Babel: v8.0.0-rc.2 Release

v8.0.0-rc.2 (2026-02-15)

Thanks @YoussefHenna for your first PR!

:boom: Breaking Change

• Other
  • #17766 Remove unused code for old ESLint versions (@liuxingbaoyu)
• babel-code-frame
  • #17772 Remove deprecated default export from @babel/code-frame (@fisker)

:bug: Bug Fix

• babel-helpers, babel-plugin-transform-async-generator-functions, babel-runtime-corejs3
  • #17797 fix: Properly handle await in finally (@liuxingbaoyu)
• babel-parser
  • #17796 Support ESLint 10 (@JLHwung)
• babel-preset-env
  • #17787 Fix: preset-env include/exclude should accept bugfix plugins (@JLHwung)
• babel-generator
  • #17781 fix: preserve trailing comma in optional call args (@JLHwung)
  • #17774 Fix undefined indentation when exactly 64 indents (@YoussefHenna)
• babel-standalone
  • #17770 fix: ensure targets.esmodules is validated (@JLHwung)

:nail_care: Polish

• babel-core
  • #17778 Improve core typings (@JLHwung)

:memo: Documentation

• babel-parser
  • #17786 docs: update spec.md (@JLHwung)

:house: Internal

• All packages
  • #17800 Set peer dep on @babel/core to workspace:^ (@nicolo-ribaudo)
• babel-parser, babel-plugin-transform-explicit-resource-management
  • #17793 Remove Babel 7 plugins from parser types (@nicolo-ribaudo)
• babel-plugin-proposal-discard-binding, babel-plugin-proposal-import-wasm-source, babel-plugin-syntax-explicit-resource-management, babel-plugin-syntax-import-assertions, babel-plugin-syntax-import-attributes, babel-plugin-transform-block-scoping, babel-plugin-transform-json-modules, babel-standalone
  • #17792 Archive syntax plugins enabled by default (@nicolo-ribaudo)

Committers: 6

• Babel Bot (@babel-bot)
• Huáng Jùnliàng (@JLHwung)
• Nicolò Ribaudo (@nicolo-ribaudo)
• Youssef Henna (@YoussefHenna)
• @liuxingbaoyu
• fisker Cheung (@fisker)