npm @payloadcms/plugin-search 4.0.0-beta.4
v4.0.0-beta.4

latest release: 3.92.0
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v4.0.0-beta.4 (2026-10-22)

๐Ÿš€ Features

  • accessibility improvements related to contrast (#18354) (f597932)
  • ui: open recents widget on recently viewed when nothing is pinned (#18747) (133be0f)

๐Ÿ› Bug Fixes

  • bump undici to 7.30.1 (#18949) (20aa089)
  • bump minimum node version to 24.22.1 (#18946) (26f56ad)
  • cancel unused file transformer streams (#18952) (494de46)
  • align global version restoration with collections (#18928) (d2ae5e6)
  • pass document id to field access (#18270) (6df5547)
  • preserve native detail in PR demo recordings (#18853) (9f7781e)
  • db-mongodb: support limit 0 in joins across multiple collections (#18813) (2c7056e)
  • drizzle: support localized filters in polymorphic joins (#18847) (debd218)
  • richtext-lexical: preserve link drawer form state (#18858) (5bc6c58)
  • ui: address remaining accessibility audit findings (#18631) (d597d57)
  • ui: accessibility improvements related to names / labels (#18634) (77d2cbd)
  • ui: preserve published content when restoring drafts (#18394) (4859c0b)
  • ui: activity widget tab focus outline is clipped (#18918) (13041e7)
  • ui: accessibility improvements related to tabs (#18619) (400c446)
  • ui: accessibility improvements related to headings and labels (#18621) (bb87f54)
  • ui: prevent column toggles from flickering during navigation (#18830) (c4ad7a1)
  • ui: align tabs field labels with content (#18685) (b020b7f)
  • ui: server-render the dashboard activity widget (#18721) (9c39e43)
  • ui: accessibility improvements related to drag-reorder (#18624) (74e6f52)

โšก Performance

  • richtext-lexical: find lexical feature sub-fields without scanning the client field schema map (#18719) (582c25b)
  • tanstack-start: up to 3x faster initial loads in dev (#18848) (7d60563)

๐Ÿ›  Refactors

  • consolidate server external package lists (#18911) (23c72cd)
  • ui: rename the recents widget to activity widget (#18790) (7a747f6)

๐Ÿ“š Documentation

๐ŸŽจ Styles

  • replace eslint-plugin-react-compiler with oxlint's React Compiler rules (#18893) (bb658b0)
  • replace eslint with oxlint (#18809) (dde9664)

๐Ÿงช Tests

  • enable title column before opening a11y fixtures (#18942) (c4131e9)
  • split a11y suite up into 3 shards (#18934) (44c67f5)
  • ignore aborted TanStack server function streams in console error check (#18890) (b8c0b57)

๐Ÿ”จ Build

โš™๏ธ CI

  • preserve integration test heap settings (#18923) (c990f18)
  • grant cache lookup jobs actions read permission (#18865) (a4141d4)
  • retry apt downloads in the visual regression job (#18889) (de2416c)
  • back off with jitter when pulling service images (#18888) (e166848)
  • upgrade pnpm to 11.28.6 (#18867) (aafb429)
  • only dismiss stale approvals on pushes from contributors without write access (#18850) (962de78)
  • reduce releaser log noise (#18842) (54d1331)
  • bump templates to the released version on every release (#18728) (8bb893f)
  • pick the release bump from the commits, require a reason to override (#18729) (103939e)
  • preview release notes on bump dry run and harden release flow (#18796) (c2c9143)

๐Ÿก Chores

  • fix React Compiler lint errors (#18894) (d0d0a17)
  • add lint commit to .git-blame-ignore-revs (#18841) (0801a43)
  • lint everything using oxlint (#18811) (f564d02)
  • rename eslint-config and eslint-plugin to oxlint-config and oxlint-plugin (#18808) (ea03555)
  • richtext-lexical: re-enable @lexical/eslint-plugin (#18807) (d43175d)
  • ui: remove unused widget card styles (#18922) (d0d407b)
  • ui: refine activity widget card and pin styling (#18791) (7a4de76)
  • ui: mark built-in dashboard widget exports as internal (#18799) (a2d26c5)

โš ๏ธ BREAKING CHANGES

  • bump minimum node version to 24.22.1 (#18946) (26f56ad)

    Raises the minimum supported Node.js version to 24.22.1.

  • align global version restoration with collections (#18928) (d2ae5e6)

    Continuation of
    #13333.

  • tanstack-start: up to 3x faster initial loads in dev (#18848) (7d60563)

    Speeds up initial API and admin loads in development by up to 3x with
    four optimizations:

  • ui: prevent column toggles from flickering during navigation (#18830) (c4ad7a1)

    Fixes the visible flicker when toggling columns on or off in the
    TanStack dev server. This is not an issue in production builds.

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