[primer]

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Releases

@primer/react-brand@0.81.0

Minor Changes

• #1523 030dbfe Thanks @rezrah! - Fixed Avatar refs to point to the rendered image, matching the declared HTMLImageElement type.

• #1523 030dbfe Thanks @rezrah! - Updates to Testimonial component:

  • Adds Testimonial.testIds
  • Refines TypeScript ref types for the root, quote, and name.
  • Forwards avatar refs to the image and link refs to the anchor.
  • Forwards HTML attributes, styles, and event handlers from Testimonial.Quote and Testimonial.Name.
  • Supports SVG logo children alongside image logos.
  • Testimonial.Link refs now use HTMLAnchorElement instead of HTMLElement
  • Localizes Storybook example text and accessible labels while preserving custom Playground text.
  • Adds responsive tokens for custom expressive typography and layout values without changing the design.

Patch Changes

• #1522 53faca0 Thanks @danielguillan! - Added a hover and focus tooltip to the ActionMenu.Button split-button menu trigger while preserving its accessible name.

• #1528 6c2046c Thanks @danielguillan! - Expose Card action-label text to screen readers after the description without adding a tab stop.

• #1522 53faca0 Thanks @danielguillan! - Kept the first-column heading in ComparisonTable visible in narrow layouts.

• #1523 030dbfe Thanks @rezrah! - Added ref forwarding to Link so object and callback refs resolve to its anchor element.

• #1522 53faca0 Thanks @danielguillan! - Fixed MediaPlaylist keyboard focus outlines being clipped by the playlist's overflow containers.

• #1522 53faca0 Thanks @danielguillan! - Fixed MinimalFooter social links overflowing narrow layouts by allowing them to wrap.

• #1519 e19919a Thanks @danielguillan! - Fix duplicate LogoSuite links and prevent pointer clicks from resetting the marquee.

@primer/brand-css@0.81.0

Patch Changes

• #1522 53faca0 Thanks @danielguillan! - Kept the first-column heading in ComparisonTable visible in narrow layouts.

• #1522 53faca0 Thanks @danielguillan! - Fixed MediaPlaylist keyboard focus outlines being clipped by the playlist's overflow containers.

• #1522 53faca0 Thanks @danielguillan! - Fixed MinimalFooter social links overflowing narrow layouts by allowing them to wrap.

• #1519 e19919a Thanks @danielguillan! - Fix duplicate LogoSuite links and prevent pointer clicks from resetting the marquee.

@primer/brand-primitives@0.81.0

Patch Changes

• #1523 030dbfe Thanks @rezrah! - Updates to Testimonial component:

  • Adds Testimonial.testIds
  • Refines TypeScript ref types for the root, quote, and name.
  • Forwards avatar refs to the image and link refs to the anchor.
  • Forwards HTML attributes, styles, and event handlers from Testimonial.Quote and Testimonial.Name.
  • Supports SVG logo children alongside image logos.
  • Testimonial.Link refs now use HTMLAnchorElement instead of HTMLElement
  • Localizes Storybook example text and accessible labels while preserving custom Playground text.
  • Adds responsive tokens for custom expressive typography and layout values without changing the design.

@primer/brand-mcp@0.81.0

@primer/brand-docs@0.81.0

@primer/brand-storybook@0.81.0

@primer/brand-e2e@0.81.0

@primer/brand-fonts@0.81.0

@primer/brand-config@0.81.0

[github-actions]

❗ Pre-merge checklist

Please ensure these items are checked before merging.

✅ Preliminary checks

• All CI checks pass on this pull request
• Docs and Storybook previews open in a browser

🔌 Integration smoke tests

Dotcom

• Performed successful integration test with github/github-ui, as a primary consumer of Primer Brand
  • Install RC: npm install @primer/react-brand@{RC_VERSION} -w @github-ui/swp-core
  • Run development server
  • Manually verify release-specific bugfixes and/or features on the following pages:
    • /home
    • /features/copilot
    • /features/copilot/plans
    • /features/copilot/tutorials
    • /features/preview
    • /enterprise
    • /enterprise/contact
    • /security/advanced-security
    • /education
    • /mobile
    • /about/diversity
    • /newsroom
    • /resources/articles
    • /resources/articles/software-development
    • /resources/articles/software-development/what-is-cloud-native
    • /resources/whitepapers
    • /resources/whitepapers/how-the-c-suite-can-lead-ai-innovation
    • /solutions
    • /solutions/use-case/
    • /solutions/use-case/devops
    • /contentful-lp-tests/flex-example-dark (requires a flag)
    • /contentful-lp-tests/flex-example-light (requires a flag)
  • Manually compare production site to local instance for any non-release specific regressions

Subdomain sites

• Performed successful integration test with githubuniverse.com, as a Tier 1 consumer of Primer Brand outside of the monolith.

  • Run development server and verify no new console warnings or regressions are found
  • Run local build to verify the release compiles correctly
  • Manually performed side-by-side comparison with production

• Performed successful integration test with https://resources.github.com/, as a Tier 1 consumer of Primer Brand outside of the monolith.

  • Run development server and verify no new console warnings or regressions are found
  • Run local build to verify the release compiles correctly
  • Manually performed side-by-side comparison with production

Sandboxes

• Works in CodeSandbox or StackBlitz
  • New components render successfully
  • (optional) Tested in both SPA and SSR apps if release contains build changes

🤔 Cross-check (aka sanity test)

• Release notes accurately describe the changes made
• All bugfixes in this release have resolved their corresponding issues
• The issues for reverted PRs have been re-opened and commented on with a link to the reverted PR
• No noticeable regressions or side-effects have not been introduced as a result of changes in this release.
  • If they have, determine severity of the issue and consider hotfixing

After tests

• Add report summary of your findings, including any images. Use following template as a guide:

  #### Smoke test results
  
  - Feature 1 🟢 🟡 🔴 (choose one, depending on success levels)
  
    {insert screenshot}
  
  Release testing status: Ready to release 🟢 | Paused 🟡 🔴 (choose one and provide reason)

🚢 After merge

• Issue release comms in primer brand Slack channel
• Add the preview deployment's link to releases as a way of permalinking to old version's docs. Example

[github-actions]

🟢 No design token changes found

[github-actions]

🟢 Bundle size report

Check	Main	Branch	Change
UMD — full bundle (JS)	111.84 kB	111.84 kB	🟢 No change
UMD — full bundle (CSS)	75.88 kB	75.88 kB	🟢 No change
ESM — full bundle (JS + CSS)	187.33 kB	187.33 kB	🟢 No change
ESM — tree-shaken simple (Button, JS + CSS)	9.34 kB	9.34 kB	🟢 No change
ESM — tree-shaken complex (ActionMenu, JS + CSS)	26.08 kB	26.08 kB	🟢 No change

[github-actions]

🟢 No unit test coverage changes found

All components and hooks with tests maintain the same coverage as the main branch.

[github-actions]

⚠️ Visual differences found

Our visual comparison tests found UI differences.

Please review the differences by using the test artifacts to ensure that the changes were intentional.

Artifacts can be downloaded and reviewed locally.

Download links are available at the bottom of the workflow summary screen.

Example:

If the changes are expected, please run npm run test:visual:update to replace the previous fixtures.

Review visual differences

[rezrah]

Smoke test results

• Expose Card action-label text to screen readers 🟢

  Fix verified in dotcom. aria-hidden has been removed.

  Before	After

• Fixed Avatar refs to point to the rendered image, matching the declared HTMLImageElement type. 🟢

  Verified avatars continue to appear correctly as before. Types also compile correctly. No-op change.

  - Fixed MediaPlaylist keyboard focus outlines being clipped by the playlist's overflow containers. 🟢

  Verified that focus is now working as expected.

  Before	After

• Updates to Testimonial component 🟢

  Verified no visual regression in Storybook (dotcom).

• ActionMenu tooltip updates 🟢

  Verified the tooltip now appears correctly.

  Before	After

Release testing status: Ready to release 🟢