- Boosted base64/base64url encoding performance and added stack traces to fs/promises errors.
- Introduced several features: process.getAvailableMemory(), report.excludeNetwork, typed‑array support in streams, array formats for util.styleText, and v8.queryObjects() for memory‑leak testing.
- Marked CustomEvent and Watch mode as stable; added doc‑only deprecation for implicitly shortened GCM auth tags.
2024-05-07, Version 20.13.0 'Iron' (LTS), @marco-ippolito
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