Impact Score: 5/10
Deno v1.16.4 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact
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Component: deno · Channel: stable. Automated analysis, not a compatibility certification. How this works.
Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Deno v1.16.4. Source highlight: fix(core): Wake up the runtime if there are ticks scheduled (#12933)
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
💻 Software Engineers & Devs
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📊 Product & Engineering Leads
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⚙️ DevOps & Security
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🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (6)
- fix(core): Wake up the runtime if there are ticks scheduled (#12933)
- fix(core): throw on invalid callConsole args (#12973)
- fix(ext/crypto): throw on key & op algo mismatch (#12838)
- fix(test): Improve reliability of `deno test`'s op sanitizer with timers (#12934)
- fix(websocket): bad rid on WebSocketStream abort (#12913)
- fix(workers): Make `worker.terminate()` not immediately kill the isolate (#12831)
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
### 1.16.4 / 2021.12.03
- fix(core): Wake up the runtime if there are ticks scheduled (#12933)
- fix(core): throw on invalid callConsole args (#12973)
- fix(ext/crypto): throw on key & op algo mismatch (#12838)
- fix(test): Improve reliability of `deno test`'s op sanitizer with timers (#12934)
- fix(websocket): bad rid on WebSocketStream abort (#12913)
- fix(workers): Make `worker.terminate()` not immediately kill the isolate (#12831)