Impact Score: 5/10
Bun v0.5.1
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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
โก Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Bun bun-v0.5.1. Source highlight: This release is a follow up to Bun v0.5
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
๐ป Software Engineers & Devs
Check the source notes against the package and APIs you use before upgrading.
๐ Product & Engineering Leads
Use the documented changes to assess relevance to your product; release frequency alone is not a quality measure.
โ๏ธ DevOps & Security
Verify the target version, runtime requirements and rollback procedure in the official documentation.
โจ New Features & Capabilities (1)
- add `fs.rmdir` & friends
๐ง Bug Fixes & Patches (5)
- Fix/simplify `bun-types` release
- fix memory reference issues
- fix stale references upon `Lockfile` tree cloning
- fix(fetch:HTTP_PROXY) fix support for HTTP_PROXY/HTTPS_PROXY and NO_PROXY in fetch instances
- Bugfixes to install
๐ View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
This release is a follow up to [Bun v0.5](https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/releases/tag/bun-v0.5.0)
To install:
```bash
curl https://bun.sh/install | bash
```
To upgrade:
```bash
bun upgrade
```
**[Read Bun v0.5.1's release notes on Bun's blog](https://bun.sh/blog/bun-v0.5.1)**
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## What's Changed
* Fix/simplify `bun-types` release by @colinhacks in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/1836
* add `fs.rmdir` & friends by @alexlamsl in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/1838
* support npm dependency aliasing by @alexlamsl in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/1837
* fix memory reference issues by @alexlamsl in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/1841
* fix stale references upon `Lockfile` tree cloning by @alexlamsl in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/1845
* parse dependency specifier correctly by @alexlamsl in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/1840
* fix(fetch:HTTP_PROXY) fix support for HTTP_PROXY/HTTPS_PROXY and NO_PROXY in fetch instances by @cirospaciari in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/1844
* Create new example http-file-extended.ts by @gornostay25 in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/1827
* repopulate `alias_map` correctly by @alexlamsl in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/1847
* Bugfixes to install by @Jarred-Sumner in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/1848
* use `String.from()` by @alexlamsl in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/1850
* place `super` before generated code by @dylan-conway in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/1856
## New Contributors
* @gornostay25 made their first contribution in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/1827
**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/compare/bun-v0.5.0...bun-v0.5.1