Deno v1.6.2stable Released Dec 22, 2020
Impact Score: 5/10

Deno v1.6.2 โ€” Release Notes & Engineering Impact

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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.

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โšก Executive Summary (TL;DR)

Deno v1.6.2. Source highlight: feat(lsp): support the unstable setting (#8851)

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 (4)

  • feat(lsp): support the unstable setting (#8851)
  • feat(unstable): record raw coverage into a directory (#8642)
  • feat(unstable): support in memory certificate data for Deno.createHttpClient
  • feat(std/node): Added os.type (#8591)

๐Ÿ”ง Bug Fixes & Patches (5)

  • fix: atomically write files to $DENO_DIR (#8822)
  • fix: implement ReadableStream fetch body handling (#8855)
  • fix: make DNS resolution async (#8743)
  • fix: make dynamic import errors catchable (#8750)
  • fix: respect enable flag for requests in lsp (#8850)
๐Ÿ“„ View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
### 1.6.2 / 2020.12.22 - feat(lsp): support the unstable setting (#8851) - feat(unstable): record raw coverage into a directory (#8642) - feat(unstable): support in memory certificate data for Deno.createHttpClient (#8739) - fix: atomically write files to $DENO_DIR (#8822) - fix: implement ReadableStream fetch body handling (#8855) - fix: make DNS resolution async (#8743) - fix: make dynamic import errors catchable (#8750) - fix: respect enable flag for requests in lsp (#8850) - refactor: rename runtime/rt to runtime/js (#8806) - refactor: rewrite lsp to be async (#8727) - refactor: rewrite ops to use ResourceTable2 (#8512) - refactor: optimise static assets in lsp (#8771) - upgrade TypeScript to 4.1.3 (#8785) Changes in std version 0.82.0: - feat(std/node): Added os.type (#8591)