Who contributed to Node.js on May 3, 2026?

4 developers shipped this update, including GrinZero, nodejs-github-bot, trivikr, and bavulapati.

What were the notable Node.js updates?

inspector: fix absolute URLs in network http, deps: update llhttp to 9.4.1, and inspector: fix absolute URLs in network http.

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NODE INSPECTOR BUG CRUSHES ABSOLUTE URLS. LLHTTP BUMPED. UNDICI TIGHTENS HTTP/2 PERFORMANCE

By RepoJournal · Filed 06:00 UTC on May 3, 2026 · About Node.js

4 people shipped this

trivikr @trivikr 2 cited

GrinZero @GrinZero 1 cited

nodejs-github-bot @nodejs-github-bot 1 cited

bavulapati @bavulapati 1 cited

A network inspector bug that mangled absolute URLs in HTTP requests is now fixed, while llhttp gets a maintenance bump and Undici optimizes its HTTP/2 client with authority caching.

The inspector was doubling up on URLs when clients passed absolute paths instead of relative ones [1], creating malformed request logs like `http://hosthttp://host/path` — a trap for anyone debugging network traffic in production. The fix handles absolute URLs directly while preserving backward compatibility for relative paths [3]. Separately, llhttp shipped a patch update to 9.4.1 [2], landing upstream in Node with the usual automated dependency sync. Over in Undici, two separate performance wins landed back-to-back: HTTP/2 authority values are now cached to avoid redundant string construction [4], and duplicate request stream setup logic collapsed into a single path [5]. The Node-API CTS gained test coverage for SharedArrayBuffer [6], bridging a gap between the test suite and the compatibility standard. Nothing here demands an emergency patch, but the inspector fix closes a real debugging footgun.

Action items

→ Review the inspector fix [ref:1] before next release if you ship network debugging tooling nodejs/node [plan]
→ Undici users: upgrade when convenient for HTTP/2 performance gains nodejs/undici [monitor]

References

[1] inspector: fix absolute URLs in network http ↗ nodejs/node
[2] deps: update llhttp to 9.4.1 ↗ nodejs/node
[3] inspector: fix absolute URLs in network http nodejs/node
[4] perf(client): cache HTTP/2 authority ↗ nodejs/undici
[5] chore(http2): collapse duplicate request stream setup ↗ nodejs/undici
[6] port test_sharedarraybuffer to CTS ↗ nodejs/node-api-cts

Quick answers

What shipped in Node.js on May 3, 2026?: A network inspector bug that mangled absolute URLs in HTTP requests is now fixed, while llhttp gets a maintenance bump and Undici optimizes its HTTP/2 client with authority caching. In total, 7 commits and 6 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to Node.js on May 3, 2026?: 4 developers shipped this update, including GrinZero, nodejs-github-bot, trivikr, and bavulapati.
What were the notable Node.js updates?: inspector: fix absolute URLs in network http, deps: update llhttp to 9.4.1, and inspector: fix absolute URLs in network http.

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