v2.1.0-rc2

What's Changed

• build against boost.json as header only. This makes it easier to chan… by @arvidn in #8279
• fix recent merge typo in torrent::force_tracker_request() by @arvidn in #8283
• new fuzzers by @arvidn in #8197
• Use Boost 1.91.0 in Windows CI by @xavier2k6 in #8281
• fix CIFuzz issue by @arvidn in #8290
• Update cibuildwheel workflow by @xavier2k6 in #8287
• document that support for BEP17 web seeds were removed by @arvidn in #8289
• Header only boost by @arvidn in #8291
• address python tests using deprecated functions by @arvidn in #8296
• fix support for multi-buffer writes in pread_storage by @arvidn in #8292
• address a data race in pread_disk_io by @arvidn in #8294
• NATPMP fixes by @arvidn in #8297
• Test merge by @arvidn in #8298
• fix flaky python test by @arvidn in #8295
• Add Python MacOS x86_64 builds to cibuildwheel by @qstokkink in #8285
• fix flaky test involving web_server.py in windows by @arvidn in #8300
• Clang tidy by @arvidn in #8301
• post peer_disconnected_alert even if the peer never completed the han… by @arvidn in #8302
• Bump some pre-commit hook revs by @xavier2k6 in #8288
• fixed piece-picker accounting issue for filtered pieces by @arvidn in #8305
• add clang-format configuration and a pre-commit rule for migration by @arvidn in #8303
• fix issue in filtered piece accounting in the piece_picker by @arvidn in #8304
• Use Boost.JSON as header-only via cmake by @Chocobo1 in #8280
• add feature to tick_interval setting to allow all work to run every m… by @arvidn in #8307
• update clang-tidy config by @arvidn in #8311
• fix race in session_handle::wait_for_alert() by @arvidn in #8312
• backport the wait_for_alert() fix from RC_2_1 by @arvidn in #8313
• Test merge by @arvidn in #8315
• disable python's and pytest's faulthandler by @arvidn in #8314
• make web seed connections fail earlier on invalid data by @arvidn in #8308
• update claude instructions by @arvidn in #8309
• Use header-only boost in Windows cmake workflow by @Chocobo1 in #8310
• clean up some strncmp() by using string_view by @arvidn in #8320
• fix socks5 parsing edge case by @arvidn in #8321
• stricter checking of tracker URLs by @arvidn in #8318
• tighten validation of v2 hash requests by @arvidn in #8322
• fix off-by-one in loading banned peers from resume data by @arvidn in #8323
• fix edge case in socks5 UDP unwrap() by @arvidn in #8324
• make parse_magnet_uri() stricter by @arvidn in #8325
• remove cirrus CI by @arvidn in #8326
• add warning message to read_resume_data() by @arvidn in #8328
• Test merge by @arvidn in #8329
• authenticate webtorrent tracker certificates by default by @arvidn in #8330
• fix incorrect invariant check in torrent.cpp by @arvidn in #8331
• GHA CI: Replace third party action with node24 compatible variant by @xavier2k6 in #8327
• Fix resume file save trigger on PEX/LSD change by @Bonstra in #8333
• optimize sanitization of symlinks when loading torrents by @arvidn in #8334
• optimizations to avoid unnecessary calls to piece_size_for_req() by @arvidn in #8335
• web seed fixes by @arvidn in #8337
• Fixup web seed by @arvidn in #8336
• Test merge by @arvidn in #8338
• fix clang warnings by @arvidn in #8339
• add max_directory_depth limit to load_torrent_limits by @arvidn in #8340
• sanitize add_torrent_params by @arvidn in #8341
• script to measure fuzzer code coverage by @arvidn in #8342
• Add torrent fuzzer by @arvidn in #8343
• fuzzer for parse_piece_layers by @arvidn in #8346
• improve sanitization of filenames, and symlinks in particular by @arvidn in #8344
• strengthen peer encryption (obfuscation) by @arvidn in #8350
• pe_crypto_state fuzzer by @arvidn in #8347
• fuzzer for identify_client by @arvidn in #8348
• in create_torrent, store symbolic links according to BEP 47 by @arvidn in #8349
• Test merge by @arvidn in #8351
• fix bug in combine_path by @arvidn in #8352
• address potential dangling pointers in smart_ban by @arvidn in #8357
• sanitize time counters in add_torrent_params by @arvidn in #8358
• Test merge by @arvidn in #8360
• add another phase to flushing blocks from the disk cache by @arvidn in #8359
• address data race in pread_disk_io by @arvidn in #8361
• utp_stream fuzzer by @arvidn in #8364
• fuzzer for local service discovery by @arvidn in #8363
• add fuzzer for udp tracker by @arvidn in #8362
• extend the UPnP fuzzer to actaually exercise the port mapping logic by @arvidn in #8365
• add NAT-PMP fuzzer by @arvidn in #8375
• fix bug in post_download_queue() when a torrent complete by @arvidn in #8376
• add two documentation comments for portmaps by @arvidn in #8371
• Fix quoted I2P SAM values by @M-Hassan-Raza in #8369
• Fix bandwidth channel iteration by @M-Hassan-Raza in #8374
• Return partial byte count from pwrite_all on error by @M-Hassan-Raza in #8380
• fix connection_tester with allow-fast by @arvidn in #8379
• add fuzzer for socks5 udp associate by @arvidn in #8378
• Connection tester by @arvidn in #8382
• fix race when removing an auto managed torrent by @arvidn in #8383
• Fix UPnP content-type checks by @M-Hassan-Raza in #8370
• don't print warning for some undocumented functions by @arvidn in #8385
• use v2 hashes for hybrid torrents, instead of smart_ban by @arvidn in #8386
• Handle short reads from part files by @M-Hassan-Raza in #8381
• Test merge by @arvidn in #8387
• add python binding alert.timestamp() by @milahu in #8368
• update run_benchmark.py by @arvidn in #8390
• improve performance of disk job pool by @arvidn in #8391
• Test merge by @arvidn in #8392
• add feature to connection_tester to generate resume data by @arvidn in #8394
• Improve benchmark by @arvidn in #8396
• fix generating v2 resume data in connection_tester by @arvidn in #8397
• fix bug in tracker announcements involving i2p trackers by @arvidn in #8398
• factor out shared code in portmap fuzzers by @arvidn in #8400
• fix v2 piece hash generation in connection_tester by @arvidn in #8401
• Fix peer class bandwidth channel capacity by @M-Hassan-Raza in #8388
• More fuzzers by @arvidn in #8402
• optimize count_jobs() in disk_cache.cpp by @arvidn in #8404
• add gen_corpus script by @arvidn in #8405
• Complete docs by @arvidn in #8403
• description of the documentation generation process by @arvidn in #8406
• address flakiness of webtorrent test by @arvidn in #8407
• claude fuzzers by @arvidn in #8408
• move the comma outside of the METRIC macro by @arvidn in #8411
• add build option to collect disk read latency statistics by @arvidn in #8412
• Fix mmap disk jobs stranded behind fences by @M-Hassan-Raza in #8389
• fix connection_tester output by @arvidn in #8416
• avoid busy looping in tests by @arvidn in #8413
• improve tools/run_benchmark.py by @arvidn in #8417
• Match DHT RPC replies by full endpoint by @M-Hassan-Raza in #8410
• Test merge by @arvidn in #8421
• optimize flushing of disk cache in pread_disk_io by @arvidn in #8422
• add documentation by @arvidn in #8409
• Tighten HTTP tracker peer parsing by @M-Hassan-Raza in #8423
• fix race on aborting disk jobs on shutdown by @arvidn in #8424
• improve try_cache_flush() call by @arvidn in #8425
• connection_tester: save merkle trees to separate file by @arvidn in #8427
• Improve benchmark scripts by @arvidn in #8429
• Mmap v2 block hashes by @arvidn in #8426
• Fix deprecated pair piece priorities by @M-Hassan-Raza in #8430
• add missing file and extend CI to detect it by @arvidn in #8433
• Fix reject piece request iteration by @M-Hassan-Raza in #8432
• simplify disk_buffer_holder by @arvidn in #8431
• fix issue with graceful pause during shutdown by @arvidn in #8435
• Fix DH xor mask secret padding by @M-Hassan-Raza in #8434
• Fix whole-piece prefetch overflow by @M-Hassan-Raza in #8436
• optimize parsing v2 torrent files (file_tree) by @arvidn in #8437
• Test merge by @arvidn in #8438
• fix test_resume.cpp when (old) deprecated functions are enabled by @arvidn in #8439
• remove invalid assert in disk_cache by @arvidn in #8440
• mark hashes as have=true to avoid double-requests by @arvidn in #8442
• Benchmark load torrent by @arvidn in #8443
• Fix SOCKS5 auth request bounds by @M-Hassan-Raza in #8441
• extend load_torrent benchmark with more cases by @arvidn in #8444
• Test merge by @arvidn in #8445
• stricter checks in hash-picker by @arvidn in #8446
• run tests in 32 bit mode on CI by @arvidn in #8447
• fix typo in get_drive_info() by @arvidn in #8448
• fix issue in uTP shutdown by @arvidn in #8450
• extend get_drive_info by @arvidn in #8452
• Stop tracker timeout web server by @hussainarslan in #8454
• simplify file_piece_range_inclusive() and file_piece_range_exclusive() by @arvidn in #8453
• Validate resume files touched by completed pieces by @hussainarslan in #8451
• stricter basic auth handling for web seed by @arvidn in #8319
• Fix DHT upload quota zero limit by @M-Hassan-Raza in #8456
• v2 block hashes can be computed concurrently by @arvidn in #8449
• clear HTTP credentials on redirected web seeds by @arvidn in #8455
• Test merge by @arvidn in #8457
• fix a concurrency bug in kick_hasher by @arvidn in #8459
• fix merkle proof cleanup by @arvidn in #8461
• bump version to 2.0.13 by @arvidn in #8462
• Test merge by @arvidn in #8464
• update tests in test_checking.cpp to use the new API by @arvidn in #8468
• fix async_hash bug in pread_disk_io by @arvidn in #8469
• harden merkle_tree proof validation by @arvidn in #8466
• Fix web seed Host header ports by @hussainarslan in #8460
• use the new host_header functions in more places by @arvidn in #8471
• Test merge by @arvidn in #8472
• Parameterize disk io by @arvidn in #8470
• test magnet links where the info-hash is updated by @arvidn in #8473
• use strong flag type in test_metadata_extension.cpp by @arvidn in #8475
• fix data race in disk_cache::flush_storage() by @arvidn in #8476
• fix issue counting disk I/O thread in pread_disk_io by @arvidn in #8477
• improve run_http_suite() by @arvidn in #8474
• fixup and simplify threads in add_fence_job() by @arvidn in #8478
• simplify flush_storage() by not making it erase the piece by @arvidn in #8479
• fix flaky test_flag by @arvidn in #8480
• increase timeout for expensive (thread-sanitizer) test run by @arvidn in #8482
• smoke test disk I/O on CI by @arvidn in #8481
• Pread write fence by @arvidn in #8467
• fix dead-lock in deferred clear_piece by @arvidn in #8485
• Parameterize test error handling by @arvidn in #8484
• Fix unaligned reads by @arvidn in #8483
• enable pread diskio as the default disk I/O backend by @arvidn in #8465
• cut 2.1 rc2 by @arvidn in #8486

New Contributors

• @Bonstra made their first contribution in #8333
• @M-Hassan-Raza made their first contribution in #8369
• @milahu made their first contribution in #8368
• @hussainarslan made their first contribution in #8454

Full Changelog: v2.1.0-rc1...v2.1.0-rc2