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+---
+date: 2019-10-09T20:36:31.174Z
+version: 8.16.2
+category: release
+title: Node v8.16.2 (LTS)
+slug: node-v8-16-2
+layout: blog-post.hbs
+author: Bethany Nicolle Griggs
+---
+
+### Notable changes
+
+* **deps**: upgrade openssl sources to 1.0.2s (Sam Roberts) [#28230](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/28230)
+
+### Commits
+
+* [[`cc9d005628`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/cc9d005628)] - **crypto**: update root certificates (Sam Roberts) [#28808](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/28808)
+* [[`347fcd35e3`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/347fcd35e3)] - **crypto**: update root certificates (Sam Roberts) [#27374](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/27374)
+* [[`b2a6b3254d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b2a6b3254d)] - **crypto**: update root certificates (Sam Roberts) [#25113](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/25113)
+* [[`5682e50325`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5682e50325)] - **deps**: add -no\_rand\_screen to openssl s\_client (Shigeki Ohtsu) [nodejs/io.js#1836](https://github.com/nodejs/io.js/pull/1836)
+* [[`9663ae3546`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9663ae3546)] - **deps**: fix asm build error of openssl in x86\_win32 (Shigeki Ohtsu) [iojs/io.js#1389](https://github.com/iojs/io.js/pull/1389)
+* [[`87eee99466`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/87eee99466)] - **deps**: fix openssl assembly error on ia32 win32 (Fedor Indutny) [iojs/io.js#1389](https://github.com/iojs/io.js/pull/1389)
+* [[`da99d3f972`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/da99d3f972)] - **deps**: copy all openssl header files to include dir (Sam Roberts) [#28230](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/28230)
+* [[`dc9d645ac4`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/dc9d645ac4)] - **deps**: upgrade openssl sources to 1.0.2s (Sam Roberts) [#28230](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/28230)
+* [[`37e24b19a0`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/37e24b19a0)] - **deps**: V8: backport d520ebb (Michaël Zasso) [#27358](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/27358)
+* [[`1a5dc6a3e7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1a5dc6a3e7)] - **http**: check for existance in resetHeadersTimeoutOnReqEnd (Matteo Collina) [#26402](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/26402)
+* [[`e45b6a3b98`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e45b6a3b98)] - **http2**: do not start reading after write if new write is on wire (Anna Henningsen) [#29399](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/29399)
+* [[`559a8e342b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/559a8e342b)] - **http2**: do not crash on stream listener removal w/ destroyed session (Anna Henningsen) [#29459](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/29459)
+* [[`dd285968c4`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/dd285968c4)] - **openssl**: fix keypress requirement in apps on win32 (Shigeki Ohtsu) [iojs/io.js#1389](https://github.com/iojs/io.js/pull/1389)
+* [[`3ee076f03d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3ee076f03d)] - **stream**: ensure writable.destroy() emits error once (Luigi Pinca) [#26057](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/26057)
+* [[`a7e5fe1f06`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a7e5fe1f06)] - **test**: unskip tests that now pass on AIX (Sam Roberts) [#29054](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/29054)
+* [[`65e9b0f5a2`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/65e9b0f5a2)] - **test**: specialize OOM check for AIX (Sam Roberts) [#28857](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/28857)
+* [[`7aca9cb09b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7aca9cb09b)] - **test**: fix pty test hangs on aix (Ben Noordhuis) [#28600](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/28600)
+* [[`588b761fca`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/588b761fca)] - **test**: skip stringbytes-external-exceed-max on AIX (Sam Roberts) [#28516](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/28516)
+* [[`930647d0fe`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/930647d0fe)] - **test**: skip tests related to CI failures on AIX (Sam Roberts) [#28469](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/28469)
+* [[`92a2f8bbe3`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/92a2f8bbe3)] - **test,win**: cleanup exec-timeout processes (João Reis) [#28723](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/28723)
+* [[`d57f79726d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d57f79726d)] - **tls**: partially backport pull request #26415 (Ben Noordhuis) [#26415](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/26415)
+* [[`c582fef5cc`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c582fef5cc)] - **tools**: update certdata.txt (Sam Roberts) [#28808](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/28808)
+* [[`4fbadf6a9e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4fbadf6a9e)] - **tools**: update certdata.txt (Sam Roberts) [#27374](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/27374)
+* [[`529b2ad25f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/529b2ad25f)] - **tools**: update certdata.txt (Sam Roberts) [#25113](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/25113)
+
+Windows 32-bit Installer: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.16.2/node-v8.16.2-x86.msi<br>
+Windows 64-bit Installer: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.16.2/node-v8.16.2-x64.msi<br>
+Windows 32-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.16.2/win-x86/node.exe<br>
+Windows 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.16.2/win-x64/node.exe<br>
+macOS 64-bit Installer: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.16.2/node-v8.16.2.pkg<br>
+macOS 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.16.2/node-v8.16.2-darwin-x64.tar.gz<br>
+Linux 32-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.16.2/node-v8.16.2-linux-x86.tar.xz<br>
+Linux 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.16.2/node-v8.16.2-linux-x64.tar.xz<br>
+Linux PPC LE 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.16.2/node-v8.16.2-linux-ppc64le.tar.xz<br>
+Linux s390x 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.16.2/node-v8.16.2-linux-s390x.tar.xz<br>
+AIX 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.16.2/node-v8.16.2-aix-ppc64.tar.gz<br>
+SmartOS 32-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.16.2/node-v8.16.2-sunos-x86.tar.xz<br>
+SmartOS 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.16.2/node-v8.16.2-sunos-x64.tar.xz<br>
+ARMv6 32-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.16.2/node-v8.16.2-linux-armv6l.tar.xz<br>
+ARMv7 32-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.16.2/node-v8.16.2-linux-armv7l.tar.xz<br>
+ARMv8 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.16.2/node-v8.16.2-linux-arm64.tar.xz<br>
+Source Code: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.16.2/node-v8.16.2.tar.gz<br>
+Other release files: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.16.2/<br>
+Documentation: https://nodejs.org/docs/v8.16.2/api/
+
+### SHASUMS
+
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