Node.js 14.17.1 LTS Release Highlights and Changes

Node.js is an open‑source, cross‑platform JavaScript runtime that runs JavaScript on the server side, maintained by the OpenJS Foundation and part of the Linux Foundation.

Node.js 14.17.1 LTS has been officially released. The notable changes include:

[6035492c8f] - deps: updated ICU to 69.1;

[9417fd0bc8] - fix: aligned source‑map stack traces with the specification;

Other changes:

[87fa636953] - assert: refactored to use more primordials;

[cfff3b4462] - assert: refactored to avoid unsafe array iteration;

[dd18def7db] - async_hooks: refactored to avoid unsafe array iteration;

[5f3e96b570] - async_hooks, doc: replaced process.stdout.fd with 1;

[f4cb8b8281] - benchmark: avoided using console.log();

[9e4c1f2f2c] - benchmark: used process.hrtime.bigint();

[3c886e0ad6] - buffer: removed TODOs from atob/btoa;

[c5b86f8c2f] - buffer: deleted inaccessible code;

[9ae2a27d44] - buffer: made FastBuffer safely constructible;

[ff546ff744] - buffer: refactored to use primordials instead of Array#reduce;

[5acf0a5ba3] - buffer: refactored to use more primordials;

[52fd42ec46] - build: fixed error in MSBuild v16.10.0;

[5df0f35bf6] - build: added workaround for V8 build;

[754aa384e0] - build: removed dependency on distutils.spawn;

[5de7e64f3a] - build: fixed make test‑npm;

[e5fae63108] - child_process: reduced code duplication in abort handlers;

[598d2bdf09] - child_process: treated already‑aborted controller as aborting;

[b8c4d30e77] - deps: updated cjs‑module‑lexer to 1.2.1;

[bac9ba4f8a] - dgram: extracted cluster lazy‑load method for testability;

[9f67c0852c] - docs: cleaned up events.md structure;