Next.js Daily: Server HMR and Asset Cache Improvements
Next.js merged 20 pull requests on February 11th-12th, 2026, including Server HMR implementation for Turbopack, CSS asset deployment ID support, and comprehensive CLI documentation updates.
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- Show: Next.js Daily
- Published: 2026-02-12T11:14:33Z
- Audio duration: PT1M51S
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Good morning. This is Next.js Daily for February 12th, 2026.
Will Binns-Smith merged Server HMR implementation for Turbopack's Node.js development runtime. This enables hot module replacement for React Server Components, where only modified modules are re-evaluated while unmodified modules retain their state. The system uses Turbopack's existing chunk update mechanism to send…
Tobias Koppers merged CSS URL deployment ID suffix support, adding `?dpl=<deployment_id>` query parameters to asset URLs referenced in CSS declarations. This enables proper cache busting for CSS-referenced images and fonts when using `deploymentId` in next.config.js, affecting both Turbopack and Webpack builds.
Sebastian Silbermann merged comprehensive Next CLI flags documentation, updating installation guides, debugging documentation, and migration guides with detailed command-line flag explanations across 27 files.
Jude Gao merged bundled documentation shipping with the Next.js npm package. Create-next-app now generates AGENTS.md files by default, instructing AI coding agents to reference current documentation instead of potentially outdated training data.
Andrew Imm resolved a Turbopack conflict where…
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