5.0.0-rc.1

Major Changes

• #780 e937211 Thanks @jbroma! - Removed --silent CLI flag for start command.

  For silencing output, you can use shell redirection instead:

  • Unix/macOS: npx react-native start > /dev/null 2>&1
  • Windows: npx react-native start > nul 2>&1

• #786 cf42d14 Thanks @jbroma! - Enable new debugger (React Native DevTools) by default, remove support for legacy remote debugging

Minor Changes

• #784 f8af03c Thanks @zmzlois! - add react-native-linear-gradient to flow type module loading rule support

• #778 2344162 Thanks @jbroma! - Add --config option to commands, deprecate --webpackConfig option

Patch Changes

• #776 31d0e32 Thanks @jbroma! - Fix peer dependency config for @rspack/core in repack package

• #775 76738de Thanks @jbroma! - Fix customization of MF1 federated entry filename

• #787 acdd0c8 Thanks @jbroma! - Fix sourceURL of bundles so source maps can be matched in dev tools

• #779 679bcd8 Thanks @jbroma! - More intuitive behaviour of --verbose flag in start command

5.0.0-rc.0

Minor Changes

• #674 9f4ad85 Thanks @jbroma! - Add support for Module Federation V2

• #765 efff0c2 Thanks @jbroma! - Add default rules for transpiling popular flow typed packages

• #702 495203d Thanks @jbroma! - Enable dev-server to serve source assets alongside build artifacts

• #763 e433584 Thanks @thiagobrez! - Add getModulePaths utility to generate include and exclude paths for modules in the bundler config

• #757 8a90731 Thanks @artus9033! - Display list of available interactions on dev server startup & add support for 'j' to debug

• #753 176324a Thanks @artus9033! - Add support for React Native 0.76

• #750 c4a3235 Thanks @jbroma! - Normalize filepath & ensure path exists when writing stats to a file

• #734 b455503 Thanks @hexboy! - Add a mechanism for retrying downloads of scripts through retry and retryDelay properties

Patch Changes

• #711 7af6d5b Thanks @jbroma! - fix: always use URL from Script config as sourceUrl when evaluating bundles on Android

• #766 206d76f Thanks @jbroma! - Fix handling of cjs,mjs,cts,mts files when transpiling node modules with swc

• #755 90faeeb Thanks @jbroma! - Disable package imports by default

• #756 f119ab3 Thanks @hosseinmd! - Prevent to loadScript which is already is loading
  issue: #749

• #771 df1d587 Thanks @hosseinmd! - script should be cached after successfully loaded

4.3.3

Patch Changes

• #745 dbbaf72 Thanks @ra1nj! - Fixed error message on iOS when the HTTP status is not 2xx.

• #739 300524b Thanks @ra1nj! - Fix url query being encoded twice on iOS

5.0.0-alpha.0

Important Notes

This release introduces long-awaited support for Rspack while maintaining full compatibility with webpack.

Try it Out:
To bootstrap a new project or migrate an existing project from Metro, run:

npx @callstack/[email protected]

Upgrading from Version 4:

1. Open react-native.config.js and update the line:

   require('callstack/repack/commands')

   to:

   require('callstack/repack/commands/rspack')

2. Install the necessary Rspack dependencies:

   npm install @rspack/core @rspack/plugin-react-refresh @swc/helpers --save-dev

3. Check out the new Rspack templates for configuration and migrate your existing Webpack configurations to Rspack:

   MJS Template: rspack.config.mjs
   CJS Template: rspack.config.cjs

Migration Guide: if you are migrating from Webpack to Rspack, refer to the official guide: Rspack Migration Guide

Major Changes

• #720 a7b557e Thanks @jbroma! - Support for Rspack & Webpack simultaneously

4.3.2

Patch Changes

• #723 d3c96b8 Thanks @jbroma! - Fix reading webpack.config.mjs on Windows

4.3.1

Important updates

--reset-cache flag is kept only for compatibility and has no effect.

Patch Changes

• #714 bad76d7 Thanks @jbroma! - Fix missing --reset-cache flag for both start and bundle CLI commands

4.3.0

Minor Changes

• #687 8d823a7 Thanks @jbroma! - Added --watch flag to bundle command

Patch Changes

• #710 a467bb5 Thanks @jbroma! - Use compile-time check to determine React-Native version in WebpackHMRClient

• #697 14550ab Thanks @jbroma! - Align CLI options for start and bundle commands with @react-native/community-cli-plugin.

• #703 4de5305 Thanks @hexboy! - Fix LoadingView import in WebpackHMRClient for React Native >=0.75

4.2.0

Important updates

This release includes fixes for bundle caching, naming collisions, and typing in the native module, along with the addition of an assetPath field for more control over remote assets.

You can read more about customising assetPath here: https://re-pack.dev/docs/guides/remote-assets#customizing-asset-path

Minor Changes

• #680 b936d63 Thanks @jbroma! - Fix bundle caching after invalidating scripts

• #683 8b07027 Thanks @jbroma! - Fix bundle naming collisions when using device filesystem cache

• #641 c9eaef8 Thanks @jbroma! - Fix typing for methods exposed in native module

• #651 a385b2b Thanks @adammruk! - Added 'assetPath' field to remote assets config, enabling granular control over the generated URL and server location to the asset

Patch Changes

• #679 d8924c6 Thanks @jbroma! - Fix infinite loop when traversing the chunk graph in OutputPlugin

• #647 e51b7a6 Thanks @jhso-dev! - Correctly parse platform from file URL

• #656 1e27ae5 Thanks @barttom! - Improved descriptions of start and bundle command options

• #678 46f1eb4 Thanks @jbroma! - Refactor OutputPlugin's chunk categorization algorithm

• #646 9c119db Thanks @jbroma! - Prevent infinite recursion when tracking down initial chunks in Output Plugin

4.1.1

Patch Changes

• #639 13db9ed Thanks @jbroma! - Fix android native module configuration

4.1.0

Important updates

This update brings full support for bridgeless mode when using new architecture of React Native 🎉

Minor Changes

• #633 38a9ff0 Thanks @jbroma! - Support for bridgeless new architecture

Patch Changes

• #628 9485bd6 Thanks @jbroma! - Remove loader-utils in favor of webpack loader builtins

• #630 dc55cef Thanks @jbroma! - Use the current Node when composing Hermes sourcemaps