Babel Files

v8.0.6 (2026-09-18)

Thanks @robhogan for your first PR!

:eyeglasses: Spec Compliance

• babel-helper-validator-identifier, babel-parser
• #18237 Update identifier definition to Unicode 18 (@JLHwung)

:bug: Bug Fix

• babel-parser
• #18240 Fix parsing of arrow function params inside ternaries with Flow (@robhogan)
• babel-helper-string-parser, babel-parser
• #18239 fix: polish error message for invalid binary 0b19 (@JLHwung)

:house: Internal

• babel-code-frame, babel-core, babel-generator, babel-helper-create-class-features-plugin, babel-helper-module-transforms, babel-parser, babel-plugin-bugfix-safari-rest-destructuring-rhs-array, babel-plugin-proposal-destructuring-private, babel-plugin-proposal-discard-binding, babel-plugin-transform-regenerator, babel-plugin-transform-typescript, babel-preset-env, babel-traverse, babel-types
• #18235 Remove unused internal exports (@nicolo-ribaudo)
• babel-parser
• #18245 test: test with ts-eslint 8.70.0 (@JLHwung)
• babel-core
• #18231 build: do not emit sourcemap in production build (@JLHwung)
• babel-build-external-helpers, babel-cli, babel-code-frame, babel-core, babel-generator, babel-helper-compilation-targets, babel-helper-create-class-features-plugin, babel-helper-globals, babel-helper-string-parser, babel-helper-transform-fixture-test-runner, babel-helper-validator-identifier, babel-node, babel-parser, babel-plugin-transform-async-generator-functions, babel-plugin-transform-runtime, babel-register, babel-runtime-corejs3, babel-traverse
• #18236 Enforce usage of Yarn catalog for reused dependencies (@nicolo-ribaudo)

:running_woman: Performance

• babel-helper-compilation-targets, babel-helper-transform-fixture-test-runner
• #18232 Replace lru-cache with flru (@nicolo-ribaudo)

Committers: 4

• Babel Bot (@babel-bot)
• Huáng Jùnliàng (@JLHwung)
• Nicolò Ribaudo (@nicolo-ribaudo)
• Rob Hogan (@robhogan)