---
date: '2016-09-15T21:00:36.348Z'
category: release
title: Node.js 6.6.0 (Current)
layout: blog-post
author: Jeremiah Senkpiel
---

### Notable changes

- **crypto**: Added `crypto.timingSafeEqual()`. (not-an-aardvark) [#8304](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8304)
- **events**: Made the "max event listeners" memory leak warning more accessible. (Anna Henningsen) [#8298](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8298)
- **promises**: Unhandled rejections now emit a [process warning](https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v6.x/docs/api/process.html#process_event_warning) after the first tick. (Benjamin Gruenbaum) [#8223](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8223)
- **repl**: Added auto alignment for `.editor` mode. (Prince J Wesley) [#8241](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8241)
- **util**: Some functionality has been added to `util.inspect()`:
  - Returning `this` from a custom inspect function now works. (Anna Henningsen) [#8174](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8174)
  - Added support for Symbol-based custom inspection methods. (Anna Henningsen) [#8174](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8174)

### Commits

- \[[`2ecc8c4c23`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/2ecc8c4c23)] - **async_wrap**: add a missing case to test-async-wrap-throw-no-init (yorkie) [#8198](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8198)
- \[[`00f4bc3105`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/00f4bc3105)] - **benchmark**: add benches for fs.stat & fs.statSync (Anna Henningsen) [#8338](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8338)
- \[[`7cc1391287`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7cc1391287)] - **benchmark**: fix off-by-one error in fs benchmarks (Anna Henningsen) [#8338](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8338)
- \[[`6e3db283ed`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6e3db283ed)] - **buffer**: fix ArrayBuffer checks (Brian White) [#8453](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8453)
- \[[`dd51b1f428`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/dd51b1f428)] - **buffer,string_decoder**: consolidate encoding validation logic (James M Snell) [#7207](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/7207)
- \[[`a830e37dc9`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a830e37dc9)] - **build**: don't require processing docs for nightlies (Johan Bergström) [#8325](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8325)
- \[[`836bfc188b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/836bfc188b)] - **build**: fix dependencies on AIX (Michael Dawson) [#8285](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8285)
- \[[`bc9d2fb543`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/bc9d2fb543)] - **build**: fix dependencies on AIX (Michael Dawson) [#8272](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8272)
- \[[`206b105b1e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/206b105b1e)] - **build**: add missing files to zip and 7z packages (Richard Lau) [#8069](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8069)
- \[[`afb9917f16`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/afb9917f16)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **crypto**: add crypto.timingSafeEqual() (not-an-aardvark) [#8304](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8304)
- \[[`1640e7a4da`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1640e7a4da)] - **crypto**: fix getDecoder() encoding check (atstojanov) [#8301](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8301)
- \[[`49f996f4f6`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/49f996f4f6)] - **crypto**: make malloc failure check cross-platform (Rich Trott) [#8352](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8352)
- \[[`9c460d7475`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9c460d7475)] - **deps**: add back no-op harmony shipping flags (Ali Ijaz Sheikh) [#8445](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8445)
- \[[`c8bcf1b591`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c8bcf1b591)] - **deps**: workaround clang-3.4 ICE (Ali Ijaz Sheikh) [#8343](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8343)
- \[[`ac3471ca23`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ac3471ca23)] - **deps**: v8_inspector update (Eugene Ostroukhov) [#8150](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8150)
- \[[`f829660c71`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f829660c71)] - **deps**: cherry-pick 8ed65b97 from V8's upstream (Anna Henningsen) [#8411](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8411)
- \[[`c48cb2de48`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c48cb2de48)] - **doc**: link SIGTSTP / SIGCONT events in readline doc (Italo A. Casas) [#8475](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8475)
- \[[`ce1a46c02d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ce1a46c02d)] - **doc**: update onboarding PR landing info (Rich Trott) [#8479](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8479)
- \[[`92acff82ea`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/92acff82ea)] - **doc**: add CTC meeting minutes 2016-08-31 (Josh Gavant) [#8424](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8424)
- \[[`53877357fc`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/53877357fc)] - **doc**: fix link on timers.md (yorkie) [#8488](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8488)
- \[[`09da5756e5`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/09da5756e5)] - **doc**: add `added:` information for crypto (Luigi Pinca) [#8281](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8281)
- \[[`19df5cef3b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/19df5cef3b)] - **doc**: fix example in repl documentation (Franziska Hinkelmann) [#8469](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8469)
- \[[`3ce6eaa3b9`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3ce6eaa3b9)] - **doc**: note that listening on SIGSEGV & co is unsafe (Anna Henningsen) [#8410](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8410)
- \[[`c7771e6fbc`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c7771e6fbc)] - **doc**: clarify sentence in event loop doc (Luigi Pinca) [#8400](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8400)
- \[[`2c45782b12`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/2c45782b12)] - **doc**: add CI help/support info to onboarding doc (Rich Trott) [#8407](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8407)
- \[[`cffe7b731d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/cffe7b731d)] - **doc**: add 2016-08-17 CTC meeting minutes (Josh Gavant) [#8245](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8245)
- \[[`fdd59cc04c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/fdd59cc04c)] - **doc**: update BUILDING.md (Rich Trott) [#8398](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8398)
- \[[`d0a92be798`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d0a92be798)] - **doc**: add 2016-08-10 CTC meeting minutes (Josh Gavant) [#8229](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8229)
- \[[`ca31187087`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ca31187087)] - **doc**: update CI content in onboarding doc (Rich Trott) [#8374](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8374)
- \[[`44983b1fdc`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/44983b1fdc)] - **doc**: update authors list (James M Snell) [#8346](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8346)
- \[[`ee83f5d541`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ee83f5d541)] - **doc**: add return type of clientRequest.setTimeout (Mike Ralphson) [#8356](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8356)
- \[[`1695c84240`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1695c84240)] - **doc**: fix a wrong link,add '.md' to the link (Alexis374) [#8315](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8315)
- \[[`65096de443`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/65096de443)] - **doc**: fix typos (Mike Ralphson) [#8370](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8370)
- \[[`6d421a2ee2`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6d421a2ee2)] - **doc**: fix broken link in dgram doc (Brian White) [#8365](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8365)
- \[[`fbabd36de9`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/fbabd36de9)] - **doc**: update targos email in readme per request (James M Snell) [#8389](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8389)
- \[[`76a3050c34`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/76a3050c34)] - **doc**: update landing pr info in onboarding doc (Rich Trott) [#8344](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8344)
- \[[`372e4f3f79`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/372e4f3f79)] - **doc**: bad/better examples for fs.access() and fs.exists() (Dan Fabulich) [#7832](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/7832)
- \[[`9f18878eee`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9f18878eee)] - **doc**: fix typo in stream doc (Hubert Mine) [#8326](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8326)
- \[[`59e96bb1af`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/59e96bb1af)] - **doc**: adding danbev to collaborators (Daniel Bevenius) [#8359](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8359)
- \[[`b553e57f5f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b553e57f5f)] - **doc**: clarify that path on windows accepts / and \ (James M Snell) [#8291](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8291)
- \[[`feab3d4c25`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/feab3d4c25)] - **doc**: add lpinca to collaborators (Luigi Pinca) [#8331](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8331)
- \[[`d2b2abe9d9`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d2b2abe9d9)] - **doc**: doc that listen can be called multiple times (James M Snell) [#8294](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8294)
- \[[`54d76137cd`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/54d76137cd)] - **doc**: readline write() is processed as input (James M Snell) [#8295](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8295)
- \[[`48be8bc4e1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/48be8bc4e1)] - **doc**: `'ipc'` is required with fork stdio option (James M Snell) [#8290](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8290)
- \[[`47ecd21133`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/47ecd21133)] - **doc**: improve fs.truncate functions' documentation (Sakthipriyan Vairamani) [#7648](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/7648)
- \[[`d565183c37`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d565183c37)] - **doc**: add `added:` information for modules (Luigi Pinca) [#8250](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8250)
- \[[`b6f5104145`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b6f5104145)] - **doc**: fix onReadable reentry after unshift called (Zwb) [#8200](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8200)
- \[[`93ac875d53`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/93ac875d53)] - **doc**: add `added:` information for dgram (Luigi Pinca) [#8196](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8196)
- \[[`260663fbfa`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/260663fbfa)] - **doc**: add Myles Borins to the CTC (Rod Vagg) [#8260](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8260)
- \[[`a7c21759d9`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a7c21759d9)] - **doc**: fix buf.readUIntBE, buf.readUIntLE examples (David Keeler) [#8240](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8240)
- \[[`e4fcf55701`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e4fcf55701)] - **doc**: fix "timout" typo in timeout (Fangshi He) [#8231](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8231)
- \[[`03f5297ccd`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/03f5297ccd)] - **doc**: include the optional options parameter (Sakthipriyan Vairamani) [#7842](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/7842)
- \[[`605db31fe7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/605db31fe7)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **events**: make memory leak warning more accessible (Anna Henningsen) [#8298](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8298)
- \[[`fa4c4d655a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/fa4c4d655a)] - **http**: fix connection upgrade checks (Brian White) [#8238](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8238)
- \[[`b603ac24cb`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b603ac24cb)] - **inspector**: use script name for target title (Eugene Ostroukhov) [#8243](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8243)
- \[[`13a522ac39`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/13a522ac39)] - **inspector**: make sure all messages are dispatched (Eugene Ostroukhov) [#8264](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8264)
- \[[`250a380231`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/250a380231)] - **inspector**: simplify buffer management (Eugene Ostroukhov) [#8257](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8257)
- \[[`354166c061`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/354166c061)] - **inspector**: use new inspector headers (Eugene Ostroukhov) [#8150](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8150)
- \[[`3ef8ba8bdc`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3ef8ba8bdc)] - **net**: make holding the buffer in memory more robust (Anna Henningsen) [#8252](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8252)
- \[[`180867d6a6`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/180867d6a6)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **promise**: warn on unhandled rejections (Benjamin Gruenbaum) [#8223](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8223)
- \[[`408308f2e6`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/408308f2e6)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **readline**: key interval delay for \r & \n (Prince J Wesley) [#8109](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8109)
- \[[`6f20f477c4`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6f20f477c4)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **repl**: Auto alignment for .editor mode (Prince J Wesley) [#8241](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8241)
- \[[`0d24247e50`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0d24247e50)] - **src**: pull AfterConnect from pipe_wrap and tcp_wrap (Daniel Bevenius) [#8448](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8448)
- \[[`16202264d1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/16202264d1)] - **src**: remove unneeded Environment error methods (Ben Noordhuis) [#8427](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8427)
- \[[`8cbbb47e39`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8cbbb47e39)] - **src**: update f function call comment (Daniel Bevenius) [#8416](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8416)
- \[[`d1d1433b02`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d1d1433b02)] - **src**: normalize malloc, realloc (Michael Dawson) [#7564](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/7564)
- \[[`2c2a21ab56`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/2c2a21ab56)] - **src**: unbreak build when compiling against uclibc (Ben Noordhuis) [#8308](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8308)
- \[[`4e368c58ff`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4e368c58ff)] - **src**: moving f function call comment (Daniel Bevenius) [#8405](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8405)
- \[[`0f2c619f55`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0f2c619f55)] - **src**: avoid duplicate AtExit functions (Ali Ijaz Sheikh) [#8273](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8273)
- \[[`3358861470`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3358861470)] - **test**: refector parallel/test-http.js (Junshu Okamoto) [#8471](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8471)
- \[[`2ce364ad10`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/2ce364ad10)] - **test**: modernize JS and tighten equality checking (Peter Ogilvie) [#8476](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8476)
- \[[`1a30fe563d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1a30fe563d)] - **test**: swapped == and equal to === and strictEqual (Christopher Dunavan) [#8472](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8472)
- \[[`d2b6b66037`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d2b6b66037)] - **test**: refactor test-net-pipe-connect-errors (Rich Trott) [#8473](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8473)
- \[[`3294c2c82b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3294c2c82b)] - **test**: skip pseudo-tty/no_dropped_stdio test (Michael Dawson) [#8470](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8470)
- \[[`5baa4e0156`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5baa4e0156)] - **test**: clean up net server try ports test (Thomas Hunter II) [#8458](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8458)
- \[[`d0e61d4cc3`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d0e61d4cc3)] - **test**: make crypto.timingSafeEqual test less flaky (not-an-aardvark) [#8456](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8456)
- \[[`154d6893b0`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/154d6893b0)] - **test**: add test-debug-protocol-execute (Rich Trott) [#8454](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8454)
- \[[`6c30dddc36`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6c30dddc36)] - **test**: exercise EE function type checking paths (cjihrig) [#8168](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8168)
- \[[`d536d6d334`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d536d6d334)] - **test**: increase `_debugger` coverage (Rich Trott) [#8403](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8403)
- \[[`6d07e57a36`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6d07e57a36)] - **test**: mark pseudo-tty/no_dropped_stdio as flaky (Michael Dawson) [#8385](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8385)
- \[[`680a4c8b8e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/680a4c8b8e)] - **test**: test non-buffer/string with zlib (Rich Trott) [#8350](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8350)
- \[[`f0300eda27`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f0300eda27)] - **test**: fix test-cluster-dgram-1 flakiness (Santiago Gimeno) [#8383](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8383)
- \[[`b8fa7c949d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b8fa7c949d)] - **test**: fix ::1 error in test-dns-ipv6 (Gibson Fahnestock) [#8254](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8254)
- \[[`c07e063dd9`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c07e063dd9)] - **test**: fix `fs-watch-recursive` flakiness on OS X (Santiago Gimeno) [#4629](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4629)
- \[[`1aa7168e91`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1aa7168e91)] - **test**: refactor/cleanup a number of cluster tests (James M Snell) [#8261](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8261)
- \[[`39cf7bf24d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/39cf7bf24d)] - **test**: refactor parallel/test-process-env.js (Rich Trott) [#8324](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8324)
- \[[`40e84218a0`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/40e84218a0)] - **test**: add test for zlib.create\*Raw() (Rich Trott) [#8306](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8306)
- \[[`cc61d1a3ba`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/cc61d1a3ba)] - **test**: cleanup test require symlink (Paul Grock) [#8305](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8305)
- \[[`cde0a1edfd`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/cde0a1edfd)] - **test**: refactor test-debug-signal-cluster (Rich Trott) [#8289](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8289)
- \[[`bc6a7ca8e7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/bc6a7ca8e7)] - **test**: additional refactoring/cleanup of buffer tests (James M Snell) [#8283](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8283)
- \[[`5d43131af4`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5d43131af4)] - **test**: add known issue test for path parse issue #6229 (James M Snell) [#8293](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8293)
- \[[`d2179bd6f1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d2179bd6f1)] - **test**: make sure over truncation of file zero fills (Sakthipriyan Vairamani) [#7648](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/7648)
- \[[`5cff625d6a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5cff625d6a)] - **test**: add check in test-signal-handler (Rich Trott) [#8248](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8248)
- \[[`0b0a1ceac3`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0b0a1ceac3)] - **test**: clean up / refactor buffer tests, remove duplication (James M Snell) [#8256](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8256)
- \[[`0f977f9797`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0f977f9797)] - **test**: mark test-child-process-fork-dgram as flaky (Michael Dawson) [#8274](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8274)
- \[[`6f269bed99`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6f269bed99)] - **test**: refactor test-util-inspect (Rich Trott) [#8189](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8189)
- \[[`eff771f399`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/eff771f399)] - **tickprocessor**: apply c++filt manually on mac (Fedor Indutny) [#8480](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8480)
- \[[`f47ce9d9f8`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f47ce9d9f8)] - **tools**: replace custom ESLint rule with built-in (Rich Trott) [#8478](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8478)
- \[[`36235ac323`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/36235ac323)] - **tools**: update ESLint to 3.5.0 (Rich Trott) [#8478](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8478)
- \[[`ef5cb129ae`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ef5cb129ae)] - **tools**: fix new-parens violations (Rich Trott) [#8478](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8478)
- \[[`773e1c1304`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/773e1c1304)] - **tools**: enable caching for jslint task (Rich Trott) [#8296](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8296)
- \[[`54f689fc1e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/54f689fc1e)] - **tools**: update ESLint to 3.4.0 (Rich Trott) [#8296](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8296)
- \[[`f840bc87d6`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f840bc87d6)] - **url**: fix off-by-one error in loop handling dots (Luigi Pinca) [#8420](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8420)
- \[[`6ae7af0fa3`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6ae7af0fa3)] - **url**: keep auth in `url.resolve()` if host matches (Ilkka Myller) [#8215](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8215)
- \[[`eec5d02266`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/eec5d02266)] - **url**: `url.format()` encodes all `#` in `search` (Ilkka Myller) [#8072](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8072)
- \[[`d67ece2f68`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d67ece2f68)] - **util**: improve function signature of `util._extend` (Sakthipriyan Vairamani) [#8187](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8187)
- \[[`e9c4805c1f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e9c4805c1f)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **util**: allow returning `this` from custom inspect (Anna Henningsen) [#8174](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8174)
- \[[`4cb55ff392`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4cb55ff392)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **util**: allow symbol-based custom inspection methods (Anna Henningsen) [#8174](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8174)
- \[[`151d1ea6a6`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/151d1ea6a6)] - **vm**: change ContextifyScript to Script in comment (Daniel Bevenius) [#8415](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8415)
- \[[`f346dee940`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f346dee940)] - **win,build**: forward release_urlbase to configure (João Reis) [#8430](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8430)
- \[[`6bb057ec6a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6bb057ec6a)] - **win,build**: exit when addons fail to build (João Reis) [#8412](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8412)
- \[[`14d356d0ab`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/14d356d0ab)] - **win,build**: skip finding VS when not needed (João Reis) [#8412](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8412)
- \[[`81d063e174`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/81d063e174)] - **win,build**: fail on invalid option in vcbuild (João Reis) [#8412](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8412)

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