rules_js 2.x branch: https://github.com/aspect-build/rules_js/tree/2.x

FEATURES

• perf: reduce size of npm_package_store transitive_files depset (perf: reduce size of npm_package_store transitive_files depset #1594)
• feat: add support for linking js_library as 1p npm deps (feat: add support for linking js_library as 1p npm deps #1646)
• feat: split js_image_layer into fine grained layers (feat: split js_image_layer into fine grained layers #1712)
• feat: support pnpm v9 (feat: support pnpm lock v9 #1679)
• feat: support pnpm.onlyBuiltDependencies (feat: support pnpm.onlyBuiltDependencies #1723)

RCs ARE OUT

These are ready to try,

https://github.com/aspect-build/rules_js/releases/tag/v2.0.0-rc2

https://github.com/aspect-build/rules_cypress/releases/tag/v0.6.0-rc0
https://github.com/aspect-build/rules_esbuild/releases/tag/v0.21.0-rc1
https://github.com/aspect-build/rules_jasmine/releases/tag/v2.0.0-rc0
https://github.com/aspect-build/rules_jest/releases/tag/v0.22.0-rc0
https://github.com/aspect-build/rules_rollup/releases/tag/v2.0.0-rc0
https://github.com/aspect-build/rules_swc/releases/tag/v2.0.0-rc0
https://github.com/aspect-build/rules_ts/releases/tag/v3.0.0-rc0
https://github.com/aspect-build/rules_webpack/releases/tag/v0.16.0-rc0

BLOCKING TODOS (before 2.0 final)

• [Bug]: update_pnpm_lock fails under Bzlmod, retry fixes it #1445 / refactor: remove support for reloading lockfile on update #1701
• [Bug]: js_image_layer puts both first-party and third-party code into same layer #1641
• fix: do not support mixing pnpm.patchedDependencies and npm_translate_lock(patches) #1694
• refactor: update js_binary executable path to {name}_/{name} #1690
• refactor: remove support for reloading lockfile on update #1701
• [FR]: Support lockfile v9 and pnpm 9 #1652
• [FR]: support pnpm.onlyBuiltDependencies #1689
• refactor: set bazel_compatibility for bzlmod to >=6.0.0 #1731
• fix: fail lockfile translation for pnpm pnpm v9+ when no onlyBuildDependencies specified #1734
• chore: add pnpm versions 8.15.4 through 9.1.1 #1730
• [Bug]: pnpm v9 lockfile issues #1753.
• [Bug]: js_image_layer is broken with bzlmod #1530
• [FR]: Separate toolchain for for C++ headers bazel-contrib/rules_nodejs#3722
• [Bug]: NpmPackageExtract extraction of malformed packages causes errors in RBE/Remote Cache #1637

PUNTED TO POST 2.0 RELEASE (non-breaking follow-ups)

• feat: provide a way for individual ts_project targets to reserve extr… rules_ts#569
• [FR]: js_image_layer should expose 'tar' configurability #1562
• [Bug]: bzlmod extension performance #1563
• add "strict" mode where npm_import fails if there are lifecycle scripts in the package.json and the user lifecycle hooks are not enabled or explicitly disabled on that package
• add checks that the npm_translate_lock lifecycle_hooks and patches-like attributes do not contain entries that do not map to any npm packages

DOWNSTREAM RULE SET CHANGES

• 🟢 rules_cypress : feat: upgrade to rules_js 2.0 rules_cypress#68
• 🟢 rules_esbuild : feat: upgrade to rules_js 2.0 rules_esbuild#199
• 🟢 rules_jasmine : feat: upgrade to rules_js 2.0 rules_jasmine#144
• 🟢 rules_jest : feat: upgrade to rules_js 2.0 rules_jest#269
• 🟢 rules_rollup : feat: upgrade to rules_js 2.0 rules_rollup#95
• 🟢 rules_swc : feat: upgrade to rules_js 2.0 rules_swc#253
• 🟢 rules_terser : feat: upgrade to rules_js 2.0 rules_terser#86
• 🟢 rules_ts : feat: upgrade to rules_js 2.0 rules_ts#593
• 🟢 rules_webpack : feat: upgrade to rules_js 2.0 rules_webpack#146

BREAKING CHANGES

User facing changes

npm_package

• refactor: default include_runfiles to False in npm_package (refactor: default include_runfiles to False in npm_package #1567)

npm_translate_lock

• refactor: change default linked target name to pkg (refactor: change default linked target name to 'pkg' #1684)
• refactor: remove unused warn_on_unqualified_tarball_url from npm_translate_lock (refactor: remove unused warn_on_unqualified_tarball_url from npm_translate_lock #1568)
• refactor: remote deprecated package_json attribute from npm_translate_lock (refactor: remote deprecated package_json attribute from npm_translate_lock #1569)
• refactor: remove deprecated update_pnpm_lock_node_toolchain_prefix from npm_translate_lock (refactor: remove deprecated update_pnpm_lock_node_toolchain_prefix from npm_translate_lock #1574)
• refactor: remove pnpm_version from npm_translate_lock bzlmod extension (refactor: remove pnpm_version from npm_translate_lock bzlmod extension #1576)
• refactor: remove npm_translate_lock(use_starlark_yaml_parser) (refactor: remove npm_translate_lock(use_starlark_yaml_parser) #1658)

npm_import

• refactor: remove deprecated run_lifecycle_hooks from npm_import (refactor: remove deprecated run_lifecycle_hooks from npm_import #1572)
• refactor: remove deprecated lifecycle_hooks_no_sandbox from npm_import (refactor: remove deprecated lifecycle_hooks_no_sandbox from npm_import #1573)

js_filegroup => js_info_files

• refactor: add include_sources and include_transitive_declarations to js_filegroup rule and gather_files_from_js_providers + gather_runfiles helpers (refactor: add include_sources and include_transitive_declarations to js_filegroup rules and gather_files_from_js_providers + gather_runfiles helpers #1585)
• refactor: rename js_filegroup to js_info_files (refactor: rename js_filegroup to js_info_files #1615)

declarations => types

• refactor: rename declarations to types in JsInfo & throughout rules_js (refactor: rename declarations to types in JsInfo & throughout rules_js #1619)

WORKSPACE

• refactor: move toolchain registration call to new rules_js_register_toolchains WORKSPACE function (refactor: move toolchain registration call to new rules_js_register_toolchains WORKSPACE function #1593)
• refactor: removed deprecated //npm:npm_import.bzl (refactor: removed deprecated //npm:npm_import.bzl #1570)

Dependencies

• refactor: set minimum rules_nodejs version to 6.1.0 (refactor: set minimum rules_nodejs version to 6.1.0 #1579)
• refactor: set minimum aspect_bazel_lib to 2.7.1 (refactor: set minimum aspect_bazel_lib to 2.6.1 #1580)

Drop Bazel 5 support

• refactor: drop support for Bazel 5 (refactor: drop support for Bazel 5 #1589)
• refactor: remove js_image_layer bazel 5 legacy symlink detection (refactor: remove js_image_layer bazel5 legacy symlink detection #1610)

Other

• refactor: remove expand_template rule since we now have a better alternative in bazel-lib (refactor: remove expand_template rule since we now have a better alternative in bazel-lib #1587)
• refactor: remove legacy update_pnpm_lock default value (refactor: remove legacy update_pnpm_lock default value #1624)
• refactor: don't gather files from NpmPackageStoreInfo providers in gather_files_from_js_info (refactor: don't gather files from NpmPackageStoreInfo providers in gather_files_from_js_info #1663)
• refactor: add include_sources and include_transitive_types attributes to js_binary, js_test and js_run_binary

Internal changes that are BREAKING for downstream rule sets but not for end users

js_binary

• refactor: make internal unresolved_symlinks_enabled attribute of js_binary mandatory (refactor: make internal unresolved_symlinks_enabled attribute of js_binary mandatory #1571)

NpmPackageInfo

• refactor: rename directory attribute of NpmPackageInfo to src (refactor: rename directory attribute of NpmPackageInfo to src #1575)

NpmPackageStoreInfo

• refactor: remove unused src_directory from NpmPackageStoreInfo (refactor: remove unused src_directory from NpmPackageStoreInfo #1566)

JsInfo

• refactor: rename JsInfo npm_package_store_deps to npm_package_store_infos (refactor: rename JsInfo npm_package_store_deps to npm_package_store_infos #1620)
• refactor: rename include_npm_linked_packages to include_npm_sources && JsInfo npm_linked_packages to npm_sources (refactor: rename include_npm_linked_packages to include_npm_sources && JsInfo npm_linked_packages to npm_sources #1623)
• refactor: rename declarations to types in JsInfo & throughout rules_js (refactor: rename declarations to types in JsInfo & throughout rules_js #1619)
• refactor: re-order fields in JsInfo for readability (refactor: re-order fields in JsInfo for readability #1648)

Other

• refactor: rename gather_files_from_js_providers to gather_files_from_js_info (refactor: renamed gather_files_from_js_providers to gather_files_from_js_info #1617)
• refactor: rename gather_files_from_js_info to gather_files_from_js_infos (refactor: rename gather_files_from_js_info to gather_files_from_js_infos #1665)
• refactor: remove utils.home_directory and use get_home_directory from Aspect bazel-lib utils instead (refactor: remove utils.home_directory and use get_home_directory from Aspect bazel-lib utils instead #1606)
• refactor: remove //js:enable_runfiles and use @aspect_bazel_lib//lib:enable_runfiles instead (refactor: remove //js:enable_runfiles and use @aspect_bazel_lib//lib:enable_runfiles instead #1605)
• fix: drop .sh extension from js_binary, merger and js_image_layer launchers (fix: drop .sh extension from js_binary, merger and js_image_layer launchers #1586)
• refactor: remove unused NpmLinkedPackageInfo provider and corresponding unused npm_linked_packages from JsInfo; rename load bearing npm_linked_package_files to npm_linked_packages (refactor: remove unused NpmLinkedPackageInfo provider and corresponding unused npm_linked_packages from JsInfo; rename load bearing npm_linked_package_files to npm_linked_packages #1588)
• refactor: remove deprecated //js/private:enable_runfiles and //js/private:experimental_allow_unresolved_symlinks (refactor: remove deprecated //js/private:enable_runfiles and //js/private:experimental_allow_unresolved_symlinks #1577)
• refactor: remove JS_LIBRARY_DATA_ATTR and DOWNSTREAM_LINKED_NPM_DEPS_DOCSTRING from js_helpers

Places to update when release is out

• https://aspect-build.slack.com/archives/C03LLCZPA3D/p1713803872978319?thread_ts=1708649824.918659&cid=C03LLCZPA3D (internal slack thread)
• rules_js 2.0 coming soon... fremtind/rules_vitest#14