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      • Releasing

      Rspack releases are automated through GitHub Actions.

      You can view all released versions on the npm version pages of @rspack/core and @rspack/cli.

      Latest release

      The latest stable release follows the Semantic Versioning specification (x.y.z).

      The full release workflow is triggered manually by Rspack maintainers on Tuesday with the complete release notes.

      During the release, the binary artifacts below are built, grouped by the support tier that the Node.js platform list gives to the platform they run on:

      Tier 1

      • x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
      • aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
      • x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
      • aarch64-apple-darwin

      Tier 2

      • powerpc64le-unknown-linux-gnu
      • s390x-unknown-linux-gnu
      • aarch64-pc-windows-msvc
      • x86_64-apple-darwin

      Experimental

      • x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
      • riscv64gc-unknown-linux-gnu

      Others

      • aarch64-unknown-linux-musl
      • riscv64gc-unknown-linux-musl
      • i686-pc-windows-msvc
      Platforms below Tier 1

      For these platforms Rspack only guarantees that the binding is built successfully. CI verifies the build only and never runs the test suite on them, so a green CI run is not a guarantee that Rspack behaves correctly there.

      Release steps

      1. Create a new branch, for example release/v1.0.0.
      2. Update the version using the pnpm x version command on the branch.
      # Release a patch version
pnpm x version patch

# Release a minor version
pnpm x version minor

# Release a major version
pnpm x version major

# Release an alpha version
pnpm x version patch --pre alpha

# Release a beta version
pnpm x version patch --pre beta

# Release a rc version
pnpm x version patch --pre rc
      1. Commit the code and push to the remote branch.
      git add .
git commit -m "chore: release v1.0.0"
git push origin release/vx.y.z
      1. Create a PR with the title chore: release v1.0.0.
      2. Run the Ecosystem CI workflow to ensure all ecosystem projects are working properly.
      3. Run the full release workflow on the release branch:
      4. After the release, merge the PR to the main branch.
      5. Use the create-draft-release-notes skill to create a draft GitHub release note.
      6. Review the draft release note, optionally add release highlights, and publish it.

      Canary release

      Canary is the pre-release version for testing and verifying new features.

      Releasing a canary version does not require manually creating a branch or updating the version, it only requires Rspack maintainers to trigger the Canary release workflow.