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Changelog for @canva/app-scripts

The latest changes for the Canva Apps SDK @canva/app-scripts package.

v1.1.1 - 2026-08-31

Security

  • Dependencies audit bringing modules up to date:
postcss                                  ^8.5.23   ->   ^8.5.26

v1.1.0 - 2026-08-20

Changed

  • Linked the migration guide for apps moving off a hand-rolled webpack setup from the README.
  • Pinned @formatjs/ts-transformer, chalk, nodemon and yargs to exact versions instead of ^ ranges, as newer releases of these particular packages are known to cause issues.
  • Added titles to @example blocks in defineConfig(), build(), dev(), and BaseAppConfig.backend TSDoc strings. This ensures multiple examples render distinctly on the same API, as labelled sections instead of being merged together untitled.

Fixed

  • Upgraded css-loader to 7.1.4 so its @rspack/core peer range covers 2.x, fixing broken npm install/npm ci resolution for consumers on Rspack 2.
  • Documented the webpack overload of defineConfig() separately from the rsbuild one, so its generated API reference no longer shows the Rsbuild-specific description and example.

v1.0.0 - 2026-08-12

Changed

  • @canva/app-scripts is now generally available, releases now use standard semver versions published to the latest npm dist-tag.

Fixed

  • Fixed the backend dev server crashing with Cannot find module 'esbuild-register' when the app is installed via pnpm.
  • Fixed the dev server needing two Ctrl+C presses to fully stop when a backend is configured.

v0.0.0-beta.5 - 2026-08-11

Added

  • Added support for the Apps SDK test harness to the webpack and Rsbuild adapters. See Test Harness for details.
  • Exported prepareConfig() to resolve and validate a project's configuration (entry, output paths, translation settings) for a given command without running it. FullConfig, PreparedConfig, TranslationConfig, HarnessConfig and Command are now part of the public API.

v0.0.0-beta.4 - 2026-08-05

Fixed

  • Fixed an issue where .env was not loaded for API-only consumers. Environment variables such as CANVA_APP_ID are now loaded from the .env at rootDir, alongside canva-app.config.ts.

v0.0.0-beta.3 - 2026-08-03

Changed

  • Changed BuildResult.assets to objects with path and sizeBytes, and replaced ExtractTranslationsResult.files with a single outputFile reported the same way.
  • Updated the default rsbuild config to not summarize built assets (performance.printFileSize); asset sizes are reported on the build result instead.

Fixed

  • Fixed build results reporting bundler chunk names (app) instead of output filenames (app.js).

Security

  • Dependencies audit bringing modules up to date:
postcss                                  ^8.5.16   ->   ^8.5.23
webpack-dev-server                        ^5.2.5   ->   ^5.2.6

v0.0.0-beta.2 - 2026-07-10

Changed

  • CLI output polish: relative paths, resolved entry/bundler on the dev handle, backend-gated host warnings, and clean single-line errors.

v0.0.0-beta.1 - 2026-07-08

Added

  • Initial release of @canva/app-scripts.