From 5cb0eebe36e0e26d58d511ebe262a8bceef498b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Schonning <nschonni@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2026 18:05:38 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] chore: convert stackbrew to MJS

---
 .github/workflows/official-pr.yml |  4 ++--
 stackbrew.js => stackbrew.mjs     | 35 ++++++++++++++-----------------
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
 rename stackbrew.js => stackbrew.mjs (85%)
 mode change 100755 => 100644

diff --git a/.github/workflows/official-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/official-pr.yml
index a1429eb090..6baaf2127a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/official-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/official-pr.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ on:
       - '**/Dockerfile'
       - '**/docker-entrypoint.sh'
       - 'versions.json'
-      - 'stackbrew.js'
+      - 'stackbrew.mjs'
 
 jobs:
   pr:
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Generate Stackbrew for diff
         run: |
           cd docker-node
-          ./stackbrew.js > ../official-images/library/node
+          ./stackbrew.mjs > ../official-images/library/node
 
       - name: Create PR in official-images
         id: create-pr
diff --git a/stackbrew.js b/stackbrew.mjs
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
similarity index 85%
rename from stackbrew.js
rename to stackbrew.mjs
index 5a00e332ee..6ecf96b2b0
--- a/stackbrew.js
+++ b/stackbrew.mjs
@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
-const fs = require('fs');
-const path = require('path');
+import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { basename, join } from 'node:path';
+import { execSync } from 'node:child_process';
 
 // Grab last git commit
 function getCommitHasForPath(path) {
-  return require('child_process')
-    .execSync(`git log -1 --format=%H HEAD -- ${path}`)
-    .toString()
-    .trim();
+  return execSync(`git log -1 --format=%H HEAD -- ${path}`).toString().trim();
 }
 
-const stackbrewPath = path.basename(__filename);
+const stackbrewPath = basename(import.meta.filename);
 
 // Header
 let stackbrew = `# this file is generated via https://github.com/nodejs/docker-node/blob/${getCommitHasForPath(stackbrewPath)}/${stackbrewPath}
@@ -21,8 +19,7 @@ GitRepo: https://github.com/nodejs/docker-node.git
 GitFetch: refs/heads/main\n`;
 
 // Loop versions
-
-const config = require('./versions.json');
+const config = JSON.parse(readFileSync('versions.json'));
 
 const versions = Object.keys(config).reverse();
 
@@ -45,13 +42,13 @@ for (const version of versions) {
   let defaultDebian = config[version]['debian-default'];
   let variants = config[version].variants;
   for (const variant in variants) {
-    let dockerfilePath = path.join(version, variant, 'Dockerfile');
+    let dockerfilePath = join(version, variant, 'Dockerfile');
     let isAlpine = alpineRE.test(variant);
     let isSlim = slimRE.test(variant);
     let isDefaultSlim = new RegExp(`${defaultDebian}-slim`).test(variant);
 
     // Get full version from the Dockerfile
-    let dockerfile = fs.readFileSync(dockerfilePath, 'utf-8');
+    let dockerfile = readFileSync(dockerfilePath, 'utf-8');
     let fullVersion = dockerfile.match(
       /ENV NODE_VERSION=(?<major>\d+)\.(?<minor>\d+)\.(?<patch>\d+)/,
     );
@@ -157,14 +154,14 @@ for (const version of versions) {
       }
     }
 
-    // remove duplicates
-    tags = tags.filter((x, i, a) => a.indexOf(x) == i);
-    tags = tags.sort();
-    let directory = `${version}/${variant}`;
-    stackbrew += `\nTags: ${tags.join(', ')}\n`;
-    stackbrew += `Architectures: ${config[version].variants[variant].join(', ')}\n`;
-    stackbrew += `GitCommit: ${getCommitHasForPath(directory)}\n`;
-    stackbrew += `Directory: ${directory}\n`;
+    stackbrew += `
+Tags: ${tags
+      .filter((x, i, a) => a.indexOf(x) == i)
+      .sort()
+      .join(', ')}
+Architectures: ${config[version].variants[variant].join(', ')}
+GitCommit: ${getCommitHasForPath(`${version}/${variant}`)}
+Directory: ${`${version}/${variant}`}\n`;
   }
 }
 

From c4620c722cfd5e5b93d644d0825b9ce813639433 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Schonning <nschonni@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2026 16:15:51 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] feat: Node.js 27.0.0-alpha.0.0.0

---
 27/alpine3.23/Dockerfile              | 87 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 27/alpine3.23/docker-entrypoint.sh    | 11 ++++
 27/alpine3.24/Dockerfile              | 87 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 27/alpine3.24/docker-entrypoint.sh    | 11 ++++
 27/bookworm-slim/Dockerfile           | 63 +++++++++++++++++++
 27/bookworm-slim/docker-entrypoint.sh | 11 ++++
 27/bookworm/Dockerfile                | 50 +++++++++++++++
 27/bookworm/docker-entrypoint.sh      | 11 ++++
 27/trixie-slim/Dockerfile             | 64 ++++++++++++++++++++
 27/trixie-slim/docker-entrypoint.sh   | 11 ++++
 27/trixie/Dockerfile                  | 51 ++++++++++++++++
 27/trixie/docker-entrypoint.sh        | 11 ++++
 versions.json                         | 41 +++++++++++++
 13 files changed, 509 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 27/alpine3.23/Dockerfile
 create mode 100755 27/alpine3.23/docker-entrypoint.sh
 create mode 100644 27/alpine3.24/Dockerfile
 create mode 100755 27/alpine3.24/docker-entrypoint.sh
 create mode 100644 27/bookworm-slim/Dockerfile
 create mode 100755 27/bookworm-slim/docker-entrypoint.sh
 create mode 100644 27/bookworm/Dockerfile
 create mode 100755 27/bookworm/docker-entrypoint.sh
 create mode 100644 27/trixie-slim/Dockerfile
 create mode 100755 27/trixie-slim/docker-entrypoint.sh
 create mode 100644 27/trixie/Dockerfile
 create mode 100755 27/trixie/docker-entrypoint.sh

diff --git a/27/alpine3.23/Dockerfile b/27/alpine3.23/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5f71eee2b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/27/alpine3.23/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+FROM alpine:3.23
+
+ENV NODE_VERSION=27.0.0-alpha.0.0.0
+
+RUN addgroup -g 1000 node \
+    && adduser -u 1000 -G node -s /bin/sh -D node \
+    && apk add --no-cache \
+        libatomic \
+        libstdc++ \
+    && apk add --no-cache --virtual .build-deps \
+        gnupg \
+        curl \
+    && ARCH= OPENSSL_ARCH='linux*' && alpineArch="$(apk --print-arch)" \
+      && case "${alpineArch##*-}" in \
+        x86_64) ARCH='x64' OPENSSL_ARCH=linux-x86_64;; \
+        aarch64) OPENSSL_ARCH=linux-aarch64;; \
+        *) echo "unsupported architecture"; exit 1 ;; \
+      esac \
+    # use pre-existing gpg directory, see https://github.com/nodejs/docker-node/pull/1895#issuecomment-1550389150
+    && export GNUPGHOME="$(mktemp -d)" \
+    # gpg keys listed at https://github.com/nodejs/node#release-keys
+    && set -ex \
+    && for key in \
+      5BE8A3F6C8A5C01D106C0AD820B1A390B168D356 \
+      DD792F5973C6DE52C432CBDAC77ABFA00DDBF2B7 \
+      CC68F5A3106FF448322E48ED27F5E38D5B0A215F \
+      890C08DB8579162FEE0DF9DB8BEAB4DFCF555EF4 \
+      C82FA3AE1CBEDC6BE46B9360C43CEC45C17AB93C \
+      108F52B48DB57BB0CC439B2997B01419BD92F80A \
+      655F3B5C1FB3FA8D1A0CA6BDE4A7D232B936D2FD \
+      A363A499291CBBC940DD62E41F10027AF002F8B0 \
+    ; do \
+        { gpg --batch --keyserver hkps://keys.openpgp.org --recv-keys "$key" && gpg --batch --fingerprint "$key"; } || \
+        { gpg --batch --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys "$key" && gpg --batch --fingerprint "$key"; } ; \
+    done \
+  && if [ "$ARCH" = "x64" ]; then \
+    curl -fsSLO --compressed "https://nodejs.org/dist/v$NODE_VERSION/node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH-musl.tar.xz" \
+    && curl -fsSLO --compressed "https://nodejs.org/dist/v$NODE_VERSION/SHASUMS256.txt.asc" \
+    && gpg --batch --decrypt --output SHASUMS256.txt SHASUMS256.txt.asc \
+    && gpgconf --kill all \
+    && rm -rf "$GNUPGHOME" \
+    && grep " node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH-musl.tar.xz\$" SHASUMS256.txt | sha256sum -c - \
+    && tar -xJf "node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH-musl.tar.xz" -C /usr/local --strip-components=1 --no-same-owner \
+    && rm "node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH-musl.tar.xz" SHASUMS256.txt.asc SHASUMS256.txt \
+    && ln -s /usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/bin/nodejs; \
+  else \
+    echo "Building from source" \
+    && apk add --no-cache --virtual .build-deps-full \
+        binutils-gold \
+        g++ \
+        gcc \
+        libgcc \
+        linux-headers \
+        make \
+        python3 \
+        py-setuptools \
+        rust \
+        cargo \
+    && curl -fsSLO --compressed "https://nodejs.org/dist/v$NODE_VERSION/node-v$NODE_VERSION.tar.xz" \
+    && curl -fsSLO --compressed "https://nodejs.org/dist/v$NODE_VERSION/SHASUMS256.txt.asc" \
+    && gpg --batch --decrypt --output SHASUMS256.txt SHASUMS256.txt.asc \
+    && gpgconf --kill all \
+    && rm -rf "$GNUPGHOME" \
+    && grep " node-v$NODE_VERSION.tar.xz\$" SHASUMS256.txt | sha256sum -c - \
+    && tar -xf "node-v$NODE_VERSION.tar.xz" \
+    && cd "node-v$NODE_VERSION" \
+    && ./configure \
+    && make -j$(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) V= \
+    && make install \
+    && apk del .build-deps-full \
+    && cd .. \
+    && rm -Rf "node-v$NODE_VERSION" \
+    && rm "node-v$NODE_VERSION.tar.xz" SHASUMS256.txt.asc SHASUMS256.txt; \
+  fi \
+  # Remove unused OpenSSL headers to save ~34MB. See this NodeJS issue: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/46451
+  && find /usr/local/include/node/openssl/archs -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 ! -name "$OPENSSL_ARCH" -exec rm -rf {} \; \
+  && apk del .build-deps \
+  # smoke tests
+  && node --version \
+  && npm --version \
+  && rm -rf /tmp/*
+
+
+COPY docker-entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/
+ENTRYPOINT ["docker-entrypoint.sh"]
+
+CMD [ "node" ]
diff --git a/27/alpine3.23/docker-entrypoint.sh b/27/alpine3.23/docker-entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..1b3116e53b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/27/alpine3.23/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+# Run command with node if the first argument contains a "-" or is not a system command. The last
+# part inside the "{}" is a workaround for the following bug in ash/dash:
+# https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=874264
+if [ "${1#-}" != "${1}" ] || [ -z "$(command -v "${1}")" ] || { [ -f "${1}" ] && ! [ -x "${1}" ]; }; then
+  set -- node "$@"
+fi
+
+exec "$@"
diff --git a/27/alpine3.24/Dockerfile b/27/alpine3.24/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..713db86e90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/27/alpine3.24/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+FROM alpine:3.24
+
+ENV NODE_VERSION=27.0.0-alpha.0.0.0
+
+RUN addgroup -g 1000 node \
+    && adduser -u 1000 -G node -s /bin/sh -D node \
+    && apk add --no-cache \
+        libatomic \
+        libstdc++ \
+    && apk add --no-cache --virtual .build-deps \
+        gnupg \
+        curl \
+    && ARCH= OPENSSL_ARCH='linux*' && alpineArch="$(apk --print-arch)" \
+      && case "${alpineArch##*-}" in \
+        x86_64) ARCH='x64' OPENSSL_ARCH=linux-x86_64;; \
+        aarch64) OPENSSL_ARCH=linux-aarch64;; \
+        *) echo "unsupported architecture"; exit 1 ;; \
+      esac \
+    # use pre-existing gpg directory, see https://github.com/nodejs/docker-node/pull/1895#issuecomment-1550389150
+    && export GNUPGHOME="$(mktemp -d)" \
+    # gpg keys listed at https://github.com/nodejs/node#release-keys
+    && set -ex \
+    && for key in \
+      5BE8A3F6C8A5C01D106C0AD820B1A390B168D356 \
+      DD792F5973C6DE52C432CBDAC77ABFA00DDBF2B7 \
+      CC68F5A3106FF448322E48ED27F5E38D5B0A215F \
+      890C08DB8579162FEE0DF9DB8BEAB4DFCF555EF4 \
+      C82FA3AE1CBEDC6BE46B9360C43CEC45C17AB93C \
+      108F52B48DB57BB0CC439B2997B01419BD92F80A \
+      655F3B5C1FB3FA8D1A0CA6BDE4A7D232B936D2FD \
+      A363A499291CBBC940DD62E41F10027AF002F8B0 \
+    ; do \
+        { gpg --batch --keyserver hkps://keys.openpgp.org --recv-keys "$key" && gpg --batch --fingerprint "$key"; } || \
+        { gpg --batch --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys "$key" && gpg --batch --fingerprint "$key"; } ; \
+    done \
+  && if [ "$ARCH" = "x64" ]; then \
+    curl -fsSLO --compressed "https://nodejs.org/dist/v$NODE_VERSION/node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH-musl.tar.xz" \
+    && curl -fsSLO --compressed "https://nodejs.org/dist/v$NODE_VERSION/SHASUMS256.txt.asc" \
+    && gpg --batch --decrypt --output SHASUMS256.txt SHASUMS256.txt.asc \
+    && gpgconf --kill all \
+    && rm -rf "$GNUPGHOME" \
+    && grep " node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH-musl.tar.xz\$" SHASUMS256.txt | sha256sum -c - \
+    && tar -xJf "node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH-musl.tar.xz" -C /usr/local --strip-components=1 --no-same-owner \
+    && rm "node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH-musl.tar.xz" SHASUMS256.txt.asc SHASUMS256.txt \
+    && ln -s /usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/bin/nodejs; \
+  else \
+    echo "Building from source" \
+    && apk add --no-cache --virtual .build-deps-full \
+        binutils-gold \
+        g++ \
+        gcc \
+        libgcc \
+        linux-headers \
+        make \
+        python3 \
+        py-setuptools \
+        rust \
+        cargo \
+    && curl -fsSLO --compressed "https://nodejs.org/dist/v$NODE_VERSION/node-v$NODE_VERSION.tar.xz" \
+    && curl -fsSLO --compressed "https://nodejs.org/dist/v$NODE_VERSION/SHASUMS256.txt.asc" \
+    && gpg --batch --decrypt --output SHASUMS256.txt SHASUMS256.txt.asc \
+    && gpgconf --kill all \
+    && rm -rf "$GNUPGHOME" \
+    && grep " node-v$NODE_VERSION.tar.xz\$" SHASUMS256.txt | sha256sum -c - \
+    && tar -xf "node-v$NODE_VERSION.tar.xz" \
+    && cd "node-v$NODE_VERSION" \
+    && ./configure \
+    && make -j$(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) V= \
+    && make install \
+    && apk del .build-deps-full \
+    && cd .. \
+    && rm -Rf "node-v$NODE_VERSION" \
+    && rm "node-v$NODE_VERSION.tar.xz" SHASUMS256.txt.asc SHASUMS256.txt; \
+  fi \
+  # Remove unused OpenSSL headers to save ~34MB. See this NodeJS issue: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/46451
+  && find /usr/local/include/node/openssl/archs -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 ! -name "$OPENSSL_ARCH" -exec rm -rf {} \; \
+  && apk del .build-deps \
+  # smoke tests
+  && node --version \
+  && npm --version \
+  && rm -rf /tmp/*
+
+
+COPY docker-entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/
+ENTRYPOINT ["docker-entrypoint.sh"]
+
+CMD [ "node" ]
diff --git a/27/alpine3.24/docker-entrypoint.sh b/27/alpine3.24/docker-entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..1b3116e53b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/27/alpine3.24/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+# Run command with node if the first argument contains a "-" or is not a system command. The last
+# part inside the "{}" is a workaround for the following bug in ash/dash:
+# https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=874264
+if [ "${1#-}" != "${1}" ] || [ -z "$(command -v "${1}")" ] || { [ -f "${1}" ] && ! [ -x "${1}" ]; }; then
+  set -- node "$@"
+fi
+
+exec "$@"
diff --git a/27/bookworm-slim/Dockerfile b/27/bookworm-slim/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..64cadb3836
--- /dev/null
+++ b/27/bookworm-slim/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+FROM debian:bookworm-slim
+
+RUN groupadd --gid 1000 node \
+  && useradd --uid 1000 --gid node --shell /bin/bash --create-home node
+
+ENV NODE_VERSION=27.0.0-alpha.0.0.0
+
+RUN ARCH= OPENSSL_ARCH= && dpkgArch="$(dpkg --print-architecture)" \
+    && case "${dpkgArch##*-}" in \
+      amd64) ARCH='x64' OPENSSL_ARCH='linux-x86_64';; \
+      ppc64el) ARCH='ppc64le' OPENSSL_ARCH='linux-ppc64le';; \
+      arm64) ARCH='arm64' OPENSSL_ARCH='linux-aarch64';; \
+      *) echo "unsupported architecture"; exit 1 ;; \
+    esac \
+    && set -ex \
+    && apt-get update && apt-get install -y ca-certificates curl wget gnupg dirmngr xz-utils libatomic1 --no-install-recommends \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
+    # use pre-existing gpg directory, see https://github.com/nodejs/docker-node/pull/1895#issuecomment-1550389150
+    && export GNUPGHOME="$(mktemp -d)" \
+    # gpg keys listed at https://github.com/nodejs/node#release-keys
+    && for key in \
+      5BE8A3F6C8A5C01D106C0AD820B1A390B168D356 \
+      DD792F5973C6DE52C432CBDAC77ABFA00DDBF2B7 \
+      CC68F5A3106FF448322E48ED27F5E38D5B0A215F \
+      890C08DB8579162FEE0DF9DB8BEAB4DFCF555EF4 \
+      C82FA3AE1CBEDC6BE46B9360C43CEC45C17AB93C \
+      108F52B48DB57BB0CC439B2997B01419BD92F80A \
+      655F3B5C1FB3FA8D1A0CA6BDE4A7D232B936D2FD \
+      A363A499291CBBC940DD62E41F10027AF002F8B0 \
+    ; do \
+      { gpg --batch --keyserver hkps://keys.openpgp.org --recv-keys "$key" && gpg --batch --fingerprint "$key"; } || \
+      { gpg --batch --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys "$key" && gpg --batch --fingerprint "$key"; } ; \
+    done \
+    && curl -fsSLO --compressed "https://nodejs.org/dist/v$NODE_VERSION/node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz" \
+    && curl -fsSLO --compressed "https://nodejs.org/dist/v$NODE_VERSION/SHASUMS256.txt.asc" \
+    && gpg --batch --decrypt --output SHASUMS256.txt SHASUMS256.txt.asc \
+    && gpgconf --kill all \
+    && rm -rf "$GNUPGHOME" \
+    && grep " node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz\$" SHASUMS256.txt | sha256sum -c - \
+    && tar -xJf "node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz" -C /usr/local --strip-components=1 --no-same-owner \
+    && rm "node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz" SHASUMS256.txt.asc SHASUMS256.txt \
+    # Remove unused OpenSSL headers to save ~34MB. See this NodeJS issue: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/46451
+    && find /usr/local/include/node/openssl/archs -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 ! -name "$OPENSSL_ARCH" -exec rm -rf {} \; \
+    && apt-mark auto '.*' > /dev/null \
+    && find /usr/local -type f -executable -exec ldd '{}' ';' \
+      | awk '/=>/ { so = $(NF-1); if (index(so, "/usr/local/") == 1) { next }; gsub("^/(usr/)?", "", so); print so }' \
+      | sort -u \
+      | xargs -r dpkg-query --search \
+      | cut -d: -f1 \
+      | sort -u \
+      | xargs -r apt-mark manual \
+    && apt-get purge -y --auto-remove -o APT::AutoRemove::RecommendsImportant=false \
+    && ln -s /usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/bin/nodejs \
+    # smoke tests
+    && node --version \
+    && npm --version \
+    && rm -rf /tmp/*
+
+
+COPY docker-entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/
+ENTRYPOINT ["docker-entrypoint.sh"]
+
+CMD [ "node" ]
diff --git a/27/bookworm-slim/docker-entrypoint.sh b/27/bookworm-slim/docker-entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..1b3116e53b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/27/bookworm-slim/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+# Run command with node if the first argument contains a "-" or is not a system command. The last
+# part inside the "{}" is a workaround for the following bug in ash/dash:
+# https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=874264
+if [ "${1#-}" != "${1}" ] || [ -z "$(command -v "${1}")" ] || { [ -f "${1}" ] && ! [ -x "${1}" ]; }; then
+  set -- node "$@"
+fi
+
+exec "$@"
diff --git a/27/bookworm/Dockerfile b/27/bookworm/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fff3fb8b6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/27/bookworm/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+FROM buildpack-deps:bookworm
+
+RUN groupadd --gid 1000 node \
+  && useradd --uid 1000 --gid node --shell /bin/bash --create-home node
+
+ENV NODE_VERSION=27.0.0-alpha.0.0.0
+
+RUN ARCH= && dpkgArch="$(dpkg --print-architecture)" \
+  && case "${dpkgArch##*-}" in \
+    amd64) ARCH='x64';; \
+    ppc64el) ARCH='ppc64le';; \
+    arm64) ARCH='arm64';; \
+    *) echo "unsupported architecture"; exit 1 ;; \
+  esac \
+  # use pre-existing gpg directory, see https://github.com/nodejs/docker-node/pull/1895#issuecomment-1550389150
+  && export GNUPGHOME="$(mktemp -d)" \
+  # gpg keys listed at https://github.com/nodejs/node#release-keys
+  && set -ex \
+  && for key in \
+    5BE8A3F6C8A5C01D106C0AD820B1A390B168D356 \
+    DD792F5973C6DE52C432CBDAC77ABFA00DDBF2B7 \
+    CC68F5A3106FF448322E48ED27F5E38D5B0A215F \
+    890C08DB8579162FEE0DF9DB8BEAB4DFCF555EF4 \
+    C82FA3AE1CBEDC6BE46B9360C43CEC45C17AB93C \
+    108F52B48DB57BB0CC439B2997B01419BD92F80A \
+    655F3B5C1FB3FA8D1A0CA6BDE4A7D232B936D2FD \
+    A363A499291CBBC940DD62E41F10027AF002F8B0 \
+  ; do \
+      { gpg --batch --keyserver hkps://keys.openpgp.org --recv-keys "$key" && gpg --batch --fingerprint "$key"; } || \
+      { gpg --batch --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys "$key" && gpg --batch --fingerprint "$key"; } ; \
+  done \
+  && curl -fsSLO --compressed "https://nodejs.org/dist/v$NODE_VERSION/node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz" \
+  && curl -fsSLO --compressed "https://nodejs.org/dist/v$NODE_VERSION/SHASUMS256.txt.asc" \
+  && gpg --batch --decrypt --output SHASUMS256.txt SHASUMS256.txt.asc \
+  && gpgconf --kill all \
+  && rm -rf "$GNUPGHOME" \
+  && grep " node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz\$" SHASUMS256.txt | sha256sum -c - \
+  && tar -xJf "node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz" -C /usr/local --strip-components=1 --no-same-owner \
+  && rm "node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz" SHASUMS256.txt.asc SHASUMS256.txt \
+  && ln -s /usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/bin/nodejs \
+  # smoke tests
+  && node --version \
+  && npm --version \
+  && rm -rf /tmp/*
+
+
+COPY docker-entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/
+ENTRYPOINT ["docker-entrypoint.sh"]
+
+CMD [ "node" ]
diff --git a/27/bookworm/docker-entrypoint.sh b/27/bookworm/docker-entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..1b3116e53b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/27/bookworm/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+# Run command with node if the first argument contains a "-" or is not a system command. The last
+# part inside the "{}" is a workaround for the following bug in ash/dash:
+# https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=874264
+if [ "${1#-}" != "${1}" ] || [ -z "$(command -v "${1}")" ] || { [ -f "${1}" ] && ! [ -x "${1}" ]; }; then
+  set -- node "$@"
+fi
+
+exec "$@"
diff --git a/27/trixie-slim/Dockerfile b/27/trixie-slim/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..baef31f621
--- /dev/null
+++ b/27/trixie-slim/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+FROM debian:trixie-slim
+
+RUN groupadd --gid 1000 node \
+  && useradd --uid 1000 --gid node --shell /bin/bash --create-home node
+
+ENV NODE_VERSION=27.0.0-alpha.0.0.0
+
+RUN ARCH= OPENSSL_ARCH= && dpkgArch="$(dpkg --print-architecture)" \
+    && case "${dpkgArch##*-}" in \
+      amd64) ARCH='x64' OPENSSL_ARCH='linux-x86_64';; \
+      ppc64el) ARCH='ppc64le' OPENSSL_ARCH='linux-ppc64le';; \
+      s390x) ARCH='s390x' OPENSSL_ARCH='linux*-s390x';; \
+      arm64) ARCH='arm64' OPENSSL_ARCH='linux-aarch64';; \
+      *) echo "unsupported architecture"; exit 1 ;; \
+    esac \
+    && set -ex \
+    && apt-get update && apt-get install -y ca-certificates curl wget gnupg dirmngr xz-utils libatomic1 --no-install-recommends \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
+    # use pre-existing gpg directory, see https://github.com/nodejs/docker-node/pull/1895#issuecomment-1550389150
+    && export GNUPGHOME="$(mktemp -d)" \
+    # gpg keys listed at https://github.com/nodejs/node#release-keys
+    && for key in \
+      5BE8A3F6C8A5C01D106C0AD820B1A390B168D356 \
+      DD792F5973C6DE52C432CBDAC77ABFA00DDBF2B7 \
+      CC68F5A3106FF448322E48ED27F5E38D5B0A215F \
+      890C08DB8579162FEE0DF9DB8BEAB4DFCF555EF4 \
+      C82FA3AE1CBEDC6BE46B9360C43CEC45C17AB93C \
+      108F52B48DB57BB0CC439B2997B01419BD92F80A \
+      655F3B5C1FB3FA8D1A0CA6BDE4A7D232B936D2FD \
+      A363A499291CBBC940DD62E41F10027AF002F8B0 \
+    ; do \
+      { gpg --batch --keyserver hkps://keys.openpgp.org --recv-keys "$key" && gpg --batch --fingerprint "$key"; } || \
+      { gpg --batch --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys "$key" && gpg --batch --fingerprint "$key"; } ; \
+    done \
+    && curl -fsSLO --compressed "https://nodejs.org/dist/v$NODE_VERSION/node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz" \
+    && curl -fsSLO --compressed "https://nodejs.org/dist/v$NODE_VERSION/SHASUMS256.txt.asc" \
+    && gpg --batch --decrypt --output SHASUMS256.txt SHASUMS256.txt.asc \
+    && gpgconf --kill all \
+    && rm -rf "$GNUPGHOME" \
+    && grep " node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz\$" SHASUMS256.txt | sha256sum -c - \
+    && tar -xJf "node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz" -C /usr/local --strip-components=1 --no-same-owner \
+    && rm "node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz" SHASUMS256.txt.asc SHASUMS256.txt \
+    # Remove unused OpenSSL headers to save ~34MB. See this NodeJS issue: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/46451
+    && find /usr/local/include/node/openssl/archs -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 ! -name "$OPENSSL_ARCH" -exec rm -rf {} \; \
+    && apt-mark auto '.*' > /dev/null \
+    && find /usr/local -type f -executable -exec ldd '{}' ';' \
+      | awk '/=>/ { so = $(NF-1); if (index(so, "/usr/local/") == 1) { next }; gsub("^/(usr/)?", "", so); print so }' \
+      | sort -u \
+      | xargs -r dpkg-query --search \
+      | cut -d: -f1 \
+      | sort -u \
+      | xargs -r apt-mark manual \
+    && apt-get purge -y --auto-remove -o APT::AutoRemove::RecommendsImportant=false \
+    && ln -s /usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/bin/nodejs \
+    # smoke tests
+    && node --version \
+    && npm --version \
+    && rm -rf /tmp/*
+
+
+COPY docker-entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/
+ENTRYPOINT ["docker-entrypoint.sh"]
+
+CMD [ "node" ]
diff --git a/27/trixie-slim/docker-entrypoint.sh b/27/trixie-slim/docker-entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..1b3116e53b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/27/trixie-slim/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+# Run command with node if the first argument contains a "-" or is not a system command. The last
+# part inside the "{}" is a workaround for the following bug in ash/dash:
+# https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=874264
+if [ "${1#-}" != "${1}" ] || [ -z "$(command -v "${1}")" ] || { [ -f "${1}" ] && ! [ -x "${1}" ]; }; then
+  set -- node "$@"
+fi
+
+exec "$@"
diff --git a/27/trixie/Dockerfile b/27/trixie/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5168c624fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/27/trixie/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+FROM buildpack-deps:trixie
+
+RUN groupadd --gid 1000 node \
+  && useradd --uid 1000 --gid node --shell /bin/bash --create-home node
+
+ENV NODE_VERSION=27.0.0-alpha.0.0.0
+
+RUN ARCH= && dpkgArch="$(dpkg --print-architecture)" \
+  && case "${dpkgArch##*-}" in \
+    amd64) ARCH='x64';; \
+    ppc64el) ARCH='ppc64le';; \
+    s390x) ARCH='s390x';; \
+    arm64) ARCH='arm64';; \
+    *) echo "unsupported architecture"; exit 1 ;; \
+  esac \
+  # use pre-existing gpg directory, see https://github.com/nodejs/docker-node/pull/1895#issuecomment-1550389150
+  && export GNUPGHOME="$(mktemp -d)" \
+  # gpg keys listed at https://github.com/nodejs/node#release-keys
+  && set -ex \
+  && for key in \
+    5BE8A3F6C8A5C01D106C0AD820B1A390B168D356 \
+    DD792F5973C6DE52C432CBDAC77ABFA00DDBF2B7 \
+    CC68F5A3106FF448322E48ED27F5E38D5B0A215F \
+    890C08DB8579162FEE0DF9DB8BEAB4DFCF555EF4 \
+    C82FA3AE1CBEDC6BE46B9360C43CEC45C17AB93C \
+    108F52B48DB57BB0CC439B2997B01419BD92F80A \
+    655F3B5C1FB3FA8D1A0CA6BDE4A7D232B936D2FD \
+    A363A499291CBBC940DD62E41F10027AF002F8B0 \
+  ; do \
+      { gpg --batch --keyserver hkps://keys.openpgp.org --recv-keys "$key" && gpg --batch --fingerprint "$key"; } || \
+      { gpg --batch --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys "$key" && gpg --batch --fingerprint "$key"; } ; \
+  done \
+  && curl -fsSLO --compressed "https://nodejs.org/dist/v$NODE_VERSION/node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz" \
+  && curl -fsSLO --compressed "https://nodejs.org/dist/v$NODE_VERSION/SHASUMS256.txt.asc" \
+  && gpg --batch --decrypt --output SHASUMS256.txt SHASUMS256.txt.asc \
+  && gpgconf --kill all \
+  && rm -rf "$GNUPGHOME" \
+  && grep " node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz\$" SHASUMS256.txt | sha256sum -c - \
+  && tar -xJf "node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz" -C /usr/local --strip-components=1 --no-same-owner \
+  && rm "node-v$NODE_VERSION-linux-$ARCH.tar.xz" SHASUMS256.txt.asc SHASUMS256.txt \
+  && ln -s /usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/bin/nodejs \
+  # smoke tests
+  && node --version \
+  && npm --version \
+  && rm -rf /tmp/*
+
+
+COPY docker-entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/
+ENTRYPOINT ["docker-entrypoint.sh"]
+
+CMD [ "node" ]
diff --git a/27/trixie/docker-entrypoint.sh b/27/trixie/docker-entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..1b3116e53b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/27/trixie/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+# Run command with node if the first argument contains a "-" or is not a system command. The last
+# part inside the "{}" is a workaround for the following bug in ash/dash:
+# https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=874264
+if [ "${1#-}" != "${1}" ] || [ -z "$(command -v "${1}")" ] || { [ -f "${1}" ] && ! [ -x "${1}" ]; }; then
+  set -- node "$@"
+fi
+
+exec "$@"
diff --git a/versions.json b/versions.json
index 479c550111..b522ec294f 100644
--- a/versions.json
+++ b/versions.json
@@ -1,4 +1,45 @@
 {
+  "27": {
+    "alpha": "2026-10-28",
+    "lts": "2027-10-20",
+    "start": "2027-04-22",
+    "end": "2030-04-30",
+    "codename": "",
+    "alpine-default": "alpine3.24",
+    "debian-default": "trixie",
+    "variants": {
+      "alpine3.23": [
+        "amd64",
+        "arm64v8"
+      ],
+      "alpine3.24": [
+        "amd64",
+        "arm64v8"
+      ],
+      "bookworm": [
+        "amd64",
+        "arm64v8",
+        "ppc64le"
+      ],
+      "bookworm-slim": [
+        "amd64",
+        "arm64v8",
+        "ppc64le"
+      ],
+      "trixie": [
+        "amd64",
+        "arm64v8",
+        "ppc64le",
+        "s390x"
+      ],
+      "trixie-slim": [
+        "amd64",
+        "arm64v8",
+        "ppc64le",
+        "s390x"
+      ]
+    }
+  },
   "26": {
     "start": "2026-05-05",
     "lts": "2026-10-28",

From f724207c83c7fd3e96c468d2445bbfc09f60bc86 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Schonning <nschonni@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2026 17:27:58 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] feat: handle alpha versions with minimal tags

---
 .github/workflows/official-pr.yml |   2 +-
 stackbrew.mjs                     | 239 ++++++++++++++++--------------
 versions.json                     |  20 ---
 3 files changed, 128 insertions(+), 133 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/official-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/official-pr.yml
index 6baaf2127a..2c6aeaa125 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/official-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/official-pr.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Generate Stackbrew for diff
         run: |
           cd docker-node
-          ./stackbrew.mjs > ../official-images/library/node
+          ./stackbrew.mjs ../official-images/library/node
 
       - name: Create PR in official-images
         id: create-pr
diff --git a/stackbrew.mjs b/stackbrew.mjs
index 6ecf96b2b0..62e4c78a64 100644
--- a/stackbrew.mjs
+++ b/stackbrew.mjs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
-import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
-import { basename, join } from 'node:path';
+import { readFileSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { basename, resolve } from 'node:path';
 import { execSync } from 'node:child_process';
 
 // Grab last git commit
@@ -9,6 +9,18 @@ function getCommitHasForPath(path) {
   return execSync(`git log -1 --format=%H HEAD -- ${path}`).toString().trim();
 }
 
+// Grab nodejs/Release values as the authoritative start/maintenance/end dates
+const releaseTimes = await fetch(
+  'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nodejs/Release/refs/heads/main/schedule.json',
+);
+const releaseJson = await releaseTimes.json();
+
+// Grab the nodejs.org index.json as the authoritative Codename values, since that can lag the Release repo JSON
+const availableVersions = await fetch(
+  'https://nodejs.org/download/release/index.json',
+);
+const officialIndexJson = await availableVersions.json();
+
 const stackbrewPath = basename(import.meta.filename);
 
 // Header
@@ -18,97 +30,60 @@ Maintainers: The Node.js Docker Team <https://github.com/nodejs/docker-node> (@n
 GitRepo: https://github.com/nodejs/docker-node.git
 GitFetch: refs/heads/main\n`;
 
-// Loop versions
 const config = JSON.parse(readFileSync('versions.json'));
 
-const versions = Object.keys(config).reverse();
+const localVersions = Object.keys(config).reverse();
 
 let midnight = new Date();
 midnight.setHours(0, 0, 0, 0);
 const now = midnight.getTime();
-const alpineRE = new RegExp(/alpine*/);
-const slimRE = new RegExp(/\*-slim/);
 let foundLTS = false;
 let foundCurrent = false;
 
-for (const version of versions) {
-  let lts = new Date(`${config[version].lts}T00:00:00.00`).getTime();
-  let isCurrent = foundCurrent ? false : isNaN(lts) || lts >= now;
-  foundCurrent = isCurrent || foundCurrent;
-  let isLTS = foundLTS ? false : now >= lts;
-  foundLTS = isLTS || foundLTS;
-  let codename = config[version].codename;
-  let defaultAlpine = config[version]['alpine-default'];
-  let defaultDebian = config[version]['debian-default'];
-  let variants = config[version].variants;
+for (const majorVersion of localVersions) {
+  let releaseRepoInfo = releaseJson[`v${majorVersion}`];
+  let nodejsOrgReleaseInfo = officialIndexJson.find((indexVersion) =>
+    indexVersion.version.startsWith(`v${majorVersion}`),
+  );
+  let currentStart = new Date(`${releaseRepoInfo.start}T00:00:00.00`).getTime();
+  // First Alpha build is the only active one, and when the "start" of the release hasn't cut over
+  let isAlpha = nodejsOrgReleaseInfo.version.includes('alpha');
+  // The Current/Latest release is the first non-Alpha major that has hit it's "start" date
+  let isCurrent = foundCurrent
+    ? false
+    : !isAlpha && (isNaN(currentStart) || now >= currentStart);
+  foundCurrent |= isCurrent;
+  let codename = nodejsOrgReleaseInfo.lts
+    ? nodejsOrgReleaseInfo.lts.toLowerCase()
+    : '';
+  // The LTS tag is only set on the most recent LTS release
+  let isLTS = foundLTS ? false : codename !== '';
+  foundLTS |= isLTS;
+  let defaultAlpine = config[majorVersion]['alpine-default'];
+  let defaultDebian = config[majorVersion]['debian-default'];
+  let defaultSlim = `${config[majorVersion]['debian-default']}-slim`;
+  let variants = config[majorVersion].variants;
   for (const variant in variants) {
-    let dockerfilePath = join(version, variant, 'Dockerfile');
-    let isAlpine = alpineRE.test(variant);
-    let isSlim = slimRE.test(variant);
-    let isDefaultSlim = new RegExp(`${defaultDebian}-slim`).test(variant);
-
-    // Get full version from the Dockerfile
-    let dockerfile = readFileSync(dockerfilePath, 'utf-8');
-    let fullVersion = dockerfile.match(
-      /ENV NODE_VERSION=(?<major>\d+)\.(?<minor>\d+)\.(?<patch>\d+)/,
-    );
-
-    let tags = [
-      `${fullVersion.groups.major}.${fullVersion.groups.minor}.${fullVersion.groups.patch}-${variant}`,
-      `${fullVersion.groups.major}.${fullVersion.groups.minor}-${variant}`,
-      `${fullVersion.groups.major}-${variant}`,
-    ];
-
-    if (codename) {
-      tags.push(`${codename}-${variant}`);
-    }
-
-    if (variant === defaultAlpine) {
-      tags.push(
-        `${fullVersion.groups.major}.${fullVersion.groups.minor}.${fullVersion.groups.patch}-alpine`,
-      );
-      tags.push(
-        `${fullVersion.groups.major}.${fullVersion.groups.minor}-alpine`,
+    let tags;
+
+    if (isAlpha) {
+      // Only push explicit variants during the Alpha phase
+      tags = [`${nodejsOrgReleaseInfo.version.substring(1)}-${variant}`];
+    } else {
+      let fullVersion = nodejsOrgReleaseInfo.version.match(
+        /v(?<major>\d+)\.(?<minor>\d+)\.(?<patch>\d+)/,
       );
-      tags.push(`${fullVersion.groups.major}-alpine`);
-      if (codename) {
-        tags.push(`${codename}-alpine`);
-      }
-    }
+      tags = [
+        `${fullVersion.groups.major}.${fullVersion.groups.minor}.${fullVersion.groups.patch}-${variant}`,
+        `${fullVersion.groups.major}.${fullVersion.groups.minor}-${variant}`,
+        `${fullVersion.groups.major}-${variant}`,
+      ];
 
-    if (variant === defaultDebian) {
-      tags.push(
-        `${fullVersion.groups.major}.${fullVersion.groups.minor}.${fullVersion.groups.patch}`,
-      );
-      tags.push(`${fullVersion.groups.major}.${fullVersion.groups.minor}`);
-      tags.push(`${fullVersion.groups.major}`);
-      if (isSlim) {
-        tags.push(
-          `${fullVersion.groups.major}.${fullVersion.groups.minor}.${fullVersion.groups.patch}-slim`,
-        );
-        tags.push(
-          `${fullVersion.groups.major}.${fullVersion.groups.minor}-slim`,
-        );
-        tags.push(`${fullVersion.groups.major}-slim`);
-      }
       if (codename) {
-        tags.push(`${codename}`);
+        tags.push(`${codename}-${variant}`);
       }
-    }
-    if (isDefaultSlim) {
-      tags.push(
-        `${fullVersion.groups.major}.${fullVersion.groups.minor}.${fullVersion.groups.patch}-slim`,
-      );
-      tags.push(`${fullVersion.groups.major}.${fullVersion.groups.minor}-slim`);
-      tags.push(`${fullVersion.groups.major}-slim`);
-      if (codename) {
-        tags.push(`${codename}-slim`);
-      }
-    }
 
-    if (isCurrent) {
       if (variant === defaultAlpine) {
-        tags.push(variant);
         tags.push(
           `${fullVersion.groups.major}.${fullVersion.groups.minor}.${fullVersion.groups.patch}-alpine`,
         );
@@ -116,41 +91,72 @@ for (const version of versions) {
           `${fullVersion.groups.major}.${fullVersion.groups.minor}-alpine`,
         );
         tags.push(`${fullVersion.groups.major}-alpine`);
-        tags.push('alpine');
-        tags.push('current-alpine');
-      }
-      if (variant === defaultDebian) {
-        tags.push(variant);
-        tags.push('latest');
-        tags.push('current');
-      }
-      if (isAlpine) {
-        tags.push(`${variant}`);
-        tags.push(`current-${variant}`);
-      }
-      if (!isAlpine) {
-        tags.push(`${variant}`);
-        tags.push(`current-${variant}`);
-      }
-      if (isDefaultSlim) {
-        tags.push('slim');
-        tags.push('current-slim');
-      }
-    }
 
-    if (isLTS) {
-      tags.push(`lts-${variant}`);
-      if (variant === defaultDebian) {
-        tags.push('lts');
         if (codename) {
-          tags.push(`lts-${codename}`);
+          tags.push(`${codename}-alpine`);
+        }
+
+        if (isCurrent) {
+          tags.push('alpine');
+          tags.push('current-alpine');
+        }
+
+        if (isLTS) {
+          tags.push(`lts-alpine`);
+        }
+      } else if (variant === defaultDebian) {
+        tags.push(
+          `${fullVersion.groups.major}.${fullVersion.groups.minor}.${fullVersion.groups.patch}`,
+        );
+        tags.push(`${fullVersion.groups.major}.${fullVersion.groups.minor}`);
+        tags.push(`${fullVersion.groups.major}`);
+
+        if (codename) {
+          tags.push(`${codename}`);
+        }
+
+        if (isCurrent) {
+          tags.push(variant);
+          tags.push('latest');
+          tags.push('current');
+        }
+
+        if (isLTS) {
+          tags.push('lts');
+          if (codename) {
+            tags.push(`lts-${codename}`);
+          }
+        }
+      } else if (variant === defaultSlim) {
+        tags.push(
+          `${fullVersion.groups.major}.${fullVersion.groups.minor}.${fullVersion.groups.patch}-slim`,
+        );
+        tags.push(
+          `${fullVersion.groups.major}.${fullVersion.groups.minor}-slim`,
+        );
+        tags.push(`${fullVersion.groups.major}-slim`);
+
+        if (codename) {
+          tags.push(`${codename}-slim`);
+        }
+
+        if (isCurrent) {
+          tags.push('slim');
+          tags.push('current-slim');
+        }
+
+        if (isLTS) {
+          tags.push(`lts-slim`);
         }
       }
-      if (isDefaultSlim) {
-        tags.push(`lts-slim`);
+
+      if (isCurrent) {
+        tags.push(`${variant}`);
+        tags.push(`current-${variant}`);
       }
-      if (variant === defaultAlpine) {
-        tags.push(`lts-alpine`);
+
+      if (isLTS) {
+        tags.push(`lts-${variant}`);
       }
     }
 
@@ -159,11 +165,20 @@ Tags: ${tags
       .filter((x, i, a) => a.indexOf(x) == i)
       .sort()
       .join(', ')}
-Architectures: ${config[version].variants[variant].join(', ')}
-GitCommit: ${getCommitHasForPath(`${version}/${variant}`)}
-Directory: ${`${version}/${variant}`}\n`;
+Architectures: ${config[majorVersion].variants[variant].join(', ')}
+GitCommit: ${getCommitHasForPath(`${majorVersion}/${variant}`)}
+Directory: ${`${majorVersion}/${variant}`}\n`;
   }
 }
 
-// output
-console.log(stackbrew);
+try {
+  const outputFile = process.argv[2];
+
+  if (outputFile) {
+    writeFileSync(resolve(outputFile), stackbrew);
+  } else {
+    console.log(stackbrew);
+  }
+} catch (ex) {
+  console.error("Couldn't handle output", ex);
+}
diff --git a/versions.json b/versions.json
index b522ec294f..3f3b72fc52 100644
--- a/versions.json
+++ b/versions.json
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 {
   "27": {
-    "alpha": "2026-10-28",
-    "lts": "2027-10-20",
-    "start": "2027-04-22",
-    "end": "2030-04-30",
-    "codename": "",
     "alpine-default": "alpine3.24",
     "debian-default": "trixie",
     "variants": {
@@ -41,11 +36,6 @@
     }
   },
   "26": {
-    "start": "2026-05-05",
-    "lts": "2026-10-28",
-    "maintenance": "2027-10-20",
-    "end": "2029-04-30",
-    "codename": "lithium",
     "alpine-default": "alpine3.24",
     "debian-default": "trixie",
     "variants": {
@@ -82,11 +72,6 @@
     }
   },
   "24": {
-    "start": "2025-05-06",
-    "lts": "2025-10-28",
-    "maintenance": "2026-10-20",
-    "end": "2028-04-30",
-    "codename": "krypton",
     "alpine-default": "alpine3.24",
     "debian-default": "bookworm",
     "variants": {
@@ -125,11 +110,6 @@
     }
   },
   "22": {
-    "start": "2024-04-23",
-    "lts": "2024-10-29",
-    "maintenance": "2025-10-21",
-    "end": "2027-04-30",
-    "codename": "jod",
     "alpine-default": "alpine3.24",
     "debian-default": "bookworm",
     "variants": {

From a26b642fc0912c90b999af3151c36ae1d2f4f72f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Schonning <nschonni@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2026 18:45:58 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] ci: allow the full Alpha string in the build matrix

---
 genMatrix.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/genMatrix.js b/genMatrix.js
index fc10f8d994..a1249d9e61 100644
--- a/genMatrix.js
+++ b/genMatrix.js
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ const getAffectedDockerfiles = (filesAdded, filesModified, filesRenamed) => {
 };
 
 const getFullNodeVersionFromDockerfile = (file) =>
-  fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf8').match(/^ENV NODE_VERSION=(\d*\.*\d*\.\d*)/m)[1];
+  fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf8').match(/^ENV NODE_VERSION=(\S*)/m)[1];
 
 const getDockerfileMatrixEntry = (file) => {
   const [variant] = path.dirname(file).split(path.sep).slice(-1);