Today the Ember project is releasing version 6.2 of Ember.js and Ember CLI.
This release kicks off the 6.3 beta cycle for all sub-projects. We encourage our community (especially addon authors) to help test these beta builds and report any bugs before they are published as a final release in six weeks' time. The ember-try addon is a great way to continuously test your projects against the latest Ember releases.
You can read more about our general release process here:
Ember.js
Ember.js is the core framework for building ambitious web applications.
Changes in Ember.js 6.2
Ember.js 6.2 is an incremental, backwards compatible release of Ember with bug fixes, performance improvements, and minor deprecations.
Bug fixes
Ember.js 6.2 introduced 1 bug fix.
- 20811 - fixes a type bug that prevented using the latest version of TypeScript.
Features
Ember.js 6.2 introduced no new features, but it did include several pieces of clean up:
- 20798 - Remove old code that supported old ember-test-helpers
- 20809 - Remove long enabled EMBERTYPESCRIPTBLUEPRINTS feature flag
Deprecations
Ember.js 6.2 introduced no new deprecations.
For more details on changes in Ember.js 6.2, please review the Ember.js 6.2.0 release page.
EmberData
EmberData is the official data persistence library for Ember.js applications.
EmberData broke from Lockstep versioning in November 2023. Under the new policy, EmberData 5.3 is an LTS that supports ember-source 5.12 and ember-source 6.0. More compatibility info is available in the README.
EmberData is also in the process of rebranding to WarpDrive. Stay tuned for more info!
This support extends beyond bug-fixes. If minor enhancements can be made to better support new presentation class implementations that support the 5.x series we will willingly accept them. Our goal is that we want no one left behind.
To learn about the motivation and goals for upcoming changes to EmberData in 5.x,
read the blog post, EmberData 5.X Update.
This will help you form the mental model of what to expect across the 5.x series,
and understand deprecation removals in the context of the upcoming goals.
Ember CLI
Ember CLI is the command line interface for managing and packaging Ember.js applications.
Upgrading Ember CLI
You may upgrade Ember CLI using the ember-cli-update project:
npx ember-cli-update
This utility will help you to update your app or addon to the latest Ember CLI version. You will probably encounter merge conflicts, in which the default behavior is to let you resolve conflicts on your own. For more information on the ember-cli-update project, see the GitHub README.
It is not required to keep Ember CLI versions in sync with Ember and EmberData. After updating ember-cli, you can keep your current version(s) of Ember or EmberData by editing package.json to revert the changes to the lines containing ember-source and ember-data.
Changes in Ember CLI 6.2
Bug fixes
Ember CLI 6.2 introduced no new bux fixes.
Features
Ember CLI 6.2 introduced 1 new feature.
- 10562 - Allow creating apps and addons everywhere, including inside of a project directory.
There were also several pieces of cleanup, enhancements and internal dependency updates:
- 10496 - Clean up support for incorrect values for BROCCOLI_VIZ env var
- 10555 - Bump pnpm/action-setup to v4 in app and addon blueprints
- 10577 - Remove @ember/string from app blueprint
- 10578 - Test against Node v22
- 10579 - Update sort-package-json
- 10580 - Update LTS versions in blueprints
- 10583 - Update app blueprint to support ember-qunit v9
- 10585 - Support WRITE_FIXTURES in more test files
Deprecations
Ember CLI 6.2 introduced no new deprecations.
For more details on the changes in Ember CLI 6.2 and detailed upgrade
instructions, please review the Ember CLI 6.2.0 release page.
Thank You!
As a community-driven open-source project with an ambitious scope, each of these releases serves as a reminder that the Ember project would not have been possible without your continued support. We are extremely grateful to our contributors for their efforts.