2017-10-31, Version 9.0.0 (Current)

* **async_hooks**
  * Older experimental `async_hooks` APIs have been removed
    [[`d731369b1d`](d731369b1d)]
    **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** [#14414](#14414)

* **Errors**
  * Multiple built in modules have been migrated to use static error codes

* **Domains**
  * The long deprecated `.dispose()` method has been removed
    [[`602fd36d95`](602fd36d95)]
    **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** [#15412](#15412)

* **File system**
  * `fs.ReadStream` and `fs.WriteStream` now make use of `.destroy()`
    [[`e5c290bed9`](e5c290bed9)]
    **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** [#15407](#15407)
  * `fs` callbacks are now invoked with an undefined `this` context
    [[`2249234fee`](2249234fee)]
    **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** [#14645](#14645)

* **HTTP**
  * Socket timeout is set when the socket connects
    [[`10be20a0e8`](10be20a0e8)]
    **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** [#8895](#8895)
  * A bug causing the request `error` event to fire twice has been fixed
    [[`620ba41694`](620ba41694)]
    **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** [#14659](#14659)
  * The `pipe` method on `OutgoingMessage` has been disabled
    [[`156549d8ff`](156549d8ff)]
    **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** [#14358](#14358)

* **HTTP/2**
  * The `--expose-http2` command-line argument is no longer required
    [[`f55ee6e24a`](f55ee6e24a)]
    **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** [#15535](#15535)

* **Internationalization**
  * The `Intl.v8BreakIterator` class has been removed
    [[`668ad44922`](668ad44922)]
    **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** [#15238](#15238)

* **OS**
  * `os.EOL` is now read-only
    [[`f6caeb9526`](f6caeb9526)]
    **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** [#14622](#14622)

* **Process**
  * It is now possible to pass additional flags to `dlopen`
    [[`5f22375922`](5f22375922)]
    **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** [#12794](#12794)

* **Timers**
  * Using a timeout duration larger than 32-bits will now emit a warning
    [[`ce3586da31`](ce3586da31)]
    **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** [#15627](#15627)

* **TLS**
  * `parseCertString` has been deprecated
    [[`468110b327`](468110b327)]
    **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** [#14249](#14249)
  * Type-checking for `key`, `cert`, and `ca` options has been added
    [[`a7dccd040d`](a7dccd040d)]
    **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** [#14807](#14807)

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ release lines.
 
 Select a Node.js version below to view the changelog history:
 
+* [Node.js 9](doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md)
 * [Node.js 8](doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V8.md)
 * [Node.js 7](doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V7.md)
 * [Node.js 6](doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V6.md)
@@ -20,13 +21,16 @@ release.
 
 <table>
 <tr>
+  <th><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md">9</a><sup>Current</sup></th>
   <th><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V8.md">8</a><sup>Current</sup></th>
-  <th title="Supported until 2016-07-01"><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V7.md">7</a><sup>-</sup></th>
   <th title="LTS Until 2019-04"><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V6.md">6</a><sup>LTS</sup></th>
   <th title="LTS Until 2018-04"><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V4.md">4</a><sup>LTS</sup></th>
 </tr>
 <tr>
     <td valign="top">
+<b><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md#9.0.0">9.0.0</a></b><br/>
+    </td>
+    <td valign="top">
 <b><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V8.md#8.8.1">8.8.1</a></b><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V8.md#8.8.0">8.8.0</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V8.md#8.7.0">8.7.0</a><br/>
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 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V8.md#8.1.0">8.1.0</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V8.md#8.0.0">8.0.0</a><br/>
     </td>
-    <td valign="top">
-<b><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V7.md#7.10.1">7.10.1</a></b><br/>
-<a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V7.md#7.10.0">7.10.0</a><br/>
-<a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V7.md#7.9.0">7.9.0</a><br/>
-<a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V7.md#7.8.0">7.8.0</a><br/>
-<a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V7.md#7.7.4">7.7.4</a><br/>
-<a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V7.md#7.7.3">7.7.3</a><br/>
-<a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V7.md#7.7.2">7.7.2</a><br/>
-<a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V7.md#7.7.1">7.7.1</a><br/>
-<a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V7.md#7.7.0">7.7.0</a><br/>
-<a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V7.md#7.6.0">7.6.0</a><br/>
-<a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V7.md#7.5.0">7.5.0</a><br/>
-<a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V7.md#7.4.0">7.4.0</a><br/>
-<a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V7.md#7.3.0">7.3.0</a><br/>
-<a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V7.md#7.2.1">7.2.1</a><br/>
-<a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V7.md#7.2.0">7.2.0</a><br/>
-<a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V7.md#7.1.0">7.1.0</a><br/>
-<a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V7.md#7.0.0">7.0.0</a><br/>
-    </td>
   <td valign="top">
 <b><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V6.md#6.11.5">6.11.5</a></b><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V6.md#6.11.4">6.11.4</a><br/>

doc/api/assert.md

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doc/api/async_hooks.md

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 #### `async_hooks.createHook(callbacks)`
 
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doc/api/crypto.md

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 ### Certificate.exportChallenge(spkac)
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 - `spkac` {string | Buffer | TypedArray | DataView}
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@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ console.log(challenge.toString('utf8'));
 
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doc/api/fs.md

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doc/api/http.md

@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ socket/stream from this function, or by passing the socket/stream to `callback`.
 
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 * `socket` {net.Socket}
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 ### agent.reuseSocket(socket, request)
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 * `socket` {net.Socket}

doc/api/path.md

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 * `path` {string}

doc/api/process.md

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doc/api/repl.md

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doc/api/zlib.md

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doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_ARCHIVE.md

@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@
 </table>
 
 * Other Versions
+  * [9.x](CHANGELOG_V9.md)
   * [8.x](CHANGELOG_V8.md)
   * [7.x](CHANGELOG_V7.md)
   * [6.x](CHANGELOG_V6.md)

doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_IOJS.md

@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 </table>
 
 * Other Versions
+  * [9.x](CHANGELOG_V9.md)
   * [8.x](CHANGELOG_V8.md)
   * [7.x](CHANGELOG_V7.md)
   * [6.x](CHANGELOG_V6.md)

doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V010.md

@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 </table>
 
 * Other Versions
+  * [9.x](CHANGELOG_V9.md)
   * [8.x](CHANGELOG_V8.md)
   * [7.x](CHANGELOG_V7.md)
   * [6.x](CHANGELOG_V6.md)

doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V012.md

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 </table>
 
 * Other Versions
+  * [9.x](CHANGELOG_V9.md)
   * [8.x](CHANGELOG_V8.md)
   * [7.x](CHANGELOG_V7.md)
   * [6.x](CHANGELOG_V6.md)

doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V4.md

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 </table>
 
 * Other Versions
+  * [9.x](CHANGELOG_V9.md)
   * [8.x](CHANGELOG_V8.md)
   * [7.x](CHANGELOG_V7.md)
   * [6.x](CHANGELOG_V6.md)

doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V5.md

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 </table>
 
 * Other Versions
+  * [9.x](CHANGELOG_V9.md)
   * [8.x](CHANGELOG_V8.md)
   * [7.x](CHANGELOG_V7.md)
   * [6.x](CHANGELOG_V6.md)

doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V6.md

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 </table>
 
 * Other Versions
+  * [9.x](CHANGELOG_V9.md)
   * [8.x](CHANGELOG_V8.md)
   * [7.x](CHANGELOG_V7.md)
   * [5.x](CHANGELOG_V5.md)
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ This LTS release comes with 91 commits. This includes 29 which are test related,
 
 ### Notable Changes
 
-* **net**: 
+* **net**:
   - support passing undefined to listen() to match behavior in v4.x and v8.x (Sam Roberts) [#14234](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/14234)
 
 ### Commits
@@ -164,7 +165,7 @@ This LTS release comes with 91 commits. This includes 29 which are test related,
 * [[`c88f99f1f3`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c88f99f1f3)] - **test**: improvements to various http tests (James M Snell) [#14315](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/14315)
 * [[`860c6198c0`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/860c6198c0)] - **test**: use ciphers supported by shared OpenSSL (Jérémy Lal) [#14566](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/14566)
 * [[`8b9a05c04b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8b9a05c04b)] - **test**: read proper inspector message size (Bartosz Sosnowski) [#14596](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/14596)
-* [[`86497f1acc`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/86497f1acc)] - **test**: mark inspector-port-zero-cluster as flaky (Refael Ackermann) 
+* [[`86497f1acc`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/86497f1acc)] - **test**: mark inspector-port-zero-cluster as flaky (Refael Ackermann)
 * [[`8dfc2838c8`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8dfc2838c8)] - **test**: fix test-readline-interface (Azard) [#14677](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/14677)
 * [[`3a6392b283`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3a6392b283)] - **tls**: fix empty issuer/subject/infoAccess parsing (Ben Noordhuis) [#14473](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/14473)
 * [[`37dd2adbac`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/37dd2adbac)] - **tools**: fix linter error in html.js (Michaël Zasso) [#15063](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/15063)

doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V7.md

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 </table>
 
 * Other Versions
+  * [9.x](CHANGELOG_V9.md)
   * [8.x](CHANGELOG_V8.md)
   * [6.x](CHANGELOG_V6.md)
   * [5.x](CHANGELOG_V5.md)

doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V8.md

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 </table>
 
 * Other Versions
+  * [9.x](CHANGELOG_V9.md)
   * [7.x](CHANGELOG_V7.md)
   * [6.x](CHANGELOG_V6.md)
   * [5.x](CHANGELOG_V5.md)