RELEASE-NOTES: synced

This commit is contained in:
Daniel Stenberg
2025-12-11 15:38:00 +01:00
parent 624d98e79c
commit 846eaf4e6b

View File

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ curl and libcurl 8.18.0
Command line options: 273
curl_easy_setopt() options: 308
Public functions in libcurl: 100
Contributors: 3557
Contributors: 3559
This release includes the following changes:
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ This release includes the following changes:
This release includes the following bugfixes:
o _PROGRESS.md: add the E unit, mention kibibyte [24]
o alt-svc: more flexibility on same destination [298]
o altsvc: make it one malloc instead of three per entry [266]
o AmigaOS: increase minimum stack size for tool_main [137]
o apple-sectrust: always ask when `native_ca_store` is in use [162]
@@ -27,10 +28,13 @@ This release includes the following bugfixes:
o auth: always treat Curl_auth_ntlm_get() returning NULL as OOM [186]
o autotools: add nettle library detection via pkg-config (for GnuTLS) [178]
o autotools: drop autoconf <2.59 compatibility code (zz60-xc-ovr) [70]
o autotools: fix LargeFile feature display on Windows (after prev patch) [276]
o autotools: tidy-up `if` expressions [275]
o badwords: fix issues found in scripts and other files [142]
o badwords: fix issues found in tests [156]
o build: add build-level `CURL_DISABLE_TYPECHECK` options [163]
o build: exclude clang prereleases from compiler warning options [154]
o build: set `-Wno-format-signedness` [288]
o build: tidy-up MSVC CRT warning suppression macros [140]
o ccsidcurl: make curl_mime_data_ccsid() use the converted size [74]
o cf-https-connect: allocate ctx at first in cf_hc_create() [79]
@@ -47,8 +51,11 @@ This release includes the following bugfixes:
o cmake: save and restore `CMAKE_MODULE_PATH` in `curl-config.cmake` [222]
o code: minor indent fixes before closing braces [107]
o CODE_STYLE.md: sync banned function list with checksrc.pl [243]
o config-win32.h: delete obsolete, non-Windows comments [295]
o config-win32.h: drop unused/obsolete `CURL_HAS_OPENLDAP_LDAPSDK` [278]
o config2setopts: bail out if curl_url_get() returns OOM [102]
o config2setopts: exit if curl_url_set() fails on OOM [105]
o configure: delete unused variable [294]
o conncache: silence `-Wnull-dereference` on gcc 14 RISC-V 64 [17]
o conncontrol: reuse handling [170]
o connect: reshuffle Curl_timeleft_ms to avoid 'redundant condition' [100]
@@ -62,6 +69,7 @@ This release includes the following bugfixes:
o curl: fix progress meter in parallel mode [15]
o curl_fopen: do not pass invalid mode flags to `open()` on Windows [84]
o curl_gssapi: make sure Curl_gss_log_error() has an initialized buffer [257]
o curl_sasl: if redirected, require permission to use bearer [250]
o curl_sasl: make Curl_sasl_decode_mech compare case insensitively [160]
o curl_setup.h: document more funcs flagged by `_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS` [124]
o curl_setup.h: drop stray `#undef stat` (Windows) [103]
@@ -70,6 +78,7 @@ This release includes the following bugfixes:
o CURLINFO_SCHEME/PROTOCOL: they return the "scheme" for a "transfer" [48]
o CURLINFO_TLS_SSL_PTR.md: remove CURLINFO_TLS_SESSION text [49]
o CURLMOPT_SOCKETFUNCTION.md: fix the callback argument use [206]
o CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION.md: s/Authentication:/Authorization:/ [283]
o CURLOPT_READFUNCTION.md: clarify the size of the buffer [47]
o CURLOPT_SSH_KEYFUNCTION.md: fix minor indent mistake in example
o curlx/fopen: replace open CRT functions their with `_s` counterparts (Windows) [204]
@@ -79,12 +88,14 @@ This release includes the following bugfixes:
o curlx: replace `mbstowcs`/`wcstombs` with `_s` counterparts (Windows) [143]
o curlx: replace `sprintf` with `snprintf` [194]
o curlx: use curlx allocators in non-memdebug builds (Windows) [155]
o DEPRECATE: add CMake <3.18 deprecation for April 2026 [291]
o digest_sspi: fix a memory leak on error path [149]
o digest_sspi: properly free sspi identity [12]
o DISTROS.md: add OpenBSD [126]
o DISTROS: fix a Mageia URL
o DISTROS: remove broken URLs for buildroot
o doc: some returned in-memory data may not be altered [196]
o Dockerfile: update debian:bookworm-slim digest to e899040 [305]
o docs/libcurl: fix C formatting nits [207]
o docs: clarify how to do unix domain sockets with SOCKS proxy [240]
o docs: fix checksrc `EQUALSPACE` warnings [21]
@@ -100,6 +111,8 @@ This release includes the following bugfixes:
o examples: fix minor typo [203]
o examples: make functions/data static where missing [139]
o examples: tidy-up headers and includes [138]
o examples: use 64-bit `fstat` on Windows [301]
o FAQ/TODO/KNOWN_BUGS: convert to markdown [307]
o FAQ: fix hackerone URL
o file: do not pass invalid mode flags to `open()` on upload (Windows) [83]
o formdata: validate callback is non-NULL before use [267]
@@ -110,8 +123,10 @@ This release includes the following bugfixes:
o gnutls: add PROFILE_MEDIUM as default [233]
o gnutls: report accurate error when TLS-SRP is not built-in [18]
o gtls: add return checks and optimize the code [2]
o gtls: Call keylog_close in cleanup
o gtls: skip session resumption when verifystatus is set
o h2/h3: handle methods with spaces [146]
o headers: add length argument to Curl_headers_push() [309]
o hostcheck: fail wildcard match if host starts with a dot [235]
o hostip: don't store negative lookup on OOM [61]
o hostip: make more functions return CURLcode [202]
@@ -129,11 +144,13 @@ This release includes the following bugfixes:
o idn: avoid allocations and wcslen on Windows [247]
o idn: fix memory leak in `win32_ascii_to_idn()` [173]
o idn: use curlx allocators on Windows [165]
o imap: check buffer length before accessing it [308]
o imap: make sure Curl_pgrsSetDownloadSize() does not overflow [200]
o INSTALL-CMAKE.md: document static option defaults more [37]
o krb5: fix detecting channel binding feature [187]
o krb5_sspi: unify a part of error handling [80]
o ldap: call ldap_init() before setting the options [236]
o ldap: drop PP logic for old, unsupported, Windows SDKs [279]
o ldap: improve detection of Apple LDAP [174]
o ldap: provide version for "legacy" ldap as well [254]
o lib/sendf.h: forward declare two structs [221]
@@ -162,11 +179,13 @@ This release includes the following bugfixes:
o mbedtls_threadlock: avoid calloc, use array [244]
o mdlinkcheck: ignore IP numbers, allow '@' in raw URLs
o memdebug: add mutex for thread safety [184]
o memdebug: fix realloc logging [286]
o mk-ca-bundle.md: the file format docs URL is permaredirected [188]
o mk-ca-bundle.pl: default to SHA256 fingerprints with `-t` option [73]
o mk-ca-bundle.pl: use `open()` with argument list to replace backticks [71]
o mqtt: reject overly big messages [39]
o multi: make max_total_* members size_t [158]
o multi: remove MSTATE_TUNNELING [297]
o multi: simplify admin handle processing [189]
o multibyte: limit `curlx_convert_*wchar*()` functions to Unicode builds [135]
o ngtcp2+openssl: fix leak of session [172]
@@ -190,6 +209,7 @@ This release includes the following bugfixes:
o pytest: disable two H3 earlydata tests for all platforms (was: macOS) [116]
o pytest: fix and improve reliability [251]
o pytest: improve stragglers [252]
o pytest: quiche flakiness [280]
o pytest: skip H2 tests if feature missing from curl [46]
o quiche: use client writer [255]
o ratelimit: redesign [209]
@@ -228,6 +248,7 @@ This release includes the following bugfixes:
o test1475: consistently use %CR in headers [234]
o test1498: disable 'HTTP PUT from stdin' test on Windows [115]
o test2045: replace HTML multi-line comment markup with `#` comments [36]
o test318: tweak the name a little
o test3207: enable memdebug for this test again [249]
o test363: delete stray character (typo) from a section tag [52]
o test787: fix possible typo `&` -> `%` in curl option [241]
@@ -243,6 +264,7 @@ This release includes the following bugfixes:
o tftpd: fix/tidy up `open()` mode flags [57]
o tidy-up: avoid `(())`, clang-format fixes and more [141]
o tidy-up: move `CURL_UNCONST()` out from macro `curl_unicodefree()` [121]
o tidy-up: URLs (cont.) and mdlinkcheck [285]
o tidy-up: URLs [182]
o TODO: remove a mandriva.com reference
o tool: consider (some) curl_easy_setopt errors fatal [7]
@@ -276,6 +298,7 @@ This release includes the following bugfixes:
o vtls: handle possible malicious certs_num from peer [53]
o vtls: pinned key check [98]
o wcurl: import v2025.11.09 [29]
o windows: assume `USE_WIN32_LARGE_FILES` [292]
o windows: use `_strdup()` instead of `strdup()` where missing [145]
o wolfSSL: able to differentiate between IP and DNS in alt names [13]
o wolfssl: avoid NULL dereference in OOM situation [77]
@@ -304,18 +327,20 @@ Planned upcoming removals include:
This release would not have looked like this without help, code, reports and
advice from friends like these:
Aleksandr Sergeev, Aleksei Bavshin, Andrew Kirillov, BANADDA, boingball,
Brad King, bttrfl on github, Christian Schmitz, Dan Fandrich,
Daniel McCarney, Daniel Stenberg, Denis Goleshchikhin, Deniz Parlak,
dependabot[bot], Fabian Keil, Fd929c2CE5fA on github, ffath-vo on github,
Georg Schulz-Allgaier, Gisle Vanem, Greg Hudson, Harry Sintonen, Jiyong Yang,
Juliusz Sosinowicz, Kai Pastor, Leonardo Taccari, letshack9707 on hackerone,
Marc Aldorasi, Marcel Raad, Max Faxälv, nait-furry, ncaklovic on github,
Nick Korepanov, Omdahake on github, Patrick Monnerat, pelioro on hackerone,
Ray Satiro, renovate[bot], Robert W. Van Kirk, Samuel Henrique,
st751228051 on github, Stanislav Fort, Stefan Eissing, Sunny, Theo Buehler,
Thomas Klausner, Viktor Szakats, Wesley Moore, Xiaoke Wang, Yedaya Katsman
(49 contributors)
Aleksandr Sergeev, Aleksei Bavshin, Andrew Kirillov,
anonymous237 on hackerone, BANADDA, boingball, Brad King, bttrfl on github,
Christian Schmitz, Dan Fandrich, Daniel McCarney, Daniel Stenberg,
Denis Goleshchikhin, Deniz Parlak, dependabot[bot], Fabian Keil,
Fd929c2CE5fA on github, ffath-vo on github, Georg Schulz-Allgaier,
Gisle Vanem, Greg Hudson, Harry Sintonen, Jiyong Yang, Juliusz Sosinowicz,
Kai Pastor, Leonardo Taccari, letshack9707 on hackerone, Marc Aldorasi,
Marcel Raad, Max Faxälv, nait-furry, ncaklovic on github, Nick Korepanov,
Omdahake on github, Patrick Monnerat, pelioro on hackerone, Ray Satiro,
renovate[bot], Robert W. Van Kirk, Samuel Henrique, st751228051 on github,
Stanislav Fort, Stefan Eissing, Sunny, Theo Buehler, Thomas Klausner,
Viktor Szakats, Wesley Moore, Xiaoke Wang, Yedaya Katsman, Yuhao Jiang,
yushicheng7788 on github
(52 contributors)
References to bug reports and discussions on issues:
@@ -563,6 +588,7 @@ References to bug reports and discussions on issues:
[247] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=19798
[248] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=19811
[249] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=19813
[250] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=19933
[251] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=19970
[252] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=19809
[253] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=19800
@@ -581,3 +607,23 @@ References to bug reports and discussions on issues:
[266] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=19857
[267] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=19858
[268] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=19753
[275] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=18189
[276] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=19922
[278] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=19920
[279] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=19918
[280] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=19770
[283] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=19915
[285] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=19911
[286] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=19900
[288] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=19907
[291] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=19902
[292] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=19888
[294] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=19901
[295] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=19899
[297] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=19894
[298] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=19740
[301] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=19896
[305] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=19891
[307] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=19875
[308] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=19887
[309] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=19886