2021-04-20, Version 16.0.0 (Current)

Notable changes:

* TBD

PR-URL: #37678

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 Select a Node.js version below to view the changelog history:
 
+* [Node.js 16](doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V16.md) **Current**
 * [Node.js 15](doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V15.md) **Current**
 * [Node.js 14](doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V14.md) **Long Term Support**
 * [Node.js 13](doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V13.md) End-of-Life
@@ -25,13 +26,17 @@ release.
 <!--lint disable maximum-line-length-->
 <table>
 <tr>
+  <th title="Current"><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V16.md">16</a><sup>Current</sup></th>
   <th title="Current"><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V15.md">15</a><sup>Current</sup></th>
   <th title="LTS Until 2023-04"><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V14.md">14</a><sup>LTS</sup></th>
   <th title="LTS Until 2022-04"><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V12.md">12</a><sup>LTS</sup></th>
   <th title="LTS Until 2021-04"><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V10.md">10</a><sup>LTS</sup></th>
 </tr>
 <tr>
     <td valign="top">
+<b><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V16.md#16.0.0">16.0.0</a></b><br/>
+    </td>
+    <td valign="top">
 <b><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V15.md#15.12.0">15.12.0</a></b><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V15.md#15.11.0">15.11.0</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V15.md#15.10.0">15.10.0</a><br/>

doc/abi_version_registry.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "NODE_MODULE_VERSION": [
-    { "modules": 93, "runtime": "node",     "variant": "v8_9.0",               "versions": "16.0.0-pre" },
+    { "modules": 93, "runtime": "node",     "variant": "v8_9.0",               "versions": "16.0.0" },
     { "modules": 92, "runtime": "node",     "variant": "v8_8.9",               "versions": "16.0.0-pre" },
     { "modules": 91, "runtime": "node",     "variant": "v8_8.8",               "versions": "16.0.0-pre" },
     { "modules": 90, "runtime": "node",     "variant": "v8_8.7",               "versions": "16.0.0-pre" },

doc/api/async_hooks.md

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   - v12.19.0
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     description: Added optional thisArg.
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doc/api/buffer.md

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 ### `buffer.atob(data)`
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 > Stability: 3 - Legacy. Use `Buffer.from(data, 'base64')` instead.
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 ### `buffer.btoa(data)`
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 > Stability: 3 - Legacy. Use `buf.toString('base64')` instead.

doc/api/child_process.md

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doc/api/cluster.md

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 details.
 
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 * {boolean}
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 * `settings` {Object} See [`cluster.settings`][].

doc/api/deprecations.md

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 ### DEP0109: `http`, `https`, and `tls` support for invalid URLs
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 ### DEP0116: Legacy URL API
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   - version: v11.0.0
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 ### DEP0128: modules with an invalid `main` entry and an `index.js` file
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 ### DEP0130: `Module.createRequireFromPath()`
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 ### DEP0147: `fs.rmdir(path, { recursive: true })`
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@@ -2698,7 +2698,7 @@ Use `fs.rm(path, { recursive: true, force: true })`,
 ### DEP0148: Folder mappings in `"exports"` (trailing `"/"`)
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@@ -2718,7 +2718,7 @@ Using a trailing `"/"` to define
 ### DEP0149: `http.IncomingMessage#connection`
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@@ -2730,7 +2730,7 @@ Prefer [`message.socket`][] over [`message.connection`][].
 ### DEP0150: Changing the value of `process.config`
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@@ -2745,7 +2745,7 @@ change the value has been deprecated and will be disabled in the future.
 ### DEP0151: Main index lookup and extension searching
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 ### DEP0152: Extension PerformanceEntry properties
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doc/api/esm.md

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   - v12.20.0
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     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37246
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doc/api/events.md

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doc/api/fs.md

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                  error."
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doc/api/globals.md

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 ## `btoa(data)`
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 > Stability: 3 - Legacy. Use `buf.toString('base64')` instead.

doc/api/http.md

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 ### `message.connection`
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 > Stability: 0 - Deprecated. Use [`message.socket`][].