--- title: What's new in Astro - October 2026 | daily.dev description: Astro's October roundup covers the 7.4 release, community content, and ecosystem tools. Astro 7.4 adds a --timings flag for build profiling, separate build and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-astro---october-2026-stji4m5aj twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: What's new in Astro - October 2026 | daily.dev og:description: Astro's October roundup covers the 7.4 release, community content, and ecosystem tools. Astro 7.4 adds a --timings flag for build profiling, separate build and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-astro---october-2026-stji4m5aj og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/sTjI4m5Aj.png og:image:alt: What's new in Astro - October 2026 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # What's new in Astro - October 2026 **[Astro](https://daily.dev/sources/astro_source)** · 26 min read · 2 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Astro's October roundup covers the 7.4 release, community content, and ecosystem tools. Astro 7.4 adds a --timings flag for build profiling, separate build and runtime image services, a notFound() handler for custom entrypoints, and experimental parallel prerendering and custom redirect pages. Adopters highlighted include Lonely Planet, Wikimedia Enterprise, and HTTP Archive. One case study describes migrating an ~800 page Webflow site to Astro in a single day, and another describes Owner rebuilding its site in Astro, raising per-restaurant revenue by more than 4% across its network. The post also lists dozens of community integrations, themes, and Starlight plugins. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What new features does Astro 7.4 add? Astro 7.4 adds a --timings flag that shows where a build spends its time, separate build and runtime image services, and a notFound() handler for custom entrypoints. It also introduces two experimental features: parallel prerendering and custom redirect pages. _Developers tracking Astro's release notes can keep up with changes like 7.4 on daily.dev._ ### What results did Owner see after rebuilding its site in Astro? Owner rebuilt its website infrastructure in Astro for speed, aiming to help local restaurants improve their online ordering experience. The rebuild raised per-restaurant revenue by more than 4% across the network, with one commentator noting 83% faster menu pages as part of the case. _Anyone weighing a framework migration for performance gains can find real-world cases like this on daily.dev._ ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@pdfopsdev** · 0 upvotes > parallel prerendering is the one to watch, static builds are embarrassingly parallel but most SSGs still walk pages sequentially. the 800 page Webflow migration in a day tracks, once you've done one of these the slow part is always content mapping not the actual build. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [What's new in Astro - July 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-astro---july-2026-71nqabj2u) · Astro · 64 upvotes · 7 comments - [What's new in Astro - September 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-astro---september-2026-mf0yyn1ne) · Astro · 6 upvotes · 0 comments - [What's new in Astro - May 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-astro---may-2026-bo5ujlvt4) · Astro · 28 upvotes · 3 comments - [What's new in Astro - December 2025](https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-astro---december-2025-oxjhvmdo9) · Astro · 41 upvotes · 1 comments --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#seo](https://daily.dev/tags/seo), [#astro](https://daily.dev/tags/astro) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-astro---october-2026-stji4m5aj) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"What's new in Astro - October 2026","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-astro---october-2026-stji4m5aj","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-astro---october-2026-stji4m5aj"},"datePublished":"2026-10-31T15:46:01.485Z","dateModified":"2026-10-31T15:46:29.013Z","description":"Astro's October roundup covers the 7.4 release, community content, and ecosystem tools. 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