# Inquirer.js 8.6.0

- Product: Inquirer.js (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/inquirer)
- Vendor: Inquirer
- Date: 2026-08-19
- Version: 8.6.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/SBoudrias/Inquirer.js/releases/tag/%40inquirer/prompts%408.6.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/inquirer/releases/8.6.0

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- **added** — Add initialValue option to @inquirer/search to pre-fill the search input
- **changed** — Update @inquirer/core to 12.0.0, which makes the useState setter accept a reducer/updater function
- **fixed** — Fix floating-point step errors in @inquirer/number
- **fixed** — Allow @inquirer/number to accept explicit undefined as default
- **fixed** — Allow @inquirer/confirm to accept explicit undefined as default
- **fixed** — Allow @inquirer/editor to accept explicit undefined as default

##### @inquirer/prompts@8.6.0

The all-in-one prompts package, re-exporting every individual prompt at its latest version.

###### Highlights

This release rides on **`@inquirer/core@12.0.0`**, which makes the `useState` setter accept a reducer/updater function. It also brings a new `initialValue` option to search, plus fixes for `number`, `confirm`, and `editor`.

###### What's new

- **`@inquirer/search`** — new `initialValue?: string` option to pre-fill the search input ([#2205](https://github.com/SBoudrias/Inquirer.js/pull/2205))

###### What's fixed

- **`@inquirer/number`** — avoid floating-point step errors; accept explicit `undefined` as default ([#2166](https://github.com/SBoudrias/Inquirer.js/pull/2166), [#2182](https://github.com/SBoudrias/Inquirer.js/pull/2182))
- **`@inquirer/confirm`** — accept explicit `undefined` as default ([#2182](https://github.com/SBoudrias/Inquirer.js/pull/2182))
- **`@inquirer/editor`** — accept explicit `undefined` as default ([#2182](https://github.com/SBoudrias/Inquirer.js/pull/2182))

###### Included prompts

- `@inquirer/checkbox@5.2.2`
- `@inquirer/confirm@6.2.0`
- `@inquirer/editor@5.3.0`
- `@inquirer/expand@5.1.2`
- `@inquirer/input@5.1.3`
- `@inquirer/number@4.2.0`
- `@inquirer/password@5.1.2`
- `@inquirer/rawlist@5.3.2`
- `@inquirer/search@4.3.0`
- `@inquirer/select@5.2.2`

> **Note:** This release depends on `@inquirer/core@^12.0.0`, which contains a breaking change to the `useState` setter type (it now accepts a reducer function). See the `@inquirer/core@12.0.0` release notes for details.