MongooseIM 6.0.0

Highlights

• GraphQL API and Command Line Interface (CLI) with many new commands
• Unified and reworked REST API
• Incremental and asynchronous dynamic domain deletion
• Full pagination support with RSM for Inbox
• Significant code refactoring
• Various improvements and fixes

All changes

Added

• GraphQL request handling and execution (#3354, #3442, #3454, #3515, #3633, #3642, #3646 #3648, #3689, #3719, #3803, #3822, #3830, #3894)
• GraphQL API schema and types (#3448, #3506, #3731, #3856, #3862, #3767)
• GraphQL API tests (#3745, #3474, #3709, #3718, #3720, #3730, #3736, #3740)
• GraphQL command implementation for the following categories:
  • account (#3503, #3824, #3895)
  • domain (#3499, #3715, #3851)
  • gdpr (#3711, #3855)
  • httpUpload (#3674, #3868)
  • inbox (#3694)
  • last (#3651, #3850)
  • metrics (#3665, #3861)
  • mnesia (#3725, #3896)
  • muc (#3615, #3627, #3799, #3875)
  • muc_light (#3538, #3563, #3563, #3576, #3742, #3881)
  • offline (#3688, #3864)
  • private (#3652, #3891)
  • roster (#3586, #3756, #3873)
  • server (#3744, #3793, #3877)
  • session (#3521, #3883)
  • stanza (#3483, #3565, #3814)
  • stat (#3700, #3715, #3870)
  • token (#3713, #3863)
  • vcard (#3639, #3890)
• GraphQL CLI (Command Line Interface) (#3701, #3702, #3708, #3710, #3714, #3724, #3739)
• GraphQL API documentation (#3704, #3773)
• Incremental and asynchronous domain deletion (#3774, #3775, #3777, #3813, #3889)
• Full pagination support for Inbox (#3827, #3843, #3844)

Removed

• Legacy hooks module (#3892)
• Legacy REST API command registry (#3697, #3759)

Changed

• Replaced legacy hooks and handlers with gen_hook (#3758, #3760, #3762, #3763, #3769, #3782, #3784, #3789, #3792, #3798, #3802, #3807, #3808, #3811, #3815, #3817, #3818, #3821, #3825, #3826, #3828, #3829, #3831, #3832, #3833, #3834, #3835, #3836, #3837, #3838, #3839, #3840, #3841, #3842, #3846, #3847, #3848, #3849, #3853, #3854, #3865, #3866, #3867, #3871, #3874, #3876, #3879, #3884, #3886, #3887)
• Reworked and unified REST API (#3741, #3753, #3768, #3771, #3776, #3780, #3801)
• Performance improvements (#3682, #3687, #3726, #3738, #3761)
• Added missing metrics (#3678)
• Improved configurability (#3728, #3733)
• MAM module names made more intuitive (#3684)
• Improved DB request aggregation (#3755)
• Improved logging (#3885)
• Minor refactoring (#3732, #3764, #3809)

Fixed

• Cassandra authentication issue (#3872)
• Message sent to oneself was stored twice (#3859)
• DB aggregator could stop working after an error (#3757)
• Unexpected errors in logs (#3695, #3743)
• Minor issues with MAM result paging (#3734)
• Incorrect optimization flags passed to asynchronous workers (#3727)
• Invalid format of the JWT secret (#3716)
• Persistent rooms were not stored in the DB (#3707)
• Issues with the anonymous login (#3706)

Other

• Updated documentation (#3424, #3675, #3677, #3679, #3766, #3794, #3869, #3893, #3900, #3902, #3903)
• Updated tools and scripts (#3698, #3723, #3737, #3897)
• Updated dependencies and other third-party software (#3683, #3699, #3779, #3820, #3823, #3898)
• Improved CI process (#3680, #3686, #3676)

Commits, merged PRs and closed issues

• List of merged PRs

• List of closed issues

• Repository history for this release

• List of merged PRs based on merge date

Special thanks to our contributors:

• @theowenyoung Add XEP-0333 Docs (#3424)

MongooseIM 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 hostn...

MongooseIM 5.0.0

Highlights

• Support for dynamic domains
• Documentation improvements and reorganization
• Miscellaneous enhancements & improvements

All changes

Added

• Support dynamic domains in (#3095, #3158, #3220, #3226, #3239, #3225, #3212)

  • Config (#3053)
  • Service for database domain management (#3052)
  • REST and CLI API for domains (#3058)
  • Init (#3061)
  • Auth (#3063)
  • PM (#3075)
  • Hooks (#3089)
  • IQ handlers (#3118)
  • Tests (#3108, #3109, #3235)

• Call remove domain hook from mongoose_domain_api (#3237)

• Use host_types instead of host in modules and hooks (#3120, #3170, #3097)

• Support for dynamic domains in modules:

  • mod_ping (#3136)
  • ejabberd_users(module renamed to mongoose_users) (#3135, #3161)
  • mod_inbox (#3132, #3141, #3103, #3165, #3228)
  • MAM/MUC (#3123, #3143, #3155, #3157, #3107, #3231, #3305, #3092, #3147)
  • auth backends (#3106, #3295)
  • mod_http_upload (#3267)
  • mod_sic (#3258)
  • mod_auth_token and mod_keystore (#3262)
  • mod_csi (#3260)
  • mod_amp (#3261)
  • mod_time (#3255)
  • mod_version (#3256)
  • mod_bosh (#3253)
  • mod_adhoc (#3252)
  • mod_register (#3247)
  • mod_muc_commands (#3248)
  • mod_smart_markers (#3243)
  • mod_blocking (#3196)
  • mod_vcard (#3221, #3304)
  • mod_privacy (#3189)
  • mod_last (#3188, #3309)
  • mod_private (#3175)
  • mod_roster (#3159, #3291)
  • mod_caps (#3156)
  • mod_offline (#3164, #3263, #3299)
  • mod_stream_management (#3149)
  • mod_carboncopy (#3130, #3144)
  • mod_disco (#3128, #3146, #3151)

• Tests for dynamic domains:

  • Enable mim2 node to allow running more tests for dynamic domains (#3264)
  • Enable test suites for dynamic domains (#3268, #3269, #3271, #3272, #3275, #3285, #3276, #3277, #3278, #3279, #3280, #3281, #3283, #3284, #3287, #3142, #3302, #3241, #3246)
  • Test mongooseimctl with dynamic domains (#3273, #3274)
  • Test roster metrics with dynamic domains (#3286)
  • Fix anonymous login and test it for dynamic domains (#3254)
  • Test clustering and domain management with dynamic domains (#3266)

• Other:

  • Support OTP 24.X (#3186)
  • GDPR get data takes host type as a parameter (#3140)
  • Initial implementation of subdomains management subsystem (#3116)
  • Support XEP-0201 in client api for message (#3236)
  • Support PostgreSQL 14 (#3316, #3319)

Removed

• Remove all occurences of ?MYNAME except stream errors and the initial value in ejabberd_c2s (#3039)
• Remove local_send_to_resource hook (#3139)
• Unused files/modules (#3121, #3122, #3207, #3214, #3310)
• Unused dependencies (#3199, #3200, #3201)
• Unused code fragments (#3311, #3313, #3322)
• Support OTP 22 (#3289)

Changed

• Prepare queries in mongoose_cluster_id (#3098)
• Make vcard processing parallel (#3315)
• Make pool_name configurable for service_domain_db (#3205)
• Allow to add subelements to the mam iq-fin element (#3191, #3195)
• Use map for mod_mam:message_row() (#3093)
• Rework of the gen_mod module (#3104)
• Change Room EventData type to map (#3111)
• Format stacktrace args properly (#3124)
• Make dummy auth delays configurable (#3131)
• REST API better error reporting (#3137)
• Use auth for mongoose_domain_handler from REST (#3160)
• Reimplement mod_cache_users using persistent_terms (#3169)
• Hooks framework rework (#3174)
• Refactor async writer for mod_mam (#3216)
• More consistent accumulator use (#3314, #3240, #3249, #3314)
• Use more full jids and avoid to_lus conversions in mod_muc_light (#3250)
• Tests improvements (#3133, #3134, #3181, #3208, #3213, #3217, #3218, #3219, #3227, #3230, #3232, #3127, #3238, #3257, #3297, #3312)
• Minor changes (#3100, #3324, #3317)

Fixed

• Start only used metrics (#3096)
• Prevent infinite loop when domain isolation is on on both domains (#3110)
• Prepared query in mongoose_cluster_id causes errors on startup (#3112)
• Tag should be an atom in ldap types (#3178)
• Missing or not working xref (#3179)
• Occuring mongoose_metric_hooks error (#3184)
• FTBFS on implicit declaration of function erts_exit (#3222)

Other

• Docker images update (#3166)
• Dependencies update (#3117, #3125, #3193, #3194, #3197, #3198, #3203, #3206, #3211, #3215, #3292)
• CI improvements (#3173, #3176, #3183, #3190, #3307)
• Document dynamic domains (#3242, #3245)
• Restructure the documentation (#3259, #3288)
• Update migration guide with dynamic domains changes (#3234)
• Small documentation improvements (#3105, #3162, #3102, #3180, #3114, #3290, #3300, #3303, #3306, #3308, #3312)

Commits, merged PRs and closed issues

• List of merged PRs

• List of closed issues

• Repository history for this release

Special thanks to our contributors:

• @imcyee Add thread and thread parent to client api messages (#3236)

MongooseIM 4.2.0

Highlights

• Prepared queries introduced
• Inbox extensions
• Miscellaneous enhancements & improvements

All changes

Added

• Documentation for mod_offline.store_groupchat_messages option (#2992)
• Support of MS SQL and MySQL in mod_auth_token (#3059)
• Inbox extensions to set entries as archived, muted or read (#3067)
• mod_domain_isolation module to limit message passing between domains (#3070)

Removed

• Usage of deprecated http_uri in ejabberd_auth_http and mod_muc_room modules (#3026)
• Config reload functionality with the flat config format (#3030)
• Outdated and unsupported azuresql.sql file (#3086)

Changed

• Usage of maps instead of lists in session management (#3018)
• Improved timestamp logic (#3031)
• Prepared queries for MS SQL, MySQL and PostgreSQL (#3039, #3050, #3055, #3059, #3060, #3066, #3074, #3078)
• Improved pipeline for mod_smart_markers (#3068)
• Unified checks for chat markers (#3080)

Fixed

• Creation of modMucMamFlushed metric (#3023)
• Starting backend containers for Mac OS X (#3033)
• Minor issues with GitHub Actions (#3045)
• Crash during session handover (#3056)
• Type declaration in mod_muc_light.hrl (#3057)
• Test summary is no longer printed when CT directory is not created (#3069)
• Explicit preset_not_found error when running tests with nonexistent preset (#3072)
• Set mod_mam_meta.pm.archive_groupchats to false by default (#3082)

Other

• Dependencies update (#3036, #3077)
• Minor documentation improvements (#3043, #3046, #3079, #3087)

Commits, merged PRs and closed issues

• List of merged PRs

• List of closed issues

• Repository history for this release

Special thanks to our contributors:

• Inbox extensions are sponsored by Beekeeper
• @antivista For the documentation supplement (#2992)
• @imcyee For fixing handover crash (#3056)

MongooseIM 4.1.0

Highlights

• Major configuration rework: the TOML format is now the only one supported
• Documentation enhancements
• Performance improvements

All changes

Added

• Full support of TOML configuration format (#2929)
• Prepared queries for mod_vcard (#2939)
• Humio support (#2952)
• GitHub actions for MongooseIM CI workflow (#2990, #2993)
• Usage of fast_scram library (#3003)
• Documentation for MongooseIM cluster's rolling upgrade (#3012)
• PEP publish options (#3017)

Removed

• Support of old *.cfg configuration format (#2929)
• Support of HTTP File Upload 0.2.5 (#2989)
• Unused katt_helper (#2999)

Changed

• Moved documentation from readthedocs to gh-pages and its face lifting (#2946, #2960, #2963, #2966, #2969)
• Helper script in small tests uses python3 instead of python2 (#2957)
• Use tools/wait_for_service.sh instead of netcat to ensure the main minio container is started (#2979)
• Reduced stringprepping in roster hooks, privacy modules and mod_offline (#2997, #3005, #3009)

Fixed

• The response of locked MUC room to disco#info (#2956)
• ct_mongoose_log_hook initialization error (#2964)
• Catching log formatter errors to avoid death spiral of logging (#2968, #2978)
• The way big tests detect minio in CI (#2998)
• Connection issues with Cassandra (#3006)

Other

• Added rebar3 clean call to Makefile (#2932)
• Minor docs improvements (#2945, #2981, #3000, #3013, #3020)
• Parallel loading of nksip in tests (#2947)
• CI improvements (#2949, #2972)
• Usage of integer_to_binary/1 instead of list_to_integer(binary_to_list/1) (#3008)
• Removed archive_groupchats warning (#3016)

Commits, merged PRs and closed issues

• List of merged PRs

• List of closed issues

• Repository history for this release

MongooseIM 4.0.1

Highlights

• A new metric now reports the type of configuration file that is being used. The aim is to determine the adoption of the new config file format.
• Better error messages are reported from wrong TOML configuration files.

All changes

Added

• User-friendly errors for the TOML configuration file (#2903)
• Metric to report the type of config file used (#2918)

Removed

• Removed deprecated mod_http_notifications (#2912)

Changed

• TOML documentation improvements (#2896, #2898, #2899, #2901, #2905, #2942)
• Some TOML configuration options have been reformatted (#2909)
• More prepared queries to improve RDBMS performance (#2924, #2928)
• Fixed Ubuntu 18.04 and OTP 23.1 for building docker images (#2926)
• Moving from untyped binaries to proper jid structures (#2895, #2920, #2922)

Other

• Dependencies update (#2914)
• REST error handling cleanup (#2908)
• nksip is started only when used (#2937)
• RPM package improvements (#2906)
• CI improvements (#2910, #2934)

Commits, merged PRs and closed issues

• List of merged PRs

MongooseIM 4.0.0

Overview

MongooseIM 4.0 is all about putting a friendly face to MongooseIM’s amazing features.
This includes the addition of an Erlang-agnostic configuration allowing a broader pool of developers to benefit from MongooseIM.
Logging and Kubernetes improvements to be more DevOps-friendly and Manager-friendly with load testing enabling managers to see the benefits of MongooseIM easily.

All changes

Added

• A new configuration file format: MongooseIM can now be configured with an entirely revamped TOML configuration file (#2801)
  • Pesky bugs have been fixed
  • Implementation details have been abstracted away
  • Documentation has been improved
• Structured logging: the main idea of structured logging is that if we have properties of an event, let’s log them as they are, without losing their structure, and format it in a way that is most appropriate for the system we’re sending them to.
  • Moved to OTP logger from lager (#2810)
  • Moved away from lager, towards OTP logger (#2810)
  • No more logging of man-made strings, we now log structured reports (#2816)
  • logfmt formatter, a log format that's easy to read and write (#2848)
  • JSON formatter, a fully structured format (#2851)
• XEP-0215 External Service Discovery (#2870)
• A REST endpoint for admin users which accepts any stanza, provided it has from and to attributes (#2858)
• erl_crash.dump dumping directory can be explicitly set (#2793)

Changed

• Archiving messages takes input as a map instead of as many parameters (#2749)
• Base16 encoding uses a faster algorithm (#2839)

Other

• OTP-23 compatible (#2840)
• SCRAM password dumping into RDBMS escapes username correctly (#2842)

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Special thanks to our contributors:

• @balgillo For the small but many important fixes.

MongooseIM 3.7.1

Highlights

• Integration of the highly performant NIFs to compute the SCRAM challenge from esl/fast_scram

All changes

Changed

• Implementation of the SCRAM challenge algorithm to be NIF-based (#2787)
• Fix a bug during session resumption, where stanzas were not routed to the user (#2780)
• Fix AMP logic regarding storage of messages when delivery failed but archiving was successful (#2757)

Other

• Update Rebar and its plugins (#2760)
• Update dependencies (#2761) (#2764) (#2765)

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MongooseIM 3.7.0

Highlights

• Authentication methods improvements
  • Support for SCRAM-SHA-256, SCRAM-SHA-512, SCRAM-SHA-224, SCRAM-SHA-384 authentication methods
  • Support for channel binding for all the SCRAM based authentication methods
• Support for XEP-0424: Message Retraction
• Support for Proxy Protocol

There were some changes to the database schema so please take a look at the Migration guide when upgrading from a previous version.

All changes

Added

• Support for new SCRAM based authentication methods:
  • SCRAM-SHA-256 (#2685)
  • SCRAM-SHA-[224, 384, 512] (#2701, #2713)
  • SCRAM-SHA-*-PLUS (#2725)
• Support for XEP-0424: Message Retraction (#2739)
• Support for Proxy Protocol (#2674)
• RDBMS backend for MUC (#2635)
• Possibility to store MUC messages in offline storage (#2640)
• Support for MySQL's new authentication methods (#2644)
• System metrics
  • Type of outgoing pools (#2657)
  • Stanza count (#2672)
• Chat markers cache (#2676)
• mongooseimctl bootstrap command which can be run to execute user defined init scripts (#2692)
  • Support for templating the config files before MongooseIM starts (#2712)
• c2s_remote_hook_call to run a hook in the context of the c2s process (#2700)
• mongooseimctl http_upload command to help debug HTTP file upload configuration (#2708)

Changed

• All hooks have been wrapped in the mongooseim_hooks module with proper specs (#2642)
• Stream error reporting when the server receives unexpected stanza on a given stream state (#2667)
• Server sent ping scalability improvements (#2531)
• Docker base image to be based on Ubuntu 18.04 with OpenSSL 1.1 (#2693)
• HTTP file upload tests with min.io running in the container (#2696)
• Fixed issue related to passing x-amz-acl header to S3 (#2708)
• Default format for password storage (#2737)

Removed

• Support for MySQL versions older then 5.7.9

Other

• Fix to push notifications integration making sure all parameters are sent in a request to MongoosePush (#2645)
• Extract jid related functionality to an external library (#2654)

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Special thanks to our contributors:

• @Neustradamus For pushing us with the extension of SCRAM authentication methods and the small PR #2719
• @alishir #2705
• @jasl #2697
• @tomaszwojcikowski #2690

MongooseIM 3.6.2

Highlights

• Tooling and packages improvements

All changes

Changed

• Fix a bug in mongooseimctl run as a different user as the current one (#2631)
• .deb and .rpm build and test scripts improvements (#2629, #2633)

Commits, merged PRs and closed issues

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