v0.251.0

Likely to cause new Flow errors:

• Remove the deprecated React.AbstractComponent type. We recommend replacing them with component types. Since v0.249.0, we have provided a codemod via the flow-upgrade package to aid larger codebases with this conversion: yarn run flow-codemod eliminateAbstractComponent path/to/src.
• In addition to the removal of React.AbstractComponent type, we also removed support for the internal React$AbstractComponent when more than 1 type argument has been passed. Similarly, you should migrate to use component types if you want to specify ref props and renders.

New Features:

• We now support a new way to easily specify library definitions for npm modules. For all files in @flowtyped directory at the root, they can be resolved by the relative path without leading ./ relative to @flowtyped. e.g. <PROJECT_ROOT>/@flowtyped/react.js.flow can be used to type the react package, and <PROJECT_ROOT>/@flowtyped/react/jsx-runtime.js.flow can be used to type react/jsx-runtime module. We now recommend using this approach instead of using declare module in global libdef.

Notable bug fixes:

• any will now correctly propagate to inferred render type. example.
• Fixed a bug with regard to jsx type inference with generic callable objects. example
• Fixed a soundness hole that allowed frozen objects to be incompatible with non-readonly objects. This example will now produce an error.

Library Definitions:

• We have updated some core React type definitions to use the new component type instead of React.AbstractComponent. Most of the code won't be affected, but you might have to sometimes make the Props readonly.

v0.250.0

Likely to cause new Flow errors:

• Fix a bug where scope analysis of exported component type is done incorrectly, which causes generics mentioned within component type to be incorrectly typed as any.

Notable bug fixes:

• We will now remove previous props in generic component types in type argument inference. example
• When all option is specified in the config of flow-remove-types, we now respect it and will correctly handle Flow-typed files without @flow pragma.

v0.249.0

Likely to cause new Flow errors:

• Uses of React$AbstractComponent outside library definitions will now trigger internal-type lint error, which is on by default. React.AbstractComponent is also marked as deprecated. We recommend replacing them with component types. We have provided a codemod via the flow-upgrade package to aid larger codebases with this conversion: yarn run flow-codemod eliminateAbstractComponent path/to/src.

Notable bug fixes:

• Fixed issue with StringPrefix and StringSuffix when used as a component syntax prop.
• Fixed an issue that causes type argument inference on component type to be incorrectly under-constrained. (example)
• Fixed as cast support in flow-remove-types.

Library Definitions:

• React string refs are no longer supported in React.cloneElement. e.g. React.cloneElement(e, {ref: 'foo'}) will be an error.
• The deprecated React$Ref type and various aliases of it are removed.

v0.248.1

IDE:

• React.Component annotated exported will now also show up in auto-imports in a type position.

v0.248.0

Breaking changes:

• Support for long deprecated predicate function (%checks) is removed. It will still parse, but all of them will error with unsupported-syntax, and %checks will be completely ignored for type checking purpose as if it doesn't exist.
• $TupleMap support is now removed. $TupleMap will now resolve to the global definition is there is one, or it will fail and the type becomes any.

Likely to cause new Flow errors:

• Support for the unsound $TEMPORARY$* types is dropped. If your codebase happens to have any of these types, you can replace them with there sound and well-documented equivalents:
  • Replace $TEMPORARY$object<{props}> with $ReadOnly<{props}> or {props}
  • Replace $TEMPORARY$array<T> with $ReadOnlyArray<T> or Array<T>
  • Replace $TEMPORARY$number<42> with number or '42'
  • Replace $TEMPORARY$string<"foo"> with string or "foo"
  • We have provided a flow-runner codemod via the flow-upgrade package to aid larger codebases with this conversion: yarn run flow-codemod replaceTemporaryTypes path/to/src.
• The inferred type for Object.freeze({ A: 'a', B: 'b' }) is now {+A:'a',+B:'b'} both locally within a file and when the object is being exported. This replaces an earlier unsound behavior where the type of A would opportunistically behaved either as string or 'a' depending on the context where it appeared.
• React string refs are now banned.
• contextTypes and childContextTypes in react class components are now empty typed, so declaring legacy context in React will be an error.
• Component syntax component and component types' ref prop now must have React.RefSetter<...> type.

Parser:

• Component type in parentheses can now be correctly parsed. e.g. type Foo = (component(x: number) renders Bar);
• Trailing comma is now allowed after rest parameter in component syntax components and component types.
• The v regex flag is now supported.

IDE:

• We now provide a code action to stub out a react component, at the location of an unbound JSX identifier.
• Component declaration/type without renders clause will no longer show renders React.Node on hover.
• Hovering on components will now consistently show its props and renders information. Previously, the information is omitted for component declarations.
• If we see : renders <annot> at the position that expects a render declaration, the quickfix will suggest removing : instead of replacing : with renders.

Library Definitions:

• Added type for util.stripVTControlCharacters for NodeJS.

v0.247.1

Misc:

• Performance optimization for unions

v0.247.0

Breaking changes:

• Support for the deprecated $Call type is removed. $Call will now resolve to whatever $Call points to in the global libdef. If you need more time to migrate, you can create a shim like $Call<F, T> = $TupleMap<[T], F>[0], but please note that we intend to remove support for $TupleMap eventually.
• deprecated-type-dollar-call lint is removed, since the support for $Call is removed.
• react.disable_function_components_default_props config option is removed. It is on by default since v0.238.

Likely to cause new Flow errors:

• $TupleMap is deprecated and will be soon removed, now that mapped type works on array inputs. Existing $TupleMap will still work in this release, but every use will trigger a deprecated-type lint that is on by default.
• Flow now performs literal subtyping checks for strict equality conditions in non-refinement contexts. example
• Fixed destructuring with invalid literal defaults. The following now errors properly: example
• Using string ref on components that are definitely not a class component is now an error. example
• React utility types will no longer incorrectly accept hook types when they expect component types. e.g. type A = React$ElementConfig<hook (props: {foo: string}) => void>; will now error.

New Features:

• Refinements against negated bigint literals should now work.

Notable bug fixes:

• Mapped type on generic arrays is now supported. Previously it will fail with array is not an object error.
• flow-remove-types now correctly handles as cast with generics.

IDE:

• On hover, values that have React.AbstractComponent type will be shown in the component type syntax
• Flow now offers a code action to insert inferred render type when you hover on the name of the component.
• Flow now provides keyword completion for component type, hook types and render types.

Library Definitions:

• Overly restrictive typing of queueMicrotask is now fixed.

v0.246.0

Likely to cause new Flow errors:

• Support for $ObjMap has been completely removed. This change means that:
  • $ObjMap will resolve to a user-defined $ObjMap global if it's available in your libdef. You can use type $ObjMap<O, F> = {[K in keyof O]: $Call<F, O[K]>} to get most of the same behavior, except that in the mapped type version O[K] will include void for optional props. Please note that this should be considered as a permanent shim, because we intend to eventually remove $Call.
  • flow codemod key-mirror command was removed, since this codemod tries to convert $ObjMap to $KeyMirror
  • deprecated-type-objmap lint was removed.
• Component syntax components without ref prop will have void as the instance, so React.ElementRef<component> of such component will return void.

New Features:

• Mapped types now support array and tuple types in the form of {[K in keyof <array or tuple type>: <mapped type>}.
  • With this support, we intend to deprecate $TupleMap in the next release and remove the support for $TupleMap eventually
• You can now refine against variables and member expressions with a literal type, not just literal themselves.

Notable bug fixes:

• Flow now only reports one error when two disjoint large enum-like unions are compared (example).

IDE:

• Code actions on component syntax components will produce smaller targeted edits, rather than reprint the entire component.
• Deprecated utility type like $Call are no longer suggested in autocomplete.
• Flow will now provide a quick fix when the spread prop of a component with component syntax redefines some already defined props.

Library Definitions:

• React.Ref is marked as deprecated. Use React.RefSetter instead for ref props, and React.RefObject for returns of useRef.
• React.RefSetter now includes null and void.
• Promise.all and Promise.allSettled have been updated to use mapped type instead of $TupleMap. The requirement on the type arguments are slightly changed.

v0.245.2

Misc:

• The language for invalidated refinement is slightly tweaked. Instead of saying refactoring to a constant, we now say refactoring to a const variable.

v0.245.1

Website:

• Refined expressions are now highlighted in try-flow playground. Hovering on refined expressions will show where it's refined, and hovering on some invalidated property refinements will show the location and reason of the invalidation.

IDE:

• Flow now responds to textDocument/prepareName LSP request. This ensures that Flow's rename support can be surfaced when multiple VSCode extension adds rename support for JS files.