Use Zod 4 JSON schema generation

[Ian Clanton-Thuon (iclanton)]

Description

Migrates the Copilot component templates and examples to Zod 4 and uses Zod's native toJSONSchema() API. This removes the zod-to-json-schema dependency and allows the repository to use a single Zod version.

How was this tested?

• rush build --to @microsoft/spfx-cli --to @microsoft/spfx-template-api --to @spfx-template/copilot-component-minimal --to @spfx-template/copilot-component-noframework --to @spfx-template/copilot-component-react
• rush build --to @microsoft/spfx-template-test

Type of change

• Bug fix
• New feature / enhancement
• Template change
• Documentation / CI / governance

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

This PR migrates the Copilot component templates/examples to Zod 4 and switches JSON schema generation to Zod’s native toJSONSchema() API, removing the direct zod-to-json-schema dependency and aligning the repo on a single Zod version.

Changes:

• Replaced zod-to-json-schema usage with propertiesSchema.toJSONSchema() in Copilot component templates and examples.
• Updated template/example dependencies to zod@^4.4.3 and removed direct zod-to-json-schema dependencies.
• Updated Rush common versions / lockfiles to reflect the single Zod version across the repo.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 17 out of 18 changed files in this pull request and generated no comments.

Show a summary per file

File	Description
templates/copilot-component-react/src/{componentName.pascal}Properties.ts	Switch JSON schema export to Zod 4 toJSONSchema() and remove zod-to-json-schema import.
templates/copilot-component-react/package.json	Remove zod-to-json-schema; bump Zod to ^4.4.3.
templates/copilot-component-noframework/src/{componentName.pascal}Properties.ts	Switch JSON schema export to Zod 4 toJSONSchema() and remove zod-to-json-schema import.
templates/copilot-component-noframework/package.json	Remove zod-to-json-schema; bump Zod to ^4.4.3.
templates/copilot-component-minimal/src/{componentName.pascal}Properties.ts	Switch JSON schema export to Zod 4 toJSONSchema() and remove zod-to-json-schema import.
templates/copilot-component-minimal/package.json	Remove zod-to-json-schema; bump Zod to ^4.4.3.
examples/copilot-component-react/src/SampleProperties.ts	Switch JSON schema export to Zod 4 toJSONSchema() and remove zod-to-json-schema import.
examples/copilot-component-react/package.json	Remove zod-to-json-schema; bump Zod to ^4.4.3.
examples/copilot-component-noframework/src/NoFrameworkProperties.ts	Switch JSON schema export to Zod 4 toJSONSchema() and remove zod-to-json-schema import.
examples/copilot-component-noframework/package.json	Remove zod-to-json-schema; bump Zod to ^4.4.3.
examples/copilot-component-minimal/src/MinimalProperties.ts	Switch JSON schema export to Zod 4 toJSONSchema() and remove zod-to-json-schema import.
examples/copilot-component-minimal/package.json	Remove zod-to-json-schema; bump Zod to ^4.4.3.
common/config/rush/repo-state.json	Update Rush repo state hash for the lockfile change.
common/config/rush/pnpm-lock.yaml	Update lockfile to Zod 4.4.3 and remove the Zod 3.x entries used by templates previously.
common/config/rush/common-versions.json	Remove the preferred-version pinning/comments for Zod 3.x now that templates are on Zod 4.
common/changes/@microsoft/spfx-cli/main_2026-08-12-14-49-33.json	Add Rush change file (type none, empty comment).
apps/spfx-cli/package.json	Align CLI dependency on Zod to ^4.4.3.
api/spfx-template-api/package.json	Align template API dependency on Zod to ^4.4.3.

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• common/config/rush/pnpm-lock.yaml: Generated file

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