Vitest v2.0.5 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

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✨ Features 2 🔧 Bug Fixes 6

⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)

Vitest v2.0.5. Source highlight:    🚀 Features

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✨ New Features & Capabilities (2)

Introduce experimental reported tasks  -  by @sheremet-va in https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/issues/6149 <samp>(13d85)</samp>
This is part of the experimental API and doesn't follow semver. We are hoping to stabilize it for 2.1. If you are working with custom reporters, give this a go!

🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (6)

Show a difference between string characters if both values are strings  -  by @sheremet-va in https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/issues/6191 <samp>(29176)</samp>
`testNamePattern` adds leading space  -  by @AriPerkkio in https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/issues/6186 <samp>(073a5)</samp>
Don't bundle `afterEach` cleanup hooks in node entrypoint  -  by @sheremet-va in https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/issues/6192 <samp>(e6fbc)</samp>
UserEvent.setup initiates a separate state for userEvent instance  -  by @sheremet-va in https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/issues/6088 <samp>(883f3)</samp>
Correctly import optimized module in vi.importActual  -  by @sheremet-va in https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/issues/6219 <samp>(804ff)</samp>
Passing options to hover/unhover  -  by @MNeverOff in https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/issues/6175 <samp>(d4c00)</samp>

📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)

###    🚀 Features - Introduce experimental reported tasks  -  by @sheremet-va in https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/issues/6149 [<samp>(13d85)</samp>](https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/commit/13d85bd1) - This is part of the experimental API and doesn't follow semver. We are hoping to stabilize it for 2.1. If you are working with custom reporters, give this a go! ###    🐞 Bug Fixes - Show a difference between string characters if both values are strings  -  by @sheremet-va in https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/issues/6191 [<samp>(29176)</samp>](https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/commit/291766d7) - `testNamePattern` adds leading space  -  by @AriPerkkio in https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/issues/6186 [<samp>(073a5)</samp>](https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/commit/073a50c9) - **browser**: - Don't bundle `afterEach` cleanup hooks in node entrypoint  -  by @sheremet-va in https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/issues/6192 [<samp>(e6fbc)</samp>](https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/commit/e6fbc620) - UserEvent.setup initiates a separate state for userEvent instance  -  by @sheremet-va in https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/issues/6088 [<samp>(883f3)</samp>](https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/commit/883f3482) - Correctly import optimized module in vi.importActual  -  by @sheremet-va in https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/issues/6219 [<samp>(804ff)</samp>](https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/commit/804ff2fd) - Passing options to hover/unhover  -  by @MNeverOff in https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/issues/6175 [<samp>(d4c00)</samp>](https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/commit/d4c005bc) - Improve unique CSS selector generation  -  by @zacharyvoase and **Zack Voase** in https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/issues/6243 [<samp>(e7acd)</samp>](https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/commit/e7acd0cf) - **vitest**: - Remove nuxt from auto inline deps  -  by @sheremet-va [<samp>(93882)</samp>](https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/commit/93882f38) - Improve `defineProject` and `defineWorkspace` types  -  by @sheremet-va in https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/issues/6198 [<samp>(8cd82)</samp>](https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/commit/8cd8272b) - Correctly resolve mocked `node:*` imports in `__mocks__` folder  -  by @sheremet-va in https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/issues/6204 [<samp>(a48be)</samp>](https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/commit/a48be6ff) - **web-worker**: - Expose globals on self  -  by @sheremet-va in https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/issues/6170 [<samp>(12bb5)</samp>](https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/commit/12bb567e) #####     [View changes on GitHub](https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/compare/v2.0.4...v2.0.5)

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