Babel Files

v8.0.5 (2026-09-10)

Thanks @drubetti, @jibin7jose, @joelle-a-dev, @journey-ad, @Kjubikstronk, @MatteoGabriele, and @zhangli091011 for your first PRs!

:eyeglasses: Spec Compliance

• babel-parser
• #18218 fix(parser): do not form html entity for invalid codepoint (@JLHwung)

:bug: Bug Fix

• babel-parser
• #18215 fix(parser): remove non-decimal prefix from bigint (@JLHwung)
• #18063 Disallow new import prop access (@JLHwung)
• babel-plugin-transform-destructuring
• #18214 fix: only collapse the empty-object check when it targets the declared binding (@Kjubikstronk)
• babel-plugin-transform-typescript
• #18190 fix(ts): improve variable handling in namespace (@JLHwung)
• #18207 [ts] Allow merging enum into a namespace (@nicolo-ribaudo)
• babel-node
• #18217 Fix import path for babel-node.js (@drubetti)
• babel-plugin-bugfix-safari-rest-destructuring-rhs-array
• #18213 fix(bugfix): bound check before array access (@JLHwung)
• babel-traverse
• #18183 fix(remove): unwrap single sequence expression (@JLHwung)
• #18153 Handle null in getAll{Prev,Next}Siblings (@JLHwung)
• babel-plugin-transform-block-scoping
• #18194 fix: improve for loop closure environment check (@JLHwung)
• #18193 fix: assign closure body after handling return (@JLHwung)
• #18088 Fix initialization of nested for loop head declarations (@journey-ad)
• babel-generator
• #18202 fix(generator): keep parens for ?. chain in tag (@JLHwung)
• babel-register
• #18137 fix(babel-register): preserve app-managed graceful shutdown (@jibin7jose)
• Other
• #18140 chore: fix @babel/eslint-plugin peer deps (@JLHwung)
• babel-cli, babel-helper-transform-fixture-test-runner, babel-register
• #18131 fix(register): do not inherit parent execArgv (@JLHwung)
• babel-standalone
• #18095 Add types for @babel/standalone (@liuxingbaoyu)

:memo: Documentation

• #18187 Add AI policy (@nicolo-ribaudo)

:house: Internal

• babel-cli, babel-core, babel-helper-compilation-targets, babel-helper-create-class-features-plugin, babel-helper-create-regexp-features-plugin, babel-helper-fixtures, babel-preset-env
• #18145 refactor: replace semver with verkit (@sxzz)
• babel-node
• #18177 Update node flags list (@nicolo-ribaudo)
• babel-types
• #18103 Simplify AST validators (@fisker)

:running_woman: Performance

• babel-parser
• #18176 perf: Improve @babel/parser (@liuxingbaoyu)

Committers: 14

• Babel Bot (@babel-bot)
• Daniele Rubetti (@drubetti)
• Huáng Jùnliàng (@JLHwung)
• Jad (@journey-ad)
• Joelle Mahfoud (@joelle-a-dev)
• Kevin Deng (@sxzz)
• Matteo Gabriele (@MatteoGabriele)
• Miodrag Obradovic (@Kjubikstronk)
• Nicolò Ribaudo (@nicolo-ribaudo)
• Rayan Salhab (@cyphercodes)
• @liuxingbaoyu
• @zhangli091011
• fisker Cheung (@fisker)
• jibin jose (@jibin7jose)