2026-08-26, Version 26.8.1 (Current)

Notable changes:

PR-URL: #65570

Author: nodejs-github-bot

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ release.
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 <tr>
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-<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>
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+<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 +52,17 @@
   * [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
+
+### 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

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