Releases 5.1.0
Highlights
Internal configuration rework
Inbox functionality and performance improvements
Remove the dynamically compiled modules
The new OTP 25 support
Miscellaneous enhancements, optimizations & improvements
All changes
Added
Cache consistency. Use segmented_cache as a cache backend and have all caches use it (#3330 )
Persistent term config. Replace ejabberd_config with new persistent terms mongoose_config(#3367 , #3338 , #3343 , #3356 )
Create async pools basing on the MAM async workers concept (#3433 )
Add new ensure_subscribed_metric/3 to mongoose metrics module (#3353 )
Add some property based tests for MAM's is_archivable_message/4 (#3450 )
Create SECURITY.md (#3562 )
Allow to use podman instead of docker (#3522 , #3543 )
Support the new OTP 25 (#3667 )
Removed
Hook handler records don't need the key field (#3342 )
Remove dead code (#3451 )
Remove deprecated mod_aws_sns (#3607 )
Remove deprecated mod_revproxy (#3617 )
Remove custom eldap.hrl (#3647 )
Removed in internal configuration rework
Remove all calls to gen_mod:set_module_opt from modules, making the module config constant(#3389 )
Remove calls to gen_mod:set_module_opt(s) in big tests (#3398 )
Remove gen_mod:set_module_opt(s) (#3468 )
Remove the ETS table from gen_mod (#3484 )
Eliminate gen_mod:get_opt_subhost (#3626 )
Remove dynamically compiled modules (#3394 )
POC module mod_private (#3323 )
Remove ejabberd_rdbms and mongoose_rdbms_type (#3392 )
Allow global to be passed into mongoose_backend as an arg (#3386 )
MAM cassandra backend without dynamically compiled modules (#3373 )
Use persistent terms to store backend_module in ejabberd_sm (#3379 )
Add mongoose_backend:get_backend_name (#3345 )
mod_auth_token (#3336 )mod_last (#3339 )mod_event_pusher_push (#3340 , #3348 )mod_privacy (#3347 )mod_muc (#3349 )mod_inbox (#3350 , #3362 , #3440 )mod_muc_light (#3351 , #3418 )mod_offline (#3352 , #3371 )mod_smart_markers (#3357 )mod_vcard (#3358 )mod_roster (#3364 )mod_pubsub (#3368 )mod_http_upload (#3372 )mod_keystore (#3375 )mongoose_rdbms (#3390 )ejabberd_router(#3381 )mod_global_distrib_mapping (#3582 )
Changed
Hook functions (#3331 )
Extend safely module API (#3337 , #3341 )
Make mongoose_commands errors human-readable (#3346 )
Add the accumulator to the is_muc_room_owner and can_access_room room hooks (#3417 )
Worker pool cleanups (#3419 )
Upgrade mongoose JID (#3525 )
Add backend logic to mod_stream_management (#3556 )
Don't use Mnesia for IQ response tracking (#3560 )
Use dynamic aware check for global domains in ACL module (#3327 , #3332 )
Store ACL specs in the global config (#3335 )
Allow skipping cover compilation for small tests (#3382 )
REST /commands endpoint now lists commands with more detailed info (#3391 )
Revert scope to global for all global distributed Redis presets (#3393 )
Refactor some usage of stanza types in ejabberd_sm (#3396 )
Simplify stream management suite (#3453 )
Performance and metrics touch on async workers (#3502 , #3514 , #3529 )
Use ETS backend in mongoose_router instead of Mnesia (#3505 )
Refactor can_change_ra function in mod_muc (#3581 )
Reconfigure supervision flags in pools (#3593 )
Install a hook to filter messages being buffered (#3654 )
Make RDBMS asynchronous
Add RDBMS execute_cast to use when the return value is not needed (#3485 )
Add async RDBMS order (#3611 )
Add RDBMS transaction async requests (#3643 )
Perf optimizations
Pre-build metric prefixes and fetch-or-rebuild when needed (#3634 , #3649 )
Pattern matches the map key for more efficiency (#3635 )
Skip pretty-printing of unused accumulator field (#3637 )
Message Archive Management improvements
Use mongoose_acc timestamp in MAM (#3320 )
Same stanza id for peers (#3376 )
Retract on stanza ids (#3377 , #3384 , #3385 )
Retraction events (#3497 , #3498 , #3513 )
Report wrong stanza id more friendly (#3591 )
Make MAM return timestamps in microseconds (#3595 )
Reorder MAM's filter_local_packet hook order (#3623 )
MAM shaper improvements (#3641 )
Smart markers improvements (#3590 )
Implement all the automatic removals (e.g. remove_domain) for the smart markers (#3544 )
Prepare a documentation page for smart markers (#3535 )
Implement all configurations for the smart markers (#3546 , #3592 )
Do not display a warning when processing a message with repeated markers (#3673 )
Inbox improvements (#3359 , #3596 , #3604 )
Improve types for dialyzer and log errors when they happen (#3366 )
Simplify time-unit conversions (#3405 )
Fix inbox filter bug that puts unnecessary load on the auth backend (#3449 )
Refactor Inbox tests (#3452 )
Use async pools in inbox (#3462 , #3500 )
Fix queryid (#3494 )
Extend queries (#3597 )
Implement boxes that allow the classifying of entries (#3608 )
Add async removes - make asynchronous inbox consistent (#3616 , #3670 )
Internal config rework
Simplify MUC Light config (#3387 )
Unfold global options without the temporary functions (#3406 )
Prepare tests for config defaults (#3408 )
Introduce config defaults for the 'general' section (#3409 )
Replace local_config records with key-value pairs (#3410 )
Add an option to format a section/list as a map (#3420 )
Move auth config spec to auth backend modules (#3437 )
Introduce defaults in the auth section (#3439 )
Section-based auth config (#3446 )
Introduce default values for auth methods (#3458 )
Auth password section config rework (#3463 )
Store module config in a map and keep it updated (#3469 , #3488 )
Use dynamic_modules in big tests (#3481 )
Store listener config in a map (#3495 )
Keep ACL conditions as maps (#3501 , #3504 )
Test config parsing with post-processing (#3507 )
Move domain_certfile to the 'general' section (#3512 )
Keep s2s options: 'outgoing', 'dns', 'address' in maps (#3516 )
Put all s2s options in a map and allow specifying them globally or per host-type (#3523 )
Module config as a map (#3534 )
Allow customizing auth module list per listener (#3539 )
Migrate segmented cache to maps (#3572 , #3594 )
Test config metrics (#3613 )
Put mod_adhoc opts in a map with defaults (#3537 )
Put mod_bosh opts in a map with defaults (#3540 )
Put outgoing_pools opts in a map with defaults (#3541 )
Put mod_inbox opts in a map with defaults (#3547 )
Put mod_private opts in a map with defaults (#3549 )
Put mod_disco opts in a map with defaults (#3550 )
Put mod_version opts in a map with defaults (#3552 )
Put mod_vcard opts in a map with defaults (#3553 )
Put mod_time opts in a map with defaults (#3554 )
Put gen_mod_deps opts in a map with defaults (#3555 )
Put mod_last opts in a map with defaults (#3557 )
Put mod_mam opts in a map with defaults (#3559 )
Put mod_shared_roster_ldap opts in a map with defaults (#3558 )
Put mod_privacy opts in a map with defaults (#3567 )
Put mod_sic opts in a map with defaults (#3568 )
Put mod_roster opts in a map with defaults (#3569 )
Put mod_stream_management opts in a map with defaults (#3571 )
Put mod_muc opts in a map with defaults (#3575 )
Put mod_push_service_mongoosepush opts in a map with defaults (#3577 )
Put mod_pubsub opts in a map with defaults (#3578 )
Put mod_ping opts in a map with defaults (#3579 )
Put mod_muc_light opts in a map with defaults (#3580 )
Put mod_global_distrib opts in a map with defaults (#3587 )
Put mod_offline opts in a map with defaults (#3589 )
Put mod_caps opts in a map with defaults (#3598 )
Put mod_keystore opts in a map with defaults (#3599 )
Put mod_jingle_sip opts in a map with defaults (#3600 )
Put mod_carboncopy opts in a map with defaults (#3602 )
Put mod_event_pusher opts in a map with defaults (#3603 )
Put mod_csi opts in a map with defaults (#3605 )
Put mod_register opts in a map with defaults (#3606 )
Put mod_offline_chatmarkers opts in a map with defaults (#3609 )
Put mod_http_upload opts in a map with defaults (#3614 )
Rework service configuration and management (#3620 )
Store service options in maps with defaults (#3624 )
Service and module options only in maps (#3625 )
Listener configuration rework (#3628 )
Rework HTTP handler configuration (#3636 )
Use maps for mongoose_wpool options (#3645 )
TLS config rework (#3653 )
Use format_items = map by default for config sections (#3655 )
Access commands in maps (#3656 )
Final internal config cleanup (#3659 )
Fixed
Edoc generation (#3333 )
Rest admin API - return 404 when command not found instead of 500 (#3383 )
Identify only stored users on offline routing (#3395 )
Fix typos (#3475 , #3621 )
Fix certs (#3447 , #3435 , #3447 , #3632 , #3640 )
Fix print-dots for Mac OS Monterey (#3480 )
Add a newline after module options to improve config readability (#3402 )
Correctly pass connection options to Fusco (#3426 )
Fix Github Actions CI - run MSSQL as root again (#3456 )
Fix ejabberd_c2s - don't drop the host type in update_stanza (#3464 )
Adding queryId to archived inbox messages (#3482 , #3492 )
MAM - Avoid asking for user exist with a room (#3470 )
Fix starting new caches (#3508 , #3518 )
Add server_name_indication_host config option (#3510 )
Less MIM compiler warnings (#3524 )
Add config flag to be able to set sni hostname matching (#3528 )
Fix is_configured in async pools (#3566 )
Do not call the obsolete backend API in CT hook (#3570 )
Fix metrics for auth backend not being reported (#3585 )
Fix cowboy_static options (#3618 )
Fix mod_ping with host_types (#3638 )
Fix a registration timeout cleanup (#3601 , #3671 )
Fix restart RabbitMQ connection (#3631 , #3672 )
Use metric probes instead of eval for slow calculated metrics (#3644 )
Fix flaky tests and speed up CI:
Gather list of failed test cases in a separate issue (#3361 )
Fix rest_client_SUITE:muc:messages_can_be_paginated_in_room (#3363 )
Fill the gaps in the event table for service_domain_db (#3365 )
Run muclight inbox tests one by one instead of parallel (#3374 )
Print preset in tools/circle-publish-github-summary-comment.sh (#3378 )
Enable mod_last only on its test suite (#3413 )
Enable DB modules in tests only when used (#3416 )
Retry insert MAM prefs on deadlock (#3421 )
Fix domain_removal_SUITE:last_removal (#3422 )
Remove wait from unavailable_resources_dont_get_carbons (#3431 )
Run tests in pubsub:basic in parallel (#3432 )
Use in-memory riak backend to speed-up IO (#3434 )
Fix sm_SUITE (#3436 )
Use wait_for_archive_size inside send_rsm_messages helper (#3443 )
Avoid a race condition in sm_SUITE:resume_session_state_stop_c2s (#3444 )
Fix offline_SUITE:max_offline_messages_reached (#3445 )
Reroute presences correctly on reconnect (SM fix) (#3459 )
Wait for async writers to flush messages in tests (#3466 )
Inbox flaky tests fixes (#3630 )
Other
Faster, more stable CircleCI on docker with DB backends (#3401 , #3519 , #3530 )
Use OTP 24.3.4 for CircleCI (#3661 )
Updating dependencies and cleaning the rebar.lock file (#3425 , #3430 , #3465 , #3490 , #3520 , #3531 , #3533 , #3573 , #3657 , #3669 )
Document low-level MAM options (#3329 )
Document MUC Light cache affiliations (#3509 )
Minor documentation improvements (#3369 , #3400 , #3404 , #3412 , #3438 , #3532 , #3545 , #3668 )
Update CONTRIBUTING.md (#3622 )
Commits, merged PRs and closed issues
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