From d480124a331614b7d2cb0e9e94161e3e73b900e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alan Agius <17563226+alan-agius4@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2026 08:44:08 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] refactor(@angular/cli): use ArrayBufferLike.byteLength
 for dry run event content

Use event.content.byteLength instead of casting ArrayBufferLike to Buffer to access length.
---
 .../command-builder/utilities/schematic-workflow.ts    | 10 ++--------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/angular/cli/src/command-builder/utilities/schematic-workflow.ts b/packages/angular/cli/src/command-builder/utilities/schematic-workflow.ts
index c4134ef8ce66..8830454356ea 100644
--- a/packages/angular/cli/src/command-builder/utilities/schematic-workflow.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/cli/src/command-builder/utilities/schematic-workflow.ts
@@ -38,17 +38,11 @@ export function subscribeToWorkflow(
         );
         break;
       case 'update':
-        logs.push(
-          // TODO: `as unknown` was necessary during TS 5.9 update. Figure out a long-term solution.
-          `${colors.cyan('UPDATE')} ${eventPath} (${(event.content as unknown as Buffer).length} bytes)`,
-        );
+        logs.push(`${colors.cyan('UPDATE')} ${eventPath} (${event.content.byteLength} bytes)`);
         files.add(eventPath);
         break;
       case 'create':
-        logs.push(
-          // TODO: `as unknown` was necessary during TS 5.9 update. Figure out a long-term solution.
-          `${colors.green('CREATE')} ${eventPath} (${(event.content as unknown as Buffer).length} bytes)`,
-        );
+        logs.push(`${colors.green('CREATE')} ${eventPath} (${event.content.byteLength} bytes)`);
         files.add(eventPath);
         break;
       case 'delete':

From d0d5fbb36184436a5c3fdf66b1fef27b19cbde6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alan Agius <17563226+alan-agius4@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2026 08:44:23 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] refactor(@angular-devkit/schematics-cli): use
 ArrayBufferLike.byteLength for dry run event content

Use event.content.byteLength instead of casting ArrayBufferLike to Buffer to access length.
---
 packages/angular_devkit/schematics_cli/bin/schematics.ts | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/angular_devkit/schematics_cli/bin/schematics.ts b/packages/angular_devkit/schematics_cli/bin/schematics.ts
index 91a658d0ced8..f07e6a93e5ab 100644
--- a/packages/angular_devkit/schematics_cli/bin/schematics.ts
+++ b/packages/angular_devkit/schematics_cli/bin/schematics.ts
@@ -335,14 +335,12 @@ export async function main({
         break;
       case 'update':
         loggingQueue.push(
-          // TODO: `as unknown` was necessary during TS 5.9 update. Figure out a long-term solution.
-          `${styleText(['cyan'], 'UPDATE')} ${eventPath} (${(event.content as unknown as Buffer).length} bytes)`,
+          `${styleText(['cyan'], 'UPDATE')} ${eventPath} (${event.content.byteLength} bytes)`,
         );
         break;
       case 'create':
         loggingQueue.push(
-          // TODO: `as unknown` was necessary during TS 5.9 update. Figure out a long-term solution.
-          `${styleText(['green'], 'CREATE')} ${eventPath} (${(event.content as unknown as Buffer).length} bytes)`,
+          `${styleText(['green'], 'CREATE')} ${eventPath} (${event.content.byteLength} bytes)`,
         );
         break;
       case 'delete':