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What is meant by "Buildtime packages release is decoupled from the SPFx release"?

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Since Oct 21, 2025.

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Description

What type of issue is this?

Question

What SharePoint development model, framework, SDK or API is this about?

💥 SharePoint Framework

Target SharePoint environment

SharePoint Online

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Issue description

With regards to the 1.19 beta release, could someone elaborate on the gibberish that is in the release notes?

What are buildtime packages as opposed to SPFx release and does this have any impact to us pleb developers? Can we use whatever version of TypeScript, React or Solidjs without hacks?

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