babel/babel v8.0.7 on GitHub

v8.0.7 (2026-10-07)

Thanks @brunoborta, @CINC0S, @hoobnn, and @jpradelle for your first PRs!

babel-helper-create-regexp-features-plugin, babel-plugin-transform-dotall-regex, babel-plugin-transform-unicode-sets-regex, babel-preset-env
- #18295 Bump regexpu-core to 6.5.3 (@JLHwung)
babel-plugin-transform-for-of
- #18292 Skip for await in transform-for-of (@brunoborta)
babel-helpers, babel-plugin-transform-async-generator-functions, babel-runtime-corejs3
- #18283 Fix asyncIterator helper forwarding .throw() to .return() (@brunoborta)
babel-parser
- #18288 fix(parser): allow await as a function expression name inside async arrow (@JLHwung)
babel-helpers, babel-plugin-transform-class-properties, babel-plugin-transform-modules-systemjs, babel-runtime-corejs3
- #18284 Guard @@toPrimitive usage in toPrimitive helper (@nicolo-ribaudo)
babel-plugin-transform-block-scoping
- #18195 fix: closures in for-loop init capture wrong binding (@joelle-a-dev)
babel-helper-create-class-features-plugin, babel-plugin-transform-private-property-in-object
- #18265 Return false for #x in on static private fields before initialization (@hoobnn)
babel-traverse
- #18151 Evaluate TypeScript expression wrappers in NodePath#evaluate (@CINC0S)
- #18250 fix(traverse): do not evaluate destructured bindings in path.evaluate (@wulu007)
Other
- #18257 Fix eslint-parser AST definition of AccessorProperty (@jpradelle)
babel-core
- #18254 fix(core): createConfigItem allows cb as 2nd arg (@JLHwung)

babel-helpers, babel-plugin-transform-modules-commonjs, babel-runtime-corejs3
- #18255 Simplify interopRequireWildcard helper (@nicolo-ribaudo)