Tech Changelog – 2026-02-22

📁 Backend

PHP

• 🌐 Page Updated: PHP: PHP 8.5.3 released!
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    • PHP 8.5.3 released (bug‑fix only).
    • All PHP 8.5 users are encouraged to upgrade immediately.
    • Source downloads and Windows binaries available on the official PHP download page.
    • Full change log listed in the release notes.
    • PHP 8.5.3 released on Feb 12, 2026.
      • Core fixes: LTO compatibility, macOS build failure, ob_start NULL deref, GC destructor infinite loop, block_pass optimization, internal enum cloning/comparison, parent property leak, attribute/Closure PHPDoc issue, FE_FREE use‑after‑free, by‑ref assignment to uninitialized value, nested finally UAF, lazy proxy clone assertion, hooked object overflow.
      • Updated timelib to 2022.16.
      • DOM: HTMLDocument closing tag corruption in scripts fixed (GH‑21041).
      • MbString: mb_str_pad divide‑by‑zero and stack overflow in recursive array references fixed.
      • Opcache: Tracing JIT segfault with object reference fixed.
      • OpenSSL: Memory leaks on sk_X509_new_null failure; crashes in openssl_x509_parse related to ASN1_INTEGER, X509_NAME_oneline.
      • Phar: buildFromIterator fails without base directory (GH‑20882).
      • PGSQL: INSERT/UPDATE query building with PQescapeIdentifier() fixed.
      • Readline: Memory leak when overriding settings via readline_info() (GH‑18139).
      • SPL: SplDoublyLinkedList iterator use‑after‑free during modification (GH‑20856).
      • Standard: lchown fails on symlink with ZTS; var_dump crash with nested objects.

Laravel

• 🏷️ New Release: v12.52.0
  • Repo: laravel/framework
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  • New feature: temporaryUploadUrl support for the local filesystem.
  • Factory enhancements: added makeMany, withoutAfterMaking(), and withoutAfterCreating() helpers.
  • Queue & Mail improvements: Mailable::later() now sets delay correctly; added delay assertions for queued mailables.
  • Batch progress return type cast to int.
  • Added option to opt out of parallel‑safe cache prefix.
  • Atomic writes introduced for Blade component views and BladeCompiler to avoid race conditions.
  • Minor refactors across the framework (e.g., removing unnecessary \BackedEnum, simplifying code, standardizing regex/DocBlocks).
  • Various bug fixes in PHPDoc, request handling, and JSON:API resources.

Node.js

• 🏷️ New Release: v25.6.1
  • Repo: nodejs/node
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  • Node.js v25.6.1
  • Core build change: cjs-module-lexer replaced with the new merve module (commit 47df4328d7).
  • NPM upgraded to 11.9.0.
  • Several dependency updates: amaro, minimatch, undici, googletest.
  • HTTP stack: slab allocation for HTTP header parsing added (#61375).
  • Various bug fixes and improvements:
  • Windows SRV ECONNREFUSED handling in DNS (#61453).
  • ‑ Test runner and CI tooling updates, including new Ubuntu‑slim GitHub Actions runners.
  • Documentation tweaks (EventEmitter error handling, –inspect warning section, deprecation notes).
  • These are the main take‑aways for developers using Node v25.6.1.
• 📰 New HackerOne Signal Requirement for Vulnerability Reports
  • Published: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT
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Rust

• 🏷️ New Release: 1.93.1
  • Repo: rust-lang/rust
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  • Fixed an ICE that prevented recovering a keyword as a non-keyword identifier, which was affecting rustfmt (PR #150590).
  • Resolved a false-positive in Clippy’s panicking_unwrap lint for field access with implicit deref (PR #16196).
  • Reverted the wasm-related dependency update in CI to address file descriptor leaks on the wasm32-wasip2 target (PR #152259).

PostgreSQL

• 📰 apt.postgresql.org: changelogs, build logs and Ubuntu releases resolute and plucky
  • Published: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000
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  • Preview: News from apt.postgresql.org:
    Changelogs
    apt.postgresql.org now has changelog files in a place where apt can
    retrieve them automatically, for example
    apt changelog postgresql-18
    will download the file

📁 Platform

Google Chrome

• 📰 New enterprise publishing option in the Chrome Web Store: Publish to external organizations
  • Published: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT
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  • Preview: We’re launching a new enterprise publishing option in Chrome Web Store.
• 📰 The corner cases of implementing CSS corner-shape in Blink
  • Published: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT
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  • Preview: Learn about the complexity of implementing the corner-shape feature.
• 📰 What’s new in DevTools (Chrome 145)
  • Published: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT
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  • Preview: Short description
• 📰 Chrome 146 beta
  • Published: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT
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  • Preview: Get a preview of the next Chrome release with this post detailing the features in the current beta.
• 📰 WebMCP is available for early preview
  • Published: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT
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  • Preview:– 2026-02-22 WebMCP aims to provide a standard way for exposing structured tools, ensuring AI agents can perform actions on your site with increased speed, reliability, and precision.
• 📰 New in Chrome 145
  • Published: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT
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  • Preview: Column wrapping for multicol, Device Bound Session Credentials, and more.
• 📰 Designing DevTools: Efficient token usage in AI assistance
  • Published: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT
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  • Preview: Learn how the Chrome Tooling team optimized token usage for AI assistance, and discover techniques for more efficient data usage with LLMs.
• 📰 What’s New in WebGPU (Chrome 145)
  • Published: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT
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  • Preview: WGSL subgroup_uniformity extension and experimental synchronous buffer mapping in workers.
• 📰 Throttle individual network requests
  • Published: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 09:07:38 GMT
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  • Preview: Use the Request conditions tab to block specific URLs or apply custom network throttling profiles to individual resources.
• 📰 Speculation rules prerender until script origin trial
  • Published: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT
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  • Preview: Learn about the new prerender until script option for the Speculation Rules API, now available in origin trial.

Firefox

• 🌐 Page Updated: Firefox Releases
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  • Changed: 2026-02-22T21:26:04.607435
    • Firefox 147.0.4 released Feb 16, 2026 (Release channel users).
    • Bug fix: New Tab Page may appear blank – fixed (Bug 2014616).
    • Security update referenced; see 147.0.3 notes.
    • Unresolved issue: On Linux Wayland, pop‑ups/context menus sometimes open in wrong location; will be addressed later.

📁 Tooling

Git and GitHub

• 📰 Organization-level Copilot usage metrics dashboard available in public preview
  • Published: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 19:01:39 +0000
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  • Preview: Until now, Copilot usage metrics dashboards were only available at the enterprise level. With this release, organization owners can view GitHub Copilot usage metrics for their organization directly in

Visual Studio Code

• 🏷️ New Release: 1.109.5
  • Repo: microsoft/vscode
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📁 Llms

OpenAI

• 🌐 Page Updated: ChatGPT Release Notes
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  • Changed: 2026-02-22T21:28:59.944917
    • Expanded context window for “Thinking” to 256k tokens (128k input/128k output) from previous 196k.
    • Interactive Code Blocks: inline write/edit, preview diagrams/minis, split‑screen review.
    • Retired legacy models: GPT‑4o, GPT‑4.1, GPT‑4.1 mini, OpenAI o4-mini; GPT‑5 (Instant & Thinking) retired.
    • File uploads now up to 20 files per message, expanded file‑type support, cleaner “Select All”, new quick‑tools menu in composer, simplified composer UI.
    • iOS performance boosts and improved long “Thinking” chat reliability across Web/iOS/Android.
    • Voice update: better instruction following, tool usage (web search), age prediction model for teen safeguards.
    • Deep research enhancements: website focus, larger trusted source set, redesigned sidebar & fullscreen report, research plan editing.
• 🌐 Page Updated: OpenAI Dev Changelog
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  • Changed: 2026-02-22T21:29:22.588396
    • Codex CLI v0.104.0 (Feb 18) – Added websocket proxy env vars, thread archive/unarchive notifications, distinct approval IDs for command approvals; improved safety‑check downgrade logic and Rust publish resilience.
    • Codex app 26.217 – Drag‑and‑drop message reorder, downgrade warnings, fuzzy file search, attachment recovery, performance tweaks.
    • Codex CLI v0.103.0 (Feb 17) – Richer app listing data, commit‑coauthor hook with overrides, removed remote_models flag for better model selection.
    • Codex CLI v0.102.0 (Feb 17) – Unified permissions flow, structured network approvals, improved fuzzy file search, multi‑agent role config, model reroute notifications; fixed image attachments, accessibility, thread resume, and various stability bugs.
    • Codex app 26.212 & Codex CLI v0.101.0 (Feb 12) – Release of GPT‑5.3‑Codex‑Spark research preview: real‑time coding model with >1000 tokens/s, 128k context, text‑only, available in ChatGPT Pro; CLI/IDE/Codex app updated to support it. Bug fixes include stable model slug preservation and reduced memory phase concurrency.

📁 Bitcoin

Bitcoin Knots

• 🏷️ New Release: v29.3.knots20260210
  • Repo: bitcoinknots/bitcoin
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  • Bitcoin Knots v29.3.knots20260210 released – available for download on the official site.
  • Includes a wide range of bug fixes across P2P, wallet migration, mempool handling, GUI, build, and documentation.
  • Notable fixes: use‑after‑free in reconnection logic (#33956), wallet migration crashes, BDB edge cases, UI filtering improvements, and various logging/validation tweaks.
  • Compatibility remains Linux kernel, macOS 13+, Windows 10+.
  • No updated translations due to Transifex disruption; bug reporting via GitHub issues.

Bitcoin Optech

• 📰 Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #393
  • Published: 2026-02-20T00:00:00+00:00
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  • Preview: This week’s newsletter summarizes a discussion about recent OP_RETURN usage and describes a protocol to enforce covenant-like spending conditions without consensus changes. Also included are our regul

Lightning Network

• 🌐 Page Updated: Lightning Engineering Blog
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  • Changed: 2026-02-22T21:30:11.381185
    • Agents on Lightning – Open‑source repo with seven composable AI‑agent skills enabling native Lightning payments without identity or API keys (Feb 11 2026).
    • Taproot Assets v0.7 – First multi‑asset protocol on mainnet; supports instant, low‑fee transfers of stablecoins and other assets over Lightning (Dec 16 2025).
    • LND v0.20‑beta – Major performance, reliability, and usability improvements for node operators; faster network comms and enhanced control (Dec 3 2025).
    • Taproot Assets v0.6 – Expanded FX features on mainnet, highlighting collaboration with Tether and other major issuers (Jun 24 2025).
    • LND v0.19.0‑beta – Focus on security, scalability, and smoother user experience; improved on‑chain control for developers (Jun 3 2025).
    • MuSig2 & Loop – Implementation of MuSig2 in Lightning Loop to enhance submarine swaps, reducing counterparty risk (Feb 13 2025).
    • Tether on Bitcoin/Lightning – Launch of USDT on bitcoin with on‑chain and Lightning support via Taproot Assets (Jan 30 2025).