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2024-07-08, Version 18.20.4 'Hydrogen' (LTS), @RafaelGSS

08 Jul 18:26
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2024-07-02, Version 22.4.0 (Current), @targos

02 Jul 09:10
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Experimental Web Storage API

  • [9e30724b53] - (SEMVER-MINOR) deps,lib,src: add experimental web storage (Colin Ihrig) #52435

API stability updates

Other Notable Changes

  • [df4762722c] - doc: doc-only deprecate OpenSSL engine-based APIs (Richard Lau) #53329
  • [ad5282e196] - inspector: fix disable async hooks on Debugger.setAsyncCallStackDepth (Joyee Cheung) #53473
  • [e95af740fc] - (SEMVER-MINOR) lib: add diagnostics_channel events to module loading (RafaelGSS) #44340
  • [50733a1abe] - (SEMVER-MINOR) util: support --no- for argument with boolean type for parseArgs (Zhenwei Jin) #53107

Commits

  • [9f32002397] - assert,util: correct comparison when both contain same reference (Daniel Lemire) #53431
  • [dfdc062111] - buffer: make indexOf(byte) faster (Tobias Nießen) #53455
  • [1de437527e] - build: configure with shared sqlite3 (Chengzhong Wu) #53519
  • [c7d44ba1f3] - build: find version of Clang installed on Windows (Stefan Stojanovic) #53228
  • [36aad8b204] - build: fix spacing before NINJA_ARGS (jakecastelli) #53181
  • [82092cdaa3] - crypto: improve GetECGroupBits signature (Tobias Nießen) #53364
  • [073c231607] - deps: update c-ares to v1.31.0 (Node.js GitHub Bot) #53554
  • [977beab729] - (SEMVER-MINOR) deps: sqlite: fix Windows compilation (Colin Ihrig) #52435
  • [e69b8d202c] - deps: update undici to 6.19.2 (Node.js GitHub Bot) #53468
  • [c4a7e051c8] - deps: update undici to 6.19.1 (Node.js GitHub Bot) #53468
  • [fa34f8fcf0] - deps: update undici to 6.19.1 (Node.js GitHub Bot) #53468
  • [0b40bfad43] - deps: update undici to 6.19.0 (Node.js GitHub Bot) #53468
  • [1877f22a79] - deps: update simdjson to 3.9.4 (Node.js GitHub Bot) #53467
  • [1b84964b8d] - deps: patch V8 to 12.4.254.21 (Node.js GitHub Bot) #53470
  • [6acadeb59b] - deps: update acorn-walk to 8.3.3 (Node.js GitHub Bot) #53466
  • [7a7f438841] - deps: update zlib to 1.3.0.1-motley-209717d (Node.js GitHub Bot) #53156
  • [bf891bf64c] - deps: update c-ares to v1.30.0 (Node.js GitHub Bot) #53416
  • [bd68888261] - deps: V8: cherry-pick a3cc8522a4c8 (kxxt) #53412
  • [2defaaf771] - deps: V8: cherry-pick 6ea594ff7132 (kxxt) #53412
  • [9e30724b53] - (SEMVER-MINOR) deps,lib,src: add experimental web storage (Colin Ihrig) #52435
  • [608cc05de1] - doc: recommend not using libuv node-api function (Michael Dawson) #53521
  • [30858eca59] - doc: add additional guidance for PRs to deps (Michael Dawson) #53499
  • [a5852cc710] - doc: only apply content-visibility on all.html (Filip Skokan) #53510
  • [befabe5c58] - doc: update the description of the return type for options.filter (Zhenwei Jin) #52742
  • [5ed1a036ba] - doc: remove first timer badge (Aviv Keller) #53338
  • [201266706b] - doc: move node --run stability to rc (Yagiz Nizipli) #53433
  • [46a7681cc4] - doc: add Buffer.from(string) to functions that use buffer pool (Christian Bates-White) #52801
  • [ec5364f6de] - doc: add initial text for ambassadors program (Michael Dawson) #52857
  • [fa113b8fc7] - doc: fix typo (EhsanKhaki) #53397
  • [d9182d0086] - doc: define more cases for stream event emissions (Aviv Keller) #53317
  • [923d24b6f2] - doc: remove mentions of policy model from security info (Aviv Keller) #53249
  • [48f78cd31b] - doc: fix mistakes in the module load hook api (István Donkó) #53349
  • [16c0884d48] - doc: mark WebSocket as stable (Matthew Aitken) #53352
  • [df4762722c] - doc: doc-only deprecate OpenSSL engine-based APIs (Richard Lau) #53329
  • [cf375e73c1] - doc: mark --heap-prof and related flags stable (Joyee Cheung) #53343
  • [0160745057] - doc: mark --cpu-prof and related flags stable (Joyee Cheung) #53343
  • [6e12d9f049] - doc: remove IRC from man page (Tobias Nießen) #53344
  • [24c7a9415b] - doc, http: add rejectNonStandardBodyWrites option, clear its behaviour (jakecastelli) #53396
  • [ec38f3dc6a] - doc, meta: organize contributing to Node-API guide (Aviv Keller) #53243
  • [cf5a973c42] - doc, meta: use markdown rather than HTML in CONTRIBUTING.md (Aviv Keller) #53235
  • [105b006fd2] - fs: move ToNamespacedPath to c++ (Yagiz Nizipli) #52135
  • [568377f7f0] - fs: do not crash if the watched file is removed while setting up watch (Matteo Collina) #53452
  • [fad179307c] - fs: add fast api for InternalModuleStat (Yagiz ...
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2024-06-20, Version 20.15.0 'Iron' (LTS), @marco-ippolito

20 Jun 16:03
v20.15.0
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test_runner: support test plans

It is now possible to count the number of assertions and subtests that are expected to run within a test. If the number of assertions and subtests that run does not match the expected count, the test will fail.

test('top level test', (t) => {
  t.plan(2);
  t.assert.ok('some relevant assertion here');
  t.subtest('subtest', () => {});
});

Contributed by Colin Ihrig in #52860

inspector: introduce the --inspect-wait flag

This release introduces the --inspect-wait flag, which allows debugger to wait for attachement. This flag is useful when you want to debug the code from the beginning. Unlike --inspect-brk, which breaks on the first line, this flag waits for debugger to be connected and then runs the code as soon as a session is established.

Contributed by Kohei Ueno in #52734

zlib: expose zlib.crc32()

This release exposes the crc32() function from zlib to user-land.

It computes a 32-bit Cyclic Redundancy Check checksum of data. If
value is specified, it is used as the starting value of the checksum,
otherwise, 0 is used as the starting value.

The CRC algorithm is designed to compute checksums and to detect error
in data transmission. It's not suitable for cryptographic authentication.

const zlib = require('node:zlib');
const { Buffer } = require('node:buffer');

let crc = zlib.crc32('hello');  // 907060870
crc = zlib.crc32('world', crc);  // 4192936109

crc = zlib.crc32(Buffer.from('hello', 'utf16le'));  // 1427272415
crc = zlib.crc32(Buffer.from('world', 'utf16le'), crc);  // 4150509955

Contributed by Joyee Cheung in #52692

cli: allow running wasm in limited vmem with --disable-wasm-trap-handler

By default, Node.js enables trap-handler-based WebAssembly bound
checks. As a result, V8 does not need to insert inline bound checks
int the code compiled from WebAssembly which may speedup WebAssembly
execution significantly, but this optimization requires allocating
a big virtual memory cage (currently 10GB). If the Node.js process
does not have access to a large enough virtual memory address space
due to system configurations or hardware limitations, users won't
be able to run any WebAssembly that involves allocation in this
virtual memory cage and will see an out-of-memory error.

$ ulimit -v 5000000
$ node -p "new WebAssembly.Memory({ initial: 10, maximum: 100 });"
[eval]:1
new WebAssembly.Memory({ initial: 10, maximum: 100 });
^

RangeError: WebAssembly.Memory(): could not allocate memory
    at [eval]:1:1
    at runScriptInThisContext (node:internal/vm:209:10)
    at node:internal/process/execution:118:14
    at [eval]-wrapper:6:24
    at runScript (node:internal/process/execution:101:62)
    at evalScript (node:internal/process/execution:136:3)
    at node:internal/main/eval_string:49:3

--disable-wasm-trap-handler disables this optimization so that
users can at least run WebAssembly (with a less optimial performance)
when the virtual memory address space available to their Node.js
process is lower than what the V8 WebAssembly memory cage needs.

Contributed by Joyee Cheung in #52766

Other Notable Changes

  • [12512c3d0e] - doc: add pimterry to collaborators (Tim Perry) #52874
  • [9d485b40bb] - (SEMVER-MINOR) tools: fix get_asan_state() in tools/test.py (Joyee Cheung) #52766
  • [e98c305f52] - (SEMVER-MINOR) tools: support max_virtual_memory test configuration (Joyee Cheung) #52766
  • [dce0300896] - (SEMVER-MINOR) tools: support != in test status files (Joyee Cheung) #52766

Commits

  • [227093bfec] - assert: add deep equal check for more Error type (Zhenwei Jin) #51805
  • [184cfe5a71] - benchmark: filter non-present deps from start-cli-version (Adam Majer) #51746
  • [8b3e83bb53] - buffer: even faster atob (Daniel Lemire) #52443
  • [8d628c3255] - buffer: use size_t instead of uint32_t to avoid segmentation fault (Xavier Stouder) #48033
  • [16ae2b2933] - buffer: remove lines setting indexes to integer value (Zhenwei Jin) #52588
  • [48c15d0dcd] - build: remove deprecated calls for argument groups (Mohammed Keyvanzadeh) #52913
  • [1be8232d17] - build: drop base64 dep in GN build (Cheng) #52856
  • [918962d6e7] - build: make simdjson a public dep in GN build (Cheng) #52755
  • [5215b6fd8e] - build, tools: copy release assets to staging R2 bucket once built (flakey5) #51394
  • [473fa73857] - (SEMVER-MINOR) cli: allow running wasm in limited vmem with --disable-wasm-trap-handler (Joyee Cheung) #52766
  • [954d2aded4] - cluster: replace forEach with for-of loop (Jérôme Benoit) #50317
  • [794e450ea7] - console: colorize console error and warn (Jithil P Ponnan) #51629
  • [0fb7c18f10] - crypto: fix duplicated switch-case return values (Mustafa Ateş UZUN) #49030
  • [cd1415c8b2] - Revert "crypto: make timingSafeEqual faster for Uint8Array" (Tobias Nießen) #53390
  • [b774544bb1] - deps: enable unbundling of simdjson, simdutf, ada (Daniel Lemire) #52924
  • [da4dbfc5fd] - doc: remove reference to AUTHORS file (Marco Ippolito) #52960
  • [2f3f2ff8af] - doc: update hljs with the latest styles (Aviv Keller) #52911
  • [3a1d17a9b1] - doc: mention quicker way to build docs (Alex Crawford) #52937
  • [be309bd19d] - doc: mention push.followTags config (Rafael Gonzaga) #52906
  • [e62c6e2684] - doc: document pipeline with end option (Alois Klink) #48970
  • [af27225cf6] - doc: add example for execFileSync method and ref to stdio (Evan Shortiss) #39412
  • [086626f9b1] - doc: add examples and notes to http server.close et al (mary marchini) #49091
  • [3aa3337a00] - doc: fix dns.lookup family 0 and all descriptions (Adam Jones) #51653
  • [585f2a2e7f] - doc: update fs.realpath documentation (sinkhaha) #48170
  • [4bf3d44e1d] - doc: update fs read documentation for clarity (Mert Can Altin) #52453
  • [ae5d47dde3] - doc: watermark string behavior (Benjamin Gruenbaum) #52842
  • [1e429d10d3] - doc: exclude commits with baking-for-lts (Marco Ippolito) #52896
  • [3df3e37cdb] - doc: add names next to release key bash commands (Aviv Keller) #52878
  • [12512c3d0e] - doc: add pimterry to collaborators (Tim Perry) #52874
  • [97e0fef019] - doc: add more definitions to GLOSSARY.md (Aviv Keller) [#52798](https://gith...
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2024-06-11, Version 22.3.0 (Current), @RafaelGSS

11 Jun 19:05
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  • [5a41bcf9ca] - (SEMVER-MINOR) src: traverse parent folders while running --run (Yagiz Nizipli) #53154
  • [1d5934524b] - (SEMVER-MINOR) buffer: add .bytes() method to Blob (Matthew Aitken) #53221
  • [75e5612fae] - (SEMVER-MINOR) src,permission: --allow-wasi & prevent WASI exec (Rafael Gonzaga) #53124
  • [b5c30e2f5e] - (SEMVER-MINOR) module: print amount of load time of a cjs module (Vinicius Lourenço) #52213
  • [8c6dffc269] - (SEMVER-MINOR) test_runner: add snapshot testing (Colin Ihrig) #53169
  • [048478d351] - (SEMVER-MINOR) doc: add context.assert docs (Colin Ihrig) #53169
  • [f6d2af8ee7] - (SEMVER-MINOR) test_runner: add context.fullName (Colin Ihrig) #53169
  • [a0766bdf0e] - (SEMVER-MINOR) net: add new net.server.listen tracing channel (Paolo Insogna) #53136
  • [374743cd4e] - (SEMVER-MINOR) process: add process.getBuiltinModule(id) (Joyee Cheung) #52762
  • [1eb55f3550] - (SEMVER-MINOR) doc: improve explanation about built-in modules (Joyee Cheung) #52762
  • [6165894774] - fs: mark recursive cp methods as stable (Théo LUDWIG) #53127
  • [db5dd0c6df] - doc: add StefanStojanovic to collaborators (StefanStojanovic) #53118
  • [cfcde78513] - (SEMVER-MINOR) cli: add NODE_RUN_PACKAGE_JSON_PATH env (Yagiz Nizipli) #53058
  • [7a67ecf161] - (SEMVER-MINOR) test_runner: support module mocking (Colin Ihrig) #52848
  • [ee56aecced] - (SEMVER-MINOR) lib: add EventSource Client (Aras Abbasi) #51575
  • [6413769bc7] - (SEMVER-MINOR) lib: replace MessageEvent with undici's (Matthew Aitken) #52370
  • [c70b2f7a76] - (SEMVER-MINOR) cli: add NODE_RUN_SCRIPT_NAME env to node --run (Yagiz Nizipli) #53032
  • [badec0c38b] - doc: add Marco Ippolito to TSC (Rafael Gonzaga) #53008

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2024-05-28, Version 20.14.0 'Iron' (LTS), @marco-ippolito

28 May 16:55
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  • [28d2baa17c] - src,permission: throw async errors on async APIs (Rafael Gonzaga) #52730
  • [77e2bf029a] - (SEMVER-MINOR) test_runner: support forced exit (Colin Ihrig) #52038

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2024-05-21, Version 18.20.3 'Hydrogen' (LTS), @richardlau

21 May 12:18
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This release fixes a regression introduced in Node.js 18.19.0 where http.server.close() was incorrectly closing idle connections.

A fix has also been included for compiling Node.js from source with newer versions of Clang.

The list of keys used to sign releases has been synchronized with the current list from the main branch.

Updated dependencies

  • acorn updated to 8.11.3.
  • acorn-walk updated to 8.3.2.
  • ada updated to 2.7.8.
  • c-ares updated to 1.28.1.
  • corepack updated to 0.28.0.
  • nghttp2 updated to 1.61.0.
  • ngtcp2 updated to 1.3.0.
  • npm updated to 10.7.0. Includes a fix from [email protected] to limit the number of open connections npm/cli#7324.
  • simdutf updated to 5.2.4.
  • zlib updated to 1.3.0.1-motley-7d77fb7.

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2024-05-15, Version 22.2.0 (Current), @targos

15 May 19:28
v22.2.0
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  • [fb85d38e80] - (SEMVER-MINOR) cli: allow running wasm in limited vmem with --disable-wasm-trap-handler (Joyee Cheung) #52766
  • [23a0d3339f] - doc: add pimterry to collaborators (Tim Perry) #52874
  • [7d7a762156] - (SEMVER-MINOR) fs: allow 'withFileTypes' to be used with globs (Aviv Keller) #52837
  • [8748dd6477] - (SEMVER-MINOR) inspector: introduce the --inspect-wait flag (Kohei Ueno) #52734
  • [9a7ae9b6c4] - lib,src: remove --experimental-policy (Rafael Gonzaga) #52583
  • [1f7c2a93fc] - (SEMVER-MINOR) perf_hooks: add deliveryType and responseStatus fields (Matthew Aitken) #51589
  • [2f59529dc5] - (SEMVER-MINOR) test_runner: support test plans (Colin Ihrig) #52860
  • [6b4dac3eb5] - (SEMVER-MINOR) zlib: expose zlib.crc32() (Joyee Cheung) #52692

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2024-05-09, Version 20.13.1 'Iron' (LTS), @marco-ippolito

09 May 10:45
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2024-05-09, Version 20.13.1 'Iron' (LTS), @marco-ippolito

Revert "tools: install npm PowerShell scripts on Windows"

Due to a regression in the npm installation on Windows, this commit reverts the change that installed npm PowerShell scripts on Windows.

Commits

  • [b7d80802cc] - Revert "tools: install npm PowerShell scripts on Windows" (marco-ippolito) #52897

2024-05-07, Version 20.13.0 'Iron' (LTS), @marco-ippolito

07 May 15:53
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2024-05-07, Version 20.13.0 'Iron' (LTS), @marco-ippolito

buffer: improve base64 and base64url performance

The performance of the base64 and base64url encoding and decoding functions has been improved significantly.

Contributed by Yagiz Nizipli in #52428

crypto: deprecate implicitly shortened GCM tags

This release, introduces a doc-only deprecation of using GCM authentication tags that are shorter than the cipher's block size, unless the user specified the authTagLength option.

Contributed by Tobias Nießen in #52345

events,doc: mark CustomEvent as stable

From this release CustomEvent has been marked stable.

Contributed by Daeyeon Jeong in #52618

fs: add stacktrace to fs/promises

Sync functions in fs throwed an error with a stacktrace which is helpful for debugging. But functions in fs/promises throwed an error without a stacktrace. This commit adds stacktraces by calling Error.captureStacktrace and re-throwing the error.

Contributed by 翠 / green in #49849

report: add --report-exclude-network option

New option --report-exclude-network, also available as report.excludeNetwork, enables the user to exclude networking interfaces in their diagnostic report. On some systems, this can cause the report to take minutes to generate so this option can be used to optimize that.

Contributed by Ethan Arrowood in #51645

src: add uv_get_available_memory to report and process

From this release it is possible to get the available memory in the system by calling process.getAvailableMemory().

Contributed by theanarkh #52023

stream: support typed arrays

This commit adds support for typed arrays in streams.

Contributed by IlyasShabi #51866

util: support array of formats in util.styleText

It is now possible to pass an array of format strings to util.styleText to apply multiple formats to the same text.

console.log(util.styleText(['underline', 'italic'], 'My italic underlined message'));

Contributed by Marco Ippolito in #52040

v8: implement v8.queryObjects() for memory leak regression testing

This is similar to the queryObjects() console API provided by the Chromium DevTools console. It can be used to search for objects that have the matching constructor on its prototype chain in the heap after a full garbage collection, which can be useful for memory leak regression tests.
To avoid surprising results, users should avoid using this API on constructors whose implementation they don't control, or on constructors that can be invoked by other parties in the application.

To avoid accidental leaks, this API does not return raw references to the objects found. By default, it returns the count of the objects found. If options.format is 'summary', it returns an array containing brief string representations for each object. The visibility provided in this API is similar to what the heap snapshot provides, while users can save the cost of serialization and parsing and directly filer the target objects during the search.

We have been using this API internally for the test suite, which has been more stable than any other leak regression testing strategies in the CI. With a public implementation we can now use the public API instead.

const { queryObjects } = require('node:v8');
class A { foo = 'bar'; }
console.log(queryObjects(A)); // 0
let a = new A();
console.log(queryObjects(A)); // 1
// [ "A { foo: 'bar' }" ]
console.log(queryObjects(A, { format: 'summary' }));

// Release the object.
a = null;
// Search again. queryObjects() includes a full garbage collection
// so a should disappear.
console.log(queryObjects(A)); // 0

class B extends A { bar = 'qux'; }
// The child class B's prototype has A's prototype on its prototype chain
// so the prototype object shows up too.
console.log(queryObjects(A, { format: 'summary' })); // [ A {}' ]

Contributed by Joyee Cheung in #51927

watch: mark as stable

From this release Watch Mode is considered stable.
When in watch mode, changes in the watched files cause the Node.js process to restart.

Contributed by Moshe Atlow in #52074

Other Notable Changes

  • [f8ad30048d] - benchmark: add AbortSignal.abort benchmarks (Raz Luvaton) #52408
  • [3b41da9a56] - (SEMVER-MINOR) deps: update simdutf to 5.0.0 (Daniel Lemire) #52138
  • [0a08c4a7b3] - (SEMVER-MINOR) deps: update undici to 6.3.0 (Node.js GitHub Bot) #51462
  • [f1b7bda4f5] - (SEMVER-MINOR) deps: update undici to 6.2.1 (Node.js GitHub Bot) #51278
  • [4acca8ed84] - (SEMVER-MINOR) dns: add order option and support ipv6first (Paolo Insogna) #52492
  • [cc67720ff9] - doc: update release gpg keyserver (marco-ippolito) #52257
  • [c2def7df96] - doc: add release key for marco-ippolito (marco-ippolito) #52257
  • [807c89cb26] - doc: add UlisesGascon as a collaborator (Ulises Gascón) #51991
  • [5e78a20ef9] - (SEMVER-MINOR) doc: deprecate fs.Stats public constructor (Marco Ippolito) #51879
  • [722fe64ff7] - (SEMVER-MINOR) lib, url: add a windows option to path parsing (Aviv Keller) #52509
  • [d116fa1568] - (SEMVER-MINOR) net: add CLI option for autoSelectFamilyAttemptTimeout (Paolo Insogna) #52474
  • [6af7b78b0d] - (SEMVER-MINOR) src: add string_view overload to snapshot FromBlob (Anna Henningsen) #52595
  • [b3a11b574b] - (SEMVER-MINOR) src: preload function for Environment (Cheng Zhao) #51539
  • [41646d9c9e] - (SEMVER-MINOR) test_runner: add suite() (Colin Ihrig) #52127
  • [fc9ba17f6c] - (SEMVER-MINOR) test_runner: add test:complete event to reflect execution order (Moshe Atlow) #51909

Commits

  • [6fdd748b21] - benchmark: reduce the buffer size for blob (Debadree Chatterjee) #52548
  • [2274d0c868] - benchmark: inherit stdio/stderr instead of pipe (Ali Hassan) #52456
  • [0300598315] - benchmark: add ipc support to spawn stdio config (Ali Hassan) #52456
  • [f8ad30048d] - benchmark: add AbortSignal.abort benchmarks (Raz Luvaton) #52408
  • [7508d48736] - benchmark: conditionally use spawn with taskset for cpu pinning (Ali Hassan) #52253
  • [ea8e72e185] - benchmark: add toNamespacedPath bench (Rafael Gonzaga) #52236
  • [c00715cc1e] - benchmark: add style-text benchmark (Rafael Gonzaga) #52004
  • [1c1a6935ee] - buffer: add missing ARG_TYPE(ArrayBuffer) for isUtf8 (Jungku Lee) #52477
  • [1b2aff7dce] - buffer: improve base64 and base64url performance (Yagiz Nizipli) #52428
  • [328bded5ab] - buffer: improve btoa performance (Yagiz Nizipli) #52427
  • [e67bc34326] - buffer: use simdutf for atob implementation (Yagiz Nizipli) #52381
  • [5abddb45d8] - build: fix typo in node.gyp (Michaël Zasso) #52719
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2024-05-02, Version 22.1.0 (Current), @targos prepared by @aduh95

02 May 14:40
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module: implement NODE_COMPILE_CACHE for automatic on-disk code caching

This patch implements automatic on-disk code caching that can be enabled
via an environment variable NODE_COMPILE_CACHE=/path/to/cache/dir.

When set, whenever Node.js compiles a CommonJS or a ECMAScript Module,
it will use on-disk V8 code cache
persisted in the specified directory
to speed up the compilation. This may slow down the first load of a
module graph, but subsequent loads of the same module graph may get
a significant speedup if the contents of the modules do not change.
Locally, this speeds up loading of test/fixtures/snapshot/typescript.js
from ~130ms to ~80ms.

To clean up the generated code cache, simply remove the directory.
It will be recreated the next time the same directory is used for
NODE_COMPILE_CACHE.

Compilation cache generated by one version of Node.js may not be used
by a different version of Node.js. Cache generated by different versions
of Node.js will be stored separately if the same directory is used
to persist the cache, so they can co-exist.

Caveat: currently when using this with V8 JavaScript code coverage, the
coverage being collected by V8 may be less precise in functions that are
deserialized from the code cache. It's recommended to turn this off when
running tests to generate precise coverage.

Contributed by Joyee Cheung in #52535.

Other Notable Changes

  • [44ee04cf9f] - buffer: improve base64 and base64url performance (Yagiz Nizipli) #52428
  • [3c37ce5710] - (SEMVER-MINOR) dns: add order option and support ipv6first (Paolo Insogna) #52492
  • [3026401be1] - events,doc: mark CustomEvent as stable (Daeyeon Jeong) #52618
  • [64428dc1c9] - (SEMVER-MINOR) lib, url: add a windows option to path parsing (Aviv Keller) #52509
  • [d79ae74f71] - (SEMVER-MINOR) net: add CLI option for autoSelectFamilyAttemptTimeout (Paolo Insogna) #52474
  • [43fa6a1a45] - (SEMVER-MINOR) src: add string_view overload to snapshot FromBlob (Anna Henningsen) #52595
  • [c6fe433d42] - src,permission: throw async errors on async APIs (Rafael Gonzaga) #52730
  • [e247a61d15] - (SEMVER-MINOR) test_runner: add --test-skip-pattern cli option (Aviv Keller) #52529
  • [9b18df9dcb] - (SEMVER-MINOR) url: implement parse method for safer URL parsing (Ali Hassan) #52280

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