---
date: '2012-07-25T17:21:16.176Z'
category: release
title: Version 0.8.4 (Stable)
layout: blog-post
author: The Node.js Project
---

2012.07.25, Version 0.8.4 (Stable)

- V8: Upgrade to 3.11.10.17

- npm: Upgrade to 1.1.45

- net: fix Socket({ fd: 42 }) api (Ben Noordhuis)

- readline: Remove event listeners on close (isaacs)

- windows: correctly prep long path for fs.exists(Sync) (Bert Belder)

- debugger: wake up the event loop when a debugger command is dispatched (Peter Rybin)

- tls: verify server's identity (Fedor Indutny)

- net: ignore socket.setTimeout(Infinity or NaN) (Fedor Indutny)

Source Code: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.8.4/node-v0.8.4.tar.gz

Macintosh Installer (Universal): https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.8.4/node-v0.8.4.pkg

Windows Installer: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.8.4/node-v0.8.4-x86.msi

Windows x64 Installer: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.8.4/x64/node-v0.8.4-x64.msi

Windows x64 Files: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.8.4/x64/

Other release files: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.8.4/

Website: https://nodejs.org/docs/v0.8.4/

Documentation: https://nodejs.org/docs/v0.8.4/api/

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