The 2026 Node.js London Collaboration Summit trip report is officially live! 🚀
We gathered 50+ contributors to discuss the biggest technical shifts coming to the runtime. Here’s what’s on the horizon:
🗓️ Versioning Change: Starting with v27, Node.js version numbers will align with the calendar year.
🌀 New Streams API: A more efficient, unified way to handle streams using modern async iterators.
💾 Node VFS: A proposal for a native Virtual File System (node:vfs) for better SEAs and testing.
⚖️ AI Governance: Evolving our processes to handle the rise of AI-generated code and security reports.
Big thanks to Bloomberg for hosting! 🇬🇧
Check out the full recap and recordings here:
Can a hash be both HashDoS resistant *and* quickly reversible? That's the puzzle we had to tackle in V8 for the March 2026 Node.js security release.
For details, check out our blog post (with the math for the curious!)
For a quick overview, 🧵 below