# Node.js v26.8.0 — 2026-08-26, Version 26.8.0 (Current), @aduh95

- Product: Node.js (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/node-js)
- Vendor: OpenJS Foundation
- Date: 2026-08-26
- Version: v26.8.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/nodejs/node/releases/tag/v26.8.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/node-js/releases/v26.8.0

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- **added** — add --analyze mode to compare.js benchmark tool
- **changed** — update root certificates to NSS 3.126
- **added** — enable SIV and GCM-SIV modes in Cipher/Decipher APIs
- **changed** — mark TracingChannel as stable
- **changed** — improve histogram implementation
- **changed** — improve performance of net.BlockList
- **added** — add statistical hypothesis testing to histogram in perf_hooks
- **added** — add basic syntax highlighting to REPL
- **added** — add StatementSync.prototype.close() to sqlite
- **added** — add StatementSync.prototype[Symbol.dispose]() to sqlite
- **added** — add non-throwing MIMEType.parse to util
- **added** — add ZipEntry, ZipFile, and ZipBuffer to zlib
- **fixed** — prevent string write offset overflow in buffer
- **added** — support aligned allocations in buffer
- **fixed** — treat detached ArrayBuffers as empty in buffer
- **changed** — target Power 9 and z14 in build
- **deprecated** — deprecate always enabled --enable-static build option

###### Notable Changes

* \[[`74234ee30e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/74234ee30e)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **benchmark**: add --analyze mode to compare.js (James M Snell) [#65416](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/65416)
* \[[`4232997fa2`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4232997fa2)] - **crypto**: update root certificates to NSS 3.126 (Node.js GitHub Bot) [#65495](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/65495)
* \[[`f0531f1c87`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f0531f1c87)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **crypto**: enable SIV and GCM-SIV modes in Cipher/Decipher APIs (Filip Skokan) [#63411](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/63411)
* \[[`3f4b80ebb5`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3f4b80ebb5)] - **diagnostics\_channel**: mark TracingChannel as stable (Abdelrahman Awad) [#64525](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/64525)
* \[[`753033c110`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/753033c110)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **lib,src**: improve histogram implementation (James M Snell) [#65024](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/65024)
* \[[`3d7d277493`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3d7d277493)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **net**: improve performance of net.BlockList (James M Snell) [#64974](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/64974)
* \[[`9e8e9080fd`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9e8e9080fd)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **perf\_hooks**: add statistical hypothesis testing to histogram (James M Snell) [#65416](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/65416)
* \[[`c18b0aa54e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c18b0aa54e)] - **repl**: add basic syntax highlighting (Aviv Keller) [#64591](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/64591)
* \[[`58ea88e1d3`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/58ea88e1d3)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **sqlite**: add StatementSync.prototype.close() (Guilherme Araújo) [#64232](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/64232)
* \[[`7c61b08aed`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7c61b08aed)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **sqlite**: add StatementSync.prototype\[Symbol.dispose]\() (Guilherme Araújo) [#64232](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/64232)
* \[[`4299cd5897`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4299cd5897)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **util**: add non-throwing MIMEType.parse (James M Snell) [#64965](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/64965)
* \[[`df48191061`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/df48191061)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **zlib**: add ZipEntry, ZipFile, and ZipBuffer (Philipp Dunkel) [#64339](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/64339)

###### Commits

* \[[`162257b403`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/162257b403)] - **assert**: improve documentation wording (Kamal Rawal) [#64953](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/64953)
* \[[`74234ee30e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/74234ee30e)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **benchmark**: add --analyze mode to compare.js (James M Snell) [#65416](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/65416)
* \[[`2cb96dd462`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/2cb96dd462)] - **benchmark**: add test-only and mock timers cases (Luan Muniz) [#64097](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/64097)
* \[[`562168f93f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/562168f93f)] - **benchmark**: apply `highWaterMark` in webstreams `pipe-to` (Matteo Collina) [#65138](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/65138)
* \[[`fbec4eb386`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/fbec4eb386)] - **benchmark**: complete the sqlite is-transaction fix (Edy Silva) [#65218](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/65218)
* \[[`d8acfc45f1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d8acfc45f1)] - **benchmark**: add test runner hooks and options (Luan Muniz) [#63754](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/63754)
* \[[`13e7d54f67`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/13e7d54f67)] - **buffer**: prevent string write offset overflow (Matteo Collina) [#65043](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/65043)
* \[[`615273deac`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/615273deac)] - **buffer**: support aligned allocations (Robert Nagy) [#65003](https

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