v2.0.0-alpha.21

Major Features

• Added import, export, and restore of user lists (bans / admins / whitelist / combined). #717
• Added remote update for core packages and third party plugins. #761
• Added config cloning on instance creation. #720

Features

• Added social links and instructions to error page. #742
• Added button to download control config. #740
• Added server action filter (aka "chat filter") to instance log in web ui. #744
• Added factorio.console_logging to enable dedicated console log file for servers. #748
• Added a recovery mode to host and controller accessible as an option on the run command. #752
• Added username search to the users list. #751
• Added log level filtering to the web ui. #745
• Added pending update detection for host and controller. #758
• Added restart required indicator for host and controller. #758
• Added version mismatch indicator in host list. #758
• Added host plugin list command to crl where previously only controller plugin list existed. #760
• Added optional feature which allows new plugins to be installed remotely.
• Added bidirectional whitelist syncing. #716
• Added support for v2 map exchange strings. #700

Fixes

• Fixed handling of zip files with multiple top-level folders. #739
• Fixed looping between instances of ban and admin sync events. #736
• Fixed quality being stripped from power armour equipment when moving between servers #753
• Resolved webpack type export warnings #750
• Reduce page load time on users list by enabling pagination. #718
• Corrected stack trace and enabled source mapping during bootstrap. #764
• Fixed map gen settings using the incorrect name for cliff settings following exchange string decode.

Meta

• Silent testing is now truly silent. #764
• Node 18 has reached end of life and is no longer maintained, we no longer guarantee support for it.
• CI testing now runs on node 20 & 22 as well as factorio 1.1.110 & 2.0.47.

Many thanks to the following for contributing to this release:
@Cooldude2606
@Danielv123
@Hornwitser