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Upgrade Guide

https://community.redwoodjs.com/t/redwood-v6-0-0-upgrade-guide/5044

Changelog

Breaking

Vite

• Make Vite the default bundler #8301 by @dac09
• chore(vite): Rename entry-client.tsx to entry.client #8592 by @dac09
• feat(codemod): Add codemod for js to jsx conversion #8551 by @Josh-Walker-GM
• Update .js files to .jsx #8537 by @cannikin
• ESLint rule: process-env-computed #8612 by @Tobbe
• fix(vite): Tailwind/postcss optimisation issue #8471 by @dac09
• fix(vite): Do not use getPaths in vite setup handler #8610 by @dac09
• fix(vite): list imports before dns call #8620 by @jtoar
• fix(vite): Change config for mantine and chakra to use export default #8639 by @dac09
• Use vite unless bundler === webpack #8731 by @Tobbe
• Setup vite: No longer experimental #8745 by @Tobbe
• chore(vite): Hide API proxy error on start #8705 by @dac09
• fix(v6): specify that the custom web index is webpack only #8772 by @jtoar
• buildHandler: Give execa cwd for yarn to find the rw-vite-build binary #8795 by @Tobbe
• "Cleaning web" is only needed for Webpack #8807 by @Tobbe
• docs(vite): Remove references to webpack, and more docs on SVGs and fonts #8707 by @dac09
• Updates tutorial to use .jsx instead of .js for JSX files #8758 by @cannikin
• codemod(v6): Convert all process.env usage to dot notation #8611 by @dac09
• chore(lint): Humanise eslint error for accessing process.env #8638 by @dac09
• Remove DevFatalErrorPage import when building #8648 by @Tobbe
• codemod(svgs): Convert imported SVGs to react components #8564 by @dac09
• v6 codemod: FatalErrorPage #8713 by @Tobbe
• Tweak vite setup output #8740 by @Tobbe
• chore(vite): Remove unused vite-plugin-commonjs #8750 by @dac09
• Pass webDir to rw-vite-build for setting cwd #8735 by @Tobbe
• Vite plugin to replace env vars in index.html #8929 by @Tobbe
• Update svgr codemod to output TS for tsx inputs #8935 by @Tobbe
• Expose environment variables also on import.meta.env #8928 by @Tobbe
• Webpack: Use resolve-url-loader to handle absolute paths in css url() #8980 by @Tobbe
• chore(v6): add codemod changing global to globalThis #8924 by @jtoar

Prisma v5

• fix(deps): update prisma monorepo to v5 (major) #8891

Storybook v7

• feat(storybook): upgrade to v7 #8342 by @jtoar
• fix(docs): remove the section on configuring Storybook's manager #8801 by @jtoar
• feat(cli): Lazy install storybook #8454 by @Josh-Walker-GM
• cli(fix): Stop storybook command installing early #8828 by @Josh-Walker-GM
• Updated Storybook Template files to for CSF 3 #8788 by @ahaywood
• fix(cli): Prevent unwanted SIGINT error message from storybook #8977 by @Josh-Walker-GM
• chore(cli-storybook): Add telemetry #8803 by @Josh-Walker-GM

Suspense Router

• feat(router): Implement routing with Suspense #8392 by @dac09
• Make unsupported route components rule error for v6 #8776 by @jtoar
• Change router rule to error in ESLint config #8779 by @jtoar

RedwoodApolloProvider

• feat(apollo): add linkFactory for better customization of apollo links #8500 by @russell-dot-js
• chore(apollo): make previous Apollo Link change breaking #8761 by @jtoar

Logging

• Remove overly verbose data from custom formatter #8353 by @cravend
• Move fastify.logger.infos to fastify.logger.traces #8590 by @orta
• Lets the watcher CLI show some logs in debug/trace and others all the time (and adds duration) #8591 by @orta

Firebase major versions

• feat(firebase-admin): upgrade to v11 #8305 by @rapzo
• fix(firebase): improve error handling #8976 by @jtoar
• chore(deps): update dependency firebase to v10 #8972

Supertokens major versions

• Update SuperTokens dependencies #8957 by @nkshah2
• fix(supertokens): improve setup and fix lint errors #8971 by @jtoar

Misc breaking changes

• remove setup ui windicss (project is sunsetting) #8598 by @thedavidprice
• chore(v6): change to React automatic runtime #8926 by @jtoar

Features

• feat(cli): Add README to .redwood #8790 by @Josh-Walker-GM
• feature(#8676): added usernameMatch criteria to login methods to match signup #8686 by @ageddesi
• Additional Messaging for Compatibility Checking for Create Redwood App #8673 by @ahaywood
• rw upgrade: Update package versions from template package.json #8855 by @Tobbe
• CRWA: --yes #8870 by @Tobbe
• CRWA: Prompt for installation dir #8955 by @Tobbe

Fixed

• Fix the codegen path for the GraphQL context object #8585 by @orta
• fix(type defs): log type-def generation errors at the end #8448 by @jtoar
• fix(graphql-server): Conditionally enable OTel plugin and OTel plugin updates #8782 by @Josh-Walker-GM
• fix(cli): Telemetry improvements #8798 by @Josh-Walker-GM
• fix(cli): Revert change to prisma error message #8825 by @Josh-Walker-GM
• yarn rw upgrade: Not < v1 anymore #8853 by @Tobbe
• Update Tailwind setup. Show extensions to install #8954 by @Tobbe
• fix(cli): Prevent multiple update available messages #8809 by @Josh-Walker-GM
• serve web: Fix socket support #8936 by @Tobbe
• fix(cli): Escape telemetry in exec command #8947 by @Josh-Walker-GM
• CRWA: Move git init to include yarn.lock #8956 by @Tobbe

Docs

• [Docs] Couple typos in OAuth how-to doc, adds versioned docs for 5.x, 4.x, 3.x #8793 by @cannikin
• Oauth How-to: Adds note about not exposing accessToken via SDL #8839 by @cannikin
• Added documentation for the Create Redwood App #8777 by @ahaywood
• Proofreading updates to the CRWA docs #8898 by @Tobbe
• Update intermission.md including a caution block to let the reader know not to look for a Typescript version #8885 by @jgal1
• docs: update ArticleQuery type in routing-params.md #8895 by @ekafyi
• docs(services): fix numericality validation example #8892 by @roeeyn
• Update name reference in Redwood Docs #8904 by @joriswill
• docs: Change ref to webpack -> vite. Update url #8960 by @Tobbe
• Update flightcontrol.md #8970 by @ModupeD
• docs: Update file structure #8959 by @Tobbe

Chore

• fix(rebuild-fixture): add temporary step for Storybook v7 #8406 by @jtoar
• feat(ci): isolate smoke tests, introduce caching #8449 by @jtoar
• chore(ci): deduplicate yarn cache by removing the set-up-job action #8504 by @jtoar
• chore(ci): use canary version of rwjs vite #8526 by @jtoar
• chore(cli-storybook): improve types, style changes #8555 by @jtoar
• chore(CI): test webpack in tutorial e2e #8602 by @jtoar
• chore(ci): use the line reporter for now #8605 by @jtoar
• chore(CI): test webpack in the smoke tests #8604 by @jtoar
• test-project-rebuild #8516 by @Tobbe
• Update command to rebuild test project fixture #8624 by @Tobbe
• Rebuild fixture: await copyProject #8625 by @Tobbe
• chore(project-config): Cache results of common functions #8581 by @Josh-Walker-GM
• chore(cli-plugins): remove project file from sb command #8626 by @jtoar
• chore(smoke-tests): make smoke tests easier to run locally #8607 by @jtoar
• regenerate test project fixture: Include @rwjs/vite in v6 specific step #8654 by @Tobbe
• Remove unused global var RWJS_WEB_BUNDLER #8655 by @Tobbe
• rebuild-test-project-fixture: Print tmp dir and other output tweaks #8657 by @Tobbe
• rebuild-test-project-fixture: Hardcode migration time #8656 by @Tobbe
• chore(cli): Add OpenTelemetry #8653 by @Josh-Walker-GM
• chore(ci): Fix playwright timeout #8687 by @Josh-Walker-GM
• chore(rwfw): Add force optimise to vite.config when running project:sync #8688 by @dac09
• chore(vite) Remove invalid comment #8729 by @Tobbe
• Update test-project after Vite doc changes #8755 by @Tobbe
• internal(rwfw) Add bins as scripts #8754 by @Tobbe
• chore(cli): Telemetry robustness and command name convention #8747 by @Josh-Walker-GM
• chore(cli): Update checker background process logging improvement #8762 by @Josh-Walker-GM
• chore(v6): temporarily revert host-related changes #8765 by @jtoar
• structure: Update lru-cache to v7 to minimize project:copy issues #8805 by @Tobbe
• Add babel plugin to internal deps #8830 by @Tobbe
• Fix babel devDeps in internal #8831 by @Tobbe
• chore: use renamed babel plugin packages #8832 by @jtoar
• chore(renovate): audit renovate.json #8856 by @jtoar
• chore(deps): bump semver from 6.3.0 to 6.3.1 in /packages/studio/frontend #8883 by @dependabot

Experimental features

This release includes many commits from experimental features. While these features aren't available yet, for completeness, here's the PRs that went into each one.

GraphQL Realtime

• Refactor GraphQL Server and CreateYoga to Support "api serve" with Fastify Server #8339 by @dthyresson
• feat: WIP Support Authentication in Realtime Subscriptions #8813 by @dthyresson
• feature: Support GraphQL Subscriptions on web side #8374 by @dthyresson
• feature: Configure Redwood Realtime in GraphQL Yoga #8397 by @dthyresson
• feature: Support Auth in Fastify GraphQL Server by mimicking Lambda Events and Context #8533 by @dthyresson
• feature: Generate boilerplate to create RedwoodJS Realtime with GraphQL Live Queries or Subscriptions #8710 by @dthyresson
• chore: RedwoodJS GraphQL subscription templates now use Dynamic Topic IDs #8766 by @dthyresson
• feat: Configure In-Memory or Redis-backed GraphQL Live Query and Subscriptions #8791 by @dthyresson
• feat: Support Authentication in Realtime Subscriptions #8815 by @dthyresson
• fix: Fixes and simplifies the Countdown subscription example for Realtime #8838 by @dthyresson
• fix(fastify): Ensure global context is unique and scoped to an individual request lifetime #8569 by @Josh-Walker-GM
• chore: Update graphql-server to Yoga v4 and latest subscriptions #8753 by @dthyresson
• chore: Cleans up server template for realtime #8487 by @dthyresson
• chore: Remind to setup auth in server file GraphQL configuration #8742 by @dthyresson
• fix(v6): Refactor Redwood Realtime as a new redwoodjs/realtime package to better handle dependencies #8878 by @jtoar
• fix(rw serve): conditionally import @redwoodjs/realtime #8950 by @jtoar

Server File

• feat(cli): Support experimental server file from yarn rw dev #8623 by @Josh-Walker-GM
• fix(cli): Add experimental notice when rw dev uses server file #8723 by @Josh-Walker-GM

CLI Plugins

• feat(cli): Experimental support for plugins #8316 by @Josh-Walker-GM
• fix(cli): Fix plugin loading logic for built-in commands #8494 by @Josh-Walker-GM
• fix(cli): Revert change to error display for rw test #8770 by @Josh-Walker-GM
• chore(cli): Rename command cache file #8699 by @Josh-Walker-GM

Dependencies