# Black 26.5.1

- Product: Black (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/black)
- Vendor: Python Software Foundation
- Date: 2026-05-18
- Version: 26.5.1
- Original notes: https://github.com/psf/black/releases/tag/26.5.1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/black/releases/26.5.1

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- **fixed** — Fix unstable formatting of annotated assignments whose subscript annotation contains an inline comment
- **fixed** — Preserve inline comments (including # type: ignore) immediately before a # fmt: skip line, avoiding AST equivalence failures
- **fixed** — Correct the version in the published executables
- **added** — Add Neovim integration guide covering conform.nvim, ALE, and simple command approaches

###### Stable style

- Fix unstable formatting of annotated assignments whose subscript annotation contains
  an inline comment (e.g. `x: list[  # pyright: ignore[...]`) (#5130)
- Preserve inline comments (including `# type: ignore`) immediately before a
  `# fmt: skip` line, avoiding AST equivalence failures (#5139)

###### Packaging

- Correct the version in the published executables (#5137)

###### Documentation

- Add Neovim integration guide covering conform.nvim, ALE, and simple command approaches
  (#5124)