2018-09-04, Version 8.12.0 'Carbon' (LTS)

Notable Changes:

* async_hooks:
  - rename PromiseWrap.parentId (Ali Ijaz Sheikh)
    #18633
  - remove runtime deprecation (Ali Ijaz Sheikh)
    #19517
  - deprecate unsafe emit{Before,After} (Ali Ijaz Sheikh)
    #18513
* cluster:
  - add cwd to cluster.settings (cjihrig)
    #18399
  - support windowsHide option for workers (Todd Wong)
    #17412
* crypto:
  - allow passing null as IV unless required (Tobias Nießen)
    #18644
* deps:
  - upgrade npm to 6.2.0 (Kat Marchán)
    #21592
  - upgrade libuv to 1.19.2 (cjihrig)
    #18918
  - Upgrade node-inspect to 1.11.5 (Jan Krems)
    #21055
* fs,net:
  - support as and as+ flags in stringToFlags() (Sarat Addepalli)
    #18801
  - emit 'ready' for fs streams and sockets (Sameer Srivastava)
    #19408
* http, http2:
  - add options to http.createServer() (Peter Marton)
    #15752
  - add 103 Early Hints status code (Yosuke Furukawa)
    #16644
  - add http fallback options to .createServer (Peter Marton)
    #15752
* n-api:
  - take n-api out of experimental (Michael Dawson)
    #19262
* perf_hooks:
  - add warning when too many entries in the timeline (James M Snell)
    #18087
* src:
  - add public API for managing NodePlatform (Cheng Zhao)
    #16981
  - allow --perf-(basic-)?prof in NODE\_OPTIONS (Leko)
    #17600
  - node internals' postmortem metadata (Matheus Marchini)
    #14901
* tls:
  - expose Finished messages in TLSSocket (Anton Salikhmetov)
    #19102
* **trace_events**:
  - add file pattern cli option (Andreas Madsen)
    #18480
* util:
  - implement util.getSystemErrorName() (Joyee Cheung)
    #18186

PR-URL: #21593

Author: MylesBorins

CHANGELOG.md

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+<b><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V8.md#8.12.0">8.12.0</a></b><br/>
+<a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V8.md#8.11.4">8.11.4</a><br/>
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doc/api/async_hooks.md

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 #### `asyncResource.runInAsyncScope(fn[, thisArg, ...args])`
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 * `fn` {Function} The function to call in the execution context of this async
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 #### `asyncResource.emitBefore()`
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 > Stability: 0 - Deprecated: Use [`asyncResource.runInAsyncScope()`][] instead.
 
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 #### `asyncResource.emitAfter()`
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 > Stability: 0 - Deprecated: Use [`asyncResource.runInAsyncScope()`][] instead.
 

doc/api/cli.md

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 ### `--trace-event-file-pattern`
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 Template string specifying the filepath for the trace event data, it

doc/api/cluster.md

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     description: The `cwd` option is supported now.
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v8.12.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/17412
     description: The `windowsHide` option is supported now.
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doc/api/crypto.md

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                  need an initialization vector.
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                  need an initialization vector.

doc/api/http.md

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doc/api/http2.md

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     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/16676
     description: Added the `maxHeaderListPairs` option with a default limit of
                  128 header pairs.
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+  - version: v8.12.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/15752
     description: Added the `Http1IncomingMessage` and `Http1ServerResponse`
                  option.

doc/api/perf_hooks.md

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 ### performance.maxEntries
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 Value: {number}

doc/api/tls.md

@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ For Example: `{ type: 'ECDH', name: 'prime256v1', size: 256 }`
 
 ### tlsSocket.getFinished()
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 * Returns: {Buffer|undefined} The latest `Finished` message that has been
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ If the peer does not provide a certificate, an empty object will be returned.
 
 ### tlsSocket.getPeerFinished()
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 * Returns: {Buffer|undefined} The latest `Finished` message that is expected

doc/api/util.md

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 ## util.getSystemErrorName(err)
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 * `err` {number}