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@octokit/request

10.0.16 · 30 Aug 2026MIT52M / weekRepositoryHomepagenpmAtom feed

Upgrading @octokit/request From 5.4.2 to 8.4.1

50 releases in betweennotes for 26

Other targets from 5.4.2Newest 5.x5.6.3Latest10.0.16
6.0.0 has no release note on GitHub or in the repository's changelog, so its breaking changes are missing from the counts below.
  1. 5.4.2yours
  2. 18 releases
  3. 6.0.0major
  4. 12 releases
  5. 7.0.0major
  6. 1 release
  7. 8.0.0major
  8. 1 release
  9. 8.0.2breaking
  10. 1 release
  11. 8.0.4breaking
  12. 11 releases
  13. 8.4.1target
6+
changes to make
1
advisory fixed
6+
new
11+
fixes

Counted from 26 of 50 release notes. Advisories are counted from the advisory database, in full.

Before you upgrade

Tick each one off as you go
  • breaking8.0.4
  • breaking8.0.2
  • breaking8.0.0
  • breaking8.0.0
  • breaking7.0.0
  • breaking7.0.0

Security

Fixes 1 advisory affecting 5.4.2

  • ReDos regex vulnerability, reported

    8.4.1

Release by release

  1. 8.4.1

    Security fix15 Feb 2025
    • security

      ReDos regex vulnerability, reported

  2. 8.4.0

    9 Apr 20241 new

  3. 8.3.1

    5 Apr 20241 fix

  4. 8.3.0

    5 Apr 20241 new · 1 fix

  5. 8.2.0

    9 Feb 20241 new
    • new

      Add documentation link in error message

  6. 8.1.6

    22 Nov 20231 fix
    • fixed

      Integrate isPlainObject

  7. 8.1.5

    9 Nov 20231 fix
    • fixed

      Avoid Unexpected end of JSON input when response body is empty (#648) (819cc3f), closes #649

  8. 8.1.4

    9 Oct 20231 fix
    • fixed

      error.cause from undici may be instance of Error

8 internal lines (docs, tests, tooling) left out.