---
layout: post
title: ESLint 0.8.1 released
teaser: "We just pushed ESLint 0.8.1, which is a patch update to fix bugs discovered in 0.8.0."
image: release-notes-patch.png
tags:
  - release
  - bug fix
authors:
  - nzakas
categories:
  - Release Notes
---

## Bug Fixes

* Fix: Ensure exit code is 1 when there's a syntax error (fixes [#1239](https://github.com/eslint/eslint/issues/1239)) (Nicholas C. Zakas)
* Fix: vars-on-top directive support (fixes [#1235](https://github.com/eslint/eslint/issues/1235)) (Michael Ficarra)
* Fix: Avoid mutating node.range in max-len (fixes [#1224](https://github.com/eslint/eslint/issues/1224)) (Brandon Mills)

## Enhancements

* Update: space-in-brackets to allow exceptions (fixes [#1142](https://github.com/eslint/eslint/issues/1142)) (Brandyn Bennett)

## Documentation

* Docs: fix up vars-on-top documentation (fixes [#1234](https://github.com/eslint/eslint/issues/1234)) (Michael Ficarra)
* Docs: Typo, add missing quotation mark (Ádám Lippai)
