blog: update Webpack 5.106 blog post with new sections on ecosystem updates and other improvements

Author: bjohansebas

src/content/blog/2026-03-13-webpack-5-106.mdx

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+Webpack 5.106 introduces plugin validation hooks, runtime style injection for CSS Modules, improved tree shaking for CommonJS, and experimental support for alternative JavaScript parsers.
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+- [Plugin Validation with `compiler.hooks.validate`](#plugin-validation-with-compilerhooksvalidate)
+- [CSS Modules with Runtime Style Injection](#css-modules-with-runtime-style-injection)
+- [Better Tree Shaking for CommonJS Destructuring](#better-tree-shaking-for-commonjs-destructuring)
+- [Context Support for VirtualUrlPlugin](#context-support-for-virtualurlplugin)
+- [Experimental JavaScript Parsing with `oxc-parser`](#experimental-javascript-parsing-with-oxc-parser)
+- [Ecosystem Updates](#ecosystem-updates)
+- [Other Improvements and Bug Fixes](#other-improvements-and-bug-fixes)
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 ## Plugin Validation with `compiler.hooks.validate`
 
 Webpack adds a new top level `validate` option to enable or disable schema validation for webpack configuration, plugin options, and loader options. When validation is disabled, webpack skips these checks, which can reduce overhead in some scenarios, but it also removes important guardrails. Invalid options may only fail later or lead to unexpected behavior.
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 You can find the full example in the webpack repository:
 [https://github.com/webpack/webpack/blob/main/examples/custom-javascript-parser/webpack.config.js](https://github.com/webpack/webpack/blob/main/examples/custom-javascript-parser/webpack.config.js)
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-## Other Improvements and Bug Fixes
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-- **Webpack-dev-middleware** has released a new major version, [8.0.0](https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-middleware/releases/tag/v8.0.0). The minimum supported Node.js version is now `20.9.0` and the minimum webpack version is `5.101.0`. The `getFilenameFromUrl` function is now asynchronous, immutable asset caching (`cacheImmutable`) is enabled by default, and a new `forwardError` option allows forwarding errors to the next middleware. Support for plugin usage has also been added, and general performance improvements have been made. Check the [release for more information](https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-middleware/releases/tag/v8.0.0).
-- **Webpack-cli** has released a new major version, [7.0.0](https://github.com/webpack/webpack-cli/releases/tag/webpack-cli%407.0.0). The minimum supported Node.js version is now `20.9.0`, and configuration files are loaded via dynamic `import()` by default, which enables native TypeScript configuration support through Node.js type stripping without needing external loaders. The `--node-env` argument has been replaced by `--config-node-env`, and the deprecated programmatic API has been removed. Additionally, configuration freezing is now allowed, graceful shutdown has been improved when file system cache is enabled, and general performance improvements have been made. Check the [release for more information](https://github.com/webpack/webpack-cli/releases/tag/webpack-cli%407.0.0).
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+## Ecosystem Updates
+ 
+- **Webpack-cli** has released a new major version, [7.0.0](https://github.com/webpack/webpack-cli/releases/tag/webpack-cli%407.0.0). The minimum supported Node.js version is now `20.9.0`, and configuration files are loaded via dynamic `import()` by default, which enables native TypeScript configuration support through Node.js type stripping without needing external loaders. The `--node-env` argument has been replaced by `--config-node-env`, and the deprecated programmatic API has been removed. Additionally, configuration freezing is now allowed, graceful shutdown has been improved when file system cache is enabled, and general performance improvements have been made. Check the [release for more information](https://github.com/webpack/webpack-cli/releases/tag/webpack-cli%407.0.0). 
+- **Webpack-dev-middleware** has released a new major version, [8.0.0](https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-middleware/releases/tag/v8.0.0). The minimum supported Node.js version is now `20.9.0` and the minimum webpack version is `5.101.0`. The `getFilenameFromUrl` function is now asynchronous, immutable asset caching (`cacheImmutable`) is enabled by default, and a new `forwardError` option allows forwarding errors to the next middleware. Support for plugin usage has also been added, and general performance improvements have been made. Check the [release for more information](https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-middleware/releases/tag/v8.0.0). 
 - **Compression-webpack-plugin**, **html-minimizer-webpack-plugin**, **css-minimizer-webpack-plugin**, **image-minimizer-webpack-plugin**, and other plugins have released new major versions to align their minimum supported Node.js version to `20.9.0`, keeping consistency across the webpack ecosystem alongside the recent major releases of webpack-cli 7 and webpack-dev-middleware 8.
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-Several bug fixes have been resolved since version [5.105](https://github.com/webpack/webpack/releases/tag/v5.105.0). Check the [changelog](https://github.com/webpack/webpack/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) for more details
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+## Other Improvements and Bug Fixes
+ 
+Several bug fixes have been resolved since version [5.104](https://github.com/webpack/webpack/releases/tag/v5.104.0). Check the [changelog](https://github.com/webpack/webpack/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) for more details.
 
 ## Thanks