# Node.js 17.0.1 (Current)

DevFeed: [Node.js 17.0.1 (Current)](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/node-js-17-0-1-current-2637.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v17.0.1>)

Published: 2021-10-20T20:26:21Z

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>), [V8](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/v8.md>), [Streams](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/streams.md>), [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>)

Tags: [bug](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bug.md>), [cross-platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cross-platform.md>), [free](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/free.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [node-js](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/node-js.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>)

## AI overview

Node.js 17.0.1 is a current release that fixes missing V8 headers in the distributed tarball, restoring the ability to build native addons. It also fixes stream pipeline handling and an issue involving async generator functions.

## 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.