Removing Deprecated Features and Refining the Core

Waku v0.26 has been released. This is a quiet release, focused on removing deprecated features. While it doesn't introduce new features, it's an important step for us as we get closer to a v1 alpha release.

Deprecated Features Removed

In this release, we have removed several old features:

• Page Parts: The Page Parts API, introduced in v0.23, has been removed. As announced in our v0.25 release post, Slice Components are the new, more flexible way to achieve fine-grained component rendering.

• Legacy CLI and unstable_viteConfigs: We have removed the old CLI and the unstable_viteConfigs option. With our migration to @vitejs/plugin-rsc in v0.24, all Vite configuration should now be done through the vite property in waku.config.ts. This provides a more unified and powerful way thanks to Vite's Environment API.

Internal API Changes

We've also introduced some breaking changes to improve our internal APIs.

• Standard Request/Response: Middleware context ctx.req and ctx.res now use the standard Request and Response objects. This aligns Waku with web standards and improves interoperability.

• unstable_fsRouter Refactor: The file-system router has been refactored to be independent of the file system internally. This may open up some possibilities for cloud adapters.

What's Next?

We are working on another internal change before reaching v1-alpha. We hope that we are not far from a v1 alpha release, and your feedback is important to make it happen.

As always, we'd love for you to try out the new release and share your thoughts in our GitHub discussions or on our Discord server.