2026-07-08, Version 26.5.0 (Current)

Notable changes:

buffer:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) implement blob.textStream() (Matthew Aitken) #64036
esm:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) add `--experimental-import-text` flag (Efe) #62300
perf_hooks:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) sample delay per event loop iteration (Pablo Erhard) #62935
stream:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) expose ReadableStreamTee (Matteo Collina) #64195
tls:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) report negotiated TLS groups (Filip Skokan) #64119

PR-URL: #64329
Signed-off-by: Richard Lau <richard.lau@ibm.com>

Author: nodejs-github-bot

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ release.
 </tr>
 <tr>
   <td valign="top">
-<b><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V26.md#26.4.0">26.4.0</a></b><br/>
+<b><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V26.md#26.5.0">26.5.0</a></b><br/>
+<a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V26.md#26.4.0">26.4.0</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V26.md#26.3.1">26.3.1</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V26.md#26.3.0">26.3.0</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V26.md#26.2.0">26.2.0</a><br/>

doc/api/buffer.md

@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ UTF-8 string.
 ### `blob.textStream()`
 
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-added: REPLACEME
+added: v26.5.0
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 * Returns: {ReadableStream}

doc/api/cli.md

@@ -1040,7 +1040,7 @@ added:
   - v23.6.0
   - v22.20.0
 changes:
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v26.5.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/64221
     description: This is enabled by default.
 -->
@@ -1263,7 +1263,7 @@ Previously gated the entire `import.meta.resolve` feature.
 
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 > Stability: 1.0 - Early development
@@ -1350,7 +1350,7 @@ added:
   - v22.0.0
   - v20.17.0
 changes:
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v26.5.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/64154
     description: Print the top-level awaits without evaluating the modules.
 -->

doc/api/diagnostics_channel.md

@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ added:
  - v19.9.0
  - v18.19.0
 changes:
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v26.5.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/62407
     description: Non-native-Promise thenables are now returned as-is,
                  preserving their original type and methods.

doc/api/errors.md

@@ -2805,7 +2805,7 @@ A QUIC session failed because version negotiation is required.
 
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+  - version: v26.5.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/64260
     description: Added the `requireStack` and `topLevelAwaitLocations` properties.
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doc/api/perf_hooks.md

@@ -1707,7 +1707,7 @@ are not guaranteed to reflect any correct state of the event loop.
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+  - version: v26.5.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/62935
     description: Added the `samplePerIteration` option.
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doc/api/webstreams.md

@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ For more details refer to the relevant documentation:
 ### `ReadableStreamTee(stream[, cloneForBranch2])`
 
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 > Stability: 1 - Experimental

doc/api/zlib.md

@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ These advanced options are available for controlling decompression:
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+  - version: v26.5.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/64023
     description: The `rejectGarbageAfterEnd` option was added.
   - version:
@@ -852,7 +852,7 @@ information.
 <!-- YAML
 added: v11.7.0
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-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v26.5.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/64023
     description: The `rejectGarbageAfterEnd` option was added.
   - version:
@@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@ added:
   - v23.8.0
   - v22.15.0
 changes:
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v26.5.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/64023
     description: The `rejectGarbageAfterEnd` option was added.
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doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V26.md

@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@
 #define SRC_NODE_VERSION_H_
 
 #define NODE_MAJOR_VERSION 26
-#define NODE_MINOR_VERSION 4
-#define NODE_PATCH_VERSION 1
+#define NODE_MINOR_VERSION 5
+#define NODE_PATCH_VERSION 0
 
 #define NODE_VERSION_IS_LTS 0
 #define NODE_VERSION_LTS_CODENAME ""
 
-#define NODE_VERSION_IS_RELEASE 0
+#define NODE_VERSION_IS_RELEASE 1
 
 #ifndef NODE_STRINGIFY
 #define NODE_STRINGIFY(n) NODE_STRINGIFY_HELPER(n)