Node v16.6.0 (Current)

By Bethany Nicolle Griggs, Jul 29, 2021

Notable Changes

Say hello to V8 9.2

The V8 engine is updated to version 9.2.230.21.

It notably introduces the new Array.prototype.at method (also on Typed Arrays and strings):

const array = [1, 2, 3];

console.log(array.at(-1));
// Prints: 3

JavaScript

Contributed by Michaël Zasso - #39470

Other notable changes

CVE-2021-22930: Use after free on close http2 on stream canceling (High) - #39423
- Node.js is vulnerable to a use after free attack where an attacker might be able to exploit the memory corruption, to change process behavior. You can read more about it in https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-22930
[f93d2ac587] - inspector: mark as stable (Gireesh Punathil) #37748
[89b4770d5c] - punycode: add pending deprecation (Antoine du Hamel) #38444
[b67214fe31] - (SEMVER-MINOR) repl: enable --experimental-repl-await /w opt-out (hemanth.hm) #34733

Commits

[b5248d4000] - async_hooks: emit promise trace events from JS (Stephen Belanger) #39135
[e18778d409] - async_hooks: eliminate native PromiseHook (Stephen Belanger) #39135
[90b9bb1a7d] - build: use Node.js 14 in commit-lint.yml (Rich Trott) #39506
[5182e26f14] - build: reset embedder string to "-node.0" (Michaël Zasso) #39470
[e1910ef290] - build: fix host_arch_cc() for AIX/IBM i (Richard Lau) #39481
[ce2011b7a1] - build: update coverage Makefile target comments (Richard Lau) #39365
[6b055f17b6] - build: run workflows when a PR is ready for review (Michaël Zasso) #39405
[25f45d5018] - build: update to setup-node@v2 (Rich Trott) #39366
[a7472576d7] - build: add library_files to gyp variables (himself65) #39293
[d16d36f1c2] - crypto: support Big(U)Int64Array in getRandomValues (Michaël Zasso) #39443
[95db54482a] - debugger: validate sec-websocket-accept response header (Chris Opperwall) #39357
[3751b92fa2] - debugger: rename internal module (Rich Trott) #39378
[0e5eb8b17d] - deps: restore minimum ICU version to 68 (Michaël Zasso) #39470
[e8da1f25fb] - (SEMVER-MINOR) deps: make V8 9.2 abi-compatible with 9.0 (Michaël Zasso) #39470
[a93e6ef777] - deps: V8: backport 5c76da8ddcf8 (Michaël Zasso) #39337
[d612544199] - deps: V8: cherry-pick 359d44df4cdd (Michaël Zasso) #39337
[c6ec2b4817] - deps: V8: cherry-pick 3805a698f7b6 (Michaël Zasso) #39337
[e6b84dfe84] - deps: V8: cherry-pick 56fe020eec0c (Michaël Zasso) #39337
[2393fae427] - deps: V8: cherry-pick 2b77ca200c56 (Michaël Zasso) #39337
[c8e7d80475] - deps: V8: cherry-pick 53784bdb8f01 (Michaël Zasso) #39337
[65062b3e0d] - deps: V8: cherry-pick 7ff6609a5385 (Michaël Zasso) #38990
[c3efc70df7] - deps: V8: cherry-pick a5cea1bfc38c (Michaël Zasso) #38990
[201da87bc1] - deps: V8: cherry-pick 986299250e6d (Richard Lau) #38990
[794ad2e016] - deps: V8: backport 71e8f8bb3c26 (Michaël Zasso) #38990
[53cc6c8000] - deps: V8: cherry-pick 3d24b3ab8af0 (Michaël Zasso) #38990
[7f7cb8bfe1] - deps: silence irrelevant V8 warning (Michaël Zasso) #38990
[16cbd8c8b6] - deps: silence irrelevant V8 warnings (Michaël Zasso) #37587
[98150e2bc6] - deps: fix V8 build issue with inline methods (Jiawen Geng) #35415
[3f3e167fea] - deps: make v8.h compatible with VS2015 (Joao Reis) #32116
[785b8990de] - deps: V8: forward declaration of Rtl*FunctionTable (Refael Ackermann) #32116
[38cb655f04] - deps: V8: patch register-arm64.h (Refael Ackermann) #32116
[9082ecef66] - deps: V8: un-cherry-pick bd019bd (Refael Ackermann) #32116
[6114198717] - (SEMVER-MINOR) deps: update V8 to 9.2.230.21 (Michaël Zasso) #39470
[89796d0c7f] - deps: bump HdrHistogram_C to 0.11.2 (Matteo Collina) #39462
[9dd232c42b] - deps: update to cjs-module-lexer@1.2.2 (Guy Bedford) #39402
[626eb07fda] - deps: extract gtest source files to deps/googletest (legendecas) #39386
[487c45ffd9] - doc: move lball@redhat.com to emeritus (Lance Ball) #39501
[5f84f47e13] - doc: update AUTHORS (Rich Trott) #39488
[1d27ae1514] - doc: update strategic initiative champion (Rich Trott) #39487
[e552b1a791] - doc: improve node.js+fips instructions (Benjamin Mayr) #39390
[aa1dfb3111] - doc: simplify unnecessarily specific .mailmap entries (Rich Trott) #39430
[ae69656c61] - doc: update checkbox label in backporting guide (Darshan Sen) #39420
[4fd8db687d] - doc: remove _Addenda_ from headers (Rich Trott) #39427
[cefd2fb1e4] - doc: simplify .mailmap file (Rich Trott) #39418
[ade2eed9a6] - doc: fix broken internal link in http.md (Rich Trott) #39425
[5fdfcc069f] - doc: remove outdated step in onboarding exercise (Rich Trott) #39410
[94706c7012] - doc: revise strategic initiatives text (Rich Trott) #39417
[9932e3589c] - doc: remove typo (extra ' character) (Nikita Rykov) #39414
[2b92b4ea2d] - doc: update mailmap and AUTHORS (Rich Trott) #39393
[6d6396594b] - doc: use a details tag for completed initiatves (Rich Trott) #39416
[ac43e3331c] - doc: update commit-queue.md to indicate GitHub Actions are checked (Rich Trott) #39411
[75130c94d1] - doc: use _pull request_ instead of _PR_ in onboarding doc (Rich Trott) #39409
[20bb3f6df0] - doc: add strategic initiatives from TSC repo (Rich Trott) #39394
[6979313abb] - doc: standardize on _pull request_ (Rich Trott) #39384
[20124cc275] - doc: make minor edits to pull request text (Rich Trott) #39383
[11482f02cf] - doc: add docker-node and build-wg issue contents (Daniel Bevenius) #39215
[c535956b6e] - doc: add instructions for core vuln files (Daniel Bevenius) #39220
[353a8bb27b] - doc: standardize on not capitalizing _collaborator_ (Rich Trott) #39379
[9b15e5c155] - doc: update mailmap and deduplicate AUTHORS entry (Rich Trott) #39391
[e44ccd9aad] - doc: update AUTHORS (Rich Trott) #39367
[39e6536a87] - doc: move jdalton to emeritus (Rich Trott) #39380
[bbff5a9e47] - doc: edit guide on pull requests (Rich Trott) #39359
[902ef9aca0] - doc,meta: update email addresses for misterdjules (Rich Trott) #39433
[cc7b61721c] - doc,tools: remove checkLinks.mjs (Antoine du Hamel) #39206
[e2fd015cda] - domain: do not add domain to promise from other context (Stephen Belanger) #39135
[93eff3f5a6] - esm: refine ERR_REQUIRE_ESM errors (Guy Bedford) #39175
[1fb0954202] - events: allow an event to be dispatched multiple times (Luigi Pinca) #39395
[6f2989c346] - events: allow the options argument to be null (Luigi Pinca) #39486
[72ad6d3f27] - fs: check closing_ in FileHandle::Close (James M Snell) #39472
[8b58e574ba] - fs: fix FileHandle::ClosePromise to return persisted Promise (James M Snell) #39331
[9d950a0956] - http2: on receiving rst_stream with cancel code add it to pending list (Akshay K) #39423
[19e9accf91] - inspector: mark as stable (Gireesh Punathil) #37748
[e4331cd43d] - lib: comment explaining special-case handling of promises (Stephen Belanger) #39135
[0a47f5fc54] - meta: update collaborator email in README (Rich Trott) #39510
[65020110e8] - meta: remove unneeded .mailmap entry (Rich Trott) #39512
[864ef11be8] - meta: update email address for collaborator (Rich Trott) #39511
[d3f58cb650] - meta: align collaborator name in .mailmap/AUTHORS with README (Rich Trott) #39489
[5f9b2187a1] - meta: align email address in README/.mailmap/AUTHORS (Rich Trott) #39503
[9fbe3f6b49] - meta: revise .mailmap for README consistency (Rich Trott) #39457
[f6fbb38924] - meta: alphabetize .mailmap file (Rich Trott) #39434
[dc9c6aa428] - meta: align collaborator email in .mailmap/AUTHORS with README (Rich Trott) #39478
[febeb0df16] - meta: update AUTHORS (Rich Trott) #39461
[d059ed9242] - meta: add .mailmap entry for new email for existing contributor (Rich Trott) #39431
[cdf7251370] - process: add api to enable source-maps programmatically (legendecas) #39085
[eccc9a6578] - punycode: add pending deprecation (Antoine du Hamel) #38444
[a082a705b3] - (SEMVER-MINOR) repl: enable --experimental-repl-await /w opt-out (hemanth.hm) #34733
[b230ac12d9] - src: stop using deprecated v8::ApiObject (Michaël Zasso) #38990
[929205e6b9] - src: use non-deprecated Symbol::Description (Michaël Zasso) #38990
[42ff6d952a] - src: print native module id on native module not found (legendecas) #39460
[f0287e52aa] - src: close HandleWraps instead of deleting them in OnGCCollect() (Anna Henningsen) #39441
[2cf52f8db1] - src: set SSL_OP_ALLOW_CLIENT_RENEGOTIATION (Daniel Bevenius) #38753
[fc138376aa] - src: remove unused guards around node-api reference (legendecas) #38334
[26ada4971c] - stream: import internal/util/types instead (James M Snell) #39331
[e91053a465] - stream: implement TextEncoderStream and TextDecoderStream (James M Snell) #39347
[efe74746f0] - stream: fixup property definition to avoid prototype polution (James M Snell) #39371
[4709da0372] - test: ensure microtask queues are not automatically drained (Jochen Eisinger) #38990
[86ca9a8a80] - test: remove test-debug-args (Michaël Zasso) #38990
[bbcd651cfd] - test: update trace events test expectations (Michaël Zasso) #38990
[039f64f249] - test: fix WASI link test (Richard Lau) #39485
[b1d38ddc8a] - test: update OpenSSL3 error messages for beta-1 (Daniel Bevenius) #39437
[db4f802fba] - Revert "test: skip tests for openssl-3.0.0-alpha15" (Daniel Bevenius) #39437
[a30d021b94] - test: add test for WebSocket secret verification in debugger (Rich Trott) #39357
[04355afd24] - test: add NumberFormat resolvedOptions test (Richard Lau) #39401
[d0fb02c26a] - test: put common lint exceptions into config file (Rich Trott) #39358
[259d091366] - test: mark test-domain-error-types flaky (James M Snell) #39369
[5517769472] - tools: fetch googletest dependency for V8 CI (Michaël Zasso) #38990
[5fe74aa403] - tools: update V8 gypfiles for 9.2 (Michaël Zasso) #38990
[e58cf4e44c] - tools: flag README/mailmap mismatches in find-inactive-collaborators (Rich Trott) #39477
[0a46e66253] - tools: use mailmap for find-inactive-collaborators (Rich Trott) #39432
[7570f998df] - tools: email matchin is case insensitive for .mailmap (Rich Trott) #39430
[5c11a0279d] - tools: make internal link checker more robust (Rich Trott) #39429
[4c32aa02db] - tools: added remark-frontmatter (Ben Halverson) #38717
[c6a7c3d00d] - tools: fix broken link hash (Rich Trott) #39426
[0f1d51578e] - tools: change commit fetch limiting in find-inactive-collaborators (Rich Trott) #39362
[e5d64473e8] - tools: use Node.js 16.x for GitHub workflow (Rich Trott) #39362
[68fd6d5282] - url: prevent pathname setter from erasing path of path-only URLs (Darshan Sen) #39060

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