From b445c36b8560ffc9856928a766d510d4bbb23d6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2026 15:05:42 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Initial plan


From ca8957afaedc64697e87510f0f44ecf185e3b3b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2026 15:08:16 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Fix canSkipBabel to account for babel.overrides

Co-authored-by: ArnaudBarre <14235743+ArnaudBarre@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 packages/plugin-react/CHANGELOG.md | 4 ++++
 packages/plugin-react/src/index.ts | 1 +
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/plugin-react/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/plugin-react/CHANGELOG.md
index bb5282351..3f6e7a2e6 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-react/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/plugin-react/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Fix `canSkipBabel` not accounting for `babel.overrides` ([#XXXX](https://github.com/vitejs/vite-plugin-react/pull/XXXX))
+
+When configuring `babel.overrides` without top-level plugins or presets, Babel was incorrectly skipped. The `canSkipBabel` function now checks for `overrides.length` to ensure override configurations are processed.
+
 ## 5.1.3 (2026-02-02)
 
 ## 5.1.2 (2025-12-08)
diff --git a/packages/plugin-react/src/index.ts b/packages/plugin-react/src/index.ts
index f7d0ffd75..1664117dc 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-react/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-react/src/index.ts
@@ -567,6 +567,7 @@ function canSkipBabel(
   return !(
     plugins.length ||
     babelOptions.presets.length ||
+    babelOptions.overrides.length ||
     babelOptions.configFile ||
     babelOptions.babelrc
   )

From a74c4266a82ff53156a3814ac75c1428698366b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2026 16:11:12 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Update CHANGELOG with PR #1098

Co-authored-by: ArnaudBarre <14235743+ArnaudBarre@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 packages/plugin-react/CHANGELOG.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/plugin-react/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/plugin-react/CHANGELOG.md
index 3f6e7a2e6..1b9a3e692 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-react/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/plugin-react/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
-### Fix `canSkipBabel` not accounting for `babel.overrides` ([#XXXX](https://github.com/vitejs/vite-plugin-react/pull/XXXX))
+### Fix `canSkipBabel` not accounting for `babel.overrides` ([#1098](https://github.com/vitejs/vite-plugin-react/pull/1098))
 
 When configuring `babel.overrides` without top-level plugins or presets, Babel was incorrectly skipped. The `canSkipBabel` function now checks for `overrides.length` to ensure override configurations are processed.