Release 5.2.31

Shadowsocks Reborn 5.2.31

Shadowsocks Reborn 5.2.31 is a major reliability, networking, DNSCrypt, routing, plugin, UI, update, and release-engineering update.

The focus of this release is predictable behavior on Windows 10/11, stronger configuration integrity, safer DNS handling, better server and plugin lifecycle management, and a more robust single-file release pipeline.

Highlights
Improved DNSCrypt integration
Improved Balancing and High Availability routing
More reliable SIP003 plugin management
Better handling of zero-server and incomplete-server states
Improved PAC and managed routing
Safer Administrator / WinDivert mode
Improved Windows session restoration
More reliable automatic updates
Better Windows 10 compatibility
Extensive CI, packaging, validation and Wiki cleanup

Release 5.2.22

Shadowsocks Reborn 5.2.22

Shadowsocks Reborn 5.2.22 is a stability, security, and DNS privacy focused release with major improvements to DNSCrypt integration, self-updating, WinUI reliability, and the release pipeline.

Highlights:

• Added and hardened DNSCrypt Proxy integration

  • DNSCrypt and DoH resolver support
  • ODoH disabled by default
  • Resolver search and filtering
  • Improved generated dnscrypt-proxy.toml
  • More reliable dual TCP/UDP loopback-port allocation on Windows
  • Updated DNSCrypt management localization

• Improved automatic updates

  • SHA-256 verification of downloaded release packages

  • Additional SHA-256 verification of the staged updater

  • Protection against updater replacement between validation and execution

  • Safer UAC/elevated update handoff

  • Rollback and cleanup support

  • Strict canonical release assets:

    • Shadowsocks-win-x64.zip
    • Shadowsocks-win-x64.zip.sha256

• Fixed ss:// protocol handling

  • Correct quoting of executable paths
  • Correct URL argument handling
  • Works when Shadowsocks is installed in directories containing spaces

• Improved WinUI application shell

  • Tray-first application lifecycle
  • Lazy main-window activation
  • Improved Logs viewer using selectable RichTextBlock
  • Severity-aware log formatting
  • Better Windows 11 integration while retaining Windows 10 compatibility

• Strengthened release security

  • .NET 10 servicing baseline updated
  • NuGet vulnerability audit is mandatory for release builds
  • Vulnerability-feed failures now block releases
  • Published executable version is verified against the release version
  • PowerShell scripts are syntax-validated by CI before execution
  • Additional repository and release-contract validation

• Numerous fixes and regression tests around:

  • SelfUpdater
  • NetworkService version negotiation
  • DNSCrypt runtime management
  • localization
  • release packaging
  • CI/CD validation

Compatibility

• Windows 10 version 2004 / build 19041+
• Windows 11
• x64

Release version

5.2.22

Pre-release 5.1.0

Full Changelog: https://github.com/SlimRG/shadowsocks-reborn/commits/5.1.0