2022-04-19, Version 18.0.0 (Current)

Notable Changes:

PR-URL: #42262

Author: BethGriggs

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 Select a Node.js version below to view the changelog history:
 
+* [Node.js 18](doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V18.md) **Current**
 * [Node.js 17](doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V17.md) **Current**
 * [Node.js 16](doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V16.md) **Long Term Support**
 * [Node.js 15](doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V15.md) End-of-Life
@@ -26,13 +27,17 @@ release.
 
 <table>
 <tr>
+  <th title="Current"><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V18.md">18</a> (Current)</th>
   <th title="Current"><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V17.md">17</a> (Current)</th>
   <th title="LTS Until 2024-04"><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V16.md">16</a> (LTS)</th>
   <th title="LTS Until 2023-04"><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V14.md">14</a> (LTS)</th>
   <th title="LTS Until 2022-04"><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V12.md">12</a> (LTS)</th>
 </tr>
 <tr>
   <td valign="top">
+<b><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V18.md#18.0.0">18.0.0</a></b><br/>
+  </td>
+  <td valign="top">
 <b><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V17.md#17.8.0">17.8.0</a></b><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V17.md#17.7.2">17.7.2</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V17.md#17.7.1">17.7.1</a><br/>

doc/abi_version_registry.json

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     { "modules": 107,"runtime": "electron", "variant": "electron",             "versions": "20" },
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     { "modules": 105,"runtime": "node",     "variant": "v8_9.8",               "versions": "18.0.0-pre" },

doc/api/assert.md

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doc/api/buffer.md

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doc/api/cli.md

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doc/api/crypto.md

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doc/api/deprecations.md

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doc/api/dns.md

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