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content/blog/2018-03-29-react-v-16-3.md

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 author: [bvaughn]
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-This release includes an official context API, new class component lifecycles, a new `StrictMode` component, a new ergonomic ref API, and a ref-forwarding API!
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-For the past few months, the React team has been working on support for [asynchronous rendering](/blog/2018/03/01/sneak-peek-beyond-react-16.html). We are excited about the new features it will enable.
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-We've also learned that some long-term changes will be required to the way we write React components. (If you haven't already, you may want to check out our [recent blog post](/blog/2018/03/27/update-on-async-rendering.html) about this.) Rest assured that we respect [semver](https://semver.org/) and **will not ship breaking changes in a minor version**!
+A few days ago, we [wrote a post about upcoming changes to our legacy lifecycle methods](/blog/2018/03/27/update-on-async-rendering.html), including gradual migration strategies. In React 16.3.0, we have added a few new lifecycle methods to assist with that migration. We are also introducing new APIs for long requested features: an official context API, a ref forwarding API, an ergonomic ref API.
 
 Read on to learn more about the release.