2018-03-21, Version 9.9.0 (Current)v9.9.0v9.9.0-proposal

Notable changes:

* assert:
  - From now on all error messages produced by `assert` in strict mode
    will produce a error diff. (Ruben Bridgewater)
    https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/17615
  - From now on it is possible to use a validation object in throws
    instead of the other possibilities. (Ruben Bridgewater)
    https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/17584
* crypto:
  - allow passing null as IV unless required (Tobias Nießen)
    https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18644
* fs:
  - support as and as+ flags in stringToFlags() (Sarat Addepalli)
    https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18801
* tls:
  - expose Finished messages in TLSSocket (Anton Salikhmetov)
    https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19102
* tty:
  - Add getColorDepth function to determine if terminal supports colors
    (Ruben Bridgewater) https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/17615
* util:
  - add util.inspect compact option (Ruben Bridgewater)
    https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/17576
* **Added new collaborators**
  - [watson](https://github.com/watson) Thomas Watson

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19428

8 files changed, 177 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ace79efd98..74b83c56eb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ release.
 </tr>
 <tr>
     <td valign="top">
-<b><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md#9.8.0">9.8.0</a></b><br/>
+<b><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md#9.9.0">9.9.0</a></b><br/>
+<a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md#9.7.1">9.8.0</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md#9.7.1">9.7.1</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md#9.7.0">9.7.0</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md#9.6.1">9.6.1</a><br/>
diff --git a/doc/api/assert.md b/doc/api/assert.md
index c1bcc9ebb3..2ecf628e4a 100644
--- a/doc/api/assert.md
+++ b/doc/api/assert.md
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ For more information about the used equality comparisons see
 
 ## Strict mode
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-    pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/REPLACEME
+  - version: v9.9.0
+    pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/17615
     description: Added error diffs to the strict mode
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v9.9.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/17002
     description: Added strict mode to the assert module.
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@@ -765,8 +765,8 @@ instead of the `AssertionError`.
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-    pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/REPLACEME
+  - version: v9.9.0
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     description: The `error` parameter can now be an object as well.
   - version: v4.2.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3276
diff --git a/doc/api/crypto.md b/doc/api/crypto.md
index e0e58745ba..bf0315fc03 100644
--- a/doc/api/crypto.md
+++ b/doc/api/crypto.md
@@ -1274,7 +1274,7 @@ Adversaries][] for details.
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     description: The `iv` parameter may now be `null` for ciphers which do not
                  need an initialization vector.
@@ -1341,7 +1341,7 @@ to create the `Decipher` object.
 <!-- YAML
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+  - version: v9.9.0
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     description: The `iv` parameter may now be `null` for ciphers which do not
                  need an initialization vector.
diff --git a/doc/api/tls.md b/doc/api/tls.md
index d31d401fdb..3bc7b94f83 100644
--- a/doc/api/tls.md
+++ b/doc/api/tls.md
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ For Example: `{ type: 'ECDH', name: 'prime256v1', size: 256 }`
 
 ### tlsSocket.getFinished()
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 * Returns: {Buffer|undefined} The latest `Finished` message that has been
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ If the peer does not provide a certificate, an empty object will be returned.
 
 ### tlsSocket.getPeerFinished()
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 * Returns: {Buffer|undefined} The latest `Finished` message that is expected
diff --git a/doc/api/tty.md b/doc/api/tty.md
index ce6dbae8fa..a3ade6656f 100644
--- a/doc/api/tty.md
+++ b/doc/api/tty.md
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ is updated whenever the `'resize'` event is emitted.
 
 ### writeStream.getColorDepth([env])
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 * `env` {object} A object containing the environment variables to check.
diff --git a/doc/api/util.md b/doc/api/util.md
index bc1d3ae262..77940425e1 100644
--- a/doc/api/util.md
+++ b/doc/api/util.md
@@ -316,8 +316,8 @@ stream.write('With ES6');
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     description: The `compact` option is supported now.
   - version: v6.6.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8174
diff --git a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md
index 35107dc996..df896acb4d 100644
--- a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md
+++ b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>
+<a href="#9.9.0">9.9.0</a><br/>
 <a href="#9.8.0">9.8.0</a><br/>
 <a href="#9.7.1">9.7.1</a><br/>
 <a href="#9.7.0">9.7.0</a><br/>
@@ -35,6 +36,164 @@
   * [io.js](CHANGELOG_IOJS.md)
   * [Archive](CHANGELOG_ARCHIVE.md)
 
+<a id="9.9.0"></a>
+## 2018-03-21, Version 9.9.0 (Current), @MylesBorins prepared by @targos
+
+### Notable Changes
+
+* **assert**:
+  - From now on all error messages produced by `assert` in strict mode will produce a error diff. (Ruben Bridgewater) [#17615](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/17615)
+  - From now on it is possible to use a validation object in throws instead of the other possibilities. (Ruben Bridgewater) [#17584](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/17584)
+* **crypto**:
+  - allow passing null as IV unless required (Tobias Nießen) [#18644](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18644)
+* **fs**:
+  - support as and as+ flags in stringToFlags() (Sarat Addepalli) [#18801](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18801)
+* **tls**:
+  - expose Finished messages in TLSSocket (Anton Salikhmetov) [#19102](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19102)
+* **tty**:
+  - Add getColorDepth function to determine if terminal supports colors. (Ruben Bridgewater) [#17615](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/17615)
+* **util**:
+  - add util.inspect compact option (Ruben Bridgewater) [#17576](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/17576)
+* **Added new collaborators**
+  - [watson](https://github.com/watson) Thomas Watson
+
+### Commits
+
+* [[`acc86ed246`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/acc86ed246)] - 2018-03-XX, Version 9.9.0 (Current) (Michaël Zasso) 
+* [[`8d33e5c214`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8d33e5c214)] - **assert**: improve error check (Ruben Bridgewater) [#17574](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/17574)
+* [[`5e6b42ec9c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5e6b42ec9c)] - **assert**: show proper differences (Ruben Bridgewater) [#18611](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18611)
+* [[`9abbb6b857`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9abbb6b857)] - **assert**: fix infinite loop (Ruben Bridgewater) [#18611](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18611)
+* [[`e9ac468146`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e9ac468146)] - **assert**: fix throws trace (Ruben Bridgewater) [#18595](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18595)
+* [[`d3c2534bbe`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d3c2534bbe)] - **assert**: use destructuring for errors (Ruben Bridgewater) [#18247](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18247)
+* [[`5aa3a2d172`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5aa3a2d172)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **assert**: improve error messages (Ruben Bridgewater) [#17615](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/17615)
+* [[`f96ea47cf5`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f96ea47cf5)] - **assert**: fix strict regression (Ruben Bridgewater) [#17903](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/17903)
+* [[`ebd60fa505`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ebd60fa505)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **assert**: .throws accept objects (Ruben Bridgewater) [#17584](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/17584)
+* [[`612ba1a3f0`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/612ba1a3f0)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **assert**: improve assert.throws (Ruben Bridgewater) [#17585](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/17585)
+* [[`24aeca7dd5`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/24aeca7dd5)] - **assert**: fix throws and doesNotThrow stack frames (Ruben Bridgewater) [#17703](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/17703)
+* [[`db73d1c13b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/db73d1c13b)] - **assert**: use object argument in innerFail (Ruben Bridgewater) [#17582](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/17582)
+* [[`bae5de1949`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/bae5de1949)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **assert**: add strict functionality export (Ruben Bridgewater) [#17002](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/17002)
+* [[`f0f31d080a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f0f31d080a)] - **async_hooks**: add copyHooks function (Daniel Bevenius) [#19391](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19391)
+* [[`71b1c7f79f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/71b1c7f79f)] - **async_hooks**: don't set hook\_fields\[kTotals\] to 0 (Daniel Bevenius) [#19219](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19219)
+* [[`530b8a4077`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/530b8a4077)] - **benchmark**: fix benchmark for url (Sergey Golovin) [#19084](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19084)
+* [[`563bed00f5`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/563bed00f5)] - **benchmark,lib,test,tools**: use consistent quotes (Rich Trott) [#19156](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19156)
+* [[`3f7c4eea04`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3f7c4eea04)] - **build**: do not cd on vcbuild help (Vse Mozhet Byt) [#19291](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19291)
+* [[`5a1437cdbd`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5a1437cdbd)] - **build**: update arm64 minimum supported platform (Gibson Fahnestock) [#19164](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19164)
+* [[`07845fc19e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/07845fc19e)] - **console**: port errors to new system (Ruben Bridgewater) [#18857](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18857)
+* [[`03c321a713`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/03c321a713)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **crypto**: allow passing null as IV unless required (Tobias Nießen) [#18644](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18644)
+* [[`044995e546`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/044995e546)] - **crypto**: use bool over int consistently (Tobias Nießen) [#19238](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19238)
+* [[`36f664ef9a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/36f664ef9a)] - **deps**: V8: backport 596d55a from upstream (Myles Borins) [#19477](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19477)
+* [[`5966b8cc06`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5966b8cc06)] - **deps**: v8: cherry-pick fixes for v8:7535 (Flarna) [#19333](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19333)
+* [[`cb732aeda4`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/cb732aeda4)] - **doc**: enable eslint prefer-template rule (Ruben Bridgewater) [#18831](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18831)
+* [[`ff82acb95a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ff82acb95a)] - **doc**: update buffer examples (Ruben Bridgewater) [#18758](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18758)
+* [[`a4c28d77f7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a4c28d77f7)] - **doc**: fix deprecation removed by mistake (Michaël Zasso) [#19482](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19482)
+* [[`b229912f6f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b229912f6f)] - **doc**: do not announce obvious examples (Rich Trott) [#19270](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19270)
+* [[`c1fa0926e3`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c1fa0926e3)] - **doc**: fix typos on n-api (Kyle Robinson Young) [#19385](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19385)
+* [[`99e6734f19`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/99e6734f19)] - **doc**: improve best practices in onboarding-extras (Rich Trott) [#19315](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19315)
+* [[`5a56327e79`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5a56327e79)] - **doc**: fix minor issues in async\_hooks.md (Rich Trott) [#19313](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19313)
+* [[`5da3ee7719`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5da3ee7719)] - **doc**: clarify default TLS handshake timeout (Rich Trott) [#19290](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19290)
+* [[`7f652c2bcc`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7f652c2bcc)] - **doc**: update username and email (Yuta Hiroto) [#19338](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19338)
+* [[`e247f19ac3`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e247f19ac3)] - **doc**: improve style guide text (Rich Trott) [#19269](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19269)
+* [[`c9b12f302a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c9b12f302a)] - **doc**: remove superfluous text in onboarding-extras (Rich Trott) [#19247](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19247)
+* [[`6c5afebf55`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6c5afebf55)] - **doc**: make caveat in stream.md more concise (Rich Trott) [#19251](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19251)
+* [[`8e88a180b9`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8e88a180b9)] - **doc**: add warning to assert.doesNotThrow() (Ruben Bridgewater) [#18699](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18699)
+* [[`a04e4ae5e4`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a04e4ae5e4)] - **doc**: remove confusing "cats" from style guide (Rich Trott) [#19246](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19246)
+* [[`7c3617558e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7c3617558e)] - **doc**: remove superfluous adverb from style guide (Rich Trott) [#19246](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19246)
+* [[`d117f5ff22`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d117f5ff22)] - **doc**: remove warning against readable/readable.read (Rich Trott) [#19193](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19193)
+* [[`5c21d16c31`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5c21d16c31)] - **doc**: add watson to collaborators (Thomas Watson) [#19234](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19234)
+* [[`9557e66ae1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9557e66ae1)] - **doc**: update labels info in onboarding-extras.md (Rich Trott) [#19160](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19160)
+* [[`84acb9fae5`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/84acb9fae5)] - **doc**: add inspector usage example (Ali Ijaz Sheikh) [#19172](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19172)
+* [[`27088cfaa7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/27088cfaa7)] - **doc**: improve onboarding instructions (Joyee Cheung) [#19108](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19108)
+* [[`9ec0eab019`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9ec0eab019)] - **doc**: make suggestion more direct in stream.md (Rich Trott) [#19124](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19124)
+* [[`968b867bf2`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/968b867bf2)] - **doc**: document asserts Weak(Map|Set) behavior (Ruben Bridgewater) [#18248](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18248)
+* [[`745709396c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/745709396c)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **doc**: improve .throws RegExp info (Ruben Bridgewater) [#17585](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/17585)
+* [[`5a78c6c0a6`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5a78c6c0a6)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **doc**: improve assert documentation (Ruben Bridgewater) [#17002](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/17002)
+* [[`f4f0266bfe`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f4f0266bfe)] - **errors**: add comments about falsy error types (Ruben Bridgewater) [#18857](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18857)
+* [[`ffa16aad60`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ffa16aad60)] - **errors**: update all internal errors (Ruben Bridgewater) [#18857](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18857)
+* [[`d57a2421fc`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d57a2421fc)] - **errors**: implement new error handling (Ruben Bridgewater) [#18857](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18857)
+* [[`607b33cfcc`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/607b33cfcc)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **fs**: support as and as+ flags in stringToFlags() (Sarat Addepalli) [#18801](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18801)
+* [[`b01bd800c6`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b01bd800c6)] - **fs**: fix `createReadStream(…, {end: n})` for non-seekable fds (Anna Henningsen) [#19329](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19329)
+* [[`3914e97741`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3914e97741)] - **http2**: fixes error handling (Matteo Collina) [#19232](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19232)
+* [[`3bf69cd3e7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3bf69cd3e7)] - **http2**: some general code improvements (James M Snell) [#19400](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19400)
+* [[`4277635bed`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4277635bed)] - **http2**: clean up Http2Settings (James M Snell) [#19400](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19400)
+* [[`42b6d801dc`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/42b6d801dc)] - **http2**: don't aggressively inline (James M Snell) [#19400](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19400)
+* [[`89fbbc48ff`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/89fbbc48ff)] - **http2**: simplify timeout tracking (Anna Henningsen) [#19206](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19206)
+* [[`f06622cd56`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f06622cd56)] - **lib**: define printErr() in script string (cjihrig) [#19285](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19285)
+* [[`b35eabb837`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b35eabb837)] - **lib**: handle `throw undefined` in assert.throws() (Ben Noordhuis) [#18029](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18029)
+* [[`0e6f720991`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0e6f720991)] - **n-api**: separate out async\_hooks test (Gabriel Schulhof) [#19392](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19392)
+* [[`528798c3f4`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/528798c3f4)] - **n-api**: add missing exception checking (Michael Dawson) [#19362](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19362)
+* [[`f679ac19e0`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f679ac19e0)] - **n-api**: resolve promise in test (Gabriel Schulhof) [#19245](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19245)
+* [[`12f19a6b86`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/12f19a6b86)] - **n-api**: update documentation (Gabriel Schulhof) [#19078](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19078)
+* [[`0c9577edfc`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0c9577edfc)] - **n-api,test**: add int64 bounds tests (Kyle Farnung) [#19309](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19309)
+* [[`f36521becf`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f36521becf)] - **n-api,test**: add a new.target test to addons-napi (Taylor Woll) [#19236](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19236)
+* [[`5b12d3a58e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5b12d3a58e)] - **net**: do not inherit the no-half-open enforcer (Luigi Pinca) [#18974](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18974)
+* [[`a9bd8bff8a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a9bd8bff8a)] - **path**: remove redundant function (Sergey Golovin) [#19237](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19237)
+* [[`55f7bbb0bd`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/55f7bbb0bd)] - **repl**: refactor code for readability (Ruben Bridgewater) [#17919](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/17919)
+* [[`6997af7378`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6997af7378)] - **repl**: upper case comments first char (Ruben Bridgewater) [#17919](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/17919)
+* [[`3e6858e4a7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3e6858e4a7)] - **repl**: better handling of recoverable errors (Prince J Wesley) [#18915](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18915)
+* [[`49391a70e1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/49391a70e1)] - **src**: fix util abort (Ruben Bridgewater) [#19223](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19223)
+* [[`1ba1861731`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1ba1861731)] - **src**: remove unused using declarations async\_wrap (Daniel Bevenius) [#18893](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18893)
+* [[`8757799d69`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8757799d69)] - **src**: remove unused stdlib.h include (Daniel Bevenius) [#19427](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19427)
+* [[`da62c5ca68`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/da62c5ca68)] - **src**: fix minor typo in comment stream\_base.h (Daniel Bevenius) [#19429](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19429)
+* [[`43c482b9c8`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/43c482b9c8)] - **src**: fix indentation of params in env-inl.h (Daniel Bevenius) [#19390](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19390)
+* [[`054dd28da6`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/054dd28da6)] - **src**: make AsyncWrap constructors delegate (Daniel Bevenius) [#19366](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19366)
+* [[`7a3d1d205e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7a3d1d205e)] - **src**: remove unused uv.h include from async\_wrap.cc (Daniel Bevenius) [#19342](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19342)
+* [[`126a161928`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/126a161928)] - **src**: fix indenting of wrap-\>EmitTraceEventBefore (Daniel Bevenius) [#19340](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19340)
+* [[`03fb817a1d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/03fb817a1d)] - **src**: add extractPromiseWrap function (Daniel Bevenius) [#19340](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19340)
+* [[`e208282f68`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e208282f68)] - **src**: refactor emit before/after/promiseResolve (Daniel Bevenius) [#19295](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19295)
+* [[`49481d0e3b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/49481d0e3b)] - **src**: add convenience ctor for async trigger id scope (Anna Henningsen) [#19204](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19204)
+* [[`4b9914a318`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4b9914a318)] - **src**: avoid duplicate Before/AtExitCallback structs (Daniel Bevenius) [#19226](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19226)
+* [[`27754c5408`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/27754c5408)] - **src**: add incr/decr operators for Reference (Daniel Bevenius) [#19083](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19083)
+* [[`64f646269a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/64f646269a)] - **src**: use smart pointer in AsyncWrap::WeakCallback (Daniel Bevenius) [#19168](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19168)
+* [[`152c931f53`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/152c931f53)] - **stream**: make Duplex inherits from DuplexBase (Luigi Pinca) [#18974](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18974)
+* [[`9c0c0e68ac`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9c0c0e68ac)] - **stream**: add no-half-open enforcer only if needed (Luigi Pinca) [#18953](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18953)
+* [[`1eac1d7d85`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1eac1d7d85)] - **test**: minor refactoring (Ruben Bridgewater) [#18669](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18669)
+* [[`574d061c3c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/574d061c3c)] - **test**: remove assert.doesNotThrow() (Ruben Bridgewater) [#18669](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18669)
+* [[`5478746203`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5478746203)] - **test**: refactor assert test (Ruben Bridgewater) [#18610](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18610)
+* [[`4e9279df5c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4e9279df5c)] - **test**: remove NodeTestFixture from Env constructor (Daniel Bevenius) [#18558](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18558)
+* [[`22b8f9fba6`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/22b8f9fba6)] - **test**: introduce SetUpTestCase/TearDownTestCase (Daniel Bevenius) [#18558](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18558)
+* [[`519850f21e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/519850f21e)] - **test**: http2 client setNextStreamID errors (Trivikram) [#18848](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18848)
+* [[`e3ce084f7c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e3ce084f7c)] - **test**: fix flaky test-http2-ping-flood (Rich Trott) [#19395](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19395)
+* [[`7df6d9ddc8`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7df6d9ddc8)] - **test**: rename regression tests file names (Ujjwal Sharma) [#19332](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19332)
+* [[`f49042131a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f49042131a)] - **test**: use descriptive names for regression tests (Ujjwal Sharma) [#19275](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19275)
+* [[`01749f07bd`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/01749f07bd)] - **test**: fix flaky test-http2-settings-flood (Rich Trott) [#19349](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19349)
+* [[`9aa5090689`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9aa5090689)] - **test**: fix test-cluster-send-handle-large-payload (Rich Trott) [#19311](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19311)
+* [[`11a0ef566a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/11a0ef566a)] - **test**: delete test/parallel/test-regress-GH-4948 (Ujjwal Sharma) [#19279](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19279)
+* [[`be20914958`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/be20914958)] - **test**: shared lib build doesn't handle SIGPIPE (Yihong Wang) [#19211](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19211)
+* [[`f84f548986`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f84f548986)] - **test**: fix assertion argument order (Rich Trott) [#19264](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19264)
+* [[`84ae59e5f8`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/84ae59e5f8)] - **test**: fix path in doctool/test-doctool-json (Vse Mozhet Byt) [#19287](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19287)
+* [[`b8ca616baa`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b8ca616baa)] - **test**: fix compiler warnings in callback-scope (Daniel Bevenius) [#19252](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19252)
+* [[`d3bc72e9cc`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d3bc72e9cc)] - **test**: name test files appropriately (Ujjwal Sharma) [#19212](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19212)
+* [[`f0c8f6969f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f0c8f6969f)] - **test**: fix test-abort-backtrace in shared lib build (Yihong Wang) [#19213](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19213)
+* [[`e4c320e5d7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e4c320e5d7)] - **test**: Remove unnecessary asserion messages in test-crypto-hash.js (Piotr Grzesik) [#18984](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18984)
+* [[`411f3e03fe`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/411f3e03fe)] - **test**: remove flaky status for test-npm-install (Rich Trott) [#19216](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19216)
+* [[`a4a4819954`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a4a4819954)] - **test**: do not check text for engine-generated error (Rich Trott) [#19215](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19215)
+* [[`38eb432260`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/38eb432260)] - **test**: refactor http-https-default-ports (Ken Lin) [#19130](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19130)
+* [[`0ece7cc227`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0ece7cc227)] - **test**: rename test-regress-GH-877.js (Ujjwal Sharma) [#19161](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19161)
+* [[`636a5f627e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/636a5f627e)] - **test**: rename test-regress-GH-784.js (Ujjwal Sharma) [#19161](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19161)
+* [[`c0c6d5848f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c0c6d5848f)] - **test**: address nits and rename the corresponding fixture (Ujjwal Sharma) [#19161](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19161)
+* [[`22484e1fb2`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/22484e1fb2)] - **test**: rename tests to remove "regress" keyword (Ujjwal Sharma) [#19161](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19161)
+* [[`2262a34f0b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/2262a34f0b)] - **test**: rename test-regress-GH-4027 (Ujjwal Sharma) [#19161](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19161)
+* [[`bdbfc0e20e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/bdbfc0e20e)] - **test**: rename test-regress-GH-4015 (Ujjwal Sharma) [#19161](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19161)
+* [[`da44c2ccf0`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/da44c2ccf0)] - **test**: rename test-regress-GH-1697 (Ujjwal Sharma) [#19161](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19161)
+* [[`fa43d2f69e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/fa43d2f69e)] - **test**: rename test-regress-GH-1726 (Ujjwal Sharma) [#19161](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19161)
+* [[`46b5915dab`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/46b5915dab)] - **test**: skip postmortem metadata test when nm fails (Joyee Cheung) [#19107](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19107)
+* [[`16ab3b54d1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/16ab3b54d1)] - **test**: address unreliable test-performance (Rich Trott) [#19228](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19228)
+* [[`1e5c7e3e47`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1e5c7e3e47)] - **test**: refactor common.expectsError (Ruben Bridgewater) [#17703](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/17703)
+* [[`060216689a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/060216689a)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **tls**: expose Finished messages in TLSSocket (Anton Salikhmetov) [#19102](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19102)
+* [[`b04dd7b351`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b04dd7b351)] - **tools**: enable eslint one-var rule (Ruben Bridgewater) [#18831](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18831)
+* [[`d4d7df8371`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d4d7df8371)] - **tools**: enable eslint strict key-spacing (Ruben Bridgewater) [#18831](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18831)
+* [[`9e10ddc215`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9e10ddc215)] - **tools**: enable eslint no-undef-init rule (Ruben Bridgewater) [#18831](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18831)
+* [[`9d1e409ee3`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9d1e409ee3)] - **tools**: enable no-unsafe-finally (Ruben Bridgewater) [#18745](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18745)
+* [[`d7958657d7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d7958657d7)] - **tools**: add assert.doesNotThrow eslint rule (Ruben Bridgewater) [#18669](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18669)
+* [[`66694e28b1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/66694e28b1)] - **tools**: fix test-npm-package (Michaël Zasso) [#19293](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19293)
+* [[`9613e02ff7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9613e02ff7)] - **tools,bootstrap**: preprocess gypi files to json (Gus Caplan) [#19140](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19140)
+* [[`74f0d1aa60`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/74f0d1aa60)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **tty**: refactor to es6 (Ruben Bridgewater) [#17615](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/17615)
+* [[`ead727c274`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ead727c274)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **tty**: add getColorDepth function (Ruben Bridgewater) [#17615](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/17615)
+* [[`072adfea8c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/072adfea8c)] - **url**: replace "magic" numbers by constants (Sergey Golovin) [#19035](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19035)
+* [[`c18ac52970`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c18ac52970)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **util**: add util.inspect compact option (Ruben Bridgewater) [#17576](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/17576)
+* [[`ce3a5af69f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ce3a5af69f)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **util**: rename util.inspect argument (Ruben Bridgewater) [#17576](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/17576)
+* [[`fd4c05ab56`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/fd4c05ab56)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **util**: fix custom inspect description (Ruben Bridgewater) [#17576](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/17576)
+
 <a id="9.8.0"></a>
 ## 2018-03-07, Version 9.8.0 (Current), @MylesBorins
 
diff --git a/src/node_version.h b/src/node_version.h
index 804fb451ae..6a33849680 100644
--- a/src/node_version.h
+++ b/src/node_version.h
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@
 #define SRC_NODE_VERSION_H_
 
 #define NODE_MAJOR_VERSION 9
-#define NODE_MINOR_VERSION 8
-#define NODE_PATCH_VERSION 1
+#define NODE_MINOR_VERSION 9
+#define NODE_PATCH_VERSION 0
 
 #define NODE_VERSION_IS_LTS 0
 #define NODE_VERSION_LTS_CODENAME ""
 
-#define NODE_VERSION_IS_RELEASE 0
+#define NODE_VERSION_IS_RELEASE 1
 
 #ifndef NODE_STRINGIFY
 #define NODE_STRINGIFY(n) NODE_STRINGIFY_HELPER(n)