2023-09-18, Version 18.18.0 'Hydrogen' (LTS)

Notable changes:

build:
  * sync libuv header change (Jiawen Geng) #48078
crypto:
  * update root certificates to NSS 3.93 (Node.js GitHub Bot) #49341
  * update root certificates to NSS 3.90 (Node.js GitHub Bot) #48416
deps:
  * add missing thread-common.c in uv.gyp (Santiago Gimeno) #48078
  * upgrade to libuv 1.46.0 (Santiago Gimeno) #48078
  * upgrade to libuv 1.45.0 (Santiago Gimeno) #48078
doc:
  * add atlowChemi to collaborators (atlowChemi) #48757
  * add vmoroz to collaborators (Vladimir Morozov) #48527
  * add kvakil to collaborators (Keyhan Vakil) #48449
esm:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) add `--import` flag (Moshe Atlow) #43942
events:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) allow safely adding listener to abortSignal (Chemi Atlow) #48596
fs, stream:
  * initial `Symbol.dispose` and `Symbol.asyncDispose` support (Moshe Atlow) #48518
net:
  * add autoSelectFamily global getter and setter (Paolo Insogna) #45777
url:
  * (SEMVER-MINOR) add value argument to has and delete methods (Sankalp Shubham) #47885

PR-URL: #49220

CHANGELOG.md

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 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V18.md#18.17.0">18.17.0</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V18.md#18.16.1">18.16.1</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V18.md#18.16.0">18.16.0</a><br/>

doc/api/child_process.md

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 ### `subprocess[Symbol.dispose]()`
 
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doc/api/cli.md

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 Enable FIPS-compliant crypto at startup. (Requires Node.js to be built
 against FIPS-compatible OpenSSL.)
 
+### `--enable-network-family-autoselection`
+
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+-->
+
+Enables the family autoselection algorithm unless connection options explicitly
+disables it.
+
 ### `--enable-source-maps`
 
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 ### `--import=module`
 
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doc/api/dgram.md

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doc/api/events.md

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doc/api/fs.md

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 #### `filehandle[Symbol.asyncDispose]()`
 
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doc/api/n-api.md

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doc/api/net.md

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 ### `socket.autoSelectFamilyAttemptedAddresses`
 
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 * {string\[]}
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     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/46790
     description: The default value for the autoSelectFamily option is now true.
                  The `--enable-network-family-autoselection` CLI flag has been renamed
@@ -1679,7 +1685,9 @@ Sets the default value of the `autoSelectFamily` option of [`socket.connect(opt
 ## `net.getDefaultAutoSelectFamilyAttemptTimeout()`
 
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 Gets the current default value of the `autoSelectFamilyAttemptTimeout` option of [`socket.connect(options)`][].
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 ## `net.setDefaultAutoSelectFamilyAttemptTimeout(value)`
 
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 Sets the default value of the `autoSelectFamilyAttemptTimeout` option of [`socket.connect(options)`][].

doc/api/stream.md

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doc/api/timers.md

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doc/api/url.md

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