4.18.0
expressjs/express4.18.0Apr 25, 2022by dougwilson
AI Summary
Express 4.18.0 introduces several new features including a root option for res.download, deprecation warnings for invalid res.status arguments, and support for proper 205 responses. This release also includes important bug fixes and updates to dependencies.
Key Highlights
- Add 'root' option to res.download
- Allow options without filename in res.download
- Deprecate string and non-integer arguments to res.status
- Support proper 205 responses using res.send
- Update body-parser to 1.20.0 with async hooks context fixes
New Features
- Add 'root' option to res.download
- Allow options without filename in res.download
- Deprecate string and non-integer arguments to res.status
- Support proper 205 responses using res.send
- Use http-errors for res.format error
Full Release Notes
* Add "root" option to `res.download`
* Allow `options` without `filename` in `res.download`
* Deprecate string and non-integer arguments to `res.status`
* Fix behavior of `null`/`undefined` as `maxAge` in `res.cookie`
* Fix handling very large stacks of sync middleware
* Ignore `Object.prototype` values in settings through `app.set`/`app.get`
* Invoke `default` with same arguments as types in `res.format`
* Support proper 205 responses using `res.send`
* Use `http-errors` for `res.format` error
* deps: body-parser@1.20.0
- Fix error message for json parse whitespace in `strict`
- Fix internal error when inflated body exceeds limit
- Prevent loss of async hooks context
- Prevent hanging when request already read
- deps: depd@2.0.0
- deps: http-errors@2.0.0
- deps: on-finished@2.4.1
- deps: qs@6.10.3
- deps: raw-body@2.5.1
* deps: cookie@0.5.0
- Add `priority` option
- Fix `expires` option to reject invalid dates
* deps: depd@2.0.0
- Replace internal `eval` usage with `Function` constructor
- Use instance methods on `process` to check for listeners
* deps: finalhandler@1.2.0
- Remove set content headers that break response
- deps: on-finished@2.4.1
- deps: statuses@2.0.1
* deps: on-finished@2.4.1
- Prevent loss of async hooks context
* deps: qs@6.10.3
* deps: send@0.18.0
- Fix emitted 416 error missing headers property
- Limit the headers removed for 304 response
- deps: depd@2.0.0
- deps: destroy@1.2.0
- deps: http-errors@2.0.0
- deps: on-finished@2.4.1
- deps: statuses@2.0.1
* deps: serve-static@1.15.0
- deps: send@0.18.0
* deps: statuses@2.0.1
- Remove code 306
- Rename `425 Unordered Collection` to standard `425 Too Early`