---
date: '2016-11-08T21:17:10.895Z'
category: release
title: Node.js 7.1.0 (Current)
layout: blog-post
author: Evan Lucas
---

### Notable changes

- **buffer**: add buffer.transcode to transcode a buffer's content from one encoding to another primarily using ICU (James M Snell) [#9038](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9038)
- **child_process**: add public API for IPC channel (cjihrig) [#9322](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9322)
- **icu**:
  - Upgraded to ICU 58 - small icu (Steven R. Loomis) [#9234](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9234)
  - Add `cldr`, `tz`, and `unicode` to `process.versions` (Steven R. Loomis) [#9266](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9266)
- **lib**: make `String(global) === '[object global]'` (Anna Henningsen) [#9279](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9279)
- **libuv**: Upgraded to 1.10.0 (cjihrig) [#9267](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9267)
- **readline**: use icu based string width calculation (James M Snell) [#9040](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9040)
- **src**:
  - add NODE_PRESERVE_SYMLINKS environment variable that has the same effect as the `--preserve-symlinks` flag (Marc Udoff) [#8749](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8749)
  - Fix `String#toLocaleUpperCase()` and `String#toLocaleLowerCase()` (Steven R. Loomis)

### Commits

- \[[`dafdb7b069`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/dafdb7b069)] - **benchmark**: add trailing newline for consistency (Roman Reiss) [#9410](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9410)
- \[[`fab8eb660f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/fab8eb660f)] - **benchmark**: add microbenchmarks for ES Map (Rod Vagg) [#7581](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/7581)
- \[[`44792f83bf`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/44792f83bf)] - **benchmark,lib,test,tools**: remove unneeded . escape (Rich Trott) [#9449](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9449)
- \[[`c70c96a3e2`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c70c96a3e2)] - **buffer**: coerce offset using Math.trunc() (cjihrig) [#9341](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9341)
- \[[`212da12f45`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/212da12f45)] - **buffer**: use correct name for custom inspect symbol (Charmander) [#9289](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9289)
- \[[`0939edd4ed`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0939edd4ed)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **buffer**: add buffer.transcode (James M Snell) [#9038](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9038)
- \[[`ceec520aef`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ceec520aef)] - **build**: add MAKEFLAGS="-j1" to node-gyp (Daniel Bevenius) [#9450](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9450)
- \[[`1109d0b244`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1109d0b244)] - **build**: reduce noise from doc target (Daniel Bevenius) [#9457](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9457)
- \[[`90aac7ca28`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/90aac7ca28)] - **build**: start comments at beginning of line (Sakthipriyan Vairamani (thefourtheye)) [#9375](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9375)
- \[[`b51db7120e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b51db7120e)] - **build**: make node-gyp output silent (Sakthipriyan Vairamani (thefourtheye)) [#8990](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8990)
- \[[`d8eaa14c2d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d8eaa14c2d)] - **build**: prioritise --shared-X-Y over pkg-config (Rod Vagg) [#9368](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9368)
- \[[`f7d8481ee2`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f7d8481ee2)] - **build**: use wxneeded on openbsd (Aaron Bieber) [#9232](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9232)
- \[[`7b0e93738b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7b0e93738b)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **child_process**: add public API for IPC channel (cjihrig) [#9322](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9322)
- \[[`4e3731c7e7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4e3731c7e7)] - **child_process**: remove unreachable code (cjihrig) [#9307](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9307)
- \[[`d573acf96f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d573acf96f)] - **child_process**: remove unreachable execSync() code (cjihrig) [#9209](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9209)
- \[[`f1f00df9bf`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f1f00df9bf)] - **deps**: upgrade npm to 3.10.9 (Kat Marchán) [#9286](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9286)
- \[[`3d1766f492`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3d1766f492)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **deps**: Intl: ICU 58 bump - small icu (BIG COMMIT) (Steven R. Loomis) [#9234](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9234)
- \[[`827000ee62`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/827000ee62)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **deps**: Intl: ICU 58 bump: configure/LICENSE/docs (Steven R. Loomis) [#9234](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9234)
- \[[`0f871e1087`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0f871e1087)] - **deps**: back port OpenBSD fix in c-ares/c-ares (Aaron Bieber) [#9232](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9232)
- \[[`106d71914c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/106d71914c)] - **deps**: upgrade libuv to 1.10.0 (cjihrig) [#9267](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9267)
- \[[`4c4132e5d3`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4c4132e5d3)] - **doc**: update minute-taking procedure for CTC (Rich Trott) [#9425](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9425)
- \[[`ed8df17135`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ed8df17135)] - **doc**: note that tests should include a description (Gibson Fahnestock) [#9415](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9415)
- \[[`bc2d1c9d91`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/bc2d1c9d91)] - **doc**: do not link in the headings (Sakthipriyan Vairamani (thefourtheye)) [#9416](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9416)
- \[[`4bb9d21d01`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4bb9d21d01)] - **doc**: update GOVERNANCE.md to use "meeting chair" (Rich Trott) [#9432](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9432)
- \[[`c2fab3c600`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c2fab3c600)] - **doc**: add Sakthipriyan to the CTC (Rod Vagg) [#9427](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9427)
- \[[`a8295d86d9`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a8295d86d9)] - **doc**: update Diagnostics WG info (Josh Gavant) [#9329](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9329)
- \[[`3af9453019`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3af9453019)] - **doc**: move stray sentences in zlib doc (Rich Trott) [#9365](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9365)
- \[[`d4b509584f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d4b509584f)] - **doc**: use 'an' over 'a', remove redundant sentence (Zeke Sikelianos) [#9345](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9345)
- \[[`ff69e38070`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ff69e38070)] - **doc**: add more internal links to fs.Stats object (Zeke Sikelianos) [#9345](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9345)
- \[[`c554f090df`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c554f090df)] - **doc**: fix outdate ninja link (Yangyang Liu) [#9278](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9278)
- \[[`3d4a829d85`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3d4a829d85)] - **doc**: fix broken links to Buffer.from(string) (Jesse McCarthy) [#9294](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9294)
- \[[`225a9dfb00`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/225a9dfb00)] - **doc**: fs: fix link to mkdtemp (coderaiser) [#9379](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9379)
- \[[`dbeadd363c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/dbeadd363c)] - **doc**: update OpenSSL links (kobelb) [#9338](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9338)
- \[[`eeabab3827`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/eeabab3827)] - **doc**: add 2016-10-26 CTC meeting minutes (Rich Trott) [#9348](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9348)
- \[[`31690a690c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/31690a690c)] - **doc**: add 2016-10-05 CTC meeting minutes (Josh Gavant) [#9326](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9326)
- \[[`7f1a40dbcf`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7f1a40dbcf)] - **doc**: add 2016-09-28 CTC meeting minutes (Josh Gavant) [#9325](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9325)
- \[[`edd89265ba`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/edd89265ba)] - **doc**: update CONTRIBUTING.md to address editing PRs (Gibson Fahnestock) [#9259](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9259)
- \[[`c7458909a7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c7458909a7)] - **doc**: reference signal(7) for the list of signals (Emanuele DelBono) [#9323](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9323)
- \[[`a3f6854724`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a3f6854724)] - **doc**: more realistic custom inspect example (Ryan Scheel (Havvy)) [#8875](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8875)
- \[[`a0074e2232`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a0074e2232)] - **doc**: clarify buffer toString docs. (Olan Byrne) [#8984](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8984)
- \[[`3f90481e20`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3f90481e20)] - **doc**: clarify relation between a file and a module (marzelin) [#9026](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9026)
- \[[`82119049ef`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/82119049ef)] - **doc**: fix typo in http.md (anu0012) [#9144](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9144)
- \[[`d2e7882723`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d2e7882723)] - **doc**: add 2016-10-19 CTC meeting minutes (Josh Gavant) [#9193](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9193)
- \[[`ce00a9d2b6`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ce00a9d2b6)] - **doc**: add performance warning to require.extensions (Ben Noordhuis) [#9196](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9196)
- \[[`d1c32aa335`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d1c32aa335)] - **doc**: mention case-insensitive env on windows (Oliver Salzburg) [#9166](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9166)
- \[[`c6e429a6bc`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c6e429a6bc)] - **doc**: add CTC meeting minutes for 2016-10-12 (Michael Dawson) [#9070](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9070)
- \[[`355041960d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/355041960d)] - **events**: remove unnecessary checks (cjihrig) [#9330](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9330)
- \[[`0ce0abf6cb`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0ce0abf6cb)] - **events,test**: fix TypeError in EventEmitter warning (jseagull) [#9021](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9021)
- \[[`6f35e4421a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6f35e4421a)] - **http**: add debug message for invalid header value (Evan Lucas) [#9195](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9195)
- \[[`173b088e1a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/173b088e1a)] - **inspector**: do not prompt to use localhost (Eugene Ostroukhov) [#9451](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9451)
- \[[`939d1023c2`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/939d1023c2)] - **inspector**: switch to new inspector APIs (Eugene Ostroukhov) [#9028](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9028)
- \[[`2e7b078e7b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/2e7b078e7b)] - **inspector**: fix request path nullptr dereference (Ben Noordhuis) [#9184](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9184)
- \[[`9940666c1b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9940666c1b)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **intl**: Add more versions from ICU (Steven R. Loomis) [#9266](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9266)
- \[[`5bfefa6063`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5bfefa6063)] - **lib**: change == to === in linkedlist (jedireza) [#9362](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9362)
- \[[`d24bd20d2b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d24bd20d2b)] - **lib**: make `String(global) === '[object global]'` (Anna Henningsen) [#9279](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9279)
- \[[`9372aee4a3`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9372aee4a3)] - **lib**: fix beforeExit not working with -e (Ben Noordhuis) [#8821](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8821)
- \[[`c231130e06`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c231130e06)] - **module**: skip directories known not to exist (Ben Noordhuis) [#9196](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9196)
- \[[`d09eb9c6b2`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d09eb9c6b2)] - **net**: name anonymous functions (Pedro Victor) [#9357](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9357)
- \[[`a5c62cb4f2`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a5c62cb4f2)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **readline**: use icu based string width calculation (James M Snell) [#9040](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9040)
- \[[`60461d2d90`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/60461d2d90)] - **repl**: refactor lib/repl.js (Rich Trott) [#9374](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9374)
- \[[`071836aa42`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/071836aa42)] - **repl**: name anonymous functions (Pedro Victor) [#9356](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9356)
- \[[`0b9d80a037`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0b9d80a037)] - **repl**: don’t write to input stream in editor mode (Anna Henningsen) [#9207](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9207)
- \[[`1c59cefc44`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1c59cefc44)] - **repl**: make `key` of `repl.write()` optional always (Anna Henningsen) [#9207](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9207)
- \[[`b1ef638de3`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b1ef638de3)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **src**: default --icu_case_mapping on as a v8 option (Steven R. Loomis) [#9454](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9454)
- \[[`0c236d1d36`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0c236d1d36)] - **src**: replace SetNamedPropertyHandler() (AnnaMag) [#9062](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9062)
- \[[`5ab172ee8f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5ab172ee8f)] - **src**: fix use of uninitialized variable (James M Snell) [#9281](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9281)
- \[[`57c0a9b5dc`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/57c0a9b5dc)] - **src**: remove unused function (Brian White) [#9243](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9243)
- \[[`08e12c7809`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/08e12c7809)] - **src**: remove superfluous env_string string (Ben Noordhuis) [#9213](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9213)
- \[[`c342bda49e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c342bda49e)] - **src**: make cross-context MakeCallback() calls work (Ben Noordhuis) [#9221](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9221)
- \[[`60a5b515b8`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/60a5b515b8)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **src**: add NODE_PRESERVE_SYMLINKS environment variable (Marc Udoff) [#8749](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8749)
- \[[`f2a3b24611`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f2a3b24611)] - **src**: clean up program/isolate/env init logic (Ben Noordhuis) [#9224](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9224)
- \[[`9e753ba782`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9e753ba782)] - **src**: simplify code, remove NodeInstanceData (Ben Noordhuis) [#9224](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9224)
- \[[`8b53f3c41c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8b53f3c41c)] - **src**: speed up module loading, don't resize buffer (Ben Noordhuis) [#9132](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9132)
- \[[`362c307f38`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/362c307f38)] - **src**: speed up module loading, skip EOF read (Ben Noordhuis) [#9132](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9132)
- \[[`85a9295813`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/85a9295813)] - **src,tools**: speed up startup by 2.5% (Ben Noordhuis) [#5458](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5458)
- \[[`6e1eb59fee`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6e1eb59fee)] - **test**: improve test-debugger-util-regression (Santiago Gimeno) [#9490](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9490)
- \[[`6eb6816e22`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6eb6816e22)] - **test**: fix flaky test-net-GH-5504 (Santiago Gimeno) [#9461](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9461)
- \[[`f640bafc58`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f640bafc58)] - **test**: fix flaky test-force-repl-with-eval (Santiago Gimeno) [#9460](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9460)
- \[[`675a4b20b6`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/675a4b20b6)] - **test**: update http-header-obstext (Gibson Fahnestock) [#9415](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9415)
- \[[`9d9ea8127e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9d9ea8127e)] - **test**: move timer-dependent test to sequential (Rich Trott) [#9431](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9431)
- \[[`1c3487b5c3`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1c3487b5c3)] - **test**: remove timers from streams test (Anna Henningsen)
- \[[`e696bc33eb`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e696bc33eb)] - **test**: increase test coverage for lib/zlib.js (Rich Trott) [#9366](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9366)
- \[[`ed3f80a988`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ed3f80a988)] - **test**: add test for HTTP client "aborted" event (Kyle E. Mitchell) [#7376](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/7376)
- \[[`d12ed29f6a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d12ed29f6a)] - **test**: remove timer in test-dgram-send-empty-array (Rich Trott) [#9361](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9361)
- \[[`e451022dd9`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e451022dd9)] - **test**: refactor test-http-client-readable (Rich Trott) [#9344](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9344)
- \[[`01b626a45a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/01b626a45a)] - **test**: clean up dgram-broadcast-multi-process test (Isobel Redelmeier) [#9308](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9308)
- \[[`411b1339bc`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/411b1339bc)] - **test**: fix freebsd10-64 CI failures (Rich Trott) [#9317](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9317)
- \[[`1037463604`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1037463604)] - **test**: add child_process customFds test (cjihrig) [#9307](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9307)
- \[[`bd9cb40977`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/bd9cb40977)] - **test**: run all of test-timers-blocking-callback (Rich Trott) [#9305](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9305)
- \[[`8b7ce8bd11`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8b7ce8bd11)] - **test**: fix flaky test-fs-watch-recursive on OS X (Rich Trott) [#9303](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9303)
- \[[`6c9e4fddf0`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6c9e4fddf0)] - **test**: refactor test-async-wrap-check-providers (Gerges Beshay) [#9297](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9297)
- \[[`0ab008e50d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0ab008e50d)] - **test**: fix lint error regarding unused commons const (Daniel Bevenius) [#9334](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9334)
- \[[`c9b67c6a91`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c9b67c6a91)] - **test**: writable stream needDrain state (Italo A. Casas) [#8799](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8799)
- \[[`248a3200b2`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/248a3200b2)] - **test**: writable stream ending state (Italo A. Casas) [#8707](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8707)
- \[[`d6f688ae0d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d6f688ae0d)] - **test**: writable stream finished state (Italo A. Casas) [#8791](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8791)
- \[[`d49d990c42`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d49d990c42)] - **test**: prevent workers outliving parent (Sam Roberts) [#9257](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9257)
- \[[`2ad81ed0e6`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/2ad81ed0e6)] - **test**: refactor /parallel/test-cluster-uncaught-exception.js to ES6 (Deverick) [#9239](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9239)
- \[[`f39eb05946`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f39eb05946)] - **test**: use strict assertions in module loader test (Ben Noordhuis) [#9263](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9263)
- \[[`fc9e6a37fa`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/fc9e6a37fa)] - **test**: remove err timer from test-http-set-timeout (BethGriggs) [#9264](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9264)
- \[[`53520f06f3`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/53520f06f3)] - **test**: clean up `test-child-process-exec-cwd.js` (Jeena Lee) [#9231](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9231)
- \[[`deef2f6079`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/deef2f6079)] - **test**: add child_process.exec() timeout coverage (cjihrig) [#9208](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9208)
- \[[`5e138fe768`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5e138fe768)] - **test**: skip whatwg url parse and setter tests when icu is missing (James M Snell) [#9246](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9246)
- \[[`a39b98ef73`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a39b98ef73)] - **test**: add common.hasIntl (James M Snell) [#9246](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9246)
- \[[`efb62aa146`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/efb62aa146)] - **test**: fix flaky test by removing timer (Evan Lucas) [#9199](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9199)
- \[[`44427cc1f7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/44427cc1f7)] - **test**: case sensitivity of env variables (Oliver Salzburg) [#9166](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9166)
- \[[`63ef0990f3`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/63ef0990f3)] - **test**: add coverage for execFileSync() errors (cjihrig) [#9211](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9211)
- \[[`06b414078e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/06b414078e)] - **test**: remove test-v8-inspector-json-protocol test (Ben Noordhuis) [#9184](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9184)
- \[[`21ba3e3b89`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/21ba3e3b89)] - **test**: add more module loader test coverage (Ben Noordhuis) [#9196](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9196)
- \[[`204461925b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/204461925b)] - **test**: make flaky pummel test more reliable (Ben Noordhuis) [#9241](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9241)
- \[[`4be1ba582a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4be1ba582a)] - **test**: move flaky test to test/pummel (Ben Noordhuis) [#9241](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9241)
- \[[`032533954b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/032533954b)] - **tools**: use long format for gpg fingerprint (Myles Borins) [#9258](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9258)
- \[[`aac4af2b26`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/aac4af2b26)] - **tools**: enable final newline in .editorconfig (Roman Reiss) [#9410](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9410)
- \[[`513da404cb`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/513da404cb)] - **tools**: enforce function name matching in linter (Rich Trott) [#9408](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9408)
- \[[`c23ece7056`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c23ece7056)] - **tools**: remove dangling eslint symlink (Sam Roberts) [#9299](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9299)
- \[[`bdad1e28fd`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/bdad1e28fd)] - **tools**: make --repeat work with -j in test.py (Rich Trott) [#9249](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9249)
- \[[`4f0596fb03`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4f0596fb03)] - **util**: use template strings (Alejandro Oviedo Garcia) [#9120](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9120)
- \[[`b083086ff2`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b083086ff2)] - **vm**: name anonymous functions (solebox) [#9388](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9388)

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