4.21.0

expressjs/express4.21.0Sep 11, 2024by wesleytodd

AI Summary

Maintenance release that deprecates the 'back' magic string in redirects and updates several dependencies to match v5 versions.

Key Highlights

Deprecated 'back' magic string in redirects
Upgraded finalhandler to 1.3.1
Upgraded serve-static to 1.16.2
Upgraded qs to 6.13.0

New Features

Deprecation warning for 'back' redirect string

Full Release Notes

## What's Changed
* Deprecate `"back"` magic string in redirects by @blakeembrey in https://github.com/expressjs/express/pull/5935
* finalhandler@1.3.1 by @wesleytodd in https://github.com/expressjs/express/pull/5954
* fix(deps): serve-static@1.16.2 by @wesleytodd in https://github.com/expressjs/express/pull/5951
* Upgraded dependency qs to 6.13.0 to match qs in body-parser by @agadzinski93 in https://github.com/expressjs/express/pull/5946

## New Contributors
* @agadzinski93 made their first contribution in https://github.com/expressjs/express/pull/5946

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/expressjs/express/compare/4.20.0...4.21.0