Tailwind CSS v4.0.5 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.

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✨ Features 1 🔧 Bug Fixes 1

⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)

Tailwind CSS v4.0.5. Source highlight: Add `@theme static` option for always including theme variables in compiled CSS (#16211)

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✨ New Features & Capabilities (1)

Add `@theme static` option for always including theme variables in compiled CSS (#16211)

🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (1)

Remove rogue `console.log` from `@tailwindcss/vite` (#16307)

📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)

### Added - Add `@theme static` option for always including theme variables in compiled CSS ([#16211](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/16211)) ### Fixed - Remove rogue `console.log` from `@tailwindcss/vite` ([#16307](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/16307)) ### Changed - Don't include theme variables that aren't used in compiled CSS ([#16211](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/16211))

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