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This PR contains the following updates:

Package	Change	Age	Confidence
@babel/cli (source)	7.29.7 → 8.0.6
@babel/core (source)	7.29.7 → 8.0.9
@babel/preset-typescript (source)	7.29.7 → 8.0.7

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Release Notes

babel/babel (@​babel/cli)

v8.0.6

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👓 Spec Compliance

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

🐛 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)

🏠 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)

🏃‍♀️ Performance

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

v8.0.5

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👓 Spec Compliance

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

🐛 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)

📝 Documentation

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

🏠 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)

🏃‍♀️ Performance

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

v8.0.4

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👓 Spec Compliance

• babel-parser, babel-plugin-transform-typescript
  • #​18120 fix(parser): disallow declare module M {} (@​JLHwung)
• babel-generator, babel-parser, babel-plugin-transform-typescript
  • #​18100 fix(parser): forbid let x! and let x! = (@​JLHwung)

🐛 Bug Fix

• babel-traverse
  • #​18122 fix: replaceWith in Visitor#exit should not stop traversal (@​liuxingbaoyu)

🏠 Internal

• babel-helper-validator-identifier
  • #​18084 refactor: Shrink validator identifier size (@​JLHwung)

v8.0.1

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💥 Breaking Change

• babel-core, babel-plugin-transform-object-rest-spread, babel-plugin-transform-runtime, babel-preset-env, babel-standalone
  • #​18079 Actually remove preset-env's useBuiltIns (@​nicolo-ribaudo)

v8.0.0

Compare Source

👓 Spec Compliance

• babel-core
  • #​18039 perf: Only extract source map comments at the end of the file (@​liuxingbaoyu)

💥 Breaking Change

• babel-cli, babel-node, babel-plugin-proposal-decorators, babel-plugin-transform-classes, babel-plugin-transform-function-name, babel-plugin-transform-modules-commonjs, babel-plugin-transform-object-rest-spread, babel-plugin-transform-parameters, babel-plugin-transform-react-constant-elements, babel-plugin-transform-regenerator, babel-preset-env, babel-register
  • #​18069 Fallback to assuming ESM support with modules: auto (@​nicolo-ribaudo)
• babel-plugin-transform-runtime, babel-runtime-corejs3, babel-runtime
  • #​18036 Remove corejs exports for @babe/runtime-corejs3 (@​liuxingbaoyu)
• babel-parser
  • #​18034 Remove locations: "packed" (@​liuxingbaoyu)

🐛 Bug Fix

• babel-generator
  • #​18046 fix(generator): improve new callee parens check (@​JLHwung)
• babel-plugin-transform-modules-systemjs
  • #​18032 fix(systemjs): support proto as an export name (@​JLHwung)

📝 Documentation

• #​18070 Add EOL date for Babel 7 (end of June 2027) to SECURITY.md (@​nicolo-ribaudo)

🏠 Internal

• #​18018 ci: enforce yarn integrity (@​JLHwung)

🏃‍♀️ Performance

• babel-core
  • #​18039 perf: Only extract source map comments at the end of the file (@​liuxingbaoyu)

babel/babel (@​babel/core)

v8.0.9

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v8.0.9 (2026-10-23)

This release contains no changes. It is needed only to update the repo (which is based on @babel/core's last release) in Node.js's CITGM.

v8.0.7

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🐛 Bug Fix

• 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)

🏠 Internal

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

v8.0.6

Compare Source

👓 Spec Compliance

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

🐛 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)

🏠 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)

🏃‍♀️ Performance

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

v8.0.5

Compare Source

👓 Spec Compliance

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

🐛 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)

📝 Documentation

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

🏠 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)

🏃‍♀️ Performance

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

v8.0.1

Compare Source

💥 Breaking Change

• babel-core, babel-plugin-transform-object-rest-spread, babel-plugin-transform-runtime, babel-preset-env, babel-standalone
  • #​18079 Actually remove preset-env's useBuiltIns (@​nicolo-ribaudo)

v8.0.0

Compare Source

👓 Spec Compliance

• babel-core
  • #​18039 perf: Only extract source map comments at the end of the file (@​liuxingbaoyu)

💥 Breaking Change

• babel-cli, babel-node, babel-plugin-proposal-decorators, babel-plugin-transform-classes, babel-plugin-transform-function-name, babel-plugin-transform-modules-commonjs, babel-plugin-transform-object-rest-spread, babel-plugin-transform-parameters, babel-plugin-transform-react-constant-elements, babel-plugin-transform-regenerator, babel-preset-env, babel-register
  • #​18069 Fallback to assuming ESM support with modules: auto (@​nicolo-ribaudo)
• babel-plugin-transform-runtime, babel-runtime-corejs3, babel-runtime
  • #​18036 Remove corejs exports for @babe/runtime-corejs3 (@​liuxingbaoyu)
• babel-parser
  • #​18034 Remove locations: "packed" (@​liuxingbaoyu)

🐛 Bug Fix

• babel-generator
  • #​18046 fix(generator): improve new callee parens check (@​JLHwung)
• babel-plugin-transform-modules-systemjs
  • #​18032 fix(systemjs): support proto as an export name (@​JLHwung)

📝 Documentation

• #​18070 Add EOL date for Babel 7 (end of June 2027) to SECURITY.md (@​nicolo-ribaudo)

🏠 Internal

• #​18018 ci: enforce yarn integrity (@​JLHwung)

🏃‍♀️ Performance

• babel-core
  • #​18039 perf: Only extract source map comments at the end of the file (@​liuxingbaoyu)

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The upgrade is incompatible with the configured Node 14 CI runtime and existing Babel preset, blocking installation and compilation.

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• CI uses unsupported Node 14 for Babel 8 · New
• Babel preset and plugin remain incompatible with Babel 8 · New

What changed in this PR

This PR upgrades the Babel tooling used to compile react-fast-highlight from version 7 to version 8.

Changes:

• Updates Babel CLI, core, and the TypeScript preset to their specified 8.x releases.
• Refreshes the lockfile with Babel 8 dependencies and removes obsolete transitive entries.

File	Description
yarn.lock	Records Babel 8 and updated transitive dependencies.
package.json	Updates the three direct Babel development dependencies.

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