ESLint v9.4.0 released

Highlights

• The no-loop-func rule no longer reports on IIFE’s.
• The --inspect-config CLI flag will now launch the latest version of the ESLint Config Inspector.
• The no-constructor-return rule now allows return statements without a value anywhere in a constructor.

Features

• 89a4a0a feat: ignore IIFE’s in the no-loop-func rule (#17528) (Nitin Kumar)

Bug Fixes

• f6534d1 fix: skip processor code blocks that match only universal patterns (#18507) (Milos Djermanovic)
• 7226ebd fix: allow implicit undefined return in no-constructor-return (#18515) (Ali Rezvani)
• 389744b fix: use @eslint/config-inspector@latest (#18483) (唯然)
• 70118a5 fix: func-style false positive with arrow functions and super (#18473) (Milos Djermanovic)

Documentation

• d7ab6f5 docs: update theme when when prefers-color-scheme changes (#18510) (Nitin Kumar)
• 525fdff docs: fix components files (#18519) (Tanuj Kanti)
• 80747d2 docs: refactor prefer-destructuring rule (#18472) (Tanuj Kanti)
• f06e0b5 docs: clarify func-style (#18477) (Cameron Steffen)

Chores

• 010dd2e chore: upgrade to @eslint/js@9.4.0 (#18534) (Francesco Trotta)
• 5e1b5dc chore: package.json update for @eslint/js release (Jenkins)
• 594145f refactor: switch to @eslint/config-array (#18527) (Francesco Trotta)