2018-02-22, Version 9.6.0 (Current)

Notable changes:

* async_hooks:
  - deprecate unsafe emit{Before,After} (Ali Ijaz Sheikh)
    nodejs#18513
  - rename PromiseWrap.parentId to PromiseWrap.isChainedPromise
    (Ali Ijaz Sheikh) nodejs#18633
* deps:
  - update node-inspect to 1.11.3 (Jan Krems)
    nodejs#18354
  - ICU 60.2 bump (Steven R. Loomis)
    nodejs#17687
  - Introduce ScriptOrModule and HostDefinedOptions to V8 (Jan Krems)
    nodejs#16889
* http:
  - add options to http.createServer() for `IncomingMessage` and
    `ServerReponse` (Peter Marton)
    nodejs#15752
* http2:
  - add http fallback options to .createServer (Peter Marton)
    nodejs#15752
* https:
  - Adds the remaining options from tls.createSecureContext() to the
    string generated by Agent#getName(). This allows https.request()
    to accept the options and generate unique sockets appropriately.
    (Jeff Principe)
    nodejs#16402
* inspector:
  - --inspect-brk for es modules (Guy Bedford)
    nodejs#18194
* lib:
  - allow process kill by signal number (Sam Roberts)
    nodejs#16944
* module:
  - enable dynamic import (Myles Borins)
    nodejs#18387
  - dynamic import is now supported (Jan Krems)
    nodejs#15713
* napi:
  - add methods to open/close callback scope (Michael Dawson)
    nodejs#18089
* src:
  - allow --perf-(basic-)?prof in NODE_OPTIONS (Leko)
    nodejs#17600
* vm:
  - add support for es modules (Gus Caplan)
    nodejs#17560

PR-URL: nodejs#18902

Author: MylesBorins

CHANGELOG.md

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-<b><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md#9.5.0">9.5.0</a></b><br/>
+<b><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md#9.6.0">9.6.0</a></b><br/>
+<a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md#9.5.0">9.5.0</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md#9.4.0">9.4.0</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md#9.3.0">9.3.0</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md#9.2.1">9.2.1</a><br/>

doc/api/async_hooks.md

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 #### `asyncResource.runInAsyncScope(fn[, thisArg, ...args])`
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 * `fn` {Function} The function to call in the execution context of this async
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 #### `asyncResource.emitBefore()`
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 > Stability: 0 - Deprecated: Use [`asyncResource.runInAsyncScope()`][] instead.
 
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 #### `asyncResource.emitAfter()`
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 > Stability: 0 - Deprecated: Use [`asyncResource.runInAsyncScope()`][] instead.
 

doc/api/http.md

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doc/api/http2.md

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     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/16676
     description: Added the `maxHeaderListPairs` option with a default limit of
                  128 header pairs.
-  - version: REPLACEME
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     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/15752
     description: Added the `Http1IncomingMessage` and `Http1ServerResponse`
                  option.

doc/api/n-api.md

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 ### *napi_open_callback_scope*
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doc/api/perf_hooks.md

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 ### performance.maxEntries
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 Value: {number}

doc/api/vm.md

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 ## Class: vm.Module
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 > Stability: 1 - Experimental