--- title: "Node 22.6, Protobuf-ES 2.0, and Volta 2.0" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 544 published_at: "2024-08-20" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/544" --- Plus a look at common causes of memory leaks with V8. | #​544 β€” August 20, 2024 [Read on the Web](https://nodeweekly.com/issues/544) πŸ–οΈ If you missed last week's issue, don't worry - you didn't. 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Sarah Gooding (Socket) [Node v22.6.0 (Current) Released](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v22.6.0) β€” v22.6 landed hours after we sent the last issue, but remains the latest _Current_ release. It introduced the new type annotation stripping feature (via `--experimental-strip-types`) as well as experimental support for network inspection. Rafael Gonzaga [![\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/37089fc0.png)](https://dashboard.memetria.com/nodeweekly/) [Memetria: Redis Hosting for Serious Developers](https://dashboard.memetria.com/nodeweekly/) β€” Memetria provides secure, scalable hosting with features that enhance your development experience, including large key tracking and detailed performance metrics. Keep your production apps fast with better and uptime. 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[GitHub repo.](https://github.com/eicrud/eicrud) Antoine Crosetti [Protobuf-ES 2.0 Now Generally Available](https://buf.build/blog/protobuf-es-v2) β€” A fully compliant [Protobuf](https://protobuf.dev/) implementation for JavaScript/TypeScript. Protobuf / protocol buffers is a Google-created language and platform neutral way to serialize structured data. 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