2026-01-19, Version 25.4.0 (Current)

Notable changes:

cli:
  * add --require-module/--no-require-module (Joyee Cheung) #60959
  * mark --heapsnapshot-near-heap-limit as stable (Joyee Cheung) #60956
crypto:
  * update root certificates to NSS 3.117 (Node.js GitHub Bot) #60741
doc:
  * add @avivkeller to collaborators (Aviv Keller) #61115
  * add gurgunday to collaborators (Gürgün Dayıoğlu) #61094
  * mark --build-snapshot and --build-snapshot-config as stable (Joyee Cheung) #60954
events:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) repurpose `events.listenerCount()` to accept EventTargets (René) #60214
http:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) add http.setGlobalProxyFromEnv() (Joyee Cheung) #60953
meta:
  * add Renegade334 to collaborators (Renegade334) #60714
module:
  * mark require(esm) as stable (Joyee Cheung) #60959
  * mark module compile cache as stable (Joyee Cheung) #60971
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) allow subpath imports that start with `#/` (Jan Martin) #60864
process:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) preserve AsyncLocalStorage in queueMicrotask only when needed (Gürgün Dayıoğlu) #60913
stream:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) do not pass `readable.compose()` output via `Readable.from()` (René) #60907
util:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) add convertProcessSignalToExitCode utility (Erick Wendel) #60963
v8:
  * mark v8.queryObjects() as stable (Joyee Cheung) #60957

PR-URL: #61400

Author: nodejs-github-bot

CHANGELOG.md

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doc/api/cli.md

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doc/api/crypto.md

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doc/api/deprecations.md

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doc/api/events.md

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doc/api/http.md

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doc/api/module.md

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doc/api/modules.md

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doc/api/n-api.md

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doc/api/packages.md

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