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
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
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
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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
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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