Table of Contents

• Deprecated APIs

  • Revoking deprecations

  • List of Deprecated APIs

    • DEP0001: http.OutgoingMessage.prototype.flush
    • DEP0002: require('_linklist')
    • DEP0003: _writableState.buffer
    • DEP0004: CryptoStream.prototype.readyState
    • DEP0005: Buffer() constructor
    • DEP0006: child_process options.customFds
    • DEP0007: Replace cluster worker.suicide with worker.exitedAfterDisconnect
    • DEP0008: require('constants')
    • DEP0009: crypto.pbkdf2 without digest
    • DEP0010: crypto.createCredentials
    • DEP0011: crypto.Credentials
    • DEP0012: Domain.dispose
    • DEP0013: fs asynchronous function without callback
    • DEP0014: fs.read legacy String interface
    • DEP0015: fs.readSync legacy String interface
    • DEP0016: GLOBAL/root
    • DEP0017: Intl.v8BreakIterator
    • DEP0018: Unhandled promise rejections
    • DEP0019: require('.') resolved outside directory
    • DEP0020: Server.connections
    • DEP0021: Server.listenFD
    • DEP0022: os.tmpDir()
    • DEP0023: os.getNetworkInterfaces()
    • DEP0024: REPLServer.prototype.convertToContext()
    • DEP0025: require('sys')
    • DEP0026: util.print()
    • DEP0027: util.puts()
    • DEP0028: util.debug()
    • DEP0029: util.error()
    • DEP0030: SlowBuffer
    • DEP0031: ecdh.setPublicKey()
    • DEP0032: domain module
    • DEP0033: EventEmitter.listenerCount()
    • DEP0034: fs.exists(path, callback)
    • DEP0035: fs.lchmod(path, mode, callback)
    • DEP0036: fs.lchmodSync(path, mode)
    • DEP0037: fs.lchown(path, uid, gid, callback)
    • DEP0038: fs.lchownSync(path, uid, gid)
    • DEP0039: require.extensions
    • DEP0040: punycode module
    • DEP0041: NODE_REPL_HISTORY_FILE environment variable
    • DEP0042: tls.CryptoStream
    • DEP0043: tls.SecurePair
    • DEP0044: util.isArray()
    • DEP0045: util.isBoolean()
    • DEP0046: util.isBuffer()
    • DEP0047: util.isDate()
    • DEP0048: util.isError()
    • DEP0049: util.isFunction()
    • DEP0050: util.isNull()
    • DEP0051: util.isNullOrUndefined()
    • DEP0052: util.isNumber()
    • DEP0053 util.isObject()
    • DEP0054: util.isPrimitive()
    • DEP0055: util.isRegExp()
    • DEP0056: util.isString()
    • DEP0057: util.isSymbol()
    • DEP0058: util.isUndefined()
    • DEP0059: util.log()
    • DEP0060: util._extend()
    • DEP0061: fs.SyncWriteStream
    • DEP0062: node --debug
    • DEP0063: ServerResponse.prototype.writeHeader()
    • DEP0064: tls.createSecurePair()
    • DEP0065: repl.REPL_MODE_MAGIC and NODE_REPL_MODE=magic
    • DEP0066: OutgoingMessage.prototype._headers, OutgoingMessage.prototype._headerNames
    • DEP0067: OutgoingMessage.prototype._renderHeaders
    • DEP0068: node debug
    • DEP0069: vm.runInDebugContext(string)
    • DEP0070: async_hooks.currentId()
    • DEP0071: async_hooks.triggerId()
    • DEP0072: async_hooks.AsyncResource.triggerId()
    • DEP0073: Several internal properties of net.Server
    • DEP0074: REPLServer.bufferedCommand
    • DEP0075: REPLServer.parseREPLKeyword()
    • DEP0076: tls.parseCertString()
    • DEP0077: Module._debug()
    • DEP0078: REPLServer.turnOffEditorMode()
    • DEP0079: Custom inspection function on Objects via .inspect()
    • DEP0080: path._makeLong()
    • DEP0081: fs.truncate() using a file descriptor
    • DEP0082: REPLServer.prototype.memory()
    • DEP0083: Disabling ECDH by setting ecdhCurve to false
    • DEP0084: requiring bundled internal dependencies
    • DEP0085: AsyncHooks Sensitive API
    • DEP0086: Remove runInAsyncIdScope
    • DEP0089: require('assert')
    • DEP0090: Invalid GCM authentication tag lengths
    • DEP0091: crypto.DEFAULT_ENCODING
    • DEP0092: Top-level this bound to module.exports
    • DEP0093: crypto.fips is deprecated and replaced.
    • DEP0094: Using assert.fail() with more than one argument.
    • DEP0095: timers.enroll()
    • DEP0096: timers.unenroll()
    • DEP0097: MakeCallback with domain property
    • DEP0098: AsyncHooks Embedder AsyncResource.emitBefore and AsyncResource.emitAfter APIs
    • DEP0099: async context-unaware node::MakeCallback C++ APIs
    • DEP0100: process.assert()
    • DEP0101: --with-lttng
    • DEP0102: Using noAssert in Buffer#(read|write) operations.
    • DEP0103: process.binding('util').is[...] typechecks
    • DEP0104: process.env string coercion
    • DEP0105: decipher.finaltol
    • DEP0106: crypto.createCipher and crypto.createDecipher
    • DEP0107: tls.convertNPNProtocols()
    • DEP0108: zlib.bytesRead
    • DEP0109: http, https, and tls support for invalid URLs
    • DEP0110: vm.Script cached data
    • DEP0111: process.binding()
    • DEP0112: dgram private APIs
    • DEP0113: Cipher.setAuthTag(), Decipher.getAuthTag()
    • DEP0114: crypto._toBuf()
    • DEP0115: crypto.prng(), crypto.pseudoRandomBytes(), crypto.rng()
    • DEP0116: Legacy URL API
    • DEP0117: Native crypto handles
    • DEP0118: dns.lookup() support for a falsy host name
    • DEP0119: process.binding('uv').errname() private API
    • DEP0120: Windows Performance Counter Support
    • DEP0121: net._setSimultaneousAccepts()
    • DEP0122: tls Server.prototype.setOptions()
    • DEP0123: setting the TLS ServerName to an IP address
    • DEP0124: using REPLServer.rli
    • DEP0125: require('_stream_wrap')
    • DEP0126: timers.active()
    • DEP0127: timers._unrefActive()
    • DEP0128: modules with an invalid main entry and an index.js file
    • DEP0129: ChildProcess._channel
    • DEP0130: Module.createRequireFromPath()
    • DEP0131: Legacy HTTP parser
    • DEP0132: worker.terminate() with callback
    • DEP0133: http connection
    • DEP0134: process._tickCallback
    • DEP0135: WriteStream.open() and ReadStream.open() are internal
    • DEP0136: http finished
    • DEP0137: Closing fs.FileHandle on garbage collection
    • DEP0138: process.mainModule
    • DEP0139: process.umask() with no arguments
    • DEP0140: Use request.destroy() instead of request.abort()
    • DEP0141: repl.inputStream and repl.outputStream
    • DEP0142: repl._builtinLibs
    • DEP0143: Transform._transformState

Deprecated APIs#

Node.js may deprecate APIs for any of the following reasons:

• Use of the API is unsafe.
• An improved alternative API is available.
• Breaking changes to the API are expected in a future major release.

Node.js utilizes three kinds of Deprecations:

• Documentation-only
• Runtime
• End-of-Life

A Documentation-only deprecation is one that is expressed only within the Node.js API docs. These generate no side-effects while running Node.js. Some Documentation-only deprecations trigger a runtime warning when launched with --pending-deprecation flag (or its alternative, NODE_PENDING_DEPRECATION=1 environment variable), similarly to Runtime deprecations below. Documentation-only deprecations that support that flag are explicitly labeled as such in the list of Deprecated APIs.

A Runtime deprecation will, by default, generate a process warning that will be printed to stderr the first time the deprecated API is used. When the --throw-deprecation command-line flag is used, a Runtime deprecation will cause an error to be thrown.

An End-of-Life deprecation is used when functionality is or will soon be removed from Node.js.

Revoking deprecations#

Occasionally, the deprecation of an API may be reversed. In such situations, this document will be updated with information relevant to the decision. However, the deprecation identifier will not be modified.

List of Deprecated APIs#

DEP0001: http.OutgoingMessage.prototype.flush#

Type: End-of-Life

OutgoingMessage.prototype.flush() has been removed. Use OutgoingMessage.prototype.flushHeaders() instead.

DEP0002: require('_linklist')#

Type: End-of-Life

The _linklist module is deprecated. Please use a userland alternative.

DEP0003: _writableState.buffer#

Type: End-of-Life

The _writableState.buffer has been removed. Use _writableState.getBuffer() instead.

DEP0004: CryptoStream.prototype.readyState#

Type: End-of-Life

The CryptoStream.prototype.readyState property was removed.

DEP0005: Buffer() constructor#

Type: Runtime (supports --pending-deprecation)

The Buffer() function and new Buffer() constructor are deprecated due to API usability issues that can lead to accidental security issues.

As an alternative, use one of the following methods of constructing Buffer objects:

• Buffer.alloc(size[, fill[, encoding]]): Create a Buffer with initialized memory.
• Buffer.allocUnsafe(size): Create a Buffer with uninitialized memory.
• Buffer.allocUnsafeSlow(size): Create a Buffer with uninitialized memory.
• Buffer.from(array): Create a Buffer with a copy of array
• Buffer.from(arrayBuffer[, byteOffset[, length]]) - Create a Buffer that wraps the given arrayBuffer.
• Buffer.from(buffer): Create a Buffer that copies buffer.
• Buffer.from(string[, encoding]): Create a Buffer that copies string.

Without --pending-deprecation, runtime warnings occur only for code not in node_modules. This means there will not be deprecation warnings for Buffer() usage in dependencies. With --pending-deprecation, a runtime warning results no matter where the Buffer() usage occurs.

DEP0006: child_process options.customFds#

Type: End-of-Life

Within the child_process module's spawn(), fork(), and exec() methods, the options.customFds option is deprecated. The options.stdio option should be used instead.

DEP0007: Replace cluster worker.suicide with worker.exitedAfterDisconnect#

Type: End-of-Life

In an earlier version of the Node.js cluster, a boolean property with the name suicide was added to the Worker object. The intent of this property was to provide an indication of how and why the Worker instance exited. In Node.js 6.0.0, the old property was deprecated and replaced with a new worker.exitedAfterDisconnect property. The old property name did not precisely describe the actual semantics and was unnecessarily emotion-laden.

DEP0008: require('constants')#

Type: Documentation-only

The constants module is deprecated. When requiring access to constants relevant to specific Node.js builtin modules, developers should instead refer to the constants property exposed by the relevant module. For instance, require('fs').constants and require('os').constants.

DEP0009: crypto.pbkdf2 without digest#

Type: End-of-Life

Use of the crypto.pbkdf2() API without specifying a digest was deprecated in Node.js 6.0 because the method defaulted to using the non-recommended 'SHA1' digest. Previously, a deprecation warning was printed. Starting in Node.js 8.0.0, calling crypto.pbkdf2() or crypto.pbkdf2Sync() with digest set to undefined will throw a TypeError.

Beginning in Node.js v11.0.0, calling these functions with digest set to null would print a deprecation warning to align with the behavior when digest is undefined.

Now, however, passing either undefined or null will throw a TypeError.

DEP0010: crypto.createCredentials#

Type: End-of-Life

The crypto.createCredentials() API was removed. Please use tls.createSecureContext() instead.

DEP0011: crypto.Credentials#

Type: End-of-Life

The crypto.Credentials class was removed. Please use tls.SecureContext instead.

DEP0012: Domain.dispose#

Type: End-of-Life

Domain.dispose() has been removed. Recover from failed I/O actions explicitly via error event handlers set on the domain instead.

DEP0013: fs asynchronous function without callback#

Type: End-of-Life

Calling an asynchronous function without a callback throws a TypeError in Node.js 10.0.0 onwards. See https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/12562.

DEP0014: fs.read legacy String interface#

Type: End-of-Life

The fs.read() legacy String interface is deprecated. Use the Buffer API as mentioned in the documentation instead.

DEP0015: fs.readSync legacy String interface#

Type: End-of-Life

The fs.readSync() legacy String interface is deprecated. Use the Buffer API as mentioned in the documentation instead.

DEP0016: GLOBAL/root#

Type: End-of-Life

The GLOBAL and root aliases for the global property were deprecated in Node.js 6.0.0 and have since been removed.

DEP0017: Intl.v8BreakIterator#

Type: End-of-Life

Intl.v8BreakIterator was a non-standard extension and has been removed. See Intl.Segmenter.

DEP0018: Unhandled promise rejections#

Type: Runtime

Unhandled promise rejections are deprecated. In the future, promise rejections that are not handled will terminate the Node.js process with a non-zero exit code.

DEP0019: require('.') resolved outside directory#

Type: End-of-Life

In certain cases, require('.') could resolve outside the package directory. This behavior has been removed.

DEP0020: Server.connections#

Type: Runtime

The Server.connections property is deprecated. Please use the Server.getConnections() method instead.

DEP0021: Server.listenFD#

Type: End-of-Life

The Server.listenFD() method was deprecated and removed. Please use Server.listen({fd: <number>}) instead.

DEP0022: os.tmpDir()#

Type: End-of-Life

The os.tmpDir() API was deprecated in Node.js 7.0.0 and has since been removed. Please use os.tmpdir() instead.

DEP0023: os.getNetworkInterfaces()#

Type: End-of-Life

The os.getNetworkInterfaces() method is deprecated. Please use the os.networkInterfaces() method instead.

DEP0024: REPLServer.prototype.convertToContext()#

Type: End-of-Life

The REPLServer.prototype.convertToContext() API has been removed.

DEP0025: require('sys')#

Type: Runtime

The sys module is deprecated. Please use the util module instead.

DEP0026: util.print()#

Type: End-of-Life

util.print() has been removed. Please use console.log() instead.

DEP0027: util.puts()#

Type: End-of-Life

util.puts() has been removed. Please use console.log() instead.

DEP0028: util.debug()#

Type: End-of-Life

util.debug() has been removed. Please use console.error() instead.

DEP0029: util.error()#

Type: End-of-Life

util.error() has been removed. Please use console.error() instead.

DEP0030: SlowBuffer#

Type: Documentation-only

The SlowBuffer class is deprecated. Please use Buffer.allocUnsafeSlow(size) instead.

DEP0031: ecdh.setPublicKey()#

Type: Documentation-only

The ecdh.setPublicKey() method is now deprecated as its inclusion in the API is not useful.

DEP0032: domain module#

Type: Documentation-only

The domain module is deprecated and should not be used.

DEP0033: EventEmitter.listenerCount()#

Type: Documentation-only

The EventEmitter.listenerCount(emitter, eventName) API is deprecated. Please use emitter.listenerCount(eventName) instead.

DEP0034: fs.exists(path, callback)#

Type: Documentation-only

The fs.exists(path, callback) API is deprecated. Please use fs.stat() or fs.access() instead.

DEP0035: fs.lchmod(path, mode, callback)#

Type: Documentation-only

The fs.lchmod(path, mode, callback) API is deprecated.

DEP0036: fs.lchmodSync(path, mode)#

Type: Documentation-only

The fs.lchmodSync(path, mode) API is deprecated.

DEP0037: fs.lchown(path, uid, gid, callback)#

Type: Deprecation revoked

The fs.lchown(path, uid, gid, callback) API was deprecated. The deprecation was revoked because the requisite supporting APIs were added in libuv.

DEP0038: fs.lchownSync(path, uid, gid)#

Type: Deprecation revoked

The fs.lchownSync(path, uid, gid) API was deprecated. The deprecation was revoked because the requisite supporting APIs were added in libuv.

DEP0039: require.extensions#

Type: Documentation-only

The require.extensions property is deprecated.

DEP0040: punycode module#

Type: Documentation-only

The punycode module is deprecated. Please use a userland alternative instead.

DEP0041: NODE_REPL_HISTORY_FILE environment variable#

Type: End-of-Life

The NODE_REPL_HISTORY_FILE environment variable was removed. Please use NODE_REPL_HISTORY instead.

DEP0042: tls.CryptoStream#

Type: End-of-Life

The tls.CryptoStream class was removed. Please use tls.TLSSocket instead.

DEP0043: tls.SecurePair#

Type: Documentation-only

The tls.SecurePair class is deprecated. Please use tls.TLSSocket instead.

DEP0044: util.isArray()#

Type: Documentation-only

The util.isArray() API is deprecated. Please use Array.isArray() instead.

DEP0045: util.isBoolean()#

Type: Documentation-only

The util.isBoolean() API is deprecated.

DEP0046: util.isBuffer()#

Type: Documentation-only

The util.isBuffer() API is deprecated. Please use Buffer.isBuffer() instead.

DEP0047: util.isDate()#

Type: Documentation-only

The util.isDate() API is deprecated.

DEP0048: util.isError()#

Type: Documentation-only

The util.isError() API is deprecated.

DEP0049: util.isFunction()#

Type: Documentation-only

The util.isFunction() API is deprecated.

DEP0050: util.isNull()#

Type: Documentation-only

The util.isNull() API is deprecated.

DEP0051: util.isNullOrUndefined()#

Type: Documentation-only

The util.isNullOrUndefined() API is deprecated.

DEP0052: util.isNumber()#

Type: Documentation-only

The util.isNumber() API is deprecated.

DEP0053 util.isObject()#

Type: Documentation-only

The util.isObject() API is deprecated.

DEP0054: util.isPrimitive()#

Type: Documentation-only

The util.isPrimitive() API is deprecated.

DEP0055: util.isRegExp()#

Type: Documentation-only

The util.isRegExp() API is deprecated.

DEP0056: util.isString()#

Type: Documentation-only

The util.isString() API is deprecated.

DEP0057: util.isSymbol()#

Type: Documentation-only

The util.isSymbol() API is deprecated.

DEP0058: util.isUndefined()#

Type: Documentation-only

The util.isUndefined() API is deprecated.

DEP0059: util.log()#

Type: Documentation-only

The util.log() API is deprecated.

DEP0060: util._extend()#

Type: Documentation-only

The util._extend() API is deprecated.

DEP0061: fs.SyncWriteStream#

Type: End-of-Life

The fs.SyncWriteStream class was never intended to be a publicly accessible API and has been removed. No alternative API is available. Please use a userland alternative.

DEP0062: node --debug#

Type: End-of-Life

--debug activates the legacy V8 debugger interface, which was removed as of V8 5.8. It is replaced by Inspector which is activated with --inspect instead.

DEP0063: ServerResponse.prototype.writeHeader()#

Type: Documentation-only

The http module ServerResponse.prototype.writeHeader() API is deprecated. Please use ServerResponse.prototype.writeHead() instead.

The ServerResponse.prototype.writeHeader() method was never documented as an officially supported API.

DEP0064: tls.createSecurePair()#

Type: Runtime

The tls.createSecurePair() API was deprecated in documentation in Node.js 0.11.3. Users should use tls.Socket instead.

DEP0065: repl.REPL_MODE_MAGIC and NODE_REPL_MODE=magic#

Type: End-of-Life

The repl module's REPL_MODE_MAGIC constant, used for replMode option, has been removed. Its behavior has been functionally identical to that of REPL_MODE_SLOPPY since Node.js 6.0.0, when V8 5.0 was imported. Please use REPL_MODE_SLOPPY instead.

The NODE_REPL_MODE environment variable is used to set the underlying replMode of an interactive node session. Its value, magic, is also removed. Please use sloppy instead.

DEP0066: OutgoingMessage.prototype._headers, OutgoingMessage.prototype._headerNames#

Type: Runtime

The http module OutgoingMessage.prototype._headers and OutgoingMessage.prototype._headerNames properties are deprecated. Use one of the public methods (e.g. OutgoingMessage.prototype.getHeader(), OutgoingMessage.prototype.getHeaders(), OutgoingMessage.prototype.getHeaderNames(), OutgoingMessage.prototype.hasHeader(), OutgoingMessage.prototype.removeHeader(), OutgoingMessage.prototype.setHeader()) for working with outgoing headers.

The OutgoingMessage.prototype._headers and OutgoingMessage.prototype._headerNames properties were never documented as officially supported properties.

DEP0067: OutgoingMessage.prototype._renderHeaders#

Type: Documentation-only

The http module OutgoingMessage.prototype._renderHeaders() API is deprecated.

The OutgoingMessage.prototype._renderHeaders property was never documented as an officially supported API.

DEP0068: node debug#

Type: Runtime

node debug corresponds to the legacy CLI debugger which has been replaced with a V8-inspector based CLI debugger available through node inspect.

DEP0069: vm.runInDebugContext(string)#

Type: End-of-Life

DebugContext has been removed in V8 and is not available in Node.js 10+.

DebugContext was an experimental API.

DEP0070: async_hooks.currentId()#

Type: End-of-Life

async_hooks.currentId() was renamed to async_hooks.executionAsyncId() for clarity.

This change was made while async_hooks was an experimental API.

DEP0071: async_hooks.triggerId()#

Type: End-of-Life

async_hooks.triggerId() was renamed to async_hooks.triggerAsyncId() for clarity.

This change was made while async_hooks was an experimental API.

DEP0072: async_hooks.AsyncResource.triggerId()#

Type: End-of-Life

async_hooks.AsyncResource.triggerId() was renamed to async_hooks.AsyncResource.triggerAsyncId() for clarity.

This change was made while async_hooks was an experimental API.

DEP0073: Several internal properties of net.Server#

Type: End-of-Life

Accessing several internal, undocumented properties of net.Server instances with inappropriate names is deprecated.

As the original API was undocumented and not generally useful for non-internal code, no replacement API is provided.

DEP0074: REPLServer.bufferedCommand#

Type: Runtime

The REPLServer.bufferedCommand property was deprecated in favor of REPLServer.clearBufferedCommand().

DEP0075: REPLServer.parseREPLKeyword()#

Type: Runtime

REPLServer.parseREPLKeyword() was removed from userland visibility.

DEP0076: tls.parseCertString()#

Type: Runtime

tls.parseCertString() is a trivial parsing helper that was made public by mistake. This function can usually be replaced with:

const querystring = require('querystring');
querystring.parse(str, '\n', '=');

This function is not completely equivalent to querystring.parse(). One difference is that querystring.parse() does url decoding:

> querystring.parse('%E5%A5%BD=1', '\n', '=');
{ '好': '1' }
> tls.parseCertString('%E5%A5%BD=1');
{ '%E5%A5%BD': '1' }

DEP0077: Module._debug()#

Type: Runtime

Module._debug() is deprecated.

The Module._debug() function was never documented as an officially supported API.

DEP0078: REPLServer.turnOffEditorMode()#

Type: Runtime

REPLServer.turnOffEditorMode() was removed from userland visibility.

DEP0079: Custom inspection function on Objects via .inspect()#

Type: End-of-Life

Using a property named inspect on an object to specify a custom inspection function for util.inspect() is deprecated. Use util.inspect.custom instead. For backward compatibility with Node.js prior to version 6.4.0, both may be specified.

DEP0080: path._makeLong()#

Type: Documentation-only

The internal path._makeLong() was not intended for public use. However, userland modules have found it useful. The internal API is deprecated and replaced with an identical, public path.toNamespacedPath() method.

DEP0081: fs.truncate() using a file descriptor#

Type: Runtime

fs.truncate() fs.truncateSync() usage with a file descriptor is deprecated. Please use fs.ftruncate() or fs.ftruncateSync() to work with file descriptors.

DEP0082: REPLServer.prototype.memory()#

Type: Runtime

REPLServer.prototype.memory() is only necessary for the internal mechanics of the REPLServer itself. Do not use this function.

DEP0083: Disabling ECDH by setting ecdhCurve to false#

Type: End-of-Life.

The ecdhCurve option to tls.createSecureContext() and tls.TLSSocket could be set to false to disable ECDH entirely on the server only. This mode was deprecated in preparation for migrating to OpenSSL 1.1.0 and consistency with the client and is now unsupported. Use the ciphers parameter instead.

DEP0084: requiring bundled internal dependencies#

Type: End-of-Life

Since Node.js versions 4.4.0 and 5.2.0, several modules only intended for internal usage were mistakenly exposed to user code through require(). These modules were:

• v8/tools/codemap
• v8/tools/consarray
• v8/tools/csvparser
• v8/tools/logreader
• v8/tools/profile_view
• v8/tools/profile
• v8/tools/SourceMap
• v8/tools/splaytree
• v8/tools/tickprocessor-driver
• v8/tools/tickprocessor
• node-inspect/lib/_inspect (from 7.6.0)
• node-inspect/lib/internal/inspect_client (from 7.6.0)
• node-inspect/lib/internal/inspect_repl (from 7.6.0)

The v8/* modules do not have any exports, and if not imported in a specific order would in fact throw errors. As such there are virtually no legitimate use cases for importing them through require().

On the other hand, node-inspect may be installed locally through a package manager, as it is published on the npm registry under the same name. No source code modification is necessary if that is done.

DEP0085: AsyncHooks Sensitive API#

Type: End-of-Life

The AsyncHooks Sensitive API was never documented and had various minor issues. Use the AsyncResource API instead. See https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/15572.

DEP0086: Remove runInAsyncIdScope#

Type: End-of-Life

runInAsyncIdScope doesn't emit the 'before' or 'after' event and can thus cause a lot of issues. See https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/14328.

DEP0089: require('assert')#

Type: Deprecation revoked

Importing assert directly was not recommended as the exposed functions use loose equality checks. The deprecation was revoked because use of the assert module is not discouraged, and the deprecation caused end user confusion.

DEP0090: Invalid GCM authentication tag lengths#

Type: End-of-Life

Node.js used to support all GCM authentication tag lengths which are accepted by OpenSSL when calling decipher.setAuthTag(). Beginning with Node.js v11.0.0, only authentication tag lengths of 128, 120, 112, 104, 96, 64, and 32 bits are allowed. Authentication tags of other lengths are invalid per NIST SP 800-38D.

DEP0091: crypto.DEFAULT_ENCODING#

Type: Runtime

The crypto.DEFAULT_ENCODING property is deprecated.

DEP0092: Top-level this bound to module.exports#

Type: Documentation-only

Assigning properties to the top-level this as an alternative to module.exports is deprecated. Developers should use exports or module.exports instead.

DEP0093: crypto.fips is deprecated and replaced.#

Type: Documentation-only

The crypto.fips property is deprecated. Please use crypto.setFips() and crypto.getFips() instead.

DEP0094: Using assert.fail() with more than one argument.#

Type: Runtime

Using assert.fail() with more than one argument is deprecated. Use assert.fail() with only one argument or use a different assert module method.

DEP0095: timers.enroll()#

Type: Runtime

timers.enroll() is deprecated. Please use the publicly documented setTimeout() or setInterval() instead.

DEP0096: timers.unenroll()#

Type: Runtime

timers.unenroll() is deprecated. Please use the publicly documented clearTimeout() or clearInterval() instead.

DEP0097: MakeCallback with domain property#

Type: Runtime

Users of MakeCallback that add the domain property to carry context, should start using the async_context variant of MakeCallback or CallbackScope, or the high-level AsyncResource class.

DEP0098: AsyncHooks Embedder AsyncResource.emitBefore and AsyncResource.emitAfter APIs#

Type: End-of-Life

The embedded API provided by AsyncHooks exposes .emitBefore() and .emitAfter() methods which are very easy to use incorrectly which can lead to unrecoverable errors.

Use asyncResource.runInAsyncScope() API instead which provides a much safer, and more convenient, alternative. See https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18513.

DEP0099: async context-unaware node::MakeCallback C++ APIs#

Type: Compile-time

Certain versions of node::MakeCallback APIs available to native modules are deprecated. Please use the versions of the API that accept an async_context parameter.

DEP0100: process.assert()#

Type: Runtime

process.assert() is deprecated. Please use the assert module instead.

This was never a documented feature.

DEP0101: --with-lttng#

Type: End-of-Life

The --with-lttng compile-time option has been removed.

DEP0102: Using noAssert in Buffer#(read|write) operations.#

Type: End-of-Life

Using the noAssert argument has no functionality anymore. All input is going to be verified, no matter if it is set to true or not. Skipping the verification could lead to hard to find errors and crashes.

DEP0103: process.binding('util').is[...] typechecks#

Type: Documentation-only (supports --pending-deprecation)

Using process.binding() in general should be avoided. The type checking methods in particular can be replaced by using util.types.

This deprecation has been superseded by the deprecation of the process.binding() API (DEP0111).

DEP0104: process.env string coercion#

Type: Documentation-only (supports --pending-deprecation)

When assigning a non-string property to process.env, the assigned value is implicitly converted to a string. This behavior is deprecated if the assigned value is not a string, boolean, or number. In the future, such assignment may result in a thrown error. Please convert the property to a string before assigning it to process.env.

DEP0105: decipher.finaltol#

Type: End-of-Life

decipher.finaltol() has never been documented and was an alias for decipher.final(). This API has been removed, and it is recommended to use decipher.final() instead.

DEP0106: crypto.createCipher and crypto.createDecipher#

Type: Runtime

Using crypto.createCipher() and crypto.createDecipher() should be avoided as they use a weak key derivation function (MD5 with no salt) and static initialization vectors. It is recommended to derive a key using crypto.pbkdf2() or crypto.scrypt() and to use crypto.createCipheriv() and crypto.createDecipheriv() to obtain the Cipher and Decipher objects respectively.

DEP0107: tls.convertNPNProtocols()#

Type: End-of-Life

This was an undocumented helper function not intended for use outside Node.js core and obsoleted by the removal of NPN (Next Protocol Negotiation) support.

DEP0108: zlib.bytesRead#

Type: Runtime

Deprecated alias for zlib.bytesWritten. This original name was chosen because it also made sense to interpret the value as the number of bytes read by the engine, but is inconsistent with other streams in Node.js that expose values under these names.

DEP0109: http, https, and tls support for invalid URLs#

Type: Runtime

Some previously supported (but strictly invalid) URLs were accepted through the http.request(), http.get(), https.request(), https.get(), and tls.checkServerIdentity() APIs because those were accepted by the legacy url.parse() API. The mentioned APIs now use the WHATWG URL parser that requires strictly valid URLs. Passing an invalid URL is deprecated and support will be removed in the future.

DEP0110: vm.Script cached data#

Type: Documentation-only

The produceCachedData option is deprecated. Use script.createCachedData() instead.

DEP0111: process.binding()#

Type: Documentation-only (supports --pending-deprecation)

process.binding() is for use by Node.js internal code only.

DEP0112: dgram private APIs#

Type: Runtime

The dgram module previously contained several APIs that were never meant to accessed outside of Node.js core: Socket.prototype._handle, Socket.prototype._receiving, Socket.prototype._bindState, Socket.prototype._queue, Socket.prototype._reuseAddr, Socket.prototype._healthCheck(), Socket.prototype._stopReceiving(), and dgram._createSocketHandle().

DEP0113: Cipher.setAuthTag(), Decipher.getAuthTag()#

Type: End-of-Life

Cipher.setAuthTag() and Decipher.getAuthTag() are no longer available. They were never documented and would throw when called.

DEP0114: crypto._toBuf()#

Type: End-of-Life

The crypto._toBuf() function was not designed to be used by modules outside of Node.js core and was removed.

DEP0115: crypto.prng(), crypto.pseudoRandomBytes(), crypto.rng()#

Type: Documentation-only (supports --pending-deprecation)

In recent versions of Node.js, there is no difference between crypto.randomBytes() and crypto.pseudoRandomBytes(). The latter is deprecated along with the undocumented aliases crypto.prng() and crypto.rng() in favor of crypto.randomBytes() and may be removed in a future release.

DEP0116: Legacy URL API#

Type: Documentation-only

The Legacy URL API is deprecated. This includes url.format(), url.parse(), url.resolve(), and the legacy urlObject. Please use the WHATWG URL API instead.

DEP0117: Native crypto handles#

Type: End-of-Life

Previous versions of Node.js exposed handles to internal native objects through the _handle property of the Cipher, Decipher, DiffieHellman, DiffieHellmanGroup, ECDH, Hash, Hmac, Sign, and Verify classes. The _handle property has been removed because improper use of the native object can lead to crashing the application.

DEP0118: dns.lookup() support for a falsy host name#

Type: Runtime

Previous versions of Node.js supported dns.lookup() with a falsy host name like dns.lookup(false) due to backward compatibility. This behavior is undocumented and is thought to be unused in real world apps. It will become an error in future versions of Node.js.

DEP0119: process.binding('uv').errname() private API#

Type: Documentation-only (supports --pending-deprecation)

process.binding('uv').errname() is deprecated. Please use util.getSystemErrorName() instead.

DEP0120: Windows Performance Counter Support#

Type: End-of-Life

Windows Performance Counter support has been removed from Node.js. The undocumented COUNTER_NET_SERVER_CONNECTION(), COUNTER_NET_SERVER_CONNECTION_CLOSE(), COUNTER_HTTP_SERVER_REQUEST(), COUNTER_HTTP_SERVER_RESPONSE(), COUNTER_HTTP_CLIENT_REQUEST(), and COUNTER_HTTP_CLIENT_RESPONSE() functions have been deprecated.

DEP0121: net._setSimultaneousAccepts()#

Type: Runtime

The undocumented net._setSimultaneousAccepts() function was originally intended for debugging and performance tuning when using the child_process and cluster modules on Windows. The function is not generally useful and is being removed. See discussion here: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/18391

DEP0122: tls Server.prototype.setOptions()#

Type: Runtime

Please use Server.prototype.setSecureContext() instead.

DEP0123: setting the TLS ServerName to an IP address#

Type: Runtime

Setting the TLS ServerName to an IP address is not permitted by RFC 6066. This will be ignored in a future version.

DEP0124: using REPLServer.rli#

Type: Runtime

This property is a reference to the instance itself.

DEP0125: require('_stream_wrap')#

Type: Runtime

The _stream_wrap module is deprecated.

DEP0126: timers.active()#

Type: Runtime

The previously undocumented timers.active() is deprecated. Please use the publicly documented timeout.refresh() instead. If re-referencing the timeout is necessary, timeout.ref() can be used with no performance impact since Node.js 10.

DEP0127: timers._unrefActive()#

Type: Runtime

The previously undocumented and "private" timers._unrefActive() is deprecated. Please use the publicly documented timeout.refresh() instead. If unreferencing the timeout is necessary, timeout.unref() can be used with no performance impact since Node.js 10.

DEP0128: modules with an invalid main entry and an index.js file#

Type: Documentation-only (supports --pending-deprecation)

Modules that have an invalid main entry (e.g., ./does-not-exist.js) and also have an index.js file in the top level directory will resolve the index.js file. That is deprecated and is going to throw an error in future Node.js versions.

DEP0129: ChildProcess._channel#

Type: Runtime

The _channel property of child process objects returned by spawn() and similar functions is not intended for public use. Use ChildProcess.channel instead.

DEP0130: Module.createRequireFromPath()#

Type: Runtime

Module.createRequireFromPath() is deprecated. Please use module.createRequire() instead.

DEP0131: Legacy HTTP parser#

Type: End-of-Life

The legacy HTTP parser, used by default in versions of Node.js prior to 12.0.0, is deprecated and has been removed in v13.0.0. Prior to v13.0.0, the --http-parser=legacy command-line flag could be used to revert to using the legacy parser.

DEP0132: worker.terminate() with callback#

Type: Runtime

Passing a callback to worker.terminate() is deprecated. Use the returned Promise instead, or a listener to the worker’s 'exit' event.

DEP0133: http connection#

Type: Documentation-only

Prefer response.socket over response.connection and request.socket over request.connection.

DEP0134: process._tickCallback#

Type: Documentation-only (supports --pending-deprecation)

The process._tickCallback property was never documented as an officially supported API.

DEP0135: WriteStream.open() and ReadStream.open() are internal#

Type: Runtime

WriteStream.open() and ReadStream.open() are undocumented internal APIs that do not make sense to use in userland. File streams should always be opened through their corresponding factory methods fs.createWriteStream() and fs.createReadStream()) or by passing a file descriptor in options.

DEP0136: http finished#

Type: Documentation-only

response.finished indicates whether response.end() has been called, not whether 'finish' has been emitted and the underlying data is flushed.

Use response.writableFinished or response.writableEnded accordingly instead to avoid the ambigiuty.

To maintain existing behaviour response.finished should be replaced with response.writableEnded.

DEP0137: Closing fs.FileHandle on garbage collection#

Type: Runtime

Allowing a fs.FileHandle object to be closed on garbage collection is deprecated. In the future, doing so may result in a thrown error that will terminate the process.

Please ensure that all fs.FileHandle objects are explicitly closed using FileHandle.prototype.close() when the fs.FileHandle is no longer needed:

const fsPromises = require('fs').promises;
async function openAndClose() {
  let filehandle;
  try {
    filehandle = await fsPromises.open('thefile.txt', 'r');
  } finally {
    if (filehandle !== undefined)
      await filehandle.close();
  }
}

DEP0138: process.mainModule#

Type: Documentation-only

process.mainModule is a CommonJS-only feature while process global object is shared with non-CommonJS environment. Its use within ECMAScript modules is unsupported.

It is deprecated in favor of require.main, because it serves the same purpose and is only available on CommonJS environment.

DEP0139: process.umask() with no arguments#

Type: Documentation-only

Calling process.umask() with no argument causes the process-wide umask to be written twice. This introduces a race condition between threads, and is a potential security vulnerability. There is no safe, cross-platform alternative API.

DEP0140: Use request.destroy() instead of request.abort()#

Type: Documentation-only

Use request.destroy() instead of request.abort().

DEP0141: repl.inputStream and repl.outputStream#

Type: Documentation-only (supports --pending-deprecation)

The repl module exported the input and output stream twice. Use .input instead of .inputStream and .output instead of .outputStream.

DEP0142: repl._builtinLibs#

Type: Documentation-only

The repl module exports a _builtinLibs property that contains an array with native modules. It was incomplete so far and instead it's better to rely upon require('module').builtinModules.

DEP0143: Transform._transformState#

Type: Runtime Transform._transformState will be removed in future versions where it is no longer required due to simplification of the implementation.