IPv8 v2.13.2111 release

Includes the first 2111 commits (+108 since v2.12) for IPv8, containing:

• Added IPv6 support to TunnelCommunity
• Added Python 3.12 support
• Added automatic libsodium.dll downloader for Windows unit tests
• Added cryptography-based fallback when NaCL import fails
• Added direction argument to encrypt_str/decrypto_str
• Added dummy workflow file for extended validation tests
• Added support for Futures to the TaskManager
• Added validation action status checks
• Added pip dependencies cache in validate runs
• Fixed DHT storage not getting cleaned up
• Fixed cache leaks in Network
• Fixed empty sha on validate action status setting
• Fixed issue with serializing nested payloads that use raw
• Fixed missing dependency: typing-extensions
• Fixed mock IPv6 address generation
• Fixed peer addresses not being updated
• Fixed possibly unclosed sockets for LAN discovery
• Fixed spelling and grammar instance in index.rst
• Fixed the GitHub validate action
• Fixed tracker service super args
• Fixed tunnel endpoints
• Fixed typing issues
• Fixed validate job not installing dependencies
• Fixed validation action errors
• Fixed wrong hypen location in GitHub validate PR action
• Removed distutils_forwardport.py
• Removed overwrite dataclass construction
• Removed separate prefix argument from setup_tunnels
• Updated Endpoint.close to be optionally async
• Updated IPv8 exit node script to use RustEndpoint
• Updated TunnelCommunity cell logic
• Updated aiohttp version
• Updated best practices code to fit CommunitySettings
• Updated hidden services to stop removing data circuits
• Updated the project age
• Updated validate action to run the unit tests

IPv8 v2.12.2003 release

Includes the first 2003 commits (+103 since v2.11) for IPv8, containing:

• Added ruff configuration file
• Added typed request cache add/get/pop
• Fixed ReadTheDocs configuration build.os
• Fixed Sphinx deprecations and dependency versions
• Fixed TestBase hanging when event loop missing
• Fixed crypto related issues in TunnelCommunity
• Fixed doc validation not running as main
• Fixed example lines in testbase_tutorial
• Fixed line numbers in docs
• Fixed ruff violations
• Removed simulation code
• Updated DiscoveryCommunity payloads to use ipv4 instead of 4SH
• Updated DiscoveryStrategy to be a generic of its overlay
• Updated IPv8 scripts to use asyncio.run
• Updated LAN discovery to run on a different thread
• Updated MockRestIPv8 to not use real socket
• Updated TestIdentityEndpoint to not use real files
• Updated test_load_key to not use a real db file
• Updated bootstrappers to be less complex
• Updated codebase with pyupgrade
• Updated dht community to use DHTValue type
• Updated mid to always be the hash of the public key
• Updated overlay basics doc to use PeerObserver
• Updated overlays to use a settings parameter
• Updated readme test instructions
• Updated the ruff rules to allow more args and ignore pandas violations

IPv8 v2.11.1899 release

Includes the first 1899 commits (+29 since v2.10) for IPv8, containing:

• Added Network PeerObservers
• Added test for JSON serialization of config
• Fixed MyPy issues after upgrade
• Fixed PeriodicSimilarity sampling from set
• Fixed circuit retry log message
• Fixed discovery cache creation
• Fixed truncation in verbose test results
• Fixed vp_compile not passing default values
• Removed asynctest requirement for Python > 3.7
• Updated IPv8 class to guard against get_peers()
• Updated run_all_tests.py to handle segfaults
• Updated LAN interface discovery
• Updated Windows test runner script

IPv8 v2.10.1870 release

Includes the first 1870 commits (+18 since v2.9) for IPv8, containing:

• Added Python 3.11 support
• Added TestBase 'received by' assertion logic
• Added advanced discovery docs
• Added auto PR review
• Fixed create_task in DiscreteLoop
• Removed autoprreview.yml
• Updated project age in README
• Updated supported Python versions in setup.py

IPv8 v2.9.1852 release

🥳🎉 In celebration of the IPv8 repository's 5-year anniversary! 🥳🎉

Includes the first 1852 commits (+43 since v2.8) for IPv8, containing:

• Added ConfigBuilder ephemeral key shortcut
• Added UDP broadcast bootstrap timeout
• Added documentation on third-party serialization (and nested payloads)
• Fixed GitHub issue template labels
• Fixed CommunityLauncher and test_loader super() usage
• Fixed vp_compile decorator having wrong return type
• Fixed anonymization utils using absolute import
• Fixed bootstrap received addresses callback not checking for cancel
• Fixed duplicate schema in tunnel REST endpoint
• Fixed idna Lookup Error
• Fixed shutdown of RequestCache in tests
• Fixed test suite crash with 0.0.0.0 subnet mask
• Updated error when community_id is missing
• Updated exit data rules
• Updated issue templates for new tags
• Updated overlay tutorial to use dataclass payloads
• Updated retry cache for circuits
• Updated support for different coverage versions

IPv8 v2.8.1809 release

Includes the first 1809 commits (+52 since v2.7) for IPv8, containing:

• Added API documentation generation
• Added Payload match support
• Added ReadTheDocs config file
• Added best practices documentation
• Added bootstrapping documentation
• Added dataclass Payload
• Added option to configure IPv8 with raw private key material
• Added script to publish standalone TaskManager
• Added tasks tutorial
• Added support for custom my_peer instead of key curve in MockIPv8
• Fixed AddressTester using different LAN check
• Fixed ReadTheDocs unrendered code-blocks
• Fixed crashing unitialized endpoint on shutdown
• Fixed dataclass typing
• Fixed deprecated config not having fallbacks
• Fixed missing token for TaskManager PyPi project
• Fixed readthedocs links
• Removed old database.py workarounds
• Updated CONTRIBUTING to exempt tests from linked issues
• Updated Endpoint initialization to use 'interfaces' configuration
• Updated MockEndpoint behavior
• Updated discovery docs directory

IPv8 v2.7.1757 release

Includes the first 1757 commits (+58 since v2.6) for IPv8, containing:

• Added RequestCache.passthrough()
• Added TestBase tutorial
• Added UDP broadcast bootstrapper
• Added basic simulation capabilities to IPv8
• Added link latencies to the IPv8 simulator
• Fixed CONTRIBUTING.md grammar
• Fixed compatibility with Python 3.8
• Fixed estimated WAN address being set to a LAN address
• Fixed for getting exits from TunnelEndpoint
• Fixed pytest compatibility
• Fixed uninitialized EndpointListener._local_interfaces
• Updated CreatePayloads to use a unique identifier while sending
• Updated IRMA enroll script
• Updated hidden services peer discovery
• Updated hidden services to disallow IPv8 packets over end-to-end circuits
• Updated prefix decoding before printing
• Updated simulation tutorial with bootstrap server
• Updated typing for Peer key

IPv8 v2.6.1699 release

Includes the first 1699 commits (+45 since v2.5) for IPv8, containing:

• Added DiscoveryStrategies to OverlaysEndpoint
• Added RequestCache documentation
• Added TunnelSettings.from_dict classmethod
• Added request cache documentation to TOC
• Added tracker_reporter_plugin script to collect anonymized tracker statistics
• Fixed DHTCommunityProvider serialization
• Fixed UDPEndpoint.send when transport is None
• Fixed awaiting exhaust_callbacks in TestBase
• Fixed broken image in the peer discovery docs
• Fixed issue with missing bootstrappers in PexCommunity
• Fixed result signature for EZPackOverlay._ez_unpack_auth
• Fixed scripts due to bootstrap refactoring
• Updated Community bootstrapping to be modular
• Updated the name of CommunityLauncher
• Updated tracker script

IPv8 v2.5.1654 release

Includes the first 1654 commits (+119 since v2.4) for IPv8, containing:

• Added 'q' format to Serializer defaults
• Added Community base class IPv6 support
• Added CommunityLauncher decorators
• Added Endpoint unit tests
• Added IPv6 support to DHTCommunity
• Added Network.snapshot support for all addresses
• Added Sentry support to the exit node script
• Added TestBase shortcuts
• Added address packer to default Serializer
• Added cache retrieval wrapper
• Added coverage barplot script generation
• Added deferred bootstrap DNS resolution
• Added documentation examples validation script
• Added fragile packet handling mode in TestBase
• Added hiddenimports to CommunityLauncher
• Added identity integration test isolation
• Added identity integration test scripts
• Added isolation endpoint tests
• Added overlay and walk strategy loading from a function
• Added static typing support
• Added tests for the REST overlays endpoint
• Added typing for VariablePayload
• Added unload_overlay to mock IPv8
• Fixed Bootstrap script resolving IPv6 tuples
• Fixed RequestCache futures not being cancelled after shutdown
• Fixed for introducing peers to outdated addresses
• Fixed incorrect lan_introduction_address in the IntroductionResponse
• Fixed new style punctures sent to old style peers
• Fixed overzealous defensive programming in create_introduction_request
• Fixed setting anonymization and statistics for overwritten endpoints
• Fixed tracker peer for intro overwrite
• Fixed tracker script not being general listener
• Removed Trustchain (moved to AnyDex)
• Removed UDPIPv6 from default endpoints
• Removed generate_key script
• Removed end-of-life tracker
• Updated "too many peers" log level to DEBUG
• Updated CreateRequestCache to use the payload identifier
• Updated DHTCommunity serialization
• Updated MockIPv8.unload naming to MockIPv8.stop
• Updated Network class polish
• Updated NumberCache.on_timeout to no longer be abstract
• Updated TunnelCommunity payloads and crypto
• Updated documentation by extracting examples into Python files

IPv8 v2.4.1535 release

Includes the first 1535 commits (+31 since v2.3) for IPv8, containing:

• Added CommunityLauncher (from Gumby)
• Added pytest support
• Added unit tests for DispatcherEndpoint
• Fixed EndpointListener accessing Endpoint._port
• Fixed pylintrc regular expression
• Fixed sending to unsupported guessed interface
• Updated Communities to use a 20-byte community_id instead of a master_peer
• Updated Serializer to be more efficient
• Updated the AsyncioEndpoint to not remove all other observers upon disable
• Updated the GitHub release script and its instructions