# Node.js 17.5.0 (Current)

DevFeed: [Node.js 17.5.0 (Current)](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/node-js-17-5-0-current-2643.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v17.5.0>)

Published: 2022-02-10T18:31:29Z

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>), [cross-platform](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cross-platform.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>), [Server](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/server.md>)

Tags: [async](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/async.md>), [benchmark](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/benchmark.md>), [command-line](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/command-line.md>), [cross-platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cross-platform.md>), [eslint](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/eslint.md>), [fetch](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fetch.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [js](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/js.md>), [libuv](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/libuv.md>), [node-js](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/node-js.md>), [npm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/npm.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [python](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/python.md>), [servers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/servers.md>), [v8](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/v8.md>)

## AI overview

Node.js 17.5.0 is a Current release that adds experimental support for the fetch API behind a flag, along with several stream iterator helpers and other minor changes. The release also updates npm to 8.4.1 and includes build, crypto, benchmark, and dependency maintenance.

## 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.