# wavesurfer.js 8.0.0-beta.5

- Product: wavesurfer.js (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/wavesurfer-js)
- Vendor: katspaugh
- Date: 2026-09-03
- Version: 8.0.0-beta.5
- Original notes: https://github.com/katspaugh/wavesurfer.js/releases/tag/8.0.0-beta.5
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/wavesurfer-js/releases/8.0.0-beta.5
- Labels: Pre-release

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- **added** — Auto-scroll while dragging, resizing, or creating a region in the regions plugin
- **fixed** — Region event race, mobile double-tap, and device-loss handling in regions and record plugins
- **fixed** — Add default mediaRecorderTimeslice to fire record-data-available continuously in Record plugin

* 8.0.0-beta.5
* feat(regions): auto-scroll while dragging, resizing, or creating a region (v8 rework of #4181) (#4358)
* fix(regions, record): region event race, mobile double-tap, device-loss handling (#4359)
* docs(examples): update examples for the v8 API (#4357)
* ci: skip already-published versions and tag prereleases correctly on npm (#4356)
* fix(Record): add default mediaRecorderTimeslice to fire record-data-available continuously (#4349) by @Copilot

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