# Vitest v0.34.2 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Vitest (https://vitest.dev)
- **Version:** v0.34.2
- **Released:** Aug 17, 2023
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/vitest/updates/v0.34.2/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Vitest v0.34.2. Source highlight:    🚀 Features

## New Features
- Allow importing CSS and assets inside external dependencies when using `--experimental-vm-threads` &nbsp;-&nbsp; by @sheremet-va in https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/issues/3880 <samp>(f4e6e)</samp>
- **vitest**: Allow calling `ctx.skip()` inside the running test &nbsp;-&nbsp; by @sheremet-va in https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/issues/3966 <samp>(5c88d)</samp>

## Improvements
- **dot-renderer**: Speed up getTests &nbsp;-&nbsp; by @gtm-nayan in https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/issues/3923 <samp>(e9404)</samp>

## Bug Fixes
- Don't bundle utils' source-map entry &nbsp;-&nbsp; by @sheremet-va in https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/issues/3865 <samp>(a08e5)</samp>
- Reduce the memory consumption when running --experimental-vm-threads &nbsp;-&nbsp; by @sheremet-va in https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/issues/3872 <samp>(d1a08)</samp>
- Indicator position of error message &nbsp;-&nbsp; by @fenghan34 in https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/issues/3855 <samp>(3e1e7)</samp>
- Don't crash when using --experimental-vm-threads, interop CJS default inside node_modules &nbsp;-&nbsp; by @sheremet-va in https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/issues/3876 <samp>(0c53e)</samp>
- Don't crash if total memory is not supported &nbsp;-&nbsp; by @sheremet-va in https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/issues/3879 <samp>(7d1f8)</samp>
- Check memory and limit value &nbsp;-&nbsp; by @sheremet-va <samp>(f8dfb)</samp>