The following release notes are still in the process of being updated and cleaned up.

Release 7.7.0rc3 (2025-10-28)

Release Notes:

Configurability:

• The new ctx.configuration.short_id field provides a short identifier for the current configuration that is understood by bazel config. (#27219)

ExternalDeps:

• Added repository_ctx.original_name, which contains the original value of the name attribute as specified at the repo rule call site. (#27034)
• Modules backed by http_archive or git_repository no longer require a MODULE.bazel file to be contained in the source archive. (#27216)

Acknowledgements:

This release contains contributions from many people at Google, as well as bazel.build machine account, David Sanderson, David Zbarsky, Fabian Meumertzheim, Greg, Grzegorz Lukasik, Ruoyu Zhong, Son Luong Ngoc, Ulrik Falklof, wudisheng.

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