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# Next.js 16.4.0 released | Agent Ready Checklist

> Next.js 16.4.0 was released on 7 Oct 2026, and 16.4.5 was the latest on 4 Nov. Read from a primary source on 2026-11-04. Dated 2026-10-07.

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# Next.js 16.4.0 released

2026-10-07

Next.js 16.4.0 was released on 7 Oct 2026, and 16.4.5 was the latest on 4 Nov. The App Router recipes were read against 16.4.x, where request interception lives in proxy.ts, renamed from middleware.ts in 16.0, and robots and sitemaps come from app/robots.ts and app/sitemap.ts.

## What changed

Next.js 16.4.0 shipped on 7 Oct 2026; 16.4.5 is the npm latest on 4 Nov. The App Router recipes on this site were read against 16.4.x, where request interception lives in proxy.ts (renamed from middleware.ts in 16.0) and robots and sitemaps come from app/robots.ts and app/sitemap.ts.

## Rows and pages it touches

-   [Next.js (App Router)](https://agentreadychecklist.com/platforms/nextjs-app-router/)Next.js 16.x (npm latest 16.4.5, read 2026-11-04); docs at nextjs.org/docs/app

## Sources

-   [github.com/vercel/next.js/releases/tag/v16.4.0](https://github.com/vercel/next.js/releases/tag/v16.4.0)read 2026-11-04

Last reviewed 2026-11-05. AgentReady v2.0, read 2026-11-04.