Main Changes

• Fix routing requests without method
• deps: body-parser@1.20.2
  • Fix strict json error message on Node.js 19+
  • deps: content-type@~1.0.5
  • deps: raw-body@2.5.2

Other Changes

• Use https: protocol instead of deprecated git: protocol by @vcsjones in https://github.com/expressjs/express/pull/5032
• build: Node.js@16.18 and Node.js@18.12 by @abenhamdine in https://github.com/expressjs/express/pull/5034
• ci: update actions/checkout to v3 by @armujahid in https://github.com/expressjs/express/pull/5027
• test: remove unused function arguments in params by @raksbisht in https://github.com/expressjs/express/pull/5124
• Remove unused originalIndex from acceptParams by @raksbisht in https://github.com/expressjs/express/pull/5119
• Fixed typos by @raksbisht in https://github.com/expressjs/express/pull/5117
• examples: remove unused params by @raksbisht in https://github.com/expressjs/express/pull/5113
• fix: parameter str is not described in JSDoc by @raksbisht in https://github.com/expressjs/express/pull/5130
• fix: typos in History.md by @raksbisht in https://github.com/expressjs/express/pull/5131
• build : add Node.js@19.7 by @abenhamdine in https://github.com/expressjs/express/pull/5028
• test: remove unused function arguments in params by @raksbisht in https://github.com/expressjs/express/pull/5137
• use random port in test so it won't fail on already listening by @rluvaton in https://github.com/expressjs/express/pull/5162
• tests: use cb() instead of done() by @kristof-low in https://github.com/expressjs/express/pull/5233
• examples: remove multipart example by @riddlew in https://github.com/expressjs/express/pull/5195
• Update support Node.js@18 in the CI by @UlisesGascon in https://github.com/expressjs/express/pull/5490
• Fix favicon-related bug in cookie-sessions example by @DmytroKondrashov in https://github.com/expressjs/express/pull/5414
• Release 4.18.3 by @UlisesGascon in https://github.com/expressjs/express/pull/5505

New Contributors

• @vcsjones made their first contribution in https://github.com/expressjs/express/pull/5032
• @abenhamdine made their first contribution in https://github.com/expressjs/express/pull/5034
• @armujahid made their first contribution in https://github.com/expressjs/express/pull/5027
• @raksbisht made their first contribution in https://github.com/expressjs/express/pull/5124
• @rluvaton made their first contribution in https://github.com/expressjs/express/pull/5162
• @kristof-low made their first contribution in https://github.com/expressjs/express/pull/5233
• @riddlew made their first contribution in https://github.com/expressjs/express/pull/5195
• @DmytroKondrashov made their first contribution in https://github.com/expressjs/express/pull/5414

Full Changelog: https://github.com/expressjs/express/compare/4.18.2...4.18.3