0.19.0-rc1 (2020-06-26)

0.19 introduces a minimum reqirement of NodeJS 12.x

Features

• Split out metrics endpoint to a seperate worker (#1069)
• Add ability to limit the number of kicked users, and order by inactive time when using the reapUsers Debug API command. (#1072)

Internal Changes

• BREAKING CHANGE: The bridge now requires a minimum of NodeJS v12.x (#1070)

0.18.0 (2020-06-26)

No significant changes.

0.18.0-rc1 (2020-06-22)

Bugfixes

• Update pg dependency to 8.1.0 to fix NodeJS 14 compatibility.
  Be aware that this means that unauthorized SSL connections are now rejected as of pg@8.0.0 (#1050)
• Fixed a crash related to an invalid ctcp-version request (#1053)
• Add ability to limit the number of rooms that an instance can be bridged. (#1060)
• Fixed issue where setting initial sync to true for membershipLists.room entries would not work if syncing is off globally. (#1065)

Improved Documentation

• Corrects tutorial port numbers for docker so that copying/pasting will properly run with default port numbers. (#1048)

Internal Changes

• Update sanitizeHtml package. (#1066)

0.18.0-rc1

0.18.0-rc1 (2020-06-22)

Bugfixes

• Update pg dependency to 8.1.0 to fix NodeJS 14 compatibility.
  Be aware that this means that unauthorized SSL connections are now rejected as of pg@8.0.0 (#1050)
• Fixed a crash related to an invalid ctcp-version request (#1053)
• Add ability to limit the number of rooms that an instance can be bridged. (#1060)
• Fixed issue where setting initial sync to true for membershipLists.room entries would not work if syncing is off globally. (#1065)

Improved Documentation

• Corrects tutorial port numbers for docker so that copying/pasting will properly run with default port numbers. (#1048)

Internal Changes

• Update sanitizeHtml package. (#1066)

0.17.1

0.17.1 (2020-05-06)

Features

• Add ability to set fallback text encoding for non-UTF-8 messages. (#580)

Bugfixes

• Fixed an issue where installing the bridge from NPM would cause tsc to fail and the operation would fail. (#1045)
• Ensure we don't kick the bot user on connectionReap (#1046)

Internal Changes

• Use prepare rather than prepublish in package.json (#1047)

0.17.0

0.17.0 (2020-05-01)

Features

• On name change, inform Matrix users, if their preferred IRC name is taken (#1018)
• Add ability to deactivate users permanently via the DebugAPI. (#1021)

Bugfixes

• SECURITY FIX The bridge now authenticatess the /_matrix/provision set of endpoints. It now requires either a access_token query parameter or a Authorization header containing the hs_token provided in the registration file. (#1035)
• Disconnect a PM room from IRC when another user is invited, and disallow invites to PM rooms. (#1010)
• Fix issue where users with stored passwords but no config settings (IPv6 address, nickname) would not be able to get connected. Fixes #1014. (#1015)
• Kick users who have been X:lined (#1023)
• Ensure err.args is defined when checking errors in ConnectionInstance (#1030)
• Fix issue where users who used !storepass are never reconnected and cannot send messages through the bridge. (#1024)
• Will no longer try retry a kick for connection failure if the bot lacks permission (#1040)

Improved Documentation

• Add instructions for registering IRC bot's nickname. Thanks to @DylanVanAssche (#1004)
• Improve documentation for changelog entries (#1020)

Internal Changes

• Replace deprecated new Buffer("a") (#1019)
• Test !nick when the user already has the nick (#1020)
• Update dependencies to fix vulnerabilities. (#1025)
• Simplify ClientPool logic using Maps (#1034)
• Update matrix-appservice-bridge to 1.12.2 to fix a header bug (#1036)

0.17.0-rc4

0.17.0-rc4 (2020-04-29)

Bugfixes

• Will no longer try retry a kick for connection failure if the bot lacks permission (#1040)

Internal Changes

• Update matrix-appservice-bridge to 1.12.2 to fix a header bug (#1036)

0.17.0-rc3

0.17.0-rc3 (2020-04-17)

Bugfixes

• SECURITY FIX The bridge now authenticatess the /_matrix/provision set of endpoints. It now requires either a access_token query parameter or a Authorization header containing the hs_token provided in the registration file. (#1035)

Internal Changes

• Simplify ClientPool logic using Maps (#1034)

0.17.0-rc2

0.17.0-rc2 (2020-04-15)

Bugfixes

• Ensure err.args is defined when checking errors in ConnectionInstance (#1030)

0.17.0-rc1

0.17.0-rc1 (2020-04-09)

Features

• On name change, inform Matrix users, if their preferred IRC name is taken (#1018)
• Add ability to deactivate users permanently via the DebugAPI. (#1021)

Bugfixes

• Disconnect a PM room from IRC when another user is invited, and disallow invites to PM rooms. (#1010)
• Fix issue where users with stored passwords but no config settings (IPv6 address, nickname) would not be able to get connected. Fixes #1014. (#1015)
• Kick users who have been X:lined (#1023)
• Fix issue where users who used !storepass are never reconnected and cannot send messages through the bridge. (#1024)

Improved Documentation

• Add instructions for registering IRC bot's nickname. Thanks to @DylanVanAssche (#1004)
• Improve documentation for changelog entries (#1020)

Internal Changes

• Replace deprecated new Buffer("a") (#1019)
• Test !nick when the user already has the nick (#1020)
• Update dependencies to fix vulnerabilities. (#1025)

0.16.0

0.16.0 (2020-03-03)

Features

• Kicks from one IRC user to another will now be shown as kicks on Matrix. (#994)

Bugfixes

• Fix issue where bridged channel(s) would not be carried across on room upgrade. (#989)
• IRC users will now join the new room on a room upgrade (#993)
• Fix a bug where users with high numbers of channels would flood the ircd and be stuck trying to connect forever. (#995)
• Matrix users who change nicks will no longer cause ghosts to appear in rooms with their new nick. (#996)
• Fix bug where failing to start the bridge would not report any useful information (#997)
• Fix missing logline arguments for BridgedClient (#1004)

Internal Changes

• Add scripts/changelog-check.sh and scripts/changelog-release.sh (#990)
• Add .npmignore (#991)
• Ensure the room upgrades test passes with Postgres (#992)
• Upgrade winston logging library to 3.2.1 (#1002)