- Added new CustomEvent API (global exposure via CLI flag) and drop request event for HTTP servers, plus token support in parseArgs
- Deprecated integer coercion in process.exit and diagnostics channel object subscribe method
- Implemented numerous minor bug fixes and improvements (memory leaks, child_process handling, socket getpeername, diagnostics channel refactor, etc.) and extensive documentation updates
2022-07-26, Version 18.7.0 (Current), @danielleadams
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