---
date: '2012-07-19T17:09:26.413Z'
category: release
title: Version 0.8.3 (Stable)
layout: blog-post
author: The Node.js Project
---

2012.07.19, Version 0.8.3 (Stable)

- V8: upgrade to 3.11.10.15

- npm: Upgrade to 1.1.43

- net: fix net.Server.listen({fd:x}) error reporting (Ben Noordhuis)

- net: fix bogus errno reporting (Ben Noordhuis)

- build: Move npm shebang logic into an npm script (isaacs)

- build: fix add-on loading on freebsd (Ben Noordhuis)

- build: disable unsafe optimizations (Ben Noordhuis)

- build: fix spurious mksnapshot crashes for good (Ben Noordhuis)

- build: speed up genv8constants (Dave Pacheco)

- fs: make unwatchFile() remove a specific listener (Ben Noordhuis)

- domain: Remove first arg from intercepted fn (Toshihiro Nakamura)

- domain: Fix memory leak on error (isaacs)

- events: Fix memory leak from removeAllListeners (Nathan Rajlich)

- zlib: Fix memory leak in Unzip class. (isaacs)

- crypto: Fix memory leak in DecipherUpdate() (Ben Noordhuis)

Source Code: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.8.3/node-v0.8.3.tar.gz

Macintosh Installer (Universal): https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.8.3/node-v0.8.3.pkg

Windows Installer: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.8.3/node-v0.8.3-x86.msi

Windows x64 Installer: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.8.3/x64/node-v0.8.3-x64.msi

Windows x64 Files: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.8.3/x64/

Other release files: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.8.3/

Website: https://nodejs.org/docs/v0.8.3/

Documentation: https://nodejs.org/docs/v0.8.3/api/

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