable serveIndex middleware (#1752) (d5d60cb)
- add webpack as argument to before and after options (#1760) (0984d4b)
- http2 option to enable/disable HTTP/2 with HTTPS (#1721) (dcd2434)
- random port retry logic (#1692) (419f02e)
- relax depth limit from chokidar for content base (#1697) (7ea9ab9)
3.2.1 (2019-02-25)
- deprecation message about
setup
now warning aboutv4
(#1684) (523a6ec) - regression: allow
ca
,key
andcert
will be string (#1676) (b8d5c1e) - regression: handle
key
,cert
,cacert
andpfx
in CLI (#1688) (4b2076c) - regression: problem with
idb-connector
after updateinternal-ip
(#1691) (eb48691)
3.1.14 (2018-12-24)
3.1.13 (2018-12-22)
3.1.12 (2018-12-22)
3.1.11 (2018-12-21)
- bin/options: correct check for color support (
options.color
) (#1555) (55398b5) - package: update
spdy
v3.4.1...4.0.0 (assertion error) (#1491) (#1563) (7a3a257) - Server: correct
node
version checks (#1543) (927a2b3) - Server: mime type for wasm in contentBase directory (#1575) (#1580) (fadae5d)
- add url for compatibility with webpack@5 (#1598) (#1599) (68dd49a)
- check origin header for websocket connection (#1603) (b3217ca)
3.1.10 (2018-10-23)
- options: add
writeToDisk
option to schema (#1520) (d2f4902) - package: update
sockjs-client
v1.1.5...1.3.0 (url-parse
vulnerability) (#1537) (e719959) - Server: set
tls.DEFAULT_ECDH_CURVE
to'auto'
(#1531) (c12def3)
3.1.9 (2018-09-24)
3.1.8 (2018-09-06)
- package:
yargs
security vulnerability (dependencies
) (#1492) (8fb67c9) - utils/createLogger: ensure
quiet
always takes precedence (options.quiet
) (#1486) (7a6ca47)