##### [`v9.12.0](https://github.com/eslint/eslint/releases/tag/v9.12.0)

##### Features

-   [`5a6a053`](eslint/eslint@5a6a053) feat: update to `jiti` v2 ([#18954](eslint/eslint#18954)) (Arya Emami)
-   [`17a07fb`](eslint/eslint@17a07fb) feat: Hooks for test cases (RuleTester) ([#18771](eslint/eslint#18771)) (Anna Bocharova)
-   [`2ff0e51`](eslint/eslint@2ff0e51) feat: Implement alternate config lookup ([#18742](eslint/eslint#18742)) (Nicholas C. Zakas)
-   [`2d17453`](eslint/eslint@2d17453) feat: Implement modified cyclomatic complexity ([#18896](eslint/eslint#18896)) (Dmitry Pashkevich)

##### Bug Fixes

-   [`ea380ca`](eslint/eslint@ea380ca) fix: Upgrade retry to avoid EMFILE errors ([#18986](eslint/eslint#18986)) (Nicholas C. Zakas)
-   [`fdd6319`](eslint/eslint@fdd6319) fix: Issues with type definitions ([#18940](eslint/eslint#18940)) (Arya Emami)

##### Documentation

-   [`ecbd522`](eslint/eslint@ecbd522) docs: Mention code explorer ([#18978](eslint/eslint#18978)) (Nicholas C. Zakas)
-   [`7ea4ecc`](eslint/eslint@7ea4ecc) docs: Clarifying the Use of Meta Objects ([#18697](eslint/eslint#18697)) (Amaresh  S M)
-   [`d3e4b2e`](eslint/eslint@d3e4b2e) docs: Clarify how to exclude `.js` files ([#18976](eslint/eslint#18976)) (Milos Djermanovic)
-   [`57232ff`](eslint/eslint@57232ff) docs: Mention plugin-kit in language docs ([#18973](eslint/eslint#18973)) (Nicholas C. Zakas)
-   [`b80ed00`](eslint/eslint@b80ed00) docs: Update README (GitHub Actions Bot)
-   [`cb69ab3`](eslint/eslint@cb69ab3) docs: Update README (GitHub Actions Bot)
-   [`7fb0d95`](eslint/eslint@7fb0d95) docs: Update README (GitHub Actions Bot)
-   [`493348a`](eslint/eslint@493348a) docs: Update README (GitHub Actions Bot)
-   [`87a582c`](eslint/eslint@87a582c) docs: fix typo in `id-match` rule ([#18944](eslint/eslint#18944)) (Jay)

##### Chores

-   [`555aafd`](eslint/eslint@555aafd) chore: upgrade to `@eslint/js@9.12.0` ([#18987](eslint/eslint#18987)) (Francesco Trotta)
-   [`873ae60`](eslint/eslint@873ae60) chore: package.json update for [@eslint/js](https://github.com/eslint/js) release (Jenkins)
-   [`d0a5414`](eslint/eslint@d0a5414) refactor: replace strip-ansi with native module ([#18982](eslint/eslint#18982)) (Cristopher)
-   [`b827029`](eslint/eslint@b827029) chore: Enable JSON5 linting ([#18979](eslint/eslint#18979)) (Milos Djermanovic)
-   [`8f55ca2`](eslint/eslint@8f55ca2) chore: Upgrade espree, eslint-visitor-keys, eslint-scope ([#18962](eslint/eslint#18962)) (Nicholas C. Zakas)
-   [`c1a2725`](eslint/eslint@c1a2725) chore: update dependency mocha to ^10.7.3 ([#18945](eslint/eslint#18945)) (Milos Djermanovic)