---
date: '2017-06-08T11:05:04.794Z'
category: release
title: Node.js 8.1.0 (Current)
layout: blog-post
author: James M Snell, Rod Vagg
---

### Notable Changes

- **Async Hooks**
  - When one `Promise` leads to the creation of a new `Promise`, the parent
    `Promise` will be identified as the trigger
    \[[`135f4e6643`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/135f4e6643)]
    [#13367](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13367).
- **Dependencies**
  - libuv has been updated to 1.12.0
    \[[`968596ec77`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/968596ec77)]
    [#13306](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13306).
  - npm has been updated to 5.0.3
    \[[`ffa7debd7a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ffa7debd7a)]
    [#13487](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13487).
- **File system**
  - The `fs.exists()` function now works correctly with `util.promisify()`
    \[[`6e0eccd7a1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6e0eccd7a1)]
    [#13316](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13316).
  - fs.Stats times are now also available as numbers
    \[[`c756efb25a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c756efb25a)]
    [#13173](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13173).
- **Inspector**
  - It is now possible to bind to a random port using `--inspect=0`
    \[[`cc6ec2fb27`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/cc6ec2fb27)]
    [#5025](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5025).
- **Zlib**
  - A regression in the Zlib module that made it impossible to properly
    subclasses `zlib.Deflate` and other Zlib classes has been fixed.
    \[[`6aeb555cc4`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6aeb555cc4)]
    [#13374](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13374).

### Commits

- \[[`b8e90ddf53`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b8e90ddf53)] - **assert**: fix deepEqual similar sets and maps bug (Joseph Gentle) [#13426](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13426)
- \[[`47c9de9842`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/47c9de9842)] - **assert**: fix deepEqual RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded (rmdm) [#13318](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13318)
- \[[`135f4e6643`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/135f4e6643)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **async_hooks**: use parent promise as triggerId (JiaLi.Passion) [#13367](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13367)
- \[[`9db02dcc85`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9db02dcc85)] - **async_hooks,http**: fix socket reuse with Agent (Anna Henningsen) [#13348](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13348)
- \[[`6917df2a80`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6917df2a80)] - **async_wrap**: run destroy in uv_timer_t (Trevor Norris) [#13369](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13369)
- \[[`65f22e481b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/65f22e481b)] - **build**: use existing variable to reduce complexity (Bryce Baril) [#2883](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2883)
- \[[`291669e7d8`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/291669e7d8)] - **build**: streamline JS test suites in Makefile (Rich Trott) [#13340](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13340)
- \[[`dcadeb4fef`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/dcadeb4fef)] - **build**: fix typo (Nikolai Vavilov) [#13396](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13396)
- \[[`50b5f8bac0`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/50b5f8bac0)] - **crypto**: clear err stack after ECDH::BufferToPoint (Ryan Kelly) [#13275](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13275)
- \[[`968596ec77`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/968596ec77)] - **deps**: upgrade libuv to 1.12.0 (cjihrig) [#13306](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13306)
- \[[`ffa7debd7a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ffa7debd7a)] - **deps**: upgrade npm to 5.0.3 (Kat Marchán) [#13487](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13487)
- \[[`035a81b2e6`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/035a81b2e6)] - **deps**: update openssl asm and asm_obsolete files (Daniel Bevenius) [#13233](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13233)
- \[[`6f57554650`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6f57554650)] - **deps**: update openssl config files (Daniel Bevenius) [#13233](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13233)
- \[[`1b8b82d076`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1b8b82d076)] - **deps**: add -no_rand_screen to openssl s_client (Shigeki Ohtsu) [nodejs/io.js#1836](https://github.com/nodejs/io.js/pull/1836)
- \[[`783294add1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/783294add1)] - **deps**: fix asm build error of openssl in x86_win32 (Shigeki Ohtsu) [iojs/io.js#1389](https://github.com/iojs/io.js/pull/1389)
- \[[`db7419bead`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/db7419bead)] - **deps**: fix openssl assembly error on ia32 win32 (Fedor Indutny) [iojs/io.js#1389](https://github.com/iojs/io.js/pull/1389)
- \[[`dd93fa677a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/dd93fa677a)] - **deps**: copy all openssl header files to include dir (Daniel Bevenius) [#13233](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13233)
- \[[`d9191f6e18`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d9191f6e18)] - **deps**: upgrade openssl sources to 1.0.2l (Daniel Bevenius) [#13233](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13233)
- \[[`d985ca7d4a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d985ca7d4a)] - **deps**: float patch on npm to fix citgm (Myles Borins) [#13305](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13305)
- \[[`92de432780`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/92de432780)] - **dns**: use faster IP address type check on results (Brian White) [#13261](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13261)
- \[[`007a033820`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/007a033820)] - **dns**: improve callback performance (Brian White) [#13261](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13261)
- \[[`26e5b6411f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/26e5b6411f)] - **doc**: update linux supported versions (cjihrig) [#13306](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13306)
- \[[`a117bcc0a7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a117bcc0a7)] - **doc**: Add URL argument with http/https request (Vladimir Trifonov) [#13405](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13405)
- \[[`e6e42c1f75`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e6e42c1f75)] - **doc**: fix typo "ndapi" in n-api.md (Jamen Marz) [#13484](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13484)
- \[[`e991cd79f3`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e991cd79f3)] - **doc**: add ref to option to enable n-api (Michael Dawson) [#13406](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13406)
- \[[`414da1b7a1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/414da1b7a1)] - **doc**: fix nits in code examples of async_hooks.md (Vse Mozhet Byt) [#13400](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13400)
- \[[`159294d7d5`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/159294d7d5)] - **doc**: use prefer-rest-params eslint rule in docs (Vse Mozhet Byt) [#13389](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13389)
- \[[`641979b213`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/641979b213)] - **doc**: resume a stream after pipe() and unpipe() (Matteo Collina) [#13329](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13329)
- \[[`6c56bbdf13`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6c56bbdf13)] - **doc**: add missing backticks to doc/api/tls.md (Paul Bininda) [#13394](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13394)
- \[[`837ecc01eb`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/837ecc01eb)] - **doc**: update who to cc for async_hooks (Anna Henningsen) [#13332](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13332)
- \[[`52c0c47856`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/52c0c47856)] - **doc**: suggest xcode-select --install (Gibson Fahnestock) [#13264](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13264)
- \[[`11e428dd99`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/11e428dd99)] - **doc**: add require modules in url.md (Daijiro Wachi) [#13365](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13365)
- \[[`2d25e09b0f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/2d25e09b0f)] - **doc**: add object-curly-spacing to doc/.eslintrc (Vse Mozhet Byt) [#13354](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13354)
- \[[`6cd5312b22`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6cd5312b22)] - **doc**: unify spaces in object literals (Vse Mozhet Byt) [#13354](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13354)
- \[[`4e687605ee`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4e687605ee)] - **doc**: use destructuring in code examples (Vse Mozhet Byt) [#13349](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13349)
- \[[`1b192f936a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1b192f936a)] - **doc**: fix code examples in zlib.md (Vse Mozhet Byt) [#13342](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13342)
- \[[`a872399ddb`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a872399ddb)] - **doc**: update who to cc for n-api (Michael Dawson) [#13335](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13335)
- \[[`90417e8ced`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/90417e8ced)] - **doc**: add missing make command to UPGRADING.md (Daniel Bevenius) [#13233](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13233)
- \[[`3c55d1aea4`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3c55d1aea4)] - **doc**: refine spaces in example from vm.md (Vse Mozhet Byt) [#13334](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13334)
- \[[`1729574cd7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1729574cd7)] - **doc**: fix link in CHANGELOG_V8 (James, please) [#13313](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13313)
- \[[`16605cc3e4`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/16605cc3e4)] - **doc**: add async_hooks, n-api to \_toc.md and all.md (Vse Mozhet Byt) [#13379](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13379)
- \[[`eb6e9a0c9a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/eb6e9a0c9a)] - **doc**: remove 'you' from writing-tests.md (Michael Dawson) [#13319](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13319)
- \[[`e4f37568e2`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e4f37568e2)] - **doc**: fix date for 8.0.0 changelog (Myles Borins) [#13360](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13360)
- \[[`41f0af524d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/41f0af524d)] - **doc**: async-hooks documentation (Thorsten Lorenz) [#13287](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13287)
- \[[`b8b0bfb1a7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b8b0bfb1a7)] - **doc**: add tniessen to collaborators (Tobias Nießen) [#13371](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13371)
- \[[`561c14ba12`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/561c14ba12)] - **doc**: modernize and fix code examples in util.md (Vse Mozhet Byt) [#13298](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13298)
- \[[`c2d7b41ac7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c2d7b41ac7)] - **doc**: fix code examples in url.md (Vse Mozhet Byt) [#13288](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13288)
- \[[`243643e5e4`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/243643e5e4)] - **doc**: fix typo in n-api.md (JongChan Choi) [#13323](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13323)
- \[[`bee1421501`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/bee1421501)] - **doc**: fix doc styles (Daijiro Wachi) [#13270](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13270)
- \[[`44c8ea32df`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/44c8ea32df)] - **doc,stream**: clarify 'data', pipe() and 'readable' (Matteo Collina) [#13432](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13432)
- \[[`8f2b82a2b4`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8f2b82a2b4)] - **errors,tty**: migrate to use internal/errors.js (Gautam Mittal) [#13240](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13240)
- \[[`a666238ffe`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a666238ffe)] - **events**: fix potential permanent deopt (Brian White) [#13384](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13384)
- \[[`c756efb25a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c756efb25a)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **fs**: expose Stats times as Numbers (Refael Ackermann) [#13173](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13173)
- \[[`5644dd76a5`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5644dd76a5)] - **fs**: replace a bind() with a top-level function (Matteo Collina) [#13474](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13474)
- \[[`6e0eccd7a1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6e0eccd7a1)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **fs**: promisify exists correctly (Dan Fabulich) [#13316](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13316)
- \[[`0caa09da60`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0caa09da60)] - **gitignore**: add libuv book and GitHub template (cjihrig) [#13306](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13306)
- \[[`8efaa554f2`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8efaa554f2)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **http**: overridable keep-alive behavior of `Agent` (Fedor Indutny) [#13005](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13005)
- \[[`afe91ec957`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/afe91ec957)] - **http**: assert parser.consume argument's type (Gireesh Punathil) [#12288](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/12288)
- \[[`b3c9bff254`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b3c9bff254)] - **http**: describe parse err in debug output (Sam Roberts) [#13206](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13206)
- \[[`c7ebf6ea70`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c7ebf6ea70)] - **http**: suppress data event if req aborted (Yihong Wang) [#13260](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13260)
- \[[`9be8b6373e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9be8b6373e)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **inspector**: allow --inspect=host:port from js (Sam Roberts) [#13228](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13228)
- \[[`376ac5fc3e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/376ac5fc3e)] - **inspector**: Allows reentry when paused (Eugene Ostroukhov) [#13350](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13350)
- \[[`7f0aa3f4bd`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7f0aa3f4bd)] - **inspector**: refactor to rename and comment methods (Sam Roberts) [#13321](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13321)
- \[[`cc6ec2fb27`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/cc6ec2fb27)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **inspector**: bind to random port with --inspect=0 (Ben Noordhuis) [#5025](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5025)
- \[[`4b2c756bfc`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4b2c756bfc)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **lib**: return this from net.Socket.end() (Sam Roberts) [#13481](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13481)
- \[[`b3fb909d06`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b3fb909d06)] - **lib**: "iff" changed to "if and only if" (Jacob Jones) [#13496](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13496)
- \[[`a95f080160`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a95f080160)] - **n-api**: enable napi_wrap() to work with any object (Jason Ginchereau) [#13250](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13250)
- \[[`41eaa4b6a6`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/41eaa4b6a6)] - **net**: fix permanent deopt (Brian White) [#13384](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13384)
- \[[`b5409abf9a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b5409abf9a)] - **openssl**: fix keypress requirement in apps on win32 (Shigeki Ohtsu) [iojs/io.js#1389](https://github.com/iojs/io.js/pull/1389)
- \[[`103de0e69a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/103de0e69a)] - **process**: fix permanent deopt (Brian White) [#13384](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13384)
- \[[`81ddeb98f6`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/81ddeb98f6)] - **readline**: clean up event listener in onNewListener (Gibson Fahnestock) [#13266](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13266)
- \[[`791b5b5cbe`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/791b5b5cbe)] - **src**: remove `'` print modifier (Refael Ackermann) [#13447](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13447)
- \[[`640101b780`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/640101b780)] - **src**: remove process.\_inspectorEnbale (cjihrig) [#13460](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13460)
- \[[`8620aad573`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8620aad573)] - **src**: added newline in help message (Josh Ferge) [#13315](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13315)
- \[[`71a3d2c87e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/71a3d2c87e)] - **test**: refactor test-dgram-oob-buffer (Rich Trott) [#13443](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13443)
- \[[`54ae7d8931`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/54ae7d8931)] - **test**: pass env vars through to test-benchmark-http (Gibson Fahnestock) [#13390](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13390)
- \[[`757ae521b5`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/757ae521b5)] - **test**: validate full error messages (aniketshukla) [#13453](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13453)
- \[[`68e06e6945`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/68e06e6945)] - **test**: increase coverage of async_hooks (David Cai) [#13336](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13336)
- \[[`7be1a1cd47`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7be1a1cd47)] - **test**: fix build warning in addons-napi/test_object (Jason Ginchereau) [#13412](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13412)
- \[[`fb73070068`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/fb73070068)] - **test**: consolidate n-api test addons - part2 (Michael Dawson) [#13380](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13380)
- \[[`339d220eed`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/339d220eed)] - **test**: rearrange inspector headers into convention (Sam Roberts) [#13428](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13428)
- \[[`8c7f9da489`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8c7f9da489)] - **test**: improve async hooks test error messages (Anna Henningsen) [#13243](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13243)
- \[[`818c935add`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/818c935add)] - **test**: test async-hook triggerId properties (Dávid Szakállas) [#13328](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13328)
- \[[`29f19b6d39`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/29f19b6d39)] - **test**: add documentation for common.mustNotCall() (Rich Trott) [#13359](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13359)
- \[[`c208f9d51f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c208f9d51f)] - **test**: check destroy hooks are called before exit (Anna Henningsen) [#13369](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13369)
- \[[`406c2cd8e4`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/406c2cd8e4)] - **test**: make test-fs-watchfile reliable (Rich Trott) [#13385](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13385)
- \[[`93e91a4f3f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/93e91a4f3f)] - **test**: check inspector support in test/inspector (Daniel Bevenius) [#13324](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13324)
- \[[`d1b39d92d6`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d1b39d92d6)] - **test**: add known_test request with Unicode in the URL (David D Lowe) [#13297](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13297)
- \[[`dccd1d2d31`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/dccd1d2d31)] - **test**: improve dns internet test case (Brian White) [#13261](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13261)
- \[[`e20f3577d0`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e20f3577d0)] - **test**: improve test-https-server-keep-alive-timeout (Rich Trott) [#13312](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13312)
- \[[`2a29c07d9e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/2a29c07d9e)] - **test**: mark inspector-port-zero-cluster as flaky (Refael Ackermann)
- \[[`b16dd98387`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b16dd98387)] - **test**: consolidate n-api test addons (Michael Dawson) [#13317](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13317)
- \[[`830049f784`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/830049f784)] - **test**: refactor test-net-server-bind (Rich Trott) [#13273](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13273)
- \[[`9df8e2a3e9`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9df8e2a3e9)] - **test**: use mustCall() in test-readline-interface (Rich Trott) [#13259](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13259)
- \[[`25a05e5db1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/25a05e5db1)] - **test**: fix flaky test-fs-watchfile on macOS (Rich Trott) [#13252](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13252)
- \[[`ec357bf88f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ec357bf88f)] - **test**: use mustNotCall() in test-stream2-objects (Rich Trott) [#13249](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13249)
- \[[`5369359d52`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5369359d52)] - **test**: Make N-API weak-ref GC tests asynchronous (Jason Ginchereau) [#13121](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13121)
- \[[`7cc6fd8403`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7cc6fd8403)] - **test**: improve n-api coverage for typed arrays (Michael Dawson) [#13244](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13244)
- \[[`a2d49545a7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a2d49545a7)] - **test**: support candidate V8 versions (Michaël Zasso) [#13282](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13282)
- \[[`f0ad3bb695`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f0ad3bb695)] - **test**: hasCrypto https-server-keep-alive-timeout (Daniel Bevenius) [#13253](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13253)
- \[[`658560ee5b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/658560ee5b)] - **test,fs**: test fs.watch for `filename` (Refael Ackermann) [#13411](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13411)
- \[[`2e3b758006`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/2e3b758006)] - **test,module**: make message check MUI dependent (Refael Ackermann) [#13393](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13393)
- \[[`01278bdd64`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/01278bdd64)] - **tools**: fix order of ESLint rules (Michaël Zasso) [#13363](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13363)
- \[[`48cad9cde6`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/48cad9cde6)] - **tools**: fix node args passing in test runner (Brian White) [#13384](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13384)
- \[[`bccda4f2b8`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/bccda4f2b8)] - **tools**: be explicit about including key-id (Myles Borins) [#13309](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13309)
- \[[`61eb085c6a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/61eb085c6a)] - **tools, test**: update test-npm-package paths (Gibson Fahnestock) [#13441](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13441)
- \[[`ba817d3312`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ba817d3312)] - **url**: update IDNA handling (Timothy Gu) [#13362](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13362)
- \[[`d4d138c6e9`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d4d138c6e9)] - **url**: do not pass WHATWG host to http.request (Tobias Nießen) [#13409](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13409)
- \[[`315c3aaf43`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/315c3aaf43)] - **url**: more precise URLSearchParams constructor (Timothy Gu) [#13026](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13026)
- \[[`1bcda5efda`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1bcda5efda)] - **util**: refactor format method.Performance improved. (Jesus Seijas) [#12407](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/12407)
- \[[`f47ce01dfb`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f47ce01dfb)] - **win, doc**: document per-drive current working dir (Bartosz Sosnowski) [#13330](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13330)
- \[[`6aeb555cc4`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6aeb555cc4)] - **zlib**: revert back to Functions (James M Snell) [#13374](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13374)
- \[[`cc3174a937`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/cc3174a937)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **zlib**: expose amount of data read for engines (Alexander O'Mara) [#13088](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13088)
- \[[`bb77d6c1cc`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/bb77d6c1cc)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **zlib**: option for engine in convenience methods (Alexander O'Mara) [#13089](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13089)

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