# Astro astro@6.1.8 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Astro (https://astro.build)
- **Version:** astro@6.1.8
- **Released:** Apr 18, 2026
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/astro/updates/astro-6.1.8/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Astro astro@6.1.8. Source highlight: Fixes an issue where build output files could contain special characters (`!`, `~`, `{`, `}`) in their names, causing deploy failures on platforms like Netlify.

## Bug Fixes
- Fixes an issue where build output files could contain special characters (`!`, `~`, `{`, `}`) in their names, causing deploy failures on platforms like Netlify.
- Slightly improved the performance of the dev server by caching the internal crawling of the dependencies of a project.
- Fixes a bug where emitted assets during a client build would contain always fresh, new hashes in their name. Now the build should be more stable.
- Fixes a bug where `allowedDomains` weren't correctly propagated when using the development server.
- Improves Vue scoped style handling in DEV mode during client router navigation.
- Adds tests to verify settings are properly propagated when using the development server.

## Upgrade Command
```bash
npm install --save-exact astro@6.1.8
```