svelte@5.56.10
codewhale-hq/Codewhalesvelte@5.56.10Aug 20, 2026by github-actions[bot]
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AI Summary
A patch release addressing CSS parsing issues, context lookup behavior, and SSR compilation stability. Includes performance improvements for async blocker analysis.
Key Highlights
- Fixed CSS escape sequences when printing selectors.
- Clarified that context lookup includes the current component and all ancestors.
- Improved async blocker analysis performance to scale linearly.
New Features
- CSS parsing fixes
- Context lookup clarification
- SSR compilation fixes
- Performance optimizations
Full Release Notes
### Patch Changes
- fix: preserve CSS escape sequences when printing selectors ([#18667](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/18667))
- fix: parse `:nth-child(2n of.foo)` where `of` is not followed by whitespace ([#18611](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/18611))
- fix: transform expressions inside labeled statements during server compilation ([#18617](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/18617))
- docs: clarify that context lookup includes the current component and all ancestors ([#18581](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/18581))
- fix: apply CSS custom properties with falsy values on components ([#18634](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/18634))
- fix: correctly print `{#await ... catch x}` et al ([#18645](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/18645))
- fix: ignore comments of Program node during migration script ([#18656](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/18656))
- fix: reliably resolve append_style to its correct root ([#18614](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/18614))
- fix: clean up removed capture event handlers from spread attributes ([#18618](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/18618))
- fix: don't corrupt renderer type during SSR's legacy `bind:` retry loop ([#18616](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/18616))
- fix: treat concise arrow function bodies as implicit returns when calculating blockers ([#18613](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/18613))
- fix: give effect teardowns the value from before the first write in a flush ([#18620](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/18620))
- fix: avoid double-calling a derived reference when destructuring `$derived` of another `$derived` during server-side rendering ([#18668](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/18668))
- fix: preserve namespaces in CSS type selectors ([#18678](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/18678))
- fix: increment private state fields through a non-`this` receiver ([#18622](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/18622))
- chore: deduplicate client and server context helpers ([#18580](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/18580))
- fix: release `last_propagated_event` after event propagation settles so it no longer retains the last event's target subtree ([#18569](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/18569))
- fix: allow custom elements to receive async values as props ([#18661](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/18661))
- fix: strip comments from inline `style` values in linear time ([#18553](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/18553))
- fix: prevent declaration comments from breaking server derived references ([#18641](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/18641))
- perf: make async blocker analysis scale linearly with the number of top-level references ([#18549](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/18549))
- fix: preserve short-circuiting for logical assignments to private state fields ([#18594](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/18594))
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