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Storybook 8.6

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Michael Shilman
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The 8.6 release focuses on Storybook Test, which brings realtime component, accessibility, and visual UI tests to your favorite component workshop.

Here’s what’s new:

  • 🎁 Storybook Test installer for out-of-the-box tests in new projects
  • ♿️ Accessibility “todo” workflow to systematically fix a11y violations
  • 🗜️ 80% smaller create-storybook package for much faster installs
  • 🧪 Dozens of Test fixes based on user feedback
  • 📕 Docs fixes for table of contents, code snippets, & more
  • 🚨 Key security fixes for Vite and ESbuild
  • 💯 Hundreds more improvements!

Browse the changelogs for the full list of changes.


There are no breaking changes, but you can refer to our Migration guide to upgrade from pre-8.0 of Storybook.

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