# Inquirer.js 8.4.0

- Product: Inquirer.js (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/inquirer)
- Vendor: Inquirer
- Date: 2026-04-06
- Version: 8.4.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/SBoudrias/Inquirer.js/releases/tag/%40inquirer/prompts%408.4.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/inquirer/releases/8.4.0

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- **added** — Add a loading message while validating editor prompt input
- **changed** — Improve type inference with checkbox, search and expand prompts
- **fixed** — Fix editor prompt not always properly handling editor path on windows

- Feat: Added a loading message while validating editor prompt input.
- Type improvement: Better type inference with checkbox, search and expand prompts.
- Fix: `editor` prompt not always properly handling editor path on windows.