v2.4.1 (Stable)

Changes Since v2.4.0

• feat: redirect opt-out via URL hint (PR #505 and #510)
  • this adds support for x-ipfs-companion-no-redirect symbol as a way to disable gateway redirect for a single request, without disabling anything globally (via a hash or query param)
• feat: restore gateway redirect for CORS XHRs in Firefox (#511)
• feat: meaningful error in redirect-based URI handler (PR #501)
• fix: icons hover (PR #506)
• fix: workaround for the 'invalid Read on closed Body' bug in HTTP API (PR #509)
  • provides a fix for a bug described in #480 via workaround from ipfs/kubo#5168 (comment)
  • works in Firefox, Chrome users are out of luck for now (see Known Issues below)
• fix: rate-limiting the Linkify experiment (#503, PR #504)
• chore: update dependencies (#512)

Known Issues

• Sharing multiple files sometimes fails in Chrome due to HTTP API bug in go-ipfs (#480, #480 (comment))
  • Upstream bugs can be tracked at: ipfs/kubo#5168 and https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-api/issues/797

Installation via Stable Channel

• Firefox: Install from Mozilla Add-ons
• Chrome: Install from Chrome Web Store
• Other: use *generic.zip above or build and install it manually