BigBlueButton 2.6.0-alpha.4

This alpha iteration of BigBlueButton 2.6 includes numerous fixes and updates to existing features.

Tldraw whiteboard is now more stable and server logs provide better information about server cpu/memory usage and disconnections.
Note that it runs on Ubuntu Focal (20.04)

BigBlueButton 2.6-dev is under active development. While we don’t recommend setting it up in a production environment, we do encourage administrators to try out the build with others and give us feedback on our bigbluebutton-dev mailing list.

Link to installation command / instructions / planned features : https://docs.bigbluebutton.org/2.6/new.html

All fixes from BigBlueButton 2.5.x are here up to and including v2.5.6.

Big THANK YOU to all community members who helped for this release - both through sending pull requests and through reporting bugs or requesting enhancements! 🎊

HTML5 client

newly introduced:

• Support @ notation for localization files by @ramonlsouza in #15665

fixes:

• fix: preloaded fonts being requested again by @ramonlsouza in #15562
• fix: screenshare volume control by @JoVictorNunes in #15631
• fix(whiteboard toolbar): reduce distance from the bottom by @JoVictorNunes in #15659
• fix(webcam): switching profiles in preview fails intermittently by @prlanzarin in #15647
• fix(audio): review in/out device management and switching by @prlanzarin in #15582
• fix: check virtual background type on change by @JoVictorNunes in #15558
• fix: button overflow in presentation toolbar by @ramonlsouza in #15681
• Fix: bigbluebutton-html5 warnings by @ramonlsouza in #15670
• fix: Restore Text Shape Updates Per Character by @KDSBrowne in #15624
• fix: port adjustments in breakout publisher to 2.5 by @ramonlsouza in #15649
• fix: set breakout name input as readonly when updating users by @ramonlsouza in #15683
• handle missing cursor property case by @zhem0004 in #15690
• fix(audio): retry gUM without pre-set deviceIds on OverconstrainedError(s) by @prlanzarin in #15695
• fix: multiple answer translation in live results by @ramonlsouza in #15687
• fix: disable xhr fallback on websocket connection by @ramonlsouza in #15717
• fix(tldraw): disable selecting shapes on certain cases by @germanocaumo in #15637
• fix: broadcast push alert crash in breakouts by @ramonlsouza in #15710
• fix: multiple answer translation in live results (2.5) by @ramonlsouza in #15714
• fix: disable xhr fallback on websocket connection (2.5) by @ramonlsouza in #15723
• fix: script to deploy html5 using wrong npm version by @gustavotrott in #15711
• fix: Unable to expand the sidebar content by pulling on webcam part when close to whiteboard by @ramonlsouza in #15737
• fix: cursor bug after camera is dropped in the same place by @ramonlsouza in #15738
• fix: add config to disable emoji sort on click by @JoVictorNunes in #15740
• fix(cursor): hide cursor for others on mouse leave by @germanocaumo in #15725
• fix(whiteboard): several zoom fixes by @germanocaumo in #15763
• fix: remove empty object in logs by @ramonlsouza in #15772
• (fix) - Fix toast of export to chat by @GuiLeme in #15795
• [fix] - fix debounce not working properly by @GuiLeme in #15792
• fix: add missing condition for showing MeetingEnded by @JoVictorNunes in #15796
• fix(push layout): propagation of camera/presentation sizes by @JoVictorNunes in #15816

refactors:

• refactor: Add "current presentation" toast unique class by @ramonlsouza in #15672
• refactor: html5 server log improvements (2.6) by @ramonlsouza in #15700
• refactor: html5 server log improvements by @ramonlsouza in #15699
• refactor: push layout by @JoVictorNunes in #15657
• improvement: error screen messages and logs by @JoVictorNunes in #15783

chore:

• chore: merge 2.6.0-alpha.1+ into develop by @antobinary in #15316
• chore: Merge 2.6 into develop by @antobinary in #15373
• chore: Merge BBB 2.6 into develop by @antobinary in #15411
• chore: Merge BBB 2.6.0-alpha~3 into develop by @antobinary in #15512
• chore/fix: update react-intl to 6.1.0 and add config to disable fallback by @JoVictorNunes in #15612
• chore(playback): v5.0.0-alpha.2 by @germanocaumo in #15689
• chore: Pulled the latest 2.5 HTML5 locales from Transifex by @ramonlsouza in #15721
• chore: Merge v2.5.6 into v2.6 by @ramonlsouza in #15736
• chore: set disableWebsocketFallback default value to true by @ramonlsouza in #15742
• chore: Pulled the latest 2.6 HTML5 locales from Transifex by @ramonlsouza in #15765

test:

• test: add documentation on how to record Meteor traffic by @BrentBaccala in #15206
• test suite: fix race condition on webcam connecting (2.5) by @BrentBaccala in #15580
• [Snyk] Upgrade @playwright/test from 1.22.2 to 1.25.0 by @snyk-bot in #15639
• [Snyk] Upgrade @testing-library/jest-dom from 5.16.4 to 5.16.5 by @snyk-bot in #15643
• Upload and remove presentations test by @gabriellpr in #15614
• test: Help button test by @gabriellpr in #15651
• Emojis tests for the public/private chat by @gabriellpr in #15616

style:

• style: adjust breakout room assignment buttons by @ramonlsouza in #15586
• improvement: text selection in chat by @JoVictorNunes in #15748
• style: disable text selection of brightness labels by @JoVictorNunes in #15751

Core / Recording

• fix: JVM apps stopping to differ from failure by @antobinary in #15632
• use findMeetingFromMeetingID in API calls by @BrentBaccala in #15652
• recording: Fix incorrect seek offsets in video by @kepstin in #15702
• refactor: Modify maxParticipant calculation 2.5 by @paultrudel in #15610
• Upgrade spring to 2.7.x by @zhem0004 in #15467
• fix (bbb-web): failed to start due to "circular references" error by @zhem0004 in #15771
• fix(whiteboard): annotations duplication in websocket/collection by @germanocaumo in #15745
• Refactor toast in presentation-uploader by @GuiLeme in #15474
• Remove SetPollsXML by @zhem0004 in #15762
• (fix) - fix timeout error when PDF is too complex. by @GuiLeme in #15688
• (refactor) bbb-web - Undo disabledFeatures=none in bigbluebutton.properties by @GuiLeme in #15782

packaging and configuration

• fix: bbb-conf --start to use bigbluebutton.target only by @antobinary in #15633
• fix(conf): Fix tomcat warnings by @GuiLeme in #15307
• build(bbb-webrtc-sfu): v2.9.1 by @prlanzarin in #15682
• Fix bbb libreoffice dockerfile by @ffdixon in #15705
• Add newline when scanning bigbluebutton.properites by @ffdixon in #15704
• refactor (backport 2.5): Upgrade Libreoffice docker from java 11 to java 17 by @gustavotrott in #15613
• build(bbb-webrtc-sfu): v2.8.6 by @prlanzarin in #15726
• build: update number of default servers for bbb-html5 by @ramonlsouza in #15744
• refactor (bbb-soffice): Switch parent image to amazoncorretto:17-alpine by @gustavotrott in #15743
• Update FreeSWITCH settings for improved audio by @ffdixon in #15766
• build: enable websocket compression in front-end servers by @ramonlsouza in #15779
• Updated to Kurento to version 6.18.0 release for improved stability and reduced CPU usage

Release name

In case an administrator does not want to update to the latest focal-260 version. Use as substitute to the -v argument in bbb-install.sh command
focal-260-2.6.0-alpha.4
We still recommend using -v focal-260.

Client build: 152