2025-12-10, Version 24.12.0 'Krypton' (LTS)

Notable changes:

http:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) add optimizeEmptyRequests server option (Rafael Gonzaga) #59778
lib:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) add options to util.deprecate (Rafael Gonzaga) #59982
module:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) mark type stripping as stable (Marco Ippolito) #60600
node-api:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) add napi_create_object_with_properties (Miguel Marcondes Filho) #59953
sqlite:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) allow setting defensive flag (Bart Louwers) #60217
src:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) add watch config namespace (Marco Ippolito) #60178
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) add an option to make compile cache portable (Aditi) #58797
src,permission:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) add --allow-inspector ability (Rafael Gonzaga) #59711
v8:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) add cpu profile (theanarkh) #59807

PR-URL: #61001

Author: nodejs-github-bot

CHANGELOG.md

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 <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#24.11.1">24.11.1</a></b><br/>
+<b><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V24.md#24.12.0">24.12.0</a></b><br/>
+<a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V24.md#24.11.1">24.11.1</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V24.md#24.11.0">24.11.0</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V24.md#24.10.0">24.10.0</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V24.md#24.9.0">24.9.0</a><br/>

doc/api/cli.md

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 ### `--allow-inspector`
 
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doc/api/http.md

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doc/api/module.md

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   - version: REPLACEME
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60971
     description: This feature is no longer experimental.
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     description: Add `portable` option to enable portable compile cache.
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     description: Rename the unreleased `path` option to `directory` to maintain consistency.
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doc/api/n-api.md

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 #### `napi_create_object_with_properties`
 
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doc/api/perf_hooks.md

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  - v12.19.0
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doc/api/process.md

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     description: Type stripping is now stable.
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doc/api/sqlite.md

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       - v25.1.0
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     description: Add `defensive` option.
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doc/api/typescript.md

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doc/api/util.md

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     description: Add options object with modifyPrototype to conditionally
                  modify the prototype of the deprecated object.