Remove support for old versions of React and Node #8014
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Pull Request Overview
This PR removes support for older versions of React and Node.js across the MSAL.js packages, modernizing the minimum version requirements. The changes update Node.js minimum from 16 to 20 and React minimum from 16.8+ to 19+ only.
- Updates Node.js engine requirements from >=16 to >=20 for msal-node and msal-node-extensions packages
- Restricts React peer dependency from supporting versions 16-19 to only React 19+ for msal-react
- Adds migration documentation explaining the breaking changes for React version support
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| File | Description |
|---|---|
| lib/msal-react/package.json | Updates Node.js engine to >=20 and restricts React peer dependency to ^19 only |
| lib/msal-node/package.json | Updates Node.js engine requirement from >=16 to >=20 |
| extensions/msal-node-extensions/package.json | Updates Node.js engine requirement from >=16 to >=20 |
| lib/msal-react/docs/migration-guide-v4.md | Adds migration documentation explaining dropped support for React 16-18 |
| change/@azure-msal-react-b1af7c8a-4f45-4c69-848b-0783f1742b39.json | Beachball change file for msal-react major version bump |
| change/@azure-msal-node-extensions-eac56a55-4344-42a1-8435-6f3828298792.json | Beachball change file for msal-node-extensions major version bump |
| change/@azure-msal-node-7488300d-5258-4de2-81ef-c1682ee7ccda.json | Beachball change file for msal-node major version bump |
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Require Node 20 and React 19 for v5