# Nx 23.2.0-beta.8

- Product: Nx (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/nx)
- Vendor: Nx
- Date: 2026-08-21
- Version: 23.2.0-beta.8
- Original notes: https://github.com/nrwl/nx/releases/tag/23.2.0-beta.8
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/nx/releases/23.2.0-beta.8
- Labels: Pre-release

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- **added** — Add durable run state and a dark orchestration loop to nx migrate
- **added** — Support vitest generation for node, nest, and express generators
- **added** — Adopt the storybook vitest addon for story testing
- **fixed** — Rebuild components when their templates or styles change on Windows in angular-rspack
- **fixed** — Resolve main worktree root without a Windows verbatim prefix
- **fixed** — Accept bun.lock lockfileVersion 2 and 3
- **fixed** — Maintain cacheability when an executor target default applies
- **fixed** — Don't leave an unkillable nx process when a terminal closes
- **fixed** — Honor the package manager's registry config in nx migrate
- **fixed** — Resolve telemetry DNS in-process to avoid a getenv segfault
- **fixed** — Skip target group members without a target
- **fixed** — Correct version floor validation for ranges and prereleases
- **fixed** — Keep the expo dev server alive under jest
- **fixed** — Derive metro projectRoot and node_modules from the app being bundled
- **fixed** — Emit valid Groovy when applying the plugin to an existing allprojects block
- **fixed** — Surface project graph timeout errors when the process ignores the kill signal
- **fixed** — Avoid duplicate node start without watch
- **fixed** — Stop running maven and gradle graph analysis through a shell
- **fixed** — Bump css-loader so npm can resolve rspack core 2
- **fixed** — Don't attribute commits with no author email to @find in release

##### 23.2.0-beta.8 (2026-08-21)

###### 🚀 Features

- **core:** add durable run state and a dark orchestration loop to nx migrate ([#36403](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/pull/36403))
- **misc:** support vitest generation for node, nest, and express generators ([#36665](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/pull/36665))
- **storybook:** adopt the storybook vitest addon for story testing ([#36648](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/pull/36648), [#33759](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/issues/33759))

###### 🩹 Fixes

- **angular-rspack:** rebuild components when their templates or styles change on Windows ([#36641](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/pull/36641), [#36619](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/issues/36619))
- **core:** resolve main worktree root without a Windows verbatim prefix ([#36649](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/pull/36649), [#35637](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/issues/35637))
- **core:** accept bun.lock lockfileVersion 2 and 3 ([#36666](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/pull/36666))
- **core:** maintain cacheability when an executor target default applies ([#36477](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/pull/36477))
- **core:** don't leave an unkillable nx process when a terminal closes ([#36683](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/pull/36683), [#36682](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/issues/36682))
- **core:** honor the package manager's registry config in nx migrate ([#35954](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/pull/35954), [#35843](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/issues/35843))
- **core:** resolve telemetry DNS in-process to avoid a getenv segfault ([#36673](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/pull/36673))
- **core:** skip target group members without a target ([#36711](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/pull/36711), [#36712](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/issues/36712))
- **devkit:** correct version floor validation for ranges and prereleases ([#36724](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/pull/36724))
- **expo:** keep the expo dev server alive under jest ([#36635](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/pull/36635))
- **expo:** derive metro projectRoot and node_modules from the app being bundled ([#36650](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/pull/36650), [#36531](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/issues/36531))
- **gradle:** emit valid Groovy when applying the plugin to an existing allprojects block ([#36697](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/pull/36697))
- **gradle:** surface project graph timeout errors when the process ignores the kill signal ([#36713](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/pull/36713))
- **js:** avoid duplicate node start without watch ([#36695](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/pull/36695), [#36694](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/issues/36694))
- **maven:** stop running maven and gradle graph analysis through a shell ([#36626](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/pull/36626))
- **misc:** bump css-loader so npm can resolve rspack core 2 ([#36643](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/pull/36643))
- **release:** Don't attribute commits with no author email to `@find` ([#36526](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/pull/36526))
- **repo:** tell review-pr agents to compare base and HEAD with git ([#36644](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/pull/36644))
- **testing:** unblock Cypress component testing on Angular 22.1 ([#36637](https://github.com/nrwl/nx/pull/36637))

###### ❤️ Thank You

- Aleksandr Lihih @sanshan
- Austin Turner @paustint
- Craigory Coppola @AgentEnder
- driessamyn-sparta
- FrozenPandaz @FrozenPandaz
- Jack Hsu @jaysoo
- Jarred Sumner @Jarred-Sumner
- Jason Jean @FrozenPandaz
- Kevin @kevindcode
- Leosvel Pérez Espinosa @leosvelperez
- leosvelperez @leosvelperez