Pump is a small but useful npm package designed to simplify working with Node.js streams. It efficiently pipes streams together, ensuring that all streams involved are properly closed if any one of them encounters an error or completes. This avoids common issues like memory leaks or unhandled errors that can arise when manually managing stream pipelines, especially important for reliable server-side software.
A notable update with version 3.0.1, released on September 10, 2024, builds upon the functionality of the previous stable version, 3.0.0, which was released in January 31, 2018. While the core functionality remains the same - providing a more robust way to pipe streams - the newer version likely incorporates improvements under the hood. These improvements could include bug fixes that weren't present in 3.0.0. Developers should prefer 3.0.1 when available, mostly because it includes 9 files in the package with an unpacked size of 8758 bytes which could represent valuable features.
If you were using the older version, the bump to 3.0.1 is quite safe and recommended as a quality of life change. If you are new to pump, using 3.0.1 is a great way to get started and avoid using older un-maintained code.
The are not vulnerabilities for the version 3.0.1 of the package pump