# What changed in cassandra-driver

> 6 changes in cassandra-driver 4 from its official release notes, upgrade guides and advisories: 1 breaking, 1 new APIs and options. Each one cited. Sources checked 2026-10-19. HTML: https://unstale.sh/npm/cassandra-driver/

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## cassandra-driver 4

### Breaking changes

- Node.js 18 support is dropped. (4.9.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/apache/cassandra-nodejs-driver/blob/07d9a6eeae3024f2cd7dcf8e00fb647ac9844814/CHANGELOG.md#490)

### New APIs and options

- The driver adds support for Deno and Bun, allowing developers to use it with those runtimes. (4.10.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/apache/cassandra-nodejs-driver/blob/07d9a6eeae3024f2cd7dcf8e00fb647ac9844814/CHANGELOG.md#4100)

### Fixes and other changes

- The driver name is updated following the donation to the ASF. (4.9.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/apache/cassandra-nodejs-driver/blob/07d9a6eeae3024f2cd7dcf8e00fb647ac9844814/CHANGELOG.md#490)
- The generated timestamp on retry is fixed. (4.9.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/apache/cassandra-nodejs-driver/blob/07d9a6eeae3024f2cd7dcf8e00fb647ac9844814/CHANGELOG.md#490)
- The driver adds support for Node.js v24. (4.9.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/apache/cassandra-nodejs-driver/blob/07d9a6eeae3024f2cd7dcf8e00fb647ac9844814/CHANGELOG.md#490)
- Retry on socket error is fixed. (4.9.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/apache/cassandra-nodejs-driver/blob/07d9a6eeae3024f2cd7dcf8e00fb647ac9844814/CHANGELOG.md#490)