- Integrated Ada 2.0 as the new URL parser, delivering significant performance gains and eliminating the ICU requirement; added URL.canParse API.
- Web Crypto API arguments are now coerced and validated against WebIDL definitions, improving cross‑implementation compatibility; updated crypto internals and root certificates.
- Added many minor features and improvements such as dns.getDefaultResultOrder, fs copy mode flag, recursive readdir/opendir, events.getMaxListeners, AbortSignal.any, default resolver tweaks, and deprecated napi_module_register; documentat...
2023-07-18, Version 18.17.0 'Hydrogen' (LTS), @danielleadams
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