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Upgrade to protobufjs version 8 #3062
Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
ProtobufJS 8 introduces support for edition 2024. Currently, proto-loader does not support version 2024. I'm not sure why that is a breaking change, however
Describe the solution you'd like
Upgrade to protobufjs v8
Describe alternatives you've considered
Manually forcing v8 resolution in the upstream project. This is not a google solution as it introduces unsafe behavior
Additional context
n/a
Reacted by Sander Blomvågnes and Houbein
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dcodeIO commentedon Jun 12, 2026
Hey, protobuf.js maintainer here. Fwiw, I'd expect the 7.x to 8.x upgrade to be relatively straightforward: These two are still pretty close architecturally, with the same module system, same Node.js support floor, and mostly the same API shape / behavior.
On why 8,.x is a breaking change: Edition 2024 support required restructuring feature and descriptor handling internally (e.g. protobufjs/protobuf.js#2060). Very little of that is visible on the surface proto-loader uses.
I'm also backporting fixes that I think are important for 7.x users in the meantime, but moving proto-loader to 8.x would simplify maintenance on that front over time.
Potentially relevant for grpc-node / proto-loader, apart from Edition 2024:
keepCaseonRoot.fromDescriptorprotoc-gen-pbjsplugin, if useful hereFor the
keepCaseoption specifically, descriptor loading could pass its existingkeepCaseoption through toRoot.fromDescriptor(decodedDescriptorSet, { keepCase: options.keepCase }), which is now supported.Happy to help. (I'm also open to more sustained collaboration around protobuf.js if that is useful.)
proto-loader: pass keepCase to Root.fromDescriptor
AlbinoGeek commentedon Aug 7, 2026
Checking in on this — is there a sense of when PR #3067 might land, or what's currently blocking review? We have a few projects carrying an override to work around the protobufjs v7 pin in proto-loader, and would like to drop it once the v8 bump merges. Happy to help test if that would move things along. Thanks for the work here.
proto-loader: pass keepCase to Root.fromDescriptor
Houbein commentedon Nov 7, 2026
It has been a few months now, is there any news on when protobufjs V8 will be supported?