- Added new APIs such as Buffer.copyBytesFrom, AsyncLocalStorage.bind/snapshot, fs.openAsBlob, automatic DHE TLS support, URLSearchParams.size getter, WASI version parameter, and worker name visibility in inspector/trace events.
- Improved performance and diagnostics with deep‑equal optimization, fast‑API Buffer.byteLength, faster network interface queries, refactored encoding bindings, and new benchmarks for URLSearchParams, EventTarget, and others.
- Fixed a range of bugs and stability problems including unhandled UDP socket exceptions, worker startup benchmark failures, REPL .load infinite loop, BroadcastChannel init location, and negative nodeTiming milestone values.
2023-03-14, Version 19.8.0 (Current), @targos
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