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# Why

fix test errors: https://github.com/expo/expo/runs/51240288563

# How

- [config-plugins] update template snapshot from template changes
- [babel-preset] update test coming from @react-native/babel-preset bump.
specifically react/react-native#52651
robhogan added a commit that referenced this pull request Oct 22, 2026
Hermes profiles have lowered generators (with `enableBabelRuntime: false`), `for...of`, `?.`, `??` and optional catch binding in dev builds only since #52651, because Hermes couldn't show local variables when paused on a breakpoint in a native generator.

That was a Hermes bug: the generator's resume prologue was stamped with the source location of its last `yield`, so a breakpoint on that line resolved to scope-less entry code. It's fixed in facebook/hermes@d1238c8c6 (hermes-v260318099.0.2), which main has used since #58397.

This removes `enableRegenerator`, so Hermes-profile dev output matches release. It also fixes a dev/release divergence - loose `for-of` never calls `iterator.return()`, so breaking out of a `for...of` over a generator skipped its `finally` in dev only.

Changelog: [General][Changed] - Babel preset: Hermes profiles no longer lower generators, `for...of`, optional chaining, nullish coalescing or optional catch binding in dev, matching release
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## Motivation

 - Dev/release consistency in correctness and performance shape.
 - ~10% faster dev cold builds
 - More responsive dev apps (~2x faster promise handling)
 - Improved debugging support

Since #52651, Hermes profiles have lowered generators (with `enableBabelRuntime: false`), `for...of`, `?.`, `??` and optional catch binding in dev builds only, because Hermes couldn't show local variables when paused on a breakpoint in a native generator.

That turned out to be a Hermes bug: a breakpoint on that a `yield` line resolved to scope-less entry code before the body had even run. It was fixed in facebook/hermes@d1238c8 (hermes-v260318099.0.2), which main has used since #58397.

This removes `enableRegenerator`, so Hermes-profile dev output matches release. It also fixes a dev-only divergence - loose `for-of` never calls `iterator.return()`, so breaking out of a `for...of` over a generator skipped its `finally` in dev but not release.

Note that with the default `enableBabelRuntime`, generators were already native in dev, so in practice the generator change mostly affects `enableBabelRuntime: false` setups, including RN's own Jest. (There's no good reason generator was ever conditional on `enableBabelRuntime === false` - it seems to date from #44668 and probably a misunderstanding of what the `regenerator` argument to `babel/plugin-transform-runtime` did - it doesn't make that plugin transform generators, it just rewrites the helper import.)

Native generator debugging still isn't perfect on .0.2 - stepping through `try`/`catch` can stop on a `catch` line that doesn't run, and breakpoints on `yield*` lines or on a `throw` after a resume don't fire. Those already affect every default config though, so there's no regression in most cases. Regenerator has its own problems, eg breakpoints often stop a line early because statements merge into its `case` blocks. Overall, native is now a better experience.

Detailed comparison in https://robhogan.github.io/reports/react-native-regenerator-removal/

## Changelog

[GENERAL] [FIXED] - Babel preset: Hermes profiles no longer lower generators, `for...of`, optional chaining, nullish coalescing or optional catch binding in dev, matching release

Pull Request resolved: #59303

Test Plan:
Reproduced the original bug through Hermes's `CDPAgent` test harness with `Debugger.setBreakpointByUrl`. On hermes-v250829098.0.16 and v260318099.0.1, a breakpoint on a generator's last `yield` line pauses at the generator call with only the global scope, and every local evaluates to `undefined`. On v260318099.0.2 and .0.4 it pauses at the real code with all locals.

AI-driven breakpoint sweep: this preset with `dev: true, enableBabelRuntime: false`, before and after this change, over 248 source lines of generator, async function, async generator, exception and loop fixtures. A breakpoint was set on every line, each pause was mapped back through the source map, and every local was evaluated. Same results with eager and lazy compilation.

| Hermes | Identical | Different, equivalent | Native better | Native worse | Mixed (loop headers) | Total |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 250829098.0.16 | 164 | 10 | 49 | 22 | 3 | 248 |
| 260318099.0.2 | 183 | 11 | 47 | 3 | 3 | 247 |
| 260318099.0.4 | 184 | 11 | 47 | 3 | 3 | 248 |

Reviewed By: christophpurrer

Differential Revision: D126904757

Pulled By: javache

fbshipit-source-id: f2d492ec6c326b9ec8b8101832c85b921836f5ce
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