Changelog

nodejs/node · · 6 commits

Buffer UTF-8 fast path and OpenSSL workflow fix

A new safe fast path for Buffer.byteLength UTF-8 lands, alongside benchmark consolidation and an OpenSSL update workflow improvement.

inoway46 trivikr abmusse panva ronag

Buffer UTF-8 byteLength gets a safer fast path (ronagbf246cf)

Node now routes UTF-8 byte-length calculations through a new fast binding for safe one-byte strings, with a fallback path that avoids unsafe string flattening. This should improve hot-path performance while preserving correctness for rejected or lazily deoptimized strings; the change also adds GC and string-representation regression coverage.

OpenSSL updater now preserves existing PRs (panva95f3cf0)

The scheduled OpenSSL update workflow now replays the current branch’s existing update commits before rerunning the updater, so same-version refreshes don’t churn the PR and lose approvals. It also learns how to carry forward contributor commits when the update branch advances.

Other misc changes

  • Consolidated the zlib CRC32/CRC32C benchmarks into one parameterized benchmark and removed the duplicate file.
  • Updated FFI docs to rename OS/400 to IBM i.
  • Added CVE-2026-106072 to v24 and v22 changelogs.