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# Node.js ChangeLog
## 2016-01-06, Version 5.4.0 (Stable), @Fishrock123
### Notable changes
* **http** :
- A new status code was added: 451 - "Unavailable For Legal Reasons" (Max Barinov) [#4377 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4377 ).
- Idle sockets that have been kept alive now handle errors (José F. Romaniello) [#4482 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4482 ).
* This release also includes several minor performance improvements:
- **assert** : deepEqual is now speedier when comparing TypedArrays (Claudio Rodriguez) [#4330 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4330 ).
- **lib** : Use arrow functions instead of bind where possible (Minwoo Jung) [node#3622 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3622 ).
- **node** : Improved accessor perf of `process.env` (Trevor Norris) [#3780 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3780 ).
- **node** : Improved performance of `process.hrtime()` (Trevor Norris) [#3780 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3780 ), (Evan Lucas) [#4484 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4484 ).
- **node** : Improved GetActiveHandles performance (Trevor Norris) [#3780 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3780 ).
- **util** : Use faster iteration in `util.format()` (Jackson Tian) [#3964 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3964 ).
### Known issues
* Surrogate pair in REPL can freeze terminal. [#690 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/690 )
* Calling `dns.setServers()` while a DNS query is in progress can cause the process to crash on a failed assertion. [#894 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/894 )
* `url.resolve` may transfer the auth portion of the url when resolving between two full hosts, see [#1435 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/1435 ).
* Unicode characters in filesystem paths are not handled consistently across platforms or Node.js APIs. See [#2088 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/2088 ), [#3401 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/3401 ) and [#3519 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/3519 ).
### Commits
* [[`d265fc821a` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d265fc821a )] - **assert** : typed array deepequal performance fix (Claudio Rodriguez) [#4330 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4330 )
* [[`6d8053ab56` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6d8053ab56 )] - **buffer** : faster case for create Buffer from new Buffer(0) (Jackson Tian) [#4326 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4326 )
* [[`8781c59878` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8781c59878 )] - **buffer** : refactor create buffer (Jackson Tian) [#4340 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4340 )
* [[`252628294b` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/252628294b )] - **child_process** : guard against race condition (Rich Trott) [#4418 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4418 )
* [[`fcf632bc6a` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/fcf632bc6a )] - **crypto** : load PFX chain the same way as regular one (Fedor Indutny) [#4165 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4165 )
* [[`a5094a35a0` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a5094a35a0 )] - **debugger** : guard against call from non-node context (Ben Noordhuis) [#4328 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4328 )
* [[`b4c51c5b76` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b4c51c5b76 )] - **deps** : backport 200315c from V8 upstream (Vladimir Kurchatkin) [#4128 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4128 )
* [[`334e73942e` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/334e73942e )] - **doc** : fix heading level error in Buffer doc (Shigeki Ohtsu) [#4537 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4537 )
* [[`5be0259181` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5be0259181 )] - **doc** : close backtick in process.title description (Dave) [#4534 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4534 )
* [[`35aec4c14d` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/35aec4c14d )] - **doc** : fix numbering in stream.markdown (Richard Sun) [#4538 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4538 )
* [[`982f3227a5` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/982f3227a5 )] - **doc** : improvements to dgram.markdown copy (James M Snell) [#4437 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4437 )
* [[`6cdfa38d23` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6cdfa38d23 )] - **doc** : improvements to errors.markdown copy (James M Snell) [#4454 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4454 )
* [[`6c7bcd5007` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6c7bcd5007 )] - **doc** : fix website wg mislink (jona) [#4357 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4357 )
* [[`eee50821dc` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/eee50821dc )] - **doc** : mention that http.Server inherits from net.Server (Ryan Sobol) [#4455 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4455 )
* [[`c745b4d5f8` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c745b4d5f8 )] - **doc** : explain ClientRequest#setTimeout time unit (Ben Ripkens) [#4458 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4458 )
* [[`40076bf7f8` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/40076bf7f8 )] - **doc** : fix spelling error in lib/url.js comment (Nik Nyby) [#4390 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4390 )
* [[`5a223d64e3` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5a223d64e3 )] - **doc** : add anchors for _transform _flush _writev in stream.markdown (iamchenxin) [#4448 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4448 )
* [[`e8bbeecc4c` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e8bbeecc4c )] - **doc** : improvements to debugger.markdown copy (James M Snell) [#4436 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4436 )
* [[`ccd75fe3fb` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ccd75fe3fb )] - **doc** : improvements to events.markdown copy (James M Snell) [#4468 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4468 )
* [[`ed15962777` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ed15962777 )] - **doc** : improvements to dns.markdown copy (James M Snell) [#4449 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4449 )
* [[`e177cc9fdf` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e177cc9fdf )] - **doc** : improvements to console.markdown copy (James M Snell) [#4428 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4428 )
* [[`c1bc9a1023` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c1bc9a1023 )] - **doc** : improve child_process.markdown copy (James M Snell) [#4383 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4383 )
* [[`150f62847c` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/150f62847c )] - **doc** : copyedit setTimeout() documentation (Rich Trott) [#4434 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4434 )
* [[`9e667354be` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9e667354be )] - **doc** : fix formatting in process.markdown (Rich Trott) [#4433 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4433 )
* [[`bc1c0dc3fb` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/bc1c0dc3fb )] - **doc** : catch the WORKING_GROUPS.md bootstrap docs up to date (James M Snell) [#4367 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4367 )
* [[`c835ba3601` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c835ba3601 )] - **doc** : improve assert.markdown copy (James M Snell) [#4360 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4360 )
* [[`e79eda74c0` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e79eda74c0 )] - **doc** : copyedit releases.md (Rich Trott) [#4384 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4384 )
* [[`6450d8667f` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6450d8667f )] - **doc** : improve grammar in tls docs (Adri Van Houdt) [#4315 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4315 )
* [[`474a0f081a` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/474a0f081a )] - **doc** : improvements to buffer.markdown copy (James M Snell) [#4370 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4370 )
* [[`57684d650e` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/57684d650e )] - **doc** : improve addons.markdown copy (James M Snell) [#4320 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4320 )
* [[`04dd861221` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/04dd861221 )] - **doc** : fix, modernize examples in docs (James M Snell) [#4282 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4282 )
* [[`5ce6e99474` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5ce6e99474 )] - **doc** : Typo in buffer.markdown referencing buf.write() (chrisjohn404) [#4324 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4324 )
* [[`699bf2c464` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/699bf2c464 )] - **doc** : fix link in addons.markdown (Nicholas Young) [#4331 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4331 )
* [[`e742422757` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e742422757 )] - **fs** : use pushValueToArray for readdir(Sync) (Trevor Norris) [#3780 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3780 )
* [[`1dd2d015d2` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1dd2d015d2 )] - ** (SEMVER-MINOR)** **http** : handle errors on idle sockets (José F. Romaniello) [#4482 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4482 )
* [[`083ae166bb` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/083ae166bb )] - **http** : use `self.keepAlive` instead of `self.options.keepAlive` (Damian Schenkelman) [#4407 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4407 )
* [[`ffb4a6e0e4` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ffb4a6e0e4 )] - **http** : fix non-string header value concatenation (Brian White) [#4460 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4460 )
* [[`c77fd6829a` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c77fd6829a )] - ** (SEMVER-MINOR)** **http** : 451 status code "Unavailable For Legal Reasons" (Max Barinov) [#4377 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4377 )
* [[`8f7af9a489` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8f7af9a489 )] - **http** : remove excess calls to removeSocket (Dave) [#4172 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4172 )
* [[`b841967103` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b841967103 )] - **http** : Remove an unnecessary assignment (Bo Borgerson) [#4323 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4323 )
* [[`b8366e76dd` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b8366e76dd )] - **http_parser** : use pushValueToArray for headers (Trevor Norris) [#3780 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3780 )
* [[`ca97e7276e` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ca97e7276e )] - **https** : use `servername` in agent key (Fedor Indutny) [#4389 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4389 )
* [[`b5aaccc6af` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b5aaccc6af )] - **lib** : remove unused modules (Rich Trott) [#4396 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4396 )
* [[`921fb540c1` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/921fb540c1 )] - **node** : improve performance of process.hrtime() (Evan Lucas) [#4484 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4484 )
* [[`ecef817a28` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ecef817a28 )] - **node** : improve accessor perf of process.env (Trevor Norris) [#3780 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3780 )
* [[`89f056bdf3` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/89f056bdf3 )] - **node** : improve performance of hrtime() (Trevor Norris) [#3780 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3780 )
* [[`c8fc217dc7` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c8fc217dc7 )] - **node** : improve GetActiveHandles performance (Trevor Norris) [#3780 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3780 )
* [[`8464667071` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8464667071 )] - **node** : fix erroneously named function call (Trevor Norris) [#3780 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3780 )
* [[`e57fd51a5e` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e57fd51a5e )] - **os** : fix crash in GetInterfaceAddresses (Martin Bark) [#4272 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4272 )
* [[`65c40d753f` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/65c40d753f )] - **repl** : remove unused function (Rich Trott)
* [[`3d41a44dba` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3d41a44dba )] - **repl** : Fixed node repl history edge case. (Mudit Ameta) [#4108 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4108 )
* [[`d11930d604` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d11930d604 )] - **repl** : use String#repeat instead of Array#join (Evan Lucas) [#3900 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3900 )
* [[`4220d25626` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4220d25626 )] - **test** : fix linting for the v5.x branch (Jeremiah Senkpiel) [#4547 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4547 )
* [[`4b14f1c983` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4b14f1c983 )] - **test** : remove unused vars (Rich Trott) [#4536 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4536 )
* [[`2a69ab32ec` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/2a69ab32ec )] - **test** : add test-domain-exit-dispose-again back (Julien Gilli) [#4256 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4256 )
* [[`ae0246641c` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ae0246641c )] - **test** : remove unused vars from parallel tests (Rich Trott) [#4511 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4511 )
* [[`984db93e7c` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/984db93e7c )] - **test** : fix flaky test-cluster-shared-leak (Rich Trott) [#4510 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4510 )
* [[`30b0d7583a` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/30b0d7583a )] - **test** : fix flaky streams test (Rich Trott) [#4516 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4516 )
* [[`46fefbc1b5` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/46fefbc1b5 )] - **test** : fix flaky test-http-agent-keepalive (Rich Trott) [#4524 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4524 )
* [[`e04a8401d9` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e04a8401d9 )] - **test** : remove flaky designations for tests (Rich Trott) [#4519 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4519 )
* [[`a703b1bf73` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a703b1bf73 )] - **test** : remove time check (Rich Trott) [#4494 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4494 )
* [[`02b3a5be52` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/02b3a5be52 )] - **test** : refactor test-fs-empty-readStream (Rich Trott) [#4490 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4490 )
* [[`ab3e5c1417` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ab3e5c1417 )] - **test** : write to tmp dir rather than fixture dir (Rich Trott) [#4489 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4489 )
* [[`06043fdfa3` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/06043fdfa3 )] - **test** : remove unused modules (Rich Trott) [#4475 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4475 )
* [[`f1a66bc249` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f1a66bc249 )] - **test** : clarify role of domains in test (Rich Trott) [#4474 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4474 )
* [[`08a3490dd6` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/08a3490dd6 )] - **test** : inherit JOBS from environment (Johan Bergström) [#4495 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4495 )
* [[`3bfc18763a` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3bfc18763a )] - **test** : improve assert message (Rich Trott) [#4461 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4461 )
* [[`d46d850461` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d46d850461 )] - **test** : shorten path for bogus socket (Rich Trott) [#4478 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4478 )
* [[`f68f86cd0a` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f68f86cd0a )] - **test** : fix race condition in test-http-client-onerror (Devin Nakamura) [#4346 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4346 )
* [[`ec0b6362cf` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ec0b6362cf )] - **test** : remove unused assert module imports (Rich Trott) [#4438 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4438 )
* [[`ba2445046c` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ba2445046c )] - **test** : don't use cwd for relative path (Johan Bergström) [#4477 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4477 )
* [[`5110e4deed` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5110e4deed )] - **test** : don't assume a certain folder structure (Johan Bergström) [#3325 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3325 )
* [[`55c6946400` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/55c6946400 )] - **test** : make temp path customizable (Johan Bergström) [#3325 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3325 )
* [[`b19d19efaa` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b19d19efaa )] - **test** : extend timeout in Debug mode (Rich Trott) [#4431 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4431 )
* [[`c6a99ddd37` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c6a99ddd37 )] - **test** : remove unused variables from net tests (Rich Trott) [#4430 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4430 )
* [[`54004f0e26` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/54004f0e26 )] - **test** : remove unused vars in ChildProcess tests (Rich Trott) [#4425 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4425 )
* [[`e72112f90e` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e72112f90e )] - **test** : fix flaky cluster-disconnect-race (Brian White) [#4457 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4457 )
* [[`715afc9bbd` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/715afc9bbd )] - **test** : fix flaky cluster-net-send (Brian White) [#4444 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4444 )
* [[`03c4bc704f` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/03c4bc704f )] - **test** : fix flaky child-process-fork-regr-gh-2847 (Brian White) [#4442 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4442 )
* [[`684eb32072` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/684eb32072 )] - **test** : remove unused variables from HTTPS tests (Rich Trott) [#4426 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4426 )
* [[`585c01f674` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/585c01f674 )] - **test** : remove unused variables from TLS tests (Rich Trott) [#4424 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4424 )
* [[`c36ca37e2a` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c36ca37e2a )] - **test** : remove unused variables form http tests (Rich Trott) [#4422 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4422 )
* [[`c639d0f1fe` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c639d0f1fe )] - **test** : mark test-debug-no-context is flaky (Rich Trott) [#4421 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4421 )
* [[`cd79ec268d` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/cd79ec268d )] - **test** : remove unnecessary assignments (Rich Trott) [#4408 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4408 )
* [[`0799a9abaf` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0799a9abaf )] - **test** : remove unused var from test-assert.js (Rich Trott) [#4405 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4405 )
* [[`3710028a85` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3710028a85 )] - **test** : remove unused `util` imports (Rich Trott) [#4397 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4397 )
* [[`8c9d0c1f6f` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8c9d0c1f6f )] - **test** : refactor test-net-connect-options-ipv6 (Rich Trott) [#4395 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4395 )
* [[`874209022f` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/874209022f )] - **test** : fix http-response-multiheaders (Santiago Gimeno) [#3958 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3958 )
* [[`71b79bcf54` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/71b79bcf54 )] - **test** : test each block in addon.md contains js & cc (Rod Vagg) [#4411 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4411 )
* [[`00b37de243` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/00b37de243 )] - **test** : fix domain-top-level-error-handler-throw (Santiago Gimeno) [#4364 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4364 )
* [[`6d14b6520f` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6d14b6520f )] - **test** : use platformTimeout() in more places (Brian White) [#4387 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4387 )
* [[`82f74caa56` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/82f74caa56 )] - **test** : fix flaky test-net-error-twice (Brian White) [#4342 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4342 )
* [[`96501e55be` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/96501e55be )] - **test** : try other ipv6 localhost alternatives (Brian White) [#4325 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4325 )
* [[`69343d6d2e` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/69343d6d2e )] - **tls_wrap** : clear errors on return (Fedor Indutny) [#4515 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4515 )
* [[`ca9812cf4d` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ca9812cf4d )] - **tools** : fix warning in doc parsing (Shigeki Ohtsu) [#4537 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4537 )
* [[`386030b524` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/386030b524 )] - **tools** : implement no-unused-vars for eslint (Rich Trott) [#4536 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4536 )
* [[`14a947fc70` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/14a947fc70 )] - **tools** : run tick processor without forking (Matt Loring) [#4224 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4224 )
* [[`8039ca06eb` ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8039ca06eb )] - **util** : faster arrayToHash (Jackson Tian) [#3964 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3964 )
## 2015-12-16, Version 5.3.0 (Stable), @cjihrig
### Notable changes