---
layout: post
title: ESLint v7.9.0 released
teaser: "We just pushed ESLint v7.9.0, which is a minor release upgrade of ESLint. This release adds some new features and fixes several bugs found in the previous release."
image: release-notes.png
tags:
  - release
  - minor
authors:
  - kaicataldo 
categories:
  - Release Notes
---

## Enhancements


* [`6f87db7`](https://github.com/eslint/eslint/commit/6f87db7c318225e48ccbbf0bec8b3758ea839b82) Update: fix [id-length](/docs/rules/id-length) false negatives on Object.prototype property names ([#13670](https://github.com/eslint/eslint/issues/13670)) (Milos Djermanovic)




## Bug Fixes


* [`3ca2700`](https://github.com/eslint/eslint/commit/3ca27004ece5016ba7aed775f01ad13bc9282296) Fix: Corrected notice for invalid (:) plugin names ([#13473](https://github.com/eslint/eslint/issues/13473)) (Josh Goldberg)
* [`29d1cdc`](https://github.com/eslint/eslint/commit/29d1cdceedd6c056a39149723cf9ff2fbb260cbf) Fix: [prefer-destructuring](/docs/rules/prefer-destructuring) removes comments (refs [#13678](https://github.com/eslint/eslint/issues/13678)) ([#13682](https://github.com/eslint/eslint/issues/13682)) (Milos Djermanovic)
* [`361ac4d`](https://github.com/eslint/eslint/commit/361ac4d895c15086fb4351d4dca1405b2fdc4bd5) Fix: NonOctalDecimalIntegerLiteral is decimal integer (fixes [#13588](https://github.com/eslint/eslint/issues/13588)) ([#13664](https://github.com/eslint/eslint/issues/13664)) (Milos Djermanovic)




## Documentation


* [`fc5783d`](https://github.com/eslint/eslint/commit/fc5783d2ff9e3b0d7a1f9664928d49270b4a6c01) Docs: Fix leaky anchors in v4 migration page ([#13635](https://github.com/eslint/eslint/issues/13635)) (Timo Tijhof)
* [`f1d07f1`](https://github.com/eslint/eslint/commit/f1d07f112be96c64dfdaa154aa9ac81985b16238) Docs: Provide install commands for Yarn ([#13661](https://github.com/eslint/eslint/issues/13661)) (Nikita Baksalyar)
* [`b4da0a7`](https://github.com/eslint/eslint/commit/b4da0a7ca7995435bdfc116fd374eb0649470131) Docs: fix typo in working with plugins docs ([#13683](https://github.com/eslint/eslint/issues/13683)) (啸生)
* [`f260716`](https://github.com/eslint/eslint/commit/f260716695064e4b4193337107b60401bd4b3f20) Docs: update outdated link ([#13677](https://github.com/eslint/eslint/issues/13677)) (klkhan)
* [`5138c91`](https://github.com/eslint/eslint/commit/5138c913c256e4266ffb68278783af45bf70af84) Docs: add missing eslint directive comments in [no-await-in-loop](/docs/rules/no-await-in-loop) ([#13673](https://github.com/eslint/eslint/issues/13673)) (Milos Djermanovic)
* [`17b58b5`](https://github.com/eslint/eslint/commit/17b58b528df62bf96813d50c087cafdf83306810) Docs: clarify correct example in [no-return-await](/docs/rules/no-return-await) (fixes [#13656](https://github.com/eslint/eslint/issues/13656)) ([#13657](https://github.com/eslint/eslint/issues/13657)) (Milos Djermanovic)








## Chores


* [`9171f0a`](https://github.com/eslint/eslint/commit/9171f0a99bb4d7c53f109b1c2b215004a7c27713) Chore: fix typo ([#13660](https://github.com/eslint/eslint/issues/13660)) (Nitin Kumar)


