Node.js Knowledge Patch

Baseline: Node.js through 22.x LTS. Covered range: 23.0.0 through 26.5.0, plus the release-schedule update published 2026-07-12.

Use this patch to account for behavior added, changed, deprecated, or removed after the baseline. Match guidance to the exact deployed release line: several APIs changed more than once across Node.js 23–26.

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