2026-08-26, Version 24.20.0 'Krypton' (LTS)

Notable changes:

async_hooks:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) add `using` scopes to `AsyncLocalStorage` (Stephen Belanger) #61674
benchmark:
buffer:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) add `end` parameter (Robert Nagy) #62390
crypto:
  * update root certificates to NSS 3.125 (Node.js GitHub Bot) #64746
doc:
  * add MikeMcC399 as collaborator (Mike McCready) #64656
lib,permission:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) add `permission.drop` (Rafael Gonzaga) #62672
loader:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) implement package maps (Maël Nison) #62239
src,permission:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) add `--permission-audit` (RafaelGSS) #61869
stream:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) implement `node:stream/iter` (James M Snell) #62066
test_runner:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) add `context.log()` and `test:log` event (Moshe Atlow) #64389
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) report `entryFile` in `TestStream` events (Moshe Atlow) #64309
wasm:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) enable JSPI (Guy Bedford) #59941

PR-URL: #65461

Author: nodejs-github-bot

CHANGELOG.md

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doc/api/async_context.md

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doc/api/buffer.md

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doc/api/cli.md

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doc/api/debugger.md

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doc/api/errors.md

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doc/api/fs.md

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doc/api/http.md

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doc/api/http2.md

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doc/api/net.md

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