---
date: '2012-02-01T21:13:04.000Z'
category: release
title: Node.js 0.7.2 (unstable)
layout: blog-post
author: Isaac Schlueter
---

2012.02.01, Version 0.7.2 (unstable)

- Update V8 to 3.8.9
- Support for sharing streams across Isolates (Igor Zinkovsky)
- #2636 - Fix case where http_parsers are freed too early (koichik)
- url: Support for IPv6 addresses in URLs (Łukasz Walukiewicz)
- child_process: Add disconnect() method to child processes (Andreas Madsen)
- fs: add O_EXCL support, exclusive open file (Ben Noordhuis)
- fs: more specific error messages (Tj Holowaychuk)
- tty: emit 'unknown' key event if key sequence not found (Dan VerWeire, Nathan Rajlich)
- build: compile release build too if BUILDTYPE=Debug (Ben Noordhuis)
- module: fix --debug-brk on symlinked scripts (Fedor Indutny)
- zlib: fix `Failed to set dictionary` issue (Fedor Indutny)
- waf: predict target arch for OS X (Fedor Indutny)

Source Code: [https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.7.2/node-v0.7.2.tar.gz](https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.7.2/node-v0.7.2.tar.gz)

Windows Installer: [https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.7.2/node-v0.7.2.msi](https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.7.2/node-v0.7.2.msi)

Macintosh Installer: [https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.7.2/node-v0.7.2.pkg](https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.7.2/node-v0.7.2.pkg)

Website: [https://nodejs.org/docs/v0.7.2/](https://nodejs.org/docs/v0.7.2/)

Documentation: [https://nodejs.org/docs/v0.7.2/api/](https://nodejs.org/docs/v0.7.2/api/)
