Tracker: deck.gl v9.3

[ibgreen-openai]

deck.gl v9.3

• Target Release Date: March 31, 2026
• Theme: Maturing Widgets and Basemap Integrations, steady progress on WebGPU, and improvements to the view system
• Follows v9.2, v9.1 and v9.0
• Followed by Tracker: deck.gl v9.4 / v10 #10270

v9.3 Final Punch List

Goals:

• make the deck.gl Whats new information exciting and relevant to community.
• Land any pending tooling updates etc

Tooling

• vitest Chris Gervang
  • Vitest migration chore(test): vitest migration #9969
• JSON typing - chore(json): Typing improvements #9641 Ib Green

Deck Layer Improvements

• [x TextLayer clipping @Pessimistress
• Dashed Outline Support for scatter etc @chrisgervang
• feat(core) Add getWorldBounds() method #9920
• IconLayer / TextLayer not rendering under GlobeView (non-Mercator projection) #9777
• [Feat] Add PathStyleExtension/getDashArray to ScatterPlotLayer #9864
• [Bug] TileLayer minZoom uses rounding instead of Math.floor #9806
• Whats New @Pessimistress @chrisgervang

Deck View / Controller System Improvements

• Whats New @Pessimistress
• Add layout expressions for view positions #9842
• feat(core): 3D enable MapController using rotatationPivot option #9938

Deck Widget Improvements

• Graduate Widgets @Pessimistress
• Whats New @Pessimistress
• Custom Widget Guide docs(widgets) Custom Widget Developer Guide #9304 Chris Gervang
• feat(mapbox): Add Controlled Mode and State Callbacks to Widgets #9964
• [Bug] widget appears multiple time in react StrictMode #9957
• [Bug] ZoomWidget ignores minZoom / maxZoom #9679
• feat(widgets): SelectionWidget POC #9624
• feat(widgets): Add custom ButtonGroupWidget #9618
• docs(widgets) Custom Widget Developer Guide #9304
• [Bug] Geocoder Widget showing wrong color in dark theme #9899

3D / Terrain Improvements (3D picking, 3D controllers, 3D tile…) @felixpalmer

• Whats New @felixpalmer

Deck Basemap Integration Improvements @chrisgervang

• Whats New
• Mapbox overlay widget support feat(mapbox): Add widget support to MapboxOverlay via IControl adapter #9963
• Mapbox view in overlay mode fix(mapbox): automatically inject 'mapbox' view in overlaid mode for multi-view consistency #9947
• fix(mapbox): automatically inject 'mapbox' view in overlaid mode for multi-view consistency #9947
• feat(mapbox): Add widget support to MapboxOverlay via IControl adapter #9962

loaders.gl improvements @ibgreen

• Whats New summary for deck.gl (can we include MLT support?)@ibgreen

luma.gl improvements @ibgreen

• joint/mesh animations in luma.gl

v9.3 Features under consideration

Core Features

• feat(core): Add Deck#getView() method #9948
• feat(core): Add pickable: '3d' option to all Layers #9937
• chore: bump to loaders.gl@4.4 #9972
• [Bug] GPU usages with _onMetrics #9958
• on "idle" callback. An event for signaling deck has settled (draws, async loading, etc), similar to maplibre.
• luma.gl 9.3 - Minor WebGPU and glTF improvements - Tracker
  • Includes new resizing logic that would relate to fixing [Bug] Layers flickering when resizing window/canvas #9918

Views

• Improvements to view system? Tracker

WebGPU

More layers running on WebGPU - Tracker

Features

• Picking? feat(core,react,docs): Add async deck picking methods #9733

Geospatial layers

• PointCloudLayer (v9.2)
• ScatterplotLayer (v9.2)

Widgets

Tracker

JSON

• chore(json): Typing improvements #9641

Other

• [website] update to a colorful favicon #9750
• chore(release) fix broken regex #9538
• add agents.md
• improve PR review tooling feat(core): Add pickable: '3d' option to all Layers #9937 (comment)

[rmackinnon]

Remaining tasks for 2026 Collab Summit event website:

• chore: 2026 Collab Summit temp header move to live header #10217
• website: Addition of header ribbon, and application of registration link. #10222
• Request registration system with governing body.
• Receive approval, and configure system with our event details.
• Replace placeholder on even page and publish.