FlatBuffers Version 25.12.19 (#8871)

Author: dbaileychess

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,16 @@ All major or breaking changes will be documented in this file, as well as any
 new features that should be highlighted. Minor fixes or improvements are not
 necessarily listed.
 
+## [25.12.19] (December 19 2025)(https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/releases/tag/v25.12.19)
+
+* [C++] Default emptry vector support (#8870)
+* [C++] Add --gen-absl-hash option (#8868)
+* [Kotlin] Upgrade to MacOS 15 (#8845)
+* [C++] Fix vector of table with naked ptrs (#8830)
+* [Python] Optimize Offset/Pad/Prep (#8808)
+* Implement `--file-names-only` (#8788)
+* [C++] Fix size verifer (#8740)
+
 ## [25.9.23] (September 23 2025)(https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/releases/tag/v25.9.23)
 
 * flatc: `--grpc-callback-api` flag generates C++ gRPC Callback API server `CallbackService` skeletons AND client native callback/async stubs (unary + all streaming reactor forms) (opt-in, non-breaking, issue #8596).

CMake/Version.cmake

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 set(VERSION_MAJOR 25)
-set(VERSION_MINOR 9)
-set(VERSION_PATCH 23)
+set(VERSION_MINOR 12)
+set(VERSION_PATCH 19)
 set(VERSION_COMMIT 0)
 
 if(EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/.git")

FlatBuffers.podspec

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.name             = 'FlatBuffers'
-  s.version          = '25.9.23'
+  s.version          = '25.12.19'
   s.summary          = 'FlatBuffers: Memory Efficient Serialization Library'
 
   s.description      = "FlatBuffers is a cross platform serialization library architected for

MODULE.bazel

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module(
     name = "flatbuffers",
-    version = "25.9.23",
+    version = "25.12.19",
     compatibility_level = 1,
     repo_name = "com_github_google_flatbuffers",
 )

android/app/src/main/java/generated/com/fbs/app/Animal.kt

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class Animal : Table() {
     }
 
   companion object {
-    fun validateVersion() = Constants.FLATBUFFERS_25_9_23()
+    fun validateVersion() = Constants.FLATBUFFERS_25_12_19()
 
     fun getRootAsAnimal(_bb: ByteBuffer): Animal = getRootAsAnimal(_bb, Animal())
 

dart/pubspec.yaml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: flat_buffers
-version: 25.9.23
+version: 25.12.19
 description: FlatBuffers reading and writing library for Dart. Based on original work by Konstantin Scheglov and Paul Berry of the Dart SDK team.
 homepage: https://github.com/google/flatbuffers
 documentation: https://google.github.io/flatbuffers/index.html

goldens/cpp/basic_generated.h

@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 // Ensure the included flatbuffers.h is the same version as when this file was
 // generated, otherwise it may not be compatible.
 static_assert(FLATBUFFERS_VERSION_MAJOR == 25 &&
-              FLATBUFFERS_VERSION_MINOR == 9 &&
-              FLATBUFFERS_VERSION_REVISION == 23,
+              FLATBUFFERS_VERSION_MINOR == 12 &&
+              FLATBUFFERS_VERSION_REVISION == 19,
              "Non-compatible flatbuffers version included");
 
 namespace flatbuffers {

goldens/csharp/flatbuffers/goldens/Galaxy.cs

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ public struct Galaxy : IFlatbufferObject
 {
   private Table __p;
   public ByteBuffer ByteBuffer { get { return __p.bb; } }
-  public static void ValidateVersion() { FlatBufferConstants.FLATBUFFERS_25_9_23(); }
+  public static void ValidateVersion() { FlatBufferConstants.FLATBUFFERS_25_12_19(); }
   public static Galaxy GetRootAsGalaxy(ByteBuffer _bb) { return GetRootAsGalaxy(_bb, new Galaxy()); }
   public static Galaxy GetRootAsGalaxy(ByteBuffer _bb, Galaxy obj) { return (obj.__assign(_bb.GetInt(_bb.Position) + _bb.Position, _bb)); }
   public void __init(int _i, ByteBuffer _bb) { __p = new Table(_i, _bb); }

goldens/csharp/flatbuffers/goldens/Universe.cs

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ public struct Universe : IFlatbufferObject
 {
   private Table __p;
   public ByteBuffer ByteBuffer { get { return __p.bb; } }
-  public static void ValidateVersion() { FlatBufferConstants.FLATBUFFERS_25_9_23(); }
+  public static void ValidateVersion() { FlatBufferConstants.FLATBUFFERS_25_12_19(); }
   public static Universe GetRootAsUniverse(ByteBuffer _bb) { return GetRootAsUniverse(_bb, new Universe()); }
   public static Universe GetRootAsUniverse(ByteBuffer _bb, Universe obj) { return (obj.__assign(_bb.GetInt(_bb.Position) + _bb.Position, _bb)); }
   public static bool VerifyUniverse(ByteBuffer _bb) {Google.FlatBuffers.Verifier verifier = new Google.FlatBuffers.Verifier(_bb); return verifier.VerifyBuffer("", false, UniverseVerify.Verify); }

goldens/dart/basic_flatbuffers.goldens_generated.dart

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import 'dart:typed_data' show Uint8List;
 import 'package:flat_buffers/flat_buffers.dart' as fb;
 
 
+
 class Galaxy {
   Galaxy._(this._bc, this._bcOffset);
   factory Galaxy(List<int> bytes) {