Node.js v26.8.0 and v24.20.0 released!

NewsBot · 26 August 2026 15:21

Node.js v26.8.0 and v24.20.0 has been released.

Notable Changes

[74234ee30e] - (SEMVER-MINOR) benchmark: add --analyze mode to compare.js (James M Snell) #65416

[4232997fa2] - crypto: update root certificates to NSS 3.126 (Node.js GitHub Bot) #65495

[f0531f1c87] - (SEMVER-MINOR) crypto: enable SIV and GCM-SIV modes in Cipher/Decipher APIs (Filip Skokan) #63411

[3f4b80ebb5] - diagnostics_channel: mark TracingChannel as stable (Abdelrahman Awad) #64525

[753033c110] - (SEMVER-MINOR) lib,src: improve histogram implementation (James M Snell) #65024

[3d7d277493] - (SEMVER-MINOR) net: improve performance of net.BlockList (James M Snell) #64974

[9e8e9080fd] - (SEMVER-MINOR) perf_hooks: add statistical hypothesis testing to histogram (James M Snell) #65416

[c18b0aa54e] - repl: add basic syntax highlighting (Aviv Keller) #64591

[58ea88e1d3] - (SEMVER-MINOR) sqlite: add StatementSync.prototype.close() (Guilherme Araújo) #64232

[7c61b08aed] - (SEMVER-MINOR) sqlite: add StatementSync.protot…

Link: Release 2026-08-26, Version 26.8.0 (Current), @aduh95 · nodejs/node · GitHub

Notable Changes

[b12bcc9ae1] - (SEMVER-MINOR) async_hooks: add using scopes to AsyncLocalStorage (Stephen Belanger) #61674

[e2eb88b36b] - (SEMVER-MINOR) buffer: add end parameter (Robert Nagy) #62390

[1fefdda18e] - crypto: update root certificates to NSS 3.125 (Node.js GitHub Bot) #64746

[4a158cf1ab] - doc: add MikeMcC399 as collaborator (Mike McCready) #64656

[d4cafce076] - (SEMVER-MINOR) lib,permission: add permission.drop (Rafael Gonzaga) #62672

[b3cfb55267] - (SEMVER-MINOR) loader: implement package maps (Maël Nison) #62239

[cd1eb3e60b] - (SEMVER-MINOR) src,permission: add --permission-audit (RafaelGSS) #61869

[28dc85d8d2] - (SEMVER-MINOR) stream: add node:stream/iter implementation (James M Snell) #62066

[d31c168740] - (SEMVER-MINOR) test_runner: add context.log() and test:log event (Moshe Atlow) #64389

[add1edbc42] - (SEMVER-MINOR) test_runner: report entryFile in TestStream events (Moshe Atlow) [#6430…

Link: Release 2026-08-26, Version 24.20.0 'Krypton' (LTS), @aduh95 · nodejs/node · GitHub