# wavesurfer.js 8.0.0-beta.4

- Product: wavesurfer.js (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/wavesurfer-js)
- Vendor: katspaugh
- Date: 2026-09-03
- Version: 8.0.0-beta.4
- Original notes: https://github.com/katspaugh/wavesurfer.js/releases/tag/8.0.0-beta.4
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/wavesurfer-js/releases/8.0.0-beta.4
- Labels: Pre-release

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- **fixed** — Address v8 pre-release R6 minor findings across core, renderer, plugins, and spectrogram
- **changed** — Refactor v8.0.0 pre-release architecture with 17 bug fixes and CI guardrails

* 8.0.0-beta.4
* fix: v8 pre-release R6 minor findings across core, renderer, plugins, and spectrogram (#4355)
* refactor(core)!: v8.0.0 pre-release architecture refactoring, 17 bug fixes, CI guardrails (#4354)

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