karma-webpack webpack 5 / karma 6 support (look here first)

[codymikol]

There are a bunch of tickets about requesting support for webpack 5 / karma 6. We currently have an alpha version that supports these.

latest alpha version: 5.0.0-alpha.6

I'm going to combine all of the threads and move the discussion here. I'll try and keep this very up to date with known issues so they are very easy to find for those looking to upgrade to webpack 5.

If you are experiencing an issue with the alpha version, please comment below and I'll add it to the list.

known issues with current alpha

None at this time 🎉

no longer an issue in the alpha version

forgetting to set webpack as a framework causes the plugin to fail.
setting a custom output causes the plugin to fail.
setting a custom entry point causes the plugin to fail.

previous threads

#431
#453
#458
#452
#445
#431
#423

[codymikol]

Closing this as v5 is now live