V8 patched to 15.6.75.25 (
352e814)
Node now carries a newer V8 patch-level update with a broad set of engine-side changes across parsing, codegen, Maglev, and verifier paths. This is a substantial runtime refresh that can include correctness fixes and behavior changes in JS execution.
OpenSSL upgraded to 4.1.0 (79239a4, 3983092)
The bundled OpenSSL sources and generated arch configs were updated to 4.1.0, a major upstream security and feature release. This brings in a large set of TLS/crypto changes and regenerated platform-specific artifacts needed to build against the new upstream.
sqlite binding resets now avoid invalidating query plans (
eb663fe)
Node's sqlite binding no longer calls sqlite3_clear_bindings() before each execution, because newer SQLite versions can invalidate cached query plans when it does. Instead, only omitted parameters are rebound to NULL, which preserves performance and is covered by a new regression test.
Release process docs updated for the alpha workflow (
7abbd56)
The release documentation and supporting scripts/workflows were updated to describe the new alpha release process for Node.js 27 and related semver-major handling. This matters for maintainers because it codifies the updated tag/promote flow and keeps automation aligned with the new schedule.
Other misc changes
- Documentation/test housekeeping: doctool generation check, release-changelog/release-npm tests, and a small grammar fix in
typescript.md. - Reverts to the earlier doc/build redesign and doc-kit verbosity changes, plus related
tools/docdependency lockfile churn.