⚠️ Breaking Change
Impact Score: 7/10
Turborepo v1.8.3
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Component: turbo · Channel: stable. Automated analysis, not a compatibility certification. How this works.
Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
Breaking-change evidence from the source
Add empty `public` folder to stop Docker builds breaking by @a3957273 in https://github.com/vercel/turbo/pull/3899
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Turborepo v1.8.3. Source highlight: release(turborepo): 1.8.2
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
💻 Software Engineers & Devs
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📊 Product & Engineering Leads
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⚙️ DevOps & Security
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⚠️ Breaking Changes & Deprecations (1)
- Add empty `public` folder to stop Docker builds breaking by @a3957273 in https://github.com/vercel/turbo/pull/3899
✨ New Features & Capabilities (5)
- Add empty `public` folder to stop Docker builds breaking
- feature: Use error_for_status
- Add global hash inputs to dry run
- Always look up task definition, but limit when it's added to traversa…
- Add per-package-manager instructions to create-new
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (6)
- fix(examples): svelte (#3919
- fix(examples): kitchen-sink (#3920
- fix(prettier): remove whitespace from example (#3924
- fix: Inference with workspace config
- Fix relative links on installing page
- fix: support prune without turbo.json
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
<!-- Release notes generated using configuration in .github/turborepo-release.yml at v1.8.3 -->
## What's Changed
### Changelog
* release(turborepo): 1.8.2 by @github-actions in https://github.com/vercel/turbo/pull/3915
* turbo-ignore doc. by @anthonyshew in https://github.com/vercel/turbo/pull/3814
* Align carets to key in JSON file by @n2o in https://github.com/vercel/turbo/pull/3909
* fix(examples): svelte (#3919 by @tknickman in https://github.com/vercel/turbo/pull/3919
* fix(examples): kitchen-sink (#3920 by @tknickman in https://github.com/vercel/turbo/pull/3920
* fix(prettier): remove whitespace from example (#3924 by @tknickman in https://github.com/vercel/turbo/pull/3924
* Add empty `public` folder to stop Docker builds breaking by @a3957273 in https://github.com/vercel/turbo/pull/3899
* feature: Use error_for_status by @NicholasLYang in https://github.com/vercel/turbo/pull/3898
* fix: Inference with workspace config by @NicholasLYang in https://github.com/vercel/turbo/pull/3938
* Add global hash inputs to dry run by @mehulkar in https://github.com/vercel/turbo/pull/3934
* Fix relative links on installing page by @mehulkar in https://github.com/vercel/turbo/pull/3937
* Update configuring-workspaces.mdx by @mehulkar in https://github.com/vercel/turbo/pull/3940
* Always look up task definition, but limit when it's added to traversa… by @mehulkar in https://github.com/vercel/turbo/pull/3951
* Update getting started to depend on turbo.json for order by @kevinsimper in https://github.com/vercel/turbo/pull/3859
* Root inference: skip turbo.json by @nathanhammond in https://github.com/vercel/turbo/pull/3946
* Add per-package-manager instructions to create-new by @nathanhammond in https://github.com/vercel/turbo/pull/3971
* fix: support prune without turbo.json by @chris-olszewski in https://github.com/vercel/turbo/pull/3785
* chore(eslint): bump version by @tknickman in https://github.com/vercel/turbo/pull/3976
* release(turborepo): 1.8.3-canary.0 by @github-actions in https://github.com/vercel/turbo/pull/3981
## New Contributors
* @n2o made their first contribution in https://github.com/vercel/turbo/pull/3909
* @a3957273 made their first contribution in https://github.com/vercel/turbo/pull/3899
* @kevinsimper made their first contribution in https://github.com/vercel/turbo/pull/3859
* @The-0xAlex made their first contribution in https://github.com/vercel/turbo/pull/3968
**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/vercel/turbo/compare/v1.8.2...v1.8.3