---
date: '2016-04-12T22:08:19.877Z'
category: release
title: Node.js 4.4.3 (LTS)
layout: blog-post
author: Myles Borins
---

### Notable Changes

- **deps**:
  - Fix `--gdbjit` for embedders. Backported from v8 upstream. (Ben Noordhuis) [#5577](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5577)
- **etw**:
  - Correctly display descriptors for ETW events 9 and 23 on the windows platform. (João Reis) [#5742](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5742)
- **querystring**:
  - Restore throw when attempting to stringify bad surrogate pair. (Brian White) [#5858](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5858)

### Commits

- \[[`f949c273cd`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f949c273cd)] - **assert**: Check typed array view type in deepEqual (Anna Henningsen) [#5910](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5910)
- \[[`132acea0d4`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/132acea0d4)] - **build**: introduce ci targets for lint/benchmark (Johan Bergström) [#5921](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5921)
- \[[`9a8f922dee`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9a8f922dee)] - **build**: add missing `openssl_fips%` to common.gypi (Fedor Indutny) [#5919](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5919)
- \[[`d275cdf202`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d275cdf202)] - **child_process**: refactor self=this in socket_list (Benjamin Gruenbaum) [#5860](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5860)
- \[[`aadf356aa2`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/aadf356aa2)] - **deps**: backport 8d00c2c from v8 upstream (Ben Noordhuis) [#5577](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5577)
- \[[`200f763c43`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/200f763c43)] - **deps**: completely upgrade npm in LTS to 2.15.1 (Forrest L Norvell) [#5989](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5989)
- \[[`86e3903626`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/86e3903626)] - **dns**: Use object without protoype for map (Benjamin Gruenbaum) [#5843](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5843)
- \[[`9a33f43f73`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9a33f43f73)] - **doc**: update openssl LICENSE using license-builder.sh (Steven R. Loomis) [#6065](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6065)
- \[[`9679e2dc70`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9679e2dc70)] - **doc**: clarify that \_\_dirname is module local (James M Snell) [#6018](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6018)
- \[[`86d2af58d6`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/86d2af58d6)] - **doc**: simple doc typo fix (Brendon Pierson) [#6041](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6041)
- \[[`f16802f3ca`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f16802f3ca)] - **doc**: note about Android support (Rich Trott) [#6040](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6040)
- \[[`8c2befe176`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8c2befe176)] - **doc**: note assert.throws() pitfall (Rich Trott) [#6029](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6029)
- \[[`0870ac65f2`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0870ac65f2)] - **doc**: use HTTPS for links where possible (Rich Trott) [#6019](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6019)
- \[[`56755de96e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/56755de96e)] - **doc**: clarify stdout/stderr arguments to callback (James M Snell) [#6015](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6015)
- \[[`bb603b89a2`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/bb603b89a2)] - **doc**: add 'Command Line Options' to 'View on single page' (firedfox) [#6011](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6011)
- \[[`c91f3d897a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c91f3d897a)] - **doc**: add copy about how to curl SHA256.txt (Myles Borins) [#6120](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6120)
- \[[`f9cf232284`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f9cf232284)] - **doc**: add example using algorithms not directly exposed (Brad Hill) [#6108](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6108)
- \[[`f60ce1078d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f60ce1078d)] - **doc**: document unspecified behavior for buf.write\* methods (James M Snell) [#5925](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5925)
- \[[`02401a6cbd`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/02401a6cbd)] - **doc**: fix scrolling on iOS devices (Luigi Pinca) [#5878](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5878)
- \[[`aed22d0855`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/aed22d0855)] - **doc**: path.format provide more examples (John Eversole) [#5838](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5838)
- \[[`6e2bfbe1fd`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6e2bfbe1fd)] - **doc**: fix doc for Buffer.readInt32LE() (ghaiklor) [#5890](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5890)
- \[[`940d204401`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/940d204401)] - **doc**: consolidate timers docs in timers.markdown (Bryan English) [#5837](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5837)
- \[[`505faf6360`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/505faf6360)] - **doc**: refine child_process detach behaviour (Robert Jefe Lindstaedt) [#5330](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5330)
- \[[`feedca7879`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/feedca7879)] - **doc**: add topic - event loop, timers, `nextTick()` (Jeff Harris) [#4936](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4936)
- \[[`6d3822c12b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6d3822c12b)] - **etw**: fix descriptors of events 9 and 23 (João Reis) [#5742](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5742)
- \[[`56dda6f336`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/56dda6f336)] - **fs**: Remove unused branches (Benjamin Gruenbaum) [#5289](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5289)
- \[[`dfe9e157c1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/dfe9e157c1)] - **governance**: remove target size for CTC (Rich Trott) [#5879](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5879)
- \[[`c4103b154f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c4103b154f)] - **lib**: refactor code with startsWith/endsWith (Jackson Tian) [#5753](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5753)
- \[[`16216a81de`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/16216a81de)] - **meta**: add "joining a wg" section to WORKING_GROUPS.md (Matteo Collina) [#5488](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5488)
- \[[`65fc4e36ce`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/65fc4e36ce)] - **querystring**: don't stringify bad surrogate pair (Brian White) [#5858](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5858)
- \[[`4f683ab912`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4f683ab912)] - **src,tools**: use template literals (Rich Trott) [#5778](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5778)
- \[[`ac40a4510d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ac40a4510d)] - **test**: explicitly set global in test-repl (Rich Trott) [#6026](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6026)
- \[[`a7b3a7533a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a7b3a7533a)] - **test**: be explicit about polluting of `global` (Rich Trott) [#6017](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6017)
- \[[`73e3b7b9a8`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/73e3b7b9a8)] - **test**: make use of globals explicit (Rich Trott) [#6014](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6014)
- \[[`e7877e61b6`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e7877e61b6)] - **test**: fix flaky test-net-socket-timeout-unref (Rich Trott) [#6003](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6003)
- \[[`a39051f5b3`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a39051f5b3)] - **test**: make arch available in status files (Santiago Gimeno) [#5997](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5997)
- \[[`ccf90b651a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ccf90b651a)] - **test**: fix test-dns.js flakiness (Rich Trott) [#5996](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5996)
- \[[`1994ac0912`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1994ac0912)] - **test**: add test for piping large input from stdin (Anna Henningsen) [#5949](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5949)
- \[[`cc1aab9f6a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/cc1aab9f6a)] - **test**: mitigate flaky test-https-agent (Rich Trott) [#5939](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5939)
- \[[`10fe79b809`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/10fe79b809)] - **test**: fix offending max-len linter error (Sakthipriyan Vairamani) [#5980](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5980)
- \[[`63d82960fd`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/63d82960fd)] - **test**: stdin is not always a net.Socket (Jeremiah Senkpiel) [#5935](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5935)
- \[[`fe0233b923`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/fe0233b923)] - **test**: add known_issues test for GH-2148 (Rich Trott) [#5920](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5920)
- \[[`d59be4d248`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d59be4d248)] - **test**: ensure \_handle property existence (Rich Trott) [#5916](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5916)
- \[[`9702153107`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9702153107)] - **test**: fix flaky test-repl (Brian White) [#5914](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5914)
- \[[`a0a2e69097`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a0a2e69097)] - **test**: move dns test to test/internet (Ben Noordhuis) [#5905](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5905)
- \[[`8462d8f465`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8462d8f465)] - **test**: fix flaky test-net-socket-timeout (Brian White) [#5902](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5902)
- \[[`e0b283af73`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e0b283af73)] - **test**: fix flaky test-http-set-timeout (Rich Trott) [#5856](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5856)
- \[[`5853fec36f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5853fec36f)] - **test**: fix test-debugger-client.js (Rich Trott) [#5851](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5851)
- \[[`ea83c382f9`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ea83c382f9)] - **test**: ensure win32.isAbsolute() is consistent (Brian White) [#6043](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6043)
- \[[`c33a23fd1e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c33a23fd1e)] - **tools**: fix json doc generation (firedfox) [#5943](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5943)
- \[[`6f0bd64122`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6f0bd64122)] - **tools,doc**: fix incomplete json produced by doctool (firedfox) [#5966](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5966)
- \[[`f7eb48302c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f7eb48302c)] - **win,build**: build and test add-ons on test-ci (Bogdan Lobor) [#5886](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5886)

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Mac OS X 64-bit Installer: https://nodejs.org/dist/v4.4.3/node-v4.4.3.pkg \
Mac OS X 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v4.4.3/node-v4.4.3-darwin-x64.tar.gz \
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