Next.js: Better Documentation & Smoother Scrolling
Three solid pull requests merged this week focused on developer experience improvements. Jiwon Choi tackled two key issues: fixing version resolution for documentation tools when using tagged versions like "canary", and improving export error messages with path counts. Sebastian Silbermann addressed a tricky scrolling bug with hoisted elements during page navigation.
Duration: PT3M52S
Episode overview
This episode is a short developer briefing from Next.js.
It explains recent repository work in plain language.
- Show: Next.js
- Published: 2026-02-15T11:09:58Z
- Audio duration: PT3M52S
Transcript excerpt
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Hey there, developers! Welcome back to another episode of the Next.js podcast. I'm your host, and it's February 15th, 2026. I've got my coffee ready and I'm genuinely excited to dive into what's been happening in the Next.js codebase this week.
You know what I love about this week's updates? They're all about making your life easier as a developer. Sometimes the best improvements aren't the flashy new features - they're the fixes that make your daily workflow smoother.
Let's start with something that probably frustrated a bunch of you at some point. You know how when you're using Next.js with a tag version like "canary" instead of a specific version number, and suddenly your documentation tools start throwing cryptic errors? Well, Jiwon Choi just fixed that headache for all of us.
The problem was pretty subtle - when your package.json had something like "next": "canary" instead of a specific version, the documentation system would try to find docs for "Next.js vcanary" which obviously doesn't exist. The fix was elegant too - switching to use `require.resolve()` to get the actual installed…
Speaking of Jiwon, they also tackled another developer experience issue - export error…
Now…
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