---
date: '2017-10-26T00:18:49.008Z'
category: release
title: Node.js 8.8.1 (Current)
layout: blog-post
author: Colin Ihrig
---

### Notable Changes

- **net**:
  - Fix timeout with null handle issue. This is a regression in Node 8.8.0 [#16489](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/16489)

### Commits

- \[[`db8c92fb42`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/db8c92fb42)] - **doc**: fix spelling in v8.8.0 changelog (Myles Borins) [#16477](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/16477)
- \[[`c8396b8370`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c8396b8370)] - **doc**: remove loader hooks from unsupported features (Teppei Sato) [#16465](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/16465)
- \[[`2b0bb57055`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/2b0bb57055)] - **doc**: fix wrong URL (Jon Moss) [#16470](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/16470)
- \[[`9ffc32974e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9ffc32974e)] - **doc**: fix typo in changelog for 8.8.0 (Alec Perkins) [#16462](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/16462)
- \[[`7facaa5031`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7facaa5031)] - **doc**: fix missing newline character (Daijiro Wachi) [#16447](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/16447)
- \[[`16eb7d3a5f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/16eb7d3a5f)] - **doc**: fix doc styles (Daijiro Wachi) [#16385](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/16385)
- \[[`99fdc1d04f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/99fdc1d04f)] - **doc**: add recommendations for first timers (Refael Ackermann) [#16350](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/16350)
- \[[`6fbef7f350`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6fbef7f350)] - **doc**: fix typo in zlib.md (Luigi Pinca) [#16480](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/16480)
- \[[`655e017e40`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/655e017e40)] - **net**: fix timeout with null handle (Anatoli Papirovski) [#16489](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/16489)
- \[[`7fad10cc7e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7fad10cc7e)] - **test**: make test-v8-serdes work without stdin (Anna Henningsen)
- \[[`12dc06e3e1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/12dc06e3e1)] - **test**: call toLowerCase on the resolved module (Daniel Bevenius) [#16486](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/16486)
- \[[`10894c3835`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/10894c3835)] - **test**: allow for different nsswitch.conf settings (Daniel Bevenius) [#16378](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/16378)
- \[[`2a53165aa0`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/2a53165aa0)] - **test**: add missing assertion (cjihrig) [#15519](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/15519)

Windows 32-bit Installer: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.8.1/node-v8.8.1-x86.msi \
Windows 64-bit Installer: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.8.1/node-v8.8.1-x64.msi \
Windows 32-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.8.1/win-x86/node.exe \
Windows 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.8.1/win-x64/node.exe \
macOS 64-bit Installer: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.8.1/node-v8.8.1.pkg \
macOS 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.8.1/node-v8.8.1-darwin-x64.tar.gz \
Linux 32-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.8.1/node-v8.8.1-linux-x86.tar.xz \
Linux 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.8.1/node-v8.8.1-linux-x64.tar.xz \
Linux PPC LE 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.8.1/node-v8.8.1-linux-ppc64le.tar.xz \
Linux PPC BE 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.8.1/node-v8.8.1-linux-ppc64.tar.xz \
Linux s390x 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.8.1/node-v8.8.1-linux-s390x.tar.xz \
AIX 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.8.1/node-v8.8.1-aix-ppc64.tar.gz \
SmartOS 32-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.8.1/node-v8.8.1-sunos-x86.tar.xz \
SmartOS 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.8.1/node-v8.8.1-sunos-x64.tar.xz \
ARMv6 32-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.8.1/node-v8.8.1-linux-armv6l.tar.xz \
ARMv7 32-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.8.1/node-v8.8.1-linux-armv7l.tar.xz \
ARMv8 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.8.1/node-v8.8.1-linux-arm64.tar.xz \
Source Code: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.8.1/node-v8.8.1.tar.gz \
Other release files: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.8.1/ \
Documentation: https://nodejs.org/docs/v8.8.1/api/

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