Developers managing JavaScript runtimes have a new major version to evaluate. Node.js 26.0.0 brings the long-awaited Temporal API to the platform alongside an updated V8 engine, a refreshed HTTP client, and several long-flagged removals that will require code changes in some applications. Temporal API ready for production code Temporal, a date and time API designed to replace the aging Date object, is now available in Node.js without an experime…
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Node.js delivers version 26.0.0. This version is particularly interesting:- Temporal API is enabled by default- update of the V8 engine, in version 14.6- Undici 8.0 by default- minimum required for CCG: version 13.2Warning, Node.js 26 introduces several depreciations and removals:- DEP0182 (crypto) is at the end of life- writeHeader (http) is at the end of life- http.Server.prototype.writeHeader() is removed. Use http.Server.prototype.writeHead(…