2021-10-20, Version 16.12.0 (Current)

Notable Changes:

Experimental ESM Loader Hooks API:

Node.js ESM Loader hooks have been consolidated to represent the steps involved needed to facilitate future loader chaining:
1. `resolve`: `resolve` [+ `getFormat`]
2. `load`: `getFormat` + `getSource` + `transformSource`

For consistency, `getGlobalPreloadCode` has been renamed to `globalPreload`.

A loader exporting obsolete hook(s) will trigger a single deprecation warning (per loader) listing the errant hooks.

Contributed by Jacob Smith, Geoffrey Booth, and Bradley Farias - https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37468

Other Notable Changes:

deps:
  * upgrade npm to 8.1.0 (npm team) https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40463
doc:
  * deprecate (doc-only) http abort related (dr-js) https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36670
vm:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) add support for import assertions in dynamic imports (Antoine du Hamel) https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40249

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40504