Change Log

This page lists changes which have happened between releases.

InspIRCd 5.0.0dev3

This development snapshot version of InspIRCd has not yet been released.

• Added an optional target nickname parameter to the /SETHOST, /SETIDENT, and /SETNAME commands.

• Added support for configuring per-command target limits using the <maxlimits> tag.

• Added support for resending ISUPPORT entries when a server operator's config gives them different limits.

• Added the time the server configuration was read to the output of the httpd_stats module.

• Converted the abbreviation and uninvite module to use standard replies instead of InspIRCd-specific numerics.

• Converted the cban, dnsbl, gateway, rline, shun, sethost, setident, and setname modules to use standard replies instead of server notices.

• Developer: Added support for checking if a user matches any list mode entry instead of just a ban.

• Developer: Converted the IS_* free functions to Is* and As* member functions.

• Developer: Redesigned the internal service system to treat all services the same and split the service type from the name.

• Developer: Rewrote the mkauthors tool from Perl to Python.

• Merged all of the changes from the v4 development branch into the v5 development branch.

• Moved the banredirect module to inspircd-contrib as it is obsolete now the redirect module can handle ban redirects.

• Moved translation of command paramerers from the core to the spanningtree module.

• Removed the chghost, chgident, and chgname modules as their functionality has been merged into the sethost, setident, and setname modules respectively.

InspIRCd 5.0.0dev2

This development snapshot version of InspIRCd was released on 2026-03-01.

• Added spanningtree server protocol 1207.

• Added support for networking standard replies.

• Added support for not propagating X-lines.

• Added support for per-command maximum targets.

• Added support for using extbans with the /SILENCE command.

• Added the join time to channel memberships.

• Cleaned up ERR_NOPRIVILEGES messages.

• Merged all of the changes from the v4 development branch into the v5 development branch.

• Modularised user I/O handling and moved socket user I/O handling from the core to the core_clients module.

• Moved support for sending standard replies to the core.

• Moved the <security:maphide> configuration tag to <maphide:url>.

• Moved the customtitle module to inspircd-contrib.

• Removed K-lines in favour of local G-lines.

• Removed the <sslinfo:welcomemsg> setting with no replacement (now always disabled).

• Removed the c_ prefix from the name of channel mode r (registered).

• Removed the u_ prefix from the names of user mode C (noctcp), r (registered), and S (stripcolor).

• Renamed user mode z (sslqueries) to sslonly.

• Rewrote the sajoin, sakick, samode, sanick, sapart, saquit, and satopic modules from scratch and merged into one sacommands module.

• Rewrote the swhois module from scratch with support for multiple swhois entries.

InspIRCd 5.0.0dev1

This development snapshot version of InspIRCd was released on 2025-08-01.

• Added <cloak:username> for cloak_user cloaks to allow assigning a static username.

• Added <security:banrealmask> to allow disabling matching bans against user's real username, hostname, and IP address.

• Added support for services clearing all nickname reservations with SVSHOLD.

• Added support for services only removing bans against visible masks with SVSCMODE.

• Added support for usernames to the cloaking system.

• Added the "geolocation" module rehash type to the geo_maxmind module to allow reloading the Geolocation database without a full rehash.

• Added the cloak_custom module that integrates with the cloaking system replaces both the vhost module and allows services to apply vhosts to users in a way that integrates with cloaking.

• Added the DISABLEDMODES token to ISupport to allow clients to hide mode buttons for disabled modes.

• Changed the default for <options:extbanformat> from any to name.

• Changed the default for <servicesintegration:disablemodes> from no to yes.

• Config compatibility code for v3 has been removed.

• Moved <security:customversion> to <options:customversion>.

• Moved modules to their own top-level directory.

• Moved password checking from the core to the hashing modules.

• Moved the cloak_md5 module to inspircd-contrib.

• Moved the log_json module out of extras.

• Moved the md5 module to inspircd-contrib.

• Moved the spanningtree configuration from <options>, <performance>, and <security> to the <spanningtree> tag.

• Moved the starttls module to inspircd-contrib.

• Raised the minimum version of C++ to C++20.

• Raised the minimum version of GnuTLS from 3.3.5 to 3.6.0.

• Raised the minimum version of OpenSSL from 1.1.1 to 3.0.0.

• Removed <cloak:enforcepsl> for cloak_sha256 (now always enabled).

• Removed <filteropts:enableflags> (now always enabled).

• Removed <messageflood:extended> (now always enabled).

• Removed <permchanneldb:writeversion> (now always set to 2).

• Removed <repeat:extended> (now always enabled).

• Removed <rline:useflags> (now always enabled).

• Removed <sslprofile:dhfile> (this was already ignored on the library versions we now support).

• Removed support for bitmask-style DNSBL configurations (these are uncommon and are almost always misused).

• Removed support for in-query password comparison in sqlauth (this only ever worked with insecure algorithms).

• Removed support for the 1205 (v3) server protocol.

• Removed the deprecated $ip and $ident values for user SQL queries.

• Removed the requirement to have the password_hash module loaded to use HMAC passwords.

• Renamed the sslrehashsignal module to rehashsignal and added support for custom module rehashes.

• Replaced the Perl inspircd-testssl script with the Python inspircd-test-tls script.

• Rewrote all hashing modules and renamed them to have a "hash_" prefix.

• Rewrote all of the hashing modules from scratch with a new interface and runtime checks.

• Vendored yyjson instead of relying on an external copy.