- Updated ICU to 69.1 and incorporated several V8 cherry‑picks, refreshing core dependencies.
- Refactored numerous internal modules (assert, async_hooks, buffer, lib, module, etc.) to use primordials and remove unsafe array iteration, enhancing safety and performance.
- Improved documentation, marked legacy APIs (e.g., process.hrtime, querystring), and applied assorted bug fixes.
2021-06-15, Version 14.17.1 'Fermium' (LTS), @targos
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