v6.03

What's Changed

• fix: Disable debug message by @kroese in #1862
• feat: Reduce transient startup status messages by @kroese in #1863
• build: Update workflow by @kroese in #1865
• feat: Limit wget progress output in log by @kroese in #1866
• fix: User agent release schedule by @kroese in #1868
• docs: Environment variables by @kroese in #1870
• feat: Improve Windows reinstall detection by @kroese in #1871
• feat: Support audio on Windows XP by @kroese in #1872
• fix: Show QEMU errors on unexpected exit by @kroese in #1873
• build: Update QEMU base image to v7.37 by @kroese in #1874
• feat: Preserve graceful shutdown for interactive console by @kroese in #1876
• feat: Update download links by @kroese in #1877
• feat: Do not retry download when validation fails by @kroese in #1878
• feat: Improve download progress in container log by @kroese in #1879
• docs: Environment variables by @kroese in #1880
• feat: Use xorriso to extract legacy ISO boot images by @kroese in #1881
• build: Update workflow by @kroese in #1883
• fix: Error propagation during image preparation by @kroese in #1884
• docs: Join an Active Directory domain by @kroese in #1886
• feat: Support joining an Active Directory domain by @kroese in #1885
• feat: Add post-install command support by @kroese in #1887
• feat: Allow EDITION to override the automatic selection by @kroese in #1888
• feat: Make fallback answer files edition-neutral by @kroese in #1889
• fix: Decrease default timeout by @kroese in #1890
• feat: Added optional lossy VNC compression by @kroese in #1891
• feat: Validate unattended settings before use by @kroese in #1892
• fix: Add Recreate strategy to Kubernetes deployment by @kroese in #1893
• feat: Validate legacy settings before use by @kroese in #1894
• fix: Decrease default timeout by @kroese in #1895
• feat: Apply password validation by @kroese in #1896
• feat: Assign HOST as the Windows computer name by @kroese in #1897
• feat: Validate local and domain account settings by @kroese in #1899
• fix: Remove NIXSYS download mirrors by @kroese in #1900
• build: Update QEMU base image to v7.38 by @kroese in #1901
• feat: Map shared folder to Z: drive by @kroese in #1902
• feat: Make autologin configurable by @kroese in #1903
• build: Update workflow by @kroese in #1904
• fix: Prevent races during interactive QEMU shutdown by @kroese in #1906
• fix: Resolve shellcheck warnings by @kroese in #1905
• fix: Prevent races during interactive shutdown by @kroese in #1907
• feat: Fallback to English ISO when localized downloads fail by @kroese in #1910
• docs: Multiple connections for downloads by @kroese in #1911
• build: Update workflow by @kroese in #1909
• feat: Add multi-connection downloads for Windows images by @kroese in #1912
• fix: Use delay function from base image by @kroese in #1913
• feat: Use QEMU helpers from base image by @kroese in #1914
• feat: Use retry function from base image by @kroese in #1915
• feat: Use retry function from base image by @kroese in #1916
• fix: Verify log file creation by @kroese in #1918
• feat: Support domain joins for all Windows versions by @kroese in #1919
• feat: Preserve automatic computer name generation by @kroese in #1921
• feat: Update Windows XP 64-bit download link by @kroese in #1920
• fix: Do not set computername if not explictly provided by @kroese in #1922
• feat: Refactor Windows answer file handling into separate script by @kroese in #1923
• fix: Remove local account configuration when AD is used by @kroese in #1924
• fix: Remove invalid downloads after checksum failures by @kroese in #1925
• feat: Improve LTSC and IoT edition handling by @kroese in #1926
• feat: Improve Windows image descriptions by @kroese in #1927
• feat: Add option to disable shared folder shortcuts by @kroese in #1928
• fix: Unset Samba variable during answer file generation by @kroese in #1929
• fix: Improve error handling during installation by @kroese in #1930
• fix: Remove local account command from domain installs by @kroese in #1931
• fix: Respect shortcut settings in legacy Windows installs by @kroese in #1932
• feat: Propagate backup file enumeration failures by @kroese in #1933
• docs: Environment variables by @kroese in #1934
• fix: Do not set domain for legacy Windows versions by @kroese in #1935
• feat: Improve error handling by @kroese in #1936
• fix: Increase abort timeout to 10 seconds by @kroese in #1937
• build: Create a detailed .gitignore file by @jack121200 in #1938
• build: Update QEMU base image to v7.39 by @kroese in #1939
• feat: Improve image detection and answer file generation by @kroese in #1940
• feat: Improve Windows version reporting by @kroese in #1941
• fix: Select first matching Windows image index by @kroese in #1942
• fix: Handle stop signals during xorriso extraction by @kroese in #1944
• feat: Improve Windows media detection and selection by @kroese in #1946
• feat: Consolidate language alias handling by @kroese in #1947
• fix: Check machine type before applying q35 flags by @kroese in #1948
• fix: Remove internal download test by @kroese in #1949
• feat: Update download links by @kroese in #1950
• feat: Inline local variable declarations by @kroese in #1951
• fix: Use qemu32 for XP on AMD EPYC by @kroese in #1952
• fix: Preserve IoT evaluation identity by @kroese in #1953
• fix: Preserve WIM indices during edition detection by @kroese in #1954
• feat: Merge client and server edition selection by @kroese in #1955
• feat: Improve architecture detection for download links by @kroese in #1956
• feat: Improve image and answer file handling by @kroese in #1957
• build: Update QEMU base image to v7.40 by @kroese in #1958
• docs: Environment variables by @kroese in #1960
• feat: Improve machine checking by @kroese in #1959
• fix: Invalid Samba NetBIOS hostname by @kroese in #1961
• build: Add blinter package for batch file linting by @kroese in #1962
• feat: Hide VirtIO driver installation windows by @kroese in #1963
• feat: Enable optional logging and syntax checking for install.bat by @kroese in #1964
• feat: Refactor legacy installation code by @kroese in #1965
• fix: Legacy username validation by @kroese in #1966
• feat: Remove Nano11 image by @kroese in #1967
• fix: Verify if OEM directory exists for legacy Windows versions by @kroese in #1968
• docs: Document new REBUILD option by @kroese in #1969
• feat: Added option to prevent rebuild of the image by @kroese in #1970
• fix: Legacy ISO boot load size by @kroese in #1971
• fix: Legacy boot image extraction and load size by @kroese in #1972
• build: Update dependabot config by @kroese in #1973
• build: Add Windows installation validation workflows by @kroese in #1974
• fix: Preserve Server Evaluation identity during image detection by @kroese in #1975
• docs: Environment variables by @kroese in #1976
• fix: Warn instead of failing on domain XML updates by @kroese in #1977
• fix: Respect REBUILD=N for legacy Windows media by @kroese in #1978
• fix: Handling of UTF-16 batch files by @kroese in #1979
• fix: Limit XP EPYC workaround to x86 by @kroese in #1980
• fix: Add the compact identifiers for Windows N by @kroese in #1981
• feat: Refactor Windows answer file handling by @kroese in #1983
• fix: Preserve source boot load size for legacy ISOs by @kroese in #1984
• build: Update workflow by @kroese in #1985
• fix: Read legacy boot load size before image preparation by @kroese in #1986
• fix: Read boot image offset during legacy fallback by @kroese in #1987
• fix: Avoid pipefail when reading boot load size by @kroese in #1988
• fix: Fall back to default boot load size for NT5 media by @kroese in #1989
• fix: Extract legacy boot images using virtual sectors by @kroese in #1990

New Contributors

• @jack121200 made their first contribution in #1938

Full Changelog: v6.01...v6.03