Summary:
Pull Request resolved: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/56887
Drop support for Node.js 20. The minimum supported version is now `^22.13.0 || ^24.3.0 || >= 26.0.0`.
Node.js 20 reached end-of-life in April 2026 and is no longer actively maintained. This aligns React Native with the upcoming Metro requirement.
Changelog:
[General][Breaking] - Require Node.js >= 22.13.0
Reviewed By: christophpurrer, cortinico
Differential Revision: D105685641
fbshipit-source-id: f490e5a13e4289daba98c4d56dd8fdd341aef0db
Summary:
Pull Request resolved: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/55114
Our official [docs](https://reactnative.dev/docs/set-up-your-environment#node--watchman) require:
> Node 20.19.4 or newer
Currently, our `package.json#engines` fields express this as `"node": ">= 20.19.4"`
This is a bit imprecise because of Node's overlapping release lines - e.g. v24.0.0 is actually older than v20.19.4 (2025-07-15), and the whole v21 line was already EOL before v20.19.4.
The release *date* is relevant because Node.js frequently backports the most important updates - notably, `require(esm)` is already stable in Node 20.19 but is not unflagged in v22 until v22.12.
This makes the `package.json#engines` requirement truer to the documented requirement, dropping some old minors and EOL majors that prevent us using features included in v20.19.
Notably, `require(esm)` is stable and unflagged on all versions supported from this diff.
- v21 and v23 are EOL, so are dropped.
- v22.13 pre-dates 20.19.4 and is the first to have unflagged silent `require(esm)`
- v24.3.0 pre-dates 20.19.4 and is the first to unflag TS-stripping
- Support v25 and newer.
Changelog:
[General][Breaking] Drop support for EOL Node.js lines and old minors.
Reviewed By: cortinico, huntie
Differential Revision: D90467358
fbshipit-source-id: a5fdfb1b93a9d6cffe78eb6811ff7420ab906f44
Summary:
Pull Request resolved: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/54009
Packages haven't been bumped on main ahead of 0.83. This takes care of it.
Changelog:
[Internal] [Changed] -
Reviewed By: cipolleschi, huntie
Differential Revision: D83580515
fbshipit-source-id: 7471e77f74e3fb3b4ee6538a49369b5df1393098
Summary:
While verifying the lock deduplication changes, I have spotted that `eslint-plugin-jest` package does not match Jest version used within the workspace.
## Changelog:
[INTERNAL][CHANGED] - update `eslint-plugin-jest` package in workspace to align with Jest version used
Pull Request resolved: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/53246
Test Plan: Running `yarn test`, `yarn lint-ci` and `test-typescript` checks does not yield any errors.
Reviewed By: rshest, cortinico
Differential Revision: D80170591
Pulled By: robhogan
fbshipit-source-id: f3ac58bc26cf2d3a34899f8558f872b3df85942d
Summary:
Pull Request resolved: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/52706
This just prepares the repo for the next branch cut.
Changelog:
[Internal] [Changed] -
Reviewed By: cipolleschi
Differential Revision: D78558445
fbshipit-source-id: 2132d560dad447b3685874438387a519587f8554
Summary:
Pull Request resolved: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/52678
From partner feedback, there's still appetite to support Node 20.x for the next <1y of life. Lower min version to `20.19.4` (Jul 2025) and widen test matrix in CI.
Changelog:
[General][Breaking] - Our new minimum Node version is Node.js 20 (Overrides #51840)
Reviewed By: cortinico
Differential Revision: D78494491
fbshipit-source-id: c8d9dc6250cb11f8a12ca7e761b65f4a8dae9265
Summary:
Pull Request resolved: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/52359
This is needed ahead of the 81 branch cut.
Changelog:
[Internal] - Bump all packages to 0.81.0-main
Reviewed By: huntie
Differential Revision: D77602196
fbshipit-source-id: 1b52a7d1577783d72aba8d20f98032f29ffcc7df
Alex Hunt