2020-05-26, Version 12.17.0 'Erbium' (LTS)

Notable changes:

* ECMAScript Modules - `--experimental-modules` flag removal
* AsyncLocalStorage API (experimental)
* REPL previews
* REPL reverse-i-search
* REPL substring-based search
* Error monitoring
  * Monitoring `error` events
  * Monitoring uncaught exceptions
* File system APIs
  * New function: `fs.readv`
  * Optional parameters in `fs.read`
* Console `groupIndentation` option
* `maxStringLength` option for `util.inspect()`
* Stable N-API release 6
* Stable diagnostic reports
* Increase of the default server headers timeout
* New `--trace-sigint` CLI flag
* Various crypto APIs now support Diffie-Hellman secrets
* Added support for the `dns.ALL` flag in `dns.lookup()`
* Added a new experimental API to interact with Source Map V3 data
* Added support for passing a `transferList` along with `workerData` to
  the `Worker` constructor

PR-URL: nodejs#33197

Author: targos

CHANGELOG.md

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doc/api/async_hooks.md

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 #### `async_hooks.executionAsyncResource()`
 
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 ## Class: `AsyncLocalStorage`
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doc/api/cli.md

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 Specify the file name of the CPU profile generated by `--cpu-prof`.
 
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doc/api/console.md

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doc/api/crypto.md

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doc/api/dns.md

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doc/api/errors.md

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doc/api/events.md

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