@vitejs/plugin-react breaking changes

6.0.0

5 breaking changes, first published March 12, 2026.

• Removed
  Vite 7 and older versions are no longer supported. Upgrade to Vite 8 to keep using this plugin. github.com
• Removed BabelOptions
  BabelOptions was removed in @vitejs/plugin-react 6.0.0 npmjs.com
• Removed Options.babel
  Babel is no longer a dependency of the plugin. To keep Babel transforms, install @rolldown/plugin-babel and pass your Babel options to it instead of to react(). npmjs.com
• Removed ReactBabelOptions
  ReactBabelOptions was removed in @vitejs/plugin-react 6.0.0 npmjs.com
• Removed ViteReactPluginApi
  ViteReactPluginApi was removed in @vitejs/plugin-react 6.0.0 npmjs.com

5.0.0-beta.0

6 breaking changes, first published August 7, 2025.

• Removed
  The plugin no longer supports older Node.js versions; upgrade Node.js to 20.19 or later, or 22.12 or later. github.com
• Removed Options.disableOxcRecommendation
  The disableOxcRecommendation option is removed, so code passing it must drop it. npmjs.com
• Removed runtimeModule
  The runtimeModule option is no longer needed; use a newer babel-plugin-react-compiler that supports the target option. github.com
• Behavior changed
  Builds with NODE_ENV=development now use the development JSX transform instead of the production one. github.com
• Behavior changed resolve.dedupe
  The plugin no longer adds react and react-dom to resolve.dedupe; add them manually if you need the previous behavior. github.com
• Default changed exclude
  The default exclude value changed so node_modules files are processed; set exclude explicitly to keep excluding them. github.com

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