# Scala 3.3.8-RC2

- Product: Scala (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/scala)
- Vendor: Scala Center
- Date: 2026-06-03
- Version: 3.3.8-RC2
- Original notes: https://github.com/scala/scala3/releases/tag/3.3.8-RC2
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/scala/releases/3.3.8-rc2
- Labels: Pre-release

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- **fixed** — Retry backporting #23665
- **fixed** — Do not overwrite the supertype of non-trait super in Erasure
- **changed** — Improve the logical sources provider
- **added** — Add logical package parsing for sourcepath
- **fixed** — Don't lookahead from interpolation
- **fixed** — Fix infinite loop with bad section ends in TastyHeaderUnpickler
- **fixed** — Context bound always has a span
- **fixed** — Parse HTML properly in Scaladoc
- **fixed** — Don't pop outermost region when skipping
- **fixed** — Fix TastyPrinter's JAR-walking logic to include subdirectories
- **fixed** — Ensure mistakes in CI inputs are caught early
- **removed** — Delete dead code in io/Path

#### Backported fixes

- Backport: Retry backporting #23665
  ([#910](https://github.com/scala/scala3-lts/pull/910))
- Backport "Do not overwrite the supertype of non-trait super in Erasure" to 3.3
  LTS ([#909](https://github.com/scala/scala3-lts/pull/909))
- Backport "feature: Improve the logical sources provider" to 3.3 LTS
  ([#908](https://github.com/scala/scala3-lts/pull/908))
- Backport "feature: Add logical package parsing for sourcepath" to 3.3 LTS
  ([#907](https://github.com/scala/scala3-lts/pull/907))
- Backport "Don't lookahead from interpolation" to 3.3 LTS
  ([#905](https://github.com/scala/scala3-lts/pull/905))
- Backport "Fix infinite loop with bad section ends in TastyHeaderUnpickler" to
  3.3 LTS ([#904](https://github.com/scala/scala3-lts/pull/904))
- Backport "Context bound always has a span" to 3.3 LTS
  ([#903](https://github.com/scala/scala3-lts/pull/903))
- Backport "Parse HTML properly in Scaladoc" to 3.3 LTS
  ([#902](https://github.com/scala/scala3-lts/pull/902))
- Backport "Don't pop outermost region when skipping" to 3.3 LTS
  ([#901](https://github.com/scala/scala3-lts/pull/901))
- Backport "Fix TastyPrinter's JAR-walking logic to include subdirectories" to
  3.3 LTS ([#900](https://github.com/scala/scala3-lts/pull/900))
- Backport "Ensure mistakes in CI inputs are caught early" to 3.3 LTS
  ([#899](https://github.com/scala/scala3-lts/pull/899))
- Backport "Delete dead code in io/Path" to 3.3 LTS
  ([#898](https://github.com/scala/scala3-lts/pull/898))

#### Contributors

Thank you to all the contributors who made this release possible 🎉

According to `git shortlog -sn --no-merges 3.3.8-RC1..3.3.8-RC2` these are:

```bash
    16  Tomasz Godzik
     2  Solal Pirelli
     2  Som Snytt
```