# React Native v0.88.0-rc.2 released!

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**Created:** [22 September 2026 12:17 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/react-native-v0-88-0-rc-2-released/249978 "2026-09-22T12:17:24Z")\
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[React Native](https://devtalk.com/react-native) v0.88.0-rc.2 has been released.

> [@](#):
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> ### Changed
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> - **Metro** : Bump the minimum Metro version to 0.87.1, so upgrading projects resolve the same Metro as freshly created ones ([f2439a83cf](https://github.com/react/react-native/commit/f2439a83cffc8f2bf8355a984a055ae7174bb4d9) by [@robhogan](https://github.com/robhogan))
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> ### Fixed
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> - **TurboModules** : Revert the `RCTArrayBuffer` codegen change, restoring `NSMutableData *` for ObjC TurboModule methods that take or return an `ArrayBuffer`. 0.88 is a non-breaking release, and the change stopped modules that adopted ObjC `ArrayBuffer` support in 0.87 from compiling ([639cdedb50](https://github.com/react/react-native/commit/639cdedb506d6441e27eeb579225aa6a7def3ff9), [19a3184981](https://github.com/react/react-native/commit/19a31849817b8cf0eaef56305330c4b39d826fe8) by [@fabriziocucci](https://github.com/fabriziocucci))
> - **TurboModules** : Revert the rejection of `ArrayBuffer` as a TurboModule `EventEmitter` payload. C++ TurboModules could declare `EventEmitter<ArrayBuffer>` in 0.87 and it generated working code, so rejecting it at codegen time broke those builds ([070af03ab3](https://github.com/react/react-native/commit/070af03ab3b9584473b0ffb1a837ac252d127ec9) by [@fabriziocucci](https://github.com/fabriziocucci))
> - **TypeScript** : Restore the `.js` fallback for legacy deep imports of untyped modules, so `react-native/Libraries/*` specifiers resolve again under the `react-native-legacy-deep-imports` condition ([579212e15c](https://github.com/react/react-native/commit/579212e15c9197d6c614cfeb4561e4a85956ee3b) by [@fabriziocucci](https://github.com/fabriziocucci))
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> Hermes V1 dSYMS:
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> - [Debug](https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/facebook/hermes/hermes-ios/260318099.0.3/hermes-ios-260318099.0.3-hermes-framework-dSYM-debug.tar.gz)
> - [Release](https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/facebook/hermes/hermes-ios/260318099.0.3/hermes-ios-260318099.0.3-hermes-framework-dSYM-release.tar.gz)
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> ReactNativeDependencies dSYMs:
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> - [Debug]([https://repo1.maven.o](https://repo1.maven.o)…

Link: [Release 0.88.0-rc.2 · react/react-native · GitHub](https://github.com/react/react-native/releases/tag/v0.88.0-rc.2)