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# [8.0.0-beta.4](https://github.com/angular/angular/compare/8.0.0-beta.3...8.0.0-beta.4) (2019-02-15)

### Bug Fixes

* **bazel:** Install angular repo before yarn_install ([#28670](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/28670)) ([49fb8c3](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/49fb8c3))

* **bazel:** Turn on strict action env ([#28675](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/28675)) ([2ea030c](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/2ea030c))

* **compiler:** ensure that event handlers have the correct source spans ([#28055](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/28055)) ([cffd862](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/cffd862))

* **compiler:** fix two existing expression transformer issues ([#28523](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/28523)) ([09af7ea](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/09af7ea))

* **compiler:** markup lexer should not capture quotes in attribute value ([#28055](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/28055)) ([c0dac18](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/c0dac18))

* **compiler:** support `sourceMappingURL` comments that have trailing lines ([#28055](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/28055)) ([0d6fdec](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/0d6fdec))

* **compiler-cli:** don't throw when listing lazy routes for an entry route ([#28372](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/28372)) ([2caa419](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/2caa419))

* **core:** improve global variable detection ([#28679](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/28679)) ([77eee42](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/77eee42)), closes [#16545](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/16545)

* **core:** use the correct generated URL for JIT compiled components ([#28055](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/28055)) ([4f46bfb](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/4f46bfb))

* **core:** use the correct template URL in render3 JIT compilation ([#28055](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/28055)) ([a5ea55a](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/a5ea55a))

* **forms:** mark form as pristine before emitting value and status change events ([#28395](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/28395)) ([1df3aef](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/1df3aef)), closes [#28130](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/28130)

* **router:** redirect to root url when returned as UrlTree from guard ([#28271](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/28271)) ([50732e1](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/50732e1)), closes [#27845](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/27845)

* **router:** set href when routerLink is used on an 'area' element ([#28441](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/28441)) ([ed0cf7e](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/ed0cf7e)), closes [#28401](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/28401)

### Features

* optionally save complete performance log in chrome benchpress tests ([#27551](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/27551)) ([d42f32c](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/d42f32c))

* **bazel:** add dts bundler as action to ng_module ([#28588](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/28588)) ([3d39100](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/3d39100))

* **compiler:** support tokenizing a sub-section of an input string ([#28055](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/28055)) ([eeb560a](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/eeb560a))

* **compiler:** support tokenizing escaped strings ([#28055](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/28055)) ([2424184](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/2424184))

* **compiler-cli:** no longer re-export external symbols by default ([#28633](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/28633)) ([91b7152](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/91b7152)), closes [#28594](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/28594) [#25644](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/25644) [#25644](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/25644)

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