2026-08-26, Version 26.8.1 (Current)

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ release.
 </tr>
 <tr>
   <td valign="top">
-<b><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V26.md#26.8.0">26.8.0</a></b><br/>
+<b><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V26.md#26.8.1">26.8.1</a></b><br/>
+<a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V26.md#26.8.0">26.8.0</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V26.md#26.7.0">26.7.0</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V26.md#26.6.0">26.6.0</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V26.md#26.5.1">26.5.1</a><br/>

doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V26.md

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>
+<a href="#26.8.1">26.8.1</a><br/>
 <a href="#26.8.0">26.8.0</a><br/>
 <a href="#26.7.0">26.7.0</a><br/>
 <a href="#26.6.0">26.6.0</a><br/>
@@ -51,6 +52,19 @@
   * [io.js](CHANGELOG_IOJS.md)
   * [Archive](CHANGELOG_ARCHIVE.md)
 
+<a id="26.8.1"></a>
+
+## 2026-08-26, Version 26.8.1 (Current), @aduh95
+
+### Notable Changes
+
+Out-of-band release to fix `node --version` which was reporting an alpha version.
+
+### Commits
+
+* \[[`ebd35a9eec`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ebd35a9eec)] - **src**: revert accidental alpha designation (Antoine du Hamel) [#65568](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/65568)
+* \[[`0b0dd87fcc`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0b0dd87fcc)] - **tools**: fix `tools/nix/list-requisites.sh` (Antoine du Hamel) [#65560](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/65560)
+
 <a id="26.8.0"></a>
 
 ## 2026-08-26, Version 26.8.0 (Current), @aduh95

src/node_version.h

@@ -29,11 +29,7 @@
 #define NODE_VERSION_IS_LTS 0
 #define NODE_VERSION_LTS_CODENAME ""
 
-#define NODE_VERSION_IS_RELEASE 0
-
-#define NODE_ALPHA_MAJOR_VERSION 0
-#define NODE_ALPHA_MINOR_VERSION 0
-#define NODE_ALPHA_PATCH_VERSION 0
+#define NODE_VERSION_IS_RELEASE 1
 
 #ifndef NODE_STRINGIFY
 #define NODE_STRINGIFY(n) NODE_STRINGIFY_HELPER(n)

tools/nix/list-requisites.sh

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ OPTIONAL_FLAGS=$(nix-instantiate -I "nixpkgs=$BASE_DIR/tools/nix/pkgs.nix" --eva
 
 DRV=$(
   cd "$BASE_DIR"
-  # shellcheck disable=SC2086
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2016,SC2086
   nix-instantiate -I "nixpkgs=./tools/nix/pkgs.nix" shell.nix \
     $OPTIONAL_FLAGS \
     --arg sharedLibDeps '{
@@ -32,7 +32,20 @@ DRV=$(
       in
       (import ./tools/nix/devTools.nix { })
       ++ pkgs.lib.flatten (
-        with (pkgs.callPackage ./tools/nix/v8.nix { });
+        with (
+          let
+            # The pinned stdenv does not lazy-evaluates the src, making it complain about missing files (due to the sparse checkout).
+            # Since we are not building the derivation, only interested in its attributes, using a more modern stdenv should have no
+            # effect on the output (it adds some download and parse time, should be less than a non-sparse checkout).
+            repo = "https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs";
+            rev = "6062ba1a1b8b6281b12533c9075a2dbeb38f7e49";
+            nixpkgs_26_05 = import (builtins.fetchTarball {
+              url = "${repo}/archive/${rev}.tar.gz";
+              sha256 = "1dfmhgmairiq0k50vflzqfqaiz6v9dfvbf60yh6fhnkna312daiy";
+            }) { };
+          in
+          pkgs.callPackage ./tools/nix/v8.nix { inherit (nixpkgs_26_05) stdenv; }
+        );
         [
           # We do not want to build V8 here, but still want to list its requisites.
           buildInputs