https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js/wiki/Migration-Guide#r135--r136 https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js/milestone/49?closed=1

• Global
  • Improved ESLint setup and clean up code. #22940 (@gero3)
  • Clean up. #22988 (@linbingquan)
  • Fix broken links. #23012, #23013, #23017, #23025, #23030, #23033, #23037 (@Mugen87, @gero3)
• FileLoader
  • Fix incorrect error handling. #22925 (@leyiang)
  • Support environments without ReadableStream. #23032 (@gkjohnson)
• LatheGeometry
  • Improve normal generation. #22927 (@Chrissie-AI)
• MeshPhysicalMaterial
  • Added IBL sheen support. #23069, #23081, 820a605fdfd4967d2c2ce88af680e7f273886f2d (@elalish, @mrdoob)
• MeshToonMaterial
  • Only sample the red channel of gradientMap. #22911 (@Mugen87)
• PMREMGenerator
  • Use half float render targets. #22998 (@elalish)
• Sphere
  • Fix edge case in .union(). #22981 (@Mugen87)
• WebGLProgram
  • Add layout-qualifier to pc_fragColor. #22931 (@ligaofeng0901)
• WebGLPrograms
  • Minor clean up for getProgramCacheKey(). #22945 (@gero3)
  • Optimize program cache key generation. #22960 (@gero3)
  • Add WebGLShaderCache. #23022 (@Mugen87, @gero3)
• WebGLRenderer
  • Clean up. #22902 (@Mugen87)
  • Refactor usage of .copyFramebufferToTexture(). #22916, #22917, #22985, #22994 (@Mugen87, @elalish)
  • Enable usage of SRGB8_ALPHA8 again. #22952 (@Mugen87)
  • Remove RGBM7Encoding and RGBM16Encoding. #23046 (@Mugen87)
  • Remove RGBDEncoding. #23049 (@Mugen87)
  • Remove RGBEEncoding and RGBEFormat. #23060 (@Mugen87)
  • Remove .gammaFactor and GammaEncoding. #23080, #23082 (@Mugen87, @donmccurdy)
• WebGLTextures
  • Introduce usage of gl.texStorage2D(). #22903, #22928, #22947, #22951 (@Mugen87)
• WebXRManager
  • Fix default foveation value. #22915 (@cabanier)
  • Fixed dark renderings when WebXR is active. #22918, #22919, #22997 (@HexaField, @elalish)

Documentation

• Clean up. #22906, #22904, #22941 (@1337816495, @GoodnessEzeh, @gero3)
• Improved ArcballControls page. #22949 (@danielefornari)
• Improved Creating a scene page. #22921 (@ayushmxn)
• Improved Matrix4 page. #22969 (@webglzhang)
• Improved Raycaster page. #22908 (@DolphinIQ)
• Improved SkinnedMesh page. #23079 (@Mugen87)
• Improved Texture page. #22986 (@Mugen87)
• Make headers stand out in API reference. #22948 (@orta)
• Add missing load() progress behaviour. #22990 (@dweremeichik)
• Remove Polyfills page. #23036 (@Mugen87)

Manual

• Add Korean translation for WebXR articles. #22893 (@greggman)
• Add Chinese translation for multiple-scenes article. #22894 (@greggman)
• Fix fullscreen mode. #22953 (@makc)
• Fix exponential backtracking in lessons-helper.js. #23026 (@gero3)
• Clean up. #22905 (@mjurczyk)

Examples

• Clean up. #22910, #22942, #23001, #23002, #23029, 00906433c98bed002237636166ac4f6d19f94ca3, 5eedcdbe059f94dc15c16fa630f68dd92708885d (@Tirzono, @gero3, @Mugen87, @mrdoob)
• Added webgpu_nodes_playground example. #22901 (@sunag)
• Improve render order in webgl_loader_svg. #22912 (@tangobravo)
• Added .dispose() method to Reflector and Refractor. #22932 (@LR17)
• Improve webgl_loader_svg example. #23040 (@linbingquan)
• Sort presets in ​webgl_materials_nodes example. #23041 (@gero3)
• Use half float EXR textures in webgl_materials_matcap example. #23059 (@WestLangley)
• Simplify webgl_animation_multiple example. #23066 (@Mugen87)
• Improve webgl_instancing_raycast example. #23000 (@WestLangley)
• Add a placeholder text to the example’s landing page. #23045, #23075 (@gero3, @WestLangley)
• Simplified webgl_geometry_teapot example. 08b4975a2e60b48320abca88ed0408dbe48f9a35 (@mrdoob)
• Improved webgl_loader_gltf_sheen example. 80afa23641d928704d3bb54f48a2687936e839a6, 0e53dfb2b55ebec26fa6a23185364fe251f0b124 (@mrdoob)

• ArcballControls

  • Remove keydown event listener. #23028, 4ea1a19b081fc3a9d28077ab530c6876ec6209a6 (@Mugen87)
  • Remove more .clone() calls. #23027 (@gero3)
  • Remove .setTarget(). #23038 (@Mugen87)

• ColladaLoader

  • Fix transparency handling. #22907 (@kovacsv)

• EXRLoader

  • Support single channel luminance - RedFormat. #23007 (@sciecode)
  • Stop RGBE/UnsignedByteType support. #23039 (@Mugen87)

• GLTFLoader

  • Avoid using ImageBitmap in Safari. #23086 (@mrdoob)

• KTX2Loader

  • Don't select ETC1 for textures with alpha. #22974 (@donmccurdy)
  • Don't transcode to ETC1 in WebGL2. #22982 (@donmccurdy)

• LDrawLoader

  • Fail gracefully if an object could not be loaded, improve file compatibility. #22957 (@gkjohnson)
  • Remove phong material use. #22973 (@gkjohnson)
  • Initialize parseScope.groupObject even when !LDRAW_ORG is not specified. #23076 (@gkjohnson)

• NodeMaterial

  • Don't use importmap with WebGL 1. #22936 (@sunag)
  • Fix typo in MathNode.STEP. #23042 (@wmcmurray)
  • Adding fixes for WebGL 1. #23064 (@sunag)

• NRRDLoader

  • Ensure that headerObject.vectors is an array of arrays. #22987 (@sonisourabh)

• PLYLoader

  • Improved magic word regex. #23018 (@gero3)

• SelectionBox

  • Honor transformation of InstancedMesh. #22962 (@chiguaboy)

• SelectionHelper

  • Add .dispose(). #22977, #22979 (@chiguaboy, @Mugen87)

• StandardMaterialEditor

  • Embed node values. #22954 (@sunag)

• SVGLoader

  • Fix setting first path point after multiple moveTo commands. #22983 (@nkrkv)

• TransformControls

  • Added .reset() method. #22972 (@vHeemstra)
  • Don't attempt to capture pointer if pointerlock is active. #23057 (@jbaicoianu)

• VRMLLoader

  • Remove exponential backtracking in string regex. #23024 (@gero3)
  • Simplify regex to reduce exponential backtracking. #23047 (@gero3)

• Water2

  • Remove encoding option. #22955 (@Mugen87)

• WebGLNodeBuilder

  • Move sizeNode under positionNode. #23043 (@wmcmurray)

• WebGPURenderer

  • Add various fixes. #23003, #23005 (@sunag)
  • Remove deprecated WGSL attribute: [[ block ]]. #23004 (@sunag)

Editor

• Clean up. a759644abd87620e301e53b84d65b2fbb167b24a (@mrdoob)
• Dispose DracoLoader after loading an asset. #22950 (@gero3)
• Preview pure skeleton. #22858 (@gonnavis)
• Add support for pic extension. 5340bf3e8b4314489c460a3e13f03927ea7d622e (@mrdoob)

Tests

• Verify all variations of Layer.set(). #22895 (@Mugen87)
• Add tests for WebGLExtensions. #22939 (@gero3)
• Fix typos. #22961 (@gero3)
• Upgrade actions/setup-node action and cache dependencies on CI. #22883 (@ddzz)
• Added getTypedArray() unit test. #23051 (@gero3)
• Improved code style. #23052 (@gero3)