Impact Score: 5/10
Bun v0.7.2
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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
โก Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Bun bun-v0.7.2. Source highlight: curl https://bun.sh/install | bash
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 (2)
- Add ecosystem guides
- add `BroadcastChannel`
๐ง Bug Fixes & Patches (6)
- fix: small error
- docs: fixed small errors
- Fix coredump when reading an empty file(`node:stream:createReadStream`)
- Fix memory leak
- Fix issue with file loader
- FIx Uint8Array to a ReadableStream code snippet
๐ View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
To install:
```bash
curl https://bun.sh/install | bash
# or you can use npm
# npm install -g bun
```
To upgrade:
```bash
bun upgrade
```
**[Read Bun v0.7.2's release notes on Bun's blog](https://bun.sh/blog/bun-v0.7.2)**
## What's Changed
* Typo spawn.md by @jhormanrus in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/3875
* fix: small error by @0xflotus in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/3878
* docs: fixed small errors by @0xflotus in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/3879
* Make `bun:jsc` memoryUsage more accurate by @Jarred-Sumner in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/3876
* ref(bun/test): Refractor 'toBeTypeOf()' + Move some tests by @TiranexDev in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/3885
* Fix coredump when reading an empty file(`node:stream:createReadStream`) by @Hanaasagi in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/3882
* Fix memory leak by @Jarred-Sumner in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/3887
* Fix issue with file loader by @Jarred-Sumner in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/3889
* docs(bun/install): Mention {pre|post}prepare by @TiranexDev in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/3890
* Support `bun .` to run the entry point by @Jarred-Sumner in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/3891
* FIx Uint8Array to a ReadableStream code snippet by @audothomas in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/3895
* Fix memory leak in response.clone(), further reduce memory usage of Request & Response by @Jarred-Sumner in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/3902
* Update arraybuffer-to-buffer.md by @xxxhussein in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/3906
* Add ecosystem guides by @colinhacks in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/3847
* throw error if node module does not exist by @sirenkovladd in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/3913
* Fix prisma.md typo by @emlez in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/3921
* add `BroadcastChannel` by @dylan-conway in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/3922
* Fix expanding on .env files by @cirospaciari in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/3918
* Fix some flaky tests by @cirospaciari in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/3919
* fix(fetch) clean declare structs by @cirospaciari in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/3929
* Update streams.md - typo by @vjpr in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/3926
* Fix path_watcher by @cirospaciari in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/3920
* Fixes #3931 by @Jarred-Sumner in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/3933
* Rewrite built-in modules to use CommonJS over ESM by @paperdave in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/3814
* Implement `node:diagnostics_channel` by @Electroid in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/3934
* Implement `node:worker_threads` by @Jarred-Sumner in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/3923
* Remove module and browser conditions by @paperdave in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/3935
* Fix http write by @paperdave in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/3939
* Dave/removedeprecation by @paperdave in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/3938
* typo by @paperdave in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/3941
* Fix the value encoding in `path.extname`. by @Hanaasagi in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/3949
* Minor optimization: Avoid extra copying when the chunk has only one element. by @Hanaasagi in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/3946
* [install] fix stale `bun.lockb` on workspaces by @alexlamsl in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/3945
* Bunch of fixes by @Electroid in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/3516
* Fix edge case in `path.relative`. by @Hanaasagi in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/3952
* allow bundling builtins for browser by @dylan-conway in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/3959
* More guides and fixing links by @colinhacks in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/3960
## New Contributors
* @jhormanrus made their first contribution in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/3875
* @audothomas made their first contribution in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/3895
* @emlez made their first contribution in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/3921
**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/compare/bun-v0.7.1...bun-v0.7.2