Netmiko 4.1.1 Release

New Drivers

• Add Nokia SRLinux Support
• Add Mikrotik File Transfer Support

Performance Improvements

• Performance Improvements for Linux Driver
• Improve Performance Graphs

Bug Fixes / Improvements

• Better Error Messages for Incompatible Python Versions
• Improve Huawei Driver
• Improve Huawei VRPv8 Driver
• Improve HPE ProCurve Driver
• Improving Junos context stripping patterns
• Improve MikroTik Driver
• Fix for Extreme ERS login issues
• Minor update to threading calls in Netmiko Tools
• Increase save_config default timeout for Cisco-based platforms

Netmiko 4.1.0 Release

Performance Improvements

• Improve performance in Junos config_mode() and check_config_mode() methods.
• Improve performance on disconnect() method.
• Improve slow NX-OS disconnect()
• Improve slow Junos disconnect()

Bug Fixes and other Improvements

• Update VyOS save_config()
• Fix read_timeout being excessively long in case where check_config() fails
• Fix Huawei regular expression issue
• Fix Huawei login issue
• Improve Juniper enter_cli_mode()
• Fix issue with Nokia SROS MD-CLI having square bracket data being removed
• Fix issue with 'write memory' on ubiquity edge switches
• Fix extreme exos read-only account issue
• Add Cisco WLC _send_command_w_yes() method
• Fix Cisco IOS, IOS-XE, and IOS-XR abbreviating prompt in config mode
• Fix Aruba controller paging issue
• Fix fortigate autodetect
• Fixing HP Procurve session_preparation issue on repeated connection

Python Version Support

• Remove PY3.6 Support
• Add PY3.10 Support

Netmiko 4.0.0 Release

Backwards incompatible and other major changes

• Convert send_command to use read_timeout.
• Convert send_command_timing to use read_timeout and last_read
• Add type hints and mypy support
• Relocate exceptions module to netmiko.exceptions (was ssh_exceptions)
• Add read_timeout argument to send_config_set
• Convert netmiko-tools to be an entry point and directly a part of Netmiko library
• Creating a new internal Channel class
• Restructure read methods
• Implement NoEnable and NoConfig inheritance classes to standardize no-config and no-enable behavior

Related Articles

• Article on read_timeout behavior

Major new features

• Add send_multiline() method
• Add send_multiline_timing() method
• Create new Netmiko factory function named ConnLogOnly
• Create new Netmiko factory function named ConnUnify

Related Articles

• Article on send_multiline()
• Article on send_multiline_timing()

New Drivers

• Cisco Viptela Driver
• Dell SONiC Driver
• Cisco S300 Telnet Driver
• Allied Telesis AlliedWare Plus Driver
• Zyxel Driver
• Extreme Tierra OS Driver
• Extreme EXOS Secure Copy Support

Minor Enhancements

• Centralize standard no_auth code into SSHClient_noauth
• Remove vendored Textfsm library code
• Add a shim for cisco_xe to use cisco_ios in ntc-templates
• WLC add method send_command_w_yes to handle show command that still prompts for pagination
• Platforms added to SSH autodetect
• Expand ANSI escape code stripping
• Expand SNMP autodetect support

Bug Fixes

• Fix read ahead issue with read methods
• Fix ntc-templates directory structure issue
• Aruba OS fix for hostname changes
• Fix flexvnf enter cli and prompt issue
• Fix path issue for pip installed ntc-templates when using PY3.9
• Mikrotik driver improvements and fixes
• Fixing IOS-XR confirm prompting issue during commit
• Fix the pan-os acknowledgment banner
• Fix Juniper ScreenOS accept issue
• Add support for Username: for telnet login on ProCurve
• Change ArubaOS command to disable paging
• utf-8 encoding for session_log
• Add bypass_commands support to send_config_set to disable cmd_verify
• Fix disconnect() call for Dlink DS driver
• Prevent secret from being leaked to debug log
• Fix send_command() read issue where data spanned the deque
• Improve set_base_prompt behavior
• Increase the default conn_timeout to 10 seconds improve Paramiko behavior on slow connections

Performance Improvements

• Fix IOS-XR performance issues
• Implement Netmiko performance improvements for a large set of drivers (about half the drivers)
• Fixing Linux very slow disconnect issue

Netmiko 3.4.0 Release

New Features

• Add error_pattern argument to send_config_set() and send_config_from_file() to allow configuration to stop when pattern is detected.
• Add run_ttp method to support more complex TTP interactions.
• Juniper performance improvements.
• ASA performance improvements.
• Add telnet support to AdtranOS

New Drivers

• Allied Telesis AlliedWare Plus
• Brocade Fabric OS
• C-DOT CROS
• Ericsson IPOS
• Supermicro SMIS

Bug fixes/improvements

• Fixing Palo Alto line repaint issue
• Fixing F5 TMSH disconnect process
• Fix IOS-XR exit_config_mode issue
• Fixing some enable method state issues
• Fixing SR-OS remote file size
• Fixing issue with remote_file_size parsing failure
• Fix ASA enable() issue in session_preparation
• Fix Yamaha enter issue on exit enable mode
• Fix Yamaha telnet enter issue
• F5 TMOS driver update
• Fix newlines on Cisco NX-OS
• Fixes an issue with ssh _autodetect_remote_version
• Fix tplink_jetstream to support cryptography 3.1+
• Allowing Dell OS10 to support hyphen or space
• Fix authentication exception handling
• Improve ssh_autodetect so most common command happens first.
• Fix dell_force10 autodetect

Netmiko 3.3.3 Release

New Drivers

• Add Ericcson IPOS Support
• Adtran Telnet Support

Performance Improvements

• Juniper Performance Improvements
• Cisco ASA Performance Improvements

Bugs and Enhancements

• Improve Authentication Exception Handling
• FIX Cryptography Lib Change Issue

Netmiko 3.3.2 Release

New Features

• Add support for PIP installable ntc-templates
• Add support for TTP templates

Performance Improvements

• Cisco NX-OS Performance Improvements
• Cisco IOS-XR Performance Improvements
• Arista Performance Improvements

New Drivers

• Cisco FTD Driver
• Ubiquity EdgeRouter
• TPLink JetStream

Bug Fixes

• Secure Copy Progress Bar fix for get Operation

Netmiko 3.3.0 Release

New Drivers

• Netgear ProSafe
• Adtran OS

Bug Fixes and Improvements

• Changed SSH terminal height in CiscoXrBase (#1876)
• XR commit comment change (#1880)
• Fix broken "enable" on Nokia SR-OS driver (#1870)
• Test updates
• Fix WLC conn_timeout issue (#1897)

Performance Improvements

• Improve Session Preparation Behavior (#1854)
• Significant Improvements for IOS and IOS-XE (#1902)

Netmiko 3.2.0 Release

New Platforms

• 6Wind
• Broadcom ICOS
• Centec Networks
• Raisecom ROAP
• Yamaha
• ZTE ZXROS

New Features

• Secure Copy Progress Bar
• Add conn_timeout argument (controls timeout of TCP connection)

Misc

• Convert CI-CD to GitHub Actions
• Bugfixes

Netmiko 3.1.1 Release

New Drivers/Platforms

• UnifiSwitchSSH
• Huawei OLT
• Huawei SmartAX

Bugs and Improvements

• Nokia SR-OS SCP Support
• Improve terminal width behavior
• Fix some issues related to cmd_verify
• Expanded autodetect support

Netmiko 3.1.0 Release

New Platforms / Transports

• D-Link DGS/DES
• WatchGuard Firebox
• Sophos SG Firewalls
• Huawei Telnet Support

Bug Fixes/Enhancements

• Add cmd_verify argument to send_command
• Add global_cmd_verify argument to ConnectHandler