Major Node compatibility work across core APIs
This week brought a broad wave of Node parity fixes: a full http2 rewrite, better http CONNECT/upgrade handling, improved child_process.spawn()/spawnSync() semantics, worker_threads eval behavior that matches Node, and tighter dns, dgram, net, fs, console, readline, and TTY compatibility. Crypto also saw major progress with generatePrime(), generateKeyPair(), PEM export, X509Certificate, CryptoKey/KeyObject interop, and more Node-like error handling.
Profiling and diagnostics got much better
Deno added --cpu-prof controls, --cpu-prof-flamegraph SVG output, and source-mapped CPU profiles that point back to original TypeScript locations. Coverage and exit handling were also improved so profiling/coverage data survives Deno.exit(), and tracing/logging now better follows OpenTelemetry conventions.
npm installs and resolution became faster and more reliable
The npm resolver got important fixes for large peer dependency trees, bundled dependencies outside node_modules, and email-based .npmrc auth. Lifecycle scripts now run in parallel, .bin setup handles read-only executables, and deno doc can now follow npm package dependencies in mixed Deno/npm projects.
Runtime stability and performance improvements
Fetch retries stale pooled connections, V8 wakeups are handled more reliably, worker teardown releases memory sooner on Linux, and base64 Buffer operations were optimized. There were also targeted fixes for napi_queue_async_work, async handle lifetime, telemetry teardown, FreeBSD signals, and structured cloning for DOMException and CryptoKey.
Developer experience and tooling updates
A new ./x helper script landed for common repo workflows, Node compat test harnesses got simpler ignore/list handling, and several LSP/editor behaviors were aligned with tsgo.
Other misc changes
deno compile/--env-filepath handling fixesconsole.loggained%jJSON formattingnapi_syscleanup and more in-tree N-API refactoring- Small fs consolidation and export cleanup
- Version/workflow, CI, and dependency updates