v4.6.0

4.6.0 (2021-11-25)

Features

• allow to pass all chokidar options (#4025) (5026601)

Bug Fixes

• reconnection logic (#4044) (9b32c96)
• reload on warnings (#4056) (1ba9720)

v4.5.0

4.5.0 (2021-11-13)

Features

• add --web-socket-server-type option for CLI (#4001) (17c390a)
• show deprecation warning for https/http2 option, migration guide for https and migration guide for http2 (because we use spdy for http2 due express doesn't support http2) (#4003) (521cf85)

Bug Fixes

• infinity refresh on warnings (#4006) (10da223)
• invalid host message is missing on client with https (#3997) (#3998) (ff0869c)
• remove process listeners after stopping the server (#4013) (d198e4e)

v3.11.3

3.11.3 (2021-11-08)

Bug Fixes

• replace ansi-html with ansi-html-community (#4011) (4fef67b)

v4.4.0

4.4.0 (2021-10-27)

Features

• added the server option, now you can pass server options, example { server: { type: 'http', options: { maxHeaderSize: 32768 } } }, available options for http and https, note - for http2 is used spdy, options specified in the server.options option take precedence over https/http2 options (#3940) (a70a7ef)
• added the client.reconnect option (#3912) (5edad76)
• improve error handling within startCallback and endCallback (#3969) (b0928ac)

Bug Fixes

• schema for web socket server type (#3913) (f6aa6f7)
• typo in SSL information log (#3939) (4c6103b)

v4.3.1

4.3.1 (2021-10-04)

Bug Fixes

• perf (#3906) (f6e2a19)

v4.3.0

4.3.0 (2021-09-25)

Features

• allow array for headers option (#3847) (9911437)
• gracefully and force shutdown (#3880) (db24b16)

Bug Fixes

• avoid web socket connection when web socket server is not running (#3879) (8874d72)
• display file name for warnings/errors in overlay (#3867) (d20def5)
• formatting errors/warnings (#3877) (f0dbea0)
• handle 0 value of the port option property (ed67f66)

v4.2.1

4.2.1 (2021-09-13)

Bug Fixes

• infinity loop for multi compiler mode (#3840) (e019bd2)
• reloading logic for multi compiler mode (#3841) (ef148ec)

v4.2.0

4.2.0 (2021-09-09)

Features

• added the http.ca option (CLI option added too) (should be used instead cacert, because we will remove it in the next major release in favor the https.ca option)
• added the https.crl option (CLI options added too), more information
• https.ca/https.cacert/ https.cert/https.crl/https.key/https.pfx options are now accept Arrays of Buffer/string/Path to file, using --https-*-reset CLI options you can reset these options
• https.pfx/https.key can be Object[], more information
• https options can now accept custom options, you can use:

module.exports = {
  // Other options
  devServer: {
    https: {
      // Allow to set additional TSL options https://nodejs.org/api/tls.html#tls_tls_createsecurecontext_options
      minVersion: "TLSv1.1",
      ca: path.join(httpsCertificateDirectory, "ca.pem"),
      pfx: path.join(httpsCertificateDirectory, "server.pfx"),
      key: path.join(httpsCertificateDirectory, "server.key"),
      cert: path.join(httpsCertificateDirectory, "server.crt"),
      passphrase: "webpack-dev-server",
    },
  }
};

Bug Fixes

• accept connections with file: and chrome-extensions: protocol by default (#3822) (138f064)
• close overlay on disconnection (#3825) (011bcf1)
• respect https.cacert option (#3820) (0002ebf)

v4.1.1

4.1.1 (2021-09-07)

Bug Fixes

• improve the description of the magicHtml option (#3772) (b80610f)
• replace ansi-html with ansi-html-community to avoid CVE (#3801) (36fd214)

v4.1.0

4.1.0 (2021-08-31)

Features

• added the magicHtml option (#3717) (4831f58)
• allow to set hot and live-reload for client using search params (1c57680)
• show warning when the hot option is enabled with the HMR plugin in config (#3744) (6cb1e4e)

Bug Fixes

• change log type of Disconnected! to info (fde27f5)
• handle --allowed-hosts all correctly (#3720) (326ed56)
• output documentation link on errors (#3680) (e16221b)
• respect the bypass option with target/router options for proxy (b5dd568)