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Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2026 19:00:11 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(release): new release

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 .changeset/bound-memoize-caches.md            |  5 -----
 .changeset/client-transports.md               |  5 -----
 .changeset/hot-transport-ws.md                |  5 -----
 .changeset/perf-precompiled-options-schema.md |  5 -----
 CHANGELOG.md                                  | 14 ++++++++++++++
 package.json                                  |  2 +-
 6 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 .changeset/bound-memoize-caches.md
 delete mode 100644 .changeset/client-transports.md
 delete mode 100644 .changeset/hot-transport-ws.md
 delete mode 100644 .changeset/perf-precompiled-options-schema.md

diff --git a/.changeset/bound-memoize-caches.md b/.changeset/bound-memoize-caches.md
deleted file mode 100644
index fec7c17bd..000000000
--- a/.changeset/bound-memoize-caches.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-"webpack-dev-middleware": patch
----
-
-Bound the internal url and `Range` header caches, which grew for the life of the process and were never released, even by `close()`.
diff --git a/.changeset/client-transports.md b/.changeset/client-transports.md
deleted file mode 100644
index b35b662ae..000000000
--- a/.changeset/client-transports.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-"webpack-dev-middleware": minor
----
-
-Carry the browser runtime's events over a WebSocket with the client `transport=ws` option, or over a transport of your own, and reuse the built-in two from `webpack-dev-middleware/client/sse` and `webpack-dev-middleware/client/ws`
diff --git a/.changeset/hot-transport-ws.md b/.changeset/hot-transport-ws.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b7d908cc..000000000
--- a/.changeset/hot-transport-ws.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-"webpack-dev-middleware": minor
----
-
-Choose how hot module replacement events reach the clients with `hot.transport`: Server-Sent Events (the default), a WebSocket, or a transport of your own
diff --git a/.changeset/perf-precompiled-options-schema.md b/.changeset/perf-precompiled-options-schema.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f0a205b3..000000000
--- a/.changeset/perf-precompiled-options-schema.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-"webpack-dev-middleware": patch
----
-
-Validate options with a precompiled schema to cut ~155ms from startup.
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c2908a774..e9daf0b6a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 8.4.0
+
+### Minor Changes
+
+- Carry the browser runtime's events over a WebSocket with the client `transport=ws` option, or over a transport of your own, and reuse the built-in two from `webpack-dev-middleware/client/sse` and `webpack-dev-middleware/client/ws` (by [@alexander-akait](https://github.com/alexander-akait) in [#2421](https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-middleware/pull/2421))
+
+- Choose how hot module replacement events reach the clients with `hot.transport`: Server-Sent Events (the default), a WebSocket, or a transport of your own (by [@alexander-akait](https://github.com/alexander-akait) in [#2420](https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-middleware/pull/2420))
+
+### Patch Changes
+
+- Bound the internal url and `Range` header caches, which grew for the life of the process and were never released, even by `close()`. (by [@alexander-akait](https://github.com/alexander-akait) in [#2405](https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-middleware/pull/2405))
+
+- Validate options with a precompiled schema to cut ~155ms from startup. (by [@alexander-akait](https://github.com/alexander-akait) in [#2413](https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-middleware/pull/2413))
+
 ## 8.3.0
 
 ### Minor Changes
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0b7ec258a..0a4158158 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "webpack-dev-middleware",
-  "version": "8.3.0",
+  "version": "8.4.0",
   "description": "A development middleware for webpack",
   "keywords": [
     "webpack",