---
date: '2017-06-13T22:33:22.986Z'
category: release
title: Node.js 8.1.1 (Current)
layout: blog-post
author: Anna Henningsen
---

### Notable changes

- **Child processes**
  - `stdout` and `stderr` are now available on the error output of a
    failed call to the `util.promisify()`ed version of
    `child_process.exec`.
    \[[`d66d4fc94c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d66d4fc94c)]
    [#13388](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13388)

- **HTTP**
  - A regression that broke certain scenarios in which HTTP is used together
    with the `cluster` module has been fixed.
    \[[`fff8a56d6f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/fff8a56d6f)]
    [#13578](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13578)

- **HTTPS**
  - The `rejectUnauthorized` option now works properly for unix sockets.
    \[[`c4cbd99d37`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c4cbd99d37)]
    [#13505](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13505)

- **Readline**
  - A change that broke `npm init` and other code which uses `readline`
    multiple times on the same input stream is reverted.
    \[[`0df6c0b5f0`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0df6c0b5f0)]
    [#13560](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13560)

### Commits

- \[[`61c73085ba`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/61c73085ba)] - **async_hooks**: minor refactor to callback invocation (Anna Henningsen) [#13419](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13419)
- \[[`bf61d97742`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/bf61d97742)] - **async_hooks**: make sure `.{en|dis}able() === this` (Anna Henningsen) [#13418](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13418)
- \[[`32c87ac6f3`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/32c87ac6f3)] - **benchmark**: fix some RegExp nits (Vse Mozhet Byt) [#13551](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13551)
- \[[`b967b4cbc5`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b967b4cbc5)] - **build**: merge test suite groups (Refael Ackermann) [#13378](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13378)
- \[[`00d2f7c818`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/00d2f7c818)] - **build,windows**: check for VS version and arch (Refael Ackermann) [#13485](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13485)
- \[[`d66d4fc94c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d66d4fc94c)] - **child_process**: promisify includes stdio in error (Gil Tayar) [#13388](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13388)
- \[[`0ca4bd1e18`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0ca4bd1e18)] - **child_process**: reduce nextTick() usage (Brian White) [#13459](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13459)
- \[[`d1fa59fbb7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d1fa59fbb7)] - **child_process**: simplify send() result handling (Brian White) [#13459](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13459)
- \[[`d51b1c2e6f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d51b1c2e6f)] - **cluster, dns, repl, tls, util**: fix RegExp nits (Vse Mozhet Byt) [#13536](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13536)
- \[[`68c0518e48`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/68c0518e48)] - **doc**: fix links and typos in fs.md (Vse Mozhet Byt) [#13573](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13573)
- \[[`70432f2111`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/70432f2111)] - **doc**: fix incorrect fs.utimes() link (Justin Beckwith) [#13608](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13608)
- \[[`26d76307d5`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/26d76307d5)] - **doc**: fs constants for Node < v6.3.0 in fs.md (Anshul Guleria) [#12690](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/12690)
- \[[`52f5e3f804`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/52f5e3f804)] - **doc**: use HTTPS URL for suggested upstream remote (Nikolai Vavilov) [#13602](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13602)
- \[[`2c1133d5fe`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/2c1133d5fe)] - **doc**: add readline.emitKeypressEvents note (Samuel Reed) [#9447](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9447)
- \[[`53ec50d971`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/53ec50d971)] - **doc**: fix nap&#x69;_&#x63;reate_\*\_error signatures in n-api (Jamen Marzonie) [#13544](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13544)
- \[[`98d7f25181`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/98d7f25181)] - **doc**: fix out of date sections in n-api doc (Michael Dawson) [#13508](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13508)
- \[[`85cac4ed53`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/85cac4ed53)] - **doc**: update new CTC members (Refael Ackermann) [#13534](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13534)
- \[[`8c5407d321`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8c5407d321)] - **doc**: corrects reference to tlsClientError (Tarun) [#13533](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13533)
- \[[`3d12e1b455`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3d12e1b455)] - **doc**: emphasize Collaborators in GOVERNANCE.md (Rich Trott) [#13423](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13423)
- \[[`a9be8fff58`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a9be8fff58)] - **doc**: minimal documentation for Emeritus status (Rich Trott) [#13421](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13421)
- \[[`2778256680`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/2778256680)] - **doc**: remove note highlighting in GOVERNANCE doc (Rich Trott) [#13420](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13420)
- \[[`2cb6f2b281`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/2cb6f2b281)] - **http**: fix timeout reset after keep-alive timeout (Alexey Orlenko) [#13549](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13549)
- \[[`fff8a56d6f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/fff8a56d6f)] - **http**: handle cases where socket.server is null (Luigi Pinca) [#13578](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13578)
- \[[`c4cbd99d37`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c4cbd99d37)] - **https**: support rejectUnauthorized for unix sockets (cjihrig) [#13505](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13505)
- \[[`6a696d15ff`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6a696d15ff)] - **inspector**: fix crash on exception (Nikolai Vavilov) [#13455](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13455)
- \[[`50e1f931a9`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/50e1f931a9)] - **profiler**: declare missing `printErr` (Fedor Indutny) [#13590](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13590)
- \[[`0df6c0b5f0`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0df6c0b5f0)] - **_Revert_** "**readline**: clean up event listener in onNewListener" (Anna Henningsen) [#13560](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13560)
- \[[`a5f415fe83`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a5f415fe83)] - **src**: merge `fn_name` in NODE_SET_PROTOTYPE_METHOD (XadillaX) [#13547](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13547)
- \[[`4a96ed4896`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4a96ed4896)] - **src**: check whether inspector is doing io (Sam Roberts) [#13504](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13504)
- \[[`f134c9d147`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f134c9d147)] - **src**: correct indentation for X509ToObject (Daniel Bevenius) [#13543](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13543)
- \[[`dd158b096f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/dd158b096f)] - **src**: make IsConstructCall checks consistent (Daniel Bevenius) [#13473](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13473)
- \[[`bf065344cf`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/bf065344cf)] - **stream**: ensure that instanceof fast-path is hit. (Benedikt Meurer) [#13403](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13403)
- \[[`e713482147`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e713482147)] - **test**: fix typo in test-cli-node-options.js (Vse Mozhet Byt) [#13558](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13558)
- \[[`4c5457fae5`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4c5457fae5)] - **test**: fix flaky test-http-client-get-url (Sebastian Plesciuc) [#13516](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13516)
- \[[`812e0b0fbf`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/812e0b0fbf)] - **test**: refactor async-hooks test-callback-error (Rich Trott) [#13554](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13554)
- \[[`2ea529b797`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/2ea529b797)] - **test**: add regression test for 13557 (Anna Henningsen) [#13560](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13560)
- \[[`4d27930faf`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4d27930faf)] - **test**: fix flaky test-tls-socket-close (Rich Trott) [#13529](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13529)
- \[[`3da56ac9fb`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3da56ac9fb)] - **test**: harden test-dgram-bind-shared-ports (Refael Ackermann) [#13100](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13100)
- \[[`f686f73465`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f686f73465)] - **test**: add coverage for AsyncResource constructor (Gergely Nemeth) [#13327](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13327)
- \[[`12036a1d73`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/12036a1d73)] - **test**: exercise once() with varying arguments (cjihrig) [#13524](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13524)
- \[[`1f88cbd620`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1f88cbd620)] - **test**: refactor test-http-server-keep-alive-timeout (realwakka) [#13448](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13448)
- \[[`bdbeb33dcb`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/bdbeb33dcb)] - **test**: add hijackStdout and hijackStderr (XadillaX) [#13439](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13439)
- \[[`1c7f9171c0`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1c7f9171c0)] - **test**: add coverage for napi_property_descriptor (Michael Dawson) [#13510](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13510)
- \[[`c8db0475e0`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c8db0475e0)] - **test**: refactor test-fs-read-\* (Rich Trott) [#13501](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13501)
- \[[`ad07c46b00`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ad07c46b00)] - **test**: refactor domain tests (Rich Trott) [#13480](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13480)
- \[[`fe5ea3feb0`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/fe5ea3feb0)] - **test**: check callback not invoked on lookup error (Rich Trott) [#13456](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13456)
- \[[`216cb3f6e9`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/216cb3f6e9)] - **test,benchmark**: stabilize child-process (Refael Ackermann) [#13457](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13457)
- \[[`a0f8faa3a4`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a0f8faa3a4)] - **v8**: fix debug builds on Windows (Bartosz Sosnowski) [#13634](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13634)
- \[[`38a1cfb5e6`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/38a1cfb5e6)] - **v8**: add a js class for Serializer/Dserializer (Rajaram Gaunker) [#13541](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13541)

Windows 32-bit Installer: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.1.1/node-v8.1.1-x86.msi \
Windows 64-bit Installer: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.1.1/node-v8.1.1-x64.msi \
Windows 32-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.1.1/win-x86/node.exe \
Windows 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.1.1/win-x64/node.exe \
macOS 64-bit Installer: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.1.1/node-v8.1.1.pkg \
macOS 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.1.1/node-v8.1.1-darwin-x64.tar.gz \
Linux 32-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.1.1/node-v8.1.1-linux-x86.tar.xz \
Linux 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.1.1/node-v8.1.1-linux-x64.tar.xz \
Linux PPC LE 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.1.1/node-v8.1.1-linux-ppc64le.tar.xz \
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Linux s390x 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.1.1/node-v8.1.1-linux-s390x.tar.xz \
AIX 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.1.1/node-v8.1.1-aix-ppc64.tar.gz \
SmartOS 32-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.1.1/node-v8.1.1-sunos-x86.tar.xz \
SmartOS 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.1.1/node-v8.1.1-sunos-x64.tar.xz \
ARMv6 32-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.1.1/node-v8.1.1-linux-armv6l.tar.xz \
ARMv7 32-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.1.1/node-v8.1.1-linux-armv7l.tar.xz \
ARMv8 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.1.1/node-v8.1.1-linux-arm64.tar.xz \
Source Code: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.1.1/node-v8.1.1.tar.gz \
Other release files: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.1.1/ \
Documentation: https://nodejs.org/docs/v8.1.1/api/

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