Bump ws from 8.14.2 to 8.19.0

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Bumps ws from 8.14.2 to 8.19.0.

Release notes

Sourced from ws's releases.

8.19.0

Features

• Added the closeTimeout option (#2308).

Bug fixes

• Handled a forthcoming breaking change in Node.js core (19984854).

8.18.3

Bug fixes

• Fixed a spec violation where the Sec-WebSocket-Version header was not added to the HTTP response if the client requested version was either invalid or unacceptable (#2291).

8.18.2

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue that, during message decompression when the maximum size was exceeded, led to the emission of an inaccurate error and closure of the connection with an improper close code (#2285).

8.18.1

Bug fixes

• The length of the UNIX domain socket paths in the tests has been shortened to make them work when run via CITGM (021f7b8b).

8.18.0

Features

• Added support for Blob (#2229).

8.17.1

Bug fixes

• Fixed a DoS vulnerability (#2231).

A request with a number of headers exceeding the[server.maxHeadersCount][] threshold could be used to crash a ws server.

const http = require('http');
const WebSocket = require('ws');
const wss = new WebSocket.Server({ port: 0 }, function () {
const chars = "!#$%&'*+-.0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz^_`|~".split('');
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Commits

• 61349ec [dist] 8.19.0
• 3f9ffc6 [feature] Introduce the closeTimeout option (#2308)
• 1998485 [fix] Ensure all remaining data is read as a single chunk
• 726c373 [doc] Sort options alphabetically
• b151f1e [ci] Update actions/checkout action to v6
• dabdd5b [ci] Update actions/setup-node action to v6
• 86eac5b [ci] Test on node 25
• 1891e14 [ci] Update actions/setup-node action to v5
• aa28c77 [ci] Update actions/checkout action to v5
• dabbdec [dist] 8.18.3
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Summary by cubic

Upgrade ws from 8.14.2 to 8.19.0 to pick up security fixes and stability improvements. Adds new options and better spec compliance.

• Dependencies
  • Updated ws to 8.19.0 (from 8.14.2).
  • New: closeTimeout option and Blob support.
  • Fixes: DoS vulnerability, spec compliance issues, and a forthcoming Node.js change.

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