- Added runtime user‑land snapshots via build‑snapshot and snapshot‑blob APIs
- Extended crypto APIs to accept zero‑length inputs and fixed several WebCrypto validation bugs
- Introduced deprecation of trace atomics wait, added net local family, made HTTP parser count configurable, and applied numerous security‑focused bug fixes (e.g., prototype‑pollution patches)
2022-08-24, Version 18.8.0 (Current), @ruyadorno
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