# Nx 23.2.0-beta.12

- Product: Nx (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/nx)
- Vendor: Nx
- Date: 2026-08-31
- Version: 23.2.0-beta.12
- Original notes: https://github.com/nrwl/nx/releases/tag/23.2.0-beta.12
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/nx/releases/23.2.0-beta.12
- Labels: Pre-release

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- **added** — Let the daemon and plugin workers run inside agent sandboxes
- **fixed** — Import optional ng-packagr lazily in Angular
- **fixed** — Resolve esbuild paths from workspace root instead of cwd in bundling
- **fixed** — Allow overriding the css module hash algorithm in bundling
- **fixed** — Apply targetDefaults options to an inferred target that is not redeclared in core
- **fixed** — Detect esm config with top level await in devkit util
- **fixed** — Share worktree cache under ~/.nx so agent sandboxes can reach it
- **fixed** — Compare daemon workspace roots case-insensitively on Windows
- **fixed** — Raise the nx package vitest timeout to cover the graph recompute spec
- **fixed** — Single-inference convert-to-inferred engine with centralized config in core
- **fixed** — Reload TS config files fresh instead of serving stale cached modules in devkit
- **fixed** — Make msbuild-analyzer run cancellable and kill it when the host process exits in dotnet
- **fixed** — Restore the nx subpath ban in the create-* oxlint configs in linter
- **fixed** — Respect the src option when setting sourceRoot in the Next.js application generator
- **fixed** — Expose compiler and inSourceTests options in the Next.js library generator
- **fixed** — Make built next.config load without @nx/next installed
- **fixed** — Write the dev-server port onto the generated serve target in React
- **fixed** — Stop pnpm from installing inside nx script tasks
- **fixed** — Stop parallel sandbox reviews from clobbering each other's registry
- **fixed** — Preload @rspack/core before loading rspack config files in rspack

##### 23.2.0-beta.12 (2026-08-31)

###### 🚀 Features

- **core:** let the daemon and plugin workers run inside agent sandboxes ([#36586](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/pull/36586))

###### 🩹 Fixes

- **angular:** import optional `ng-packagr` lazily ([#36632](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/pull/36632))
- **bundling:** resolve esbuild paths from workspace root instead of cwd ([#36830](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/pull/36830), [#34027](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/issues/34027))
- **bundling:** allow overriding the css module hash algorithm ([#36837](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/pull/36837), [#36829](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/issues/36829))
- **core:** apply targetDefaults options to an inferred target that is not redeclared ([#36717](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/pull/36717), [#36700](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/issues/36700))
- **core:** devkit util - detect esm config with top level await ([#33644](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/pull/33644))
- **core:** share worktree cache under ~/.nx so agent sandboxes can reach it ([#36514](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/pull/36514))
- **core:** compare daemon workspace roots case-insensitively on Windows ([#36835](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/pull/36835), [#36722](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/issues/36722))
- **core:** raise the nx package vitest timeout to cover the graph recompute spec ([#36850](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/pull/36850))
- **core:** single-inference convert-to-inferred engine with centralized config ([#36547](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/pull/36547))
- **devkit:** reload TS config files fresh instead of serving stale cached modules ([#36656](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/pull/36656))
- **dotnet:** make msbuild-analyzer run cancellable and kill it when the host process exits ([#36813](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/pull/36813))
- **linter:** restore the nx subpath ban in the create-* oxlint configs ([#36821](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/pull/36821))
- **nextjs:** respect the src option when setting sourceRoot in the application generator ([#36833](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/pull/36833), [#35181](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/issues/35181))
- **nextjs:** expose compiler and inSourceTests options in the library generator ([#36780](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/pull/36780))
- **nextjs:** make built next.config load without @nx/next installed ([#36655](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/pull/36655), [#36511](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/issues/36511))
- **nx-dev:** let six legacy backlink paths reach their redirects ([#36819](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/pull/36819))
- **nx-dev:** show repository path in light mode ([#36818](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/pull/36818))
- **react:** write the dev-server port onto the generated serve target ([#36589](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/pull/36589))
- **repo:** stop pnpm from installing inside nx script tasks ([#36839](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/pull/36839))
- **repo:** stop parallel sandbox reviews from clobbering each other's registry ([#36840](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/pull/36840))
- **rspack:** preload @rspack/core before loading rspack config files ([#36687](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/pull/36687), [#36685](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/issues/36685))
- **testing:** prevent playwright from launching a redundant web server ([#36402](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/pull/36402), [#34698](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/issues/34698))
- **vitest:** do not set projectType when inferring targets ([#36831](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/pull/36831), [#33989](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/issues/33989))
- **webpack:** add development configuration to inferred build target ([#36832](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/pull/36832), [#33004](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/issues/33004))

###### ❤️ Thank You

- Benjamin Brienen
- BenjaminBrienen-CanonPP
- Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context)
- Claude Opus 5 (1M context)
- Craigory Coppola @AgentEnder
- Dylan Pulver @dylanpulver
- Federico Bartoli
- FrozenPandaz @FrozenPandaz
- Jack Hsu @jaysoo
- Jason Jean @FrozenPandaz
- Jelle Bruisten @JelleBruisten
- Juri Strumpflohner @juristr
- Leosvel Pérez

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