BigBlueButton 2.6.1

This 2.6 iteration contains mostly fixes to the client, recording and a couple upgraded dependencies that were flagged for security vulnerabilities - see fix(sec) in Core.

Additionally, we have reduced the maximum size of the canvas, so text in the whiteboard should be much more legible.
The full list of changes is below.

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

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

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HTML5 client

fixes:

• fix: Copy/Paste into Guest Policy textbox will cause a text box to appear in whiteboard by @ramonlsouza in #16979
• fix: poll results size calculation on firefox by @ramonlsouza in #17085
• fix(access): Prevent Race Condition Removing Role Value by @KDSBrowne in #17071
• fix: Missing buttons on menus in low resolutions. by @Scroody in #17231
• fix(presentation): workaround for slide download by @Arthurk12 in #17194
• fix: Dragging presentation area instead of rotated shape by @ramonlsouza in #17320
• fix: Fix custom virtual background not being disabled when removed by @Tainan404 in #17110
• fix: Close poll on slide change by @zhem0004 in #17052
• fix: Prevent URLs Triggering Typed Response Poll Option by @KDSBrowne in #17107
• fix(access): Presentation Interference With Keyboard Access in Breakout Management by @KDSBrowne in #16989
• fix: fix presentation modal freeze when cleaning errors by @GuiLeme in #17214
• fix: Update Style Menu Position On Iphone by @KDSBrowne in #17325
• fix(whiteboard): Bug while panning the slide by pressing the scroll mouse button or spacebar by @ramonlsouza in #17322
• fix: Note notification removed when shared notes pinned. by @Scroody in #17327
• fix(whiteboard): Reduce max canvas size by @ramonlsouza in #17097
• fix(bbb-html5): Dismiss uploading toast after content capture by @danielpetri1 in #17239
• fix: Recover broken allowModsToUnmuteUsers functionality by @paultrudel in #17054
• fix: Undo bug returning to slide '0'. by @Scroody in #17172
• fix: Error message on layout change. by @Scroody in #17361
• fix: fix some code smell by adding const for variables by @antobinary in #17345
• fix: empty slide on presentation change by @ramonlsouza in #17357
• fix: Allow viewing of longer names in guest waiting queue by @zhem0004 in #17084

test:

• ci: Fix paths-ignore to docs folder by @antonbsa in #17099
• fix (ci): SharedNotes tests failing randomly (disabling minify to speed up Etherpad initialization) by @gustavotrott in #17100
• test: Connection failure tests by @BrentBaccala in #16956
• test: Update polling tests by @antonbsa in #17101
• test: add data-test to download session button by @gabriellpr in #17323
• gns3 virtual network for testing by @BrentBaccala in #15673 #17222
• test: Webcam tests additions by @antonbsa in #15680
• test: new whiteboard tests + refactoring of visual regression tests by @MaximKhlobystov in #16961
• ci: Prevents CI triggering on push events by @antonbsa in #17359

localization:

• Translate 'bigbluebutton-html5/public/locales/en.json' in 'fr' by @transifex-integration in #17342
• Translate 'bigbluebutton-html5/public/locales/en.json' in 'fr' by @transifex-integration in #17238
• Translate 'bigbluebutton-html5/public/locales/en.json' in 'fa_IR' by @transifex-integration in #17298
• Translate 'bigbluebutton-html5/public/locales/en.json' in 'hy' by @transifex-integration in #17241
• Translate 'bigbluebutton-html5/public/locales/en.json' in 'fr' by @transifex-integration in #17339
• Translate 'bigbluebutton-html5/public/locales/en.json' in 'fr' by @transifex-integration in #17195

Core

• fix(recording): crash on redisrecorderactor when poll is published by @germanocaumo in #17362
• fix(sec): Upgrade Spring WebMVC Version by @paultrudel in #17203
• fix(bbb-com-web): Change video state to published and get meetingIds from meta tag by @paultrudel in #17089
• fix(sec): Exclude GraalVM and H2 Dependencies by @paultrudel in #16919
• fix(bbb-conf): switch to the safer .innerText by @antobinary in #17346

Recording

• recording: Fix video processing OOM, Broken pipe errors by @kepstin in #17112
• recording/video: Fix typo in area layout by @kepstin in #17201
• recording: Increase quality of libx264 intermediate files by @kepstin in #17329
• recording: Fix video processing incompatibility with Ruby 2.7 by @kepstin in #17379

build

• build: Retry to download nodejs on http 404 or 522 errors by @gustavotrott in #17108
• chore(bbb-presentation-video): Update to 4.0.0 by @kepstin in #17242
• chore(bbb-presentation-video): Update to 4.0.1 by @kepstin in #17347
• chore: Bump bbb-playback to v5.0.0 by @antobinary in #17341

bbb-export-annotations

• fix(bbb-export-annotations): Reduce max canvas size by @danielpetri1 in #17090
• fix(bbb-export-annotations): Change poll results appearance by @danielpetri1 in #17096

docs

• docs: Update readme and build instructions for 2.6 by @tibroc in #17087
• docs: Fix bold font rendering by @tibroc in #17120
• docs: Link to the current end user support pages by @tibroc in #17152
• fix(docs): update path to Greenlight migration file by @scouillard in #17175
• fix(docs): add After Migration section to Greenlight migration docs by @scouillard in #17176
• fix(docs): additional instructions for systems without CAP_SYS_NICE by @prlanzarin in #17161
• docs: remove basename for docs website by @antobinary in #17167
• docs: Fix link for recording by @antobinary in #17215
• fix(docs): add recordings sync rake task to Greenlight migration docs by @scouillard in #17240
• docs: Docs fix links by @tibroc in #17196
• docs: Include missing API docs for v2.6.x release by @dmtrhfr in #17061

chores

• chore: Update SECURITY.md for BBB 2.6 by @antobinary in #17117

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Release name

Passing -v focal-260 to bbb-install-2.6.sh will always install the latest released BigBlueButton 2.6 version.

If for some reason you would like to install this specific release, pass -v focal-260-2.6.1.

We still recommend using -v focal-260 as this repository is continually updated with each BigBlueButton 2.6 release.

Client build: 518

New Contributors

• @dmtrhfr made their first contribution in #17061
• @scouillard made their first contribution in #17175

Full Changelog: v2.6.0...v2.6.1