@babel/plugin-transform-async-generator-functions

What is @babel/plugin-transform-async-generator-functions?

The @babel/plugin-transform-async-generator-functions package is a Babel plugin that transforms async generator functions and for-await loops to ES2015/ES6-compatible code. This allows developers to use async generator functions in environments that do not support them natively.

What are @babel/plugin-transform-async-generator-functions's main functionalities?

Transformation of async generator functions

This feature allows developers to write async generator functions, which are then transformed into code that can be executed in environments that do not support async generators natively.

async function* asyncGenerator() {
  var i = 0;
  while (i < 3) {
    yield i++;
  }
}

Transformation of for-await loops

This feature enables the use of for-await loops to iterate over async iterable objects, which is transformed into a series of promise resolutions compatible with older JavaScript engines.

async function iterateAsyncGenerator() {
  for await (const num of asyncGenerator()) {
    console.log(num);
  }
}

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regenerator-runtime

The regenerator-runtime package provides a runtime for Regenerator-compiled generator and async functions. It is similar to @babel/plugin-transform-async-generator-functions in that it allows the use of async functions in older environments, but it is a runtime rather than a compile-time plugin.

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README

@babel/plugin-transform-async-generator-functions

Turn async generator functions into ES2015 generators

See our website @babel/plugin-transform-async-generator-functions for more information.

Install

Using npm:

npm install --save-dev @babel/plugin-transform-async-generator-functions

or using yarn:

yarn add @babel/plugin-transform-async-generator-functions --dev

Changelog

v7.28.0 (2025-07-02)

:rocket: New Feature

• babel-node
  • #17147 Support top level await in node repl (@liuxingbaoyu)
• babel-types
  • #17258 feat(matchesPattern): support super/private/meta (@JLHwung)
• babel-compat-data, babel-preset-env
  • #17355 Add explicit resource management to preset-env (@JLHwung)
• babel-core, babel-parser
  • #17390 Support sourceType: "commonjs" (@JLHwung)
• babel-generator, babel-parser
  • #17346 Materialize explicitResourceManagement parser plugin (@JLHwung)
• babel-plugin-proposal-destructuring-private, babel-plugin-proposal-do-expressions, babel-plugin-transform-object-rest-spread, babel-traverse, babel-types
  • #17391 LVal coverage updates (Part 2) (@JLHwung)
• babel-parser, babel-traverse, babel-types
  • #17378 Accept bigints in t.bigIntLiteral factory (@JLHwung)
• babel-generator, babel-plugin-proposal-destructuring-private, babel-plugin-proposal-discard-binding, babel-plugin-transform-destructuring, babel-plugin-transform-explicit-resource-management, babel-plugin-transform-react-display-name, babel-types
  • #17277 Transform discard binding (@JLHwung)
• babel-generator, babel-parser, babel-plugin-proposal-destructuring-private, babel-plugin-transform-block-scoping, babel-plugin-transform-object-rest-spread, babel-plugin-transform-typescript, babel-traverse, babel-types
  • #17163 Parse discard binding (@JLHwung)

:bug: Bug Fix

• babel-helper-globals, babel-plugin-transform-classes, babel-traverse
  • #17297 Create babel-helper-globals (@JLHwung)
• babel-types
  • #17009 feature: TSTypeOperator: keyof (#16799) (@coderaiser)

:house: Internal

• babel-compat-data, babel-plugin-proposal-decorators, babel-plugin-transform-async-generator-functions, babel-plugin-transform-json-modules, babel-plugin-transform-regenerator, babel-plugin-transform-runtime, babel-preset-env, babel-runtime-corejs3
  • #17403 Update babel-polyfill packages (@nicolo-ribaudo)