React Native: Event Ordering Fix and v0.86 Prep

React Native addressed a critical Android Fabric event delivery bug and released the changelog for v0.86.0-rc.0. The team also cleaned up feature flags and improved test stability.

Duration: PT1M42S

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  • Show: React Native
  • Published: 2026-05-09T10:00:52Z
  • Audio duration: PT1M42S

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Good morning. This is your React Native briefing for May 9th, 2026.

No pull requests were merged today, but the team pushed five important commits to the main branch.

Pieter De Baets fixed a significant Android Fabric bug where events could be delivered out of order. The issue occurred when events were emitted for views that weren't yet mounted - some events would bypass the queue system and arrive before earlier events. The fix implements synchronized locking to ensure proper…

The team removed the stale disableMaintainVisibleContentPosition feature flag, which was never actually rolled out. This cleanup simplifies ScrollView code by removing unnecessary destructuring since the flag defaulted to false and had no release plans.

Fabrizio Duroni re-enabled a previously skipped VirtualizedList test that ensures batch render regions are retained when items are appended. The test was updated to work properly with React 19 by using stepwise timer advancement instead of running all timers at once.

React Native Bot added the official changelog for version 0.86.0 release candidate zero, marking another milestone in the release process.

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