diff --git a/eslint.config.mjs b/eslint.config.mjs
index 67d21b540f945a..2ba63203d8e1b9 100644
--- a/eslint.config.mjs
+++ b/eslint.config.mjs
@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@ export default [
       'node-core/no-unescaped-regexp-dot': 'error',
       'node-core/no-duplicate-requires': 'error',
       'node-core/prefer-proto': 'error',
+      'node-core/prefer-optional-chaining': 'error',
     },
   },
   // #endregion
diff --git a/lib/_http_agent.js b/lib/_http_agent.js
index 1f7989b843c073..7e5c224470cac4 100644
--- a/lib/_http_agent.js
+++ b/lib/_http_agent.js
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ function Agent(options) {
     }
 
     const requests = this.requests[name];
-    if (requests && requests.length) {
+    if (requests?.length) {
       const req = requests.shift();
       const reqAsyncRes = req[kRequestAsyncResource];
       if (reqAsyncRes) {
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ Agent.prototype.removeSocket = function removeSocket(s, options) {
   }
 
   let req;
-  if (this.requests[name] && this.requests[name].length) {
+  if (this.requests[name]?.length) {
     debug('removeSocket, have a request, make a socket');
     req = this.requests[name][0];
   } else {
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ Agent.prototype.removeSocket = function removeSocket(s, options) {
     for (let i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) {
       const prop = keys[i];
       // Check whether this specific origin is already at maxSockets
-      if (this.sockets[prop] && this.sockets[prop].length) break;
+      if (this.sockets[prop]?.length) break;
       debug('removeSocket, have a request with different origin,' +
         ' make a socket');
       req = this.requests[prop][0];
diff --git a/lib/_http_client.js b/lib/_http_client.js
index 6d3b3591e7ba40..750536dd06cac9 100644
--- a/lib/_http_client.js
+++ b/lib/_http_client.js
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ function ClientRequest(input, options, cb) {
 
   const protocol = options.protocol || defaultAgent.protocol;
   let expectedProtocol = defaultAgent.protocol;
-  if (this.agent && this.agent.protocol)
+  if (this.agent?.protocol)
     expectedProtocol = this.agent.protocol;
 
   if (options.path) {
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ function ClientRequest(input, options, cb) {
   }
 
   const defaultPort = options.defaultPort ||
-                    (this.agent && this.agent.defaultPort);
+                    (this.agent?.defaultPort);
 
   const optsWithoutSignal = { __proto__: null, ...options };
 
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ function socketOnData(d) {
     socket.destroy();
     req.socket._hadError = true;
     emitErrorEvent(req, ret);
-  } else if (parser.incoming && parser.incoming.upgrade) {
+  } else if (parser.incoming?.upgrade) {
     // Upgrade (if status code 101) or CONNECT
     const bytesParsed = ret;
     const res = parser.incoming;
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ function socketOnData(d) {
       // Requested Upgrade or used CONNECT method, but have no handler.
       socket.destroy();
     }
-  } else if (parser.incoming && parser.incoming.complete &&
+  } else if (parser.incoming?.complete &&
              // When the status code is informational (100, 102-199),
              // the server will send a final response after this client
              // sends a request body, so we must not free the parser.
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ function tickOnSocket(req, socket) {
 
   if (
     req.timeout !== undefined ||
-    (req.agent && req.agent.options && req.agent.options.timeout)
+    (req.agent?.options?.timeout)
   ) {
     listenSocketTimeout(req);
   }
diff --git a/lib/_http_common.js b/lib/_http_common.js
index 5ccf43e1d66668..96d9bdfc9fcbe5 100644
--- a/lib/_http_common.js
+++ b/lib/_http_common.js
@@ -85,8 +85,7 @@ function parserOnHeadersComplete(versionMajor, versionMinor, headers, method,
   }
 
   // Parser is also used by http client
-  const ParserIncomingMessage = (socket && socket.server &&
-                                 socket.server[kIncomingMessage]) ||
+  const ParserIncomingMessage = (socket?.server?.[kIncomingMessage]) ||
                                  IncomingMessage;
 
   const incoming = parser.incoming = new ParserIncomingMessage(socket);
diff --git a/lib/_http_incoming.js b/lib/_http_incoming.js
index 1dd04fdf3e4228..c3e901e53e8b90 100644
--- a/lib/_http_incoming.js
+++ b/lib/_http_incoming.js
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ IncomingMessage.prototype._destroy = function _destroy(err, cb) {
 
 IncomingMessage.prototype._addHeaderLines = _addHeaderLines;
 function _addHeaderLines(headers, n) {
-  if (headers && headers.length) {
+  if (headers?.length) {
     let dest;
     if (this.complete) {
       this.rawTrailers = headers;
diff --git a/lib/_http_outgoing.js b/lib/_http_outgoing.js
index 658ad80f994083..7a402a0f900f30 100644
--- a/lib/_http_outgoing.js
+++ b/lib/_http_outgoing.js
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ OutgoingMessage.prototype._send = function _send(data, encoding, callback, byteL
 OutgoingMessage.prototype._writeRaw = _writeRaw;
 function _writeRaw(data, encoding, callback, size) {
   const conn = this[kSocket];
-  if (conn && conn.destroyed) {
+  if (conn?.destroyed) {
     // The socket was destroyed. If we're still trying to write to it,
     // then we haven't gotten the 'close' event yet.
     return false;
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ OutgoingMessage.prototype.getHeader = function getHeader(name) {
     return;
 
   const entry = headers[name.toLowerCase()];
-  return entry && entry[1];
+  return entry?.[1];
 };
 
 
@@ -1073,7 +1073,7 @@ OutgoingMessage.prototype.addTrailers = function addTrailers(headers) {
 };
 
 function onFinish(outmsg) {
-  if (outmsg && outmsg.socket && outmsg.socket._hadError) return;
+  if (outmsg?.socket?._hadError) return;
   outmsg.emit('finish');
 }
 
@@ -1188,7 +1188,7 @@ OutgoingMessage.prototype._finish = function _finish() {
 OutgoingMessage.prototype._flush = function _flush() {
   const socket = this[kSocket];
 
-  if (socket && socket.writable) {
+  if (socket?.writable) {
     // There might be remaining data in this.output; write it out
     const ret = this._flushOutput(socket);
 
diff --git a/lib/_http_server.js b/lib/_http_server.js
index 200e7a731daf08..6a0bcd75513b5c 100644
--- a/lib/_http_server.js
+++ b/lib/_http_server.js
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ function connectionListenerInternal(server, socket) {
   socket.setEncoding = socketSetEncoding;
 
   // We only consume the socket if it has never been consumed before.
-  if (socket._handle && socket._handle.isStreamBase &&
+  if (socket._handle?.isStreamBase &&
       !socket._handle._consumed) {
     parser._consumed = true;
     socket._handle._consumed = true;
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ function socketOnDrain(socket, state) {
 }
 
 function socketOnTimeout() {
-  const req = this.parser && this.parser.incoming;
+  const req = this.parser?.incoming;
   const reqTimeout = req && !req.complete && req.emit('timeout', this);
   const res = this._httpMessage;
   const resTimeout = res && res.emit('timeout', this);
@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ function onParserExecuteCommon(server, socket, parser, state, ret, d) {
     prepareError(ret, parser, d);
     debug('parse error', ret);
     socketOnError.call(socket, ret);
-  } else if (parser.incoming && parser.incoming.upgrade) {
+  } else if (parser.incoming?.upgrade) {
     // Upgrade or CONNECT
     const req = parser.incoming;
     debug('SERVER upgrade or connect', req.method);
@@ -963,7 +963,7 @@ function onParserExecuteCommon(server, socket, parser, state, ret, d) {
 
 function clearIncoming(req) {
   req = req || this;
-  const parser = req.socket && req.socket.parser;
+  const parser = req.socket?.parser;
   // Reset the .incoming property so that the request object can be gc'ed.
   if (parser && parser.incoming === req) {
     if (req.readableEnded) {
@@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@ function onSocketResume() {
 }
 
 function onSocketPause() {
-  if (this._handle && this._handle.reading) {
+  if (this._handle?.reading) {
     this._handle.reading = false;
     this._handle.readStop();
   }
diff --git a/lib/_tls_wrap.js b/lib/_tls_wrap.js
index 2273b3c91b62b4..6818515d6ab684 100644
--- a/lib/_tls_wrap.js
+++ b/lib/_tls_wrap.js
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ function initRead(tlsSocket, socket) {
     return;
 
   // Socket already has some buffered data - emulate receiving it
-  if (socket && socket.readableLength) {
+  if (socket?.readableLength) {
     let buf;
     while ((buf = socket.read()) !== null)
       tlsSocket._handle.receive(buf);
@@ -1683,7 +1683,7 @@ function onConnectSecure() {
   if (!verifyError && !this.isSessionReused()) {
     const hostname = options.servername ||
                    options.host ||
-                   (options.socket && options.socket._host) ||
+                   (options.socket?._host) ||
                    'localhost';
     const cert = this.getPeerCertificate(true);
     verifyError = options.checkServerIdentity(hostname, cert);
diff --git a/lib/assert.js b/lib/assert.js
index 9e54983c8682a3..d121d2718dfe95 100644
--- a/lib/assert.js
+++ b/lib/assert.js
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ function expectedException(actual, expected, message, fn) {
       message = 'The error is expected to be an instance of ' +
         `"${expected.name}". Received `;
       if (isError(actual)) {
-        const name = (actual.constructor && actual.constructor.name) ||
+        const name = (actual.constructor?.name) ||
                      actual.name;
         if (expected.name === name) {
           message += 'an error with identical name but a different prototype.';
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ function expectsError(stackStartFn, actual, error, message) {
 
   if (actual === NO_EXCEPTION_SENTINEL) {
     let details = '';
-    if (error && error.name) {
+    if (error?.name) {
       details += ` (${error.name})`;
     }
     details += message ? `: ${message}` : '.';
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ function expectsNoError(stackStartFn, actual, error, message) {
       expected: error,
       operator: stackStartFn.name,
       message: `Got unwanted ${fnType}${details}\n` +
-               `Actual message: "${actual && actual.message}"`,
+               `Actual message: "${actual?.message}"`,
       stackStartFn,
     });
   }
diff --git a/lib/child_process.js b/lib/child_process.js
index 580a441a803bdd..51fc6fe995d3cf 100644
--- a/lib/child_process.js
+++ b/lib/child_process.js
@@ -392,8 +392,7 @@ function execFile(file, args, options, callback) {
     let stderr;
     if (encoding ||
       (
-        child.stdout &&
-        child.stdout.readableEncoding
+        child.stdout?.readableEncoding
       )) {
       stdout = ArrayPrototypeJoin(_stdout, '');
     } else {
@@ -401,8 +400,7 @@ function execFile(file, args, options, callback) {
     }
     if (encoding ||
       (
-        child.stderr &&
-        child.stderr.readableEncoding
+        child.stderr?.readableEncoding
       )) {
       stderr = ArrayPrototypeJoin(_stderr, '');
     } else {
@@ -855,7 +853,7 @@ function spawnSync(file, args, options) {
 
   // We may want to pass data in on any given fd, ensure it is a valid buffer
   for (let i = 0; i < options.stdio.length; i++) {
-    const input = options.stdio[i] && options.stdio[i].input;
+    const input = options.stdio[i]?.input;
     if (input != null) {
       const pipe = options.stdio[i] = { ...options.stdio[i] };
       if (isArrayBufferView(input)) {
diff --git a/lib/dgram.js b/lib/dgram.js
index 5f93526e301f43..84b8708f701ed0 100644
--- a/lib/dgram.js
+++ b/lib/dgram.js
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ function Socket(type, listener) {
     bindState: BIND_STATE_UNBOUND,
     connectState: CONNECT_STATE_DISCONNECTED,
     queue: undefined,
-    reuseAddr: options && options.reuseAddr, // Use UV_UDP_REUSEADDR if true.
-    ipv6Only: options && options.ipv6Only,
+    reuseAddr: options?.reuseAddr, // Use UV_UDP_REUSEADDR if true.
+    ipv6Only: options?.ipv6Only,
     recvBufferSize,
     sendBufferSize,
   };
diff --git a/lib/internal/bootstrap/switches/is_main_thread.js b/lib/internal/bootstrap/switches/is_main_thread.js
index 9d709ca743bf29..74486ba5310b78 100644
--- a/lib/internal/bootstrap/switches/is_main_thread.js
+++ b/lib/internal/bootstrap/switches/is_main_thread.js
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ function getStdin() {
   // `stdin` starts out life in a paused state, but node doesn't
   // know yet. Explicitly to readStop() it to put it in the
   // not-reading state.
-  if (stdin._handle && stdin._handle.readStop) {
+  if (stdin._handle?.readStop) {
     stdin._handle.reading = false;
     stdin._readableState.reading = false;
     stdin._handle.readStop();
diff --git a/lib/internal/child_process.js b/lib/internal/child_process.js
index c694a8f26fe425..ab6872e4f89243 100644
--- a/lib/internal/child_process.js
+++ b/lib/internal/child_process.js
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ function setupChannel(target, channel, serializationMode) {
       if (handle) {
         if (!this._handleQueue)
           this._handleQueue = [];
-        if (obj && obj.postSend)
+        if (obj?.postSend)
           obj.postSend(message, handle, options, callback, target);
       }
 
@@ -870,7 +870,7 @@ function setupChannel(target, channel, serializationMode) {
       }
     } else {
       // Cleanup handle on error
-      if (obj && obj.postSend)
+      if (obj?.postSend)
         obj.postSend(message, handle, options, callback);
 
       if (!options.swallowErrors) {
@@ -1115,8 +1115,8 @@ function spawnSync(options) {
     }
   }
 
-  result.stdout = result.output && result.output[1];
-  result.stderr = result.output && result.output[2];
+  result.stdout = result.output?.[1];
+  result.stderr = result.output?.[2];
 
   if (result.error) {
     result.error = new ErrnoException(result.error, 'spawnSync ' + options.file);
diff --git a/lib/internal/cluster/child.js b/lib/internal/cluster/child.js
index 501fd6d739ad19..bee474567b6351 100644
--- a/lib/internal/cluster/child.js
+++ b/lib/internal/cluster/child.js
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ cluster._getServer = function(obj, options, cb) {
     cluster.worker.state = 'listening';
     const address = obj.address();
     message.act = 'listening';
-    message.port = (address && address.port) || options.port;
+    message.port = (address?.port) || options.port;
     send(message);
   });
 };
diff --git a/lib/internal/crypto/hashnames.js b/lib/internal/crypto/hashnames.js
index 54cd87b6ba30a4..49729034facc7c 100644
--- a/lib/internal/crypto/hashnames.js
+++ b/lib/internal/crypto/hashnames.js
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ function normalizeHashName(name, context = kHashContextNode) {
   if (typeof name !== 'string')
     return name;
   name = StringPrototypeToLowerCase(name);
-  const alias = kHashNames[name] && kHashNames[name][context];
+  const alias = kHashNames[name]?.[context];
   return alias || name;
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/internal/debugger/inspect_repl.js b/lib/internal/debugger/inspect_repl.js
index b4f454152dc438..8dc5e9823cae6e 100644
--- a/lib/internal/debugger/inspect_repl.js
+++ b/lib/internal/debugger/inspect_repl.js
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ function createRepl(inspector) {
 
   function handleBreakpointResolved({ breakpointId, location }) {
     const script = knownScripts[location.scriptId];
-    const scriptUrl = script && script.url;
+    const scriptUrl = script?.url;
     if (scriptUrl) {
       ObjectAssign(location, { scriptUrl });
     }
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ function createRepl(inspector) {
   function setBreakpoint(script, line, condition, silent) {
     function registerBreakpoint({ breakpointId, actualLocation }) {
       handleBreakpointResolved({ breakpointId, location: actualLocation });
-      if (actualLocation && actualLocation.scriptId) {
+      if (actualLocation?.scriptId) {
         if (!silent) return getSourceSnippet(actualLocation, 5);
       } else {
         print(`Warning: script '${script}' was not loaded yet.`);
diff --git a/lib/internal/dns/callback_resolver.js b/lib/internal/dns/callback_resolver.js
index c7bf1ce1d69cfd..fdafd310ad10a5 100644
--- a/lib/internal/dns/callback_resolver.js
+++ b/lib/internal/dns/callback_resolver.js
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ function resolver(bindingName) {
     req.callback = callback;
     req.hostname = name;
     req.oncomplete = onresolve;
-    req.ttl = !!(options && options.ttl);
+    req.ttl = !!(options?.ttl);
     const err = this._handle[bindingName](req, name);
     if (err) throw new DNSException(err, bindingName, name);
     if (hasObserver('dns')) {
diff --git a/lib/internal/dns/promises.js b/lib/internal/dns/promises.js
index 59e5252f7e14d5..443d21dc2798ac 100644
--- a/lib/internal/dns/promises.js
+++ b/lib/internal/dns/promises.js
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ function resolver(bindingName) {
   function query(name, options) {
     validateString(name, 'name');
 
-    const ttl = !!(options && options.ttl);
+    const ttl = !!(options?.ttl);
     return createResolverPromise(this, bindingName, name, ttl);
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/internal/error_serdes.js b/lib/internal/error_serdes.js
index 89f24eab9b1989..e53291c6b770fc 100644
--- a/lib/internal/error_serdes.js
+++ b/lib/internal/error_serdes.js
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ function GetConstructors(object) {
     current !== null;
     current = ObjectGetPrototypeOf(current)) {
     const desc = ObjectGetOwnPropertyDescriptor(current, 'constructor');
-    if (desc && desc.value) {
+    if (desc?.value) {
       ObjectDefineProperty(constructors, constructors.length, {
         __proto__: null,
         value: desc.value, enumerable: true,
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ function GetConstructors(object) {
 
 function GetName(object) {
   const desc = ObjectGetOwnPropertyDescriptor(object, 'name');
-  return desc && desc.value;
+  return desc?.value;
 }
 
 let internalUtilInspect;
diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/esm/loader.js b/lib/internal/modules/esm/loader.js
index 6d147800131ce6..bcd0844ea4b377 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/esm/loader.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/esm/loader.js
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ class ModuleLoader {
     if (cjsModule) {
       assert(finalFormat === 'commonjs-sync');
       // Check if the ESM initiating import CJS is being required by the same CJS module.
-      if (cjsModule && cjsModule[kIsExecuting]) {
+      if (cjsModule?.[kIsExecuting]) {
         const parentFilename = urlToFilename(parentURL);
         let message = `Cannot import CommonJS Module ${specifier} in a cycle.`;
         if (parentFilename) {
diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/esm/translators.js b/lib/internal/modules/esm/translators.js
index 44840ad5f382ad..9b89c3e1d52a0f 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/esm/translators.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/esm/translators.js
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ translators.set('json', function jsonStrategy(url, source) {
     modulePath = isWindows ?
       StringPrototypeReplaceAll(pathname, '/', '\\') : pathname;
     module = CJSModule._cache[modulePath];
-    if (module && module.loaded) {
+    if (module?.loaded) {
       const exports = module.exports;
       return new ModuleWrap(url, undefined, ['default'], function() {
         this.setExport('default', exports);
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ translators.set('json', function jsonStrategy(url, source) {
     // export, we have to check again if the module already exists or not.
     // TODO: remove CJS loader from here as well.
     module = CJSModule._cache[modulePath];
-    if (module && module.loaded) {
+    if (module?.loaded) {
       const exports = module.exports;
       return new ModuleWrap(url, undefined, ['default'], function() {
         this.setExport('default', exports);
diff --git a/lib/internal/options.js b/lib/internal/options.js
index 68acdb2a7b378e..1192b46c9ede82 100644
--- a/lib/internal/options.js
+++ b/lib/internal/options.js
@@ -17,24 +17,15 @@ let embedderOptions;
 // complete so that we don't accidentally include runtime-dependent
 // states into a runtime-independent snapshot.
 function getCLIOptionsFromBinding() {
-  if (!optionsDict) {
-    optionsDict = getCLIOptionsValues();
-  }
-  return optionsDict;
+  return optionsDict ??= getCLIOptionsValues();
 }
 
 function getCLIOptionsInfoFromBinding() {
-  if (!cliInfo) {
-    cliInfo = getCLIOptionsInfo();
-  }
-  return cliInfo;
+  return cliInfo ??= getCLIOptionsInfo();
 }
 
 function getEmbedderOptions() {
-  if (!embedderOptions) {
-    embedderOptions = getEmbedderOptionsFromBinding();
-  }
-  return embedderOptions;
+  return embedderOptions ??= getEmbedderOptionsFromBinding();
 }
 
 function refreshOptions() {
@@ -42,8 +33,7 @@ function refreshOptions() {
 }
 
 function getOptionValue(optionName) {
-  const optionsDict = getCLIOptionsFromBinding();
-  return optionsDict[optionName];
+  return getCLIOptionsFromBinding()[optionName];
 }
 
 function getAllowUnauthorized() {
diff --git a/lib/internal/readline/interface.js b/lib/internal/readline/interface.js
index 7c1a15f3c70012..aaa1dea7a8cbcd 100644
--- a/lib/internal/readline/interface.js
+++ b/lib/internal/readline/interface.js
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ function InterfaceConstructor(input, output, completer, terminal) {
 
   function onkeypress(s, key) {
     self[kTtyWrite](s, key);
-    if (key && key.sequence) {
+    if (key?.sequence) {
       // If the key.sequence is half of a surrogate pair
       // (>= 0xd800 and <= 0xdfff), refresh the line so
       // the character is displayed appropriately.
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ class Interface extends InterfaceConstructor {
     super(input, output, completer, terminal);
   }
   get columns() {
-    if (this.output && this.output.columns) return this.output.columns;
+    if (this.output?.columns) return this.output.columns;
     return Infinity;
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/internal/source_map/source_map.js b/lib/internal/source_map/source_map.js
index 926ea191cfc332..c5f7c3c5918ae9 100644
--- a/lib/internal/source_map/source_map.js
+++ b/lib/internal/source_map/source_map.js
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ class SourceMap {
       ArrayPrototypePush(sources, url);
       this.#sources[url] = true;
 
-      if (map.sourcesContent && map.sourcesContent[i])
+      if (map.sourcesContent?.[i])
         this.#sourceContentByURL[url] = map.sourcesContent[i];
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/internal/streams/from.js b/lib/internal/streams/from.js
index aa7e031d3e48d4..fad5e68c10d8c4 100644
--- a/lib/internal/streams/from.js
+++ b/lib/internal/streams/from.js
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ function from(Readable, iterable, opts) {
   }
 
   let isAsync;
-  if (iterable && iterable[SymbolAsyncIterator]) {
+  if (iterable?.[SymbolAsyncIterator]) {
     isAsync = true;
     iterator = iterable[SymbolAsyncIterator]();
-  } else if (iterable && iterable[SymbolIterator]) {
+  } else if (iterable?.[SymbolIterator]) {
     isAsync = false;
     iterator = iterable[SymbolIterator]();
   } else {
diff --git a/lib/internal/streams/pipeline.js b/lib/internal/streams/pipeline.js
index c3cc742a0de14a..4531cf06aa2277 100644
--- a/lib/internal/streams/pipeline.js
+++ b/lib/internal/streams/pipeline.js
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ function pipe(src, dst, finish, finishOnlyHandleError, { end }) {
     if (
       err &&
       err.code === 'ERR_STREAM_PREMATURE_CLOSE' &&
-      (rState && rState.ended && !rState.errored && !rState.errorEmitted)
+      (rState?.ended && !rState.errored && !rState.errorEmitted)
     ) {
       // Some readable streams will emit 'close' before 'end'. However, since
       // this is on the readable side 'end' should still be emitted if the
diff --git a/lib/internal/streams/readable.js b/lib/internal/streams/readable.js
index 17f8e53ad56339..5a6fe1db000f5c 100644
--- a/lib/internal/streams/readable.js
+++ b/lib/internal/streams/readable.js
@@ -266,10 +266,10 @@ function ReadableState(options, stream, isDuplex) {
 
   // Object stream flag. Used to make read(n) ignore n and to
   // make all the buffer merging and length checks go away.
-  if (options && options.objectMode)
+  if (options?.objectMode)
     this[kState] |= kObjectMode;
 
-  if (isDuplex && options && options.readableObjectMode)
+  if (isDuplex && options?.readableObjectMode)
     this[kState] |= kObjectMode;
 
   // The point at which it stops calling _read() to fill the buffer
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ function ReadableState(options, stream, isDuplex) {
   // type: null | Writable | Set<Writable>.
   this.awaitDrainWriters = null;
 
-  if (options && options.encoding) {
+  if (options?.encoding) {
     this.decoder = new StringDecoder(options.encoding);
     this.encoding = options.encoding;
   }
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ function onEofChunk(stream, state) {
   const decoder = (state[kState] & kDecoder) !== 0 ? state[kDecoderValue] : null;
   if (decoder) {
     const chunk = decoder.end();
-    if (chunk && chunk.length) {
+    if (chunk?.length) {
       state.buffer.push(chunk);
       state.length += (state[kState] & kObjectMode) !== 0 ? 1 : chunk.length;
     }
@@ -1461,7 +1461,7 @@ ObjectDefineProperties(Readable.prototype, {
     __proto__: null,
     enumerable: false,
     get: function() {
-      return this._readableState && this._readableState.buffer;
+      return this._readableState?.buffer;
     },
   },
 
diff --git a/lib/internal/streams/utils.js b/lib/internal/streams/utils.js
index 4b359279556592..45f55316104fe8 100644
--- a/lib/internal/streams/utils.js
+++ b/lib/internal/streams/utils.js
@@ -290,8 +290,7 @@ function willEmitClose(stream) {
   const state = wState || rState;
 
   return (!state && isServerResponse(stream)) || !!(
-    state &&
-    state.autoDestroy &&
+    state?.autoDestroy &&
     state.emitClose &&
     state.closed === false
   );
diff --git a/lib/internal/streams/writable.js b/lib/internal/streams/writable.js
index 83178c2429c791..b74b60882017f6 100644
--- a/lib/internal/streams/writable.js
+++ b/lib/internal/streams/writable.js
@@ -306,10 +306,10 @@ function WritableState(options, stream, isDuplex) {
   // instead of a V8 slot per field.
   this[kState] = kSync | kConstructed | kEmitClose | kAutoDestroy;
 
-  if (options && options.objectMode)
+  if (options?.objectMode)
     this[kState] |= kObjectMode;
 
-  if (isDuplex && options && options.writableObjectMode)
+  if (isDuplex && options?.writableObjectMode)
     this[kState] |= kObjectMode;
 
   // The point at which write() starts returning false
@@ -1068,7 +1068,7 @@ ObjectDefineProperties(Writable.prototype, {
     __proto__: null,
     get() {
       const state = this._writableState;
-      return state && state.highWaterMark;
+      return state?.highWaterMark;
     },
   },
 
@@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@ ObjectDefineProperties(Writable.prototype, {
     __proto__: null,
     get() {
       const state = this._writableState;
-      return state && state.length;
+      return state?.length;
     },
   },
 
diff --git a/lib/internal/util/inspect.js b/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
index 674cb43ab1f01f..c07dc8cf035f7f 100644
--- a/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
+++ b/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
@@ -1281,7 +1281,7 @@ function improveStack(stack, constructor, name, tag) {
     if (constructor === null) {
       const start = RegExpPrototypeExec(/^([A-Z][a-z_ A-Z0-9[\]()-]+)(?::|\n {4}at)/, stack) ||
       RegExpPrototypeExec(/^([a-z_A-Z0-9-]*Error)$/, stack);
-      fallback = (start && start[1]) || '';
+      fallback = (start?.[1]) || '';
       len = fallback.length;
       fallback = fallback || 'Error';
     }
diff --git a/lib/net.js b/lib/net.js
index 4591e3b977cc51..604ba648754a2a 100644
--- a/lib/net.js
+++ b/lib/net.js
@@ -747,8 +747,7 @@ Socket.prototype.resetAndDestroy = function() {
 };
 
 Socket.prototype.pause = function() {
-  if (this[kBuffer] && !this.connecting && this._handle &&
-      this._handle.reading) {
+  if (this[kBuffer] && !this.connecting && this._handle?.reading) {
     this._handle.reading = false;
     if (!this.destroyed) {
       const err = this._handle.readStop();
@@ -1218,7 +1217,7 @@ Socket.prototype.connect = function(...args) {
   }
 
   // If the parent is already connecting, do not attempt to connect again
-  if (this._parent && this._parent.connecting) {
+  if (this._parent?.connecting) {
     return this;
   }
 
@@ -2184,7 +2183,7 @@ ObjectDefineProperty(Server.prototype, 'listening', {
 });
 
 Server.prototype.address = function() {
-  if (this._handle && this._handle.getsockname) {
+  if (this._handle?.getsockname) {
     const out = {};
     const err = this._handle.getsockname(out);
     if (err) {
diff --git a/lib/readline.js b/lib/readline.js
index abc5b25d2e00e6..e3ae952648fcec 100644
--- a/lib/readline.js
+++ b/lib/readline.js
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ Interface.prototype.question[promisify.custom] = function question(query, option
     options = kEmptyObject;
   }
 
-  if (options.signal && options.signal.aborted) {
+  if (options.signal?.aborted) {
     return PromiseReject(
       new AbortError(undefined, { cause: options.signal.reason }));
   }
diff --git a/lib/repl.js b/lib/repl.js
index 88e2dc37d6f9d7..005da4ee915625 100644
--- a/lib/repl.js
+++ b/lib/repl.js
@@ -908,8 +908,8 @@ function REPLServer(prompt,
           StringPrototypeCharAt(trimmedCmd, 1) !== '.' &&
           NumberIsNaN(NumberParseFloat(trimmedCmd))) {
         const matches = RegExpPrototypeExec(/^\.([^\s]+)\s*(.*)$/, trimmedCmd);
-        const keyword = matches && matches[1];
-        const rest = matches && matches[2];
+        const keyword = matches?.[1];
+        const rest = matches?.[2];
         if (ReflectApply(_parseREPLKeyword, self, [keyword, rest]) === true) {
           return;
         }
@@ -1253,7 +1253,7 @@ function filteredOwnPropertyNames(obj) {
   let isObjectPrototype = false;
   if (ObjectGetPrototypeOf(obj) === null) {
     const ctorDescriptor = ObjectGetOwnPropertyDescriptor(obj, 'constructor');
-    if (ctorDescriptor && ctorDescriptor.value) {
+    if (ctorDescriptor?.value) {
       const ctorProto = ObjectGetPrototypeOf(ctorDescriptor.value);
       isObjectPrototype = ctorProto && ObjectGetPrototypeOf(ctorProto) === obj;
     }
diff --git a/lib/timers.js b/lib/timers.js
index b594f79d120e40..a0e58810752035 100644
--- a/lib/timers.js
+++ b/lib/timers.js
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ ObjectDefineProperty(setTimeout, customPromisify, {
  * @returns {void}
  */
 function clearTimeout(timer) {
-  if (timer && timer._onTimeout) {
+  if (timer?._onTimeout) {
     timer._onTimeout = null;
     unenroll(timer);
     return;
diff --git a/lib/zlib.js b/lib/zlib.js
index 2fb329814d3dee..4132a16744c53d 100644
--- a/lib/zlib.js
+++ b/lib/zlib.js
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ function ZlibBase(opts, mode, handle, { flush, finishFlush, fullFlush }) {
   this._defaultFlushFlag = flush;
   this._finishFlushFlag = finishFlush;
   this._defaultFullFlushFlag = fullFlush;
-  this._info = opts && opts.info;
+  this._info = opts?.info;
   this._maxOutputLength = maxOutputLength;
 }
 ObjectSetPrototypeOf(ZlibBase.prototype, Transform.prototype);
diff --git a/test/async-hooks/init-hooks.js b/test/async-hooks/init-hooks.js
index 2c5167156b615d..5b891879c0ce51 100644
--- a/test/async-hooks/init-hooks.js
+++ b/test/async-hooks/init-hooks.js
@@ -192,28 +192,28 @@ class ActivityCollector {
   _before(uid) {
     const h = this._getActivity(uid, 'before');
     this._stamp(h, 'before');
-    this._maybeLog(uid, h && h.type, 'before');
+    this._maybeLog(uid, h?.type, 'before');
     this.onbefore(uid);
   }
 
   _after(uid) {
     const h = this._getActivity(uid, 'after');
     this._stamp(h, 'after');
-    this._maybeLog(uid, h && h.type, 'after');
+    this._maybeLog(uid, h?.type, 'after');
     this.onafter(uid);
   }
 
   _destroy(uid) {
     const h = this._getActivity(uid, 'destroy');
     this._stamp(h, 'destroy');
-    this._maybeLog(uid, h && h.type, 'destroy');
+    this._maybeLog(uid, h?.type, 'destroy');
     this.ondestroy(uid);
   }
 
   _promiseResolve(uid) {
     const h = this._getActivity(uid, 'promiseResolve');
     this._stamp(h, 'promiseResolve');
-    this._maybeLog(uid, h && h.type, 'promiseResolve');
+    this._maybeLog(uid, h?.type, 'promiseResolve');
     this.onpromiseResolve(uid);
   }
 
diff --git a/test/common/dns.js b/test/common/dns.js
index d854c73629a07c..738f2299dd79dc 100644
--- a/test/common/dns.js
+++ b/test/common/dns.js
@@ -196,11 +196,11 @@ function writeDNSPacket(parsed) {
 
   buffers.push(new Uint16Array([
     parsed.id,
-    parsed.flags === undefined ? kStandardResponseFlags : parsed.flags,
-    parsed.questions && parsed.questions.length,
-    parsed.answers && parsed.answers.length,
-    parsed.authorityAnswers && parsed.authorityAnswers.length,
-    parsed.additionalRecords && parsed.additionalRecords.length,
+    parsed.flags ?? kStandardResponseFlags,
+    parsed.questions?.length,
+    parsed.answers?.length,
+    parsed.authorityAnswers?.length,
+    parsed.additionalRecords?.length,
   ]));
 
   for (const q of parsed.questions) {
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-cluster-setup-primary.js b/test/parallel/test-cluster-setup-primary.js
index efba017fd76fae..32bd83fb5af7bb 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-cluster-setup-primary.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-cluster-setup-primary.js
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@ if (cluster.isWorker) {
     checks.setupEvent = true;
 
     settings = cluster.settings;
-    if (settings &&
-        settings.args && settings.args[0] === 'custom argument' &&
+    if (settings?.args && settings.args[0] === 'custom argument' &&
         settings.silent === true &&
         settings.exec === process.argv[1]) {
       checks.settingsObject = true;
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-cluster-worker-exit.js b/test/parallel/test-cluster-worker-exit.js
index 09e2a83701ac77..1503333b6b8708 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-cluster-worker-exit.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-cluster-worker-exit.js
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ function checkResults(expected_results, results) {
     const expected = expected_results[k];
 
     assert.strictEqual(
-      actual, expected && expected.length ? expected[0] : expected,
+      actual, expected?.length ? expected[0] : expected,
       `${expected[1] || ''} [expected: ${expected[0]} / actual: ${actual}]`);
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-cluster-worker-kill.js b/test/parallel/test-cluster-worker-kill.js
index 7307a93e1bebcb..07ab46304f870f 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-cluster-worker-kill.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-cluster-worker-kill.js
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ function checkResults(expected_results, results) {
     const expected = expected_results[k];
 
     assert.strictEqual(
-      actual, expected && expected.length ? expected[0] : expected,
+      actual, expected?.length ? expected[0] : expected,
       `${expected[1] || ''} [expected: ${expected[0]} / actual: ${actual}]`);
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-domain-throw-error-then-throw-from-uncaught-exception-handler.js b/test/parallel/test-domain-throw-error-then-throw-from-uncaught-exception-handler.js
index a2afebd838f410..31889c17f742cf 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-domain-throw-error-then-throw-from-uncaught-exception-handler.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-domain-throw-error-then-throw-from-uncaught-exception-handler.js
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ function createTestCmdLine(options) {
 
   testCmd += `"${process.argv[0]}"`;
 
-  if (options && options.withAbortOnUncaughtException) {
+  if (options?.withAbortOnUncaughtException) {
     testCmd += ' --abort-on-uncaught-exception';
   }
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-eslint-prefer-optional-chaining.js b/test/parallel/test-eslint-prefer-optional-chaining.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..0ce902b08ac5b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-eslint-prefer-optional-chaining.js
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+if ((!common.hasCrypto) || (!common.hasIntl)) {
+  common.skip('ESLint tests require crypto and Intl');
+}
+
+common.skipIfEslintMissing();
+
+const RuleTester = require('../../tools/eslint/node_modules/eslint').RuleTester;
+const rule = require('../../tools/eslint-rules/prefer-optional-chaining');
+
+new RuleTester().run('prefer-optional-chaining', rule, {
+  valid: [
+    {
+      code: 'hello?.world',
+      options: []
+    },
+  ],
+  invalid: [
+    {
+      code: 'hello && hello.world',
+      options: [],
+      errors: [{ message: 'Prefer optional chaining.' }],
+      output: 'hello?.world'
+    },
+    {
+      code: 'hello && hello.world && hello.world.foobar',
+      options: [],
+      errors: [{ message: 'Prefer optional chaining.' }],
+      output: 'hello?.world?.foobar'
+    },
+  ]
+});
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-module-relative-lookup.js b/test/parallel/test-module-relative-lookup.js
index 1bd505392cd968..675c12c541fd4d 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-module-relative-lookup.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-module-relative-lookup.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ function testFirstInPath(moduleName, isLocalModule) {
   assertFunction(paths[0], '.');
 
   paths = _module._resolveLookupPaths(moduleName, null);
-  assertFunction(paths && paths[0], '.');
+  assertFunction(paths?.[0], '.');
 }
 
 testFirstInPath('./lodash', true);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-readline-interface.js b/test/parallel/test-readline-interface.js
index 4f31762bfc7227..a90e07d235030f 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-readline-interface.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-readline-interface.js
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class FakeInput extends EventEmitter {
 function isWarned(emitter) {
   for (const name in emitter) {
     const listeners = emitter[name];
-    if (listeners && listeners.warned) return true;
+    if (listeners?.warned) return true;
   }
   return false;
 }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-readline-promises-interface.js b/test/parallel/test-readline-promises-interface.js
index b7ce0c4ff20d9a..8e42d977301267 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-readline-promises-interface.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-readline-promises-interface.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class FakeInput extends EventEmitter {
 function isWarned(emitter) {
   for (const name in emitter) {
     const listeners = emitter[name];
-    if (listeners && listeners.warned) return true;
+    if (listeners?.warned) return true;
   }
   return false;
 }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-stream2-large-read-stall.js b/test/parallel/test-stream2-large-read-stall.js
index 2d44bb7f783b9d..5f5618ce731401 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-stream2-large-read-stall.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-stream2-large-read-stall.js
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ r.on('readable', function() {
   do {
     console.error(`  > read(${READSIZE})`);
     ret = r.read(READSIZE);
-    console.error(`  < ${ret && ret.length} (${rs.length} remain)`);
+    console.error(`  < ${ret?.length} (${rs.length} remain)`);
   } while (ret && ret.length === READSIZE);
 
   console.error('<< after read()',
-                ret && ret.length,
+                ret?.length,
                 rs.needReadable,
                 rs.length);
 });
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-tls-check-server-identity.js b/test/parallel/test-tls-check-server-identity.js
index fe81fc5285a3ce..3682aee37b9a56 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-tls-check-server-identity.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-tls-check-server-identity.js
@@ -331,8 +331,8 @@ const tests = [
 
 tests.forEach(function(test, i) {
   const err = tls.checkServerIdentity(test.host, test.cert);
-  assert.strictEqual(err && err.reason,
+  assert.strictEqual(err?.reason,
                      test.error,
                      `Test# ${i} failed: ${util.inspect(test)} \n` +
-                     `${test.error} != ${(err && err.reason)}`);
+                     `${test.error} != ${(err?.reason)}`);
 });
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-trace-events-dynamic-enable.js b/test/parallel/test-trace-events-dynamic-enable.js
index 237bb1de8df743..69251944031e1f 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-trace-events-dynamic-enable.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-trace-events-dynamic-enable.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ async function test() {
   const events = [];
   let tracingComplete = false;
   session.on('NodeTracing.dataCollected', (n) => {
-    assert.ok(n && n.params && n.params.value);
+    assert.ok(n?.params?.value);
     events.push(...n.params.value);  // append the events.
   });
   session.on('NodeTracing.tracingComplete', () => tracingComplete = true);
diff --git a/tools/doc/markdown.mjs b/tools/doc/markdown.mjs
index 21104e592b8a24..f039391a52730a 100644
--- a/tools/doc/markdown.mjs
+++ b/tools/doc/markdown.mjs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export function replaceLinks({ filename, linksMapper }) {
       }
     });
     visit(tree, 'definition', (node) => {
-      const htmlUrl = fileHtmlUrls && fileHtmlUrls[node.identifier];
+      const htmlUrl = fileHtmlUrls?.[node.identifier];
 
       if (htmlUrl && typeof htmlUrl === 'string') {
         node.url = htmlUrl;
diff --git a/tools/eslint-rules/no-unescaped-regexp-dot.js b/tools/eslint-rules/no-unescaped-regexp-dot.js
index 6db23732c81fd5..6aa6d25bf20f11 100644
--- a/tools/eslint-rules/no-unescaped-regexp-dot.js
+++ b/tools/eslint-rules/no-unescaped-regexp-dot.js
@@ -93,8 +93,7 @@ module.exports = {
     }
 
     function checkLiteral(node) {
-      const isTemplate = (node.type === 'TemplateLiteral' && node.quasis &&
-                        node.quasis.length);
+      const isTemplate = (node.type === 'TemplateLiteral' && node.quasis?.length);
       if (inRegExp &&
         (isTemplate || (typeof node.value === 'string' && node.value.length))) {
         let p = node.parent;
@@ -108,7 +107,7 @@ module.exports = {
             const quasis = node.quasis;
             for (let i = 0; i < quasis.length; ++i) {
               const el = quasis[i];
-              if (el.type === 'TemplateElement' && el.value && el.value.cooked)
+              if (el.type === 'TemplateElement' && el.value?.cooked)
                 regexpBuffer.push([el, el.value.cooked]);
             }
           } else {
diff --git a/tools/eslint-rules/prefer-optional-chaining.js b/tools/eslint-rules/prefer-optional-chaining.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..a460ec51bff391
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/eslint-rules/prefer-optional-chaining.js
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+'use strict';
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Rule Definition
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+module.exports = {
+  meta: {
+    docs: {
+      description: 'Prefer optional chaining',
+      category: 'suggestion',
+    },
+    fixable: 'code',
+    schema: [],
+  },
+
+  create(context) {
+    const sourceCode = context.getSourceCode();
+
+    // Helper function: Checks if two nodes have identical tokens
+    function equalTokens(left, right) {
+      const leftTokens = sourceCode.getTokens(left);
+      const rightTokens = sourceCode.getTokens(right);
+      return (
+        leftTokens.length === rightTokens.length &&
+        leftTokens.every((tokenL, i) => tokenL.type === rightTokens[i].type && tokenL.value === rightTokens[i].value)
+      );
+    }
+
+    // Check if a sequence of two nodes forms a valid member expression chain
+    function isValidMemberExpressionPair(left, right) {
+      return (
+        right.type === 'MemberExpression' &&
+        equalTokens(left, right.object)
+      );
+    }
+
+    // Generate the optional chaining expression
+    function generateOptionalChaining(ops, first, last) {
+      return ops.slice(first, last + 1).reduce((chain, node, i) => {
+        const property = node.computed ?
+          `[${sourceCode.getText(node.property)}]` :
+          sourceCode.getText(node.property);
+        return i === 0 ? sourceCode.getText(node) : `${chain}?.${property}`;
+      }, '');
+    }
+
+    return {
+      'LogicalExpression[operator=&&]:exit'(node) {
+        // Early return if part of a larger `&&` chain
+        if (node.parent.type === 'LogicalExpression' && node.parent.operator === '&&') {
+          return;
+        }
+
+        const ops = [];
+        let current = node;
+
+        // Collect `&&` expressions into the ops array
+        while (current.type === 'LogicalExpression' && current.operator === '&&') {
+          ops.unshift(current.right); // Add right operand
+          current = current.left;
+        }
+        ops.unshift(current); // Add the leftmost operand
+
+        // Find the first valid member expression sequence
+        let first = 0;
+        while (first < ops.length - 1 && !isValidMemberExpressionPair(ops[first], ops[first + 1])) {
+          first++;
+        }
+
+        // No valid sequence found
+        if (first === ops.length - 1) return;
+
+        context.report({
+          node,
+          message: 'Prefer optional chaining.',
+          fix(fixer) {
+            // Find the last valid member expression sequence
+            let last = first;
+            while (last < ops.length - 1 && isValidMemberExpressionPair(ops[last], ops[last + 1])) {
+              last++;
+            }
+
+            return fixer.replaceTextRange(
+              [ops[first].range[0], ops[last].range[1]],
+              generateOptionalChaining(ops, first, last),
+            );
+          },
+        });
+      },
+    };
+  },
+};
diff --git a/tools/eslint-rules/rules-utils.js b/tools/eslint-rules/rules-utils.js
index c5362c96cdaebe..3c63e3e4cbc9e2 100644
--- a/tools/eslint-rules/rules-utils.js
+++ b/tools/eslint-rules/rules-utils.js
@@ -100,9 +100,5 @@ module.exports.inSkipBlock = function(node) {
 };
 
 function hasSkip(expression) {
-  return expression &&
-         expression.callee &&
-         (expression.callee.name === 'skip' ||
-         expression.callee.property &&
-         expression.callee.property.name === 'skip');
+  return expression?.callee?.name === 'skip' || expression?.callee?.property?.name === 'skip';
 }