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Next.js v16.5.0-canary.37prerelease Released Nov 02, 2026
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Next.js v16.5.0-canary.37 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

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✨ Features 6 ⚡ Improvements 2 🔧 Bug Fixes 3
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)

Next.js v16.5.0-canary.37. Source highlight: Add router.experimental_prepare(): #101050

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✨ New Features & Capabilities (6)

  • Add router.experimental_prepare(): #101050
  • [refactor] Remove obsolete RDC and PPR feature guards: #100827
  • [no-unsafe-inline] Add an experimental flag for React's external browser runtime: #97570
  • turbopack: experimental minify-before-chunking feature: #98760
  • Don't count features behind a new experimental flag as public API: #101051
  • docs: add turbo_tasks consistency guidance for agents: #100986

⚡ Performance & Enhancements (2)

  • docs: improve turbo_tasks consistency guidance for agents: #101055
  • perf: use keyed invalidation for get_chunk_groups_for_module: #101034

🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (3)

  • Fix navigations rerendering fully static ISR pages in `next start`: #100854
  • Fix revalidation for caches with short stale times: #101037
  • fix(turbopack): invalidate lazy compilation state across sessions: #98867
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### Core Changes - Add router.experimental_prepare(): #101050 - Handle registries not serving JSON when checking the version: #95062 - Fix navigations rerendering fully static ISR pages in `next start`: #100854 - [refactor] Remove obsolete RDC and PPR feature guards: #100827 - [no-unsafe-inline] Carry the Flight payload as data instead of inline scripts: #97573 - [no-unsafe-inline] Add an experimental flag for React's external browser runtime: #97570 - Fix revalidation for caches with short stale times: #101037 - Consistently use headersToExcludeInCacheKey: #101035 - turbopack: experimental minify-before-chunking feature: #98760 ### Misc Changes - fix(turbopack): invalidate lazy compilation state across sessions: #98867 - docs: improve turbo_tasks consistency guidance for agents: #101055 - Revert 'Turbopack: ignore fully dynamic alternatives when tracing file paths (#100651)': #101053 - Don't count features behind a new experimental flag as public API: #101051 - docs: add turbo_tasks consistency guidance for agents: #100986 - docs: correct io() prefetch behavior vs connection(): #101031 - perf: use keyed invalidation for get_chunk_groups_for_module: #101034 - test: fail e2e tests on Rust panics: #100922 - turbo-tasks: add batched keyed reads via KeyedReadRef: #100884 ### Credits Huge thanks to @fireairforce, @mischnic, @acdlite, @vctqs1, @unstubbable, @eps1lon, @icyJoseph, @sokra, and @andrewimm for helping!
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