# Astro 4.5

DevFeed: [Astro 4.5](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/astro-4-5-3207.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://astro.build/blog/astro-450/>)

Author: Erika; Emanuele Stoppa; Matthew Phillips; Nate Moore; Bjorn Lu

Published: 2024-03-11T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [The Astro Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-astro-blog.md>)

Topics: [Astro](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/astro.md>), [Accessibility](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/accessibility.md>), [view transitions](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/view-transitions.md>), [Script](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/script.md>), [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>)

Tags: [accessibility](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/accessibility.md>), [astro](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/astro.md>), [audits](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/audits.md>), [cli](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cli.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/configuration.md>), [developer-experience](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-experience.md>), [feature](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/feature.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [ui](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ui.md>), [update](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/update.md>), [view-transitions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/view-transitions.md>), [web-performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web-performance.md>)

## AI overview

Astro 4.5 improves the developer experience with a new Dev Audit UI for finding performance and accessibility issues in the browser. It also improves View Transitions by allowing persisted islands to receive new props while retaining state, and adds support for rerunning inline scripts during navigation. The release also includes Shiki 1.0, multi-CDN asset prefixing, and other updates.

## Source excerpt

Astro 4.5 is out! This release includes a new Dev Audit UI, View Transition improvements, Shiki 1.0, multi-CDN asset prefixing, and more!