What's Changed

New Features 🎉

• feat: expose module error JS API by @SyMind in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14351
• feat(cache): log persistent cache read and write timings by @hardfist in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14314
• feat(module_graph): expose getProvidedExports() to JS API by @logonoff in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14349
• feat: support drop inactive branch dependencies for member expr by @ahabhgk in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14382
• feat(runtime): introduce experimental.runtimeMode by @LingyuCoder in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14254
• feat: support branch guarded export presence for in on ESM imports by @ahabhgk in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14426
• feat: bump swc to support react compiler by @CPunisher in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14435
• feat(runtime): runtime internals of rspack runtime mode by @LingyuCoder in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14427
• feat(rsdoctor): expose export usage graph by @JSerFeng in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14291
• feat: enable pureFunctions by default by @JSerFeng in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14465
• feat(cache): add maxAge and maxGenerations for persistent cache cleanup by @matthewdavis-oai in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14296

Performance 🚀

• perf: remove serde json by @SyMind in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14272
• perf: use mask intersects instead of flag iteration for scope globals by @stormslowly in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14353
• perf: add ASCII fast path for dependency location column computation by @stormslowly in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14355
• perf: force DFA automaton for real content hash scanning by @stormslowly in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14356
• perf(core): reduce memcpy overhead by @hardfist in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14381
• perf: reduce flag dependency usage key allocations by @LingyuCoder in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14417
• perf: reduce build chunk graph preparation work by @LingyuCoder in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14421
• perf(sources): avoid cloning source maps with borrowed fields by @SyMind in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14380
• perf: optimize module concatenation traversal by @LingyuCoder in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14422
• perf(loader-runner): cache esm loader imports by @hardfist in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14434
• perf(core): optimize resource parsing by @chenjiahan in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14456
• perf(ci): drop redundant cargo check from rust CI by @stormslowly in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14461
• perf: avoid JavaScriptTracer overhead when tracing is disabled by @chenjiahan in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14468
• perf(loader-runner): reduce loader object construction overhead by @chenjiahan in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14477

Bug Fixes 🐞

• fix: preserve inline source content for transform sourcemaps by @intellild in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14350
• fix: remove webpackSource and webpackDefer magic comments by @ahabhgk in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14364
• fix: apply global overrideStrict for ContextModule by @colinaaa in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14361
• fix(watcher): filter ignored-subtree events that emit a spurious folder change by @stormslowly in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14329
• fix: use ChunkWithSizeInfo delimiter in maxInitialSize chunk naming fallback path by @wr40000 in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14331
• fix: wait for in-flight build before closing compiler by @stormslowly in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14377
• fix(browser): point wasi-worker-browser export to dist file by @stormslowly in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14415
• fix(tree-shaking): handle nested pure function calls by @JSerFeng in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14375
• fix: cherry-pick mf manifest expose assets by @2heal1 in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14339
• fix: cache import.meta filename and dirname outside eval by @intellild in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14423
• fix(pure-functions): keep deferred pure import callees by @JSerFeng in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14425
• fix: improve createRequire argument parsing by @JSerFeng in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14424
• fix(rstest): preserve mocks in module chunk loading by @9aoy in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14472
• fix(rspack_watcher): prevent watch-root panic from orphaned path tree by @stormslowly in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14448
• fix(test): isolate source for fixture-writing config cases by @stormslowly in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14462
• fix: change default value of createRequire parsing to false by @JSerFeng in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14482

Refactor 🔨

• refactor(binding): consolidate module property definitions by @SyMind in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14365
• refactor: remove unused unresolved context from pure checks by @CPunisher in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14433

Document 📖

• docs: document source phase imports by @chenjiahan in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14360
• docs: fix optimization config types by @chenjiahan in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14370
• docs: document split chunks options by @chenjiahan in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14371
• docs: add Remotion to ecosystem by @chenjiahan in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14374
• docs: update magic comment version and anchors by @chenjiahan in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14378
• docs: update Vite comparison docs by @chenjiahan in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14412
• docs: update Rollup comparison docs by @chenjiahan in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14413
• docs: update rules use parallel type by @chenjiahan in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14416
• docs: add instructions for unsupported platforms by @swwind in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14442
• docs(website): fix Rspress summary style by @chenjiahan in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14449
• docs: improve incremental config docs by @chenjiahan in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14450
• docs: add GitHub to who is using by @chenjiahan in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14474

Other Changes

• chore: release version 2.0.8 by @chenjiahan in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14345
• revert: "fix: temporarily revert JS parser changes causing runtime err" by @CPunisher in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14347
• chore: add scope hoisting regression for for-init references by @CPunisher in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14352
• chore(ci): update ecosystem ci action to v0.3.2 by @Timeless0911 in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14362
• chore(ci): use mini runner to offload lightweight CI jobs by @stormslowly in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14363
• chore(ci): use mini runner for lint workflow by @chenjiahan in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14376
• chore(deps): group emnapi renovate updates by @chenjiahan in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14390
• chore(deps): update dependency terser-webpack-plugin to ^5.6.1 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14393
• test(wasm): skip file-dependencies-huge to fix flaky afterAll timeout by @stormslowly in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14399
• chore(deps): update yarn to v4.16.0 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14396
• chore(deps): update dependency http-proxy-middleware to ^4.1.0 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14392
• chore(deps): update dependency rspack-merge to v1 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14397
• chore(deps): update dependency ts-checker-rspack-plugin to ^1.4.0 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14394
• chore(deps): update dependency @rslint/core to v0.6.1 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14391
• chore(deps): update dependency semver to ^7.8.4 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14408
• chore(deps): update pnpm to v11.6.0 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14409
• chore(deps): update dependency acorn to ^8.17.0 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14407
• chore(deps): update patch crates by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14385
• chore(deps): update patch npm dependencies by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14386
• chore(deps): update react and @rspack/plugin-preact-refresh by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14406
• chore: bump swc exp from 0.10.0 to 0.11.0 by @CPunisher in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14379
• chore(ci): split wasm release build into parallel wasi/browser jobs by @stormslowly in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14414
• chore(deps): update emnapi to v1.11.1 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14395
• chore(deps): bump swc_ecma_minifier to 55.0.2 for template-literal minify fix by @pkasarda in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14428
• chore: speed up crate release pipeline by @stormslowly in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14429
• chore(ci): use forked CodSpeed runner by @hardfist in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14432
• chore: limit walltime bench triggers by @hardfist in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14441
• chore: bump @rslint/core to 0.6.2 by @fansenze in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14470
• ci: disable debuginfo for the windows ci binding build by @stormslowly in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14479

New Contributors

• @wr40000 made their first contribution in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14331
• @pkasarda made their first contribution in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14428
• @swwind made their first contribution in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14442
• @matthewdavis-oai made their first contribution in https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/pull/14296

Full Changelog: https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack/compare/v2.0.8...v2.1.0-beta.0