React Team Ships Experimental Rust Port of React Compiler, Vercel Reports 20-50% Faster Builds
The React team merged a work-in-progress Rust rewrite of the React Compiler, and Vercel says early Turbopack tests found 20-50% faster compilation.
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The React team merged a work-in-progress Rust rewrite of the React Compiler, and Vercel says early Turbopack tests found 20-50% faster compilation.
Next.js 15.5.18 and 16.2.6 land with a 13-advisory bundle covering a React Server Components DoS (CVE-2026-23870), middleware-bypass routes, SSRF, and cache poisoning; Vercel says the WAF cannot reliably block them.
A Lumma Stealer infection at AI startup Context.ai escalated into a cross-tenant OAuth attack on Vercel, exposing employee accounts, environment variables, and customer credentials, with attackers reportedly demanding a $2 million ransom in Telegram messages with the company.
Vercel's Next.js 16.2 delivers an 87 percent reduction in dev server startup time, up to 60 percent faster rendering via a React contribution, and introduces experimental tooling that gives AI coding agents direct access to browser DevTools and component trees from the terminal.
Vercel releases Next.js 16.2 with experimental AI agent tooling, a React contribution that speeds up Server Component rendering by up to 350 percent, Turbopack Server Fast Refresh, and over 200 bug fixes.