---
date: '2016-04-26T20:35:53.135Z'
category: release
title: Node.js 6.0.0 (Current)
layout: blog-post
author: James M Snell
---

It's here! Just three days shy of exactly six months after we released v5.0.0, the Node.js Foundation is happy to announce that Node.js 6 is available and ready for use!

This new major version of Node.js delivers significant improvements in performance, reliability, usability and security. Module loading is nearly four times faster than in Node.js 4, tests and documentation have seen significant improvements, usability of the Buffer and File System APIs have been improved, and Node.js now supports [93% of ES6 language features](https://node.green/), thanks to V8 version 5.0.

In accordance with our [Long Term Support plan](https://github.com/nodejs/LTS/), Node.js 4 'Argon' will continue to be supported as an _Active_ Long Term Support stream until April of 2017, after which it will transition into what we call _Maintenance_ LTS. The new Node.js 6 branch will become the new _Active_ Long Term Support stream in October of this year, and will continue to be supported actively until April of 2018. If our LTS plan is new to you, [read more](https://medium.com/@nodesource/essential-steps-long-term-support-for-node-js-8ecf7514dbd#.z6bzdfogi) about how it works so that you can make a properly informed decision regarding which version of Node.js to adopt.

The general rule for deciding which version of Node.js to use is:

- Stay on or upgrade to Node.js 4 (currently at v4.4.3) if you need stability and have a complex production environment.
- Upgrade to Node.js 6 if you have the ability to upgrade versions quickly and want to play with the latest features as they arrive.

Note that while v6 will eventually transition into LTS, until it does, we will still be actively landing new features (semver-minor). This means that there is an increased chance for regressions to be introduced..

The release notes below are annotated with the main breaking changes that warrant the jump to v6. Note that because this new version of Node.js is shipping with a new version of V8, you will need to recompile any native addons you have already installed or you will receive a runtime error when trying to load them. Use `npm rebuild` or simply remove your _node_modules_ directory and `npm install` from scratch.

### What about Node.js 5?

Node.js 5 will continue to be supported for the next two months in order to give developers currently using v5 time to transition to Node.js 6.

### What about Node.js 0.10 and v0.12?

If you're still currently using Node.js 0.10 or v0.12, it is time to begin the transition to v4 or v6. Both v0.10 and v0.12 are considered to be in _Maintenance_ mode currently and will fall off our support plan completely later this year.

### Current? What happened to Stable?

You may have noticed that the v6 release uses the label `Current` instead of `Stable`. This name change has been made in order to better differentiate the Long Term Support releases from the current active development branches. We
will be using the `Current` label from here-on instead of `Stable`.

### Notable changes

The following significant changes have been made since the previous Node.js
v5.0.0 release.

- Buffer
  - New Buffer constructors have been added
    [#4682](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4682) and
    [#5833](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5833).
  - Existing `Buffer()` and `SlowBuffer()` constructors have been deprecated
    in docs [#4682](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4682) and
    [#5833](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5833).
  - Previously deprecated Buffer APIs are removed
    [#5048](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5048),
    [#4594](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4594).
  - Improved error handling [#4514](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4514).
  - The `Buffer.prototype.lastIndexOf()` method has been added
    [#4846](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4846).
- Cluster
  - Worker emitted as first argument in 'message' event
    [#5361](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5361).
  - The `worker.exitedAfterDisconnect` property replaces `worker.suicide`
    [#3743](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3743).
- Console
  - Calling `console.timeEnd()` with an unknown label now emits a process
    warning rather than throwing
    [#5901](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5901).
- Crypto
  - Improved error handling [#3100](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3100),
    [#5611](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5611).
  - Simplified Certificate class bindings
    [#5382](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5382).
  - Improved control over FIPS mode
    [#5181](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5181).
  - pbkdf2 digest overloading is deprecated
    [#4047](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4047).
- Dependencies
  - Reintroduce shared c-ares build support
    [#5775](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5775).
  - V8 updated to 5.0.71.35 [#6372](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6372).
- DNS
  - Add `dns.resolvePtr()` API to query plain DNS PTR records
    [#4921](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4921).
- Domains
  - Clear stack when no error handler
    [#4659](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4659).
- Events
  - The `EventEmitter.prototype._events` object no longer inherits from
    Object.prototype [#6092](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6092).
  - The `EventEmitter.prototype.prependListener()` and
    `EventEmitter.prototype.prependOnceListener()` methods have been added
    [#6032](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6032).
- File System
  - The `fs.realpath()` and `fs.realpathSync()` methods have been updated
    to use a more efficient libuv-based implementation. This change includes
    the removal of the `cache` argument and the method can throw new errors
    [#3594](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3594).
  - FS apis can now accept and return paths as Buffers
    [#5616](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5616).
  - Error handling and type checking improvements
    [#5616](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5616),
    [#5590](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5590),
    [#4518](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4518),
    [#3917](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3917).
  - fs.read's string interface is deprecated
    [#4525](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4525).
- HTTP
  - 'clientError' can now be used to return custom errors from an
    HTTP server [#4557](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4557).
- Modules
  - Current directory is now prioritized for local lookups
    [#5689](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5689).
  - Symbolic links are preserved when requiring modules
    [#5950](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5950).
- Net
  - DNS hints no longer implicitly set
    [#6021](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6021).
  - Improved error handling and type checking
    [#5981](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5981),
    [#5733](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5733),
    [#2904](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2904).
- OS X
  - MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET has been bumped up to 10.7
    [#6402](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6402).
- Path
  - Improved type checking [#5348](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5348).
- Process
  - Introduce process warnings API
    [#4782](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4782).
  - Throw exception when non-function passed to nextTick
    [#3860](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3860).
- Querystring
  - The object returned by `querystring.parse()` no longer inherits from
    Object.prototype [#6055](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6055).
- Readline
  - Key info is emitted unconditionally
    [#6024](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6024).
  - History can now be explicitly disabled
    [#6352](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6352).
- REPL
  - Assignment to `_` will emit a warning
    [#5535](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5535).
  - Expressions will no longer be completed when eval fails
    [#6328](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6328).
- Timers
  - Fail early when callback is not a function
    [#4362](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4362).
- Streams
  - `null` is now an invalid chunk to write in object mode
    [#6170](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6170).
- TLS
  - Rename 'clientError' to 'tlsClientError'
    [#4557](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4557).
  - SHA1 used for sessionIdContext
    [#3866](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3866).
- TTY
  - Previously deprecated setRawMode wrapper is removed
    [#2528](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2528).
- URL
  - Username and password will be dropped by `url.resolve()` if the host
    changes [#1480](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/1480).
- Util
  - Changes to Error object formatting
    [#4582](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4582).
  - The `util._extend()` method has been deprecated
    [#4903](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4903)
  - The `util.log()` method has been deprecated
    [#6161](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6161).
- Windows
  - Windows XP and Vista are no longer supported
    [#5167](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5167).
- Zlib
  - Multiple improvements have been made to Zlib processing
    [#5883](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5883) and
    [#5707](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5707).

### Commits

Semver-major Changes since v5.0.0

- \[[`85ab4a5f12`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/85ab4a5f12)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **buffer**: add .from(), .alloc() and .allocUnsafe() (James M Snell) [#4682](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4682)
- \[[`2c55cc2d2c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/2c55cc2d2c)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **buffer**: remove deprecated Buffer.write branch (dcposch@dcpos.ch) [#5048](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5048)
- \[[`101bca988c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/101bca988c)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **buffer**: remove deprecated buffer.get/.set methods (Feross Aboukhadijeh) [#4594](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4594)
- \[[`3b27dd5ce1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3b27dd5ce1)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **buffer**: throw if both length and enc are passed (Mathias Buus) [#4514](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4514)
- \[[`3fe204c700`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3fe204c700)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **buffer**: docs-only deprecate SlowBuffer (James M Snell) [#5833](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5833)
- \[[`627524973a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/627524973a)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **buffer**: add Buffer.allocUnsafeSlow(size) (James M Snell) [#5833](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5833)
- \[[`204f3a8a0b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/204f3a8a0b)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **build**: Bump MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET to 10.7 (Сковорода Никита Андреевич) [#6402](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6402)
- \[[`90a5fc20be`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/90a5fc20be)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **build**: remove lint/dotfiles from release tarball (Johan Bergström) [#5695](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5695)
- \[[`66f4586dd0`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/66f4586dd0)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **cluster**: emit worker as first 'message' event arg (Ben Noordhuis) [#5361](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5361)
- \[[`4f619bde4c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4f619bde4c)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **cluster**: migrate from worker.suicide (Evan Lucas) [#3743](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3743)
- \[[`a5cce79ec3`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a5cce79ec3)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **console**: delete timers that have ended (Vladimir Varankin) [#3562](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3562)
- \[[`1c84579031`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1c84579031)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **console**: timeEnd() with no label emits warning (Eugene Obrezkov) [#5901](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5901)
- \[[`41feaa89e0`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/41feaa89e0)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **crypto**: improve error messages (Sakthipriyan Vairamani) [#3100](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3100)
- \[[`f429fe1b88`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f429fe1b88)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **crypto**: fail early when loading crypto without openssl (James M Snell) [#5611](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5611)
- \[[`a37401e061`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a37401e061)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **crypto**: simplify Certificate class bindings (Alexander Makarenko) [#5382](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5382)
- \[[`7c48cb5601`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7c48cb5601)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **crypto**: Improve control of FIPS mode (Stefan Budeanu) [#5181](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5181)
- \[[`a1163582c5`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a1163582c5)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **crypto**: pbkdf2 deprecate digest overload. (Tom Gallacher) [#4047](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4047)
- \[[`b010c87164`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b010c87164)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **crypto, string_bytes**: treat `buffer` str as `utf8` (Fedor Indutny) [#5522](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5522)
- \[[`1d9451bb5a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1d9451bb5a)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **crypto**: better error message for createHash (Calvin Metcalf) [#6042](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6042)
- \[[`52af5c4eeb`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/52af5c4eeb)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: upgrade V8 to 5.0.71.32 (Ali Ijaz Sheikh) [#6111](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6111)
- \[[`2253be95d0`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/2253be95d0)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: reintroduce supporting shared c-ares builds (Johan Bergström) [#5775](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5775)
- \[[`4bc1cccb22`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4bc1cccb22)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **dgram**: pass null as error on successful send() (cjihrig) [#5929](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5929)
- \[[`dbdbdd4998`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/dbdbdd4998)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **dns**: add resolvePtr to query plain DNS PTR records (Daniel Turing) [#4921](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4921)
- \[[`c4ab861a49`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c4ab861a49)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **dns**: add failure test for dns.resolveXXX (Daniel Turing) [#4921](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4921)
- \[[`f3be421c1c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f3be421c1c)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **dns**: coerce port to number in lookupService (Evan Lucas) [#4883](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4883)
- \[[`4d4f3535a9`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4d4f3535a9)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **doc**: general improvements to fs.markdown (James M Snell) [#5616](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5616)
- \[[`d8290286b3`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d8290286b3)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **doc**: document deprecation of util.\_extend (Benjamin Gruenbaum) [#4903](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4903)
- \[[`236b7e8dd1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/236b7e8dd1)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **doc**: doc-only deprecation for util.log() (Jackson Tian) [#6161](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6161)
- \[[`90204cc468`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/90204cc468)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **domains**: clear stack when no error handler (Julien Gilli) [#4659](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4659)
- \[[`e38bade828`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e38bade828)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **events**: don't inherit from Object.prototype (Brian White) [#6092](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6092)
- \[[`53a95a5b12`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/53a95a5b12)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **fs**: make fs.watch error message more useful (James M Snell) [#5616](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5616)
- \[[`060e5f0c00`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/060e5f0c00)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **fs**: Buffer and encoding enhancements to fs API (James M Snell) [#5616](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5616)
- \[[`8bb60e3c8d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8bb60e3c8d)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **fs**: improve error message for invalid flag (James M Snell) [#5590](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5590)
- \[[`1124de2d76`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1124de2d76)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **fs**: deprecate fs.read's string interface (Sakthipriyan Vairamani) [#4525](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4525)
- \[[`2b15e68bbe`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/2b15e68bbe)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **fs**: fs.read into zero buffer should not throw exception (Feross Aboukhadijeh) [#4518](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4518)
- \[[`8b97249893`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8b97249893)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **fs**: fix the error report on fs.link(Sync) (yorkie) [#3917](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3917)
- \[[`b488b19eaf`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b488b19eaf)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **fs**: optimize realpath using uv_fs_realpath() (Yuval Brik) [#3594](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3594)
- \[[`5f76b24e5e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5f76b24e5e)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **http**: overridable `clientError` (Fedor Indutny) [#4557](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4557)
- \[[`d01eb6882f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d01eb6882f)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **lib**: add 'pid' prefix in `internal/util` (Minwoo Jung) [#3878](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3878)
- \[[`20285ad177`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/20285ad177)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **lib**: Consistent error messages in all modules (micnic) [#3374](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3374)
- \[[`94b9948d63`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/94b9948d63)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **lib,src**: ensure '(node:pid)' prefix for stdout logging (Minwoo Jung) [#3833](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3833)
- \[[`b70dc67828`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b70dc67828)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **lib,test**: remove publicly exposed freelist (cjihrig) [#3738](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3738)
- \[[`d38503ab01`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d38503ab01)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **module**: prioritize current dir for local lookups (Phillip Johnsen) [#5689](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5689)
- \[[`71470a8e45`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/71470a8e45)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **module**: pass v8::Object to linked module initialization function (Phillip Kovalev) [#4771](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4771)
- \[[`18490d3d5a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/18490d3d5a)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **module**: always decorate thrown errors (Brian White) [#4287](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4287)
- \[[`de1dc0ae2e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/de1dc0ae2e)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **module**: preserve symlinks when requiring (Alex Lamar) [#5950](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5950)
- \[[`b85a50b6da`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b85a50b6da)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **net**: remove implicit setting of DNS hints (cjihrig) [#6021](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6021)
- \[[`ec49fc8229`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ec49fc8229)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **net**: improve socket.write() error message (Phillip Johnsen) [#5981](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5981)
- \[[`d0edabecbf`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d0edabecbf)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **net**: strict checking for internal/net isLegalPort (James M Snell) [#5733](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5733)
- \[[`a78b3344f8`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a78b3344f8)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **net**: type check createServer options object (Sam Roberts) [#2904](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2904)
- \[[`02ac302b6d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/02ac302b6d)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **net**: Validate port in createServer().listen() (Dirceu Pereira Tiegs) [#5732](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5732)
- \[[`25751bedfe`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/25751bedfe)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **node**: deprecate process.EventEmitter (Evan Lucas) [#5049](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5049)
- \[[`08085c49b6`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/08085c49b6)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **path**: assert inputs are strings (Brian White) [#5348](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5348)
- \[[`d1000b4137`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d1000b4137)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **path**: make format() consistent and more functional (Nathan Woltman) [#2408](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2408)
- \[[`c6656db352`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c6656db352)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **process**: add 'warning' event and process.emitWarning() (James M Snell) [#4782](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4782)
- \[[`72e3dd9f43`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/72e3dd9f43)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **process**: throw on non-function to nextTick() (yorkie) [#3860](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3860)
- \[[`5dafb435d8`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5dafb435d8)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **querystring**: using toString for objects on querystring.escape (Igor Kalashnikov) [#5341](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5341)
- \[[`dba245f796`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/dba245f796)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **querystring**: don't inherit from Object.prototype (Brian White) [#6055](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6055)
- \[[`0a62f929da`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0a62f929da)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **readline**: emit key info unconditionally (cjihrig) [#6024](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6024)
- \[[`3de9bc9429`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3de9bc9429)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **readline**: document emitKeypressEvents() (cjihrig) [#6024](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6024)
- \[[`ca2e8b292f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ca2e8b292f)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **readline**: deprecate undocumented exports (cjihrig) [#3862](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3862)
- \[[`0303a2552e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0303a2552e)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **readline**: allow history to be disabled (surya panikkal) [#6352](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6352)
- \[[`ad8257fa5b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ad8257fa5b)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **repl**: Assignment of \_ allowed with warning (Lance Ball) [#5535](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5535)
- \[[`3ee68f794f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3ee68f794f)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **repl**: don’t complete expressions when eval fails (Anna Henningsen) [#6328](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6328)
- \[[`757fbac64b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/757fbac64b)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **src**: remove deprecated internal functions (Ben Noordhuis) [#6053](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6053)
- \[[`4e46931406`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4e46931406)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **src**: deprecate undocumented variables (Jackson Tian) [#1838](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/1838)
- \[[`57003520f8`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/57003520f8)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **src**: attach error to stack on displayErrors (cjihrig) [#4874](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4874)
- \[[`e7c077c610`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e7c077c610)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **stream**: make null an invalid chunk to write in object mode (Calvin Metcalf) [#6170](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6170)
- \[[`cc0342a517`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/cc0342a517)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **streams**: update .readable/.writable to false (Brian White) [#4083](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4083)
- \[[`652782d137`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/652782d137)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **test**: update test-repl-require for local paths (Myles Borins) [#5689](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5689)
- \[[`a5aa7c1713`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a5aa7c1713)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **test**: expand test case for unknown file open flags (James M Snell) [#5590](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5590)
- \[[`2c33819370`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/2c33819370)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **test**: fix tests that check error messages (cjihrig) [#3727](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3727)
- \[[`ac153bd2a6`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ac153bd2a6)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **timers**: fail early when callback is not a function (Anna Henningsen) [#4362](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4362)
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- \[[`df268f97bc`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/df268f97bc)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **tls**: use SHA1 for sessionIdContext (Stefan Budeanu) [#3866](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3866)
- \[[`8ffa20c495`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8ffa20c495)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **tools**: do not rewrite npm shebang in install.py (Evan Lucas) [#6098](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6098)
- \[[`a2c0aa84e0`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a2c0aa84e0)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **tty**: Remove deprecated setRawMode wrapper (Wyatt Preul) [#2528](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2528)
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- \[[`e2f47f5698`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e2f47f5698)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **util**: Change how Error objects are formatted (Mudit Ameta) [#4582](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4582)
- \[[`93d6b5fb68`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/93d6b5fb68)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **util**: use consistent Dates in inspect() (Xotic750) [#4318](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4318)
- \[[`24012a879d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/24012a879d)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **util**: make inspect more reliable (Evan Lucas) [#4098](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4098)
- \[[`007cfea308`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/007cfea308)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **util**: remove pump (Wyatt Preul) [#2531](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2531)
- \[[`4cf19ad1bb`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4cf19ad1bb)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **util**: Remove exec, has been deprecated for years (Wyatt Preul) [#2530](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2530)
- \[[`34a35919e1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/34a35919e1)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **util**: improve typed array formatting (Ben Noordhuis) [#3793](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3793)
- \[[`1cf26c036d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1cf26c036d)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **win**: prevent node from running on Windows Vista or earlier (Alexis Campailla) [#5167](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5167)
- \[[`55db19074d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/55db19074d)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **win,msi**: prevent from installing on Windows Vista or earlier (Alexis Campailla) [#5167](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5167)
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