# Vitest v5.0.0-rc.4
- Product: Vitest (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/vitest)
- Vendor: VoidZero
- Date: 2026-08-31
- Version: v5.0.0-rc.4
- Original notes: https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/releases/tag/v5.0.0-rc.4
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/vitest/releases/v5.0.0-rc.4
- Labels: Pre-release
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- **changed** — Parse files statically in vitest list by default
- **added** — Promote clearCache out of experimental
- **added** — Add link to open playwright trace in UI
- **fixed** — Don't duplicate oxc.target if user provides a custom array
- **fixed** — Propagate --maxWorkers to projects
- **fixed** — Report the action error when a task times out in browser
- **fixed** — Add suite level report view in UI
- **fixed** — Link module graphs one at a time in VM
- **changed** — Lazily format spy matcher failures in expect
###### 🚨 Breaking Changes
- Parse files statically in vitest list by default - by @sheremet-va in https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/issues/11088 [(51e94)](https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/commit/51e949416)
###### 🚀 Features
- Promote clearCache out of experimental - by @sheremet-va in https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/issues/11086 [(d4fe1)](https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/commit/d4fe1986f)
- **ui**: Add link to open playwright trace - by @hi-ogawa, **Hiroshi Ogawa** and **OpenCode (gpt-5.6-sol)** in https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/issues/11059 [(58f02)](https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/commit/58f02ae36)
###### 🐞 Bug Fixes
- Don't duplicte `oxc.target` if user provides a custom array - by @sheremet-va in https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/issues/11095 [(848d7)](https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/commit/848d7243e)
- Propagate --maxWorkers to projects - by @Gaurav1112 in https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/issues/11102 [(2122f)](https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/commit/2122ffdfb)
- **browser**: Report the action error when a task times out - by @sheremet-va in https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/issues/11101 [(dc10f)](https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/commit/dc10f5f8f)
- **ui**: Add suite level report view - by @dvmhmdsd, **Hiroshi Ogawa**, **OpenCode (gpt-5.6-sol)** and @hi-ogawa in https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/issues/11038 [(602d2)](https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/commit/602d215ae)
- **vm**: Link module graphs one at a time - by @sheremet-va in https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/issues/11096 [(3f2dd)](https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/commit/3f2ddc21a)
###### 🏎 Performance
- **expect**: Lazily format spy matcher failures - by @scttcper and **Codex** in https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/issues/11090 [(e08c4)](https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/commit/e08c45c39)
###### [View changes on GitHub](https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/compare/v5.0.0-rc.3...v5.0.0-rc.4)