Bugfixes

• Fix bug where a missing semicolon in generated bundle output for publicPathRuntime would cause concatenated runtime errors by @snitin315 in https://github.com/webpack/webpack/pull/16811
• Remove redundant semicolons generated in bundle runtime code after onScriptComplete function by @ahaoboy in https://github.com/webpack/webpack/pull/16347
• Fix bug where RealContentHashPlugin was not respecting output.hashSalt's ability to cause a force recalculation of [contenthash] for emitted assets by @dmichon-msft #16789

Performance

• Improve memory and runtime performance of sourcemaps via hoisting Regular Expression literals to stored variables by @TheLarkInn in https://github.com/webpack/webpack/pull/15722
• Correct v8 deoptimization in ModuleGraph due to instance property declarations occurring outside of constructor by @snitin315 in https://github.com/webpack/webpack/pull/16830

Developer Experience

• Improved internal typings to match webpack-sources typings for Source instances by @snitin315 in https://github.com/webpack/webpack/pull/16805
• Update repo examples to include missing quotation by @snitin315 in https://github.com/webpack/webpack/pull/16812

New Contributors

• @ahaoboy made their first contribution in https://github.com/webpack/webpack/pull/16347

Full Changelog: https://github.com/webpack/webpack/compare/v5.76.1...v5.76.2