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nodejs/node v26.1.0: 2026-05-07, Version 26.1.0 (Current), @aduh95

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### Notable Changes #### Experimental `node:ffi` module Node.js now includes an experimental `node:ffi` module for loading dynamic libraries and calling native symbols from JavaScript. The API is gated behind the `--experimental-ffi` flag and, when the Permission Model is enabled, requires `--

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Who should care → Teams using node.

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  "body": "\n\n\n### Notable Changes\n\n#### Experimental `node:ffi` module\n\nNode.js now includes an experimental `node:ffi` module for loading dynamic\nlibraries and calling native symbols from JavaScript.\n\nThe API is gated behind the `--experimental-ffi` flag and, when the Permission\nModel is enabled, requires `--allow-ffi`.\n\nThis API is inherently unsafe. Invalid pointers, incorrect signatures, or accessing memory\nafter it has been freed can crash the process or corrupt memory.\n\nContributed by Paolo Insogna in [#62072](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/62072).\n\n#### Other Notable Changes\n\n* \\[[`34a6454fe3`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/34a6454fe3)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** 
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