Closed #7235

**`failed-tests.json`** — Added 4 new entries (DCE-only default causes output differences):
- `rollup@form@export-globals` — DCE removes intermediate variable
- `rollup@form@preserves-comments-after-imports` — DCE inlines constant into object literal
- `rollup@form@reexport-self` — DCE inlines constant into console.log()
- `rollup@sourcemaps@names-transformed-render-chunk` — DCE changes code structure, breaking sourcemap test regex

## [1.0.0-rc.7] - 2026-03-05

⚡ Smarter Code Generation Defaults
- DCE-only minification and smart constant inlining are now enabled by default
- Produces cleaner, smaller output bundles without requiring explicit configuration

💡 LLM-Friendly Bundle Analyzer Reports
- New markdown output format for the bundle analyzer plugin with bundle summaries, module graphs, dependency chains, and optimization suggestions
- Optimization suggestions now also recommend using the entriesAware option when common chunks contain modules only reachable from specific entries


### 💥 BREAKING CHANGES

- enable minify: 'dce-only' by default (#8465) by @IWANABETHATGUY
- settings `inlineConst: { mode: 'smart', pass: 1}`  by default (#8444) by @IWANABETHATGUY

### 🚀 Features

- binding: add original getter to BindingMagicString (#8533) by @IWANABETHATGUY
- native-magic-string: add `offset` property support (#8531) by @IWANABETHATGUY
- add `output.strict` option to control `"use strict"` directive emission (#8489) by @Copilot
- watch: expose `watcher.compareContentsForPolling` (#8526) by @hyf0
- watch: use new watcher to support watch mode (#8475) by @hyf0
- rust/watch: handle bulk-change (#8466) by @hyf0
- add LLM-friendly markdown output format to bundle analyzer plugin (#8242) by @IWANABETHATGUY

### 🐛 Bug Fixes

- expose `plugins` on `NormalizedInputOptions` for `buildStart` hook (#8521) by @Copilot
- only uppercase facade symbols in JSX preserve mode (#8519) by @IWANABETHATGUY
- binding: export BindingResult in generated dts header (#8537) by @minsoo-web
- pre-resolve paths option to avoid `invoke_sync` deadlock (#8518) by @IWANABETHATGUY
- remove debug-only jsx_preset and UntranspiledSyntaxError (#8511) by @IWANABETHATGUY
- apply `topLevelVar` to exported `const`/`let` declarations (#8507) by @IWANABETHATGUY
- rolldown_plugin_vite_web_worker_post: avoid replacing `new.target` (#8488) by @sapphi-red
- update copyright year to 2026 (#8486) by @maciekzygmunt

### 🚜 Refactor

- rust: use Oxc's SymbolFlags::ConstVariable instead of custom IsConst flag (#8543) by @Dunqing
- rust: remove FacadeScoping, use Scoping::create_symbol for facade symbols (#8540) by @Dunqing
- rust/watch: remove hacky `reset_closed_for_watch_mode` (#8530) by @hyf0
- binding: return &str instead of String in filename() getter (#8534) by @IWANABETHATGUY
- rust: remove old watch mode implementation (#8525) by @hyf0
- rust/watch: simply watch logic in the binding layer (#8516) by @hyf0
- rust/watch: tweak struct/function names (#8464) by @hyf0

### 📚 Documentation

- explain how external modules work in rolldown (#8457) by @sapphi-red
- add some diagrams using graphviz (#8499) by @sapphi-red
- use `vitepress-plugin-graphviz` (#8498) by @sapphi-red
- list s390x/ppc64le prebuilt binaries (#8495) by @crusty-voidzero
- fix error type for `RolldownBuild.generate` and others (#8490) by @sapphi-red

### ⚡ Performance

- string_wizard: reduce allocations and add ASCII fast paths (#8541) by @IWANABETHATGUY
- use IndexBitSet to replace IndexVec<XXXIdx, bool> for module/stmt inclusion tracking (#8503) by @IWANABETHATGUY
- plugin: use IndexBitSet to optimize skipped plugins checking (#8497) by @ShroXd
- rust/tla: skip compute_tla if there is no module use TLA (#8487) by @ShroXd

### 🧪 Testing

- node/watch: make watch tests run in concurrent and retry-able (#8512) by @hyf0
- add test case for static flag tree-shaking (#8476) by @IWANABETHATGUY
- migrate post-banner sourcemap-with-shebang to Rust (#8477) by @Copilot

### ⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

- vscode: `formatOnSave` for markdown files using oxc formatter (#8536) by @minsoo-web
- deps: update test262 submodule for tests (#8528) by @sapphi-red
- remove `retry` workaround from output paths test fixtures (#8520) by @Copilot
- docs: add Shuyuan Wang (h-a-n-a) and remove from acknowledgements (#8509) by @Copilot
- consolidate top_level_var test cases using configVariants (#8508) by @IWANABETHATGUY
- add s390x and ppc64le linux gnu targets (#8493) by @Brooooooklyn

### ◀️ Revert

- fix(rolldown): increase tokio blocking threads size for watch mode (#8517) by @hyf0

### ❤️ New Contributors

* @minsoo-web made their first contribution in [#8536](#8536)
* @crusty-voidzero made their first contribution in [#8495](#8495)
* @maciekzygmunt made their first contribution in [#8486](#8486)

Co-authored-by: shulaoda <165626830+shulaoda@users.noreply.github.com>

Related to #8465 and #8618