bevy-migration-0-18-to-0-19

Bevy 0.18 → 0.19 migration

Bevy 0.19.0 was released on 2026-06-19. Target bevy = "0.19" and validate against the latest 0.19 patch release. Apply the official migration guide from top to bottom; this skill prioritizes changes most likely to affect game code and sibling skills.

First-pass checklist

1. Update the engine and every Bevy ecosystem crate together. A crate built on Bevy 0.18 cannot share ECS/assets/render types with Bevy 0.19.
2. Rebuild with the project's real default-features and target triples.
3. Fix resources and broad-query conflicts before chasing secondary system errors.
4. Update scenes, text, assets, rendering, lights, and UI focus.
5. Regenerate persisted animation target IDs and serialized world data.
6. Compile representative examples and exercise native and web/platform builds.

High-impact changes

Bevy 0.18	Bevy 0.19
#[derive(Component, Resource)]	Split into distinct types; Resource: Component
broad query plus Res<T>	Filter resource entities with Without<IsResource> when appropriate
init_non_send_resource	init_non_send
SceneRoot / DynamicScene	WorldAssetRoot / DynamicWorld
old world serialization in bevy_scene	bevy_world_serialization
TextFont { font: Handle<_>, font_size: f32 }	FontSource and FontSize
TextLayout::new_with_justify	TextLayout::justify
LoadContext::loader()	LoadContext::load_builder()
custom Reader with AsyncSeekForward	required Reader::seekable()
ViewNode and camera render-graph nodes	systems in Core2d / Core3d schedules
Replace, on_replace	Discard, on_discard
set_executor_kind(ExecutorKind::...)	set_executor(...) with an executor instance
light shadows_enabled	shadow_maps_enabled plus optional contact_shadows_enabled
Atmosphere on a camera	separate bevy::light::Atmosphere entity
public InputFocus.0	get, set, and clear methods

The render-node API is gone, but the top-level non-camera schedule named bevy::render::renderer::RenderGraph still exists. Do not replace that schedule name blindly.

Text and scenes

TextFont {
    font: asset_server.load("fonts/FiraSans-Bold.ttf").into(),
    font_size: FontSize::Px(24.0),
    ..default()
}

commands.spawn(WorldAssetRoot(
    asset_server.load("models/level.glb#Scene0"),
));

Parley/fontique now provide shaping and fallback. Installed-family discovery requires the system_font_discovery feature. The old serialization system was renamed to make room for BSN; glTF roots still use WorldAssetRoot, not BSN scene types.

See text and fonts and scene serialization.

Resources and generic queries

Res<T> and ResMut<T> remain the normal APIs. The semantic change is that resource values live on singleton entities and #[derive(Resource)] also implements Component. As a result, broad component queries can conflict with resource access or unexpectedly include resource entities.

fn inspect_entities(
    entities: Query<EntityRef, Without<IsResource>>,
    settings: Res<GameSettings>,
) {
    // ...
}

Do not add Without<IsResource> mechanically to every query; narrow only queries that are truly intended to inspect ordinary entities. See resources as components.

Features and ecosystem crates

[dependencies]
bevy = { version = "0.19", default-features = false, features = [
  "3d", "ui", "audio"
] }

• audio is no longer implied by 2d, 3d, or ui.
• ui is no longer implied by 2d or 3d.
• Profile collections must be used with default-features = false; otherwise default features remain enabled by Cargo feature unification.
• Native controller events need the bevy_gilrs backend when defaults are disabled.
• bevy_capture 0.6 and bevy_hanabi 0.19 target Bevy 0.19. Verify every other dependency's declared Bevy version rather than guessing from its crate version.

Other source migrations

• InputFocus is initialized by DefaultPlugins. In Bevy 0.19.1, call focus.set(entity, FocusCause::Navigated); the one-argument 0.19.0 example is patch-stale.
• Recalculate serialized AnimationTargetId values: its hash/ID algorithm changed.
• A glTF #Material0 label now returns GltfMaterial; append /std for a Handle<StandardMaterial> when PBR conversion is enabled.
• Advanced loads now go through AssetServer::load_builder; nested loads use LoadContext::load_builder.
• EasyScreenRecordPlugin manual literals need output_dir; ..default() already supplies it.
• FeathersPlugin became FeathersCorePlugin, while FeathersPlugins remains the plugin group.

See rendering, assets, and APIs.

Validate the migration

cargo check --all-targets
cargo test
cargo tree -d | rg 'bevy(_| )'

Treat duplicate Bevy majors/minors as a compatibility problem, not harmless Cargo noise. Also build every supported feature profile and target; a default desktop build does not validate default-features = false or WASM.

See also

• Official Bevy migration guide
• bevy-cargo-features
• bevy-rendering
• bevy-ui
• bevy-assets
• bevy-ecs-queries