0.29.0-rc2

Internal Changes

• Update node-irc to 1.1.1 (see https://github.com/matrix-org/node-irc/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md) (#1434)

0.29.0-rc1 (2021-07-21)

Please note: 0.28.0(-rc1) is abandoned as more features became ready to ship before we reached the end of the release candidate stage. Users of 0.28.0-rc1 should upgrade to this release. Some changelog entries below will be duplicated from 0.28.0-rc1.

Features

• Add prometheus metrics for IRC connection times (#1418)
• Change the reply rendering to something more IRCish (and configurable) (#1424)
• Truncate original messages more gently when replying (#1428)

Bugfixes

• Require explicit server selection for !storepass when more than one possibility exists.
  This makes the command a bit more verbose, but avoids the situation where a password could've been accidentally specified for the wrong server. (#1363)

• Fix an issue where a hot reload would fail if advanced was not defined in the original config. (#1383)

• Update matrix-org-irc to 1.0.0 to fix a bug where the bridge can crash. (#1388)

• Fix an issue where a Matrix user's IRC connection is stuck and unable to join some channels. (#1394)

• Fix multiline replies having only one line sent to IRC (#1425)

• Ensure the irc_connection_time_ms histrogram metric uses sensible bucket sizes. (#1426)

Improved Documentation

• Fix typo regarding examples of hostname and port in Bridge Setup documentation (4. Registration) (#1405)

• Migrate the list of bridged IRC networks from the deprecated github wiki to the hosted documentation (https://matrix-org.github.io/matrix-appservice-irc/latest/).
  Add libera.chat to the list. (#1416)

• The Debug API is now documented in the hosted documentation, replacing the wiki page. (#1420)

0.28.0-rc1 (2021-07-19)

Features

• Add Prometheus metrics for IRC connection times (#1418)

Bugfixes

• Fix an issue where a hot reload would fail if advanced was not defined in the original config. (#1383)
• Update matrix-org-irc to 1.0.0 to fix a bug where the bridge can crash. (#1388)
• Fix an issue where a Matrix user's IRC connection is stuck and unable to join some channels. (#1394)

Improved Documentation

• Migrate the list of bridged IRC networks from the deprecated GitHub wiki to the hosted documentation (https://matrix-org.github.io/matrix-appservice-irc/latest/). Add libera.chat to the list. (#1416)

Internal Changes

• Handle known error-codes when OPER command fails instead of disconnecting. (#1385)
• Add a link referring to the in-tree documentation to the admin room help text. (#1402)
• Fix a bug where messages from IRC would be blocked by the privacy filter when allowUnconnectedMatrixUsers set to true in a room config event. (#1406)

0.27.0 (2021-06-16)

Features

• Add support for setting a username, and reconnecting through the admin room. This change also changes !storepass to no longer reconnect you by default. (#1331)
• Add requireMatrixJoined membership option to block IRC messages until all Matrix users are joined to the channel. (#1337)
• Add config option useHomeserverDirectory to allow rooms to be published to the homeserver room directory, rather than just the appservice directory. (#1344)
• Add tlsOptions key to the config to override the IRC connection parameters. (#1375)
• Allow only using the additionalAddresses field when connecting to IRC. (#1376)

Bugfixes

• Detect IRC username mentions bounded by ',<,> or & (#1303)
• Comment out permissions from the sample config. (#1315)
• Fix an issue where invites to DM rooms are not marked as direct message invites. (#1329)
• Validate that the nickname is provided to !irc nick before trying to change nick. (#1330)
• Fix "CLI undefined" being spit out from cli on generic errors (#1333)
• Fix an issue where the IRC username was incorrectly required to be 10 characters or less. (#1345)
• Update a number of packages to latest versions, including matrix-appservice-bridge@2.6.1 containing a security fix. (#1365)
• Fix zero width spaces (ZWSPs) being filtered out of messages from IRC. (#1366)
• Admin rooms are now correctly created as DMs, and only one will be created per-user. (#1372)
• Fix the bridge never syncing membership if it cannot get the joined users for a room on startup. (#1373)
• Do not attempt to fetch per-room config for a PM. (#1379)
• Fix a bug where the bridge user would rejoin shortly after unbridging a room. (#1382)
• Fix an issue introduced in 0.27.0-rc1 where the SSL option would not work without also providing a tlsOptions value. (#1384)
• Fix an issue where a hot reload would fail if advanced was not defined in the original config. (#1383)
• Update matrix-org-irc to 1.0.0 to fix a bug where the bridge can crash. (#1388)
• Fix an issue where a Matrix user's IRC connection is stuck and unable to join some channels. (#1394)

Improved Documentation

• Document release process in CONTRIBUTING.md (#1308)
• Update documentation for SASL support, and safety net features. (#1352)

Internal Changes

• Use latest version of matrix-org/node-irc which was rewritten in Typescript. (#1319)
• Fix validation of the config to allow for a single hash in the alias template. (#1339)
• Improve blocked room feature (such as kicking users who cannot get connected to the channel), and add metrics to track. (#1369)
• Show an error in the PM room when the IRC user has blocked unregistered users from messaging. (#1380)
• Add headers to the admin room help text. (#1381)
• Handle known error-codes when OPER command fails instead of disconnecting. (#1385)

0.27.0-rc3 (2021-06-11)

Bugfixes

• Update matrix-org-irc to 1.0.0 to fix a bug where the bridge can crash. (#1388)

0.27.0-rc2 (2021-06-10)

Bugfixes

• Fix an issue introduced in 0.27.0-rc1 where the SSL option would not work without also providing a tlsOptions value. (#1384)

0.27.0-rc1 (2021-06-10)

This release contains many more changes and features than normal, so please be extra careful when testing this RC and please
report any issues to us as always.

Features

• Add support for setting a username, and reconnecting through the admin room. This change also changes !storepass to no longer reconnect you by default. (#1331)
• Add requireMatrixJoined membership option to block IRC messages until all Matrix users are joined to the channel. (#1337)
• Add config option useHomeserverDirectory to allow rooms to be published to the homeserver room directory, rather than just the appservice directory. (#1344)
• Add tlsOptions key to the config to override the IRC connection parameters. (#1375)
• Allow only using the additionalAddresses field when connecting to IRC. (#1376)

Bugfixes

• Detect IRC username mentions bounded by ',<,> or & (#1303)
• Comment out permissions from the sample config. (#1315)
• Fix an issue where invites to DM rooms are not marked as direct message invites. (#1329)
• Validate that the nickname is provided to !irc nick before trying to change nick. (#1330)
• Fix "CLI undefined" being spit out from cli on generic errors (#1333)
• Fix an issue where the IRC username was incorrectly required to be 10 characters or less. (#1345)
• Update a number of packages to latest versions, including matrix-appservice-bridge@2.6.1 containing a security fix. (#1365)
• Fix zero width spaces (ZWSPs) being filtered out of messages from IRC. (#1366)
• Admin rooms are now correctly created as DMs, and only one will be created per-user. (#1372)
• Fix the bridge never syncing membership if it cannot get the joined users for a room on startup. (#1373)
• Do not attempt to fetch per-room config for a PM. (#1379)
• Fix a bug where the bridge user would rejoin shortly after unbridging a room. (#1382)

Improved Documentation

• Document release process in CONTRIBUTING.md (#1308)
• Update documentation for SASL support, and safety net features. (#1352)

Internal Changes

• Use latest version of matrix-org/node-irc which was rewritten in Typescript. (#1319)
• Fix validation of the config to allow for a single hash in the alias template. (#1339)
• Improve blocked room feature (such as kicking users who cannot get connected to the channel), and add metrics to track. (#1369)
• Show an error in the PM room when the IRC user has blocked unregistered users from messaging. (#1380)
• Add headers to the admin room help text. (#1381)

0.26.1 (2021-06-03)

This update features a security fix for a bug in matrix-appservice-bridge. Server administrators are encouraged to update the bridge. See https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-appservice-bridge/releases/tag/2.6.1 for details. If you have any questions, please contact security@matrix.org.

Bugfixes

• Update a number of packages to latest versions, including matrix-appservice-bridge@2.6.1 containing a security fix. (#1365)

0.26.0 (2021-05-13)

No significant changes since rc2

Features

• Allow changing nickname in any room (#1217)
• The bridge will now retry creating a room for a PM if the initial attempt fails. (#1282)
• Decouple invite from the creation of a PM room (#1290)
• Add new kickOn config option to disable kicking Matrix users under certain conditions (#1294)
• Added an !unlink command for Matrix users to unbridge a channel from Matrix (#1298)
• Add support for specifying the paste bin limit in room state with the org.matrix.appservice-irc.config event type. (#1301)

Bugfixes

• [M->I]: Trim Markdown code block syntax (#1275)

Internal Changes

• Doc changes: Unify use of port 9999, the registration file name, and other minor changes (#1274)
• Fixed a bug where our linter would miss several files (#1288)
• Fix linter warnings (#1289)
• Docker image: Upgrade to NodeJS 14 (#1299)
• Add GitHub action to push documentation upon release (#1306)
• For NPM 7 to properly fetch the irc dependency, we switch to a git+https:// url. Before it defaulted to SSH which needs some authentication. (#1311)

0.26.0-rc2

0.26.0-rc2 (2021-05-10)

Internal Changes

• For NPM 7 to properly fetch the irc dependency, we switch to a git+https:// url. Before it defaulted to SSH which needs some authentication. (#1311)