"compiling..." info is not displayed anymore after webpack-dev-server v4 release

[PierBJX]

With webpack-dev-server 3.x.x, when running webpack serve, after a change done in the src code, it was possible to see in the console compiling... and then Compiled successfully such like this:

However, after the release of webpack-dev-server 4, we don't see compiling... anymore, we only see Compiled successfully. In my opinion, it was quite useful to have compiling... like this we were aware that something was going on (more particularly when it is a bit long to reload).

[alexander-akait]

We remove it because it is unnecessary, why you need this? Anyway we support it on webpack-cli level, how you run dev server?

https://github.com/webpack/webpack-cli/blob/master/packages/webpack-cli/lib/plugins/CLIPlugin.js#L64

[PierBJX]

I run via a script in package.json like this:

  "scripts": {
    "start": "webpack serve --mode development",
  },

[alexander-akait]

You can use https://webpack.js.org/configuration/other-options/#level and set log

[PierBJX]

This option adds a lot of logs but it works. In our case, it is quite useful to have this compiling info (like before) because we have a big project and it can take some times to reload. Therefore, it can be interesting to have the information that something is going on.

[alexander-akait]

We got a lot of feedback from developers what it is very spammy, so we change it, if you can implement small plugin to achieve it, it is easy

[PierBJX]

That's right :)