Hono 4.13.0

Hono 4.13.0.

Released August 3, 2026.

Faster.

Up to 1.25x on common routes.

JSON responses: 1.25x.

Bodies: 1.15x.

Queries: 1.09x.

Ping: 1.01x.

Regex out.

indexOf in.

RegExpRouter rewritten.

Route registration plus first match: 20% faster.

QUERY method.

First-class now.

RFC 10008.

app.query().

Cache middleware caches QUERY responses.

ETag middleware handles conditional QUERY requests.

Method Not Allowed middleware.

New.

Cache key format changed.

Internal URLs now use /.hono/cache.

Old purge logic needs updating.

Update when you can.