2026-01-26, Version 25.5.0 (Current)

Notable changes:

crypto:
  * update root certificates to NSS 3.119 (Node.js GitHub Bot) #61419
deps:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) add LIEF as a dependency (Joyee Cheung) #61167
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) add tools and scripts to pull LIEF as a dependency (Joyee Cheung) #61167
fs:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) add ignore option to fs.watch (Matteo Collina) #61433
sea:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) add `--build-sea` to generate SEA directly with Node.js binary (Joyee Cheung) #61167
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) split sea binary manipulation code (Joyee Cheung) #61167
sqlite:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) enable defensive mode by default (Bart Louwers) #61266
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) add sqlite prepare options args (Guilherme Araújo) #61311
src:
  * use node- prefix on thread names (Stewart X Addison) #61307
test:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) migrate to `--build-sea` in existing SEA tests (Joyee Cheung) #61167
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) use fixture directories for sea tests (Joyee Cheung) #61167
test_runner:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) support expecting a test-case to fail (Jacob Smith) #60669

PR-URL: #61519

Author: aduh95

CHANGELOG.md

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doc/api/buffer.md

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doc/api/cli.md

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doc/api/inspector.md

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doc/api/single-executable-applications.md

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doc/api/sqlite.md

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doc/api/test.md

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doc/api/v8.md

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