Node.js: AsyncLocalStorage Gets a Modern Makeover
Node.js merged 5 PRs including a major AsyncLocalStorage enhancement that brings modern JavaScript `using` syntax to async contexts. The team also upgraded npm to 11.12.1, fixed critical V8 WebAssembly issues on big-endian systems, and cleared up some documentation. Stephen Belanger led the charge on the AsyncLocalStorage improvements while the npm-cli-bot kept dependencies fresh.
Duration: PT3M46S
Episode overview
This episode is a short developer briefing from Node.js.
It explains recent repository work in plain language.
- Show: Node.js
- Published: 2026-03-29T10:00:54Z
- Audio duration: PT3M46S
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Hey there, Node.js developers! Welcome back to another episode. I'm so glad you're here with me today because we've got some genuinely exciting stuff to dive into. You know that feeling when you see a feature that just makes you go "oh, that's so much cleaner"? Well, we've got one of those today.
So let's jump right into what happened in the Node.js world. We had 5 merged pull requests and 4 additional commits, and honestly, there's a beautiful story here about making async programming more elegant.
The star of today's show is definitely Stephen Belanger's work on AsyncLocalStorage. This is one of those changes that might seem small on paper, but it's actually pretty revolutionary for how we write async code. Stephen added support for the new `using` syntax with AsyncLocalStorage, and I'm genuinely excited…
Here's the thing - if you've worked with AsyncLocalStorage before, you know the drill. You'd typically do something like `storage.run(data, callback)` and wrap your code in a function. It works, but it creates these unnecessary closures that can feel a bit clunky. Well, now you can write `using scope =…
What I love about this change is that it got 4 approvals and had 25 comments…
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