…15780)

- Renames `Widget.ComponentPath` to `Widget.Component` and types it as
`PayloadComponent` instead of `string`
- This aligns dashboard widgets with every other component reference in
Payload (collections, globals, fields, admin components) - none of them
use _path_ in the property name, and all of them are typed as
`PayloadComponent`
- Enables new [typescript
plugin](#15779) to work for
widget paths (the plugin uses `PayloadComponent` contextual type
detection - `string`-typed properties were invisible to it)

## Breaking Change

`Widget.ComponentPath` has been renamed to `Widget.Component`.

### Migration

Find and replace in your Payload config:

```diff
 widgets: [
   {
     slug: 'my-widget',
-    ComponentPath: './components/MyWidget#MyWidget',
+    Component: './components/MyWidget#MyWidget',
   },
 ]
```

## Context

### BREAKING CHANGES:
The only listed breaking changes are in payload 3.79.0. Two of them.
>- rename widget ComponentPath to Component for consistency
([#15780](payloadcms/payload#15780))
([f7d0d04](payloadcms/payload@f7d0d04)
- Renames `Widget.ComponentPath` to `Widget.Component` and types it as
PayloadComponent`instead of`string`
- This aligns dashboard widgets with every other component reference in
(collections, globals, fields, admin components) - none of them _path_
in the property name, and all of them are typed as `PayloadComponent`
- Enables new [typescript
plugin](payloadcms/payload#15779) to work for
widget paths (the plugin uses `PayloadComponent` contextual type
detection - `string`-typed properties were invisible to it)
> - **ui:** typo in CodeEditor export statement
([#15795](payloadcms/payload#15795))
([c5b2a91](payloadcms/payload@c5b2a91))

>**Lexical Upgrade 0.35.0 → 0.41.0 (richtext-lexical)** — Upgrades the
Lexical rich text editor dependency from v0.35.0 to v0.41.0. Includes
upstream fixes like `normalizeMarkdown`
([facebook/lexical#7812](facebook/lexical#7812)).
All Lexical breaking changes are handled internally by Payload — no
action required for standard usage. If you installed `lexical` manually,
update it to 0.41.0 (though using the re-exported versions from
`@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/lexical/*` is recommended).
[#15760](payloadcms/payload#15760)

### Anaylsis of codebase vs breaking changes
Project does not currently define any custom dashboard widgets in
payload.config.ts, we are using the default payload dashboard.

codebase already correctly imports Lexical types via
@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/lexical (which is the recommended pattern)

CodeEditor, we are not importing or using the CodeEditor component

# Changes Made
Downgraded `next`: 15.5.9 → 15.4.11
Upgraded `lucide-react`: 0.378.0 → ^0.471.0 (latest)
Upgraded `baseline-browser-mapping` (latest)
Remove `lexical` dependency
### Further analysis after upgrade using gemini
#### 1. Payload CMS Compatibility Gap

Payload CMS 3.x relies on internal Next.js routing behaviors that were
altered in version 15.5. Staying on `15.5.9` introduced:

- **Build Failures**: Next.js 15.5's new strict TypeScript route
validation rejects Payload's auto-generated API route types
(specifically the `RouteHandlerConfig`).
    
- **Admin UI Slowness**: Documented performance regressions in 15.5
cause the Payload Admin panel to experience massive load-time spikes
(reported jumps from 2s to 30s+).

	OLD dev tested by espdesign
	` ✓ Compiled /admin/[[...segments]] in 5.5s (6831 modules)`
	NEW dev tested by espdesign
	` ✓ Compiled /admin/[[...segments]] in 9s (7912 modules
    
- **HMR Instability**: Turbopack HMR in 15.5 frequently fails to find
client modules in the manifest, leading to frequent "Module not found"
errors during development.
    
**Result**: Reverting to **15.4.11** restores the "Stable Zone" for
Payload 3.x, ensuring fast Admin UI performance and successful
production builds.

#### 2. React 19 Peer Conflict

The previous version of `lucide-react` was hard-coded to expect React 18
or older.

- **Fix**: Upgrading to the latest version of `lucide-react` adds
official support for **React 19**, resolving the peer dependency
warning.

Further changes:
```
`[baseline-browser-mapping] The data in this module is over two months old.  To ensure accurate Baseline data, please update: `npm i baseline-
browser-mapping@latest -D
```

### Migrations:
No :)
```
[22:04:26] INFO: Migration DOWN statements generation complete.
✔ No schema changes detected. Would you like to create a blank migration file? … no
```


## Test Plan
Confirm on staging.
Confirm on dev.

---------

Co-authored-by: tadjh <hello@tadjh.com>