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React 16: Fiber Ships, Error Boundaries Arrive

React 16 is shipping with Fiber, the complete rewrite of React's core algorithm. After 18 months of development, the new reconciliation engine is production-ready. For most developers, upgrading means changing one line in package.json. That's the real achievement—rewriting the core without breaking the world.

What's New

React 16 brings several major features:

Fiber – The new reconciliation algorithm that enables: