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TURBOPACK TELEMETRY NOW SHIPPING, NODE LAMBDA STREAMING BUG SEALED
By RepoJournal · Filed · About Vercel
Vercel's build system fixed a silent streaming flip that could break custom AWS handlers, while Turbopack finally starts reporting what it's actually building.
The @vercel/node builder [1] now gates response streaming centrally for AWS Lambda custom handlers, plugging a gap where frameworks like Redwood could inadvertently enable streaming without explicit opt-in. This ships across NestJS, Koa, and Hono [2][3][4]. On the Next.js front, Turbopack production builds now report feature-usage telemetry [5], fixing a correctness bug in how metrics were counted — critical for understanding what features teams actually depend on at scale. The turbo-tasks engine got a proof-of-concept memory eviction system [6] that transparently swaps tasks to disk after snapshots, though it's not production-ready yet. Meanwhile, the chat SDK tightened its adapter internals [7], protecting extension points while keeping runtime state private — better forward compatibility for custom implementations. Release automation improved too [8], decoupling docs deployments from every main commit so they only publish after changesets actually succeed.
Action items
- → Update @vercel/node to 5.7.17 and dependent builders (NestJS, Koa, Hono) before next deploy vercel/vercel [plan]
- → Monitor Turbopack telemetry in next canary for accuracy — first production signal vercel/next.js [monitor]
- → Review chat SDK adapter if you subclass for custom handlers — protected surface is now stable vercel/chat [plan]
References
- [1] @vercel/[email protected] ↗ vercel/vercel
- [2] @vercel/[email protected] ↗ vercel/vercel
- [3] @vercel/[email protected] ↗ vercel/vercel
- [4] @vercel/[email protected] ↗ vercel/vercel
- [5] [turbopack] fix feature usage telemetry ↗ vercel/next.js
- [6] Proof of concept: task eviction after snapshot for turbo-tasks-backend ↗ vercel/next.js
- [7] feat: make adapter internals protected to enable subclassing ↗ vercel/chat
- [8] ci: promote release branch on successful publish ↗ vercel/chat
FAQ
- What changed in Vercel on May 11, 2026?
- Vercel's build system fixed a silent streaming flip that could break custom AWS handlers, while Turbopack finally starts reporting what it's actually building.
- What should Vercel teams do about it?
- Update @vercel/node to 5.7.17 and dependent builders (NestJS, Koa, Hono) before next deploy • Monitor Turbopack telemetry in next canary for accuracy — first production signal • Review chat SDK adapter if you subclass for custom handlers — protected surface is now stable
- Which Vercel repositories shipped on May 11, 2026?
- vercel/vercel, vercel/next.js, vercel/chat