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nodejs/node · · 6 commits

Text modules land; thenable tracing fixed

Node adds experimental text imports, fixes diagnostics_channel to preserve custom thenables, and patches a Windows c-ares bug.

joyeecheung richardlau efekrskl Renegade334 aduh95 Qard

Experimental text modules are now supported (efekrskl54296cb)

Node.js adds --experimental-import-text, enabling import ... with { type: 'text' } for .txt-style modules. The implementation wires the new type through ESM format detection, import-attribute validation, CLI docs, and test coverage, but it remains early-stage and gated behind the flag.

diagnostics_channel now returns the original thenable (Qard5551dfc)

tracingChannel.tracePromise() now preserves custom thenable objects instead of replacing them with chained results, so user-defined methods stay intact. This is a meaningful behavior fix for promise-like types and also tightens the native-Promise path to avoid unsafe prototype assumptions.

Windows c-ares DNS config bug fixed (Renegade334b48e4cd)

A small but important upstream c-ares patch corrects how empty wide strings are detected on Windows. This prevents the DNS domain list from being accidentally replaced with nothing in the affected case.

Other misc changes

  • Pin envinfo in GitHub Actions workflows to reduce supply-chain risk (1 commit)
  • Add the missing --experimental-import-text entry to the man page (1 commit)
  • Update BUILDING.md for upcoming macOS x64 tier-2 support changes (1 commit)