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UNDICI TIGHTENS NODE REQUIREMENTS — PLAN YOUR UPGRADES NOW

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Both c8 and neostandard just dropped breaking changes that will force your test infrastructure to Node 20.19+ or 22.13+, and undici itself is shipping a backpressure optimization that matters for high-throughput streams.

The coverage tool c8 [1] and the linter neostandard [2] both moved to require Node.js 20.19.0 or 22.13.0 or greater — no 20.0-20.18 anymore. If you're still pinned to early LTS, your CI will break on the next undici update. More importantly, undici itself landed a performance win [3] that eliminates duplicate pool dispatcher selection when backpressure hits, which means less CPU spinning on high-concurrency workloads. The typing improvements [4] and test coverage additions [5] round out the week, but they're secondary to the dependency floor you need to clear.

$ ls nodejs/reviews/ # the step-back reads

the week in review node-gyp 13.1.0 patches tar CVE, raises CMake floor the month in review Node 26.10.0 lands crypto.parsePKCS12 as npm 12 ships
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Quick answers

What shipped in Node.js on May 4, 2026?
Both c8 and neostandard just dropped breaking changes that will force your test infrastructure to Node 20.19+ or 22.13+, and undici itself is shipping a backpressure optimization that matters for high-throughput streams. In total, 3 commits and 16 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to Node.js on May 4, 2026?
2 developers shipped this update, including dependabot[bot] and trivikr.
What were the notable Node.js updates?
build(deps-dev): bump c8 from 10.1.3 to 11.0.0, build(deps-dev): bump neostandard from 0.12.2 to 0.13.0, and perf: avoid duplicate pool dispatcher selection on backpressure.
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$ log @nodejs --recent

Undici caps EventSource buffering, node:ffi takes plain integers 51 shipped Legacy AsyncLocalStorage removed, FFI permission checks dropped 29 shipped node-gyp 13.1.0 fixes --msvs_version, and citgm's red builds traced to loglevel precedence 17 shipped child_process spawn gets 20% faster, QUIC macro cleaned up 43 shipped

$ log --all # elsewhere on the wire

@vuejs Vue language tools stop calling registerHooks on buggy Node builds @openclaw OpenClaw's deslop sweep removes 1,000+ production lines

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