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### 14. Core plugins have ESM dependencies
### 14. ESM-first

<Callout>This change mainly impacts plugin maintainers.</Callout>
Previously, the Codegen CLI and official plugins were stuck on older dependency versions because
ESM-only packages made integration and testing harder for maintainers.

Previously, core plugins were stuck on older dependency versions because ESM-only packages made
integration and testing harder for maintainers.
Now that Node.js 20 support has been dropped, Node.js 22 can load ESM seamlessly at runtime with no
extra configuration. This allows us to move to ESM across the board:

Now, Node.js 20 support has been dropped, Node.js 22 can load ESM seamlessly at runtime, with no
extra configuration. This allows core plugins to adopt dependencies that are ESM-only.
- Official plugins now use ESM-only dependencies.
- The Codegen CLI is still published in both ESM and CJS formats, with ESM as the default.

Plugin maintainers using [Jest](https://jestjs.io/) may still encounter issues. We recommend
switching to [Vitest](https://vitest.dev/), which has native ESM support.
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