openHAB 4.0.0 Milestone 5

This is a monthly milestone build for the upcoming openHAB 4.0 release, which brings many fixes and improvements.

New Add-ons

The following add-ons are newly introduced:

Add-on	Type	Issue
Asuswrt	Binding	#13815
Energi Data Service	Binding	#14376
FreeboxOS	Binding	#12342
Volumio	Binding	#14525

The following improvements were made:

Runtime

Type	Issue	Change
Enhancements	3654	Add unit to item response
	3684	Add unit "calorie"
	3695	HTTP audio servlet: check end of play every 2 seconds
	3699	Add length limit to TTS handled by cache
Bug Fixes	3612	Keep channel properties in thing updates
	3682	Remove error logging from PersistenceIncludeFilter
	3683	Fix wrong ready marker in ScriptEngineFactoryBundleTracker
	3686	Avoid item not found warning from UIRegistry
	3687	Make firmwareStatus field not final in DTO object
	3688	Fix marketplace add-ons missing config description URI
	3691	Avoid null hash warning in WatchServiceImpl when possible
	3702	Increase large event queue warn limit
	3704	Fix NPE in PersistenceManager

Add-ons

Add-on	Type	Issue	Change
allplay	Enhancements	15201	Support for more audio streams through the HTTP audio servlet
amplipi	Enhancements	15199	Support for more audio streams through the HTTP audio servlet
chromecast	Enhancements	15180	Support for more audio streams through the audio servlet
comfoair	Enhancements	15167	Extend UoM support, add semantic tags & update state descriptions
doorbird	Enhancements	15189	Support for more audio streams
easee	Enhancements	15229	Adopt API base URL due to changes
electroluxair	Enhancements	15187	Update to changed API
freebox	Enhancements	15121	Support for more audio streams through the HTTP audio servlet
googletts	Enhancements	15208	Replace custom TTS cache with common TTS cache
heos	Enhancements	15196	Support for more audio streams through the HTTP audio servlet
hydrawise	Bug Fixes	15177	Fixes occasional connection issues
ihc	Bug Fixes	15183	Fix special character issue on item descriptions
intesis	Enhancements	15138	Add configurable polling interval
ipcamera	Bug Fixes	15073	FIX: TAPO branded cameras require xAddr port to be different
jdbc	Bug Fixes	15156	Fix timescale db type replacement
jsscripting	Enhancements	15193	Implement NodeJS-like parameter handling for timer polyfills
kaleidescape	Bug Fixes	15161	Fix image channel MIME type
kodi	Enhancements	15192	Support for more audio streams through the HTTP audio servlet
mail	Enhancements	14345	Add mail content processing
marytts	Enhancements	15227	Add LRU cache
mimictts	Enhancements	14564	Add LRU cache
MyNice	Enhancements	14797	Addition of Courtesy Light Channel
netatmo	Enhancements	14485	Add Siren capability to Presence Outdoor Camera
		15197	Add siren_tampered notification
	Bug Fixes	15212	Binding doesn't work if no persons are defined
nuvo	Bug Fixes	15162	Fix image channel MIME type
onkyo	Enhancements	15117	Support for more audio streams through the HTTP audio servlet
Openuv	Enhancements	15191	Provide UV Index iconset
openwebnet	Enhancements	15111	Thermo: add support for 4-zones CU
		15115	add date time synchronization feature for bus_gateway Things
picotts	Enhancements	14565	Add LRU cache
pollyTTS	Enhancements	15228	Replace custom TTS cache with common TTS cache
pulseaudio	Enhancements	15179	Make the process method asynchronous
rrd4j	Bug Fixes	15223	Improve event handling
rustpotterks	Bug Fixes	15239	Upgrade library, fixes gain normalizer
shelly	Enhancements	15051	Add support for Shelly Wall Dimmer US and Wall Display
		15205	Add support for Shelly Plus Mini series, Pro EM-50 and various bug fixes
sonos	Enhancements	15238	Add DTS Surround 5.1
squeezebox	Enhancements	15194	Support for more audio streams through the audio servlet
Telegram	Enhancements	15104	Support processing of channel messages
	Bug Fixes	15168	Log when cameras do not support BASIC auth support.
voicerss	Enhancements	14561	Add LRU cache

User Interfaces

UI	Type	Issue	Change
Basic UI	Enhancements	1799	Use inline SVG for "colorless" SVG icons
		1923	Use sitemap input hint v2
Main UI	Enhancements	1948	Add context block typing & Extend Qty block var type support
		1963	oh-repeater: Make caching configurable