⚠️ Breaking Change
Impact Score: 7/10
TypeScript 1.8.2
Source available — automated, not human-reviewed
Component: typescript · Channel: stable. Automated analysis, not a compatibility certification. How this works.
Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
Breaking-change evidence from the source
For breaking changes, check out the [Breaking changes in TypeScript 1.8](https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/wiki/Breaking-Changes#typescript-18) page.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
TypeScript v1.8.2. Source highlight: For release notes, and links to installing for various platforms, check out the release announcement
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
💻 Software Engineers & Devs
Check the source notes against the package and APIs you use before upgrading.
📊 Product & Engineering Leads
Use the documented changes to assess relevance to your product; release frequency alone is not a quality measure.
⚙️ DevOps & Security
Verify the target version, runtime requirements and rollback procedure in the official documentation.
⚠️ Breaking Changes & Deprecations (1)
- For breaking changes, check out the [Breaking changes in TypeScript 1.8](https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/wiki/Breaking-Changes#typescript-18) page.
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
For release notes, and links to installing for various platforms, check out the [release announcement](https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/typescript/2016/02/22/announcing-typescript-1-8-2)
> Note: This release has the version tag of `1.8.2.0` for npm and Visual Studio 2013 and `1.8.4.0` for NuGet and Visual Studio 2015
For new features, checkout the [what's new in TypeScript 1.8](https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/wiki/What's-new-in-TypeScript#typescript-18) page.
For breaking changes, check out the [Breaking changes in TypeScript 1.8](https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/wiki/Breaking-Changes#typescript-18) page.
For the complete list of fixed issues, check out the fixed issues query for [TypeScript 1.8](https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues?q=is%3Aissue+milestone%3A%22TypeScript+1.8%22+label%3A%22fixed%22+) and [TypeScript 1.8.2](https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues?q=is%3Aissue+milestone%3A%22TypeScript+1.8.2%22+label%3A%22fixed%22+).
Download:
- [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/typescript)
- [Visual Studio 2015 plugin](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48593)
- [Visual Studio 2013 plugin](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48739)
- [NuGet package](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.TypeScript.MSBuild/1.8.4)
Special thanks to all contributors to this release:
- Adam Freidin
- Akshar Patel
- Asad Saeeduddin
- Dan Corder
- @dashaus
- Dirk Holtwick
- @falsandtru
- Guy Bedford
- Iain Monro
- Jason Killian
- Jeffrey Morlan
- Jonathon Smith
- Kagami Sascha Rosylight
- Lucien Greathouse
- Martin Vseticka
- Mattias Buelens
- Nathan Yee
- @pcbro
- Richard Sentino
- Rowan Wyborn
- Shyyko Serhiy
- Thomas Loubiou
- Tim Perry
- Wesley Wigham
- York Yao
- Yuichi Nukiyama