# Scala 3.9.0-RC3

- Product: Scala (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/scala)
- Vendor: Scala Center
- Date: 2026-07-23
- Version: 3.9.0-RC3
- Original notes: https://github.com/scala/scala3/releases/tag/3.9.0-RC3
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/scala/releases/3.9.0-rc3
- Labels: Pre-release

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- **fixed** — Reliably decide whether to generate static forwarders
- **fixed** — REPL: attempt to detect user overridden toString for Product
- **added** — Add missing directives-parser artifacts to the released artifacts

#### Backported chnages

- Reliably decide whether to generate static forwarders [#26510](https://github.com/scala/scala3/pull/26510)
- REPL: attempt to detect user overridden toString for Product [#26451](https://github.com/scala/scala3/pull/26451)
- Add missing directives-parser artifacts to the released artifacts [#26516](https://github.com/scala/scala3/pull/26516)


#### Contributors

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

According to `git shortlog -sn --no-merges 3.9.0-RC2..3.9.0-RC3` these are:

```
     4  Jamie Thompson
     4  Wojciech Mazur
     2  Solal Pirelli
     1  Arnout Engelen
```