Storybook 8.6 - February 2025

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, and 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.