v29.9.0 - 📅 Plugin architecture shifts and CalVer transition

Hi all 👋

Note: Had to re-publish this due to missing PATCH version in Tag (vYY.MM.PATCH)

This release brings structural reorganization under the hood, network visualization updates, and a transition to a more predictable versioning scheme.

On the architecture side, I’ve officially moved the plugins directory from /front/plugins to /server/plugins. Please note that this is a breaking change: if you use custom plugin mappings in your docker-compose files, you will need to update them.

To make future releases easier to track, I am also shifting to a streamlined CalVer format (YY.MM.PATCH). This removes guessing games and maps version numbers directly to release timelines.

I’m also expanding multi-site and multi-instance capabilities-strongly aligning with MSP deployment needs. This release introduces support for multi-instance Pi-hole monitoring (PIHOLEMON plugin by @mauricio-camayo), enhanced AdGuard DHCP imports, and site details for UniFi devices, making it easier to manage segmented network environments.

Finally, network maps are getting a visual upgrade: solid lines now cleanly represent numbered Ethernet ports while dashed lines handle other connections, and Wi-Fi indicators now dynamically check for SSID availability.

Thanks for the ongoing support, bug reports, and community contributions.

Now onto the changes.

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💔 Breaking changes

See Past breaking Changes.

• 🔺THIS RELEASE: moved plugins directory from /front/plugins to /server/plugins - update your custom plugin mappings in your docker-compose files.
• 🔺NEXT RELEASE REMOVAL: If you have implemented external applications using the OLD API endpoints, please migrate to the NEW API endpoints.

🆕New capabilities

• Added site details to devices imported via the UNIFIAPI plugin #1741
• Improved AdGuard DHCP imports to include dynamic leases and static reservations. #1746
• New custom header and URL query string support for NTFY to use with reverse proxies or tunnels - by @justadityaraj 🙏#1663
• Pause scans to allow for quicker updating of the Device lists #1754
• Ethernet vs. Other Connections: Solid lines now represent numbered Ethernet ports; all other connection types display as dashed lines. #1763
• Wi-Fi Status: Displays the Wi-Fi icon when an SSID is available; defaults to a (?) icon when unavailable. #1763
• A new PIHOLEMON plugin with 2 pihole instances support, including anomaly detection by @mauricio-camayo 🙏

✨Fixes and Improvements

• fix multiple recipients in smtp plugin by @etgocode 🙏
• clock shows wrong timezone after header reload (#1640) by @Valiante 🙏
• Improved repeated-notification filtering by consistently using UTC timestamps #1737
• Corrected parent device online-status handling when network interface devices are detected. #1736
• Escaped dynamic notification HTML and added formatting fallbacks. #1743
• devComments now displayable in the devices views tables
• Session info fields were editable when dummy devices were created #1755
• Fix for theme initialization after cache reload by @Valiante 🙏
• Deleting a device referenced as devParentMAC was causing data and rendering inconsistencies #1758

What's Changed

• fix multiple recipients in smtp plugin by @etgocode in #1732
• sync by @jokob-sk in #1733
• Next release by @jokob-sk in #1734
• Fix: clock shows wrong timezone after header reload (#1640) by @Valiante in #1735
• fix: correct UTC/localtime mismatch in skip_repeated_notifications cooldown by @jokob-sk with @Copilot in #1738
• Fix: NIC child presence no longer forces a directly-detected parent offline (#1736) by @jokob-sk with @Copilot in #1739
• Escape notification HTML device fields and fall back on indent errors by @jokob-sk with @Copilot in #1744
• Add custom header and URL query string options to the ntfy publisher by @justadityaraj in #1695
• sync by @jokob-sk in #1748
• Next release by @jokob-sk in #1740
• fix: lazy-import write_notification to prevent partial module load in CI tests by @jokob-sk with @Copilot in #1757
• feat(ntfy): allow more than one custom header by @justadityaraj in #1756
• Fix: theme reverts to Light after header reload (#943) by @Valiante in #1759
• sync by @jokob-sk in #1760
• FE: Implement pause/resume functionality for automatic scans with API… by @jokob-sk in #1753
• fix(mikrotik): continue scans past leases without MAC addresses by @justadityaraj in #1761
• docs: fix typo shoudl -> should by @vaibhav8a in #1764
• Update download link for Proxmox installer by @andrewbeaton in #1767
• PLG+DOCS: plugins dev docs for temp files + adguard export cleanup by @jokob-sk in #1768
• Add pihole_monitor plugin: combined Pi-hole device import + query anomaly detection by @mauricio-camayo in #1765
• Sync by @jokob-sk in #1769
• Next release by @jokob-sk in #1770

New Contributors

• @etgocode made their first contribution in #1732
• @Valiante made their first contribution in #1735
• @justadityaraj made their first contribution in #1695
• @vaibhav8a made their first contribution in #1764
• @andrewbeaton made their first contribution in #1767
• @mauricio-camayo made their first contribution in #1765

Full Changelog: v26.8.5...v26.9.0