Tape version 4.15.0 represents a minor update to the popular tap-producing test harness for Node.js and browsers, building upon the foundation laid by version 4.14.0. Key improvements focus on dependency updates, enhancing the developer experience and ensuring compatibility with the latest tooling. Notably, the resolve dependency is updated from version 1.20.0 to 1.22.0 and glob dependency is updated from version 7.1.7 to 7.2.0, potentially bringing performance improvements and bug fixes. object-inspect also sees an update from 1.11.0 to 1.12.0. Furthermore, string.prototype.trim is updated to 1.2.5 from 1.2.4.
On the development dependency side, the upgrades signal a commitment to maintaining code quality and security, eslint goes from 7.31.0 to 8.7.0, @ljharb/eslint-config is updated from 17.6.0 to 20.2.0, array.prototype.flatmap is updated from 1.2.4 to 1.2.5 and aud from 1.1.5 to 2.0.0. These changes will ensure a better development and testing experience.
Developers upgrading from 4.14.0 should review their test suites to ensure compatibility with any breaking changes introduced in the updated dependencies. The increased unpackedSize from 201771 to 216502 may indicate additional features or larger dependencies. If you are seeing a large number of vulnerabilities in your build pipeline because of tape, upgrading to 4.15.0 should fix some of the issues. Upgrading is recommended for developers seeking the latest features, security patches, and compatibility improvements.
The are not vulnerabilities for the version 4.15.0 of the package tape
