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v7.29.0 (2026-01-31)

Thanks @​simbahax for your first PR!

:rocket: New Feature

• babel-types
  • #17750 [7.x backport] Add attributes import declaration builder (@​JLHwung)
• babel-standalone
  • #17663 [7.x backport] feat(standalone): export async transform (@​JLHwung)
  • #17725 [7.x backport] feat: read standalone targets from data-targets (@​JLHwung)

:bug: Bug Fix

• babel-parser
  • #17765 fix(parser): correctly parse type assertions in extends clause (@​nicolo-ribaudo)
  • #17723 [7.x backport] fix(parser): improve super type argument parsing (@​JLHwung)
• babel-traverse
  • #17708 fix(traverse): provide a hub when traversing a File or Program and no parentPath is given (@​simbahax)
• babel-plugin-transform-block-scoping, babel-traverse
  • #17737 [7.x backport] fix: Rename switch discriminant references when body creates shadowing variable (@​magic-akari)

:running_woman: Performance

• babel-generator, babel-runtime-corejs3
  • #17642 [Babel 7] Improve generator performance (@​liuxingbaoyu)

Committers: 6

• David (@​simbahax)
• Huáng Jùnliàng (@​JLHwung)
• Nicolò Ribaudo (@​nicolo-ribaudo)
• @​liuxingbaoyu
• @​magic-akari

v7.28.6 (2026-01-12)

Thanks @​kadhirash and @​kolvian for your first PRs!

:bug: Bug Fix

• babel-cli, babel-code-frame, babel-core, babel-helper-check-duplicate-nodes, babel-helper-fixtures, babel-helper-plugin-utils, babel-node, babel-plugin-transform-flow-comments, babel-plugin-transform-modules-commonjs, babel-plugin-transform-property-mutators, babel-preset-env, babel-traverse, babel-types
  • #17589 Improve Unicode handling in code-frame tokenizer (@​JLHwung)
• babel-plugin-transform-regenerator
  • #17556 fix: transform-regenerator correctly handles scope (@​liuxingbaoyu)
• babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx
  • #17538 fix: Keep jsx comments (@​liuxingbaoyu)

:nail_care: Polish

• babel-core, babel-standalone
  • #17606 Polish(standalone): improve message on invalid preset/plugin (@​JLHwung)

:house: Internal

• babel-plugin-bugfix-v8-static-class-fields-redefine-readonly, babel-plugin-proposal-decorators, babel-plugin-proposal-import-attributes-to-assertions, babel-plugin-proposal-import-wasm-source, babel-plugin-syntax-async-do-expressions, babel-plugin-syntax-decorators, babel-plugin-syntax-destructuring-private, babel-plugin-syntax-do-expressions, babel-plugin-syntax-explicit-resource-management, babel-plugin-syntax-export-default-from, babel-plugin-syntax-flow, babel-plugin-syntax-function-bind, babel-plugin-syntax-function-sent, babel-plugin-syntax-import-assertions, babel-plugin-syntax-import-attributes, babel-plugin-syntax-import-defer, babel-plugin-syntax-import-source, babel-plugin-syntax-jsx, babel-plugin-syntax-module-blocks, babel-plugin-syntax-optional-chaining-assign, babel-plugin-syntax-partial-application, babel-plugin-syntax-pipeline-operator, babel-plugin-syntax-throw-expressions, babel-plugin-syntax-typescript, babel-plugin-transform-async-generator-functions, babel-plugin-transform-async-to-generator, babel-plugin-transform-class-properties, babel-plugin-transform-class-static-block, babel-plugin-transform-dotall-regex, babel-plugin-transform-duplicate-named-capturing-groups-regex, babel-plugin-transform-explicit-resource-management, babel-plugin-transform-exponentiation-operator, babel-plugin-transform-json-strings, babel-plugin-transform-logical-assignment-operators, babel-plugin-transform-nullish-coalescing-operator, babel-plugin-transform-numeric-separator, babel-plugin-transform-object-rest-spread, babel-plugin-transform-optional-catch-binding, babel-plugin-transform-optional-chaining, babel-plugin-transform-private-methods, babel-plugin-transform-private-property-in-object, babel-plugin-transform-regexp-modifiers, babel-plugin-transform-unicode-property-regex, babel-plugin-transform-unicode-sets-regex
  • #17580 Allow Babel 8 in compatible Babel 7 plugins (@​nicolo-ribaudo)

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• aa8394e v7.29.0
• 84366a8 fix(traverse): provide a hub when traversing a File or Program and no parentP...
• 229eb45 [7.x backport] fix: Rename switch discriminant references when body creates s...
• d7f4008 v7.28.6
• 905bc22 fix: lint errors in main branch (#17612)
• a03e2b6 fix: path.evaluate correctly returns confident (#17584)
• aac2c37 chore: Use Gulpfile.mts (#17579)
• 65c4a6b [Babel 8] fix: Improve traverse types (#17574)
• 99dcba5 chore: enable some ts-eslint rules (#17592)
• c92c491 Improve Unicode handling in code-frame tokenizer (#17589)
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