v8.0.0 #18072

nicolo-ribaudo · 2026-06-16T14:04:26Z

nicolo-ribaudo
Jun 16, 2026
Maintainer

NOTE: The changelog below is relative to v8.0.0-rc.6. You can find a summary of all the breaking changes shipped in the Babel 8 release line in the migration guide for users and migration guide for plugin developers.

babel-core
- #18039 perf: Only extract source map comments at the end of the file (@liuxingbaoyu)

babel-cli, babel-node, babel-plugin-proposal-decorators, babel-plugin-transform-classes, babel-plugin-transform-function-name, babel-plugin-transform-modules-commonjs, babel-plugin-transform-object-rest-spread, babel-plugin-transform-parameters, babel-plugin-transform-react-constant-elements, babel-plugin-transform-regenerator, babel-preset-env, babel-register
- #18069 Fallback to assuming ESM support with modules: auto (@nicolo-ribaudo)
babel-plugin-transform-runtime, babel-runtime-corejs3, babel-runtime
- #18036 Remove corejs exports for @babe/runtime-corejs3 (@liuxingbaoyu)
babel-parser
- #18034 Remove locations: "packed" (@liuxingbaoyu)

babel-generator
- #18046 fix(generator): improve new callee parens check (@JLHwung)
babel-plugin-transform-modules-systemjs
- #18032 fix(systemjs): support proto as an export name (@JLHwung)

#18070 Add EOL date for Babel 7 (end of June 2027) to SECURITY.md (@nicolo-ribaudo)

babel-core
- #18039 perf: Only extract source map comments at the end of the file (@liuxingbaoyu)

This discussion was created from the release v8.0.0.