v6.5

What's Changed

• Tweak undocumented wait-for option subtly by @DL6ER in #2707
• update gravity - improve domain validation processing speed by @rrobgill in #2710
• Update embedded SQLite3 to 3.51.1 by @DL6ER in #2731
• Update embedded dnsmasq to 2.92rc1 by @DL6ER in #2730
• Fix documentation - Do not use equal sign with pihole-FTL --config command by @rdwebdesign in #2736
• Add dns.cache.rrtype by @Manakuremati in #2740
• Enhancements to the documentation markdown generator by @PromoFaux in #2741
• Network Overview - obtain MAC and hostname from dhcp.leases by @rrobgill in #2727
• fix: make get_domains parameters optional by @tien in #2278
• Escape unprintable characters in invalid host names by @DL6ER in #2601
• Implement better allOf handling in API verifier by @DL6ER in #2745
• Update build containers to Alpine 3.23 by @DL6ER in #2743
• Add option to hide network connection errors by @DL6ER in #2749
• Harden default Content Security Policy (CSP) by @Erasure5959 in #2754
• Fix computation of NTP server's root delay by @DL6ER in #2760
• Teleporter: Fix for custom gravity.db path by @DL6ER in #2758
• Upgrade embedded Lua to 5.5 by @DL6ER in #2626
• Add missing [forwarded] property in GET /api/history/database by @DL6ER in #2750
• Update SQLite3 to 3.51.2 by @DL6ER in #2761
• Low-memory hardware optimizations by @DL6ER in #2757
• Reduce startup delay by @DL6ER in #2725
• home.arpa and internal TLDs may be non-local without revServer by @DL6ER in #2772

New Contributors

• @Erasure5959 made their first contribution in #2754

Full Changelog: v6.4.1...v6.5

v6.4.1

Nothing to see here - accidentally tagged the wrong commit for the big 6.4 release. Content is exactly the same as v6.4

What's Changed

• Fix API specs and example for dns.upstreams in config.yaml by @rdwebdesign in #2696
• gravity update - silently discard unicode BOM if present by @rrobgill in #2702
• Update embedded SQLite to 3.51.0 by @DL6ER in #2704
• Get earliest query timestamp from database by @PromoFaux in #2706
• Increase buffer length for query string by @mwoolweaver in #2709
• Reduce DNS resolver locking during database interaction by @DL6ER in #2700
• Make colour output optional in streaming gravity API call by @PromoFaux in #2718
• api/dhcp/leases Allow for hwaddr > 48 bits by @rrobgill in #2724
• Add rate-limiting for TOTP validation by @DL6ER in #2719
• Implement simple partial matching for regex in /api/search/{domain} by @DL6ER in #2705
• Performance optimizations: string processing, memory management, and compiler flags by @Copilot in #2571
• Fix authentication redirect when webhome is / (fixes #2518) by @averyvigolo in #2610
• Reduce database locking and add timing debug setting by @DL6ER in #2688

New Contributors

• @mwoolweaver made their first contribution in #2709
• @Copilot made their first contribution in #2571
• @averyvigolo made their first contribution in #2610

Full Changelog: v6.3.3...v6.4.1

v6.4

What's Changed

• Fix API specs and example for dns.upstreams in config.yaml by @rdwebdesign in #2696
• gravity update - silently discard unicode BOM if present by @rrobgill in #2702
• Update embedded SQLite to 3.51.0 by @DL6ER in #2704
• Get earliest query timestamp from database by @PromoFaux in #2706
• Increase buffer length for query string by @mwoolweaver in #2709
• Reduce DNS resolver locking during database interaction by @DL6ER in #2700
• Make colour output optional in streaming gravity API call by @PromoFaux in #2718
• api/dhcp/leases Allow for hwaddr > 48 bits by @rrobgill in #2724
• Add rate-limiting for TOTP validation by @DL6ER in #2719
• Implement simple partial matching for regex in /api/search/{domain} by @DL6ER in #2705
• Performance optimizations: string processing, memory management, and compiler flags by @Copilot in #2571
• Fix authentication redirect when webhome is / (fixes #2518) by @averyvigolo in #2610
• Reduce database locking and add timing debug setting by @DL6ER in #2688

New Contributors

• @mwoolweaver made their first contribution in #2709
• @Copilot made their first contribution in #2571
• @averyvigolo made their first contribution in #2610

Full Changelog: v6.3.3...v6.4

Pi-hole FTL v6.3.3

What's Changed

• Fix crash in NTP error handling code by @DL6ER in #2684
• Add validation for ntp.sync.server by @DL6ER in #2667
• Be more explicit about required path and query parameters for list manipulation by @yubiuser in #2689
• Pi-hole FTL v6.3.3 by @DL6ER in #2693

Full Changelog: v6.3.2...v6.3.3

Pi-hole FTL v6.3.2

What's Changed

• Fix pihole.format_path() memory handling by @DL6ER in #2675

Full Changelog: v6.3.1...v6.3.2

v6.3.1

What's Changed

• Fix pihole.format_path(string) modifying string in-place by @DL6ER in #2661
• Do not try to renew certificate that is not used by @DL6ER in #2666
• Replace dots with underscores when creating env var examples by @rdwebdesign in #2669
• Grammar corrections in documentation by @alexxroche in #2670
• Add new config option for hiding some warnings from diagnosis system by @DL6ER in #2657

New Contributors

• @alexxroche made their first contribution in #2670

Full Changelog: v6.3...v6.3.1

v6.3

What's Changed

• Tests - fix PTR test by @rrobgill in #2516
• Reply to address queries in .localhost domain (RFC6171) by @rrobgill in #2517
• dhcp-discover: Fix string processing by @rrobgill in #2519
• [RFC] Prevent .internal queries from being upstreamed. Draft draft-davies-internal-tld-03 by @Tooa in #2474
• Add dns.localise by @Manakuremati in #2524
• Webserver: Allow webhome to be root by @rrobgill in #2521
• api/network Avoid NULL string comparison logspam by @rrobgill in #2526
• request_info.is_authenticated needs to be initialized explicitly with… by @DL6ER in #2533
• Allow forcing color in CLI output by @DL6ER in #2538
• Simplify CI build by removing the composite action by @yubiuser in #2511
• Rename flushing arp > flushing network by @yubiuser in #2541
• Update embedded SQLite3 engine to 3.50.2 by @DL6ER in #2544
• Add pihole-FTL create-default-config option and use it to upload pihole.toml to ftl.pi-hole.net by @yubiuser in #2540
• Allow low-level header manipulation from Lua pages by @DL6ER in #2535
• Fix foreign fork PRs by @DL6ER in #2543
• Update package-lock.json to fix npm vuln by @XhmikosR in #2555
• Update rapidoc to v9.3.8 by @XhmikosR in #2556
• Add missing 'took' fields to API spec response examples by @tsutsu3 in #2466
• Remove domain type from domainNeeded help text by @yubiuser in #2564
• Update embedded dnsmasq to v2.92test16 by @DL6ER in #2570
• Config typo correction by @rrobgill in #2572
• Support IPv6 in the DHCP API by @DL6ER in #2554
• Add sigrtmin option by @jacklul in #2574
• NTP ipv6 crash fix - ntp reply & logging by @rrobgill in #2569
• Add 'never-stale' to stale issue exempt lable list by @yubiuser in #2578
• Upgrade TOML library to tomlc17 by @DL6ER in #2579
• Add warning to the config markdown by @yubiuser in #2580
• Automatically detect DNS interface when empty in pihole.toml by @DL6ER in #2456
• Make type a required parameter for PUT and DELETE /lists by @DL6ER in #2530
• Update embedded SQLite3 to 3.50.3 by @DL6ER in #2576
• Remove remaining traces of ARP flush by @yubiuser in #2545
• Improve CNAME behavior of pi.hole by @DL6ER in #2585
• Add colors to the --config output by @DL6ER in #2584
• fix: change type of disk parameter for GET /queries by @ninjack-dev in #2589
• Improve default CSP headers by @DL6ER in #2575
• Improve already running detection by @DL6ER in #2591
• Update embedded SQLite3 to 3.50.4 by @DL6ER in #2592
• Fix debug output association by @DL6ER in #2594
• Fix FTL running behing reverse-proxy with prefix by @DL6ER in #2595
• Update embedded dnsmasq by @DL6ER in #2587
• Implement netlink ARP cache handling by @DL6ER in #2600
• Add autocomplete feature by @DL6ER in #2593
• Update embedded dnsmasq to v2.92test19 by @DL6ER in #2603
• Fix dns.interface comment by @rdwebdesign in #2597
• Fix logic in automatic interface determination (when dns.interface = "") by @DL6ER in #2607
• Fix default value autocomplete suggestions by @DL6ER in #2609
• Update dnsmasq to v2.92test21 by @DL6ER in #2614
• Fix cache-optimizer queries in Query Log by @DL6ER in #2619
• Update embedded CivetWeb by @DL6ER in #2621
• Do not set domainname when the kernel replies with "(none)" by @DL6ER in #2620
• Fix dns.hosts help text to show multiple hostnames per IP are allowed by @rdwebdesign in #2623
• Improve memory handling by @DL6ER in #2617
• Pin github actions to SHA by @yubiuser in #2615
• Bump the github_action-dependencies group across 1 directory with 6 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #2628
• Be more gracefully when validating dns_hosts by @yubiuser in #2624
• Implement automatic TLS/SSL certificate renewals by @DL6ER in #2463
• Fix HOSTS file rotation test which was hiding in fast runners by @yubiuser in #2630
• Suggest IP addresses instead of names for upstream by @DL6ER in #2444
• Make restarting optional in API config endpoints by @DL6ER in #2632
• Ensure queries with ID 0 are stored to the long-term queries database by @DL6ER in #2633
• Ensure we can log until the very end by @DL6ER in #2634
• Bump github/codeql-action from 3.30.3 to 3.30.5 in the github_action-dependencies group across 1 directory by @dependabot[bot] in #2636
• Fix long-term database insertion by @DL6ER in #2583
• Add webserver.advancedOpts by @DL6ER in #2635
• Add new dns.domain.local and rename dns.domain -> dns.domain.name by @DL6ER in #2531
• Bump the github_action-dependencies group across 1 directory with 3 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #2641
• Allow escaping special single-character wildcard "_" when doing partial matching by @DL6ER in #2550
• Expose both total and enabled for gravity tables by @DL6ER in #2177
• Improve gravity database resilience by @DL6ER in #2605
• Add custom SQLite busy callback by @DL6ER in #2602
• Add %MEM and %CPU of FTL to GET info/system by @DL6ER in #2645
• Try to load system load averages from /proc/loadavg first by @tpjanssen in #2644
• Fix database busy handler initialization by @DL6ER in #2646
• Fix POST /lists example by @DL6ER in #2649
• Improve CPU utilization reporting by @DL6ER in #2647
• Bump the github_action-dependencies group across 1 directory with 2 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #2651
• Implement selection of TLS ciphers for mbedtls by @DL6ER in #2638
• Bump the github_action-dependencies group across 1 directory with 3 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #2654

New Contributors

• @Tooa made their first contribution in #2474
• @Manakuremati made their first contribution in #2524
• @ninjack-dev made their first contribution in #2589
• @tpjanssen made their first contribution in #2644

Full Changelog: v6.2.3...v6.3

Pi-hole FTL v6.2.3

This patch release contains fixes for almost all reported bugs (most importantly, it fixes a logging regression where types are missing from pihole.log as well as a crash in filter_servers() deep down in dnsmasq code). There is one remaining issue about the behavior of server=/example.com/1.2.3.4 having changed which we are still working on with the maintainers of dnsmasq.

What's Changed

• Relax the session cookie from SameSite=Strict to Lax by @DL6ER in #2471
• Run dependabot also on composite actions by @yubiuser in #2502
• Speedup build and test by running RISCV on ARM64 by @yubiuser in #2501
• Remove pullapprove.yml by @yubiuser in #2499
• ntp : ignore client version, always return a v4 packet by @rrobgill in #2505
• Store intermediate CNAME domain pointers in DNS cache by @DL6ER in #2461
• Allow unauthenticated access to non-admin LUA pages by @DL6ER in #2503
• Simplify CI build process by @DL6ER in #2507
• Get latest dnsmasq updates by @DL6ER in #2509
• Split FTL build and test on GHA by @yubiuser in #2498

v6.2.2

This release addresses crashes reported in #2473 #2475 #2481 and friends.

What's Changed

• Update build containers to Alpine 3.22 by @DL6ER in #2477
• Update dnsmasq to 2.92test11(-1) by @DL6ER in #2486
• Update dnsmasq to 2.92test11 by @DL6ER in #2489
• Revert the SQLite update to 3.50.0 as it is causing crashes for users by @DL6ER in #2488
• Update Lua to 5.4.8 (bugfix) by @DL6ER in #2491
• Fix typos in misc config settings by @rrobgill in #2485
• Display invalid character and offset correctly in hostname diagnosis by @rrobgill in #2484

Full Changelog: v6.2...v6.2.2

v6.2.1

Full Changelog: v6.2...v6.2.1