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Updates postcss from 8.5.6 to 8.5.14

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8.5.14

• Fixed custom syntax regression (by @​43081j).

8.5.13

• Fixed postcss-scss commend regression.

8.5.12

• Fixed reading any file via user-generated CSS.
• Added opts.unsafeMap to disable checks.

8.5.11

• Fixed nested brackets parsing performance (by @​offset).

8.5.10

• Fixed XSS via unescaped </style> in non-bundler cases (by @​TharVid).

8.5.9

• Speed up source map encoding paring in case of the error.

8.5.8

• Fixed Processor#version.

8.5.7

• Improved source map annotation cleaning performance (by CodeAnt AI).

Changelog

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8.5.14

• Fixed custom syntax regression (by @​43081j).

8.5.13

• Fixed postcss-scss commend regression.

8.5.12

• Fixed reading any file via user-generated CSS.
• Added opts.unsafeMap to disable checks.

8.5.11

• Fixed nested brackets parsing performance (by @​offset).

8.5.10

• Fixed XSS via unescaped </style> in non-bundler cases (by @​TharVid).

8.5.9

• Speed up source map encoding paring in case of the error.

8.5.8

• Fixed Processor#version.

8.5.7

• Improved source map annotation cleaning performance (by CodeAnt AI).

Commits

• 3ec1394 Release 8.5.14 version
• f2bb827 Update dependencies
• d75953d Merge pull request #2084 from 43081j/raw-raws-rawing
• 68bd213 fix: always call raw to retrieve raw values
• af58cf1 Release 8.5.13 version
• f227dbd Temporary ignore pnpm 11 config
• d3abd40 Update dependencies
• dd06c3e Revert stringifier changes because of the conflict with postcss-scss
• ae889c8 Try to fix CI
• e0093e4 Move to pnpm 11
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Updates postcss from 8.5.6 to 8.5.14

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8.5.14

• Fixed custom syntax regression (by @​43081j).

8.5.13

• Fixed postcss-scss commend regression.

8.5.12

• Fixed reading any file via user-generated CSS.
• Added opts.unsafeMap to disable checks.

8.5.11

• Fixed nested brackets parsing performance (by @​offset).

8.5.10

• Fixed XSS via unescaped </style> in non-bundler cases (by @​TharVid).

8.5.9

• Speed up source map encoding paring in case of the error.

8.5.8

• Fixed Processor#version.

8.5.7

• Improved source map annotation cleaning performance (by CodeAnt AI).

Changelog

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8.5.14

• Fixed custom syntax regression (by @​43081j).

8.5.13

• Fixed postcss-scss commend regression.

8.5.12

• Fixed reading any file via user-generated CSS.
• Added opts.unsafeMap to disable checks.

8.5.11

• Fixed nested brackets parsing performance (by @​offset).

8.5.10

• Fixed XSS via unescaped </style> in non-bundler cases (by @​TharVid).

8.5.9

• Speed up source map encoding paring in case of the error.

8.5.8

• Fixed Processor#version.

8.5.7

• Improved source map annotation cleaning performance (by CodeAnt AI).

Commits

• 3ec1394 Release 8.5.14 version
• f2bb827 Update dependencies
• d75953d Merge pull request #2084 from 43081j/raw-raws-rawing
• 68bd213 fix: always call raw to retrieve raw values
• af58cf1 Release 8.5.13 version
• f227dbd Temporary ignore pnpm 11 config
• d3abd40 Update dependencies
• dd06c3e Revert stringifier changes because of the conflict with postcss-scss
• ae889c8 Try to fix CI
• e0093e4 Move to pnpm 11
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Updates postcss from 8.5.6 to 8.5.14

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8.5.14

• Fixed custom syntax regression (by @​43081j).

8.5.13

• Fixed postcss-scss commend regression.

8.5.12

• Fixed reading any file via user-generated CSS.
• Added opts.unsafeMap to disable checks.

8.5.11

• Fixed nested brackets parsing performance (by @​offset).

8.5.10

• Fixed XSS via unescaped </style> in non-bundler cases (by @​TharVid).

8.5.9

• Speed up source map encoding paring in case of the error.

8.5.8

• Fixed Processor#version.

8.5.7

• Improved source map annotation cleaning performance (by CodeAnt AI).

Changelog

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8.5.14

• Fixed custom syntax regression (by @​43081j).

8.5.13

• Fixed postcss-scss commend regression.

8.5.12

• Fixed reading any file via user-generated CSS.
• Added opts.unsafeMap to disable checks.

8.5.11

• Fixed nested brackets parsing performance (by @​offset).

8.5.10

• Fixed XSS via unescaped </style> in non-bundler cases (by @​TharVid).

8.5.9

• Speed up source map encoding paring in case of the error.

8.5.8

• Fixed Processor#version.

8.5.7

• Improved source map annotation cleaning performance (by CodeAnt AI).

Commits

• 3ec1394 Release 8.5.14 version
• f2bb827 Update dependencies
• d75953d Merge pull request #2084 from 43081j/raw-raws-rawing
• 68bd213 fix: always call raw to retrieve raw values
• af58cf1 Release 8.5.13 version
• f227dbd Temporary ignore pnpm 11 config
• d3abd40 Update dependencies
• dd06c3e Revert stringifier changes because of the conflict with postcss-scss
• ae889c8 Try to fix CI
• e0093e4 Move to pnpm 11
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Updates postcss from 8.5.6 to 8.5.14

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8.5.14

• Fixed custom syntax regression (by @​43081j).

8.5.13

• Fixed postcss-scss commend regression.

8.5.12

• Fixed reading any file via user-generated CSS.
• Added opts.unsafeMap to disable checks.

8.5.11

• Fixed nested brackets parsing performance (by @​offset).

8.5.10

• Fixed XSS via unescaped </style> in non-bundler cases (by @​TharVid).

8.5.9

• Speed up source map encoding paring in case of the error.

8.5.8

• Fixed Processor#version.

8.5.7

• Improved source map annotation cleaning performance (by CodeAnt AI).

Changelog

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8.5.14

• Fixed custom syntax regression (by @​43081j).

8.5.13

• Fixed postcss-scss commend regression.

8.5.12

• Fixed reading any file via user-generated CSS.
• Added opts.unsafeMap to disable checks.

8.5.11

• Fixed nested brackets parsing performance (by @​offset).

8.5.10

• Fixed XSS via unescaped </style> in non-bundler cases (by @​TharVid).

8.5.9

• Speed up source map encoding paring in case of the error.

8.5.8

• Fixed Processor#version.

8.5.7

• Improved source map annotation cleaning performance (by CodeAnt AI).

Commits

• 3ec1394 Release 8.5.14 version
• f2bb827 Update dependencies
• d75953d Merge pull request #2084 from 43081j/raw-raws-rawing
• 68bd213 fix: always call raw to retrieve raw values
• af58cf1 Release 8.5.13 version
• f227dbd Temporary ignore pnpm 11 config
• d3abd40 Update dependencies
• dd06c3e Revert stringifier changes because of the conflict with postcss-scss
• ae889c8 Try to fix CI
• e0093e4 Move to pnpm 11
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Updates fast-xml-parser from 4.4.1 to 5.7.3

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fix minor old bugs and update builder

• fix: alwaysCreateTextNode should create text node when attributes are present for self closing node
• fix stop node expression when ns prefix is removed (found by iruizsalinas)
• update XML Builder to 1.1.7
• mark addEntity deprecated

backward compatibility for numerical external entity, fix #705, #817

• allow numerical external entity for backward compatibility
• fix #705: attributesGroupName working with preserveOrder
• fix #817: stackoverflow when tag expression is very long

upgrade @​nodable/entities and FXB

• Use @nodable/entities v2.1.0
  • breaking changes
    • single entity scan. You're not allowed to use entity value to form another entity name.
    • you cant add numeric external entity
    • entity error message when expantion limit is crossed might change
  • typings are updated for new options related to process entity
  • please follow documentation of @nodable/entities for more detail.
  • performance
    • if processEntities is false, then there should not be impact on performance.
    • if processEntities is true, but you dont pass entity decoder separately then performance may degrade by approx 8-10%
    • if processEntities is true, and you pass entity decoder separately
      • if no entity then performance should be same as before
      • if there are entities then performance should be increased from past versions
  • ignoreAttributes is not required to be set to set xml version for NCR entity value
• update 'fast-xml-builder' to sanitize malicious CDATA and comment's content

use @​nodable/entities to replace entities

• No API change
• No change in performance for basic usage
• No typing change
• No config change
• new dependency
• breaking: error messages for entities might have been changed.

Full Changelog: NaturalIntelligence/fast-xml-parser@v5.5.12...v5.6.0

performance improvment, increase entity expansion default limit

• increase default entity explansion limit as many projects demand for that

maxEntitySize: 10000,
maxExpansionDepth: 10000,
maxTotalExpansions: Infinity,
maxExpandedLength: 100000,
maxEntityCount: 1000,

• performance improvement
  • reduce calls to toString
  • early return when entities are not present

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Note: If you find missing information about particular minor version, that version must have been changed without any functional change in this library.

Note: Due to some last quick changes on v4, detail of v4.5.3 & v4.5.4 are not updated here. v4.5.4x is the last tag of v4 in github repository. I'm extremely sorry for the confusion

5.7.3 / 2006-05-05

• fix: alwaysCreateTextNode should create text node when attributes are present for self closing node
• fix stop node expression when ns prefix is removed (found by iruizsalinas)
• update XML Builder to 1.1.7
• mark addEntity deprecated

5.7.2 / 2026-04-25

• allow numerical external entity for backward compatibility
• fix #705: attributesGroupName working with preserveOrder
• fix #817: stackoverflow when tag expression is very long

5.7.1 / 2026-04-20

• fix typo in CJS typing file

5.7.0 / 2026-04-17

• Use @nodable/entities v2.1.0
  • breaking changes
    • single entity scan. You're not allowed to user entity value to form another entity name.
    • you cant add numeric external entity
    • entity error message when expantion limit is crossed might change
  • typings are updated for new options related to process entity
  • please follow documentation of @nodable/entities for more detail.
  • performance
    • if processEntities is false, then there should not be impact on performance.
    • if processEntities is true, but you dont pass entity decoder separately then performance may degrade by approx 8-10%
    • if processEntities is true, and you pass entity decoder separately
      • if no entity then performance should be same as before
      • if there are entities then performance should be increased from past versions
  • ignoreAttributes is not required to be set to set xml version for NCR entity value
• update 'fast-xml-builder' to sanitize malicious CDATA and comment's content

5.6.0 / 2026-04-15

• fix: entity replacement for numeric entities
• use @​nodable/entities to replace entities
  • this may change some error messages related to entities expansion limit or inavlid use
  • post check would be exposed in future version

5.5.12 / 2026-04-13

• Performance Improvement: update path-expression-matcher
  • use proxy pattern than Proxy class

5.5.11 / 2026-04-08

• Performance Improvement
  • integrate ExpressionSet for stopNodes

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Commits

• d6d8042 update to release
• d263370 remove dev dependency 'he'
• f9c9a2c update builder to 1.1.7
• b65da87 update changelog and mark addEntity deprecated
• c2ca631 update fxb
• da75191 fix stop node expression when ns prefix is removed
• 31bbc99 fix: alwaysCreateTextNode should create text node when attributes are present...
• dab327a remove unnecessary
• ab04eeb update docs
• 383cb3f Revise security information for v6 release
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Updates ip-address from 9.0.5 to 10.2.0

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Updates protobufjs from 7.2.6 to 7.5.6

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protobufjs: v7.5.6

7.5.6 (2026-04-27)

Bug Fixes

• Backport input hardening and CLI fixes to 7.x (#2173) (75392ea)

v7.5.5

This release backports two reported security issues to 7.x branch.

• fix: do not allow setting __proto__ in Message constructor (#2126)
• fix: filter invalid characters from the type name (#2127)

Full Changelog: protobufjs/protobuf.js@protobufjs-v7.5.4...protobufjs-v7.5.5

protobufjs: v7.5.4

7.5.4 (2025-08-15)

Bug Fixes

• invalid syntax in descriptor.proto (#2092) (5a3769a)

protobufjs: v7.5.3

7.5.3 (2025-05-28)

Bug Fixes

• descriptor extensions handling post-editions (#2075) (6e255d4)

protobufjs: v7.5.2

7.5.2 (2025-05-14)

Bug Fixes

• ensure that types are always resolved (#2068) (4b51cb2)

protobufjs: v7.5.1

7.5.1 (2025-05-08)

Bug Fixes

• optimize regressions from editions implementations (#2066) (6406d4c)
• reserved field inside group blocks fail parsing (#2058) (56782bf)

protobufjs: v7.5.0

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7.5.6 (2026-04-27)

Bug Fixes

• Backport input hardening and CLI fixes to 7.x (#2173) (75392ea)

7.5.4 (2025-08-15)

Bug Fixes

• invalid syntax in descriptor.proto (#2092) (5a3769a)

7.5.3 (2025-05-28)

Bug Fixes

• descriptor extensions handling post-editions (#2075) (6e255d4)

7.5.2 (2025-05-14)

Bug Fixes

• ensure that types are always resolved (#2068) (4b51cb2)

7.5.1 (2025-05-08)

Bug Fixes

• optimize regressions from editions implementations (#2066) (6406d4c)
• reserved field inside group blocks fail parsing (#2058) (56782bf)

7.5.0 (2025-04-15)

Features

• add Edition 2023 Support (f04ded3)
• add Edition 2023 Support (ac9a3b9)
• add Edition 2023 Support (e5ca5c8)
• add Edition 2023 Support (a84409b)
• add Edition 2023 Support (9c5a178)
• add Edition 2023 Support (b2c6867)
• add Edition 2023 Support (60f3e51)
• add Edition 2023 Support (a656361)
• add Edition 2023 Support (869a95b)

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Commits

• 2189e5b chore: release protobufjs-v7.x (#2174)
• 75392ea fix: Backport input hardening and CLI fixes to 7.x (#2173)
• 8af8d7c chore(ci): Fix 7.x release please configuration (#2169)
• e92ca42 chore(ci): Enable release-please for 7.x (#2166)
• b7bdfaf chore: release 7.5.5
• ff7b2af fix: filter invalid characters from the type name (#2127)
• 086b19d fix: do not allow setting proto in Message constructor (#2126)
• 827ff8e chore: release master (#2093)
• 5a3769a fix: invalid syntax in descriptor.proto (#2092)
• f42297b chore: release master (#2076)
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Updates postcss from 8.4.35 to 8.5.12

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8.5.14

• Fixed custom syntax regression (by @​43081j).

8.5.13

• Fixed postcss-scss commend regression.

8.5.12

• Fixed reading any file via user-generated CSS.
• Added opts.unsafeMap to disable checks.

8.5.11

• Fixed nested brackets parsing performance (by @​offset).

8.5.10

• Fixed XSS via unescaped </style> in non-bundler cases (by @​TharVid).

8.5.9

• Speed up source map encoding paring in case of the error.

8.5.8

• Fixed Processor#version.

8.5.7

• Improved source map annotation cleaning performance (by CodeAnt AI).

Changelog

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8.5.14

• Fixed custom syntax regression (by @​43081j).

8.5.13

• Fixed postcss-scss commend regression.

8.5.12

• Fixed reading any file via user-generated CSS.
• Added opts.unsafeMap to disable checks.

8.5.11

• Fixed nested brackets parsing performance (by @​offset).

8.5.10

• Fixed XSS via unescaped </style> in non-bundler cases (by @​TharVid).

8.5.9

• Speed up source map encoding paring in case of the error.

8.5.8

• Fixed Processor#version.

8.5.7

• Improved source map annotation cleaning performance (by CodeAnt AI).

Commits

• 3ec1394 Release 8.5.14 version
• f2bb827 Update dependencies
• d75953d Merge pull request #2084 from 43081j/raw-raws-rawing
• 68bd213 fix: always call raw to retrieve raw values
• af58cf1 Release 8.5.13 version
• f227dbd Temporary ignore pnpm 11 config
• d3abd40 Update dependencies
• dd06c3e Revert stringifier changes because of the conflict with postcss-scss
• ae889c8 Try to fix CI
• e0093e4 Move to pnpm 11
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Updates ip-address from 9.0.5 to 10.2.0

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Updates axios from 1.7.4 to 1.16.0

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v1.16.0 — May 2, 2026

This release adds support for the QUERY HTTP method and a new ECONNREFUSED error constant, lands a substantial wave of HTTP, fetch, and XHR adapter bug fixes around redirects, aborts, headers, and timeouts, and welcomes 23 new contributors.

⚠️ Notable Changes

A handful of fixes in this release are either security-adjacent or change observable behaviour. Please review before upgrading:

• Fetch adapter now enforces maxBodyLength and maxContentLength. These limits were silently ignored on the fetch adapter prior to 1.16.0 — anyone relying on them as a safety net (DoS protection, accidental large uploads) had no protection. (#10795)
• Proxy requests now preserve user-supplied Host headers. Previously, the proxy path could overwrite a custom Host. Virtual-host-style routing through a proxy will now behave correctly. (#10822)
• Basic auth credentials embedded in URLs are now URL-decoded. If you have percent-encoded credentials in a URL (e.g. https://user:p%40ss@host), the decoded value is what now goes on the wire. (#10825)
• parseProtocol now strictly requires a colon in the protocol separator. Strings that loosely parsed as protocols before may no longer match. (#10729)
• Deprecated unescape() replaced with modern UTF-8 encoding. Non-ASCII URL handling is now spec-correct; consumers depending on legacy unescape() quirks may see different output bytes. (#7378)
• transformRequest input typing change was reverted. The typing change introduced in #10745 was reverted in #10810 after follow-up review — net behavior is unchanged from 1.15.2. (#10745, #10810)

🚀 New Features

• QUERY HTTP Method: Added support for the QUERY HTTP method across adapters and type definitions. (#10802)
• ECONNREFUSED Error Constant: Exposed ECONNREFUSED as a constant on AxiosError so callers can match connection-refused failures without comparing string literals (closes #6485). (#10680)
• Encode Helper Export: Exported the internal encode helper from buildURL so userland param serializers can reuse the same encoding logic that axios uses internally. (#6897)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• HTTP Adapter — Redirects & Headers: Cleared stale headers when a redirect targets a no-proxy host, fixed the redirect listener chain so listeners no longer stack across hops, restored the missing requestDetails argument on beforeRedirect, preserved user-supplied Host headers when forwarding through a proxy, and properly URL-decoded basic auth credentials. (#10794, #10800, #6241, #10822, #10825)
• HTTP Adapter — Streams & Timeouts: Preserved the partial response object on AxiosError when a stream is aborted after headers arrive, honoured the timeout option during the connect phase when redirects are disabled, and resolved an unsettled-promise hang when an aborted request was combined with compression and maxRedirects: 0. (#10708, #10819, #7149)
• Fetch Adapter: Enforced maxBodyLength / maxContentLength in the fetch adapter, set the User-Agent header to match the HTTP adapter, preserved the original abort reason instead of replacing it with a generic error, and deferred global access so importing the module no longer throws a TypeError in restricted environments. (#10795, #10772, #10806, #7260)
• XHR Adapter: Unsubscribed the cancelToken and AbortSignal listeners on the error, timeout, and abort code paths to prevent leaked subscriptions. (#10787)
• Error Handling: Attached the parsed response to AxiosError when JSON.parse fails inside dispatchRequest, prevented settle from emitting undefined error codes, and tightened the parseProtocol regex to require a colon in the protocol separator. (#10724, #7276, #10729)
• Types & Exports: Aligned the CommonJS CancelToken typings with the ESM build, fixed a compiler error caused by RawAxiosHeaders, and re-exported create from the package index. (#7414, #6389, #6460)
• UTF-8 Encoding: Replaced the deprecated unescape() call with a modern UTF-8 encoding implementation. (#7378)
• Misc Cleanup: Resolved a batch of small inconsistencies and gadget-level issues across the codebase. (#10833)

🔧 Maintenance & Chores

• Refactor — ES6 Modernisation: Modernised the utils module and XHR adapter to use ES6 features, and tidied the multipart boundary error message. (#10588, #7419)
• Tests: Hardened the HTTP test server lifecycle to fix flaky FormData EPIPE failures, fixed Win32 platform support for the pipe tests, and corrected an incorrect test assumption. (#10820, #10791, #10796)
• Docs: Documented paramsSerializer.encode for strict RFC 3986 query encoding, updated the parseReviver TypeScript definitions and configuration docs for ES2023, added timeout guidance to the README's first async example, and expanded notes around the recent type changes. (#10821, #10782, #10759, #10804)
• Reverted: Reverted the transformRequest input typing change from #10745 after follow-up review. (#10745, #10810)
• Dependencies: Bumped actions/setup-node, the github-actions group, and postcss (in /docs) to their latest versions. (#10785, #10813, #10814)
• Release: Updated changelog and packages, and prepared the 1.16.0 release. (#10790, #10834)

🌟 New Contributors

We are thrilled to welcome our new contributors. Thank you for helping improve axios:

• @​singhankit001 (#10588)
• @​cuiweixie (#7419)
• @​iruizsalinas (#10787)
• @​MarcosNocetti (#10680)
• @​deepview-autofix (#10729)

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Changelog

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v1.16.0 — May 2, 2026

This release adds support for the QUERY HTTP method and a new ECONNREFUSED error constant, lands a substantial wave of HTTP, fetch, and XHR adapter bug fixes around redirects, aborts, headers, and timeouts, and welcomes 23 new contributors.

⚠️ Notable Changes

A handful of fixes in this release are either security-adjacent or change observable behaviour. Please review before upgrading:

• Fetch adapter now enforces maxBodyLength and maxContentLength. These limits were silently ignored on the fetch adapter prior to 1.16.0 — anyone relying on them as a safety net (DoS protection, accidental large uploads) had no protection. (#10795)
• Proxy requests now preserve user-supplied Host headers. Previously, the proxy path could overwrite a custom Host. Virtual-host-style routing through a proxy will now behave correctly. (#10822)
• Basic auth credentials embedded in URLs are now URL-decoded. If you have percent-encoded credentials in a URL (e.g. https://user:p%40ss@host), the decoded value is what now goes on the wire. (#10825)
• parseProtocol now strictly requires a colon in the protocol separator. Strings that loosely parsed as protocols before may no longer match. (#10729)
• Deprecated unescape() replaced with modern UTF-8 encoding. Non-ASCII URL handling is now spec-correct; consumers depending on legacy unescape() quirks may see different output bytes. (#7378)
• transformRequest input typing change was reverted. The typing change introduced in #10745 was reverted in #10810 after follow-up review — net behavior is unchanged from 1.15.2. (#10745, #10810)

🚀 New Features

• QUERY HTTP Method: Added support for the QUERY HTTP method across adapters and type definitions. (#10802)
• ECONNREFUSED Error Constant: Exposed ECONNREFUSED as a constant on AxiosError so callers can match connection-refused failures without comparing string literals (closes #6485). (#10680)
• Encode Helper Export: Exported the internal encode helper from buildURL so userland param serializers can reuse the same encoding logic that axios uses internally. (#6897)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• HTTP Adapter — Redirects & Headers: Cleared stale headers when a redirect targets a no-proxy host, fixed the redirect listener chain so listeners no longer stack across hops, restored the missing requestDetails argument on beforeRedirect, preserved user-supplied Host headers when forwarding through a proxy, and properly URL-decoded basic auth credentials. (#10794, #10800, #6241, #10822, #10825)
• HTTP Adapter — Streams & Timeouts: Preserved the partial response object on AxiosError when a stream is aborted after headers arrive, honoured the timeout option during the connect phase when redirects are disabled, and resolved an unsettled-promise hang when an aborted request was combined with compression and maxRedirects: 0. (#10708, #10819, #7149)
• Fetch Adapter: Enforced maxBodyLength / maxContentLength in the fetch adapter, set the User-Agent header to match the HTTP adapter, preserved the original abort reason instead of replacing it with a generic error, and deferred global access so importing the module no longer throws a TypeError in restricted environments. (#10795, #10772, #10806, #7260)
• XHR Adapter: Unsubscribed the cancelToken and AbortSignal listeners on the error, timeout, and abort code paths to prevent leaked subscriptions. (#10787)
• Error Handling: Attached the parsed response to AxiosError when JSON.parse fails inside dispatchRequest, prevented settle from emitting undefined error codes, and tightened the parseProtocol regex to require a colon in the protocol separator. (#10724, #7276, #10729)
• Types & Exports: Aligned the CommonJS CancelToken typings with the ESM build, fixed a compiler error caused by RawAxiosHeaders, and re-exported create from the package index. (#7414, #6389, #6460)
• UTF-8 Encoding: Replaced the deprecated unescape() call with a modern UTF-8 encoding implementation. (#7378)
• Misc Cleanup: Resolved a batch of small inconsistencies and gadget-level issues across the codebase. (#10833)

🔧 Maintenance & Chores

• Refactor — ES6 Modernisation: Modernised the utils module and XHR adapter to use ES6 features, and tidied the multipart boundary error message. (#10588, #7419)
• Tests: Hardened the HTTP test server lifecycle to fix flaky FormData EPIPE failures, fixed Win32 platform support for the pipe tests, and corrected an incorrect test assumption. (Description has been truncated