2018-02-21, Version 9.6.0 (Current)

Notable changes:

* async_hooks:
  - deprecate unsafe emit{Before,After} (Ali Ijaz Sheikh)
    #18513
  - rename PromiseWrap.parentId to PromiseWrap.isChainedPromise
    (Ali Ijaz Sheikh) #18633
* deps:
  - update node-inspect to 1.11.3 (Jan Krems)
    #18354
  - ICU 60.2 bump (Steven R. Loomis)
    #17687
  - Introduce ScriptOrModule and HostDefinedOptions to V8 (Jan Krems)
    #16889
* http:
  - add options to http.createServer() for `IncomingMessage` and
    `ServerReponse` (Peter Marton)
    #15752
* http2:
  - add http fallback options to .createServer (Peter Marton)
    #15752
* https:
  - Adds the remaining options from tls.createSecureContext() to the
    string generated by Agent#getName(). This allows https.request()
    to accept the options and generate unique sockets appropriately.
    (Jeff Principe)
    #16402
* inspector:
  - --inspect-brk for es modules (Guy Bedford)
    #18194
* lib:
  - allow process kill by signal number (Sam Roberts)
    #16944
* module:
  - enable dynamic import (Myles Borins)
    #18387
  - dynamic import is now supported (Jan Krems)
    #15713
* napi:
  - add methods to open/close callback scope (Michael Dawson)
    #18089
* src:
  - allow --perf-(basic-)?prof in NODE_OPTIONS (Leko)
    #17600
* vm:
  - add support for es modules (Gus Caplan)
    #17560

PR-URL: #18902

Author: MylesBorins

CHANGELOG.md

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-<b><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md#9.5.0">9.5.0</a></b><br/>
+<b><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md#9.6.0">9.6.0</a></b><br/>
+<a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md#9.5.0">9.5.0</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md#9.4.0">9.4.0</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md#9.3.0">9.3.0</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md#9.2.1">9.2.1</a><br/>

doc/api/async_hooks.md

@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ class DBQuery extends AsyncResource {
 
 #### `asyncResource.runInAsyncScope(fn[, thisArg, ...args])`
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 * `fn` {Function} The function to call in the execution context of this async
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ then restore the original execution context.
 
 #### `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/http.md

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     description: The `options` argument is supported now.
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doc/api/http2.md

@@ -1662,7 +1662,7 @@ changes:
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/16676
     description: Added the `maxHeaderListPairs` option with a default limit of
                  128 header pairs.
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v9.6.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/15752
     description: Added the `Http1IncomingMessage` and `Http1ServerResponse`
                  option.

doc/api/n-api.md

@@ -3433,7 +3433,7 @@ may be required when implementing custom async behavior that does not use
 
 ### *napi_open_callback_scope*
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 ```C
 NAPI_EXTERN napi_status napi_open_callback_scope(napi_env env,
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 ### *napi_close_callback_scope*
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 ```C
 NAPI_EXTERN napi_status napi_close_callback_scope(napi_env env,

doc/api/perf_hooks.md

@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ to mark specific significant moments in the Performance Timeline.
 
 ### performance.maxEntries
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 Value: {number}

doc/api/vm.md

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ console.log(x); // 1; y is not defined.
 
 ## Class: vm.Module
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 > Stability: 1 - Experimental

doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md

@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 #define SRC_NODE_VERSION_H_
 
 #define NODE_MAJOR_VERSION 9
-#define NODE_MINOR_VERSION 5
-#define NODE_PATCH_VERSION 1
+#define NODE_MINOR_VERSION 6
+#define NODE_PATCH_VERSION 0
 
 #define NODE_VERSION_IS_LTS 0
 #define NODE_VERSION_LTS_CODENAME ""