Impact Score: 5/10
Deno v1.17.0 โ Release Notes & Engineering Impact
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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
โก Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Deno v1.17.0. Source highlight: feat: add `--no-check=remote` flag (#12766)
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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โจ New Features & Capabilities (6)
- feat: add `--no-check=remote` flag (#12766)
- feat: Add support for import assertions and JSON modules (#12866)
- feat: REPL import specifier auto-completions (#13078)
- feat: support abort reasons in Deno APIs and `WebSocketStream` (#13066)
- feat: support compat mode in REPL (#12882)
- feat(cli): update to TypeScript 4.5 (#12410)
๐ง Bug Fixes & Patches (6)
- fix: support "other" event type in FSWatcher (#12836)
- fix(cli): config file should resolve paths relative to the config file (#12867)
- fix(cli): don't add colors for non-tty outputs (#13031)
- fix(cli): don't cache .tsbuildinfo unless emitting (#12830)
- fix(cli): fix slow test, unbreak ci (#12897)
- fix(cli): skip bundling for pre-bundled code in "compile" (#12687)
๐ View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
### 1.17.0 / 2021.12.16
- feat: add `--no-check=remote` flag (#12766)
- feat: Add support for import assertions and JSON modules (#12866)
- feat: REPL import specifier auto-completions (#13078)
- feat: support abort reasons in Deno APIs and `WebSocketStream` (#13066)
- feat: support compat mode in REPL (#12882)
- feat(cli): update to TypeScript 4.5 (#12410)
- feat(core): Add ability to "ref" and "unref" pending ops (#12889)
- feat(core): intercept unhandled promise rejections (#12910)
- feat(ext/crypto): implement unwrapKey (#12539)
- feat(ext/crypto): support `importKey` in SPKI format (#12921)
- feat(ext/crypto): support exporting RSA JWKs (#13081)
- feat(ext/crypto): support importing ECSDA and ECDH (#13088)
- feat(ext/crypto): support importing exporting AES JWK keys (#12444)
- feat(ext/crypto): support importing RSA JWKs (#13071)
- feat(ext/fetch): Support `WebAssembly.instantiateStreaming` for file fetches (#12901)
- feat(ext/fetch): support abort reasons in fetch (#13106)
- feat(ext/ffi): implement UnsafePointer and UnsafePointerView (#12828)
- feat(ext/net): ALPN support in `Deno.connectTls()` (#12786)
- feat(ext/net): enable sending to broadcast address (#12860)
- feat(ext/timers): add refTimer, unrefTimer API (#12953)
- feat(ext/web): implement `AbortSignal.prototype.throwIfAborted()` (#13044)
- feat(lsp): add type definition provider (#12789)
- feat(lsp): add workspace symbol provider (#12787)
- feat(lsp): improve registry completion suggestions (#13023)
- feat(lsp): registry suggestion cache respects cache headers (#13010)
- feat(repl): add --unsafe-ignore-certificate-errors flag (#13045)
- feat(runtime): add op_set_exit_code (#12911)
- feat(streams): support abort reasons in streams (#12991)
- feat(test): Add more overloads for "Deno.test" (#12749)
- feat(watch): clear screen on each restart (#12613)
- feat(watch): support watching external files (#13087)
- fix: support "other" event type in FSWatcher (#12836)
- fix(cli): config file should resolve paths relative to the config file (#12867)
- fix(cli): don't add colors for non-tty outputs (#13031)
- fix(cli): don't cache .tsbuildinfo unless emitting (#12830)
- fix(cli): fix slow test, unbreak ci (#12897)
- fix(cli): skip bundling for pre-bundled code in "compile" (#12687)
- fix(ext/crypto): throw on key & op algo mismatch (#12838)
- fix(ext/crypto): various cleanup in JWK imports (#13092)
- fix(ext/net): make unix and tcp identical on close (#13075)
- fix(ext/timers): fix flakiness of `httpConnAutoCloseDelayedOnUpgrade` test (#13017)
- fix(ext/web): set location undefined when `--location` is not specified (#13046)
- fix(lsp): handle import specifier not having a trailing quote (#13074)
- fix(lsp): lsp should respect include/exclude files in format config (#12876)
- fix(lsp): normalize urls in did_change_watched_files (#12873)
- fix(lsp): provide diagnostics for import assertions (#13105)
- fix(workers): Make `worker.terminate()` not immediately kill the isolate (#12831)