Where is Prisma 7.9?

[alexwork1611]

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I may have missed the news, but where is the next Prisma version?

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[shashank-sn]

Prisma doesn't follow a strict calendar-based release schedule — versions ship when the team is ready. You can check what's cooking by looking at the open pull requests and the releases page.

If there's a specific fix or feature you're waiting for, you can find it by running npm view prisma versions --json to see what's published, or checking the latest dist-tag with npm dist-tag ls prisma. If 7.8 is the latest published, then 7.9 hasn't been cut yet.

Another signal: Prisma sometimes publishes release candidates under the next dist-tag. If you see a 7.9.0-dev.X or similar in npm view prisma@next version, it means they're actively working on the next version but haven't promoted it to stable. If there's no development activity, it could just be a slower cycle.

[logusivam]

This is a fairly open-ended question without a specific version number or concrete problem to verify against, but here's the current, accurate state of Prisma's release situation as of mid-2026.

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Prisma is actively releasing — you haven't missed anything broken

Prisma ORM is on an active v7.x release line, with regular minor releases. Recent versions include v7.3.0 (released January 21, 2026), which introduced a new compilerBuild option for the client generator block, v7.2.0 (December 17, 2025), v7.1.0 (December 3, 2025), and v7.0.0 (November 19, 2025), which made Prisma Client Rust-free by default. Development continues beyond that on the 7.6.0 line with frequent dev/prerelease builds.

If you're looking for the latest stable release, check:

npm view prisma version

or visit the official changelog directly: https://www.prisma.io/changelog

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If you're asking about something bigger — "Prisma Next"

If your question is really about a major next-generation rewrite rather than the next incremental version bump, there is something relevant: on March 4, 2026, Prisma announced "Prisma Next," described as a new foundation for Prisma ORM written fully in TypeScript — not a product release, but an open look at where the team is headed next.

Importantly, this does not mean Prisma 7 is being abandoned anytime soon: Prisma stated they remain fully committed to Prisma 7, calling it the recommended version for production applications, with continued updates and support guaranteed for the next 12 months from that announcement. The stated motivation for the rewrite is that after a year of bug fixes, performance improvements, and major refactors, the team felt they'd reached the limits of what was achievable with the current codebase — fixes were taking longer than they should, and new capabilities were slow to land.

If this is what you were asking about, it's worth reading the full announcement series on the Prisma blog (Part 1 of 9 in the "Prisma Next" series) for the roadmap and timeline details, since a high-level architecture announcement doesn't include a release date for general availability.

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What to do with this report

Since this was filed as a bug report template but is actually a general question with no reproduction steps, no error, and no code, it's likely to get closed as "not a bug" by maintainers per their own template instructions at the top of the form. If you have an actual question about a specific missing feature, breaking change, or release timeline, GitHub Discussions (not Issues) is the appropriate venue for Prisma, and including your specific use case will get a more precise answer than a general "where is the next version" question.

Note: Release cadence and roadmap details can change quickly — for the most current status, check the official changelog or the GitHub releases page directly rather than relying on any single point-in-time summary.

Hope this clarifies things — if it answers your question, would you mind closing this out or moving it to Discussions so others can find it quickly?

[nurul3101]

Prisma 7.8.0 is the latest stable version: https://github.com/prisma/prisma/releases/tag/7.8.0

We are actively working on the next major Prisma release which is in Early Access: https://github.com/prisma/prisma-next

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