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title: 'Storybook 8.1 - May 2024'
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Storybook 8.1 is here with a ton of new features and bug fixes:

🏷️ [Static tag-based filtering](https://storybook.js.org/docs/writing-stories/tags)
🦺 [Type-safe, standards-based module mocking](https://storybook.js.org/docs/writing-stories/mocking-modules)
🐣 [New `beforeEach` test hook](https://storybook.js.org/docs/writing-tests/interaction-testing#run-code-before-each-test)
🧳 [Portable Stories API for Playwright Component Testing](https://storybook.js.org/docs/api/portable-stories-playwright)
🐕‍🦺 Support the new signal-based input & output functions in Angular
2️⃣ [Two new ways to create stories](https://storybook.js.org/docs/get-started/whats-a-story#working-with-stories): generating them from story controls or from your components directly!


Browse the [changelogs](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/blob/next/CHANGELOG.md) for the full list of changes.

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There are no breaking changes, but you can refer to our
[Migration guide](https://storybook.js.org/docs/migration-guide) to upgrade from
pre-8.0 of Storybook.
