Next.js Release Notes

Last updated: Feb 5, 2026

  • Feb 4, 2026
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    Next.js by Vercel

    v15.5.12

    Note

    This release is backporting bug fixes. It does not include all pending features/changes on canary.

    • fix unlock in publish-native

    This is a re-release of v15.5.11 applying the turbopack changes.

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  • Jan 29, 2026
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    Next.js by Vercel

    v15.5.11

    Backport of bug fixes focused on stability and performance. Key fixes include a memory leak in tracing, LRU cache item sizing, Turbopack NFT tracing, CSS path validation, and an LRU cache with invocation ID scoping for minimal mode.

    Note

    This release is backporting bug fixes. It does not include all pending features/changes on canary.

    Core Changes

    • Tracing: Fix memory leak in span map (#85529)
    • fix: ensure LRU cache items have minimum size of 1 to prevent unbounded growth (#89134)
    • Turbopack: fix NFT tracing of sharp 0.34 (#82340)
    • Turbopack: support pattern into exports field (#82757)
    • NFT tracing fixes (#84155 and #85323)
    • Turbopack: validate CSS without computing all paths (#83810)
    • feat: implement LRU cache with invocation ID scoping for minimal mode response cache (#89129)

    Credits

    Huge thanks to @timneutkens , @mischnic , @ztanner , and @wyattjoh for helping!

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  • Jan 28, 2026
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    Next.js by Vercel

    v16.1.6

    Note

    This release is backporting bug fixes. It does not include all pending features/changes on canary.

    Core Changes

    • Upgrade to swc 54 (#88207)
    • implement LRU cache with invocation ID scoping for minimal mode response cache (#88509)
    • tweak LRU sentinel key (#89123)

    Credits

    Huge thanks to @mischnic, @wyattjoh, and @ztanner for helping!

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  • Jan 27, 2026
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      Jan 27, 2026
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    Next.js by Vercel

    v15.1.12

    Please see this changelog for more information about this security patch.

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  • Jan 26, 2026
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  • Jan 26, 2026
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      Jan 26, 2026
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    Next.js by Vercel

    v16.1.5

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  • Jan 20, 2026
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      Jan 20, 2026
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      Jan 22, 2026

    Next.js by Vercel

    Inside Turbopack: Building Faster by Building Less

    How we built Turbopack with incremental computation to scale development and builds to massive Next.js applications.

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  • Jan 19, 2026
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      Jan 19, 2026
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      Jan 20, 2026

    Next.js by Vercel

    v16.1.4

    Note

    This release is backporting bug fixes. It does not include all pending features/changes on canary.

    Core Changes

    • Only filter next config if experimental flag is enabled (#88733)

    Credits

    Huge thanks to @mischnic for helping!

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  • Jan 16, 2026
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      Jan 16, 2026
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      Jan 17, 2026

    Next.js by Vercel

    v16.1.3

    Note

    This release is backporting bug fixes. It does not include all pending features/changes on canary.

    Core Changes

    • Fix linked list bug in LRU deleteFromLru (#88652)
    • Fix relative same host redirects in node middleware (#88253)

    Credits

    Huge thanks to @acdlite and @ijjk for helping!

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  • Jan 14, 2026
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      Jan 14, 2026
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      Jan 15, 2026

    Next.js by Vercel

    v16.1.2

    This release backports bug fixes for Turbopack. It updates swc_core to fix MDX multibyte crashes. It enables mimalloc on musl to improve performance on Alpine and similar environments.

    Note

    This release is backporting bug fixes. It does not include all pending features/changes on canary.

    Core Changes

    • Turbopack: Update to swc_core v50.2.3 (#87841) (#88296)
      • Fixes a crash when processing mdx files with multibyte characters. (#87713)
    • Turbopack: mimalloc upgrade and enabling it on musl (#88503) (#87815) (#88426)
      • Fixes a significant performance issue on musl-based Linux distributions (e.g. Alpine in Docker) related to musl's allocator.
      • Other platforms have always used mimalloc, but we previously did not use mimalloc on musl because of compilation issues that have since been resolved.

    Credits

    Huge thanks to @mischnic for helping!

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