- Added import attributes to replace import assertions and deprecated the `assert` keyword; introduced `dirent.parentPath` replacing `dirent.path`.
- Introduced experimental Node‑API no‑GC feature flags and fixed vm.Script compilation‑cache regression, improving performance.
- Updated root certificates to NSS 3.98, refreshed core dependencies (npm 10.5.0, ICU 74.2, etc.) and fixed signal‑to‑child‑process regression.
2024-03-26, Version 18.20.0 'Hydrogen' (LTS), @richardlau
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