Angular Router versions 17.1.1 and 17.1.0, both part of the Angular framework's routing library, offer developers essential tools for managing navigation within single-page applications. While seemingly similar, inspecting the metadata reveals subtle but potentially important distinctions. Both versions share core characteristics: relying on tslib for helper functions and interfacing with fundamental Angular modules like @angular/core, @angular/common, and @angular/platform-browser. They also declare peer dependency on rxjs, highlighting their integration with Reactive Extensions for JavaScript.
A key difference lies in the peer dependencies; version 17.1.1 mandates @angular/core, @angular/common, and @angular/platform-browser at precisely version 17.1.1, while 17.1.0 necessitates version 17.1.0 of these same packages. This stricter dependency constraint in version 17.1.1 signals a possible need for developers to upgrade their core Angular modules to the latest minor release simultaneously. Furthermore, the unpacked size of the distribution archive has slightly increased from 2323209 bytes in 17.1.0 to 2324506 in 17.1.1, hinting at code additions or modifications. Finally, the release dates indicate that version 17.1.1 was published roughly a week after 17.1.0, suggesting that version 17.1.1 incorporates bug fixes or minor feature enhancements discovered shortly after the release of it's predecessor. Developers evaluating which router version to use should review the Angular changelog for details regarding these changes to estimate if updating is valuable.
The are not vulnerabilities for the version 17.1.1 of the package @angular/router