Changelog

2025-10-20 - 4.0.1 - fix(tests)

Fix tests and documentation: adjust test server routes and expectations, add timeout/fallback routes, and refresh README

Update tests to expect 500 on /apiroute1 instead of 429
Remove an invalid fallback (apiroute4) from test fallback list and add explicit always-fails route for fallback testing
Add /slow route to support reliable timeout tests and change timeout test to target /slow with a short timeout
Adjust fallback test to target the newly added always-fails route and assert response.ok and response.status
Add additional assertions in tests to ensure correct response properties are present
Remove migration-v4.md (cleanup of legacy migration guide) and substantially refresh README with comprehensive v4 documentation and examples

2025-10-20 - 4.0.0 - feat: Web request client with caching, retries, interceptors

Implemented a comprehensive web request system providing caching strategies, request/response interception, retries with backoff, deduplication and timeout handling. Designed for fetch-compatible integration and convenient HTTP helpers.

Added cache strategies: NetworkFirst, CacheFirst, StaleWhileRevalidate, NetworkOnly, CacheOnly.
Introduced InterceptorManager to manage request, response and error interceptors (global and per-request).
Developed RetryManager with customizable retry/backoff strategies.
Implemented RequestDeduplicator to prevent simultaneous identical requests.
Created timeout utilities for aborting/timing out requests.
Enhanced WebrequestClient to support global interceptors, caching, retry logic and convenience methods.
Added convenience methods for common HTTP verbs (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE) with JSON handling.
Exposed a fetch-compatible webrequest function for seamless integration.
Defined core types for caching, retry options, interceptors and web request configurations.

2024-05-29 - 3.0.0..3.0.37 - maintenance

Series of patch and minor releases across the 3.0.x line focused on internal fixes, TypeScript configuration and packaging metadata updates. No major API additions; primarily stabilization and build/config tweaks.

Numerous "fix(core): update" patches addressing internal issues and small bugfixes across many 3.0.x releases.
Updated TypeScript configuration (tsconfig) to improve build/typing behavior.
Updated packaging metadata (npmextra.json) including githost adjustments.
Regular maintenance bumps (3.0.0 through 3.0.37) to keep the 3.x line stable.

2022-03-16 - 2.0.16 - BREAKING CHANGE(core): switch to ESM

Breaking change: project switched module format to ESM.

Migrated package/module resolution to ESM (breaking change for consumers).
This release concludes the 2.0.x line with the module format change; follow-up 2.0.x releases prior to this were maintenance updates.

2022-03-16 - 2.0.0..2.0.15 - maintenance

Patch/minor releases in the 2.0.x series focused on fixes and incremental improvements.

Multiple "fix(core): update" commits for internal bugfixes and stability.
No additional breaking API changes aside from the ESM migration in 2.0.16.

2019-06-04 - 1.0.8 - BREAKING CHANGE(core): prepare for binary file support

Breaking change: preparation for future support of binary files.

Introduced change(s) to enable future binary file support (may affect downstream consumers).
This marks the tip of the 1.0.x line with a forward-looking compatibility change.

2019-02-15 - 1.0.6 - feat: support request body

Added support for sending request bodies.

Now supports request bodies for applicable HTTP methods (improves POST/PUT usage).
Followed by several small fixes and minor bumps in the 1.0.x series.

2018-11-30..2019-06-04 - 1.0.1..1.0.5, 1.0.7 - maintenance

Minor fixes and releases in the 1.0.x series.

Multiple small "fix(core): update" commits across 1.0.1–1.0.7.
General stabilization and incremental improvements prior to the 1.0.8 breaking change.

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