2022-08-16, Version 16.17.0 'Gallium' (LTS)

Notable changes:

crypto:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) remove Node.js-specific webcrypto extensions (Filip Skokan) #43310
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) add CFRG curves to Web Crypto API (Filip Skokan) #42507
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) make authTagLength optional for CC20P1305 (Tobias Nießen) #42427
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) align webcrypto RSA key import/export with other implementations (Filip Skokan) #42816
deps:
  * update undici to 5.4.0 (Node.js GitHub Bot) #43262
  * update undici to 5.3.0 (Node.js GitHub Bot) #43197
dns:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) export error code constants from `dns/promises` (Feng Yu) #43176
doc:
  * add F3n67u to collaborators (Feng Yu) #43953
  * deprecate coercion to integer in process.exit (Daeyeon Jeong) #43738
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) deprecate diagnostics_channel object subscribe method (Stephen Belanger) #42714
  * add LiviaMedeiros to collaborators (LiviaMedeiros) #43039
  * add @kuriyosh to collaborators (Yoshiki Kurihara) #42824
  * add RafaelGSS to collaborators (RafaelGSS) #42718
  * add @meixg to collaborators (Xuguang Mei) #42576
errors:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) add support for cause in aborterror (James M Snell) #41008
esm:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) add chaining to loaders (Jacob Smith) #42623
events:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) expose CustomEvent on global with CLI flag (Daeyeon Jeong) #43885
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) add `CustomEvent` (Daeyeon Jeong) #43514
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) propagate abortsignal reason in new AbortError ctor in events (James M Snell) #41008
fs:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) propagate abortsignal reason in new AbortSignal constructors (James M Snell) #41008
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) make params in writing methods optional (LiviaMedeiros) #42601
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) add `read(buffer[, options])` versions (LiviaMedeiros) #42768
http:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) add drop request event for http server (theanarkh) #43806
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) add diagnostics channel for http client (theanarkh) #43580
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) add perf_hooks detail for http request and client (theanarkh) #43361
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) add uniqueHeaders option to request and createServer (Paolo Insogna) #41397
http2:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) propagate abortsignal reason in new AbortError constructor (James M Snell) #41008
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) compat support for array headers (OneNail) #42901
lib:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) propagate abortsignal reason in new AbortError constructor in blob (James M Snell) #41008
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) add abortSignal.throwIfAborted() (James M Snell) #40951
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) improved diagnostics_channel subscribe/unsubscribe (Stephen Belanger) #42714
module:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) add isBuiltIn method (hemanth.hm) #43396
module,repl:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) support 'node:'-only core modules (Colin Ihrig) #42325
net:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) add drop event for net server (theanarkh) #43582
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) add ability to reset a tcp socket (pupilTong) #43112
node-api:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) emit uncaught-exception on unhandled tsfn callbacks (Chengzhong Wu) #36510
perf_hooks:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) add PerformanceResourceTiming (RafaelGSS) #42725
report:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) add more heap infos in process report (theanarkh) #43116
src:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) add --openssl-legacy-provider option (Daniel Bevenius) #40478
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) define fs.constants.S_IWUSR & S_IRUSR for Win (Liviu Ionescu) #42757
src,doc,test:
  * (SEMVER-MAJOR) add --openssl-shared-config option (Daniel Bevenius) #43124
stream:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) use cause options in AbortError constructors (James M Snell) #41008
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) add iterator helper find (Nitzan Uziely) #41849
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) add writableAborted (Robert Nagy) #40802
test:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) add initial test module (Colin Ihrig) #42325
test_runner:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) expose `describe` and `it` (Moshe Atlow) #43420
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) add initial CLI runner (Colin Ihrig) #42658
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) support 'only' tests (Colin Ihrig) #42514
timers:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) propagate signal.reason in awaitable timers (James M Snell) #41008
util:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) add tokens to parseArgs (John Gee) #43459
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) add parseArgs module (Benjamin Coe) #42675
v8:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) add v8.startupSnapshot utils (Joyee Cheung) #43329
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) export more fields in getHeapStatistics (theanarkh) #42784
worker:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) add hasRef() to MessagePort (Darshan Sen) #42849

PR-URL: TODO

Author: targos

CHANGELOG.md

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+<a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V16.md#16.16.0">16.16.0</a><br/>
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doc/api/buffer.md

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doc/api/cli.md

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doc/api/crypto.md

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doc/api/deprecations.md

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doc/api/diagnostics_channel.md

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doc/api/errors.md

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doc/api/esm.md

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doc/api/events.md

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doc/api/fs.md

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doc/api/globals.md

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doc/api/http.md

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doc/api/module.md

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doc/api/net.md

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