v26.5.0

Highlights

• FastDL: now incremental and parallel, with custom folders and exclusions (#5100).
• extraparams: add your own start parameters without overriding startparameters (#4970).
• Backups: now include game data kept outside the install folder, such as Project Zomboid's ~/Zomboid (#5129).
• PunkBuster: the last PunkBuster release ships for every server that supports it, and it starts on CoD2 and WaW with glibc 2.41 and newer (#5148, #5140).
• Monitor: query failures now show the local port state and tell a hung server apart from a port conflict (#5111, #5120).
• Output: plain line-based output when stdout is not a terminal (#5117).
• Alerts: HTML formatting for Matrix messages, and Matrix and ntfy now show in details (#5087, #5123).
• Counter-Strike 2: MatchZy added to mods-install (#5088).

Changes to existing behaviour

These apply automatically.

• Game logs: Rust, Core Keeper and Hurtworld now rotate the game log on start, and old rotated logs are removed after logdays (#5135).
• FastDL: the directory is kept between runs. The old overwrite prompt is now "Rebuild Fastdl directory from scratch?", and the new fastdlexclude setting defaults to maps/workshop/ on Source servers (#5100).
• Backups: can be larger on servers that keep data outside the install folder (#5129).
• Unreal Tournament 99: config and logs stay in serverfiles using -nohomedir. Existing inis move there on the next start (#5133).
• Craftopia: saves written to a stray folder outside serverfiles move into it on the next start (#5131).
• Action Half-Life: now runs on ReHLDS, applied on start, to stop the startup segfault (#5150).
• QuakeWorld: installs from qwserver-build releases and gains update and check-update. Existing installs receive an update on the next update, keeping local config files (#5149).
• Updates: a second update no longer runs while one is in progress (#5095).

New servers

• Half-Life WON2 (hlwonserver) (#5104, #5151)
• Counter-Strike WON2 (cswonserver) (#5105, #5151)
• OpenRA: Red Alert (orarserver) (#5102)
• Luanti (luantiserver) (#5101)
• Battlefront Eternal (bfeserver) (#5116)
• FiveM (fivemserver), which needs your own Cfx.re license key in server.cfg (#5103)

Game server fixes

• Zombie Master: Reborn: installs the previous2021 Source SDK 2013 build (#5147).
• Counter-Strike 1.6: AMX Mod X packages resolve from the latest 1.10 build (#5115, #5119).
• Counter-Strike 2: adds the libicu dependency for CounterStrikeSharp (#5121).
• Barotrauma: drops the ICU dependency (#5124).
• Hosted archives: rebuilt with normalised ownership, permissions and names (#5146).

Other fixes

• Downloads: no more download loop on slow connections (#5134).
• Extraction: archive extraction and copy failures are now reported instead of ignored (#5109, #5113).
• update-lgsm: builds the updated game script in tmpdir and restores the backup on failure (#5118).
• gamedig: npm no longer hangs when the registry does not answer (#5128).
• Dependencies: procps is always installed, libxml2-utils is added on Debian 13, and the distro csv is fetched when run as root before install (#5125, #5126, #5132).

What's Changed

• fix(deps): bump http-cache-semantics to 4.3.0 by @dgibbs64 in #5096
• fix(triage): respect manual game/engine labels and skip closed issues by @dgibbs64 in #5097
• fix(triage): respect manual game/engine labels and skip closed issues (master) by @dgibbs64 in #5098
• feat(fastdl): incremental, parallel FastDL with custom folders and exclusions by @dgibbs64 in #5100
• feat(newserver): add Half-Life WON2 server by @dgibbs64 in #5104
• feat(newserver): add Counter-Strike WON2 server by @dgibbs64 in #5105
• fix(core): propagate archive extraction and copy failures by @guilherme-praca in #5109
• fix(core): follow-up failure handling for extraction, updates and logs by @dgibbs64 in #5113
• feat(core): add extraparams to append custom start parameters by @borzaka in #4970
• feat(core): use plain line-based output when stdout is not a terminal by @dgibbs64 in #5117
• fix(update-lgsm): build updated game script in tmpdir and restore backup on failure by @dgibbs64 in #5118
• fix(mods_list): update AMX Mod X version to latest release by @nasenov in #5115
• fix(kf2): create the KFGame/Cache map-load directory on install by @heyvaldemar in #5108 (reverted in c763125, not in this release)
• fix(mods): resolve AMX Mod X packages from the latest 1.10 build by @borzaka in #5119
• feat(monitor): show local port state after query failures by @BreezeDelegate in #5111
• feat(cs2server): add MatchZy mod by @borzaka in #5088
• fix(monitor): tell a hung server apart from a port conflict in the query hint by @dgibbs64 in #5120
• fix(cs2server): add libicu dependency for CounterStrikeSharp by @dgibbs64 in #5121
• fix(btserver): use the versioned ICU runtime instead of libicu-dev by @dgibbs64 in #5122
• fix(alerts): show Matrix and ntfy alerts in details and stats by @dgibbs64 in #5123
• fix(btserver): drop the ICU dependency by @dgibbs64 in #5124
• fix(deps): add procps so pgrep and ps are always installed by @dgibbs64 in #5125
• fix(deps): install libxml2-utils for xmllint on Debian 13 by @dgibbs64 in #5126
• feat: add HTML formatting to Matrix alert messages by @Xinayder in #5087
• feat(orarserver): add OpenRA Red Alert dedicated server by @dgibbs64 in #5102
• feat(luanti): add Luanti server support by @dgibbs64 in #5101
• feat(bfeserver): add Battlefront Eternal server by @dgibbs64 in #5116
• fix(gamedig): stop npm waiting on a registry that does not answer by @dgibbs64 in #5128
• feat(fivemserver): add FiveM server by @dgibbs64 in #5103
• fix(update): stop a second update running while one is in progress by @dgibbs64 in #5095
• fix(ct): keep Craftopia saves inside serverfiles by @dgibbs64 in #5131
• fix(backup): include game data kept outside rootdir by @dgibbs64 in #5129
• feat(ci): fill assignee, outcome, type and milestone on closed issues by @dgibbs64 in #5136
• feat(ci): fill assignee, outcome, type and milestone on closed issues (master) by @dgibbs64 in #5137
• feat(ci): fail PR Body Check when a Fixes issue is not linked in Development by @dgibbs64 in #5139
• fix(zmr): install the previous2021 Source SDK 2013 build by @dgibbs64 in #5147
• chore(install): rebuild hosted server archives with normalised ownership, permissions and names by @dgibbs64 in #5146
• fix(logs): rotate the game log on start for all servers that set one by @dgibbs64 in #5135
• fix(core): stop download loop on slow connections by @dgibbs64 in #5134
• feat(punkbuster): ship the last PunkBuster release for every server that supports it by @dgibbs64 in #5148
• fix(punkbuster): start PunkBuster on CoD2 and WaW with glibc 2.41 and newer by @dgibbs64 in #5140
• fix(ut99): keep config and logs in serverfiles with -nohomedir by @dgibbs64 in #5133
• fix(deps): fetch distro dependency csv when run as root before install by @dgibbs64 in #5132
• feat(qwserver): install and update from qwserver-build releases by @dgibbs64 in #5149
• fix(ahl): run Action Half-Life on ReHLDS to stop the startup segfault by @dgibbs64 in #5150
• fix(won2): restore startup and queries on modern glibc by @dgibbs64 in #5151

New Contributors

• @guilherme-praca made their first contribution in #5109
• @heyvaldemar made their first contribution in #5108
• @Xinayder made their first contribution in #5087

Full Changelog: v26.4.0...v26.5.0