2022-08-16, Version 16.17.0 'Gallium' (LTS)

Notable changes:

Adds `util.parseArgs` helper for higher level command-line argument
parsing.
Contributed by Benjamin Coe, John Gee, Darcy Clarke, Joe Sepi,
Kevin Gibbons, Aaron Casanova, Jessica Nahulan, and Jordan Harband.
#42675

Node.js ESM Loader hooks now support multiple custom loaders, and
composition is achieved via "chaining": `foo-loader` calls `bar-loader`
calls `qux-loader` (a custom loader _must_ now signal a short circuit
when intentionally not calling the next). See the ESM docs
(https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v16.x/docs/api/esm.html) for details.
Contributed by Jacob Smith, Geoffrey Booth, and Bradley Farias.
#42623

The `node:test` module, which was initially introduced in Node.js
v18.0.0, is now available with all the changes done to it up to Node.js
v18.7.0.

To better align Node.js' experimental implementation of the Web Crypto
API with other runtimes, several changes were made:
* Support for CFRG curves was added, with the `'Ed25519'`, `'Ed448'`,
  `'X25519'`, and `'X448'` algorithms.
* The proprietary `'NODE-DSA'`, `'NODE-DH'`, `'NODE-SCRYPT'`,
  `'NODE-ED25519'`, `'NODE-ED448'`, `'NODE-X25519'`, and `'NODE-X448'`
  algorithms were removed.
* The proprietary `'node.keyObject'` import/export format was removed.
Contributed by Filip Skokan.
#42507
#43310

Updated Corepack to 0.12.1 - #43965
Updated ICU to 71.1 - #42655
Updated npm to 8.15.0 - #43917
Updated Undici to 5.8.0 - #43886

(SEMVER-MINOR) crypto: make authTagLength optional for CC20P1305 (Tobias Nießen) #42427
(SEMVER-MINOR) crypto: align webcrypto RSA key import/export with other implementations (Filip Skokan) #42816
(SEMVER-MINOR) dns: export error code constants from `dns/promises` (Feng Yu) #43176
doc: deprecate coercion to integer in process.exit (Daeyeon Jeong) #43738
(SEMVER-MINOR) doc: deprecate diagnostics_channel object subscribe method (Stephen Belanger) #42714
(SEMVER-MINOR) errors: add support for cause in aborterror (James M Snell) #41008
(SEMVER-MINOR) events: expose CustomEvent on global with CLI flag (Daeyeon Jeong) #43885
(SEMVER-MINOR) events: add `CustomEvent` (Daeyeon Jeong) #43514
(SEMVER-MINOR) events: propagate abortsignal reason in new AbortError ctor in events (James M Snell) #41008
(SEMVER-MINOR) fs: propagate abortsignal reason in new AbortSignal constructors (James M Snell) #41008
(SEMVER-MINOR) fs: make params in writing methods optional (LiviaMedeiros) #42601
(SEMVER-MINOR) fs: add `read(buffer[, options])` versions (LiviaMedeiros) #42768
(SEMVER-MINOR) http: add drop request event for http server (theanarkh) #43806
(SEMVER-MINOR) http: add diagnostics channel for http client (theanarkh) #43580
(SEMVER-MINOR) http: add perf_hooks detail for http request and client (theanarkh) #43361
(SEMVER-MINOR) http: add uniqueHeaders option to request and createServer (Paolo Insogna) #41397
(SEMVER-MINOR) http2: propagate abortsignal reason in new AbortError constructor (James M Snell) #41008
(SEMVER-MINOR) http2: compat support for array headers (OneNail) #42901
(SEMVER-MINOR) lib: propagate abortsignal reason in new AbortError constructor in blob (James M Snell) #41008
(SEMVER-MINOR) lib: add abortSignal.throwIfAborted() (James M Snell) #40951
(SEMVER-MINOR) lib: improved diagnostics_channel subscribe/unsubscribe (Stephen Belanger) #42714
(SEMVER-MINOR) module: add isBuiltIn method (hemanth.hm) #43396
(SEMVER-MINOR) module,repl: support 'node:'-only core modules (Colin Ihrig) #42325
(SEMVER-MINOR) net: add drop event for net server (theanarkh) #43582
(SEMVER-MINOR) net: add ability to reset a tcp socket (pupilTong) #43112
(SEMVER-MINOR) node-api: emit uncaught-exception on unhandled tsfn callbacks (Chengzhong Wu) #36510
(SEMVER-MINOR) perf_hooks: add PerformanceResourceTiming (RafaelGSS) #42725
(SEMVER-MINOR) report: add more heap infos in process report (theanarkh) #43116
(SEMVER-MINOR) src: add --openssl-legacy-provider option (Daniel Bevenius) #40478
(SEMVER-MINOR) src: define fs.constants.S_IWUSR & S_IRUSR for Win (Liviu Ionescu) #42757
(SEMVER-MINOR) src,doc,test: add --openssl-shared-config option (Daniel Bevenius) #43124
(SEMVER-MINOR) stream: use cause options in AbortError constructors (James M Snell) #41008
(SEMVER-MINOR) stream: add iterator helper find (Nitzan Uziely) #41849
(SEMVER-MINOR) stream: add writableAborted (Robert Nagy) #40802
(SEMVER-MINOR) timers: propagate signal.reason in awaitable timers (James M Snell) #41008
(SEMVER-MINOR) v8: add v8.startupSnapshot utils (Joyee Cheung) #43329
(SEMVER-MINOR) v8: export more fields in getHeapStatistics (theanarkh) #42784
(SEMVER-MINOR) worker: add hasRef() to MessagePort (Darshan Sen) #42849

PR-URL: #44098

CHANGELOG.md

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doc/api/buffer.md

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doc/api/cli.md

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doc/api/crypto.md

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doc/api/deprecations.md

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doc/api/diagnostics_channel.md

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doc/api/errors.md

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doc/api/esm.md

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doc/api/events.md

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doc/api/fs.md

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doc/api/globals.md

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