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Next.js v16.5.0-canary.40prerelease Released Nov 03, 2026
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Next.js v16.5.0-canary.40 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

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✨ Features 1 ⚡ Improvements 1 🔧 Bug Fixes 2
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)

Next.js v16.5.0-canary.40. Source highlight: Add instrumentationInject for adapter-supplied instrumentation: #100658

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✨ New Features & Capabilities (1)

  • Add instrumentationInject for adapter-supplied instrumentation: #100658

⚡ Performance & Enhancements (1)

  • perf(build): use nft's cached readlink when collecting build traces: #99678

🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (2)

  • test(codemod): fix flaky agents-md e2e cascade on slow GitHub clones: #101122
  • turbo-tasks-backend: fix lost idle wakeup in the snapshot loop: #100290
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
### Core Changes - Add instrumentationInject for adapter-supplied instrumentation: #100658 - test(codemod): fix flaky agents-md e2e cascade on slow GitHub clones: #101122 - perf(build): use nft's cached readlink when collecting build traces: #99678 - [experiment] support App Router route.go handlers: #100130 ### Misc Changes - server actions: read cache kinds lazily: #101071 - turbo-tasks-backend: fix lost idle wakeup in the snapshot loop: #100290 - eval: clarify React transitions and prefetch shell grading: #101056 ### Credits Huge thanks to @lukesandberg, @kakadiadarpan, @kassens, @shootaroo, @aurorascharff, and @timneutkens for helping!
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