node Releases

This release updates core dependencies like Undici and OpenSSL to 3.5.8, alongside npm and Corepack. It includes build improvements for RISC-V architectures and updates to various security tooling. Documentation updates include clarifying return types, deprecating internal methods, and refining AI guidelines.

Sep 9, 2026

Node.js 24.21.0 is the 'Krypton' Long Term Support (LTS) release, featuring updates to core dependencies like OpenSSL and Undici. It introduces new cryptographic capabilities, performance optimizations for networking and histograms, and utility enhancements. The release also includes various bug fixes and maintenance updates to the build system.

Sep 8, 2026

This release introduces a new guest app execution mode that requires no seats, adds guest JWT support for embedded apps, and enhances sandbox observability and security. It also includes improvements to AI sessions, S3 permission management, and critical CVE patches.

Sep 5, 2026

A maintenance release that extends MCP capabilities by exposing request headers to scripts, streamlines project imports by reusing existing resources, and fixes several CLI and data access bugs.

Sep 3, 2026

This release focuses on improving the user experience in the chat interface and homepage, adds OpenTelemetry retention cleanup, and applies critical SSRF security validation for object storage.

Sep 2, 2026

Enhances AI capabilities by making reusable skills workspace-specific resources and improves session management by showing running sessions across browser tabs, alongside UI improvements for editing.

Sep 1, 2026

A patch release addressing UI spacing issues, correcting @mention handling in chat, and ensuring the database indexer is excluded from builds that lack the Tantivy dependency.

Sep 1, 2026

This substantial release introduces a constraint-driven compiler for workflows and notification-only update awareness for skills. It also includes extensive improvements to diagram rendering, reproducibility, and internationalization support.

Aug 30, 2026

This is a patch release that specifically addresses a bug where the `node --version` command was incorrectly reporting an alpha version instead of the stable version.

Aug 26, 2026

This minor release introduces new cryptographic modes, performance improvements to histogram and net.BlockList, REPL syntax highlighting, and new APIs for SQLite, Zip handling, and MIME parsing.

Aug 26, 2026

This LTS release introduces package maps for module resolution, permission APIs for dropping and auditing, stream iterator improvements, and experimental WASM JSPI support.

Aug 26, 2026

This release introduces selective OCR capabilities for scanned and mixed PDFs using PDFium rendering and PP-OCRv6 Small via ONNX Runtime, alongside improved text layer recovery and offline operation support.

Aug 17, 2026

This release enhances sequence diagram capabilities with an opt-in column fit feature and integrates a DeepSeek Harness bundle for AI functionality. It also addresses various rendering and CLI bugs.

Aug 17, 2026

A security-focused maintenance release that hardens the parser against crafted PDFs designed to cause unbounded CPU or memory usage by capping resource expansion limits and improving Form XObject text handling.

Aug 13, 2026

A maintenance release focused on restoring release identity checks and ensuring consistent measurement of sublabels and tags across all renderers.

Aug 11, 2026

A consolidated package release for Rust, Python, Node.js, and WebAssembly, focusing on security hardening against malformed inputs and improving extraction quality for complex document structures.

Aug 10, 2026

This release introduces advanced geopolitical analytics and OSINT tools, featuring OpenClaw-driven risk scoring and Telegram auto-translation. It enhances data visualization with ACARS telemetry and allows users to persist custom dashboard layouts. The update also includes security hardening measures and UI improvements.

Aug 5, 2026

This release adds support for loading private keys through STORE loaders, introduces perfetto tracing support, and updates dependencies including npm and nghttp2. It also adds Symbol.dispose support in ModuleHooks and a new flag for test coverage configuration.

Aug 5, 2026

This release introduces new features for the FFI module and test runner, including a context logging method and entry file reporting. It also updates dependencies such as libffi and ngtcp2.

Aug 3, 2026

This LTS release adds blob.textStream(), OpenSSL compression support, and an experimental flag for importing text files. It also introduces caller-supplied buffer support for readFile, new TCP keepalive options, and TLS group reporting.

Aug 3, 2026