Node.js 26.6.0 (Current)

Antoine du Hamel 2026-08-03, Version 26.6.0 (Current), @aduh95 Notable Changes [5a36018abc] - doc: add MikeMcC399 as collaborator (Mike McCready) #64656 [9b04f82d7b] - (SEMVER-MINOR) ffi: add getCurrentEventLoop (Paolo Insogna) #64323 [bb51f2c960] - (SEMVER-MINOR) test_runner: add context.log() and test:log event (Moshe Atlow) #64389 [56ce83b3ee] - (SEMVER-MINOR) test_runner: report entryFile in TestStream events (Moshe Atlow) #64309 Commits [248ff9fa5c] - assert,util: fix TypeError on Maps with null keys (Paul Bouchon) #64441 [3b5baceafe] - benchmark: add bytes variant to webstreams async-iterator (Matteo Collina) #64291 [0a46d1ef66] - buffer: normalize lone "\r" in Blob native line endings (Daijiro Wachi) #64115 [d9ada18b70] - buffer: fix Blob.stream() leaking source buffer (semimikoh) #63577 [d05993bcf6] - build: merge multiple on download artifact (Chengzhong Wu) #64633 [6c25ac909a] - build: extract temporal_capi crate directory name into gyp variable (René) #64482 [612f60c300] - cli: style node --help output with util.styleText (Adrián Estrada) #64484 [29a938ddbb] - crypto: preserve RSA-PSS legacy pubkey DER (Filip Skokan) #64547 [2fde794357] - crypto: cleanse provider private key copies (Filip Skokan) #64547 [33a0e08d41] - crypto: handle incomplete RSA private keys (Filip Skokan) #64547 [11b4d505ef] - crypto: retain legacy DH validation (Filip Skokan) #64547 [6e302041e1] - crypto: limit KangarooTwelveParams customization to 512 bytes (Filip Skokan) #64557 [195f103e87] - crypto: split OpenSSL 3, BoringSSL, and legacy backends (Filip Skokan) #64211 [ec67e24eee] - deps: update googletest to fa005b296f90faec4f352d7ab382287bf6548c8d (Node.js GitHub Bot) #64587 [32ffff88fd] - deps: histogram: cherry-pick 62ea52b07ee9b195 (StefanStojanovic) #64296 [e0664f1f09] - deps: update histogram to 0.11.10 (Node.js GitHub Bot) #64296 [cf0622bdd6] - deps: update amaro to 1.1.11 (Node.js GitHub Bot) #64586 [04c78b8b24] - deps: update timezone to 2026c (Node.js GitHub Bot) #64588 [59f4318976] - deps: V8: cherry-pick 1158ae719749 (René) #64432 [e5ea7cd299] - deps: update googletest to 8240fa7d62f73e01c7af27d61ed965d6d66698fa (Node.js GitHub Bot) #64439 [0e7554cee4] - deps: update libffi to 3.7.1 (Node.js GitHub Bot) #64438 [46c9d724ad] - deps: update ngtcp2 to 1.24.0 (Node.js GitHub Bot) #64297 [3519aac9af] - deps: enable OpenSSL asm support for riscv64 (Jamie Magee) #62606 [c09701218b] - deps: update c-ares to 1.34.8 (Node.js GitHub Bot) #64330 [ad2f3bc95b] - deps: upgrade npm to 11.18.0 (npm team) #64199 [d7a4b22c86] - deps: V8: backport a05321ebd98e (Chengzhong Wu) #64202 [8679cff291] - deps: update zlib to 1.3.2.1-motley-8b3aa8a (Node.js GitHub Bot) #64295 [df5b1e10ba] - doc: remove unsupported syntax from stream_iter.md (Antoine du Hamel) #64649 [8a4ca9083f] - doc: clarify rules for adding new built-in modules (Antoine du Hamel) #64648 [7d50fe6b7a] - doc: mention DEPENDENCY custom field for H1 reports (Rafael Gonzaga) #64634 [8f415bf5fc] - doc: fix dnsPromises.lookup verbatim default (Shivam S) #64658 [c6378f724d] - doc: fix broken links and clean up type map (Antoine du Hamel) #64625 [9b53ec19a2] - doc: fix typo in releases guide (Jihwan) #64621 [5a36018abc] - doc: add MikeMcC399 as collaborator (Mike McCready) #64656 [d2c8acd764] - doc: use promote wording in release guide (Md Muhtasim Munif Fahim) #64371 [5c692cb576] - doc: fix import.meta example for vm.SourceTextModule (Muhammad Zeeshan) #64112 [7568ce71ca] - doc: mention crypto.hash() for better perf (Steven) #63420 [cf3f631936] - doc: update sea example by fixing wrong code example (Maxence Robinet) #64025 [ce21e567a4] - doc: fix socket.readyState state descriptions (YuSheng Chen) #64468 [018c7f1c01] - doc: replace large tables in crypto.md and webcrypto.md with lists (Filip Skokan) #64582 [cf82de8d8b] - doc: note --env-file is not applied to --run (Paul Bouchon) #64442 [e635ce5201] - doc: fix typo in embedding.md (greenhead) #64425 [0b1f6eda3f] - doc: fix typos in contributing docs (Donghoon Kang) #64520 [d978ce80ef] - doc: document TLS alpnProtocol and servername fields (Tim Perry) #64362 [394669e3b3] - doc: fix spelling in devcontainer guide (한만욱) #64459 [9786a593ea] - doc: clarify PEM format for signing keys (Harjoth Khara) #64404 [6251f832ba] - doc: fix typo in tls.md (Daijiro Wachi) #64458 [b8656c40ad] - doc: document net Socket server property (Efe Karasakal) #64364 [03e9c738f3] - doc: update a Dispatcher undici doc link (Filip Skokan) #64358 [b6dd2debf0] - doc: fix typos in documentation (Jungwon Sohn) #64466 [3b7d778c3c] - doc: clarify fixes and refs trailer guidance (Trivikram Kamat) #64421 [eb086a6e03] - doc: remove duplicate VirtualProvider description (Archkon) #64400 [bc221a8cd7] - doc: add scope overview tables for TestsStream events (Moshe Atlow) #64386 [4b3dbd36df] - doc: clarify proxy threat model (Matteo Collina) #64366 [c5526f69d6] - doc: add note about restricted CI to pull-requests.md (Stewart X Addison) #64321 [968eaf6538] - doc: various updates to releases.md (Stewart X Addison) #64198 [2a51f8ba8e] - doc: remove obsolete --napi-modules doc entry (Chengzhong Wu) #64220 [ee5a54535e] - doc,test: widen fsPromises.appendFile()'s data type, add missing tests (Jimmy Leung) #64279 [b923df86fc] - events: avoid retaining removed event names (Matteo Collina) #64475 [7d8d413ff5] - events: optimize once() and removeListener() (Matteo Collina) #64373 [f2f8881d2a] - ffi: evaluate function signatures once (Trivikram Kamat) #64559 [9b04f82d7b] - (SEMVER-MINOR) ffi: add getCurrentEventLoop (Paolo Insogna) #64323 [4a3ef5b2b5] - fs: add pattern cache for matchGlobPattern() (bq) #63915 [ce113efcac] - fs: fix cp symlink and EEXIST handling on Windows (Kirill Saied) #64353 [3be3041ac9] - http: fix perf_hooks detail.req.url port and proxied path (Stefano Baghino) #64311 [0047ad73cf] - http: remove unused n arg from IncomingMessage._read (Efe Karasakal) #64370 [4d48984d5c] - http2: don't throw when destroying socket proxy (Matteo Collina) #64427 [3329647762] - http2: avoid copying the options in respond() (Matteo Collina) #64265 [a44fca5e24] - http2: avoid per-write closures in kWriteGeneric (Matteo Collina) #64265 [546e0e70a1] - inspector: add --cond to node inspect probe mode (Joyee Cheung) #64328 [b38a39dd96] - lib: use assignFunctionName util where it makes sense (Antoine du Hamel) #64515 [f60a12b94f] - lib,tools: add node-core/func-name-matching lint rule (Livia Medeiros) #57901 [9e6e9d4745] - meta: lower stale to 3 months (Aviv Keller) #64569 [3dd11c4993] - meta: move one or more collaborators to emeritus (Node.js GitHub Bot) #64315 [3f55208104] - module: add two tests for eager imports when using import defer (Maya Lekova) #64197 [c791eedc9d] - net: support sync connect for BoundSocket (Guy Bedford) #64375 [4df4a3fc61] - net: make TCP Server and Socket transferable across worker threads (Matteo Collina) #64225 [5dd34d7d06] - path: add benchmarks for path.matchesGlob() (bq) #63915 [8e520646b6] - quic: defer server session emit until TLS ClientHello is processed (Tim Perry) #64132 [4b8cc9a3fb] - quic: preserve session stats after close (한만욱) #64489 [591090ca85] - quic: add support for TLS certificate compression (Sebastian Beltran) #64434 [d636c9c30f] - quic: extract transport logic from Application to Session (Tim Perry) #64127 [abb62f961f] - quic: correct http3 callback and fix revealed errs (Marten Richter) #64289 [5f535fdbe8] - quic: fix no onstream handler crash quic (Efe) #64158 [933e5f14b5] - quic: fix stall datagrams, if no pending streams (Marten Richter) #64303 [272632a57f] - quic: fix potential crash from unobserved closed (Tim Perry) #64134 [2d5f445489] - sqlite: read column count after step in StatementSync.all() (Guilherme Araújo) #64219 [54929af44e] - src: avoid redundant KEM encapsulation copies (Filip Skokan) #64553 [5380bf28b3] - src: avoid redundant DataPointer reallocations (Filip Skokan) #64552 [6ff5a1b834] - src: fix comment typos (Jungwon Sohn) #64509 [508ec0e435] - src: zero-initialize cap_data in node_credentials.cc (Samuel Kapust) #64347 [c5090a36c1] - src: fix some typo errors and rename some variables (Archkon) #64301 [0a89bef69e] - src,permission: do not throw on denied access in audit mode (Adrián Estrada) #64426 [63e71195c5] - stream: abort pending single-source merge reads (Trivikram Kamat) #64445 [f403b30c3d] - stream: use RangeError for broadcast overflow (Trivikram Kamat) #64420 [5c0578cbf7] - stream: skip null output from stateful transforms (Trivikram Kamat) #64462 [0488d02d5d] - stream: update iterable streams to use budget backpressure (James M Snell) #64464 [f0811baeef] - stream: remove custom CloneableDOMException implementation (Antoine du Hamel) #64469 [10f3f9682e] - stream: fix drop-newest behavior in share() (Trivikram Kamat) #64417 [2aad973b29] - stream: resume flow when an errored pipe destination is removed (Mahin Anowar) #64310 [6112ed5ceb] - stream: fold desired-size check into WHATWG backpressure update (Matteo Collina) #64451 [d829aa1138] - stream: validate writer options signal (Trivikram Kamat) #64385 [8e7a5e940e] - stream: reject push iterator.throw() with error (Trivikram Kamat) #64380 [4390f81294] - stream: simplify nested PromisePrototypeThens (Antoine du Hamel) #64470 [ddf2c38e9d] - stream: use the ring buffer for WHATWG stream request queues (Matteo Collina) #64431 [518d81b36d] - stream: validate writevSync chunks before queuing (Trivikram Kamat) #64300 [f745c4261d] - stream: speed up reads and iteration over default WHATWG streams (Matteo Collina) #64320 [4f4bce62fe] - stream: copy SAB-backed chunks in iter consumers (Trivikram Kamat) #64382 [f29937d26f] - stream: reject nested async streamables in from() (Trivikram Kamat) #64352 [424cec71b7] - stream: avoid draining merged iter sources (Trivikram Kamat) #64293 [e01906180c] - stream: use ring buffer for WHATWG stream queues (Yagiz Nizipli) #64312 [0a0193f666] - stream: hoist repeated loads in readable paths (Yagiz Nizipli) 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