- Added experimental network inspection support for http/https modules via a flag
- Introduced TLS option allowPartialTrustChain and vm.createContext freezable globalThis via DONT_CONTEXTIFY flag
- Deprecated class instantiation without new for node:repl and zlib; added minor APIs like EventSource client, performance.uvMetricsInfo, URL parse, and test runner module mocking
2024-10-03, Version 20.18.0 'Iron' (LTS), @targos
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