---
date: '2013-01-24T18:28:53.000Z'
category: release
title: Node.js 0.9.8 (Unstable)
layout: blog-post
author: The Node.js Project
---

2013.01.24, Version 0.9.8 (Unstable)

- npm: Upgrade to v1.2.3

- V8: Upgrade to 3.15.11.10

- streams: Support objects other than Buffers (Jake Verbaten)

- buffer: remove float write range checks (Trevor Norris)

- http: close connection on 304/204 responses with chunked encoding (Ben Noordhuis)

- build: fix build with dtrace support on FreeBSD (Fedor Indutny)

- console: Support formatting options in trace() (isaacs)

- domain: empty stack on all exceptions (Dave Olszewski)

- unix, windows: make uv\_\*\_bind() error codes consistent (Andrius Bentkus)

- linux: add futimes() fallback (Ben Noordhuis)

Source Code: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.9.8/node-v0.9.8.tar.gz

Macintosh Installer (Universal): https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.9.8/node-v0.9.8.pkg

Windows Installer: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.9.8/node-v0.9.8-x86.msi

Windows x64 Installer: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.9.8/x64/node-v0.9.8-x64.msi

Windows x64 Files: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.9.8/x64/

Linux 32-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.9.8/node-v0.9.8-linux-x86.tar.gz

Linux 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.9.8/node-v0.9.8-linux-x64.tar.gz

Solaris 32-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.9.8/node-v0.9.8-sunos-x86.tar.gz

Solaris 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.9.8/node-v0.9.8-sunos-x64.tar.gz

Other release files: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.9.8/

Website: https://nodejs.org/docs/v0.9.8/

Documentation: https://nodejs.org/docs/v0.9.8/api/

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