2025-10-28, Version 25.1.0 (Current)

Notable changes:

http:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) add optimizeEmptyRequests server option (Rafael Gonzaga) nodejs/node#59778
sqlite:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) allow setting defensive flag (Bart Louwers) nodejs/node#60217
src:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) add watch config namespace (Marco Ippolito) nodejs/node#60178

PR-URL: nodejs/node#60436

Author: aduh95

CHANGELOG.md

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-<b><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V25.md#25.0.0">25.0.0</a></b><br/>
+<b><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V25.md#25.1.0">25.1.0</a></b><br/>
+<a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V25.md#25.0.0">25.0.0</a><br/>
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 <b><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V24.md#24.11.0">24.11.0</a></b><br/>

doc/api/assert.md

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doc/api/http.md

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doc/api/sqlite.md

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 added: v22.5.0
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     description: Add `defensive` option.
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 * `active` {boolean} Whether to set the defensive flag.

doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V25.md

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   * [io.js](CHANGELOG_IOJS.md)
   * [Archive](CHANGELOG_ARCHIVE.md)
 
+<a id="25.1.0"></a>
+
+## 2025-10-28, Version 25.1.0 (Current), @aduh95
+
+### Notable Changes
+
+* \[[`4395fe14b9`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4395fe14b9)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **http**: add optimizeEmptyRequests server option (Rafael Gonzaga) [#59778](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/59778)
+* \[[`2e55c6ad04`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/2e55c6ad04)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **sqlite**: allow setting defensive flag (Bart Louwers) [#60217](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60217)
+* \[[`f437204491`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f437204491)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **src**: add watch config namespace (Marco Ippolito) [#60178](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60178)
+
+### Commits
+
+* \[[`bb27766bd5`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/bb27766bd5)] - **benchmark**: improve cpu.sh for safety and usability (Nam Yooseong) [#60162](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60162)
+* \[[`e600711c20`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e600711c20)] - **benchmark**: add benchmark for leaf source text modules (Joyee Cheung) [#60205](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60205)
+* \[[`1bbcdf9039`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1bbcdf9039)] - **benchmark**: add vm.SourceTextModule benchmark (Joyee Cheung) [#59396](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/59396)
+* \[[`22fa6bd28b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/22fa6bd28b)] - **build**: ibmi follow aix visibility (SRAVANI GUNDEPALLI) [#60360](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60360)
+* \[[`931028400e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/931028400e)] - **build**: use call command when calling python configure (Jacob Nichols) [#60098](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60098)
+* \[[`17fde3f3d1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/17fde3f3d1)] - **build**: build v8 with -fvisibility=hidden -fvisibility-inlines-hidden (Joyee Cheung) [#56290](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/56290)
+* \[[`04cc7aae5e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/04cc7aae5e)] - **build**: remove V8\_COMPRESS\_POINTERS\_IN\_ISOLATE\_CAGE defs (Joyee Cheung) [#60296](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60296)
+* \[[`8a2053060d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8a2053060d)] - **crypto**: update root certificates to NSS 3.116 (Node.js GitHub Bot) [#59956](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/59956)
+* \[[`fe91c0f755`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/fe91c0f755)] - **deps**: update simdjson to 4.0.7 (Node.js GitHub Bot) [#59883](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/59883)
+* \[[`aacfc0d212`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/aacfc0d212)] - **deps**: update corepack to 0.34.1 (Node.js GitHub Bot) [#60314](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60314)
+* \[[`8596891a71`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8596891a71)] - **deps**: update inspector\_protocol to af7f5a8173fdbc29f0835ec94395932e328b (Node.js GitHub Bot) [#60312](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60312)
+* \[[`21bcd0eb2f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/21bcd0eb2f)] - **deps**: V8: cherry-pick 3d0f462a17ff (Joyee Cheung) [#59396](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/59396)
+* \[[`673558501c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/673558501c)] - **deps**: update googletest to 279f847 (Node.js GitHub Bot) [#60219](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60219)
+* \[[`425a1879b1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/425a1879b1)] - **doc**: mention more codemods in `deprecations.md` (Augustin Mauroy) [#60243](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60243)
+* \[[`563e1317f3`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/563e1317f3)] - **doc**: remove unnecessary statement of web storage (Deokjin Kim) [#60363](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60363)
+* \[[`064c8c5cfd`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/064c8c5cfd)] - **doc**: add missing CAA type to dns.resolveAny() & dnsPromises.resolveAny() (Jimmy Leung) [#58899](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/58899)
+* \[[`99e357af35`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/99e357af35)] - **doc**: use `any` for `worker_threads.Worker` 'error' event argument `err` (Jonas Geiler) [#60300](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60300)
+* \[[`8ccff0d934`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8ccff0d934)] - **doc**: update decorator documentation to reflect actual policy (Muhammad Salman Aziz) [#60288](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60288)
+* \[[`bac70c6ef3`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/bac70c6ef3)] - **doc**: document wildcard supported by tools/test.py (Joyee Cheung) [#60265](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60265)
+* \[[`8492bc6a88`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8492bc6a88)] - **doc**: add --heap-snapshot-on-oom to useful v8 flag (jakecastelli) [#60260](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60260)
+* \[[`0f0d3c0e47`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0f0d3c0e47)] - **doc**: fix `blob.bytes()` heading level (XTY) [#60252](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60252)
+* \[[`8c8525cf93`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8c8525cf93)] - **doc**: fix not working code example in vm docs (Artur Gawlik) [#60224](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60224)
+* \[[`8a6de3866c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8a6de3866c)] - **doc, assert**: correct order of changes entries (Gerhard Stöbich) [#60304](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60304)
+* \[[`6bacb6555a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6bacb6555a)] - **doc, module**: change async customization hooks to experimental (Gerhard Stöbich) [#60302](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60302)
+* \[[`6f3b16df16`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6f3b16df16)] - **esm**: use index-based resolution callbacks (Joyee Cheung) [#59396](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/59396)
+* \[[`95644a432c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/95644a432c)] - **http**: lazy allocate cookies array (Robert Nagy) [#59734](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/59734)
+* \[[`4395fe14b9`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4395fe14b9)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **http**: add optimizeEmptyRequests server option (Rafael Gonzaga) [#59778](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/59778)
+* \[[`f1aa1eaaf5`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f1aa1eaaf5)] - **inspector**: add network payload buffer size limits (Chengzhong Wu) [#60236](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60236)
+* \[[`64fc625bf9`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/64fc625bf9)] - **inspector**: support handshake response for websocket inspection (Shima Ryuhei) [#60225](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60225)
+* \[[`0ecbb806a8`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0ecbb806a8)] - **lib**: fix typo in createBlobReaderStream (SeokHun) [#60132](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60132)
+* \[[`ffec5927fd`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ffec5927fd)] - **meta**: fix typo in test-shared workflow name (Ronit Sabhaya) [#60321](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60321)
+* \[[`a02897e157`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a02897e157)] - **meta**: move one or more collaborators to emeritus (Node.js GitHub Bot) [#60325](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60325)
+* \[[`59223a7831`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/59223a7831)] - **meta**: loop userland-migrations in deprecations (Chengzhong Wu) [#60299](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60299)
+* \[[`2d48d17696`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/2d48d17696)] - **module**: refactor and clarify async loader hook customizations (Joyee Cheung) [#60278](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60278)
+* \[[`be1b84fd93`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/be1b84fd93)] - **module**: handle null source from async loader hooks in sync hooks (Joyee Cheung) [#59929](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/59929)
+* \[[`063fbd87d3`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/063fbd87d3)] - **msi**: fix WiX warnings (Stefan Stojanovic) [#60251](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60251)
+* \[[`2e55c6ad04`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/2e55c6ad04)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **sqlite**: allow setting defensive flag (Bart Louwers) [#60217](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60217)
+* \[[`dc93d6988a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/dc93d6988a)] - **src**: fix timing of snapshot serialize callback (Joyee Cheung) [#60434](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60434)
+* \[[`267e1b3817`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/267e1b3817)] - **src**: add COUNT\_GENERIC\_USAGE utility for tests (Joyee Cheung) [#60434](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60434)
+* \[[`4a5d7a4c2a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4a5d7a4c2a)] - **src**: conditionally disable source phase imports by default (Shelley Vohr) [#60364](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60364)
+* \[[`f437204491`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f437204491)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **src**: add watch config namespace (Marco Ippolito) [#60178](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60178)
+* \[[`36837fa0f9`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/36837fa0f9)] - **src**: use cached primordials\_string (Sohyeon Kim) [#60255](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60255)
+* \[[`df8396ad37`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/df8396ad37)] - **src**: replace Environment::GetCurrent with args.GetIsolate (Sohyeon Kim) [#60256](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60256)
+* \[[`5dd670b2b9`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5dd670b2b9)] - **src**: initial enablement of IsolateGroups (James M Snell) [#60254](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60254)
+* \[[`afdb362933`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/afdb362933)] - **src**: use `Utf8Value` and `TwoByteValue` instead of V8 helpers (Anna Henningsen) [#60244](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60244)
+* \[[`a40e533e72`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a40e533e72)] - **src**: add a default branch for module phase (Chengzhong Wu) [#60261](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60261)
+* \[[`42729f07ee`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/42729f07ee)] - **src**: stop using deprecated v8::Context::GetIsolate (Michaël Zasso) [#60223](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60223)
+* \[[`7a6542c205`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7a6542c205)] - **test**: skip failing test on macOS 15.7+ (Antoine du Hamel) [#60419](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60419)
+* \[[`29a5855a4f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/29a5855a4f)] - **test**: ensure assertions are reachable in `test/addons` (Antoine du Hamel) [#60142](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60142)
+* \[[`12773d19c4`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/12773d19c4)] - **test**: increase debugger waitFor timeout on macOS (Chengzhong Wu) [#60367](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60367)
+* \[[`0b38de3e9e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0b38de3e9e)] - **test**: put helper in test-runner-output into common (Joyee Cheung) [#60330](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60330)
+* \[[`6de2407c44`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6de2407c44)] - **test**: fix small compile warning in test\_network\_requests\_buffer.cc (xiaocainiao633) [#60281](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60281)
+* \[[`4b23ac8613`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4b23ac8613)] - **test**: fix status when compiled without inspector (Antoine du Hamel) [#60289](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60289)
+* \[[`a07f32e326`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a07f32e326)] - **test**: split test-runner-watch-mode-kill-signal (Joyee Cheung) [#60298](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60298)
+* \[[`30451d32d7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/30451d32d7)] - **test**: fix incorrect calculation in test-perf-hooks.js (Joyee Cheung) [#60271](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60271)
+* \[[`e3c3b48f1c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e3c3b48f1c)] - **test**: ignore EPIPE errors in https proxy invalid URL test (Joyee Cheung) [#60269](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60269)
+* \[[`405a9c4c5f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/405a9c4c5f)] - **test**: parallelize test-without-async-context-frame correctly (Joyee Cheung) [#60273](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60273)
+* \[[`ffeebebc71`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ffeebebc71)] - **test**: make test-worker-prof more tolerant (Joyee Cheung) [#60272](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60272)
+* \[[`26b01bf170`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/26b01bf170)] - **test**: skip sea tests on x64 macOS (Joyee Cheung) [#60250](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60250)
+* \[[`8caae1a05b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8caae1a05b)] - **test**: move sea tests into test/sea (Joyee Cheung) [#60250](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60250)
+* \[[`3d183e3e9f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3d183e3e9f)] - **test,crypto**: fix conditional SHA3-\* skip on BoringSSL (Filip Skokan) [#60379](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60379)
+* \[[`e83dbcba94`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e83dbcba94)] - **test,crypto**: sha3 algorithms aren't supported with BoringSSL (Shelley Vohr) [#60374](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60374)
+* \[[`3d89331496`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3d89331496)] - **test\_runner**: use module.registerHooks in module mocks (Joyee Cheung) [#60326](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60326)
+* \[[`377e8ce85a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/377e8ce85a)] - **tls**: avoid external memory leak on invalid protocol versions (Shelley Vohr) [#60390](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60390)
+* \[[`ae4858c1f6`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ae4858c1f6)] - **tools**: add an option to generate lighter archives (Antoine du Hamel) [#60294](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60294)
+* \[[`cb615b1a2e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/cb615b1a2e)] - **tools**: skip test-shared workflow for draft PRs (Michaël Zasso) [#60365](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60365)
+* \[[`03b034731e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/03b034731e)] - **tools**: disable inspector on macOS-shared to reduce flakiness (Antoine du Hamel) [#60320](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60320)
+* \[[`f402b4e1d1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f402b4e1d1)] - **tools**: show diff alongside the error in Nix linter (Antoine du Hamel) [#60301](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60301)
+* \[[`5d5c8483fb`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5d5c8483fb)] - **tools**: run CI with shared libs on GHA (Antoine du Hamel) [#60121](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60121)
+* \[[`e8fdd8d2e8`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e8fdd8d2e8)] - **tools**: update gyp-next to 0.20.5 (Node.js GitHub Bot) [#60313](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60313)
+* \[[`6e8b029a21`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6e8b029a21)] - **tools**: limit inspector protocol PR title length (Chengzhong Wu) [#60324](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60324)
+* \[[`a5073086c6`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a5073086c6)] - **tools**: fix inspector\_protocol updater (Chengzhong Wu) [#60277](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60277)
+* \[[`47fa765bff`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/47fa765bff)] - **tools**: optimize wildcard execution in tools/test.py (Joyee Cheung) [#60266](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60266)
+* \[[`11ebb0447d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/11ebb0447d)] - **tools**: add C++ lint rule to avoid using `String::Utf8Value` (Anna Henningsen) [#60244](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60244)
+* \[[`14f3189670`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/14f3189670)] - **tools**: add inspector\_protocol updater (Chengzhong Wu) [#60245](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60245)
+* \[[`ef4c596fc6`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ef4c596fc6)] - **typings**: add missing properties and method in Worker (Woohyun Sung) [#60257](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60257)
+* \[[`09ae6fc065`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/09ae6fc065)] - **typings**: add missing properties in HTTPParser (Woohyun Sung) [#60257](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60257)
+* \[[`9ecaf41f8e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9ecaf41f8e)] - **typings**: delete undefined property in ConfigBinding (Woohyun Sung) [#60257](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60257)
+* \[[`4a86016e86`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4a86016e86)] - **util**: use more defensive code when inspecting error objects (Antoine du Hamel) [#60139](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60139)
+* \[[`9e6d6cec59`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9e6d6cec59)] - **util**: mark special properties when inspecting them (Ruben Bridgewater) [#60131](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60131)
+* \[[`79b2387fd9`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/79b2387fd9)] - **vm**: make vm.Module.evaluate() conditionally synchronous (Joyee Cheung) [#60205](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60205)
+* \[[`e5559f3be3`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e5559f3be3)] - **win**: upgrade Visual Studio workload from 2019 to 2022 (Jiawen Geng) [#60318](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60318)
+
 <a id="25.0.0"></a>
 
 ## 2025-10-15, Version 25.0.0 (Current), @RafaelGSS