Change Log

This page lists changes which have happened between releases.

InspIRCd 4.7.0

This version of InspIRCd was released on 2025-03-29.

• Fixed a crash when a server operator with a custom connect class quits.

• Added extban names to help.example.conf.

• Added support for help channels in which users with user mode h (helpop) will be automatically granted a channel prefix mode.

• Added support to Module Manager for linking to module documentation on install.

• Added the %duration.long% and %remaining.long% template variables to <options:xlinequit> and <security:publicxlinequit>.

• Added the SAFERATE 005 token to allow modern clients (e.g. Soju) to know when fakelag is enabled and relax their internal message buffering.

• Changed various messages to use long duration strings (e.g. "1 day, 2 hours, 3 minutes") instead of short duration strings (e.g. 1d2h3m).

• Developer: added Duration::ToLongString to convert a duration to a format which is more readable.

• Developer: added a formatting overload of the ModuleException constructor.

• Developer: added constants to the Time namespace for commonly used time formats.

• Fixed flushing the standard output stream after startup when not forking into the background.

• Fixed help.example.conf to correctly list all current exemptions, extbans, and modes.

• Improved the performance of formatting various messages.

InspIRCd 4.6.0

This version of InspIRCd was released on 2025-03-01.

• Added the RPL_STATSCONN numeric for compatibility with ircu.

• Added the creating user's IP address to the chancreate oper snotice.

• Added the real hostname and IP address of proxied WebSocket users to the whois output.

• Added the user's IP address and userhost to the seenicks oper snotice.

• Added the WebIRC origin name to the whois output.

• Changed the /ALLTIME command to use the RPL_TIME numeric instead of a notice.

• Changed the /CBAN, /ELINE, /GLINE, /KLINE, /QLINE, /RLINE, and /ZLINE commands to make the duration field optional (defaults to permanent).

• Changed the dnsbl module to default to the record type if not otherwise specified.

• Changed the httpd_stats module to pad base 64 output.

• Deprecated support for bitmask-type DNSBL entries.

• Fixed building the 005 numerics for users in removed connect classes.

• Fixed finding the config file on portable installations (i.e. Windows).

• Fixed linking against v3 servers when using the repeat module.

• Fixed removing regular bans that look like an extban.

• Fixed sending some rehash snotices to the announcement snomask character.

• Fixed showing the correct mask when removing an extended ban.

• Fixed the accuracy of human-readable durations when converting from the number of seconds.

• Fixed the list of exemptions in the help.

• Fixed the list of server notice masks.

• Fixed TLS fingerprint fallback in SASL when using Atheme.

• Improved the performance of the logging system.

• Improved the time format used in RPL_TIME.

• Optimised counting the local and global servers in /LUSERS.

• Removed obsolete snotices sent when a server operator specifies the wrong server name in /DIE and /RESTART.

• Updated the vendored libraries.

InspIRCd 4.5.0

This version of InspIRCd was released on 2025-01-04.

• Added a "sslrehash" command to the helper script (requires the sslrehashsignal module).

• Added support for explicitly disabling the ojoin and operprefix characters.

• Fixed a compiler warning on BSD.

• Fixed a crash from {fmt} when writing the pid file fails.

• Fixed clearing the output buffer in the pgsql module.

• Fixed matching extended bans when multiple bans of a specific type are set.

• Fixed stripping multiple formatting codes in a row.

• Fixed various compiler warnings on Haiku.

• Improved the format of the RPL_CREATED numeric message.

• Updated the vendored libraries.

InspIRCd 4.4.0

This version of InspIRCd was released on 2024-11-02.

• Added <anticaps:message> to allow customising the error shown when blocking an overly capitalised message.

• Added <chanhistory:savefrombots> to allow omitting messages from bots.

• Added <hidechans:hideservices> to allow showing the channel list of services pseudoclients to server operators.

• Added a /STATS character to the sslinfo module for viewing ciphersuite info.

• Added a faster method of converting values to a string for types that support it.

• Added advertisement of the preferred extban format for services.

• Added support for matching account bans against the entire nick group.

• Added support for name-only extended bans.

• Added support for named DNSBL replies and the %reason% variable in <dnsbl:reason>.

• Added support for regex flags to the filter module.

• Added the "opers" option to <options:modesinlist> to allow only showing modes to an operator with the channels/auspex privilege.

• Added the %channel% template variable to the messageflood and repeat error messages.

• Changed the ldap module to use the Windows API for parsing LDAP URLs.

• Changed the minimum value for <connectban:threshold> from 1 to 2.

• Developer: added Time::FromNow to convert a duration into a future timestamp.

• Developer: moved core numerics back to a global header again.

• Developer: switched several methods to take a string_view instead of a string.

• Fixed "no tags to send" errors on some clients when <ctctags:allowclientonlytags> is disabled.

• Fixed extbans silently overwriting extbans with the same character from other modules.

• Fixed potentially generating a malformed permchannels database.

• Fixed rebuilding the 004 numeric when core_info is reloaded.

• Fixed resending the 005 numerics when a user changes connect class.

• Fixed the connectban module potentially generating a Z-line on a malformed CIDR range.

• Fixed users not being removed from the services list when their server stops being a services server.

• Fixed warning users about raw I/O logging after a rehash when started with --nolog.

• Improved the restrictchans error message.

• Improved the xline_db log messages.

• Renamed <chanhistory:bots> to <chanhistory:sendtobots>.

• Reverted omission of services pseudoclients from the user count in /LUSERS.

• Updated the location of the InspIRCd IRC channels.

• Updated the Windows dependencies.

InspIRCd 4.3.0

This version of InspIRCd was released on 2024-09-07.

• Added <whowas:nickupdate> to allow updating the whowas database on nick change as well as quit.

• Added support for building against yyjson to the log_json module.

• Added support for human readable colour names in MOTD files using \c[fg-color,bg-color]

• Added the &dir.example; config variable to make it easier to include example configs on system-wide installs.

• Changed command processing to check whether a command is usable before registration before the parameter count is checked .

• Changed the example <define> tags to be actually useful.

• Developer: added InspIRCd::ProcessColors(std::string) and deprecated the vector overload.

• Developer: added formatting overloads for {Membership,User}::WriteNotice.

• Developer: added the Numeric::push_fmt method to push a formatted parameter onto a numeric.

• Developer: deprecated the non-printable overload of InspIRCd::GenRandomStr in favour of GenRandom.

• Developer: refactored the InspIRCd and ServerStats types.

• Fixed /AUTHENTICATE being silently dropped when the user does not have the sasl capability or when a malformed <trailing> parameter is sent.

• Fixed /WHOWAS not showing the real server name to operators with the services/auspex privilege.

• Fixed InspIRCd::StripColor not stripping the value of hex colours.

• Fixed InspIRCd::StripColor stripping some legitimate non-formatting characters.

• Fixed bursting metadata between servers.

• Fixed downgrading LMODE messages when broadcasting to remote servers.

• Fixed downgrading SINFO messages when broadcasting to remote servers.

• Fixed exceptions from loggers not being handled.

• Fixed measuring the CPU load on Windows.

• Fixed retrieving database rows in the MySQL module.

• Fixed the argon2 module erroneously treating lanes as separate to threads.

• Fixed the blockcolor module blocking some legitimate non-formatting characters.

• Fixed the build when compiling with C++20 or newer.

• Made it clear that the cloak_md5 and md5 modules are deprecated.

• Reduced the memory usage of the whowas database.

• Refactored the Perl init script somewhat.

• Replaced the InspIRCd-specific RPL_WHOWASIP numeric with RPL_WHOISACTUALLY.

• Tweaked the defaults for <whowas> to make more sense for most networks.

• Tweaked the message for RPL_WHOISCERTFP to make it clear if the fingerprint is hashed using a compatibility algorithm.

InspIRCd 4.2.0

This version of InspIRCd was released on 2024-08-03.

• Added support for the IRCv3 WebSocket subprotocols.

• Developer: added a Module constructor overload to allow modules to define the version to show in /MODULES.

• Developer: added the ExtensionItem::OnSync callback for when an extensible is synchronised across the network.

• Developer: merged ProtocolServer and Server.

• Fixed allowing text websockets when the server has a non-utf8 charset.

• Fixed automatic synchronisation of unset extensibles.

• Fixed escaping semicolons in message tags.

• Fixed exposing the real hostname of users when recloaking.

• Fixed parsing S2S UID messages from 1205 (v3) servers.

• Fixed unescaping message tags that end with a \.

• Silenced some harmless log messages when parsing malformed CIDR ranges.

• Updated the vendored libraries.

• Updated the Windows dependencies.

InspIRCd 4.1.0

This version of InspIRCd was released on 2024-07-14.

• Added support for retrieving random data using getentropy() from POSIX 2024.

• Added the %dnsbl.url, %network%, and %network.url template variables to the DNSBL reason field.

• Allowed /ACCEPT to bypass more message restriction user modes.

• Changed system version functions to use /etc/os-release instead of lsb_release.

• Developer: const corrected various APIs.

• Fixed a memory leak in the regex_pcre2 module.

• Fixed building the core with PIE.

• Fixed high CPU and network usage caused by rebursting the account nick list.

• Fixed mistakenly allowing $ModConfig directives to use build system functions.

• Fixed mistakenly skipping empty lines in MOTD files.

• Fixed unregistering extbans when a module unloads.

• Merged the build time compiler validation checks.

• Modernized the AppArmor configuration file.

• Reduced the memory usage of the geo_maxmind module.

• Reduced unnecessary allocations in ListExtItem.

• Updated the package directives to support more distributions.

InspIRCd 4.0.1

This version of InspIRCd was released on 2024-07-03.

• Fixed a crash in the spanningtree module.

• Fixed the passforward module unnecessarily looking up connect class passwords from the config.

• Fixed various minor documentation issues.

• Updated the example tables for the sqloper module to include all core fields.

• Updated the log_sql tables to use non-null columns.

• Updated the vendored libraries.

InspIRCd 4.0.0

This version of InspIRCd was released on 2024-06-29.

Please see the overview for an high level list of changes and the breaking changes list for a list of incompatibilities with v3.

You may also be interested in the v4 development change log for the changes that happened between development releases.