# Node.js 12.4.0 (Current)

DevFeed: [Node.js 12.4.0 (Current)](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/node-js-12-4-0-current-2510.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v12.4.0>)

Published: 2019-06-04T14:05:15Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Node.js Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/node-js-blog.md>)

Topics: [Node.js](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/node-js.md>), [JavaScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/javascript.md>), [V8](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/v8.md>), [HTTP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/http.md>), [JSON](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/json.md>), [wasm](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/wasm.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [cross-platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cross-platform.md>), [documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/documentation.md>), [http](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/http.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [js](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/js.md>), [json](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/json.md>), [node](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/node.md>), [node-js](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/node-js.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [servers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/servers.md>), [wasm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/wasm.md>), [web](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web.md>)

## AI overview

Node.js 12.4.0 is a current release with changes to JSON API documentation, JSON modules, HTTP server socket timeouts, V8 heap profiling, stream string-to-buffer conversion, and V8 object properties. It also includes assertion, build, child_process, console, crypto, dependency, and documentation fixes.

## Source excerpt

Node.js® is a free, open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment that lets developers create servers, web apps, command line tools and scripts.