webpack-dev-middleware - npm Package Versions

respect output.path and output.publicPath options from the configuration
respect the stats option from the configuration
respect the watchOptions option from the configuration
the writeToDisk option now correctly works in multi-compiler mode
the outputFileSystem option now correctly works in multi-compiler mode
respect [hash]/[fullhash] in output.path and output.publicPath
handle exceptions for filesystem operations
the Content-Type header doesn't have charset=utf-8 value for custom MIME types and MIME types which can be non utf-8

Features

validate options
migrate on the webpack logger
migrate on the memfs package
improve performance

BREAKING CHANGES

minimum supported Node.js version is 10.13.0
the default value of the option publicPath is taken from the value of the output.publicPath option from the configuration (webpack.config.js)
the stats option was removed, the default value of the stats option is taken from the value of the stats option from the configuration (webpack.config.js)
the watchOptions was removed, the default value of the watchOptions option is taken from the value of the watchOptions option from the configuration (webpack.config.js)
the Content-Type header doesn't have charset=utf-8 value for custom MIME types and MIME types which can be non utf-8
the fs option was renamed to the outputFileSystem option
the lazy option was removed without replacement
the logger, logLevel and logTime options were removed without replacement. You can setup the level value using { infrastructureLogging: { level: 'warn' } }, please read https://webpack.js.org/configuration/other-options/#infrastructurelogging. You can use the infrastructurelog (infrastructureLog in webpack@5) hook to customize logs. The log property in the middleware context was renamed to logger
the mimeTypes option first requires you to specify an extension and then a content-type - { mimeTypes: { phtml: 'text/html' } }
the force option from the mimeTypes option was removed without replacement
the reporter option was removed without replacement
the getFilenameFromUrl method was removed from the API
the middleware locals now under res.locals.webpack - use res.locals.webpack.stats for access stats and res.locals.webpack.outputFileSystem to access outputFileSystem