---
date: '2013-08-21T21:11:09.000Z'
category: release
title: Node.js 0.11.6 (Unstable)
layout: blog-post
author: The Node.js Project
---

2013.08.21, Version 0.11.6 (Unstable)

- uv: Upgrade to v0.11.8

- v8: upgrade v8 to 3.20.14.1

- build: disable SSLv2 by default (Ben Noordhuis)

- build: don't auto-destroy existing configuration (Ben Noordhuis)

- crypto: add TLS 1.1 and 1.2 to secureProtocol list (Matthias Bartelmeß)

- crypto: fix memory leak in randomBytes() error path (Ben Noordhuis)

- dgram: don't call into js when send cb is omitted (Ben Noordhuis)

- dgram: fix regression in string argument handling (Ben Noordhuis)

- domains: performance improvements (Trevor Norris)

- events: EventEmitter = require('events') (Jake Verbaten)

- http: Add write()/end() callbacks (isaacs)

- http: Consistent 'finish' event semantics (isaacs)

- http: Prefer 'binary' over 'ascii' (isaacs)

- http: Support legacy agent.addRequest API (isaacs)

- http: Write hex/base64 chunks properly (isaacs)

- http: add agent.maxFreeSockets option (isaacs)

- http: provide access to raw headers/trailers (isaacs)

- http: removed headers stay removed (James Halliday)

- http,timers: improve callback performance (Ben Noordhuis)

- net: family option in net.connect (Vsevolod Strukchinsky)

- readline: pause stdin before turning off terminal raw mode (Daniel Chatfield)

- smalloc: allow different external array types (Trevor Norris)

- smalloc: expose ExternalArraySize (Trevor Norris)

- stream: Short-circuit buffer pushes when flowing (isaacs)

- tls: handle errors on socket before releasing it (Fedor Indutny)

- util: fix isPrimitive check (Trevor Norris)

- util: isObject should always return boolean (Trevor Norris)

Source Code: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.11.6/node-v0.11.6.tar.gz

Macintosh Installer (Universal): https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.11.6/node-v0.11.6.pkg

Windows Installer: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.11.6/node-v0.11.6-x86.msi

Windows x64 Installer: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.11.6/x64/node-v0.11.6-x64.msi

Windows x64 Files: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.11.6/x64/

Linux 32-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.11.6/node-v0.11.6-linux-x86.tar.gz

Linux 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.11.6/node-v0.11.6-linux-x64.tar.gz

Solaris 32-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.11.6/node-v0.11.6-sunos-x86.tar.gz

Solaris 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.11.6/node-v0.11.6-sunos-x64.tar.gz

Other release files: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.11.6/

Website: https://nodejs.org/docs/v0.11.6/

Documentation: https://nodejs.org/docs/v0.11.6/api/

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