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fs-extra

What changed in fs-extra 11, from its official release notes, upgrade guides and advisories. Also covers @types/fs-extra. Sources checked 2026-10-18.

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Properly handles read errors, such as permission errors, in emptyDir methods.
11.4.1release notes
Allows renaming filenames that differ only by Unicode normalization on APFS.
11.4.1release notes
Creating a symlink when the destination already exists as a broken symlink now returns the proper EEXIST error.
11.4.0release notes
Fixes handling of symlinked destination ancestors when copying.
11.3.6release notes
Fixes handling of symlinked destination ancestors when moving.
11.3.6release notes
Fixes identical file detection on Windows for ensureLink and ensureLinkSync.
11.3.5release notes
Fixes identical file detection on Windows for ensureSymlink and ensureSymlinkSync.
11.3.5release notes
Fixes error handling in timestamp preservation code.
11.3.5release notes
Fixes a potential file descriptor leak when synchronous timestamp preservation encounters an error.
11.3.5release notes
Calling ensureSymlink with a relative srcPath no longer fails when the symlink already exists.
11.3.4release notes
Calling ensureSymlinkSync with a relative srcPath no longer fails when the symlink already exists.
11.3.4release notes
Fixes copying a symlink when the destination is a symlink to the same target.
11.3.3release notes