โ ๏ธ Breaking Change
Impact Score: 7/10
Deno v0.37.0 โ Release Notes & Engineering Impact
Source available โ automated, not human-reviewed
Component: deno ยท Channel: stable. Automated analysis, not a compatibility certification. How this works.
Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
Breaking-change evidence from the source
- BREAKING CHANGE: FileInfo.len renamed to FileName.size (#4338)
- BREAKING CHANGE: Rename Deno.run's args to cmd (#4444)
โก Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Deno v0.37.0. Source highlight: BREAKING CHANGE: FileInfo.len renamed to FileName.size (#4338)
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
๐ป Software Engineers & Devs
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๐ Product & Engineering Leads
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โ๏ธ DevOps & Security
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โ ๏ธ Breaking Changes & Deprecations (2)
- - BREAKING CHANGE: FileInfo.len renamed to FileName.size (#4338)
- - BREAKING CHANGE: Rename Deno.run's args to cmd (#4444)
โจ New Features & Capabilities (6)
- feat(ci): Releases should all use zip and LLVM target triples (#4460)
- feat(console): Symbol.toStringTag and display Object symbol entries (#4388)
- feat(std/node): Add chmod Node polyfill (#4358)
- feat(std/node): Add node querystring polyfill (#4370)
- feat(std/node): Node polyfill for fs.chown and fs.close (#4377)
- feat(std/permissions): Add helper functions for permissions to std (#4258)
โก Performance & Enhancements (2)
- perf: Optimize TextEncoder and TextDecoder (#4430, #4349)
- refactor: Improve test runner (#4336, #4352, #4356, #4371)
๐ง Bug Fixes & Patches (6)
- fix(std/http): Close open connections on server close (#3679)
- fix(std/http): Properly await ops in a server test (#4436)
- fix(std/http): Remove bad error handling (#4435)
- fix(std/node): Node polyfill fsAppend rework (#4322)
- fix(std/node): Stack traces for modules imported via require (#4035)
- fix: Importing JSON doesn't work in bundles (#4404)
๐ View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
### Changes
- BREAKING CHANGE: FileInfo.len renamed to FileName.size (#4338)
- BREAKING CHANGE: Rename Deno.run's args to cmd (#4444)
- feat(ci): Releases should all use zip and LLVM target triples (#4460)
- feat(console): Symbol.toStringTag and display Object symbol entries (#4388)
- feat(std/node): Add chmod Node polyfill (#4358)
- feat(std/node): Add node querystring polyfill (#4370)
- feat(std/node): Node polyfill for fs.chown and fs.close (#4377)
- feat(std/permissions): Add helper functions for permissions to std (#4258)
- feat(std/types): Provide types for React and ReactDOM (#4376)
- feat(test): Add option to skip tests (#4351)
- feat(test): Add support for jsx/tsx for deno test (#4369)
- feat: Add mode option to open/create (#4289)
- feat: Deno.test() sanitizes ops and resources (#4399)
- feat: Fetch should accept a FormData body (#4363)
- feat: First pass at "deno upgrade" (#4328)
- feat: Prvode way to build Deno without building V8 from source (#4412)
- feat: Remove `Object.prototype.__proto__` (#4341)
- fix(std/http): Close open connections on server close (#3679)
- fix(std/http): Properly await ops in a server test (#4436)
- fix(std/http): Remove bad error handling (#4435)
- fix(std/node): Node polyfill fsAppend rework (#4322)
- fix(std/node): Stack traces for modules imported via require (#4035)
- fix: Importing JSON doesn't work in bundles (#4404)
- fix: Simplify timer with macrotask callback (#4385)
- fix: Test runner ConnectionReset bug (#4424)
- fix: chmod should throw on Windows (#4446)
- fix: fetch closes unused body (#4393)
- perf: Optimize TextEncoder and TextDecoder (#4430, #4349)
- refactor: Improve test runner (#4336, #4352, #4356, #4371)
- refactor: Remove std/testing/runner.ts, use deno test (#4397, #4392)
- upgrade: Rust 1.42.0 (#4331)
- upgrade: Rust crates (#4412)
- upgrade: to rusty_v8 0.3.5 / v8 8.2.308 (#4364)
### Install / Upgrade
**With Shell:**
```sh
curl -fsSL https://deno.land/x/install/install.sh | sh -s v0.37.0
```
**With PowerShell:**
```powershell
iwr https://deno.land/x/install/install.ps1 -useb -outf install.ps1; .\install.ps1 v0.37.0
```