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04 Nov 2026, 8:33 AM	Hacker News	6.0	C++26 Disapproved On 23 October 2026, ISO National Bodies disapproved the C++26 DIS after a 12-week ballot; a two-thirds majority was required but not reached, and the comments point to Contracts as not ready. Andreas Fertig, a C++ standardization committee member who represents Germany's vote, writes that this is the first failed C++ DIS ballot he could find apart from C++/CLI's DIS 26926 in 2006, which was halted. The HN thread drew 314 points and 207 comments. Why: If you ship C++ or depend on C++ toolchains, do not plan migrations around C++26 Contracts or assume the standard's timetable: Contracts is the blocker and the ballot failed. Keep using existing contract mechanisms and wait for WG21/national-body follow-up before changing compiler baselines; for AI/ML and SaaS stacks without C++ in the critical path, there is no direct action. cpp iso-standards contracts developer-tools

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04 Nov 2026, 8:33 AM

Hacker News

6.0

C++26 Disapproved

On 23 October 2026, ISO National Bodies disapproved the C++26 DIS after a 12-week ballot; a two-thirds majority was required but not reached, and the comments point to Contracts as not ready. Andreas Fertig, a C++ standardization committee member who represents Germany's vote, writes that this is the first failed C++ DIS ballot he could find apart from C++/CLI's DIS 26926 in 2006, which was halted. The HN thread drew 314 points and 207 comments.

Why: If you ship C++ or depend on C++ toolchains, do not plan migrations around C++26 Contracts or assume the standard's timetable: Contracts is the blocker and the ballot failed. Keep using existing contract mechanisms and wait for WG21/national-body follow-up before changing compiler baselines; for AI/ML and SaaS stacks without C++ in the critical path, there is no direct action.