Upcoming Node.js Major Release (v24)

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A reminder that the next Node.js SemVer Major release is scheduled for 2025-04-22.
All commits that were landed until 2025-03-22 (one month prior to the release) will be included in the next semver major release. Please ensure that any necessary preparations are made in advance.
For more details on the release process, consult the Node.js Release Working Group repository.

cc: @nodejs/collaborators

[targos]

I don't know what to do about it but the V8 update (#57114) is still quite far from being ready.
I think we should postpone the release indefinitely until it is. We can't go on with an LTS release line without it.

[RafaelGSS]

FYI I will create the v24.x branch tomorrow (2025-03-24) (final cut-off) and we'll amend V8 whenever #57114 is landed.

[RafaelGSS]

Done. Node.js v24 branches have been created. From now on, any new semver-major commit that lands on main will not go to the Node.js v24 release line (except for V8, obviously).

• v24.x - https://github.com/nodejs/node/tree/v24.x
• v24.x-staging - https://github.com/nodejs/node/tree/v24.x-staging

[ranisalt]

OpenSSL 3.5 was just published as LTS today. Could it be updated prior to Node 24 so that we can build on the added features between 3.0 and 3.5 for the next major? Or is it better that it only gets updated for Node 25?

[richardlau]

OpenSSL 3.5 was just published as LTS today. Could it be updated prior to Node 24 so that we can build on the added features between 3.0 and 3.5 for the next major? Or is it better that it only gets updated for Node 25?

OpenSSL 3.5 is not expected to be semver-major -- we're currently testing with Node.js dynamically linked to it (well the beta but I'll update that when I have time) and it only needed one small test update (to cope with messages from the openssl-cli application changing). So for now the expectation is that we'll be able to update to OpenSSL 3.5 in Node.js 24 and 22 before it reaches End-of-Life and there's no need to rush it for Node.js 24 (where the cut off has passed).