payloadcms · AlessioGr · Nov 3, 2025 · Nov 3, 2025 · Nov 3, 2025 · Nov 3, 2025
diff --git a/docs/performance/overview.mdx b/docs/performance/overview.mdx
@@ -206,11 +206,9 @@ Everything mentioned above applies to local development as well, but there are a
 
 ### Enable Turbopack
 
-<Banner type="warning">
-  **Note:** In the future this will be the default. Use at your own risk.
-</Banner>
+In Next.js 16, turbopack is enabled by default, unless you explicitly disabled it using the `--webpack` flag.
 
-Add `--turbo` to your dev script to significantly speed up your local development server start time.
+In Next.js 15, add `--turbo` to your dev script to significantly speed up your local development server start time.
 
 ```json
 {

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ const esModules = [
   '@faceless-ui/window-info',
   '@faceless-ui/modal',
   '@faceless-ui/scroll-info',
+  '@borewit/text-codec',
 ].join('|')
 
 import path from 'path'

diff --git a/next-env.d.ts b/next-env.d.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /// <reference types="next" />
 /// <reference types="next/image-types/global" />
+import './.next/dev/types/routes.d.ts'
 
 // NOTE: This file should not be edited
 // see https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/config/typescript for more information.
diff --git a/next.config.mjs b/next.config.mjs
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ const withBundleAnalyzer = bundleAnalyzer({
 const config = withBundleAnalyzer(
   withPayload(
     {
-      eslint: {
-        ignoreDuringBuilds: true,
-      },
       typescript: {
         ignoreBuildErrors: true,
       },
@@ -42,7 +39,11 @@ const config = withBundleAnalyzer(
         ]
       },
       images: {
-        domains: ['localhost'],
+        remotePatterns: [
+          {
+            hostname: 'localhost',
+          },
+        ],
       },
       webpack: (webpackConfig) => {
         webpackConfig.resolve.extensionAlias = {

@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@jest/globals": "29.7.0",
     "@libsql/client": "0.14.0",
-    "@next/bundle-analyzer": "15.4.7",
+    "@next/bundle-analyzer": "16.0.2-canary.17",
     "@payloadcms/db-postgres": "workspace:*",
     "@payloadcms/eslint-config": "workspace:*",
     "@payloadcms/eslint-plugin": "workspace:*",
@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@
     "@types/jest": "29.5.12",
     "@types/minimist": "1.2.5",
     "@types/node": "22.15.30",
-    "@types/react": "19.1.12",
-    "@types/react-dom": "19.1.9",
+    "@types/react": "19.2.2",
+    "@types/react-dom": "19.2.2",
     "@types/shelljs": "0.8.15",
     "chalk": "^4.1.2",
     "comment-json": "^4.2.3",
@@ -174,16 +174,16 @@
     "lint-staged": "15.2.7",
     "minimist": "1.2.8",
     "mongodb-memory-server": "10.1.4",
-    "next": "15.4.7",
     "mongoose": "8.15.1",
+    "next": "16.0.2-canary.17",
     "open": "^10.1.0",
     "p-limit": "^5.0.0",
     "pg": "8.16.3",
     "playwright": "1.56.1",
     "playwright-core": "1.56.1",
     "prettier": "3.5.3",
-    "react": "19.1.1",
-    "react-dom": "19.1.1",
+    "react": "19.2.0",
+    "react-dom": "19.2.0",
     "rimraf": "6.0.1",
     "sharp": "0.32.6",
     "shelljs": "0.8.5",

diff --git a/packages/admin-bar/package.json b/packages/admin-bar/package.json
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@payloadcms/eslint-config": "workspace:*",
-    "@types/react": "19.1.12",
-    "@types/react-dom": "19.1.9",
+    "@types/react": "19.2.2",
+    "@types/react-dom": "19.2.2",
     "payload": "workspace:*"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {

diff --git a/packages/live-preview-react/package.json b/packages/live-preview-react/package.json
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@payloadcms/eslint-config": "workspace:*",
-    "@types/react": "19.1.12",
-    "@types/react-dom": "19.1.9",
+    "@types/react": "19.2.2",
+    "@types/react-dom": "19.2.2",
     "payload": "workspace:*"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {

diff --git a/packages/next/package.json b/packages/next/package.json
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
     ]
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@dnd-kit/core": "6.0.8",
+    "@dnd-kit/core": "6.3.1",
     "@payloadcms/graphql": "workspace:*",
     "@payloadcms/translations": "workspace:*",
     "@payloadcms/ui": "workspace:*",
@@ -127,11 +127,11 @@
     "@babel/preset-env": "7.27.2",
     "@babel/preset-react": "7.27.1",
     "@babel/preset-typescript": "7.27.1",
-    "@next/eslint-plugin-next": "15.4.7",
+    "@next/eslint-plugin-next": "16.0.2-canary.17",
     "@payloadcms/eslint-config": "workspace:*",
     "@types/busboy": "1.5.4",
-    "@types/react": "19.1.12",
-    "@types/react-dom": "19.1.9",
+    "@types/react": "19.2.2",
+    "@types/react-dom": "19.2.2",
     "@types/uuid": "10.0.0",
     "babel-plugin-react-compiler": "19.1.0-rc.3",
     "esbuild": "0.25.5",
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "graphql": "^16.8.1",
-    "next": "^15.2.3",
+    "next": "^15.2.3 || ^16.0.1",
     "payload": "workspace:*"
   },
   "engines": {

diff --git a/packages/payload/src/index.ts b/packages/payload/src/index.ts
@@ -1000,17 +1000,6 @@ export const reload = async (
     })
   }
 
-  // Generate import map
-  if (skipImportMapGeneration !== true && config.admin?.importMap?.autoGenerate !== false) {
-    // This may run outside of the admin panel, e.g. in the user's frontend, where we don't have an import map file.
-    // We don't want to throw an error in this case, as it would break the user's frontend.
-    // => just skip it => ignoreResolveError: true
-    await generateImportMap(config, {
-      ignoreResolveError: true,
-      log: true,
-    })
-  }
-
   if (payload.db?.init) {
     await payload.db.init()
   }
@@ -1025,6 +1014,25 @@ export const reload = async (
   ;(global as any)._payload_doNotCacheClientConfig = true // This will help refreshing the client config cache more reliably. If you remove this, please test HMR + client config refreshing (do new fields appear in the document?)
   ;(global as any)._payload_doNotCacheSchemaMap = true
   ;(global as any)._payload_doNotCacheClientSchemaMap = true
+
+  // Generate import map
+  if (skipImportMapGeneration !== true && config.admin?.importMap?.autoGenerate !== false) {
+    // We need to run import map generation in the background, using setTimeout + a floating promise.
+    // Otherwise, in Next.js 16 and turbopack, the console will be spammed with errors that look like this:
+    // Error: Could not find the module "[project]/node_modules/.pnpm/[path-to-importmap-entry]" in the React Client Manifest. This is probably a bug in the React Server Components bundler.
+    // This will happen when running HMR for multiple getPayload calls, e.g. getPayload from admin panel and frontend.
+    // This usually happens for live-preview enabled collections.
+    // Once the generateImportMap accesses the import map file using fs, these errors will be thrown.
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      void generateImportMap(config, {
+        // This may run outside of the admin panel, e.g. in the user's frontend, where we don't have an import map file.
+        // We don't want to throw an error in this case, as it would break the user's frontend.
+        // => just skip it => ignoreResolveError: true
+        ignoreResolveError: true,
+        log: true,
+      })
+    }, 0)
+  }
 }
 
 let _cached: Map<
@@ -1116,6 +1124,7 @@ export const getPayload = async (
       await reload(config, cached.payload, false, options)
 
       resolve()
+      cached.reload = false
     }
 
     if (cached.reload instanceof Promise) {
@@ -1156,6 +1165,14 @@ export const getPayload = async (
         )
 
         cached.ws.onmessage = (event) => {
+          if (cached.reload instanceof Promise) {
+            // If there is an in-progress reload in the same getPayload
+            // cache instance, do not set reload to true again, which would
+            // trigger another reload.
+            // Instead, wait for the in-progress reload to finish.
+            return
+          }
+
           if (typeof event.data === 'string') {
             const data = JSON.parse(event.data)
 

diff --git a/packages/plugin-cloud-storage/package.json b/packages/plugin-cloud-storage/package.json
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/find-node-modules": "^2.1.2",
-    "@types/react": "19.1.12",
-    "@types/react-dom": "19.1.9",
+    "@types/react": "19.2.2",
+    "@types/react-dom": "19.2.2",
     "payload": "workspace:*"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {

diff --git a/packages/plugin-form-builder/package.json b/packages/plugin-form-builder/package.json
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@payloadcms/eslint-config": "workspace:*",
     "@types/escape-html": "^1.0.4",
-    "@types/react": "19.1.12",
-    "@types/react-dom": "19.1.9",
+    "@types/react": "19.2.2",
+    "@types/react-dom": "19.2.2",
     "copyfiles": "^2.4.1",
     "cross-env": "^7.0.3",
     "payload": "workspace:*"

diff --git a/packages/plugin-multi-tenant/package.json b/packages/plugin-multi-tenant/package.json
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "@payloadcms/ui": "workspace:*",
-    "next": "^15.2.3",
+    "next": "^15.2.3 || ^16.0.1",
     "payload": "workspace:*"
   },
   "publishConfig": {

diff --git a/packages/plugin-search/package.json b/packages/plugin-search/package.json
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@payloadcms/eslint-config": "workspace:*",
-    "@types/react": "19.1.12",
-    "@types/react-dom": "19.1.9",
+    "@types/react": "19.2.2",
+    "@types/react-dom": "19.2.2",
     "payload": "workspace:*"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {

diff --git a/packages/plugin-sentry/package.json b/packages/plugin-sentry/package.json
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@payloadcms/eslint-config": "workspace:*",
-    "@types/react": "19.1.12",
-    "@types/react-dom": "19.1.9",
+    "@types/react": "19.2.2",
+    "@types/react-dom": "19.2.2",
     "payload": "workspace:*"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {

diff --git a/packages/plugin-seo/package.json b/packages/plugin-seo/package.json
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@payloadcms/eslint-config": "workspace:*",
     "@payloadcms/next": "workspace:*",
-    "@types/react": "19.1.12",
-    "@types/react-dom": "19.1.9",
+    "@types/react": "19.2.2",
+    "@types/react-dom": "19.2.2",
     "payload": "workspace:*"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {

diff --git a/packages/plugin-stripe/package.json b/packages/plugin-stripe/package.json
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@
     "@payloadcms/eslint-config": "workspace:*",
     "@payloadcms/next": "workspace:*",
     "@types/lodash.get": "^4.4.7",
-    "@types/react": "19.1.12",
-    "@types/react-dom": "19.1.9",
+    "@types/react": "19.2.2",
+    "@types/react-dom": "19.2.2",
     "@types/uuid": "10.0.0",
     "payload": "workspace:*"
   },

diff --git a/packages/richtext-lexical/package.json b/packages/richtext-lexical/package.json
@@ -405,8 +405,8 @@
     "@types/escape-html": "1.0.4",
     "@types/json-schema": "7.0.15",
     "@types/node": "22.15.30",
-    "@types/react": "19.1.12",
-    "@types/react-dom": "19.1.9",
+    "@types/react": "19.2.2",
+    "@types/react-dom": "19.2.2",
     "babel-plugin-react-compiler": "19.1.0-rc.3",
     "babel-plugin-transform-remove-imports": "^1.8.0",
     "esbuild": "0.25.5",

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ export function parseJSXToAST({
   keepPositions?: boolean
 }): AST {
   const treeComplex: AST = fromMarkdown(jsxString, {
-    // @ts-expect-error
     extensions: [mdxJsx({ acorn, addResult: false })],
     mdastExtensions: [mdxJsxFromMarkdown()],
   })

@@ -272,7 +272,6 @@ function createTextFormatTransformersIndex(
     fullMatchRegExpByTag,
 
     // Regexp to locate *any* potential opening tag (longest first).
-    // eslint-disable-next-line regexp/no-useless-character-class, regexp/no-empty-capturing-group, regexp/no-empty-group
     openTagsRegExp: new RegExp(`${escapeRegExp}(${openTagsRegExp.join('|')})`, 'g'),
     transformersByTag,
   }

diff --git a/packages/richtext-slate/package.json b/packages/richtext-slate/package.json
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@
     "@payloadcms/eslint-config": "workspace:*",
     "@types/is-hotkey": "^0.1.10",
     "@types/node": "22.15.30",
-    "@types/react": "19.1.12",
-    "@types/react-dom": "19.1.9",
+    "@types/react": "19.2.2",
+    "@types/react-dom": "19.2.2",
     "payload": "workspace:*"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {

@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ export const getGenerateSignedURLHandler = ({
     const fileKey = path.posix.join(prefix, filename)
 
     const url = await getSignedUrl(
-      // @ts-expect-error mismatch versions or something
       getStorageClient(),
       new AWS.PutObjectCommand({ ACL: acl, Bucket: bucket, ContentType: mimeType, Key: fileKey }),
       {

@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ export const getHandler = ({
         if (useSignedURL) {
           const command = new GetObjectCommand({ Bucket: bucket, Key: key })
           const signedUrl = await getSignedUrl(
-            // @ts-expect-error mismatch versions
             getStorageClient(),
             command,
             typeof signedDownloads === 'object' ? signedDownloads : { expiresIn: 7200 },
@@ -115,9 +114,9 @@ export const getHandler = ({
       // Only include Content-Length when it’s present and strictly numeric.
       // This prevents "Parse Error: Invalid character in Content-Length" when providers (e.g., MinIO)
       // return undefined or a non-numeric value.
-      const contentLength = String(object.ContentLength);
+      const contentLength = String(object.ContentLength)
       if (contentLength && !isNaN(Number(contentLength))) {
-        headers.append('Content-Length', contentLength);
+        headers.append('Content-Length', contentLength)
       }
 
       headers.append('Content-Type', String(object.ContentType))

diff --git a/packages/translations/package.json b/packages/translations/package.json
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@payloadcms/eslint-config": "workspace:*",
     "@swc/core": "1.11.29",
-    "@types/react": "19.1.12",
-    "@types/react-dom": "19.1.9",
+    "@types/react": "19.2.2",
+    "@types/react-dom": "19.2.2",
     "dotenv": "16.4.7",
     "prettier": "3.5.3",
     "typescript": "5.7.3"

diff --git a/packages/ui/package.json b/packages/ui/package.json
@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@date-fns/tz": "1.2.0",
-    "@dnd-kit/core": "6.0.8",
-    "@dnd-kit/sortable": "7.0.2",
+    "@dnd-kit/core": "6.3.1",
+    "@dnd-kit/sortable": "10.0.0",
     "@dnd-kit/utilities": "3.2.2",
     "@faceless-ui/modal": "3.0.0",
     "@faceless-ui/scroll-info": "2.0.0",
@@ -168,16 +168,16 @@
     "@babel/preset-typescript": "7.27.1",
     "@hyrious/esbuild-plugin-commonjs": "0.2.6",
     "@payloadcms/eslint-config": "workspace:*",
-    "@types/react": "19.1.12",
-    "@types/react-dom": "19.1.9",
+    "@types/react": "19.2.2",
+    "@types/react-dom": "19.2.2",
     "@types/uuid": "10.0.0",
     "babel-plugin-react-compiler": "19.1.0-rc.3",
     "esbuild": "0.25.5",
     "esbuild-sass-plugin": "3.3.1",
     "payload": "workspace:*"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "next": "^15.2.3",
+    "next": "^15.2.3 || ^16.0.1",
     "payload": "workspace:*",
     "react": "^19.0.0 || ^19.0.0-rc-65a56d0e-20241020",
     "react-dom": "^19.0.0 || ^19.0.0-rc-65a56d0e-20241020"