[1.0.0-rc.13] - 2026-04-01

🚀 Features

• add friendly error for unloadable virtual modules (feat: add friendly error for unloadable virtual modules #8955) by @sapphi-red
• better error message for unsupported CSS error (feat: better error message for unsupported CSS error #8911) by @sapphi-red

🐛 Bug Fixes

• prevent chunk merging from leaking entry side effects (fix: prevent chunk merging from leaking entry side effects #8979) by @IWANABETHATGUY
• correct inlining based on module's def format and esModule flag (fix: correct inlining based on module's def format and esModule flag #8975) by @h-a-n-a
• generate init calls for excluded re-exports in strict execution order (fix: generate init calls for excluded re-exports in strict execution order #8858) by @IWANABETHATGUY
• consistent order for meta.chunks in renderChunk hook (fix: consistent order for meta.chunks in renderChunk hook #8956) by @sapphi-red
• subpath imports in glob imports failing to find files (fix: subpath imports in glob imports failing to find files #8885) by @kalvenschraut
• browser: bundle binding types in dts output (fix(browser): bundle binding types in dts output #8930) by @nyan-left
• ci: guard artifact download step in vite-test-ubuntu when build is skipped (fix(ci): guard artifact download step in vite-test-ubuntu when build is skipped #8934) by @Copilot
• track CJS re-export import records to fix inline const and tree-shaking (fix: track CJS re-export import records to fix inline const and tree-shaking #8925) by @h-a-n-a
• use ImportKind::Import for common-chunk root computation (fix: use ImportKind::Import for common-chunk root computation #8899) by @IWANABETHATGUY
• watch: clear emitted_filenames between rebuilds (fix(watch): clear emitted_filenames between rebuilds #8914) by @IWANABETHATGUY
• ci: cache esbuild snapshots to avoid 429 rate limiting (fix(ci): cache esbuild snapshots to avoid 429 rate limiting #8921) by @IWANABETHATGUY
• always check circular deps in chunk optimizer (fix: always check circular deps in chunk optimizer #8915) by @IWANABETHATGUY
• don't mark calls to reassigned bindings as pure (fix: don't mark calls to reassigned bindings as pure #8917) by @IWANABETHATGUY
• magic-string: throw TypeError for non-string content args (fix(magic-string): throw TypeError for non-string content args #8905) by @IWANABETHATGUY
• magic-string: add split-point validation and overwrite/update options (fix(magic-string): add split-point validation and overwrite/update options #8904) by @IWANABETHATGUY

🚜 Refactor

• pre-compute has_side_effects on ChunkCandidate (refactor: pre-compute has_side_effects on ChunkCandidate #8981) by @IWANABETHATGUY
• cleanup and simplify in dynamic_import.rs (refactor: cleanup and simplify in dynamic_import.rs #8927) by @ulrichstark
• rename came_from_cjs to came_from_commonjs for consistency (refactor: rename came_from_cjs to came_from_commonjs for consistency #8938) by @IWANABETHATGUY
• inline create_ecma_view return destructuring and remove redundant binding (refactor: inline create_ecma_view return destructuring and remove redundant binding #8932) by @shulaoda

📚 Documentation

• document ensure_lazy_module_initialization_order in code-splitting design doc (docs: document ensure_lazy_module_initialization_order in code-splitting design doc #8931) by @IWANABETHATGUY

🧪 Testing

• add regression test for runtime helper circular dependency (test: add regression test for runtime helper circular dependency #8958) by @h-a-n-a
• enable 8 previously-skipped MagicString remove tests (test: enable 8 previously-skipped MagicString remove tests #8945) by @IWANABETHATGUY
• add test for why PureAnnotation is needed in execution order check (test: add test for why PureAnnotation is needed in execution order check #8933) by @IWANABETHATGUY

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• add @emnapi/runtime and @emnapi/core as direct deps of @rolldown/browser (chore: add @emnapi/runtime and @emnapi/core as direct deps of @rolldown/browser #8978) by @Copilot
• deps: update dependency vite-plus to v0.1.15 (chore(deps): update dependency vite-plus to v0.1.15 #8970) by @renovate[bot]
• deps: update dependency oxfmt to ^0.43.0 (chore(deps): update dependency oxfmt to ^0.43.0 #8969) by @renovate[bot]
• deps: upgrade oxc to 0.123.0 (chore(deps): upgrade oxc to 0.123.0 #8967) by @shulaoda
• justfile: deduplicate update-submodule as alias of setup-submodule (chore(justfile): deduplicate update-submodule as alias of setup-submodule #8968) by @shulaoda
• deps: update rollup submodule for tests to v4.60.1 (chore(deps): update rollup submodule for tests to v4.60.1 #8965) by @sapphi-red
• deps: update test262 submodule for tests (chore(deps): update test262 submodule for tests #8966) by @sapphi-red
• remove unused type-check scripts (chore: remove unused type-check scripts #8957) by @sapphi-red
• deps: update actions/cache action to v5 (chore(deps): update actions/cache action to v5 #8953) by @renovate[bot]
• deps: update npm packages to v6 (major) (chore(deps): update npm packages to v6 (major) #8954) by @renovate[bot]
• deps: update npm packages (chore(deps): update npm packages #8948) by @renovate[bot]
• deps: update rust crates (chore(deps): update rust crates #8949) by @renovate[bot]
• deps: update github-actions (chore(deps): update github-actions #8947) by @renovate[bot]
• deps: update napi (chore(deps): update napi #8943) by @renovate[bot]
• deps: update dependency rolldown-plugin-dts to ^0.23.0 (chore(deps): update dependency rolldown-plugin-dts to ^0.23.0 #8944) by @renovate[bot]
• regenerate testing snapshots (chore: regenerate testing snapshots #8928) by @ulrichstark
• deps: update dependency rust to v1.94.1 (chore(deps): update dependency rust to v1.94.1 #8923) by @renovate[bot]

❤️ New Contributors

• @kalvenschraut made their first contribution in #8885
• @nyan-left made their first contribution in #8930