Node.js 12.22.8 (Er) Release: Key Changes and Commit Summary

Node.js is an open‑source, cross‑platform JavaScript runtime that enables JavaScript to run on the server side, using Google’s V8 engine and an event‑driven, non‑blocking, asynchronous I/O model to improve performance.

Node.js 12.22.8 (code‑named “Er”) has been released, with the following updates:

Significant changes:

This version includes an update to c-ares to fix a regression introduced in Node.js 12.22.5: resolving CNAME records that contain underscores. #39780

Root certificates have been updated to Mozilla’s NSS 3.71 version. #40281

Other commits

[ 2d42295d2a ] - build: Pin macOS GitHub runner to macos-10.15 #41124

[ 41e09ec71b ] - child_process: Preserve references to data with advanced serialization #38728

[ f0be07796e ] - crypto: Update root certificates #40280

[ 4c9f920d34 ] - deps: Update archs file for OpenSSL‑1.1.1m #41172

[ 60d7d4171e ] - deps: Upgrade OpenSSL source to 1.1.1m #41172

[ 7feff67419 ] - deps: Add -fno-strict-aliasing flag to libuv #40631

[ 534ac7c7c6 ] - deps: Update c‑ares to 1.18.1 #40660

[ c019fa9b70 ] - deps: Update cjs‑module‑lexer to @1.2.2 #39402

[ b13340eff4 ] - doc: Add alternative version link to package page #36915

[ 243b2fbfdb ] - lib: Fix regex to detect '/' and '\\' #40325

[ 70e094a26b ] - repl: Fix error message printing #38209

[ 02b432a704 ] - src: Fix crash in AfterGetAddrInfo #39735

[ 7479447d6a ] - test: Uncover child‑process‑pipe‑dataflow #40838

[ 833e199393 ] - tools: Update certdata.txt #40280

[ e4339fe286 ] - tools: Add script to update c‑ares #40660

[ f50b9c1e8a ] - worker: Prevent potential deadlock on NearHeapLimit #38403