Upgrading to Astro 7: the short version

Astro 7 landed this week, and for content-driven sites like this one the upgrade is refreshingly boring. The content layer API is unchanged, so collections, markdown, and static output all work exactly as before.

What’s new

• Faster static builds — asset emission is parallelized end to end
• Simpler islands — one consistent client:* behavior across frameworks
• Cleaner config — several experimental flags graduated and old ones removed

The upgrade path

pnpm update astro@latest
pnpm astro upgrade

Then run your build and click through the key pages. If you were using experimental flags, check the migration notes — otherwise you’re done.