issue-link js-issue-link" data-error-text="Failed to load title" data-id="3920854635" data-permission-text="Title is private" data-url="https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues/28606" data-hovercard-type="pull_request" data-hovercard-url="/bazelbuild/bazel/pull/28606/hovercard" href="https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/pull/28606">bazelbuild/bazel#28606: NPE when `--repo_env` is set to an env var that has no value — contributed by Datadog (Joseph Gette). - bazelbuild/bazel#26842: `DefaultSyscallCache` incorrectly treated `BUILD` files and `build` directories as the same entry on case-insensitive / normalizing filesystems (e.g. Linux container on a macOS host), causing spurious build failures. ### Describe how you validated your changes `bazel test //...` passes. ### Additional Notes Groundwork landed in advance: - #47716: Bump `rules_cc` with explicit loads for Bazel 9 - #47745: Fix `rules_cc` leftovers from #47716 for Bazel 9 - #47982: Add explicit `cc_static_library` import for Bazel 9 - #48016: Add explicit `py_binary` import for Bazel 9 - #48071: Bump `rules_foreign_cc` for Bazel 9 fixes - #48082: Bump `rules_python` to 1.9.0 and fix misuses spotted on Windows - #48183: Fix Python hermetic toolchain check for Bazel 9 - #48186: Disable `repo_contents_cache` when in-workspace for Bazel 9 - #48228: Bump `protobuf` Bazel dep to 34.1

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Commits on Mar 24, 2026

Bump Bazel to 9.0.1