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SharePoint Framework v1.17.4 release notes

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This release is a minor bump that has minor updates on the default project settings and package dependencies.

We're looking into release more frequent smaller release to be available also in future to address new findings or to address any other known issues, which have been fixed.

Tip

It's safe to keep on using SharePoint Framework 1.17 version, but we do recommend always using the latest version in the production, which in this case would be the 1.17.4, which has few minor improvements as listed in this document.

Released: June 21, 2023

Important

This page addresses details related to a specific SPFx release version. This page doesn't include additional SPFx prerequisites that must be installed in order to develop SPFx solutions, including Node.js, Yeoman, and other tools.

To learn more about these prerequisites, see Set up your SharePoint Framework development environment.

Install the latest version

Install the latest release of the SharePoint Framework (SPFx) by including the @latest tag:

npm install @microsoft/generator-sharepoint@latest --global

Upgrading projects from v1.17 to v1.17.4

  1. In the project's package.json file, identify all SPFx v1.17 packages. For each SPFx package:

    1. Uninstall the existing v1.17 package:

      npm uninstall @microsoft/{spfx-package-name}@1.17

    2. Install the new v1.17.4 package:

      npm install @microsoft/{spfx-package-name}@latest --save --save-exact

Tip

The CLI for Microsoft 365 provides an easy step-by-step guidance to upgrade your solutions to latest SharePoint Framework version.

New features and capabilities

Enable Strict Null Check for the generated solutions

Starting from this release, the generated solutions will have the strict null check enabled by default. This will help to avoid the runtime error caused by the null value. If you want to disable it, you can set the strictNullChecks to false in the tsconfig.json file.

Fixed Issues

Here's a list of specific changes around SharePoint Framework since the previous public release.

  • Updating lodash dependency to version 4.17.21