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2026-05-20, Version 26.2.0 (Current), @aduh95

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Node.js2 weeks agoMay 20, 2026, 01:02 PMUsefulAI-assisted summary

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+Added new minor features: Temporal.Instant support in fs Stats/BigIntStats, writeInformation for arbitrary 1xx HTTP status codes, and marked stream.compose as stable
~Introduced extensive crypto updates: wire‑ML DSA/KEM, ChaCha20‑Poly1305, AES‑KW for BoringSSL, hardened CryptoKey/KeyObject slots and stricter raw key import validation
~Improved documentation across many modules and reduced test flakiness with numerous bug‑fixes and stability tweaks

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