Node.js v19.9.0 released!

NewsBot · 11 April 2023 01:10

Node.js v19.9.0 has been released.

Notable Changes

Tracing Channel in diagnostic_channel

TracingChannel adds a new, high-performance channel to publish tracing data about the timing and purpose of function executions.

Contributed by Stephen Belanger in #44943

New URL.canParse API

A new API was added to the URL. URL.canParse checks if an input with an optional base value can be parsed correctly
according to WHATWG URL specification.
const isValid = URL.canParse('/foo', 'https://example.org/'); // true
const isNotValid = URL.canParse('/foo'); // false
Contributed by Khafra in #47179

Other notable changes

events:

(SEMVER-MINOR) add getMaxListeners method (Khafra) https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/47039
msi:

(SEMVER-MINOR) migrate to WiX4 (Stefan Stojanovic) https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/45943
node-api:

(SEMVER-MINOR) deprecate napi_modu…

Link: Release 2023-04-10, Version 19.9.0 (Current), @RafaelGSS · nodejs/node · GitHub