Node.js 24 enters Active LTS (Oct 28, 2025)
Key update
Node.js v24 transitions from Current to Active Long-Term Support today, October 28, 2025 — meaning v24 is now the recommended LTS line for production and will receive the project’s LTS support lifecycle (combined Active + Maintenance coverage through April 30, 2028). (github.com)
Why it matters
This is the practical signal for engineering teams to move from evaluation to adoption: new security fixes and vetted backports will land on v24; maintainers and application teams should schedule CI runs and smoke tests against v24, validate native add-ons and any OS/compiler toolchains in build images, and confirm that your cloud providers and managed services (runtimes, lambdas, platform images, container bases) support v24 before switching production traffic. The LTS window gives a predictable 30‑month maintenance runway for planning upgrades, but don’t delay compatibility checks — upstream native dependencies, binary modules, and CI images are the usual blockers.
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