Deno v1.5.1stable Released Oct 31, 2020
Impact Score: 5/10

Deno v1.5.1 โ€” Release Notes & Engineering Impact

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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.

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โšก Executive Summary (TL;DR)

Deno v1.5.1. Source highlight: fix: Accept Windows line breaks in prompt/confirm/alert (#8149)

Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)

๐Ÿ’ป Software Engineers & Devs

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๐Ÿ“Š Product & Engineering Leads

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โš™๏ธ DevOps & Security

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โœจ New Features & Capabilities (1)

  • feat(std/node/crypto): Add randomBytes and pbkdf2 (#8191)

๐Ÿ”ง Bug Fixes & Patches (6)

  • fix: Accept Windows line breaks in prompt/confirm/alert (#8149)
  • fix: Deno.fdata(), Deno.fdatasync() added to stable (#8193)
  • fix: Strip "\\?\" prefix when displaying Windows paths (#8135)
  • fix: Make hashes of tsconfig deterministic (#8167)
  • fix: Module graph handles redirects properly (#8159)
  • fix: Restore tripleslash lib refs support (#8157)
๐Ÿ“„ View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
### 1.5.1 / 2020.10.31 - fix: Accept Windows line breaks in prompt/confirm/alert (#8149) - fix: Deno.fdata(), Deno.fdatasync() added to stable (#8193) - fix: Strip "\\?\" prefix when displaying Windows paths (#8135) - fix: Make hashes of tsconfig deterministic (#8167) - fix: Module graph handles redirects properly (#8159) - fix: Restore tripleslash lib refs support (#8157) - fix: Panic in bundler (#8168) - fix(repl): Don't hang on unpaired braces (#8151) - refactor: Don't spin up V8 for `deno cache` (#8186) - refactor: Create a single watcher for whole process (#8083) - upgrade: deno_doc, deno_lint, dprint, swc (#8197) Changes in std version 0.76.0: - feat(std/node/crypto): Add randomBytes and pbkdf2 (#8191) - fix(std/wasi): Remove stray console.log call (#8156) ### Install / Upgrade **Using Deno:** ```sh deno upgrade --version 1.5.1 ``` **With Shell:** ```sh curl -fsSL https://deno.land/x/install/install.sh | sh -s v1.5.1 ``` **With PowerShell:** ```powershell $v="1.5.1"; iwr https://deno.land/x/install/install.ps1 -useb | iex ```