Node.js Versions - How Do They Work?

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Node.js uses a six‑month release cadence with even releases go to LTS and odd releases deprecated, LTS lasts 30 months split into 18 months active backporting and 12 months maintenance; commits land on master then teams cherry‑pick from master onto 0.x/4.x/6.x staging branches using git-based workflows and labels. Backports exclude most semver‑major changes, Branch Diff and changelog scripts automate audits, and Canary and the gold mine run tests against the top ~70 npm modules to catch regressions before release.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 5:54Nodejs Version History
3. 8:43Nodejs Release Schedule
4. 15:51Nodejs Release Branches
5. 17:01Demo
6. 22:07Branching
7. 25:06Branch Diff
8. 26:50Release Tools
9. 27:34Breaking Changes
10. 28:59Failures
11. 30:57Conclusion

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