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

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