v8.0.0-rc.3

@rootvector2

v8.0.0-rc.3 (2026-03-16)

Thanks @rootvector2 and @veeceey for your first PRs!

babel-parser
- #17839 Fix(parser): async x => {} must be in leading pos (@JLHwung)
- #17803 Disallow non-leading solo await within F# pipeline (@JLHwung)

babel-parser, babel-plugin-proposal-do-expressions, babel-plugin-proposal-pipeline-operator, babel-plugin-transform-exponentiation-operator, babel-plugin-transform-instanceof, babel-traverse, babel-types
- #17867 [Babel 8] Remove Import from the Expression alias (@JLHwung)
babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx-development, babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx, babel-preset-react
- #17845 Gate jsxDEV source/self with developmentSourceSelf option (@rootvector2)
babel-generator, babel-parser, babel-types
- #17835 fix: Remove decorators from TSDeclareMethod (@liuxingbaoyu)
babel-helper-import-to-platform-api, babel-plugin-proposal-import-wasm-source, babel-plugin-transform-json-modules
- #17816 Pass file instead of path to importToPlatformApi builders (@nicolo-ribaudo)

babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx-development, babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx, babel-preset-react
- #17862 Add sourceSelf option to @babel/plugin-transform-react-jsx-development (@nicolo-ribaudo)
babel-parser
- #16935 feat: Add locations option to parser (@liuxingbaoyu)

babel-compat-data, babel-plugin-bugfix-safari-rest-destructuring-rhs-array, babel-preset-env
- #17788 Add bugfix plugin for Safari array rest destructuring bug (@JLHwung)
babel-generator, babel-parser, babel-traverse, babel-types
- #17852 Fix(types): Align AST definitions to parser implementations (@JLHwung)
babel-build-external-helpers, babel-cli, babel-node, babel-parser
- #17859 fix: Ensure packages are executable (@liuxingbaoyu)
babel-build-external-helpers, babel-cli, babel-node, babel-register
- #17822 Fix eslint package types (@liuxingbaoyu)
babel-plugin-transform-parameters, babel-traverse
- #17829 Fix types for path.get("body.${index}") (@liuxingbaoyu)
babel-parser
- #17806 Improve F# pipeline direct body check (@JLHwung)
- #17799 Fix TypeScript parser failing on async calls in ternary consequent (@veeceey)
babel-build-external-helpers
- #17827 fix(build-external-helpers): incorrect bin path (@JLHwung)
babel-core, babel-generator, babel-helper-transform-fixture-test-runner, babel-plugin-transform-runtime, babel-types
- #17811 Support ESLint v10 for babel-eslint-plugin (@JLHwung)

babel-parser
- #17782 Improve trailing comma comment handling (@JLHwung)
babel-plugin-transform-regenerator
- #17362 Do not split awaitAsyncGenerator in await yield (@nicolo-ribaudo)

babel-parser
- #17853 refactor(parser): use AST definitions from babel/types (@JLHwung)
- #17838 refactor(parser): simplify arrow start tracking (@JLHwung)
- #17808 Build: Ensure make build will build Babel parser typings (@JLHwung)
babel-runtime-corejs3, babel-runtime
- #17855 Remove engines field from @babel/runtime (@nicolo-ribaudo)
Other
- #17825 chore: Set allowUnreachableCode: false (@liuxingbaoyu)

babel-helper-import-to-platform-api, babel-plugin-proposal-import-wasm-source, babel-plugin-transform-json-modules
- #17818 Load async Wasm and JSON imports in parallel (@nicolo-ribaudo)
babel-parser
- #17834 fix(parser): performance issue due to debug code (@JLHwung)