Next.js: Safari Gets Some Love and TypeScript Gets an Upgrade
Today's episode covers 20 merged PRs including a major Safari CSS HMR fix, TypeScript v6 deprecation handling, and significant Turbopack performance improvements. We'll also explore new PPR evaluation tools and some serious security improvements to GitHub Actions workflows.
Duration: PT4M27S
Episode overview
This episode is a short developer briefing from Next.js.
It explains recent repository work in plain language.
- Show: Next.js
- Published: 2026-04-01T10:03:04Z
- Audio duration: PT4M27S
Transcript excerpt
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Hey there, amazing developers! Welcome back to another episode of the Next.js podcast. I'm so excited to chat with you today - grab your coffee, tea, or whatever fuels your coding sessions, because we've got some fantastic updates to dive into.
So April 1st, 2026 was clearly not a day for jokes in the Next.js repository - the team was absolutely on fire with productivity! We're looking at 20 merged pull requests and 22 additional commits. That's the kind of momentum that gets me genuinely excited about where this framework is heading.
Let's start with the hero of the day - a fix that's going to make a lot of Safari users very, very happy. Luke Sandberg tackled a gnarly CSS Hot Module Replacement bug that was specifically affecting Safari browsers. You know how frustrating it can be when your styles just refuse to update during development? Well,…
Speaking of browser compatibility, Niklas Mischkulnig made Turbopack even more inclusive by adding support for targeting older browsers. This is fantastic news if you're working on projects that need to support legacy environments - Turbopack now conditionally emits arrow functions only when the target browser…
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