Node.js — Node.js v20.19.6 (LTS)

Honghao Wang

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Node.js Release Notes – v20.19.6 “Iron” (LTS)

Release Date: 2025-11-25

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📌 Notable Changes

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🔨 Changes by Area

Build & Platform

  • Fixed `implicit-function-declaration` on OpenHarmony (#59547)
  • Windows runner updated to `windows-2025` (#59673)

Crypto

  • Updated root certificates to NSS 3.116 (#59956)
  • Updated root certificates to NSS 3.114 (#59571)

Dependencies

  • Updated undici to `6.22.0`
  • Updated uvwasi, histogram, googletest, Corepack, OpenSSL, V8
  • Multiple upstream cherry-picks for V8 stability and performance

💡 Tip: Keeping dependencies current ensures security and compatibility with upstream projects.

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Documentation

  • Security escalation and incident response plans added
  • Typos and missing links fixed
  • Policies clarified
  • Stability index refinements

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Meta / CI

  • GitHub Action versions bumped (`setup-node`, `harden-runner`, `scorecard-action`, `setup-python`)
  • Devcontainer schema updated, improved release automation triggers

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Modules & Core

  • Fixed detection of top-level `await` in ambiguous contexts
  • Corrected `asyncContext` behavior under strict unhandled rejections
  • REPL improvements (fixed CPU overhead and input validation)
  • Source cleanup: removed duplicate constants, improved `CHECK_NOT_NULL` order

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Tests

  • Various flaky test markings for macOS and Linux architectures
  • SEA test skips in specific environments
  • Typos corrected in test files
  • JUnit skip logic fixed in test runner

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Tools

  • Cleaned unused build actions in `build-tarball.yml`
  • Disabled unnecessary tgz compression step
  • Compiler check fix in build tooling
  • Dropped deprecated `macos-13` GitHub runner
  • Fixed `make-v8.sh` script for clang compatibility

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📥 Downloads – v20.19.6

Windows Installers

Windows Binaries

macOS

Linux

Other

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🔑 SHASUMS

PGP-signed SHA256 checksums for all binaries and installers are provided in the release notes for integrity verification before installation.

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🌐 Node.js v25.2.1 (Current) – Release Overview

Release Date: 2024-12-04

Highlights:

  • V8 updated to 12.9
  • npm updated to 10.9.2
  • Diagnostic reporting enhancements
  • Improvements in `URL` and `stream` modules
  • Security updates in core dependencies

📄 Full details

📥 Downloads

📚 Docs

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