0.26.0-rc1

0.26.0-rc1 (2021-05-07)

Features

• Allow changing nickname in any room (#1217)
• The bridge will now retry creating a room for a PM if the initial attempt fails. (#1282)
• Decouple invite from the creation of a PM room (#1290)
• Add new kickOn config option to disable kicking Matrix users under certain conditions (#1294)
• Added an !unlink command for Matrix users to unbridge a channel from Matrix (#1298)
• Add support for specifying the paste bin limit in room state with the org.matrix.appservice-irc.config event type. (#1301)

Bugfixes

• [M->I]: Trim Markdown code block syntax (#1275)

Internal Changes

• Doc changes: Unify use of port 9999, the registration file name, and other minor changes (#1274)
• Fixed a bug where our linter would miss several files (#1288)
• Fix linter warnings (#1289)
• Docker image: Upgrade to NodeJS 14 (#1299)
• Add GitHub action to push documentation upon release (#1306)

0.25.0 (2021-03-16)

No significant changes since 0.25.0-rc1

0.25.0-rc1 (2021-03-05)

Bugfixes

• MXC urls are now properly URL encoded when sent to IRC. (#1237)
• Fixed an issue where users would not be rejoined to some channels on reconnect if they failed to rejoin any channel. (#1255)
• Fix an issue where IRC membership would not be bridged to new rooms when botConfig.enabled is true. (#1256)
• Update powerlevels immediately when unbridging to avoid rejoining the bridge bot to the room. (#1257)
• Fix Docker start.sh script to use port 9999 instead of 9995 (#1259)
• Fix invalid JSON schema for ircService.permissions (#1261)

Improved Documentation

• Add new bridge documentation under /docs. This can be viewed by visiting https://matrix-org.github.io/matrix-appservice-irc/ (#1235)
• Add documentation on IRC bridge mode handling. (#1251)

Internal Changes

• Leave DM rooms and admin rooms if the Matrix user leaves so that a homeserver may clear them up later. (#1258)
• Update to matrix-appservice-bridge 2.6.0-rc1 and use it's implementation of the BridgeInfoStateSyncer (#1262)

0.25.0-rc1 (2021-03-05)

Bugfixes

• MXC urls are now properly URL encoded when sent to IRC. (#1237)
• Fixed an issue where users would not be rejoined to some channels on reconnect if they failed to rejoin any channel. (#1255)
• Fix an issue where IRC membership would not be bridged to new rooms when botConfig.enabled is true. (#1256)
• Update powerlevels immediately when unbridging to avoid rejoining the bridge bot to the room. (#1257)
• Fix Docker start.sh script to use port 9999 instead of 9995 (#1259)
• Fix invalid JSON schema for ircService.permissions (#1261)

Improved Documentation

• Add new bridge documentation under /docs. This can be viewed by visiting https://matrix-org.github.io/matrix-appservice-irc/ (#1235)
• Add documentation on IRC bridge mode handling. (#1251)

Internal Changes

• Leave DM rooms and admin rooms if the Matrix user leaves so that a homeserver may clear them up later. (#1258)
• Update to matrix-appservice-bridge 2.6.0-rc1 and use it's implementation of the BridgeInfoStateSyncer (#1262)

0.24.0 (2021-02-12)

No significant changes since 0.24.0-rc1

Features

• Warn Matrix users if they are unable to speak in a channel. (#1204)
• Add !plumb admin command to bridge rooms (#1211)
• Use replies when responding to admin commands. (#1215)
• Add ircClients.realnameFormat option in the config to show mxid in reverse in the realname field of IRC clients. (#1229)
• Add pingTimeoutMs and pingRateMs as options to the config (#1232)

Bugfixes

• Fix potential error when using killUser debug endpoint (#1206)
• Fix an issue that would cause !bridgeversion to report Unknown when running inside a Docker container. (#1212)
• Fix an issue where the QuitDebouncer would reprocess old QUITs, and process QUITs too early during the debouncing process. (#1228, #1230, #1231)

Internal Changes

• Update matrix-appservice-bridge to 2.5.0-rc1 (#1233)

0.24.0-rc1 (2021-02-02)

Features

• Warn Matrix users if they are unable to speak in a channel. (#1204)
• Add !plumb admin command to bridge rooms (#1211)
• Use replies when responding to admin commands. (#1215)
• Add ircClients.realnameFormat option in the config to show mxid in reverse in the realname field of IRC clients. (#1229)
• Add pingTimeoutMs and pingRateMs as options to the config (#1232)

Bugfixes

• Fix potential error when using killUser debug endpoint (#1206)
• Fix an issue that would cause !bridgeversion to report Unknown when running inside a Docker container. (#1212)
• Fix an issue where the QuitDebouncer would reprocess old QUITs, and process QUITs too early during the debouncing process. (#1228, #1230, #1231)

Internal Changes

• Update matrix-appservice-bridge to 2.5.0-rc1 (#1233)

0.23.0 (2020-12-01)

No significant changes since 0.23.0-rc1

Features

• Add membership queue Prometheus metrics under the prefix bridge_membershipqueue_. (#1185)
• When multiple users leave the room at the same time, batch together powerlevel removals (#1196)

Bugfixes

• Reduce verbosity of some log lines from INFO to DEBUG (#1168)
• Drop IRC messages directed towards invalid nicks early. (#1189)
• Improve the performance of sending messages by speeding up some function calls (#1192)
• Fix a performance issue where many mode changes in quick succession for a channel would cause many m.room.power_level events to be created. (#1186)

Internal Changes

• Improve the handling speed of IRC joins. (#1187)

0.23.0-rc1 (2020-11-24)

Features

• Add membership queue Prometheus metrics under the prefix bridge_membershipqueue_. (#1185)
• Fix a performance issue where many mode changes in quick succession for a channel would cause many m.room.power_level events to be created. (#1186)
• When multiple users leave the room at the same time, batch together powerlevel removals (#1196)

Bugfixes

• Reduce verbosity of some log lines from INFO to DEBUG (#1168)
• Drop IRC messages directed towards invalid nicks early. (#1189)
• Improve the performance of sending messages by speeding up some function calls (#1192)

Internal Changes

• Improve the handling speed of IRC joins. (#1187)

0.22.0 (2020-11-06)

Breaking Change: We've renamed the /killPortal DebugAPI endpoint to /killRoom, and it will now unbridge all types of rooms rather than just portal rooms.

Features

• Pre-emptively ignore users who are already idle when starting up the bridge (#1156)
• Propagate a reason all the way through killing the bridge (#1159)
• Add startup check to ensure the homeserver can send the bridge events. (#1160)
• Replace /killPortal debug API with /killRoom API, which works for all bridge mapping types (#1169)

Bugfixes

• Don't wait for leaves to complete when running the reaping script (#1147)
• Fix bug where m.audio files would not be forwarded to IRC (#1150)
• Do not change a Matrix user's IRC nickname unless their profile has also changed (#1157)
• Fixed an issue where the bridge would kick users from rooms they never joined (#1165)

Internal Changes

• Determine user activeness based off presence, typing and read receipts when kicking idle users. (#1152)
• Bridge IRC reasons when users QUIT or PART (#1161)
• Remove hacks around reconnections on startup (#1162)

0.22.0-rc1 (2020-10-28)

Breaking Change: We've renamed the /killPortal DebugAPI endpoint to /killRoom, and it will now unbridge all types of rooms rather than just portal rooms.

Features

• Pre-emptively ignore users who are already idle when starting up the bridge (#1156)
• Propagate a reason all the way through killing the bridge (#1159)
• Add startup check to ensure the homeserver can send the bridge events. (#1160)
• Replace /killPortal debug API with /killRoom API, which works for all bridge mapping types (#1169)

Bugfixes

• Don't wait for leaves to complete when running the reaping script (#1147)
• Fix bug where m.audio files would not be forwarded to IRC (#1150)
• Do not change a Matrix user's IRC nickname unless their profile has also changed (#1157)
• Fixed an issue where the bridge would kick users from rooms they never joined (#1165)

Internal Changes

• Determine user activeness based off presence, typing and read receipts when kicking idle users. (#1152)
• Bridge IRC reasons when users QUIT or PART (#1161)
• Remove hacks around reconnections on startup (#1162)

0.21.0 (2020-10-15)

Features

• Fixes Matrix displayName not being updated properly. Thanks to @BernardZhao (#1137)
• Implement mechanisms to fix powerlevels in rooms if messages fail to bridge (#1054)
• Add support for reconfiguring the bridge at runtime by sending a SIGHUP (#1145)

Bugfixes

• Fix a bug where the bridge would leave a user after joining (#1143)
• Fix more cases of double bridged users (#1146)
• Fix a bug where a user leaving with a reason would cause them to join then leave (#1151)

Internal Changes

• Add index to client_config for config->>username to speed up username lookups (#1148)
• Use types from matrix-appservice-bridge rather than local definitions. (#1101)
• Fix attribution link in CONTRIBUTING.md (#1132)
• The deprecated remove-idle-users.py has been removed. Bridge admins should use the /reapUsers Debug API endpoint instead (#1139)