4.19.0

What's Changed

• fix typo in release date by @UlisesGascon in #5527
• docs: nominating @wesleytodd to be project captian by @wesleytodd in #5511
• docs: loosen TC activity rules by @wesleytodd in #5510
• Add note on how to update docs for new release by @crandmck in #5541
• Prevent open redirect allow list bypass due to encodeurl
• Release 4.19.0 by @wesleytodd in #5551

New Contributors

• @crandmck made their first contribution in #5541

Full Changelog: 4.18.3...4.19.0

4.18.3

Main Changes

• Fix routing requests without method
• deps: [email protected]
  • Fix strict json error message on Node.js 19+
  • deps: content-type@~1.0.5
  • deps: [email protected]

Other Changes

• Use https: protocol instead of deprecated git: protocol by @vcsjones in #5032
• build: [email protected] and [email protected] by @abenhamdine in #5034
• ci: update actions/checkout to v3 by @armujahid in #5027
• test: remove unused function arguments in params by @raksbisht in #5124
• Remove unused originalIndex from acceptParams by @raksbisht in #5119
• Fixed typos by @raksbisht in #5117
• examples: remove unused params by @raksbisht in #5113
• fix: parameter str is not described in JSDoc by @raksbisht in #5130
• fix: typos in History.md by @raksbisht in #5131
• build : add [email protected] by @abenhamdine in #5028
• test: remove unused function arguments in params by @raksbisht in #5137
• use random port in test so it won't fail on already listening by @rluvaton in #5162
• tests: use cb() instead of done() by @kristof-low in #5233
• examples: remove multipart example by @riddlew in #5195
• Update support Node.js@18 in the CI by @UlisesGascon in #5490
• Fix favicon-related bug in cookie-sessions example by @DmytroKondrashov in #5414
• Release 4.18.3 by @UlisesGascon in #5505

New Contributors

• @vcsjones made their first contribution in #5032
• @abenhamdine made their first contribution in #5034
• @armujahid made their first contribution in #5027
• @raksbisht made their first contribution in #5124
• @rluvaton made their first contribution in #5162
• @kristof-low made their first contribution in #5233
• @riddlew made their first contribution in #5195
• @DmytroKondrashov made their first contribution in #5414

Full Changelog: 4.18.2...4.18.3

4.18.2

• Fix regression routing a large stack in a single route
• deps: [email protected]
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  • perf: remove unnecessary object clone
• deps: [email protected]

4.18.1

• Fix hanging on large stack of sync routes

4.18.0

• Add "root" option to res.download
• Allow options without filename in res.download
• Deprecate string and non-integer arguments to res.status
• Fix behavior of null/undefined as maxAge in res.cookie
• Fix handling very large stacks of sync middleware
• Ignore Object.prototype values in settings through app.set/app.get
• Invoke default with same arguments as types in res.format
• Support proper 205 responses using res.send
• Use http-errors for res.format error
• deps: [email protected]
  • Fix error message for json parse whitespace in strict
  • Fix internal error when inflated body exceeds limit
  • Prevent loss of async hooks context
  • Prevent hanging when request already read
  • deps: [email protected]
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  • Add priority option
  • Fix expires option to reject invalid dates
• deps: [email protected]
  • Replace internal eval usage with Function constructor
  • Use instance methods on process to check for listeners
• deps: [email protected]
  • Remove set content headers that break response
  • deps: [email protected]
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• deps: [email protected]
  • Prevent loss of async hooks context
• deps: [email protected]
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  • Fix emitted 416 error missing headers property
  • Limit the headers removed for 304 response
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  • Remove code 306
  • Rename 425 Unordered Collection to standard 425 Too Early

4.17.3

• deps: accepts@~1.3.8
  • deps: mime-types@~2.1.34
  • deps: [email protected]
• deps: [email protected]
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  • deps: [email protected]
• deps: [email protected]
• deps: [email protected]
  • Fix handling of __proto__ keys
• pref: remove unnecessary regexp for trust proxy

5.0.0-beta.1

This is the first Express 5.0 beta release, based off 4.17.2 and includes
changes from 5.0.0-alpha.8.

• change:
  • Default "query parser" setting to 'simple'
  • Requires Node.js 4+
  • Use mime-types for file to content type mapping
• deps: [email protected]
• deps: [email protected]
  • req.body is no longer always initialized to {}
  • urlencoded parser now defaults extended to false
  • Use on-finished to determine when body read
• deps: [email protected]
  • Add new ?, *, and + parameter modifiers
  • Internalize private router.process_params method
  • Matching group expressions are only RegExp syntax
  • Named matching groups no longer available by position in req.params
  • Regular expressions can only be used in a matching group
  • Remove debug dependency
  • Special * path segment behavior removed
  • deps: [email protected]
  • deps: parseurl@~1.3.3
  • deps: [email protected]
  • deps: [email protected]
• deps: [email protected]
  • Change dotfiles option default to 'ignore'
  • Remove hidden option; use dotfiles option instead
  • Use mime-types for file to content type mapping
  • deps: [email protected]
• deps: [email protected]
  • Change dotfiles option default to 'ignore'
  • Remove hidden option; use dotfiles option instead
  • Use mime-types for file to content type mapping
  • deps: [email protected]

4.17.2

• Fix handling of undefined in res.jsonp
• Fix handling of undefined when "json escape" is enabled
• Fix incorrect middleware execution with unanchored RegExps
• Fix res.jsonp(obj, status) deprecation message
• Fix typo in res.is JSDoc
• deps: [email protected]
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  • deps: [email protected]
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  • deps: type-is@~1.6.18
• deps: [email protected]
  • deps: [email protected]
• deps: [email protected]
  • Fix maxAge option to reject invalid values
• deps: proxy-addr@~2.0.7
  • Use req.socket over deprecated req.connection
  • deps: [email protected]
  • deps: [email protected]
• deps: [email protected]
• deps: [email protected]
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  • pref: ignore empty http tokens
• deps: [email protected]
  • deps: [email protected]
• deps: [email protected]

5.0.0-alpha.8

This is the sixth Express 5.0 alpha release, based off 4.17.1 and includes
changes from 5.0.0-alpha.7.

4.17.1

• Revert "Improve error message for null/undefined to res.status"