Announcements
BazelCon 2026
With BazelCon fast approaching, we are excited to bring you a sneak peek of what’s to come, along with a few event announcements.
Join the #bazelcon channel on Bazel Slack for real-time news and details.
A Special Thanks to Our Sponsors
To all our partners - both returning champions and brand-new supporters - thank you for consistently supporting our global community and making this event a reality. We are proud to have you on board!
After-Hours Socializing & Networking
No BazelCon is complete without post-session festivities! Unwind and connect with fellow engineers across a variety of social mixers, game nights, hackathons, and receptions.
Tuesday, October 13th:
(10 AM – 4 PM) BuildBarn Meetup hosted at DataDog
(6 PM – 9 PM) Kickoff Event at the Postillion Convention Centre
Wednesday, October 14th:
(5:30 PM – 6:30 PM) BazelCon Attendee Reception at the Postillion Convention Centre
(6 PM – 11 PM) Extreme Scale Party at Social Impact Factory
(6:30 PM) BuildBuddy & Google Cloud Happy Hour at Ventuno Skylounge
Friday, October 16th:
- (9 AM – 1 PM) Bazel Hackathon hosted at DataDog
Remember to double check if you need to register via the link for the event of your choosing.
BazelCon Training Day
We are thrilled by the enthusiasm for the technical workshops led by our sponsors this year!
A handful of seats remain across select tracks, so be sure to secure your preferred sessions on the schedule soon.
If your schedule changes and you can no longer join us, please release your reservation to accommodate others on the waitlist.
Important Note on Registration & Capacity
Please keep in mind that venue space is limited. If you can no longer attend in person, kindly cancel your pass to make room for community members on the waitlist.
Passes are also fully transferable to colleagues if you wish to reassign your spot.
Simply locate your original confirmation email and select "Modify Registration" to manage your ticket.
New bazel.build docsite
This quarter the new bazel.build docsite has finally launched - a shared community success! Big thank you to all contributors for your time and effort put in making this idea a reality.
We are continuously rolling out improvements and still rely on your help to catch remaining issues:
- Report bugs: Check the Post-Migration tracker for known issues. If your bug isn't listed yet, please drop a comment here.
- Contribute: Want to help improve the docs? You can find the guidelines at bazel.build/contribute/docs.
- Discuss: Join the conversation in the #documentation Slack channel.
Product Updates
Upcoming Bazel releases
Bazel 9.3.0 is expected to release on 2026-10-05.
Q3 releases
Community Corner
Updates from the JetBrains* team:
Bazel for CLion plugin updates
2026.3 support is available on JetBrains Marketplace.
New documentation for the plugin is published.
You can now re-run individual tests directly from the IDE for our GoogleTest and Catch2 integrations.
WeBazel.dev
Bazel community member, Son Luong Ngoc, has launched a sleek new directory showcasing organizations using Bazel. The site offers intuitive filtering to explore verified adopters across the ecosystem.
Each listing includes a specific confidence rating based on publicly available documentation, allowing you to inspect the underlying reference data directly.
Love seeing cool community-led projects like this - huge thanks to Son for building such a valuable resource!
Meetup.build events
Four War Stories and a Demo: Seattle Build Meetup 2026 - in July, Uber and EngFlow co-hosted a Build meetup in Seattle.
Missed it? Click the link and watch all five talk recordings.
Keep an eye on meetup.build for next meetup announcements.
Community created content
Articles
Bazel for iOS in 2026: What It Fixes and What It Breaks - by Mustafa Kemal Gökçe
Say hello to the new bazel.build website - by Armando Montanez and Nikki Vijaybhaskar @EngFlow
Autoconf’s revenge: ad-hoc shell templates - by Julio Merino
Mojo is now open source! - by Modular
Wallapop migrates to Bazel - by Mostfa Essam
A matter of Facts, and why you should check in your MODULE.bazel.lock - by Jason Bedard
A C++ toolchain from 357 bytes, in Bazel - by Farid Zakaria
Videos
Lightning Talk: Bazelizing a C++ Project - by Paulo Chiliguano
Using Slang to answer 'what should we verify'? - by Clara Hollowood
Titus Winters on Code Review, Builds, and Testing at 10x Commit Volume - by EngFlow
Parallel merge queues for Bazel monorepos - by Mergify
Resources
GitHub repository: https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel
Slack chat: https://slack.bazel.build
Google group: bazel-discuss@googlegroups.com
Special Interest Groups (SIG):
Reach out the email(s) listed below if you’d like to be added to the SIG calendar invites.
| SIG | Meeting frequency | Point of contact |
|---|---|---|
| Rules authors | Every two weeks | bazel-contrib@googlegroups.com |
| Android app development | Monthly | ahumesky@google.com |
| Bazel plugin for IntelliJ | Monthly | en@jetbrains.com |
| Remote execution API working group | Monthly | chiwang@google.com |
| Supply chain security / SBOM | Weekly | fwe@google.com |
Interested in learning about SIGs or starting a new one? Find more information on our website.
Want to get your SIG listed? Please add it to the Community repository.
Ideas, feedback, and submissions are welcome!
Thank you for reading this edition! Let us know if you’d like to see any new information or changes in future community updates by reaching out to product@bazel.build. We look forward to hearing from you.
Thanks,
Google Bazel team
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