React Test Renderer, a crucial package for snapshot testing React components, saw a minor version bump from 18.1.0 to 18.2.0. Both versions maintain the same core purpose: enabling developers to easily create snapshots of React component trees for efficient regression testing. The description and license remain consistent between the two releases, indicating no fundamental shift in functionality or licensing terms. Developers will appreciate that the repository location within the React project on GitHub also hasn't changed.
The key differences primarily lie in dependency updates. Version 18.2.0 updates its peer dependency on react and dependency on react-is to ^18.2.0, aligning with the core React library's release cycle. Similarly, the scheduler dependency is bumped to ^0.23.0. These updates suggest improvements and bug fixes within the core React ecosystem that the test renderer leverages. The react-shallow-renderer dependency remains the same in both versions which implies that there was no need to upgrade it.
The unpacked size increased slightly from 1,496,989 bytes in 18.1.0 to 1,500,421 bytes in 18.2.0. This increase indicates the addition of new features, bug fixes, or minor code changes. The newer version was released on 2022-06-14, while version 18.1.0 has a release date of 2022-04-26. Developers should upgrade to version 18.2.0 to benefit from the latest bug fixes, performance improvements, and compatibility with the React 18.2.0 ecosystem, ensuring their tests remain robust and accurate.
The are not vulnerabilities for the version 18.2.0 of the package react-test-renderer