v5.0.2

• Major fixes:
  • missing x264 encoder in DEB packages
  • unusable vsock module
  • start-after-connect was broken
  • Overflow error in MS Windows hooks + fixup
  • notification packet errors due to missing icon
• Minor:
  • workaround for ancient versions of Pillow
  • log warnings with custom cursors and OpenGL backend
  • don't send cursors without a matching encoding
  • better packet namespace compatibility + simplify and fixup
  • only warn once about unknown NVENC presets
  • skip unused codec information
  • preserve 'proxy-video-encoders' in remote command lines
  • don't setup ssh agent forwarding directory when proxying
  • handle 'help' for video options
• Compatibility fixes:
  • bandwidth flag
  • encryption namespace
  • encoding namespace
  • script syntax
• Proxy:
  • errors in threaded mode on second connection
  • compressed picture data forwarding problems
• System Tray:
  • empty system tray menu on some platforms
  • missing system tray on some X11 platforms
  • window setup failures due to system tray confusion
  • unresponsive system tray after explorer.exe restart
• Audio:
  • pactl output parsing bug
  • pactl improve detection of monitor devices
  • microphone support for Chromium
  • cleaner pulseaudio command options

v5.0.1

• Major fixes:
  • missing dbus instance
  • ssh re-connection errors following ssh start command
  • U2F authentication failures
  • gstreamer x264 capture errors
  • proxy forwarding of 'draw' packets with stripped alpha
• Build and packaging:
  • Fedora 39: debug package errors and build workarounds
  • pycuda RPMs for Python 3.12
  • Cython 3.0.2 RPMs
  • Ubuntu Focal workarounds
  • Debian soft dependency for nvidia codecs and pycuda
  • Debian x11 dependencies belong in the xpra-x11 package
  • automatic revision no when building from source
• Minor fixes:
  • handle invalid compressors more gracefully
  • typo in undocumented environment variable
  • gtk version info missing for verbosity level

v5.0

• Major improvements:
  • QUIC transport
  • split packaging
  • freedesktop screencast / remotedesktop for X11 and Wayland
  • ease of use: easier basic commands, open html5 client, disable all audio features
• Platforms, build and packaging:
  • Python 3.12 installations
  • replace Python2 builds
  • LTS feature deprecation
  • stricter type checks
  • more MacOS workarounds
• Server:
  • try harder to find a valid menu prefix
  • exit with windows
  • side buttons with MS Windows shadow servers
  • mirror client monitor layout
  • side buttons with MS Windows shadow servers
• Client:
  • allow keyboard shortcuts in readonly mode
  • show decoder statistics
  • keyboard layout switching shortcut
  • layout switching detection for MS Windows
  • mirror mouse cursor when sharing
• Minor:
  • generic exec authentication module
  • audio removesilence
  • make pulseaudio real-time and high-priority scheduling modes configurable
  • use urrlib for parsing
  • GTK removal progress
  • documentation updates and fixes: broken links, typos
• Network:
  • smaller handshake packet
  • SSL auto-upgrade
  • better IPv6
  • new packet format
  • ssh agent forwarding automatic switching when sharing
  • use libnm to query network devices
  • exclude more user data by default
• Encodings:
  • use intra refresh
  • stream encoding for desktop mode
  • GStreamer codecs

v4.4.6

• major fixes:
  • OpenGL sanity check regression introduced in 4.4.5
  • handle paramiko CanonicalizeHostname ssh config parsing errors more gracefully
  • Xpra-Launcher.exe crashes on MS Windows when closed with shortcut keys
  • python-cryptography / OpenSSL workaround missing from some entrypoints
  • focus not synchronized properly
  • sessions gui crashing when exiting using a key shortcut on MS Windows
  • run without a valid stderr
  • AES setup errors with newer versions of python-cryptography
  • packet encoding errors preventing clients from connecting
  • try harder to format the log record
• system tray:
  • unhandled exceptions loading the new AppIndicator bindingsand older ones
  • use AppIndicator for system tray forwarding
  • don't use Gtk.StatusIcon on Wayland
• build and packaging:
  • compatibility with the latest cx_Freeze release
  • strip Cython html files
  • Cython 3.0.0b3
  • runtime errors with CUDA-free builds on MS Windows
  • missing explicit RPM build dependencies
  • MacOS bundle numpy for PyOpenGL
• minor fixes:
  • maximize-window menu entry state not synced
  • not yet used command parsing functionality not working as intended

v3.1.5

• build, packaging and platforms:
  • MacOS arm64 builds
  • MacOS builds fail early outside jhbuild shell, clean .cpp files
  • MacOS bundle numpy for PyOpenGL
  • fix building libyuv on RHEL 7
  • avoid spec file patch warnings with newer rpm build tools, CentOS7
  • compilation warnings with Python2
  • Python3 str vs bytes error in client
  • silence Python cryptography 'openssl legacy' error
  • ignore more files generated by build tools
  • package mistyped in exclusion list
  • DEB Python3 builds missing correct shebang
  • DEB build occasional permission errors
  • remove invalid DEB dependency on python-minimal
  • workaround exotic x264 library version strings
  • compatibility with the latest cx_Freeze
  • runtime errors with CUDA-free builds on MS Windows
  • more setuptools workarounds
  • strip Cython html files
  • Cython 0.29.35
  • Python2 PyOpenGL 3.1.6, Python3 PyOpenGL 3.1.7
  • xorg-x11-drv-dummy 0.4.1
• major fixes:
  • GLib memory allocator crash
  • fix missing system tray with 'AyatanaAppIndicator3' vs 'AppIndicator3'
  • don't use Gtk.StatusIcon on Wayland, it doesn't work
  • clients without keymaps
  • clients without desktops attributes
  • only allow logging tweaks via env vars for non-root users
  • always format the log record
  • match client desktop geometry and skip DPI warnings
  • potential unflushed X11 errors could crash GTK
  • stricter validation of xdg menu data
  • handle mode xdg library loading errors
  • unwanted lost-focus events
  • only use synthetic unfocus events when needed
  • focus not synchronized properly
  • sessions gui crashing when exiting using a key shortcut on MS Windows
  • handle invalid 'use-display' option more gracefully
  • Python2 builds cannot use 'rencodeplus'
  • MacOS OpenGL race condition causing blank windows
• network:
  • html5 client v5 compatibility regression with python2 builds
  • protocol was not flushing on close
  • IPv6 parsing
  • handle paramiko ssh config parsing errors more gracefully: CanonicalizeHostname
  • 404 handler was missing!
• encodings:
  • handle mixed case encoding names correctly (ie: png/P)
  • honour 8-bit encodings
  • handle RGBA icon data
  • disable delta encoding - which caused some visual corruption
• cosmetic:
  • spurious DPI warnings
  • handle malformed display names better
  • make it possible to disable sha1
  • avoid errors if md5 has already been removed
  • parsing of X11 window names in clipboard information helper function
  • avoid 404 errors in server log when newer html5 client versions are used
  • don't flood the screen with mmap debugging
  • initialize server fully so errors don't cause more cleanup errors
  • window event handler logging error
  • server can run without stderr
  • not yet used command parsing functionality not working as intended
  • MacOS GUI diagnostic tool standalone runtime failure
  • linter warnings and typos

v4.4.5

• major fixes:
  • use after free crash in GTK
  • ensure X11 errors don't propagate to GTK
  • windows losing focus
  • fix legacy URL format parsing
  • brolti errors on some platforms
  • keyboard shortcuts with Wayland clients and NumLock
  • client sockets overwriting server sockets
  • network queue flushing
  • correct check for disabled monitors
  • stop as soon as we find a valid mDNS backend
  • only allow logging tweaks via env vars for non-root users
• packaging:
  • dummy driver RPM version 0.4.1
  • modules not excluded due to typo
  • avoid permissions issues with mv
  • remove legacy MacOS bundler workaround
  • support MacOS arm64 builds
  • fail early with a more useful message on MacOS
  • setuptools packaging workarounds on MacOS
  • don't ship .cpp source files in MacOS app
  • compilation errors with gcc version 7 and older
  • RHEL 8.x needs pycuda 2022.1 or older
  • RHEL 9.x can install pandoc from EPEL
  • silence python cryptography OpenSSL warning on MacOS
  • workaround even more exotic library version strings
  • try harder to find a working appindicator DEB package
  • better compatibility with newer versions of Cython
  • we never want a python2 shebang
  • evdi file missing from MANIFEST
  • missing explicit dependency on pkgconfig in RPM spec file
  • skip xsettings dpi when the x11 bindings are missing
  • ignore setuptools generated cruft
  • silence rencode RPM patch warnings
  • missing GStreamer elements for playing bell on MS Windows
• encodings:
  • always use lossless encoding for text
  • continue to monitor window metadata updates
  • honour png palette encodings
  • option parsing
  • help command error
  • handle RGBA window icon data
  • ffmpeg encoder error values
  • validate NvFBC Sys capture before enabling it on MS Windows
• minor:
  • X11 Atom name memory leak
  • handle malformed display names more gracefully
  • if we don't have keycodes to map, don't try to translate them
  • skip negative keyboard codes as per MS Windows specifications
  • fix side buttons on MS Windows
  • X11 clipboard debug logging parsing of window names
  • remove unused, potentially problematic statement
  • make it possible to disable SHA1
  • avoid errors if MD5 has already been removed
  • don't try to show an exception that does not exist
  • window debug logging error
  • correctly parse OpenGL diagnostics
  • window forwarding require encoding module
  • mmap debug flood
  • continue with session info despite cursor errors
  • handle client server uuid errors more gracefully
  • silence shared socket permission warning
  • handle missing server attributes without erroring out
  • correct default method signature
  • missing latency data on websocket connections
  • service update errors with newer versions of python zeroconf
  • parse IPv6 when looking up network devices
  • run servers with missing stderr
  • correct server initialization order for cleaner shutdowns on errors
  • skip systemd-run tests on unsupported platforms
  • missing test dependency on OracleLinux 8.x
  • MacOS test tool errors
  • skip useless 'unknown' message, typo
  • more useful codec loader validation message

v4.4.4

• major fixes:
  • focus change failures, errors with OR windows
  • dpi validation failures
  • honour dpi when setting initial resolution
  • match the requested desktop size exactly
  • XI2 errors
  • try harder to find a valid menu prefix
  • OpenGL failures due to misplaced icons
• network:
  • generic version requests
  • remote start error on encodings option
  • remote start error when display is not specified
  • silence OpenSSL3 + pycryptography legacy warning
  • distinguish network vs session connected state
  • parsing of ssh key files environment variable
• misc, compatibility:
  • avoid errors when there is no keyboard config
  • fallback keycode mapping errors
  • play new client sample on MS Windows shadow servers
  • missing refresh timer with some shadow servers
  • content-type environment variable parsing
  • HTTP proxy type
  • unused field prevented serialization
  • support environment configuration for ldap authentication module
• platforms, packaging and build:
  • support the latest version of gtk-mac-bundler
  • Cython 3.0.0b1 compatibility and warnings for evdi build, C++11, etc
  • pyobjc crash workarounds: NSWorkspace, event listener
  • clang compatibility
  • workaround for OpenGL support with GTK3 on MacOS
  • library updates for binary builds (MacOS and MS Windows): OpenSSL 3, ffmpeg
  • clipboard errors on MacOS past a certain size
  • build errors with latest Python
  • build warnings with C++ modules on MS Windows
  • pycuda errors locating the CUDA path
  • use symlinks for CUDA path on MS Windows
  • builds without CUDA
  • lintian path updates
  • libproc build errors on Debian
  • remove reference to outdated path
  • version update script lost track of cups backend
  • test used incorrect command line arguments
• encodings:
  • restore ability to switch encoding at runtime
  • load all codecs before showing the list
  • enable faster codecs in some corner cases
  • only enable an encoding if we have an encoder for it
  • add encoding help entry for jpega
  • differentiate nvjpeg from plain jpeg encoder
• cosmetic:
  • log buggy dpi values
  • clarify tray vs system-tray
  • log the packet header failure message
  • logging formatting error
  • ignore empty content-type lines

v3.1.4

• major fixes:
  • correctly wait for worker threads to terminate
  • workaround new broken python3-uinput packages on Fedora
  • more robust version parsing
  • missing X11 error context in XI2 input bindings
  • clipboard errors on Microsoft Windows (regression in 3.1.3)
  • timestamp clamping code could swallow X11 client messages
  • add capability authentication module
  • match display size exactly with RandR 1.6
• keyboard:
  • xkb rules name parsing error with Python 3
  • avoid errors when there is no keyboard config
  • fallback keycode mapping errors
• build, packaging and platforms:
  • support the latest version of gtk-mac-bundler
  • pyobjc libffi crash workarounds
  • Cython 3.0.0b1 compatibility
  • ffmpeg v6 compatibility
  • support for RHEL 9.x and clones
  • missing systray dependency on Debian and Ubuntu
  • build only python3-xpra DEBs for newer distributions
  • DEBs switched to pybuild
  • build errors with latest Python
  • MS Windows unregister class reliably
  • MS Windows errors building the C++ modules
  • use symlinks for CUDA path on MS Windows
  • use standardized paths for new repo build scripts
  • missing checksums and dependencies for some RPM spec files
  • Python2 compatibility fixes
  • make it possible to override build options on MacOS
• network:
  • add rencodeplus
  • better compatibility with newer versions: emulate the command Posix command
  • handle version generic requests
  • websocket fixes: python2 compatibility, error handler
  • proxy should not try to recompress strings
  • IPv6 parsing errors
  • support newer versions of python-cryptography
  • silence OpenSSL3 + pycryptography legacy warning
  • workaround for missing paramiko dependency on python3-invoke (ie: Fedora)
  • safer paramiko lookup functions
  • ldap 'username_format' option can be set using an environment variable
• cosmetic:
  • more helpful connection failure messages
  • handle config file parsing errors more gracefully
  • free wrapper explicitly to avoid warnings in webp decoder
  • errors in xsettings watcher
  • avoid errors deleting the temporary print file
  • MacOS doesn't have an XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
  • catch missing python-dbus earlier
  • avoid errors when python-xdg is not installed
  • don't assume the peer is 32-bit when unspecified
• encodings:
  • only enable an encoding if we have an encoder for it
  • avoid video for small sizes
  • honour XPRA_ALPHA environment variable in client
  • validate x264 encoder dimensions to prevent potential crashes
  • fix transparency saturation: use premultiplied alpha with pillow and webp
  • numpy import race condition
  • expose IDR frame type in NVENC

v4.4.3

• platforms, packaging and build:
  • build failures on 32-bit systems
  • workaround more broken python uinput packages
  • build path detection for newer versions of Visual Studio: 2085ea1b721eba3bae7848e92d92d70b9efdfdf4 and 07a79a5cafbda17c31be65fa5bb0d032306038b5
  • unusual x264 library version strings disabled the encoder
  • MS Windows builds switch to CUDA 11.8
  • bundle nvidia codecs DLLs
• encodings:
  • extra validation for x264 image height
  • transparency pre-multiplied twice with webp, pillow, spng and jpeg without OpenGL which also paints faster
  • fix avif encoder loading
  • incorrect image metadata with jpega decoder
  • fallback to plain jpeg when nvjpeg fails to allocate a CUDA context
  • enable nvjpeg decoder with drivers 522.6 or later
• UI and cosmetic issues:
  • splash screen hanging after connection failures
  • avoid pycuda import warnings on MS Windows
  • avoid named-pipe warnings with MS Windows client
  • raw cursors TypeError with lz4 compression on some platforms
  • more helpful warning for some cursor issues
  • remove debug logging
  • opengl toolbox test errors

v4.4.2

Major fixes:

• packet errors with legacy encoders
• pam authentication module not linked properly

Minor issues:

• unit test errors with older versions of python pillow
• worker thread cleaner termination
• guard against missing stdin / stderr when starting servers
• add another safeguard for x264 encoder crashes