# The Plan for React 18

DevFeed: [The Plan for React 18](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-plan-for-react-18-2966.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://react.dev/blog/2021/06/08/the-plan-for-react-18>)

Author: Andrew Clark, Brian Vaughn, Christine Abernathy, Dan Abramov, Rachel Nabors, Rick Hanlon, Sebastian Markbage, and Seth Webster

Published: 2021-06-08T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [React Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/react-blog.md>)

Topics: [React](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/react.md>), [Concurrency](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/concurrency.md>), [Streaming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/streaming.md>), [Maintainers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/maintainers.md>)

Tags: [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [concurrency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/concurrency.md>), [library](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/library.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [react](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/react.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [streaming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/streaming.md>), [updates](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/updates.md>), [upgrade](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/upgrade.md>)

## AI overview

The React team outlines the plan for React 18, including a Working Group, an Alpha release for library authors, automatic batching, new APIs, and a streaming server renderer. The release introduces opt-in concurrent rendering to support gradual adoption and performance improvements with minimal application changes.

## Source excerpt

The React team is excited to share a few updates. We've started work on the React 18 release, which will be our next major version. We've created a Working Group to prepare the community for gradual adoption of new features in React 18. We've published a React 18 Alpha so that library authors can try it and provide feedback...