[1.7.0] - 2025-07-16

🚀 Features

• 4f50750 linter: Load custom JS plugins configured in overrides (#12324) (camc314)
• 5e428a4 linter/eslint-plugin-next: No-html-link-for-pages rule addition (#12194) (Gabriel Díaz Aguilera)
• c551b8f linter: Report diagnostics from custom plugins (#12219) (camc314)
• d387729 linter: JS custom rules config (#12160) (camc314)
• 152e59d napi/oxlint: Read source text into start of allocator (#12122) (overlookmotel)
• bde1ef1 linter: Load custom JS plugins (#11980) (camc314)
• d4ebd14 linter: Add oxlint2/disable_oxlint2 feature flags (#12130) (camc314)
• a4dae73 linter: Introduce LintPlugins to store builtin + custom plugins (#12117) (camc314)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• 3f9a1f0 linter/no-unused-private-class-members: Fix false positive with nullish coalescing assignments (#12317) (camc314)
• 47fad0e linter/no-empty-file: False positive with empty file with triple slash directive (#12293) (camc314)
• 633ba30 linter: False positive with unknown plugins when unmatched eslint rule (#12285) (camc314)
• 9720774 linter: Report implicit config parse errors (#12260) (Simon Buchan)
• 1920c6b language_server: Respect the root .oxlintrc.json file for ignorePatterns (#12171) (Sysix)
• 98708eb linter: Fix inconsistent behavior in no-duplicate-imports rule (#12192) (yefan)
• 853d2bc linter, language_server: Correctly identify usage of import plugin (#12157) (overlookmotel)

🚜 Refactor

• b28e447 linter: Remove dead code (#12328) (overlookmotel)
• ee761de ast: Remove AstKind for AssignmentTarget (#12252) (Tyler Earls)
• c68b607 ast: Rename TemplateLiteral::quasi to TemplateLiteral::single_quasi (#12266) (Dunqing)
• 32c32af ast: Check whether there is a single quasi in TemplateLiteral::quasi (#12265) (Dunqing)
• 8f6a1da linter/js-plugins: Use u32 for IDs (#12243) (overlookmotel)
• 36cd364 linter/js-plugins: Clean up code (#12242) (overlookmotel)
• 8c02ebd linter/js-plugins: Rename specifiers to paths (#12241) (overlookmotel)
• 3adaf98 linter: Simplify getting nodes count (#12239) (overlookmotel)
• 6e54645 language_server: Store LintService instead of Linter (#12016) (Sysix)
• 113cf8c linter: Move LintServiceOptions.paths to LintService.with_paths (#12015) (Sysix)
• acfac68 oxlint: Adjust ignore patterns by counting bytes instead of chars (#12209) (Sysix)
• 729b82b linter: Rename plugin_name to plugin_specifier (#12148) (overlookmotel)
• 532b816 linter: Use to_string instead of into (#12147) (overlookmotel)
• 89f2a69 linter: TODO comment (#12146) (overlookmotel)
• f90d3e1 linter: Feature gate load_external_plugin by both oxlint2 and disable_oxlint2 features (#12141) (overlookmotel)
• 12e4ec7 linter: Make tokio dependency optional (#12140) (overlookmotel)
• 1d2eaca oxlint2: Introduce force_test_reporter feature for consistent graphical outputs (#12133) (camc314)
• 8814c53 ast: Remove AstKind for PropertyKey (#12108) (camchenry)
• 228cff5 semantic,linter: Assert that Program is always the first node (#12123) (Ulrich Stark)
• e8e2a25 ast: Remove AstKind for AssignmentTargetPattern (#12105) (camchenry)
• f7c675d linter: Rename LintPlugins to BuiltinLintPlugins (#12116) (camc314)
• a9e5ec0 linter: Access plugins through config instead of storing directly (#12115) (camc314)
• 9736a7f linter: Simplify unicorn/require-post-message-target-origin (#12110) (shulaoda)

📚 Documentation

• 2e3db46 linter: Add missing backtick preventing website from building (#12113) (camc314)

⚡ Performance

• d0f8b88 linter/js-plugins: Do not copy Vec (#12248) (overlookmotel)
• 4284d19 linter/js-plugins: Use hashmap Entry API + remove temp Vec (#12247) (overlookmotel)
• c7889c3 semantic,linter: Simplify implementation and uses of ancestors iterators (#12164) (Ulrich Stark)
• f99959c linter: Move work out of loop (#12145) (overlookmotel)
• 514d40c linter: Do not create Resolver unless required (#12142) (overlookmotel)
• 7103527 linter/no-constructor-return: Optimize loop (#12138) (overlookmotel)

🎨 Styling

• 625870f linter: Re-order imports (#12334) (overlookmotel)

🧪 Testing

• d1194e8 oxlint: Ignore test on windows (#12262) (camc314)