Angular 22 Makes Signal Forms Stable, But Reactive Forms Remain Viable

Angular 22, released on June 3, 2026, promoted Signal Forms from experimental to stable status, placing it alongside other supported APIs such as resource() and httpResource(). The Angular team conducted extensive internal case studies across form-heavy applications at Google before committing to this milestone. Angular 22 also sets OnPush change detection as the default and continues pushing zoneless change detection toward becoming the standard, with Signal Forms forming part of this unified reactivity model. Despite the upgrade, Reactive Forms are not obsolete — the choice between the two APIs depends on the specific requirements of each feature, particularly in enterprise environments where forms are deeply integrated with validation pipelines, state stores, and design systems. A gradual migration path now exists, meaning teams are no longer forced into a full rewrite to adopt Signal Forms.