Next.js Engine — Release Notes

This directory contains the maintained release-note archive for official Next.js Engine versions.

Release documents describe the Engine as it existed at that release. For current APIs, use the main docs/index.md and current component documentation.

Version	Status	Release notes	Main theme
v2.6.2	Prepared bug-fix patch	`NE-v2-6-2.md`	Cross-browser Transitions+, React hydration, Overlay/Nav compatibility, EngineScroll correctness
v2.6.1	Prepared stability patch	`NE-v2-6-1.md`	React 19 hydration, Next.js App Router, routing/style stability
v2.6.0	Prepared for publication	`NE-v2-6-0.md`	EngineShader, Transitions+, advanced EngineScroll, EngineOverlay
v2.5.0	Released 2026-08-27	`NE-v2-5-0.md`	APIStatic, runtime correctness, performance
v2.0.0	Released 2026-07-07	`NE-v2-0-0.md`	v2 runtime architecture milestone
v1.0.0	Released 2026-06-06	`NE-v1-0-0.md`	Initial public release

Tag naming

Historical tags are not perfectly consistent:

text

release-v1-0-0
release-V2-0-0
Release-v2.5.0

For the current v2.6 line the recommended tags are:

text

Release-v2.6.0
Release-v2.6.1
Release-v2.6.2

That follows the most recent v2.5.0 convention.

Next.js Engine — Release Notes

Tag naming

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