v3.1.9

• build and packaging:
  - libyuv 0.1878.20231004
  - packaging updates for CentOS7: libyuv, skip pycuda
  - python-netifaces missing gcc build dependency
  - remove outdated numpy packaging workaround on MS Windows
  - ffmpeg v7 compatibility for decoder and swscale, skip encoder
  - remove ffmpeg encoder from MS Windows and MacOS builds
  - never bundle any Qt components
  - match comtypes module changes
  - support build arguments specified using an environment variable
  - support new repository build script target file
  - cffi packaging workaround for MacOS
  - produce an SBOM file on MS Windows
  - use arch specific pkg-config for cuda, if found
  - pynvml 12.560.30
  - pyuinput 1.0.1
  - require clang to build the CUDA kernels, instead of GCC >= 14
  - missing SVG loader on MS Windows
  - pixbuf loaders cache not populated
  - initial arm64 build support for MS Windows
• encodings:
  - avoid slow modules (ie: csc_cython)
  - stick to the same video scaling setting longer, avoid big swings
  - handle decoding of padded frames
  - quality and speed can be used with all generic encodings
  - clamp vrefresh to a useful range
  - quality and speed disabled when encoding set to 'auto'
  - support newer versions of python-pillow
  - 10 bit per channel issues
• major:
  - protect against potential buffer overflows
  - MS Windows printing crash
  - system tray cleanup crash
  - automatic port assignment error
  - raise AES key derivation limits
  - missing start menu
  - try harder to find the matching key, using the keyval, key name - lowercase if needed, use default modifiers if that's all we have
  - only preserve keycodes for native X11 clients
  - context errors with sync-xvfb switch
  - print all pages on MS Windows
  - errors when the connection is closed whilst we process it
  - OpenGL scroll paints, scaling arctifacts
  - clipboard INCR transfers stop
  - show border on XShape windows
  - audio failures with 'auto' sink
  - metadata ignored
  - system tray errors on displays without compositing
  - ignore framerate when parsing vfb resolutions
  - expose all clipboard targets
  - authentication aborted due to encryption not detected
  - error redirection failures should not propagate
  - xpra top failures on some platforms (ie: MS Windows)
  - xpra top corrupted output
  - vsock connection errors
• minor and cosmetic fixes:
  - MS Windows setup script syntax errors
  - proxy servers should respond to id requests
  - encoding speed and quality menus not sticking
  - map missing modifiers using defaults
  - don't assume that zlib is available
  - handle invalid dbus-launch command options
  - try to prevent all ATK warnings
  - prevent ssl header from messing up the log
  - try to handle missing python pillow slightly more gracefully
  - log opengl probe command
  - confusing X11 display message
  - avoid X11 client message format warnings
  - use correct type for numlock modifier
  - handle missing python-pillow more gracefully

Full Changelog: v3.1.8...v3.1.9

v6.2.2

• Platforms, build and packaging:
  • MSYS2 aarch64 build fix and prefix detection
  • RPM support for per arch pkgconfig
  • missing SVG loader on MS Windows
  • loaders cache not populated on MS Windows
  • install-repo file permission on Debian
  • record which repository is targeted
  • libproxy support for MS Windows clients
  • PyOpenGL 3.1.8 + force upgrade
  • missing MacOS AES library
  • support providing build arguments using environment
  • syntax errors in the MS Windows build setup script
  • openh264 2.5.0
  • python-pillow 11.0.0
  • require clang++ for building CUDA kernels on some Debian distributions + fixup
  • install-dev to honour Xdummy flag
• SBOM:
  • SBOM support on MS Windows, use it, fix it
  • record for CUDA
  • record 'Light' builds
  • export to JSON
  • record pip packages + minor fixup
• Encodings:
  • honour openh264 maximum dimensions
  • rgb errors at unusual bit depths
  • 10 bits per channel issues: use pillow, detect alpha channel correctly and encode it properly
• System Tray Menu:
  • options disabled once 'auto' is selected
  • speed tuning disabled
• Major:
  • authentication options not honoured with some bind options
  • disable workspace support on MS Windows to prevent crashes
  • start-gui fails if no application is selected
  • prevent padded image overflows
  • xpra top corrupted output, initialization failure
  • vsock connection errors
  • printing errors on MS Windows
  • use symlinks to prevent ssh agent forwarding setup errors
• Minor:
  • clamp 'vrefresh' to a useful range
  • quic connections are safe for authentication
• Cosmetic:
  • add missing autentication modules to documentation
  • add pyopenssl to dependencies documentation
  • unnecessary import
  • broken OpenGL drivers documentation link
  • handle missing pillow more gracefully
  • show full icondata error
  • proxy error messages formatting

v5.0.11

• Platforms, build and packaging:
  • don't build ffmpeg encoder on MacOS
  • RPM builds without nvidia codecs failed
  • RPM simplify Fedora feature checks
  • unnecessary module import on MacOS
  • match comtypes module changes
  • run CI on Ubuntu 22.04 image
  • generate SBOM for MS Windows builds
  • missing SVG loader on MS Windows
  • loaders cache not populated
  • record which repository is targeted
  • support providing build arguments using environment
  • syntax errors in the MS Windows build setup script
  • aioquic 1.2.0 build fix
  • use arch specific pkg-config for cuda, if found
  • patch pycuda for Python 3.13
  • pynvml 12.560.30
  • pyuinput 1.0.1
  • don't try to build ffmpeg encoder with ffmpeg >= 7
  • install clang++ on Debian distros that need it but not on riscv64
  • newer libyuv needed newer patches
• Major:
  • prevent buffer overflows in libyuv converter
  • handle padded video streams (ie: from NVENC)
  • run_scaled syntax error
  • xpra top corrupted output, initialization failure
  • focus lost
  • keycode mapping for Wayland clients
  • printing errors on MS Windows
• Network:
  • verify ssl certificates can be accessed - not just the parent directory
  • automatic re-connection path errors with MS Windows clients
  • ssl redirection errors
  • raise maximum number of AES key stretching iterations, and default
  • automatic port assignment error
  • vsock connection errors
• Minor:
  • quality and speed options can be used with generic encodings
  • support pointer polling
  • version update dialog cannot be closed
  • prevent missing menu data from causing connection errors
  • redirection context errors should not propagate
  • the openh264 home page states that 4k is the encoder limit
• Cosmetic:
  • silence http timeouts
  • typo in manpage
  • remove unused logger
  • handle missing python-pillow more gracefully

v6.2.1

• System tray:
  • paint errors with mmap mode
  • distorted paints
• Major:
  • OpenGL errors with MS Windows clients missing stderr
  • keycode mapping for Wayland clients
  • some windows not shown when there is a tray window being forwarded
  • connection failures on some server platforms
• Minor:
  • quality and speed options can be used with generic encodings
  • check pam_start return value in pam authentication module
  • install-repo support for Debian and Ubuntu derivatives
• Cosmetic:
  • show which client backend values are acceptable
  • log OpenGL probe errors
  • date in changelog
  • add Ubuntu oracular support to install-repo subcommand
  • border color parsing deprecation warning

v6.2

• Platforms, build and packaging:
  • pycuda for Fedora 41
  • move opengl module to top level
  • re-enable cython csc module
• Fixes:
  • AES padding
• Features:
  • PoC PyQt6 client
  • minimal command line switch
  • option to completely disable all of GStreamer
  • strongly enforce disabled subsystems
  • watch for start menu file changes reliably, on all platforms
  • improve transient and permanent hardware codec failures differently
  • continue to remove GTK
  • guess initial server display resolution
• Network:
  • multi-processing proxy server with SSL
  • more control commands for proxy instances
  • inline more data in network packets
  • SSL setup made easy

v6.1.3

• Platforms, build and packaging:
  • don't bundle any Qt components
  • automatic re-connect paths errors on MS Windows
  • remove bookworm riscv64 repository link
  • import macos gui module only when needed
  • client can run without xpra-x11 package installed
• Major:
  • focus lost
  • ssl failures with default certificates
  • verify ssl certificates can be accessed - not just the parent directory
  • X11 display state detection
  • failure to add new virtual monitors
  • expose all clipboard targets
  • authentication aborted due to encryption not detected
  • server not honouring keyboard-sync
  • launcher failures with Gtk already loaded error
• Proxy server:
  • packet failures
  • fails to start in process mode
  • can authenticate as any user
  • should respond to id requests
• Encodings:
  • nvidia module version parsing from /proc
  • nvenc qp values out of range
  • nvenc causing decoding failures, missing sps / pps, openh264 workaround
  • unused nvdec test function was broken
  • nvidia utility command line parsing
• Minor:
  • reconnection to automatically assigned displays
  • system tray menu encoding options don't stick
  • request mode failures
  • honour the initial resolution, even if resizing is disabled
  • don't log id requests
  • quic close errors with aioquic 1.2
  • validate http hostname without port for ssl redirection
  • support polling pointer position
• Cosmetic:
  • support the same resolution aliases as newer versions
  • handle early errors more gracefully
  • warn about setuptools breakging things
  • log randr error code
  • use correct type for numlock modifier
  • strict dictionary keys checking
  • strict type hint for audio data
  • virtual encodings misleading error message
  • audio data can be inlined
  • http timeout errors
  • add minimal to manual page

v5.0.10

• Platforms, build and packaging:
  • syntax compatibility fix, and another one
  • openssl.cnf location in MS Windows builds
  • force rebuild of dummy driver RPMs
  • Fedora can build html documentation again
  • always build the latest dummy DEB
  • MS Windows multi-page printing
  • run CI builds with Python 3.6 and 3.12, this requires Ubuntu 20.04
  • remove outdated numpy workaround
  • libyuv 0.1878
  • nasm 2.16.03
  • cython 3.0.11
  • aioquic 1.2.0
  • pynvml 12.555.43
  • pycuda 2024.1.2
  • pycuda RPMs to link against the system boost library, but not on RHEL 8
  • build fix for ffmpeg v7 decoder and csc module
  • build CUDA kernels with clang++ instead of gcc >= 14
  • don't ship any Qt components in this branch
  • skip xauth setup on MS Windows servers
• Major:
  • system tray docking causing server crashes + fixup
  • MS Windows PDF printing crash, library mismatch
  • honour ssh option when re-connecting
  • missing http headers caused html5 client caching
  • mDNS browser handling for binary text records from zeroconf
  • sync-xvfb: always free images with an error context
  • better compatibility with all builds of python cryptography
  • uninitialized pixels when resizing windows
  • window border offset with non-opengl renderer
  • client errors out with window forwarding disabled, remove more assumptions
  • xshape client errors with desktop scaling
  • xshape windows should still honour the window border
  • expose all clipboard targets
  • clipboard INCR transfers get stuck
  • scroll paint corruption
  • connection drops when downscaling
  • authentication aborted due to encryption not detected
  • always set a default initial resolution
  • honour the initial resolution, even if resizing is disabled
  • failure to add new virtual monitors
  • http directory listing + handler errors
  • avoid Directory listing forbidden error
• Encodings:
  • mmap race condition
  • validate openh264 colorspace
  • test used potentially invalid colorspace
  • avoid slow modules and slow encoders
  • reduce how often quality swings cause scaling changes
  • stick to the same video scaling value longer
  • sub-optimal non-scroll areas
  • prettier sampling filter when downscaling
  • nvenc causing decoding errors
  • workaround nvenc padded frames: openh264 decoder and ffmpeg decoder
• Keyboard:
  • keyboard-sync switch not honoured and not sent
  • ignore MS Windows keyboard layouts without a valid X11 layout name
  • try harder to identify the key event string
  • don't show duplicate keyboard layout names
  • try harder to find a matching key by name try lowercase if needed, use default modifiers if that's all we've got
• Minor:
  • remove enum prefix with older Python versions
  • ssl path checks
  • RFB connections cannot be upgraded to http or ws
  • make it possible to skip NM api
  • expose QUIC sockets via mDNS
  • only enable gtk error context with x11 Gdk backend
  • handle empty ibus daemon command
  • handle invalid dbus-launch command
  • system tray setup failures with non-composited screens, ie: 8-bit displays
  • map missing modifiers using defaults
    ...

v6.1.2

• Platforms, build and packaging:
  • pyopengl build fix for Fedora 41 + force rebuild
  • build pycuda against the system boost library if possible
  • avoid dnf v5
• Major:
  • system tray docking causing server crashes + fixup
  • system tray not updated
  • client errors out with window forwarding disabled, remove more assumptions
  • OpenGL probe results were being ignored
  • shape client errors with desktop scaling
  • xshape windows should still honour the window border
  • pointer positions with desktop scaling: initial position and some window events
  • pointer overlay position when scaling
  • clipboard INCR transfers get stuck
  • keyboard-sync switch not honoured and not sent
  • connection drops when downscaling
  • server-side window state not updated
  • detection of display state for all types of servers
• Minor:
  • dev-env subcommand fails on Debian
  • always set a default initial resolution
  • system tray setup failures with non-composited screens, ie: 8-bit displays
  • system tray paint failures with mmap
  • map missing modifiers using defaults
  • don't setup ssh agent dispatch when ssh is disabled
• Encodings:
  • sub-optimal non-scroll areas
  • prettier sampling filter when downscaling
  • NVidia driver version check never fails
• OpenGL:
  • window scaling corruption
  • desktop scaling miscalculations and corruption
  • scroll encoding corruption
• Cosmetic:
  • faster CI
  • confusing display message
  • don't populate av-sync menu if the feature is disabled
  • correct type hint
  • skip scary warning without compression
  • log full backtraces with X11 context errors

v6.1.1

• Platforms, build and packaging:
  • RHEL 8.10 pygobject3 packaging update
  • always build the latest X11 dummy driver version
  • only build xpra from the 6.1.x branch
  • pycuda 2024.1.2
  • MS Windows multi-page printing
  • MS Windows console detection
  • remove outdated numpy workaround
• Encodings:
  • fix scroll encoding
  • rgb colors are always full range
  • Pillow encoder quality is lower, normalize it
• OpenGL:
  • greenish tint with subsampled webp screen updates
  • uninitialized pixels when resizing windows
  • visual corruption with pointer overlay
• Major:
  • missing context manager when X11 session started from a Wayland desktop
  • keyboard support should not require dbus
  • validate application's opaque-region property
  • window border offset with non-opengl renderer
  • client fails without window forwarding
• Minor:
  • try to handle homeless user accounts more gracefully
  • try harder to find a matching key by name, use default modifiers if that's all we've got
  • only send menus to clients that request them
  • handle empty ibus daemon command
  • handle invalid dbus-launch command
  • broken download links
• Network:
  • expose quic / webtransport sockets via mdns
  • gss authentication module parsing error
  • better compatibility with all builds of python cryptography
  • read ssh subcommand's stderr
• Cosmetic / preventive:
  • missing debug paint color for 'avif'
  • AT-SPI warnings
  • slow CI test times out, ignore failures
  • CI only test oldest and newest python versions
  • don't run sonarqube on this branch
  • tag correct branch in build github workflow
  • only import modules actually needed: notifications, windows, logger, mmap
  • desktop-scaling=no parsing warnings
  • window headerbar widget sizes
  • incorrect exception debug message
  • unused invalid headers
  • outdated comment
  • debug logging shows function
  • fake client module correctness
  • debug logging of stack frames
  • try to prevent ATK warnings
  • log opengl probe command

v6.1.0

• Platforms, build and packaging:
  • RHEL 10 builds
  • make it easier to setup a development environment and to install the repositories
• Encodings:
  • faster scaling of subsampled images without OpenGL
  • zero-copy drawing without OpenGL
  • scale YUV before converting to RGB
  • full range video compression
  • GPU checks from a containerized environment
  • colorspace fixes
• Network:
  • WebTransport server
  • QUIC fast-open
• Features:
  • handle display scaling correctly on more platforms
  • use native file chooser on some platforms
  • support custom window grouping
  • optional username verification for authentication modules
  • resize virtual display to a specific resolution only
  • filter environment exposed to xvfb subcommand
• Cosmetic:
  • many type hints added
  • linter warnings fixed