Release: 5.0.2

[UlisesGascon]

Plan to release it on Nov 06

What's included in the HISTORY.md

• Remove Object.setPrototypeOf polyfill

What's Changed

• Update captains by @UlisesGascon in Update captains #6027
• build: Node.js 23.0 by @bjohansebas in build: Node.js 23.0 #6075
• Add funding field (v5) by @bjohansebas in Add funding field (v5) #6064
• ✅ add discarded middleware test by @ctcpip in ✅ add discarded middleware test #5819
• update homepage link http to https by @bjohansebas in update homepage link http to https #5920
• Improve readme by @bjohansebas in Improve readme #5994
• Add bjohansebas as repo captain for expressjs.com by @crandmck in Add bjohansebas as repo captain for expressjs.com #6058
• Remove Object.setPrototypeOf polyfill by @Phillip9587 in Remove Object.setPrototypeOf polyfill #6081
• fix(buffer): use node:buffer instead of safe-buffer by @bhavya3024 in fix(buffer): use node:buffer instead of safe-buffer #6071
• docs: Add DCO by @UlisesGascon in docs: Add DCO #6048

New Contributors

• @Phillip9587 made their first contribution in Remove Object.setPrototypeOf polyfill #6081
• @bhavya3024 made their first contribution in fix(buffer): use node:buffer instead of safe-buffer #6071

Full Changelog: 5.0.1...master

[UlisesGascon]

We plan to include a security patch too so this release is on hold now

[kasir-barati]

Hi,

Thanks for all the hard work and dedication, just wanted to let you know that we are all waiting and some even went ahead of ExpressJS, e.g. @types/express has published v5.0.0 :). Any plan on when it will be live?