Next.js v15.5.1 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

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✨ Features 1 🔧 Bug Fixes 6

⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)

Next.js v15.5.1. Source highlight: This release is backporting bug fixes. It does **not** include all pending features/changes on canary.

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✨ New Features & Capabilities (1)

feat: add typesafety with config.typedRoutes to redirect() and permanentRedirect() (#82860)

🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (6)

fix: aliased navigations should apply scroll handling (#82900)
Turbopack: fix invalid NFT entry with file behind symlink (#82887)
fix: typesafe linking to route handlers and pages API routes (#82858)
fix: change "noUnknownAtRules" to "warn" for Biome (#82974)
fix: add path normalization to getRelativePath for Windows (#82918)
fix: avoid importing types that will be unused (#82856)

📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)

> [!NOTE] > This release is backporting bug fixes. It does **not** include all pending features/changes on canary. ### Core Changes - fix: aliased navigations should apply scroll handling (#82900) - Turbopack: fix invalid NFT entry with file behind symlink (#82887) - fix: typesafe linking to route handlers and pages API routes (#82858) - fix: change "noUnknownAtRules" to "warn" for Biome (#82974) - fix: add path normalization to getRelativePath for Windows (#82918) - feat: add typesafety with config.typedRoutes to redirect() and permanentRedirect() (#82860) - fix: avoid importing types that will be unused (#82856) - fix: update the config.api.responseLimit type (#82852) - fix: update validation return types (#82854) ### Credits Huge thanks to @bgub, @mischnic, and @ztanner for helping!

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