v6.0.1

• Platforms, build and packaging:
  • avoid timeout on slow build platforms, when running pandoc, raise the timeout on arm and riscv
  • tell dpkg to remove or upgrade xpra-codecs before xpra-codecs-extra + fixup, + fixup
  • minimal installations missing dependency and unable to paint without OpenGL
  • version script needs to update pyproject.toml, do it
  • MS Windows client fails to start without explorer.exe running
• Major:
  • DoS with audio pipeline starting repeatedly
  • GStreamer video disabled to avoid crashes
  • OpenGL check failures on X11
  • OpenGL paint errors drawing the spinners, don't check for glBegin and glEnd
  • OpenGL check: re-use environment filtering
  • Wayland UTF8 clipboard byte strings, same for MS Windows
  • scale during render if needed
  • smarter auto refresh encoding selection
  • xpra configure features not reloading correctly
  • audio not enabled for some clients, source plugins not found
  • xi2 bindings failed to load
  • client startup failures caused by dbus
  • use the dynamic speed and quality assigned for video encoders
  • really avoid scaling text, but don't discard the option
  • proxy compression broken
• Cosmetic / correctness:
  • openh264 decoder size warnings
  • sync-xvfb requires cairo
  • help video decoders with colorspace metadata, but don't use full range h264 yet
  • don't initialize UI twice when connecting from launcher
  • add quic connections to launcher
  • warnings when dropping packets during shutdown
  • system tray icon filename should be a string
  • discord link had expired, again
  • clearer ssh error message
  • parsing of scaling values as percentages
  • also bump __version_info__ automatically and the RPM spec file
  • use a consistent shebang
  • file upload deprecation warnings
  • handle missing PIL more gracefully
  • wrong time unit shown in error message
  • add asbtract socket link to documentation
  • ensure OpenGL zerocopy flag is a boolean
  • explicit return statement
  • incorrect debug logging
  • warn users about deprecated syntax
  • pass strict type check, ie: bandwidth-limit is a number
  • codec self tests
  • Gtk version tool should not require pango or cairo

Full Changelog: v6.0...v6.0.1

v6.0

• Platforms, build and packaging:
  • build packages for multiple python targets
  • require and take advantage of Python 3.10+
  • cythonize everything and build test on git push
  • workaround for distributions incompatible with CUDA
  • add xpra-client-gnome package
  • use the system provided xxHash library
  • riscv64 builds
  • PEP 517: pyproject.toml
• Features:
  • OpenGL core profile
  • xpra configure tool
  • faster mmap
  • make it easier to disable almost everything, audio or video
  • remove legacy compatibility
  • try harder to locate the correct xauth file
  • honour MacOS backing scale factor with OpenGL
  • workspace support for MS Windows 10
  • readonly memoryviews
• Network:
  • abstract sockets
  • wait for local server sockets to become available
  • enable websocket upgrades without the html5 client
  • update ssh agent to active user
  • use libnm to access network information
  • ssl auto upgrade
  • honour /etc/ssh/ssh_config
  • xpra list-clients
• Cosmetic:
  • silence warnings: #4023, #2177, #3988, #4028
  • easier call tracing
  • PEP 8: code style
• Documentation:
  • ivshmem
  • subsystems
  • authentication handlers
  • record some SBOM data

v5.0.8

• Platforms, build and packaging:
  • MS Windows 'Light' builds
  • compatibility with multiple "Windows Kits" locations
  • typo in MacOS bundle file
  • force include all brotli dylibs in MacOS builds
  • missing 'bcrypt' module
  • spng encoder build switch not honoured
  • Cython 3.0.9
  • aioquic 1.0.0
  • include pynvml in MS Windows full builds
  • force include zeroconf in MS Windows builds
  • MS Windows builds not waiting for input to close
  • MS Windows tools fail to run due to incomplete environment and errors
  • build info cannot be parsed
  • debug builds on MS Windows
• Major:
  • missing X11 clipboard events
  • OpenGL cleanup from correct context
  • nvfbc module loading errors
  • ensure NV12 streams can be decoded properly
  • client chooses the fastest colorspace conversion option
  • use libyuv to convert video to rgb when rendering without OpenGL
  • xpra top hanging on start
  • network manager unexpected datatype
  • disable ssl auto upgrades
  • freedesktop portal / remotedesktop should not use X11
  • password authentication issues with MS Windows and MacOS client: dialog hangs, client terminates
  • mmap compatibility fix for older clients
  • mmap client token errors should not be fatal
  • proxy draw passthrough stripping of unused alpha channels
  • named pipe connections error
  • MS Windows system tray initial icon may be lost
  • xpra top client failures recording backtraces
  • never wait for input in a subprocess or in splash process
• Minor and cosmetic bugs:
  • shadow server about dialog
  • proxy instances signal handlers not firing
  • log the prompt with u2f handler
  • handle missing stderr more gracefully
  • handle missing timeout value more gracefully
  • socket setup error handler logging incorrect, now extra safe
  • socket authentication errors with malformed socket options
  • avoid encryption errors during authentication
  • support arguments with xpra encoding subcommand
  • more tolerant option parsing
  • avoid sending a warning notification for missing server log
  • avoid showing warnings for options from newer versions
  • missing information from net_util tool
  • only warn once per window when no video options are found, same for csc and when there are no options to choose from
  • update discord link
  • more detailed connection error messages
  • point to the pyxdg bug information when theme parsing fails
  • typo shown in display information
  • libvpx decoder use correct (unused) pixel format constant
  • ignore dimensions rounded up in openh264 decoder
  • some tests can take long on a slow CI run

v3.1.7

major fixes:

• windows misplaced on screen, moving unexpectedly
• windows wm-state synchronization issue
• window geometry not updated or preserved
• window model setup delays
• lossy, downscaled or subsampled text screen updates
• X11 properties clash
• http socket upgrades for slow requests
• size constraint calculation for max size
• workaround paramiko error with some agent keys
• run_scaled and attach=yes errors in virtual envs
• XImage pixel buffers are read-only
• python buffers wrongly allowing writes
• use TLS ssl protocol constant if available
• proxy draw passthrough stripping of unused alpha channels
• client exit with password dialog (MS Windows and MacOS)
• incorrect mmap availability check, better forward compatibility
• MS Windows system tray initial icon may be lost
• MS Windows tools not waiting for user input to close
• ensure no subprocess will wait for user input
• xpra top client failures recording backtraces
• xpra top hanging on start
• choose the best colorspace conversion module
• faster video YUV to RGB for non-OpenGL rendering
• x11 properties forwarding not handled

clipboard:

• honour client specified order of clipboard preferred targets
• try harder to handle unexpected clipboard data formats
• allow 'text/html' clipboard transfers

OpenGL:

• numpy race condition in OpenGL initialization
• OpenGL probe error messages

system tray:

• appindicator system tray not shown
• shadow servers system tray missing, errors showing 'about' information
• try harder to find an icon to use

build, packaging and platforms:

• MS Windows 'Light' builds
• better compatibility with "Windows Kits" locations
• remove generated file from VCS
• make it easier to build DEBs
• pycuda 2020.1 patch for compatibility between RHEL 8 and newer CUDA SDKs
• build CUDA kernels with clang
• missing lsb_release soft dependency in RPMs
• always build python rencode and python lz4 for RHEL 9
• newer libyuv snapshot
• explicit failure with Python 3.13 and newer
• clang compilation warnings
• install Cython via pip for DEB builds
• Cython compilation warnings
• Cython 0.29.37.1 / 3.0.9
• ffmpeg 6.1.1
• libvpx 1.14.0
• syntax errors in generated build info file
• nvfbc compilation warnings
• don't expand environment variables in config files
• force include xxhash and brotli libraries in MacOS builds
• close log files to avoid warnings on MS Windows
• bundle pynvml with the full MS Windows builds
• force zeroconf into the MS Windows bundle
• missing console title on MS Windows
• broken MS Windows EXE tools: missing function, use wrappers to setup environment

minor:

• builtin ssh server connection errors when display is specified
• ssh upgrade errors when unavailable
• blacklist some more greedy clipboard applications
• rfb cleanup errors
• better rencode compatibility for XSettings
• codec self test error handler bug
• make it easier to load and test a single codec
• proxy instances signal handlers not firing
• handle missing stderr more gracefully

cosmetic:

• don't try to set an invalid keymap
• prevent missing video options from spamming the logs
• ignore options from newer config files
• notification errors during shutdown
• don't query 'linux_distribution' on MacOS or MS Windows
• avoid potential mmap checks side-effects
• avoid mDNS errors, log message instead
• Python 3.12 SyntaxWarning
• don't try to print a display size we don't have
• gst-plugin-scanner packaging for MacOS
• deprecation warnings, unused imports
• consistency: accept more iterables
• make it possible to silence DPI warning notifications

v5.0.7

• Regressions:
  • typo causing CUDA codecs error
  • window content-type guessing broken with Python < 3.8
  • X11 clipboard backend broken with Python < 3.9
• Platforms and packaging:
  • installation path for manual pages on FreeBSD
  • comtypes clear cache script executable was moved
  • missing RPM soft dependency
  • MacOS builds missing libxxhash
• Major bugs:
  • missing feature flags
  • client wrongly claiming file download is not available
  • desktop geometry changes can't clamp windows to display area
• Minor and cosmetic bugs:
  • don't try to query the Linux distributions on MacOS or MS Windows
  • use namespaced capabilities check
  • potential undesirable side-effects
  • method signature consistency

v5.0.6

• Major:
  • windows misplaced on screen, moving unexpectedly
  • windows wm-state synchronization issue
  • blurry text due to downscaling, faulty commit, video size constraints, colorspace subsampling
  • window model setup delays
  • empty menu data
  • X11 properties clash
  • try harder to handle unexpected clipboard data formats
  • run_scaled and attach=yes errors in virtual envs
• Platforms and packaging:
  • missing ffmpeg RPM dependencies and stricter submodule dependencies
  • updated service file for DEB packages
  • remove duplicated systemd service and socket files in DEB packages
  • enable OpenGL with Intel drivers
  • add Ubuntu Noble
• Minor:
  • OpenGL error due to numpy import race condition
  • start-child-late cannot be used alone
  • builtin ssh server connection errors when display is specified
  • ssh upgrade errors when unavailable
  • blacklist some more greedy clipboard applications
  • pixel buffers we allocate are read-write
• Cosmetic:
  • OpenGL probe error messages
  • Cython3 warnings
  • avoid mDNS errors, log message instead
  • use the expected data type
  • remove unused device context
  • silence spurious messages sent by wine applications
  • gst-plugin-scanner packaging for MacOS
  • ffmpeg decoder error handler could fail during self tests
  • notification errors during shutdown

v5.0.5

• Major:
  • race condition in OpenGL initialization
  • http socket upgrades for slow requests
  • window state attributes wrongly set to False
  • window geometry not updated, not restored
  • handle pointer events missing the shadow window id more gracefully
  • socket setup failure cleanup
  • ensure text is always lossless
  • fixup DPI backport for Xvfb users
  • window max-height nor honoured
  • tools and examples hang on SIGINT
  • start-gui error when specifying a port
  • broken about dialog with shadow servers
  • missing shadow server system tray
  • workaround missing icon size config
  • workaround paramiko error with agent keys
  • incomplete desktop server startup with Xvfb backend
  • packet encoding error on client control command
• Platforms and packaging:
  • appindicator system tray not shown
  • (Free)BSD compatibility: don't build pam, do build drm
  • don't expand environment variables in config files
  • MS Windows console title was not set
  • close log files to avoid warnings on MS Windows
  • only build CUDA kernels if needed
  • allow building CUDA kernels with clang
  • RHEL8 pycuda 2022.1 patch for compatibility with CUDA 12.x
  • libproc module compatibility with GCC 14
  • use the correct enum type for nvfbc constants
  • pycuda 2024.1
  • Cython 3.0.8
  • aioquic 0.9.25
  • disable auto-dependencies for python modules
• Clipboard:
  • honour client specified order of clipboard preferred targets
  • allow text/html as text target
• Minor:
  • restore chosen window size
  • ensure each socket gets its own options object
  • correctly set XImage buffers read-only
  • cleanup errors with RFB connections
  • close file descriptors of pinentry subprocess
  • don't wrap our own exceptions twice
  • don't try to print a size we don't have
  • support multiple attributes with bind options
  • make iconify delay configurable
  • update trixie and sid libavif dependency
  • simplify regex syntax
  • pillow unit test failure with versions >= 10
  • documentation dead links
  • don't import X11 modules under Wayland
  • deprecation warnings: ssl constants, re.sub
  • skip test failing on CI

v5.0.4

• Major:
  • missing flush marker with some scroll screen updates
  • fixup tray backport regression
  • signal watcher backport regression
  • exit signal watcher on errors and hangups
  • avoid menu and input device errors when client is not set
  • ensure the content-type is initialized at least once
  • ensure all encoders are initialized before choosing an encoding
  • video modules lost after initial connection
  • OpenGL crash warnings on MacOS
  • client error if xpra-x11 is not installed
  • DPI fix for older distributions
• start-gui fixes:
  • display number ignored
  • exit-with-children can't be unchecked in start-gui
  • port number always specified but not validated
• Platform and packaging:
  • pycuda 2023.1, 2022.2.2 for RHEL8
  • Cython 3.0.5
  • also use Cython 3.x for Debian builds
  • library updates: aioquic 0.9.22, pylsqlpack 0.3.18 + python-wheel 0.41.3 (0.33.6 for Python 3.6)
  • C functions cannot raise Python exceptions + reorder
  • MacOS pyobjc warnings
  • workaround py2app failure
  • bogus date in changelog
  • improve session type detection
  • notification backend order and cleanup
  • DEB packages should not rely on transitive dependencies
  • ignore some transient CI failures
  • use latest Cython with CI
  • ship systemd service if building socket activation
• Minor:
  • shortcut out when signal watcher has already terminated
  • move-resize test tool broken
  • safer handshake calls
  • use absolute script paths when re-connecting
  • avoid errors with clients sending packets to disabled subsystems
  • close all sockets on errors, on permission errors and on exit
  • ssh error connecting to some hosts + fixup
  • type safety
  • don't include empty key event in debug list
  • parsing large numbers without units
• OpenGL client accleration:
  • honour opengl=force option
  • X11 OpenGL context manager is not consistent
  • remove confusing unused method in OpenGL client window
  • OpenGL debugging errors
  • opengl test window misnamed
  • try harder to exit more cleanly on error
• Cosmetic:
  • check all icon directories and themes
  • silence GStreamer warnings with auto source
  • outdated email address
  • don't warn if avif decoder is missing, same for encoder
  • add newline to clear stdout
  • extra % in tray menu, twice
  • show failing script
  • silence deprecation warning
  • weird Debian changelog format warning
  • man pages fixes

v3.1.6

• major fixes:
  • some scroll screen updates not flushed
  • crashes with newer versions of GI / GTK
  • pipe and process leak with signal watcher
  • RandR must re-use an existing mode if it exists
  • honour all start options with remote starts
• build, packaging and platforms:
  • library updates: ffmpeg 6.1, python2-dbus 1.2.18, python3-pycuda 2023.1 (2022.1 for python2), pbr 6.0, pyxdg 0.28, pynvml 12.535.133, libwebp 1.3.2, libvpx 1.13.1, pyopengl 3.1.7 (3.1.6 for RHEL7), cython 3.0.6 and 0.29.36, dummy driver 0.4.1
  • cx_Freeze packaging workarounds for python2 MS Windows builds
  • ensure freetype2, cairo and certifi are bundled in
  • python 3.12 compatibility
  • automatic RPM release numbers
  • support RPM downgrades from newer versions
  • drop support for Fedora versions older than 37
  • missing DEB pkgconf dependency
  • Cython 3.x and 0.29.x compatibility
  • remove support for Debian Stretch
  • rely on distro DEB packages for python-opengl, python-lz4, rencode, xserver-xorg-video-dummy
  • build with Cython 3.x for Python 3 on Debian
  • more reliable ARCH detection
  • don't enable dbus module on MacOS or MS Windows
  • don't use XDG_RUNTIME_DIR on MacOS
  • named-pipe warnings
• network:
  • ssh upgrades flag not disabled on import error
  • try harder to locate the start of websocket data
  • try to close sockets cleanly on exit and on errors
  • honour clipboard size limits
  • shortcut out if not binding to any local sockets
  • dpi values must be rounded to integers
  • rencodeplus capability validation
• trays and notifications:
  • avoid None value errors with MS Windows native notifier
  • prefer native system trays to Gtk's StatusIcon, except on X11
  • MacOS tray menu errors
  • missing system tray on MS Windows after explorer.exe restart
  • missing or disabled tray menus with AppIndicator backend
• compatibility:
  • honour opengl=force
  • webcam forwarding geometry
  • compatibility with a wider range of Python Pillow versions
  • better detection of Wayland vs X11 sessions
  • force X11 backend for PyOpenGL
  • only enable compression after the handshake
  • partial compatibility with v6 clients and servers: encryption, mmap, encodings, dpi
  • never expose None values, our custom types or numpy types in info packet data or notifications
  • X11 OpenGL context manager inconsistency
  • remove outdated ogg latency fix warning
  • workaround NVENC deprecated presets
  • log clipboard backend failures
  • distribution detection fallback code path was broken
• cosmetic:
  • cleaner client output
  • pyobjc warnings
  • bump large packet size to silence Java warnings
  • ffmpeg's register_all was called twice unnecessarily
  • use attribute alias if available (cleanup code path)
  • errors in GREMEDY OpenGL debugging
  • formatting errors in verbose / x11 debug mode
  • RFB error when rejecting protocol versions
  • explicitly return a failure value from the ldap authentication module
  • no-prefix coloured output with more text subcommands
  • use integer division for counters
  • window filter invalid parsing
  • more RandR mode debug details
  • unused code and variables removed
  • valid linter warnings
  • proxy-video-encoders is a valid command line option
  • changelog formatting and bogus dates

v5.0.3

• Major:
  • client signal watcher not starting
  • pipe and process leak with signal watcher
  • jpeg decoder invalid image attributes
  • video encodings setup error
  • nvjpeg encoder downscaling
  • prefer native system tray on MS Windows and MacOS
  • avoid None value errors with non-native MS Windows system tray
  • about dialog crashes on MS Windows
  • clipboard size limits
  • splash screen hangs
  • remove x265 encoder
  • start gui error in encoding dialog
  • dialogs causing crashes on some platforms
• Compatibility fixes:
  • build against deprecated NVENC presets
  • webcam geometry
  • handle microphone option with both state and device
  • MacOS regression
  • all clients support menu updates
  • relative pointers
  • don't expose numpy datatypes
  • still show tray menu without qrcode module
  • missing utility wrappers on MS Windows
• Minor:
  • fps counter rounded to an int and dpi values should use integers
  • debug logging of Cython modules
  • missing OpenGL toolbox on X11
  • invalid type for max-display-no, watcher pid
  • catch invalid display names earlier
  • re-attach error on MS Windows
  • ensure all required modules are included on MS Windows
  • cosmetic: typo and bad formatting, missing subcommand, deprecation warning, debug logging
  • skip unnecessary processing if bind=none
  • avoid uinput warning
  • incorrect start command request parameters