Change Log

This page lists changes which have happened between releases.

InspIRCd 3.17.1

This version of InspIRCd was released on 2024-06-28.

• Fixed building on recent releases of macOS.

• Fixed erroneously showing RPL_CHANNELSMSG when the hidden channel list has been blocked.

• Fixed not comparing server fingerprints case insensitively.

• Fixed not sending ERR_USERNOTINCHANNEL when a user tries to give a prefix mode to a user not in the channel.

• Fixed the mysql module not closing the TCP connection properly on connection failure.

• Silenced some warnings in the ssl_mbedtls module.

• Updated the libraries in the Windows Conan dependency file.

• Updated the Windows NSIS install script from the latest in CMake.

InspIRCd 3.17.0

This version of InspIRCd was released on 2023-12-22.

• Added /LOGIN and /LOGOUT aliases to the generic services example file.

• Added an example post-deploy hook script for use with CertBot, Dehydrated, or other ACME SSL (TLS) renewal tools.

• Added the $address variable which contains the user IP address or UNIX socket path for use in aliases.

• Changed SVSHOLDs to also force existing users to change their nick on add.

• Fixed a crash on shutdown on some systems when using --nofork and the ssl_gnutls module.

• Fixed a syntax error in the main manpage.

• Fixed parsing the config when a file ends with a comment and no newline.

• Fixed remote servers being able to burst channels with malformed names.

• Fixed sending a WATCH away notification when a user changes their nick.

• Fixed sending nick/user/host changes from the wrong mask when using the ircv3_labeledresponse module.

• Fixed showing an error when a client can't send an automatic CTCP response because of the noctcp user mode.

• Fixed SVSHOLDs to always match against case insensitive nicknames.

• Fixed the filter module not including the module name when automatically setting an X-line.

• Fixed the geoclass module not rejecting malformed country codes in <connect:country>.

• Fixed using the helper script to start InspIRCd in newer versions of Valgrind.

• Fixed various issues with the example configs.

• Updated the libraries in the Windows Conan dependency file.

InspIRCd 3.16.1

This version of InspIRCd was released on 2023-06-16.

• Developer: fixed some minor Doxygen comment issues.

• Fixed a misleading log message that implied that UNIX server links need a port.

• Fixed not randomising the DNS port on rehash when <dns:sourceport> is not set.

• Fixed ssl_openssl marking long-lived TLS (SSL) client certificates as invalid.

• Fixed the regex_re2 module when building against RE2 2023-06-01 or newer.

InspIRCd 3.16.0

This version of InspIRCd was released on 2023-04-28.

• Added support for the IRCv3 standard-replies capability.

• Added support for warning users when their client certificate is about to or has expired.

• Fixed a DNSBL mark host being overwritten by a user hostname lookup.

• Fixed an away message being set by a module pre-connect not being broadcast on connect.

• Fixed building the PostgreSQL DSN when a config field contains a special character.

• Fixed reading the Argon2 version from the config.

• Fixed reporting the line a config syntax error happened on when no tags have previously been seen.

• Fixed resolving user hosts when the result is a simple hostname (e.g. localhost).

• Fixed the cycle module using a notice instead of ERR_BANNEDFROMCHAN.

• Fixed the helper script not forwarding all signals to the server when started in debug mode.

• Fixed the nicklock module using a notice instead of ERR_NOSUCHNICK.

• Fixed the uniqueusername state not being broadcast on connect.

• Switched the vendored http_parser library to the Debian fork.

• Updated the package lists for extra modules.

InspIRCd 3.15.0

This version of InspIRCd was released on 2022-12-30.

• Added <sslprofile:tlsv13> to the ssl_openssl module for disabling TLS 1.3.

• Added support for forcing the use of TLS (SSL) in a MySQL database connection.

• Added support for the IRCv3 extended-monitor extension.

• Added the WebSocket error message to the body of the response when closing with an error.

• Added the inspircd.org/echo vendor tag to echoed messages.

• Added the regex_pcre2 module which provides the pcre regex engine with PCRE2.

• Added the servers/ignore-blockamsg server operator privilege to allow server operators to send messages to multiple targets at once.

• Added the ability to add multiple [EGKQZ]-lines and shuns at the same time.

• Added the name of the user's I/O serializer to the /CHECK output.

• Added warning messages when a config file is not owned by the user/group the server is running as.

• Allowed building the regex_posix module against PCRE2's POSIX compatibility layer on Windows for link compatibility reasons.

• Changed temporary module filenames to be more unique.

• Developer: fixed being unable to use the IRCv3 replies API with a capability reference.

• Developer: fixed the database identifier name accessor returning an empty string.

• Fixed DNSBL marks being overwritten if a user has more than one of them.

• Fixed MOTD lines having a space erroneously prepended to them.

• Fixed inspircd-testssl being unable to detect the status of some servers.

• Fixed building the ldap module against the Windows LDAP implementation.

• Fixed building with the Intel C++ compiler.

• Fixed detecting the existence of the modern Clang-based Intel C++ compiler.

• Fixed expired [GKZ]-lines still existing in the ban cache.

• Fixed including unnecessary build objects in the Windows installer.

• Fixed matching bans against partially expanded IPv6 addresses.

• Fixed not being able to use STS when a connection is proxied with HAProxy.

• Fixed not notifying a server operator when they try to add an X-line that matches more than <insane:trigger> of the network.

• Fixed not sending ERR_NONICKNAMEGIVEN in response to empty /WHOIS and /WHOWAS requests.

• Fixed not sending tags when sending numerics to users.

• Fixed not showing why a list of files in the modules directory could not be obtained.

• Fixed picking channels that are not visible to show in the /WHO output.

• Fixed reading the MOTD when <connect:motd> is a path instead of a <files>/<execfiles> key.

• Fixed receiving ERR_NOSUCHNICK when sending a tag message to a server.

• Fixed setting malformed Z-lines when a UNIX socket user is banned by the connectban module.

• Fixed some spurious assertions when built against libstdc++ in assert mode.

• Fixed the connectban module unnecessarily setting a CIDR Z-line instead of an IP Z-line.

• Fixed the showfile module erroneously sending messages with no message body.

• Fixed the silence module being too strict with unknown flags in silence metadata.

• Fixed writing an empty topic to the permchannel database when no topic is set.

• Improved building extra modules on Windows.

• Removed error-prone missing/duplicate header warnings from the build system.

• Updated the libraries in the Windows Conan dependency file.

InspIRCd 3.14.0

This version of InspIRCd was released on 2022-08-26.

• Added support for exiting with a binary exit code in order not to confuse some init systems.

• Added support for hex colour code escapes in MOTD and config files.

• Added support for the r WHO flag for compatibility with UnrealIRCd.

• Allowed specifying --disable-ownership with --gid and --uid.

• Changed the default system-wide binary path from /usr/sbin to /usr/bin.

• Developer: Deprecated the string overloads of {User,LocalUser}::SetClientIP.

• Fixed deprecation warnings on compilers that default to C++17 or newer.

• Fixed false positive warnings when building with -Wmaybe-uninitialised.

• Fixed logrotate not being able to rotate logs without an init system.

• Fixed not being able to compile on Android.

• Fixed not sending a WebSocket close packet when terminating the connection.

• Fixed remote users that are connected via UNIX sockets not having their endpoints set correctly.

• Fixed the httpd_stats module swallowing some unhandled routes.

• Fixed the logrotate config rotating already rotated logs.

• Fixed the ssl_mbedtls module using internal mbedTLS APIs.

• Fixed the userip module behaving different to other implementations.

• Fixed the websocket module only accepting normalised header names.

• Fixed the Windows installer being out of sync with the latest CMake.

• Fixed various compiler errors on 32-bit x86 systems.

• Improved support for linking servers over UNIX socket connections.

• Updated the libraries in the Windows Conan dependency file.

InspIRCd 3.13.0

This version of InspIRCd was released on 2022-04-29.

• Added <commonchans:invite> to allow user mode c (deaf_commonchan) to block invites for users that you do not share a common channel with.

• Added <override:timeout> to allow automatically removing user mode O (override) after a defined time period.

• Added <permchanneldb:operonly> to allow enabling channel mode P (permanent) to be set by normal users.

• Added support for filtering /WHO requests by country code using the G flag to the geoban module.

• Added support for finding pkg-config at build time via the PKG_CONFIG environment variable.

• Added support for the <count> argument to the /WHOWAS command.

• Added support for the IRCv3 bot tag to the botmode module.

• Added the channels/ignore-chanfilter server operator privilege to allow server operators to be exempted from channel filters.

• Added the channels/ignore-delaymsg server operator privilege to allow server operators to override channel mode d (delaymsg).

• Added the delaymsg exemption to allow exempting channel operators from channel mode d (delaymsg).

• Changed specifying a DH parameter file in the ssl_gnutls module to be optional on GnuTLS 3.6.

• Changed specifying a DH parameter file in the ssl_openssl module to be optional on OpenSSL 3.0.

• Changed the sasl module to abort unfinished SASL requests when connection registration completes.

• Changed the setter of server-added X-lines to include the module that added them.

• Developer: Added ConfigTag::getCharacter for retrieving a single character from a config tag.

• Developer: Added ModeParser::FindNearestPrefixMode for finding the nearest prefix mode to the specified rank.

• Developer: Added the Who::MatchEventListener event class to allow modules to match /WHO requests.

• Developer: Exposed the invite announcement level from the config via the invite API.

• Fixed <chanlog:channel> accepting targets which are not a valid channel name.

• Fixed accessing stats subpaths in the httpd_stats module.

• Fixed being able to load modules with paths on Windows.

• Fixed building the NSIS installer on Windows.

• Fixed building the regex_re2 module with recent versions of the RE2 library.

• Fixed building the spanningtree module on FreeBSD armv7.

• Fixed building the ssl_openssl module on OpenSSL 1.0.

• Fixed building the ssl_openssl module on OpenSSL 3.0 when built without the compatibility layer.

• Fixed building various extra modules on Windows.

• Fixed duplicate messages when a server connection fails.

• Fixed formatting codes in user real names bleeding into some snotice messages.

• Fixed knock messages not respecting the invite announcement level.

• Fixed negative duration fields showing a positive duration.

• Fixed not parsing the constraint field properly for multi-constraint /LIST requests.

• Fixed not sending ACCOUNT messages back to a user on login.

• Fixed sending channel notices to all members regardless of any specified prefix rank.

• Fixed server operators being limited to less channels than the normal user limit if configured incorrectly.

• Fixed some modules unintentionally sending global X-line snotices instead of local ones.

• Fixed sometimes not showing an empty list properly when a list mode has no entries.

• Fixed the o field in /WHO returning InspIRCd prefix ranks instead of WHOX op levels.

• Fixed the AppArmor file not allowing access to the SSL certificate and key directories.

• Fixed the connectban CIDR ranges not defaulting to the values from <cidr>.

• Fixed the consistency of ERR_CHANOPRIVSNEEDED messages.

• Fixed the consistency of X-line snotices sent by modules.

• Fixed the grammar of various X-line messages.

• Fixed the privdeaf module overriding other private message checks.

• Fixed the rmode module using notices instead of the appropriate numerics.

• Fixed the serialisation of permission lists.

• Fixed unintentionally squitting servers multiple times in some cases.

• Fixed updating connect classes limits when rehashing the config file.

• Fixed using the ERR_CHANOPRIVSNEEDED numeric when ERR_RESTRICTED or ERR_UNAVAILRESOURCE are more appropriate.

• Raised the minimum CMake version on Windows to CMake 3.8 to avoid upstream deprecation issues.

• Renamed <connectban:duration> to <connectban:banduration> to make the purpose more clear.

• Updated the IP ranges in the example IRCCloud config file.

• Updated the libraries in the Windows Conan dependency file.

InspIRCd 3.12.0

This version of InspIRCd was released on 2021-12-31.

• Added /CYCLE and /KNOCK to the list of sanitisable shun commands.

• Added a warning about libdl incompatibilities when building against musl libc.

• Added support for manually specifying the WebIRC properties to trust from a gateway.

• Added support for rejecting WebSocket connections that don't request a subprotocol.

• Added support for retrieving client TLS (SSL) certificate fingerprints from WebIRC gateways.

• Added support to the passforward module for forwarding the second parameter of /NICK to services.

• Added the channels/ignore-repeat server operator privilege to allow ignoring the repeat mode.

• Added the inspircd.org/account-id tag to expose immutable account identifiers to users.

• Changed the OVERRIDE 005 token to contain the letter of the mode needed to override.

• Developer: Added the IOHook::IsHookReady hook to determine whether an I/O hook is ready to send and receive data.

• Fixed automatic bans and xlines on shared providers banning the entire provider.

• Fixed building the ldap module against OpenLDAP 2.5 and newer.

• Fixed DN strings being inconsistently processed across the TLS (SSL) modules.

• Fixed hostname lookups for users where the hostname behind their PTR record points to multiple IP addresses.

• Fixed looking up server IPv4 addresses when the server has one or more IPv6 address.

• Fixed reading WebSocket proxy headers when the IRC server is behind multiple reverse proxies.

• Fixed sending ERR_CHANOPRIVSNEEDED instead of ERR_RESTRICTED in cases where privileges will not change the ability to perform an action.

• Fixed showing the sts capability to users when no TLS (SSL) modules are loaded.

• Fixed the /SSLINFO helpop not documenting how to view channel TLS (SSL) information.

• Fixed the customprefix module allowing the creation of prefix modes with a space in the name.

• Fixed the default server name defaulting to irc.example.com instead of the machine name on Linux.

• Fixed the ldap module checking the return value of ldap_compare_s incorrectly.

• Fixed the public server name being used as a public server description instead of the network name when <options:hideserver> is set.

• Fixed the real server hostname being exposed to users in some cases when <options:hideserver> is set.

• Fixed the ssl_gnutls module not compiling on C++17 compilers due to the use of a removed feature.

• Fixed the ssl_openssl module not compiling on LibreSSL.

• Fixed unnecessary repeated mode lookups in the banredirect, messageflood, repeat, and timedbans modules.

• Fixed various text fields not being XML escaped in the httpd_stats output.

• Updated the libraries in the Windows Conan dependency file.

InspIRCd 3.11.0

This version of InspIRCd was released on 2021-08-27.

• Added <connectban:bootwait> to allow delaying connectban until the specified time period has passed after boot.

• Added <connectban:splitwait> to allow delaying connectban until the specified time period has passed after a network partition.

• Added <gnutls:onrehash>, <mbedtls:onrehash>, and <openssl:onrehash> to allow reloading TLS (SSL) profiles on rehash.

• Added <hostchange:ports> to allow selection of rules based on the client's connection port.

• Added <mkpasswd:operonly> to restrict the /MKPASSWD command to server operators.

• Added a check that the filesystem is actually writable before attempting to generate the build system files.

• Added channel list mode limits to the S2S protocol to allow services to not exceed list limits.

• Added config variables for the config, data, log, module, and runtime directories that were configured at build time.

• Added support for building most extra modules on Windows with Conan.

• Added support for setting TLS 1.3+ ciphersuites in ssl_openssl.

• Added support for the binary.inspircd.org and text.inspircd.org WebSocket subprotocols to allow web clients to override <websocket:sendastext>.

• Added the --disable-ownership flag to configure to install without setting filesystem permissions or the user/group to run as.

• Change RPL_WHOISOPERATOR to say "is a network service" for U-lined clients when <security:genericoper> is enabled.

• Changed <oper:autologin> to accept a value of if-host-match to allow autologin to only proceed if the user's hostname matches the value in <oper:host>.

• Changed the delayjoin module to send the original join time on delayed join messages to clients with the server-time capability enabled.

• Changed the system-wide runtime directory on Linux to /run/inspircd to avoid a symlink issue with AppArmor.

• Developer: added IRCv3::WriteNeighborsWithCap::GetAlreadySentId() for getting the event id of the message which was sent.

• Developer: added the OnPostChangeRealHost event which is fired after a user's real hostname has been changed.

• Developer: moved /WHOIS numerics from modules to the main module header file.

• Fixed /MKPASSWD disconnecting users if an error happened whilst generating a password.

• Fixed /NAMES sending ERR_NOSUCHCHANNEL when a channel does not exist.

• Fixed <log:method> not defaulting to file logging.

• Fixed <security:userstats> not having a sensible default value.

• Fixed a compiler error in the sha256 module on Haiku.

• Fixed a race condition relating to hostname lookups and the haproxy module.

• Fixed an off by one error in the inspircd help output.

• Fixed building the ssl_mbedtls module on mbedTLS v3.

• Fixed checking [GKZ]-lines on users who are connecting via a gateway.

• Fixed installing the runtime path if it did not exist.

• Fixed mistakenly registering services globally by their subname (e.g. ssl/websocket -> websocket).

• Fixed mistakenly sending RPL_WHOISHOST for U-lined clients.

• Fixed not sending the CHARSET 005 token when using a non-ASCII casemapping.

• Fixed sending special server operator whois when hideoper is enabled.

• Fixed the /SILENCE list serialising TAGMSG silences in reverse.

• Fixed the make deinstall target to actually remove files properly.

• Fixed the httpd module not parsing headers correctly (this broke the httpd_acl module).

• Fixed the name of the strict-rfc1459 casemapping example config.

• Fixed the noctcp module not respecting the users/ignore-noctcp privilege and the u_noctcp channel mode for mass-messages.

• Fixed the websocket module not parsing HTTP headers properly.

• Fixed timed bans not being expired correctly if they were truncated.

• Fixed unusual list mode values being allowed.

• Fixed various spelling mistakes all over the codebase.

• Removed RPL_WHOISSERVICE as it conflicts with the considerably more popular RPL_WHOISHELPOP from UnrealIRCd.

• Removed the broken attempt at root dropping in the helper script.

InspIRCd 3.10.0

This version of InspIRCd was released on 2021-05-14.

• Added a codepage file for iso-8859-2 casemapping.

• Added a human readable version of the cloak list for use with /CHECK.

• Added automatic pruning of expired entries to the chanhistory module.

• Added extended ban w: (gateway) which matches against a WebIRC gateway name.

• Added more logging to the http_acl module to allow debugging access issues.

• Added support for automatically enabling the ldap, regex_stdlib, and ssl_mbedtls modules when their dependencies are available.

• Added support for multiple hosts in <connect:allow> and <connect:deny>.

• Added support for optional includes that are only loaded if they exist.

• Added support for per-DNSBL timeouts and raised the default for torexit.dan.me.uk to 10 seconds.

• Added support for serialising filters to a config file.

• Added support for using the --prefix configure option with --system.

• Changed RPL_WHOISGATEWAY so it is visible by unprivileged users.

• Changed the default runtime directory in system-wide mode to /var/run/inspircd to allow writing files after dropping root.

• Changed the idle time in /STATS P to use a duration string instead of seconds.

• Changed the onchans /CHECK entry to show all of a user's prefix modes.

• Changed the storage engine for the MySQL sqloper module from MyISAM to InnoDB.

• Developer: added subclass of IOHookProvider for TLS (SSL) modules.

• Fixed a /WHO request with flags but no fields being considered fuzzy.

• Fixed an off by one error in various bitsets.

• Fixed configure not printing a newline after warnings in some cases.

• Fixed miscounting DNSBL stats when a user disconnects or a DNSBL is down.

• Fixed not being able to name a class a value beginning with unnamed-.

• Fixed not being able to print coloured text to the standard error stream on Windows.

• Fixed not being able to send a standard reply with no command in some cases.

• Fixed not sending ERR_BADCHANMASK in response to OJOIN/SAJOIN when a channel name is invalid.

• Fixed not using the ERR_INVALIDMODEPARAM numeric when a parameter begins with : or contains a space.

• Fixed not using the default value for a bool/duration/int/uint config field when an empty value is specified.

• Fixed sending malformed pong messages in some cases.

• Fixed the deaf module not blocking tag messages.

• Fixed the ldapauth module not using the <ldapauth:useusername> field when it is documented to.

• Fixed unknown DNS record types preventing the retrieval of other DNS records.

• Fixed writing port bind errors to the standard output stream instead of the error stream.

• Improved the CTCP detection of the blockcolor module.

• Improved the messages sent when loading, unloading, or reloading modules.

• Improved the messages sent when trying to set or unset an unknown mode.

• Improved the output of /STATS p when multiple I/O hooks are in use.

• Renamed <bind:ssl> to <bind:sslprofile> (old configs will still work).

• Renamed <link:ssl> to <link:sslprofile> (old configs will still work).

• Renamed the latin1 codepage file to iso-8859-1.

• Warn about compiler and Perl versions for which support will be dropped in the future when using configure.

InspIRCd 3.9.0

This version of InspIRCd was released on 2021-02-26.

• Added <chanhistory:enableumode> to allow enabling user mode N (nohistory) which allows users to opt-out of receiving channel history on join.

• Added <connect:useconnectban> to allow exempting classes from the connectban module.

• Added <connect:useconnflood> to allow exempting classes from the connflood module.

• Added a /CAPAB client command that will kill server connections made to client ports with a helpful message.

• Added a configure option, --runtime-dir, which specifies the directory that runtime files (i.e. the pid file) should be placed in.

• Added a DNS error class to the DNSBL stats.

• Added a human readable version of the geolocation data so it works in /CHECK.

• Added config entities which can be used for formatting IRC messages.

• Added default compiler flags for the ssl_openssl module to make building on distributions where OpenSSL is part of the base system easier.

• Added example provider configs for DroneBL, the EFnet RBL, and the dan.me.uk Tor exit node DNSBL.

• Added extended bans to the S2S protocol to allow services to validate bans easier.

• Added HTTP path normalisation to the httpd module.

• Added snomask privileges to the /CHECK output of a server operator.

• Added support for multi-prefix to /WHOIS channel lists.

• Added support for specifying multiple hostmasks in <cgiirc:mask>.

• Added support for the standard XML ', > and < entities in the config.

• Added the /HEXIP command to the cgiirc module to allow encoding and decoding IP addresses from their ident format.

• Added the <dns:enabled> option to allow disabling DNS lookups entirely.

• Added the <repeat:kickmessage> option to allow configuring the message shown when a user is kicked by the repeat module.

• Added the <shun:allowconnect> option to allow configuring whether shuns should only be applied to users who are fully connected to the server.

• Developer: Added ServerConfig::GetServer{Desc,Name}() to allow retrieving the visible server name and description easier.

• Developer: added support for casting a Cap::Reference to a Cap::Capability*.

• Fixed ./configure --update with cache files generated before v3.2.

• Fixed /MAP column alignment not taking into account the length of the server version.

• Fixed <class:snomask> not being parsed correctly when a type has multiple server operator classes.

• Fixed a bunch of inconsistent Perl version requirements.

• Fixed a crash on shut down when started with --debug --nofork.

• Fixed being able to call events provided by modules that are dying.

• Fixed DNSBLs that return non-local addresses blocking connections.

• Fixed handling DNSBLs that return invalid lookup results.

• Fixed inconsistently hiding the server name when <options:hideserver> is set.

• Fixed modulemanager storing files in the incorrect directory if not executed from the root of the source directory.

• Fixed not being able to classban a class with spaces in the name.

• Fixed not being able to log into an server operator account with an IP whitelist when using ldapoper.

• Fixed NOTICE, PRIVMSG, and TAGMSG with multiple status message characters.

• Fixed sending ERR_NOSUCHNICK instead of ERR_NOSUCHSERVICE when a U-line alias requirement is unavailable.

• Fixed server operators not being able to see module versions in /MODULES.

• Fixed silently failing when a DNSBL returns no IPv4 results.

• Fixed storing data files in /var/inspircd instead of /var/lib/inspircd.

• Fixed the /GLOADMODULE, /GUNLOADMODULE, and /GRELOADMODULE commands not sending error numerics across the network.

• Fixed the DNS socket not being closed when core_dns is unloaded.

• Fixed the fallback linker flags for the argon2 module.

• Fixed the grammar of the message broadcast when reloading the TLS (SSL) profiles.

• Fixed the helper script not storing Valgrind log files in the log directory.

• Fixed the name of the sha1 hash provider.

• Fixed the numeric sent when reloading a module which is not loaded.

• Fixed the path specified in --prefix being relevant at runtime.

• Fixed trying to set snomasks on non-server operators with SAMODE

• Fixed users with the same casemapped nick sometimes being lost by the codepage module.

• Fixed using the legacy TR1 header files when building with a C++11 compiler.

• Improved debug logging for HTTPd modules.

• Improved debug logging for service registration and deregistration.

• Improved the error messages sent by the httpd module.

• Removed the /SERVER stub command.

• Send RPL_SAVENICK numerics (from irc2) whenever a user's nick is forcibly changed to their UUID.

• Updated the /SERVLIST command to match against and show the server operator type of services pseudoclients.

• Updated the /SSLINFO command to allow viewing information about channels.

• Updated the IRCCloud example configs to exempt it from DNSBL lookups, connectban bans, and connflood throttles.

InspIRCd 3.8.1

This version of InspIRCd was released on 2020-11-20.

• Added a config file for using InspIRCd with AppArmor.

• Fixed a crash in the websocket module when a user behind a HTTP proxy is [GKZ]-lined.

• Fixed a harmless compiler warning on recent versions of GCC.

• Fixed an off by one error in the error message shown when an invalid option is passed on the command line.

• Fixed connect class logging being unreliable and inconsistent.

• Fixed continuing with event hooks when a user is quit in the "IP changed" event.

• Fixed showing an incorrect error when a module could not be loaded.

• Fixed the connectban and dnsbl modules executing before core_xline.

• Fixed trailing and preceding whitespace not being stripped by --{disable,enable}-extras.

InspIRCd 3.8.0

This version of InspIRCd was released on 2020-10-30.

• Added <cban:glob> to allow using glob matches within cbans.

• Added <joinflood:bootwait> to allow disengaging channel mode j (joinflood) when a server first starts up.

• Added <joinflood:splitwait> to allow disengaging channel mode j (joinflood) when a server splits from the network.

• Added <shun:allowtags> to allow configuring whether shunned users can send client-to-client tags.

• Added <shun:cleanedcommands> to allow configuring the commands that shunned users can run but that will be censored.

• Added a question to ./configure for deleting previously created self-signed certificates.

• Added a warning about non-local unencrypted server connections being insecure.

• Added the new tinside server and IP blocks to the IRCCloud provider config file.`

• Added support for specifying the output directory when using inspircd-genssl.

• Added support for the Argon2 key derivation function.

• Developer: added a non-const override of CommandBase::Params::GetTags() to allow the modification of tags in OnPreCommand.

• Fixed --{disable,enable}-extras not erroring when an non-existent extra module is specified.

• Fixed <dnsbl:action> not being matched case insensitively.

• Fixed a bunch of outdated and/or incorrect comments in the example configs.

• Fixed a bunch of warnings about deprecated copy constructors on C++11 compilers.

• Fixed a minor crash in the disable module when a nonexistent mode is specified.

• Fixed allowing many entries in <limits> to be set to 0 or more than the max line length.

• Fixed disconnecting users who try to enable user mode x (cloak) when the md5 module is not loaded.

• Fixed not using short module names (i.e. foo instead of m_foo) in a bunch of places.

• Fixed the NAMELEN 005 token not being used.

• Fixed the format of the MAXLIST 005 token.

• Fixed the syntax and help for the /PING command.

• Fixed xlines not being rechecked when a user's real hostname changes.

• Updated ./configure to put store self-signed certificates in the .configure directory.

InspIRCd 3.7.0

This version of InspIRCd was released on 2020-07-31.

• Added <botmode:forcenotice> to allow forcing bots to use NOTICEs instead of PRIVMSGs.

• Added a log message reminding admins that if they have defined a <sslprofile> tag they need to use the value of <sslprofile:name> in <bind:ssl> and <link:ssl> not the name of a TLS (SSL) module.

• Added a warning about LibreSSL support being deprecated.

• Added an error response when a user without the users/mass-message server operator privilege tries to send a mass-message.

• Added support for disabling client-to-client tags without disabling features which depend on the message-tags capability.

• Added support for disabling the creation/expiry notices sent to channel operators by the timedbans module.

• Added the --portable ./configure option to build in portable mode.

• Added the B token to /WHO lines when the user in question is marked as a bot.

• Added the inspircd-testssl tool for checking whether a server is configured correctly for TLS (SSL) connections.

• Allowed server admins to disable the /COMMANDS command.

• Developer: added support for changing the type of a message in OnUserPreMessage.

• Developer: added the BOT 005 token to allow bots to automatically mark themselves as a bot.

• Fixed /SVSHOLD sending a global snotice instead of a local one.

• Fixed bcrypt and PBKDF2 hashes not being compared in a timing-safe way.

• Fixed building InspIRCd when the current working directory does not contain the source tree.

• Fixed shuns not being applied correctly.

• Fixed the /SERVLIST command not being documented in the example helpop config.

• Fixed the <class:dnsbl> option not matching marked DNSBL users.

• Fixed the <hostchange:ports> option never matching users.

• Fixed the ojoin module hardcoding the server operator mode instead of using a ModeReference.

• Fixed the systemd service depending on the Perl init script.

• Fixed WebSocket users not being detected as using a secure connection when they are.

• Removed support for TLSA record generation from inspircd-genssl (no clients adopted this).

• Removed the example config file for KiwiIRC as requested by upstream.

InspIRCd 3.6.0

This version of InspIRCd was released on 2020-04-24.

• Added <class:snomasks> to allow configuring the snomasks that a server operator can use.

• Added <include:noenv> to disable using environment variables in an included config file.

• Added <options:modesinlist> to allow customising whether channel modes are included with the /LIST response.

• Added <sasl:requiressl> to require users to be connected via TLS (SSL) in order to be able to use SASL authentication.

• Added <securelist:showmsg> to configure whether the user should be told that they need to wait to run /LIST.

• Added support for the IRCv3 SETNAME specification.

• Added support for multi-line CAP responses.

• Added support for the RFC 2812 /SERVLIST command.

• Added support for using environment variables in the server configuration using the &env.FOO; syntax.

• Added the /ADMIN and /OPER commands to the default list of commands that a shunned user can execute.

• Added the servers/ignore-shun privilege to allow server operators to ignore shuns placed on them.

• Developer: added a way to exempt a message from updating the origin user's idle time.

• Developer: added an overloadable function to the Command class to allow configuring the message sent when a user executes a command that they need to be registered to use.

• Developer: added an overloadable function to the Command class to allow configuring the message sent when a user executes a command without specifying enough parameters.

• Developer: added multi-parameter overloads to the IRCv3::Replies::Reply::SendIfCap method.

• Developer: added the EventHandler::HasFd method for checking if an event handler is configured with a file descriptor.

• Developer: added the Numerics::CannotSendTo class for sending the "can not send to channel/user" numerics.

• Developer: added the USERMODES 005 token to allow parsing mode changes easier.

• Developer: added the User::HasSnomaskPermission method for checking if a user can use a snomask.

• Developer: added the UserManager::all_ulines list which contains all services on U-lined servers.

• Developer: added the inspircd.org/standard-replies capability for opting-in to receiving IRCv3 Standard Replies instead of notices.

• Developer: deprecated the XLineManager::InvokeStats methods in favour of a new overload which uses a generic numeric.

• Developer: stabilised support for the IRCv3 Standard Replies specification.

• Fixed a crash in the pgsql module when connecting to a server fails.

• Fixed a bug where previously changed display hostnames would be reset when a hostname lookup finishes.

• Fixed a bunch of typos with misspell-fixer.

• Fixed a memory leak in the dccallow module.

• Fixed a memory leak in the pgsql module.

• Fixed being able to use the MODE command to look up the modes of a private or secret channel.

• Fixed being unable to log in to server operator accounts using the ldapauth module.

• Fixed leaking HTTPd sockets if they were closed with data left in their outgoing buffer.

• Fixed leaking the value of some server operator config options when a user tries to log into an account which requires TLS (SSL) or a client certificate fingerprint.

• Fixed reloading core modules by their short name.

• Fixed sending RPL_WHOISCOUNTRY for services pseudoclients.

• Fixed sending mass-messages to other servers on the network.

• Fixed server filters applying to mass-messages sent by server operators.

• Fixed setting the permissions of a UNIX socket listener.

• Fixed showing a malformed sts capability if the configuration was invalid on rehash.

• Fixed silently failing when trying to load more than 31 capabilities.

• Fixed the chanlog module writing duplicate log messages when sending snotices is enabled.

• Fixed the entire DNS cache not being reloaded on rehash.

• Fixed the restrictchans module not telling the user when they are prevented from creating a channel.

• Fixed various config values using an empty value instead of the default if an empty value was specified.

• Fixed warning snotices not being sent when a user fails to login to a server operator account which requires TLS (SSL) and/or a matching client certificate fingerprint.

• Improved the descriptions of all of the modules.

• Improved the error message shown when trying to load a module which is too old or too new for the current version.

• Improved the error messages shown by the ldap module.

• Improved the output of the SSLINFO command.

• Updated messages to refer to TLS as "TLS (SSL)" instead of SSL.

InspIRCd 3.5.0

This version of InspIRCd was released on 2020-01-31.

• Added support for the IRCv3 Labeled Response specification.

• Added support for help topics to the helpop module.

• Added support for pagination to the index output of the HELPOP command.

• Added support for passing module names to --{disable,enable}-extras using their short names (e.g. --enable-extras ssl_gnutls).

• Added support for passing space-delimited module names to --{disable,enable}-extras (e.g. --enable-extras "ssl_gnutls ssl_mbedtls").

• Added support for the X-Real-IP and X-Forwarded-For headers to the websocket module.

• Added the codepage module — a better solution for custom 8-bit character set support than the incredibly broken and undocumented nationalchars module.

• Changed the default for <waitpong:sendsnotice> to no.

• Changed the user count in LUSERS so that it no longer includes services pseudoclients.

• Developer: add Channel::WriteRemoteNotice which sends a notice to remote users as well as local users.

• Developer: add a status char option to Channel::WriteNotice for sending status messages.

• Developer: add the ClientProtocol::MessageTagEvent class to allow handling message tags easier.

• Developer: added MessageTarget::GetName to allow easily getting the name of a message target.

• Developer: added a status char option to the TagMessage constructor for sending status messages.

• Developer: added an "server operator only" parameter to Simple{Channel,User}ModeHandler.

• Developer: added empty string checks to the Numerics::NoSuch{Channel,Nick} constructors.

• Developer: added several variadic overloads of the IRCv3::Replies::Reply::Send method.

• Developer: added the OnCommandBlocked event for when the execution of a command is blocked.

• Developer: added the UserManager::ULineCount method for counting pseudoclients on U-lined servers.

• Developer: added the inspircd.org/poison capability which rejects any attempt to request it to avoid clients requesting all available capabilities rather than the ones they support.

• Developer: added the stdalgo:delete_zero method for deleting and zeroing a pointer.

• Developer: deprecated the ProtocolInterface::Send{Channel,User}Notice methods in favour of SendMessage.

• Developer: disabled CULLLIST log messages unless the server has been built in debug mode.

• Developer: switched from Travis CI to GitHub Actions.

• Developer: the FailedPort type now contains the config tag that the listener was created from.

• Fix connections to ports which have an invalid I/O hook configured not being rejected.

• Fix various Perl tools not looking in the right directory for the make::* modules.

• Fixed a bug in helpop.conf.example where the swhois key was not using the correct value name.

• Fixed allowing TAGMSG messages to be sent without any tags attached.

• Fixed boolean configuration options not being matched in a case insensitive way.

• Fixed not using case insensitive comparisons for the /DCCALLOW subcommands.

• Fixed not using case insensitive matching when checking if a TLS (SSL) rehash has been requested.

• Fixed not using the ERR_INVALIDMODEPARAM numeric when not enough parameters are given to the snomask mode.

• Fixed not using the RPL_REHASHING numeric for remote rehashes.

• Fixed parsing CTCPs in the dccallow module.

• Fixed prioritisation of custom events provided by modules.

• Fixed spamming the log with DNS cache clearing notices when nothing was actually cleared.

• Fixed status messages not working with the TAGMSG command.

• Fixed the chanhistory module not storing message tags.

• Fixed the chanhistory module not storing notices.

• Fixed the chanhistory module storing CTCPs.

• Fixed the legacy /PROTOCTL NAMESX command not using case insensitive matching.

• Fixed the legacy /PROTOCTL UHNAMES command not using case insensitive matching.

• Fixed the nationalchars module allowing nicknames which begin with a number.

• Fixed the nationalchars module not rebuilding the 005 numerics on unload.

• Fixed the nationalchars module not restoring the previous casemapping name on unload.

• Fixed the systemd unit file starting InspIRCd before the network is online.

• Fixed unnecessarily making N*2-1 too many copies of the command arguments when processing a command with multiple targets.

• Improve the warning process when starting InspIRCd as root.

• Improved the ban message shown to users if they are banned by an extended ban.

• Improved the output when a port can not be bound.

• Removed the preceding - from the MOTD, server operator MOTD, and any custom MOTDs added with the showfile module.

• Renamed <chanhistory:notice> to <chanhistory:prefixmsg> so the behaviour is less ambiguous.

• Replace the Windows getopt_long shim with the ya_getopt library.

• Updated the example MOTD and server operator MOTD to be a bit prettier and show off some of the escape codes.

InspIRCd 3.4.0

This version of InspIRCd was released on 2019-10-25.

• Added <alias:stripcolor> to allow stripping formatting codes before matching an alias.

• Added <cloak:ignorecase> to ignore the case of a FQDN when cloaking.

• Added a check for the channels/auspex privilege to the hidemode module.

• Added a workaround for gateway IP addresses being banned by the connectban module.

• Added more information to timedbans addition/expiry notices.

• Added support for filtering part messages to the chanfilter module.

• Developer: added ConfigStatus::initial to find out if the config is being loaded for the first time.

• Developer: added Events::ModuleEventProvider::{OnSubscribe,OnUnsubscribe} to allow knowing when a module has subscribed to or unsubscribed from an event.

• Developer: added a parameter to the OnServerSplit event which specifies whether the split was intended or not.

• Developer: added an internal serialisation of the dccallow list.

• Developer: added an internal serialisation of the silence list.

• Developer: added the GetId method to the Server class.

• Developer: added the GetNumericToken method to the irc::sepstream class.

• Developer: added the GetTypeStr method to the DNS::Manager class.

• Developer: added the OnServerBurst event for executing actions after a server has finished bursting.

• Developer: added the OnShutdown event for executing actions shortly before shutdown.

• Developer: added the experimental Serializable class & API and implemented it in the Extensible, User and LocalUser classes.

• Developer: changed IS_{LOCAL,REMOTE,SERVER} to be capable of handling null pointers.

• Developer: exposed variable list modes via the VLIST 005 token to make things easier for client developers.

• Disabled DNS, DNSBL, and ident lookups for unregistered KiwiIRC.com users in the example provider configs.

• Documented the repeat exemption type.

• Exempted the KiwiIRC.com servers from X-lines in the example provider configs.

• Fixed a bug in the HAProxy module where it would ignore any data received in the same packet as the header when using TCP connections.

• Fixed a crash on shutdown in the spanningtree module.

• Fixed linker errors caused by build objects from one compiler being used by another.

• Fixed not respecting the deprecated <channels:users> config tag.

• Fixed the DNSBL module banning a user after their IP address has changed.

• Fixed the IP addresses of the KiwiIRC.com servers in the example provider configs.

• Fixed the OnSetUserIP event being fired before the connect class has changed.

• Fixed the u_noctcp mode not being respected for CTCPs targeted at a channel.

• Fixed the config example path not being updated when the config path is changed in interactive mode.

• Fixed the example configs allowing voiced users to voice/devoice other users.

• Fixed the example provider config files not being installed.

• Fixed the silence module not being able to add or remove entries in some cases.

• Fixed various issues relating to hostname resolution.

• Raised the default value for <connflood:bootwait> from ten seconds to two minutes.

• Replaced the gdbargs file with the --eval-command option inside the init script.

• Updated the NetBSD EV_SET workaround now that upstream have fixed the issue.

InspIRCd 3.3.0

This version of InspIRCd was released on 2019-08-23.

• Added PackageInfo directives for ArchLinux.

• Changed the maximum value for <chanfilter:maxlen> from 100 to 250.

• Developer: added an experimental header which implements the IRCv3 Standard Replies draft.

• Developer: added the ExtensionItem::{To,From}{Human,Internal,Network} methods to convert an extension item to and from various string forms.

• Developer: added the MessageEventListener class for adding tags to server messages.

• Developer: added the OnConnectionFail event for suspending a user connection which is about to fail.

• Developer: added the {EventHandler,StreamSocket,UserIOHandler}::SwapInternals methods to swap the internals of two sockets.

• Developer: deprecated the SerializeFormat enum, and the serialize, unserialize methods of the ExtensionItem class, and the LocalExtItem class.

• Developer: deprecated the ServerEventListener class and split the events contained within it into the ServerProtocol::{BroadcastEventListener,LinkEventListener,SyncEventListener} classes.

• Fixed a crash in the MySQL module when built against mariadb-connector-c v3.0.5 or newer.

• Fixed allowing the sasl capability to be requested when the SASL server is offline.

• Fixed empty /GLOBOPS and /WALLOPS messages not failing with an ERR_NOTEXTTOSEND message.

• Fixed listener sockets with <bind:replace> enabled not being replaced in some circumstances.

• Fixed not applying IRCv3 server-time timestamps on the server the source is connecting from.

• Fixed not being able to use the O (oper) extended ban to server operators with a space in their server operator type.

• Fixed referring to registration timeouts as ping timeouts in the conn_waitpong module.

• Fixed sending IRCv3 account-notify and chghost messages to a user who has not sent the NICK and USER commands yet.

• Fixed sending IRCv3 cap-notify messages for capabilities which are not presently visible in CAP LS.

• Fixed the geo_maxmind module trying to interpret an AF_UNIX endpoint as an IP address.

• Improved the message sent to server operators when the maximum connections for a connect class is reached.

• Updated the vendored utfcpp library to v3.1.

InspIRCd 3.2.0

This version of InspIRCd was released on 2019-07-05.

• Added a configure option, --example-dir, which specifies the directory that example config files get installed into.

• Added a flag to the filter module which allows registered users to be exempt from a filter.

• Added a warning when the user tries to build on OpenBSD as it ships very broken compilers.

• Added a warning when the user tries to build without TLS (SSL) support.

• Added example config files for enabling support for IRCCloud and KiwiIRC.com on your server.

• Added syntax hints for all modes with parameters to the ERR_INVALIDMODEPARAM numeric response.

• Added the ability to include all .conf files in a directory.

• Added <bind:permissions> to UNIX socket listeners to set who can access the socket.

• Added <bind:replace> to UNIX socket listeners to allow replacing existing sockets on boot.

• Added <messageflood:notice>, <messageflood:privmsg>, and <messageflood:tagmsg> to the messageflood module to specify how many lines individual messages are equivalent to.

• Added <permchanneldb:saveperiod> to allow customising how often the permchannels module should check whether its database needs to be saved.

• Added <sslprofile:tlsv11> and <sslprofile:tlsv12> to the ssl_openssl module to easily allow disabling old TLS (SSL) versions.

• Added <xlinedb:saveperiod> to allow customising how often the xline_db module should check whether its database needs to be saved.

• All SQL queries are now logged at the debug log level to enable easier debugging of SQL issues.

• Developer: added support for marking a socket to be closed once it has finished receiving all the data sent to it.

• Developer: added support for retrieving the end message of a batch.

• Developer: added the OnUserPreQuit event for changing quit messages before a user disconnects.

• Developer: added the FileSystem::GetFileList() function to get a list of files in a directory matching a glob pattern.

• Developer: added the irc::sockets::isunix() function for checking if a string is a valid UNIX socket path.

• Developer: ignore any SIGUSR1 or SIGUSR2 with no handlers instead of killing the process.

• Fixed a misleading debug message in the sslinfo module.

• Fixed calculating the human-readable version of durations.

• Fixed closing HTTP connections before the entire http_stats module output had been sent.

• Fixed linking the spanningtree module on OpenBSD.

• Fixed modules that are in the process of being unloaded sometimes having events called on them.

• Fixed not checking if the cap module is enabled before enabling the NAMESX and UHNAMES 005 tokens.

• Fixed outgoing UNIX socket server connections.

• Fixed routing tags on /TAGMSG messages between servers.

• Fixed server operators with the channels/auspex privilege not being able to request the topic of secret/private channels with the /TOPIC command.

• Fixed the /TAGMSG message forwarding all tags regardless of whether they had been whitelisted.

• Fixed the <connect:usests> option being inverted.

• Fixed the autoop module checking the prefix mode add rank when removing list entries.

• Fixed the conn_umodes module setting user modes before the MOTD has been sent.

• Fixed the default log directory in system-wide mode to be /var/log/inspircd.

• Fixed the denychans module not checking whether the redirect channel is allowed properly.

• Fixed the exemptchanops module not validating list entries.

• Fixed the grammar of the error messages sent by the repeat module.

• Fixed the Perl helper script finding the location of the PID file.

• Fixed the sslinfo module not being able to place WebIRC users into the appropriate connect classes.

• Fixed various harmless compiler warnings in the httpd module.

• Fixed <pid:file> not being relative to the data directory as was intended.

• Fixed server-time timestamps only being accurate to the second.

• Made the error message sent by the alias module when an alias requires a U-lined target but the target is not U-lined more accurate.

• Show how many users in a channel are not using TLS (SSL) in the ERR_ALLMUSTSSL response.

• Updated the Module Manager source list for the new inspircd-contrib repository.

InspIRCd 3.1.0

This version of InspIRCd was released on 2019-05-17.

• Added a configure option, --disable-auto-extras, which disables automatically enabling extras for which the dependencies are available.

• Added support for disabling a STS policy for users in specific connect classes.

• Added support for the IRCv3 Message IDs specification.

• Developer: added support for modules overriding the default access checks for NOTICE, PRIVMSG, and TAGMSG.

• Developer: added the INSPIRCD_VERSION_BEFORE(MAJOR, MINOR) and INSPIRCD_VERSION_SINCE(MAJOR, MINOR) macros for checking the InspIRCd version at compile time.

• Developer: allowed child classes of SSLIOHook to override GetCertificate() and GetFingerprint().

• Fixed a crash in the silence module on some older versions of GCC.

• Fixed linking against v2 servers running the ASCII case mapping module from inspircd-contrib.

• Fixed an inverted condition in the commonchans module which made the module not work.

• Fixed configure not failing when invalid options were passed to it.

• Fixed pending X-lines only being applied to a single user.

• Fixed servers not specifying whether they are hidden. If no visibility is specified then servers default to the visibility of their parent server.

InspIRCd 3.0.1

This version of InspIRCd was released on 2019-05-10.

• Documented the anticaps exemption in both the main config and in the example helpop config.

• Documented user mode O (override) in the helpop config.

• Fixed building against older versions of glibc.

• Fixed compiling with the kqueue socket engine on NetBSD.

• Fixed relying on PWD being set in the makefile.

• Fixed the --distribution-label configure option erroneously making the configure script require the --development flag to be passed.

• Fixed the example <wsorigin> tag erroneously suggesting that a path was included.

• Fixed the filesystem permissions that files are installed with.

• Fixed the MAXLIST 005 token not reflecting the true lower limit.

• Fixed the parameters for the /NAMES command in the syntax hint and example helpop config.

• Raised the connection timeout in the example configs to 20s. This should give more time for clients on slow connections that want to do a lot of things (request caps, do SASL auth, etc) on connect.

• Silenced a harmless compiler warning in the pgsql module on newer GCCs.