React Native v0.86.0-rc.0 released!

NewsBot · 7 May 2026 12:17

React Native v0.86.0-rc.0 has been released.

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This is a release candidate. It is not intended for production use.

v0.86.0-rc.0

Breaking changes

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Added

Accessibility: AccessibilityInfo: added missing tests for Promise based methods, align null checks and error message code style (8fc503d780 by @chicio)

Animated: Suspense tests for the Animation Backend (8101fc776d by Bartlomiej Bloniarz)

Animated: Use weak_ptr when calling pullAnimationMutations in a callback scheduled with the Animation Backend (42d98b5830 by Bartlomiej Bloniarz)

Dev Server: Call methods on global.__BUNDLE_LOADER_REPORTER__, if given, during dev-mode bundler loads from Metro (1e0c1f886b by @robhogan)

React Native DevTools: Add new custom track for React Native Renderer operations in React Native DevTools performance traces (0b1def9ce5 by @rubennorte)

React Native DevTools: Add new custom track for React Native Renderer operations in React Native DevTools performance traces (29bc8f1acb by @rubennorte)

React Native DevTools: Add new custom track for React Native Renderer operations in React Native DevTools performance traces (9130df6773 by @rubennorte)

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Link: Release v0.86.0-rc.0 · facebook/react-native · GitHub