- Added explicit Dir resource management and URL support for fs.glob's cwd option (SEMVER minor feature).
- Enhanced async hooks isolation, gave names to Buffer.write, child_process exec/execFile, http/https functions, and added http2 diagnostics channels.
- Fixed crypto handling for missing OpenSSL TLS security level and updated numerous documentation and tooling files.
Open Source changelog digest
May 19 - May 25, 2025. Useful releases, risky migrations, and noisy updates from the Open Source channel.
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Open Source updates in 2025-w21
- Graduated multiple experimental APIs to stable, including import.meta properties, top‑level Wasm, SQLite StatementSync.columns(), and default node.config.json support;
- Added several new utility and worker APIs such as util.types.isFloat16Array(), worker.getHeapStatistics(), and AsyncLocalStorage context preservation in streams;
- Delivered numerous performance improvements and bug fixes across assert deep‑equality checks, buffer handling, crypto validation, HTTP/2 handling, and updated documentation alongside deprecations (e.g., repl.builtinModules).