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4.20.0

What's Changed

Important

• IMPORTANT: The default depth level for parsing URL-encoded data is now 32 (previously was Infinity)
• Remove link renderization in html while using res.redirect

Other Changes

• 4.19.2 Staging by @​wesleytodd in expressjs/express#5561
• remove duplicate location test for data uri by @​wesleytodd in expressjs/express#5562
• feat: document beta releases expectations by @​marco-ippolito in expressjs/express#5565
• Cut down on duplicated CI runs by @​jonchurch in expressjs/express#5564
• Add a Threat Model by @​UlisesGascon in expressjs/express#5526
• Assign captain of encodeurl by @​blakeembrey in expressjs/express#5579
• Nominate jonchurch as repo captain for http-errors, expressjs.com, morgan, cors, body-parser by @​jonchurch in expressjs/express#5587
• docs: update Security.md by @​inigomarquinez in expressjs/express#5590
• docs: update triage nomination policy by @​UlisesGascon in expressjs/express#5600
• Add CodeQL (SAST) by @​UlisesGascon in expressjs/express#5433
• docs: add UlisesGascon as triage initiative captain by @​UlisesGascon in expressjs/express#5605
• deps: encodeurl@~2.0.0 by @​blakeembrey in expressjs/express#5569
• skip QUERY method test by @​jonchurch in expressjs/express#5628
• ignore ETAG query test on 21 and 22, reuse skip util by @​jonchurch in expressjs/express#5639
• add support Node.js@22 in the CI by @​mertcanaltin in expressjs/express#5627
• doc: add table of contents, tc/triager lists to readme by @​mertcanaltin in expressjs/express#5619
• List and sort all projects, add captains by @​blakeembrey in expressjs/express#5653
• docs: add @​UlisesGascon as captain for cookie-parser by @​UlisesGascon in expressjs/express#5666
• ✨ bring back query tests for node 21 by @​ctcpip in expressjs/express#5690
• [v4] Deprecate res.clearCookie accepting options.maxAge and options.expires by @​jonchurch in expressjs/express#5672
• skip QUERY tests for Node 21 only, still not supported by @​jonchurch in expressjs/express#5695
• 📝 update people, add ctcpip to TC by @​ctcpip in expressjs/express#5683
• remove minor version pinning from ci by @​jonchurch in expressjs/express#5722
• Fix link variable use in attribution section of CODE OF CONDUCT by @​IamLizu in expressjs/express#5762
• Replace Appveyor windows testing with GHA by @​jonchurch in expressjs/express#5599
• Add OSSF Scorecard badge by @​UlisesGascon in expressjs/express#5436
• update scorecard link by @​bjohansebas in expressjs/express#5814
• Nominate @​IamLizu to the triage team by @​UlisesGascon in expressjs/express#5836
• deps: path-to-regexp@0.1.8 by @​blakeembrey in expressjs/express#5603
• docs: specify new instructions for question and discuss by @​IamLizu in expressjs/express#5835
• 4.x: Upgrade merge-descriptors dependency by @​RobinTail in expressjs/express#5781
• path-to-regexp@0.1.10 by @​blakeembrey in expressjs/express#5902

New Contributors

• @​marco-ippolito made their first contribution in expressjs/express#5565
• @​inigomarquinez made their first contribution in expressjs/express#5590
• @​mertcanaltin made their first contribution in expressjs/express#5627
• @​ctcpip made their first contribution in expressjs/express#5690
• @​bjohansebas made their first contribution in expressjs/express#5814

Full Changelog: https://github.com/expressjs/express/compare/4.19.1...4.20.0

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4.20.0 / 2024-09-10

• deps: serve-static@0.16.0
  • Remove link renderization in html while redirecting
• deps: send@0.19.0
  • Remove link renderization in html while redirecting
• deps: body-parser@0.6.0
  • add depth option to customize the depth level in the parser
  • IMPORTANT: The default depth level for parsing URL-encoded data is now 32 (previously was Infinity)
• Remove link renderization in html while using res.redirect
• deps: path-to-regexp@0.1.10
  • Adds support for named matching groups in the routes using a regex
  • Adds backtracking protection to parameters without regexes defined
• deps: encodeurl@~2.0.0
  • Removes encoding of \, |, and ^ to align better with URL spec
• Deprecate passing options.maxAge and options.expires to res.clearCookie
  • Will be ignored in v5, clearCookie will set a cookie with an expires in the past to instruct clients to delete the cookie

• 21df421 4.20.0
• 4c9ddc1 feat: upgrade to serve-static@0.16.0
• 9ebe5d5 feat: upgrade to send@0.19.0 (#5928)
• ec4a01b feat: upgrade to body-parser@1.20.3 (#5926)
• 54271f6 fix: don't render redirect values in anchor href
• 125bb74 path-to-regexp@0.1.10 (#5902)
• 2a980ad merge-descriptors@1.0.3 (#5781)
• a3e7e05 docs: specify new instructions for question and discuss
• c5addb9 deps: path-to-regexp@0.1.8 (#5603)
• e35380a docs: add @​IamLizu to the triage team (#5836)
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