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Express v4 -> v5 Migration

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Copied from my comment in the Release 5.0 PR: Maybe I missed a v5 planning document somewhere - I'm looking for a few details to help determine how and when to migrate our projects: 1. When is it planned that `express@5.0.0` be published to the npm `latest` tag? 2. Is there a plan to publish an Express v4 -> v5 Migration Guide? (or a visible list of breaking changes with short suggestions about what to do about them) The closest thing that I can see is this small `breaking` note in `History.md`) 3. What's the current plan for the TypeScript types in DefinitelyTyped `@types/express` and `@types/express-serve-static-core`? Does anything need to be changed here? Specifically, things like https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/pull/69660#issuecomment-2179358937 cc DT maintainers @borisyankov @samijaber @NatoBoram @bombillazo @AndrewLeedham @gabritto @sandersn

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Solution: Express v4 -> v5 Migration

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> When is it planned that express@5.0.0 be published to the npm latest tag? We have not set a date yet. Largely it depends on how quickly we can get the docs and the rest of the ecosystem dependencies (like DT for example) updated. We also have an LTS proposal we are working on to better schedule this stuff in the future. > Is there a plan to publish an Express v4 -> v5 Migration Guide? Yes, th

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    > When is it planned that express@5.0.0 be published to the npm latest tag?

    > When is it planned that express@5.0.0 be published to the npm latest tag?

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    We have not set a date yet. Largely it depends on how quickly we can get the doc

    We have not set a date yet. Largely it depends on how quickly we can get the docs and the rest of the ecosystem dependencies (like DT for example) updated. We also have an LTS proposal we are working on to better schedule this stuff in the future.

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    > Is there a plan to publish an Express v4 -> v5 Migration Guide?

    > Is there a plan to publish an Express v4 -> v5 Migration Guide?

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    Yes, this is part of the docs we need to write.

    Yes, this is part of the docs we need to write.

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Resolved in expressjs/express GitHub issue #5944. Community reactions: 5 upvotes.

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