# webpack v5.110.3

- Product: webpack (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/webpack)
- Vendor: OpenJS Foundation
- Date: 2026-09-01
- Version: v5.110.3
- Original notes: https://github.com/webpack/webpack/releases/tag/v5.110.3
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/webpack/releases/v5.110.3

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- **fixed** — Fix import() options, circular reexport severity and namespace writes
- **fixed** — Skip ESM interop when require() targets a module outside the concatenation
- **fixed** — Fix concatenated require() in a require.ensure callback or a computed request
- **changed** — Keep optimization.minimize a boolean; its options move to minimizeOptions
- **fixed** — Fix mangled exports read through require() and a leaked internal reference
- **fixed** — Fix new on a default import of a wrapped CommonJS module
- **fixed** — Throw when a deferred namespace of an async module is forced while it evaluates
- **fixed** — Do not report a missing export for a name a side-effect-free barrel defers
- **fixed** — Fix queue, URL scheme, dotenv, HTTP module and persistent cache edge cases
- **fixed** — Evaluate a deferred import's async dependencies where the import sits
- **fixed** — Omit ambiguous export * names from the module namespace

###### Patch Changes

- Fix `import()` options, circular reexport severity and namespace writes. (by [@alexander-akait](https://github.com/alexander-akait) in [#21867](https://github.com/webpack/webpack/pull/21867))

- Skip ESM interop when require() targets a module outside the concatenation. (by [@hai-x](https://github.com/hai-x) in [#21884](https://github.com/webpack/webpack/pull/21884))

- Fix concatenated `require()` in a `require.ensure` callback or a computed request. (by [@hai-x](https://github.com/hai-x) in [#21907](https://github.com/webpack/webpack/pull/21907))

- Keep `optimization.minimize` a boolean; its options move to `minimizeOptions`. (by [@alexander-akait](https://github.com/alexander-akait) in [#21886](https://github.com/webpack/webpack/pull/21886))

- Fix mangled exports read through require() and a leaked internal reference. (by [@alexander-akait](https://github.com/alexander-akait) in [#21905](https://github.com/webpack/webpack/pull/21905))

- Fix `new` on a default import of a wrapped CommonJS module. (by [@alexander-akait](https://github.com/alexander-akait) in [#21876](https://github.com/webpack/webpack/pull/21876))

- Throw when a deferred namespace of an async module is forced while it evaluates. (by [@alexander-akait](https://github.com/alexander-akait) in [#21871](https://github.com/webpack/webpack/pull/21871))

- Do not report a missing export for a name a side-effect-free barrel defers. (by [@alexander-akait](https://github.com/alexander-akait) in [#21874](https://github.com/webpack/webpack/pull/21874))

- Fix queue, URL scheme, dotenv, HTTP module and persistent cache edge cases. (by [@alexander-akait](https://github.com/alexander-akait) in [#21901](https://github.com/webpack/webpack/pull/21901))

- Evaluate a deferred import's async dependencies where the import sits. (by [@alexander-akait](https://github.com/alexander-akait) in [#21902](https://github.com/webpack/webpack/pull/21902))

- Omit ambiguous `export *` names from the module namespace. (by [@alexander-akait](https://github.com/alexander-akait) in [#21878](https://github.com/webpack/webpack/pull/21878))