v6.4.2

What's Changed

• Wipe version file before creating a new one by @yubiuser in #6538
• Fix ownership permissions for containing directories in fix_owner_per… by @PromoFaux in #6589
• Remove reference to /usr/local/bin/COL_TABLE by @darkexplosiveqwx in #6594
• Skip apt cache update when pihole-meta is current by @PromoFaux in #6581
• Set versions in /etc/pihole/versions to null if script fails by @yubiuser in #6550
• Remove redundant touching of logfiles from systemd Service by @yubiuser in #6601
• Loosen requirements for local file access for gravity by @yubiuser in #6430
• Fix permission for *.etag files after gravity run by @yubiuser in #6353
• add logrotate to DEB and RPM dependencies by @darkexplosiveqwx in #6524
• Improve gravity error message including curl exit code and errormsg by @rdwebdesign in #6605

Security advisories

• GHSA-6w8x-p785-6pm4
  • Fixed with : 7ccb8dd and pi-hole/FTL@88c569a

Full Changelog: v6.4.1...v6.4.2

v6.4.1

What's Changed

• Remove additional ':' from debug log system time output by @yubiuser in #6551
• Remove readonly from piholeNetworkFlush.sh to avoid error message by @rdwebdesign in #6554
• Add antigravity index by @DL6ER in #6573
• Fix return status capture of FTL check_download exists by @yubiuser in #6572
• Remove misleading TODO comment for SetWebPassword by @10adnan75 in #6531

Security Advisories

• GHSA-c935-8g63-qp74 – Local Privilege Escalation reported by @smittix

New Contributors

• @10adnan75 made their first contribution in #6531
• @Copilot made their first contribution in #6580

Full Changelog: v6.4...v6.4.1

v6.4

What's Changed

• Remove wget from alpine dependencies by @darkexplosiveqwx in #6484
• Remove custom FTL FirewallD zone checks from debug log by @rdwebdesign in #6481
• Add Alpine 3.23 to test suite by @yubiuser in #6488
• Debug log - Add colors to gravity tables by @rdwebdesign in #6485
• Use configured location for web repo when updating or repairing by @rrobgill in #6470
• Add missing -g to the message in gravity recovery command by @rdwebdesign in #6513
• Don't install unused /usr/local/share/man/man5 by @darkexplosiveqwx in #6526

Full Changelog: v6.3...v6.4

v6.3

What's Changed

• Add Fedora 43 to test suite by @yubiuser in #6453
• Fix libcap capabilities not being granted on OpenRC distros by @Sparronator9999 in #6456
• systemd service - don't use deprecated PermissionsStartOnly by @rrobgill in #6465
• debug - speed up processing and display of file contents and services by @rrobgill in #6469
• Use port from dns.port in piholeDebug.sh by @darkexplosiveqwx in #6475
• Improve gravity tables presentation on the debug log by @rdwebdesign in #6460

New Contributors

• @Sparronator9999 made their first contribution in #6456

Full Changelog: v6.2.2...v6.3

v6.2.2

What's Changed

• Create version file, if not existing (on first Container start) by @casperklein in #6440
• Add log file path variables and ensure log files are created if missing by @Yannick7777 in #6441
• Add bind9-dnsutils as dependency for APT based systems by @yubiuser in #6444

New Contributors

• @Yannick7777 made their first contribution in #6441

Full Changelog: v6.2.1...v6.2.2

v6.2.1

Hotfix for a bug introduced for new installs with 6.2

What's Changed

• Fix formatting in chooseInterface function by @PromoFaux in #6435

Full Changelog: v6.2...v6.2.1

v6.2

What's Changed

• Remove readonly from list.sh to avoid errors by @rdwebdesign in #6349
• Remove netcat from the list of dependencies by @darkexplosiveqwx in #6343
• Re-order authentication errors in verbose mode by @yubiuser in #6338
• Speed up pihole --query by @rrobgill in #6334
• Use RTMIN value provided by FTL when possible by @jacklul in #6358
• Speed up pihole api by @rrobgill in #6336
• Update man page - remove "reconfigure" option by @rdwebdesign in #6361
• Tweak ARP flushing function by @yubiuser in #6319
• Fix gravity and error on pihole-FTL --config failures by @yubiuser in #6352
• Use 'true'/'false' strings instead of 0/1 integers for boolean root user check in pihole command by @yubiuser in #6351
• Do not call pihole-FTL --config interactively by @DL6ER in #6368
• Explicitly check for the existence of FTL binary before attempting to stop it. Prevents warning message on fresh installs by @PromoFaux in #6364
• Add "setpassword" to pihole Bash completion by @deHakkelaar in #6369
• Add FTL bash autocomplete by @yubiuser in #6376
• Alpine Linux Support and Tests by @mgziminsky in #6275
• uninstall refactor and improvement by @rrobgill in #6339
• Fix typo found during install by @jbirddog in #6406
• Add Debian 13 Trixie to the test suite by @yubiuser in #6382
• Adjust .shellcheckrc to 0.11 and enable some optional checks by @yubiuser in #6374
• Use SHA to pin github actions by @yubiuser in #6392
• Rename views, upgrade gravity database and bump gravity database version by @DL6ER in #6386
• Tiny change to make prev2 also a local variable by @casperklein in #6420
• Fix gravity indention by @yubiuser in #6427

New Contributors

• @mgziminsky made their first contribution in #6275
• @jbirddog made their first contribution in #6406

Full Changelog: v6.1.4...v6.2

Core v6.1.4

What's Changed

• Fix issue where web interface cannot run gravity by @PromoFaux in #6345
• Fix pihole api command by not setting the some variabes as readonly by @PromoFaux in #6346

Full Changelog: v6.1.3...v6.1.4

v6.1.3

https://pi-hole.net/blog/2025/07/13/pi-hole-core-v6-1-3-released/

Pi-hole Core v6.1.3 Released

This is a bugfix release for the core Pi-hole code.

Fixes

• Prevent gravity from failing due to an empty shell variable. #6191
  This fixes a case where calls to pihole -g failed during list downloads.
• Require privileged status (root or sudo) for all user calls to pihole. #6312
  This fixes cases where users are unable to change or update the admin password.
• Exit installation if FTL binary can not be downloaded. #6316
  Abort update if FTL branch does not exist. #6329
  These fix cases where the installation did not fully complete or an update left the installation with mismatched binary and repository versions. Both fixes contributed by @MichaIng
• Restore pihole -q function. #6284
  This fixes a case where running a query immediately failed with an error message for an unknown file.

Miscellaneous Fixes and Improvements

• Display output from FTL commands in color on the terminal. #6314
• Add note to final installation dialog box showing users where to find instructions for allowing a user to run Pi-hole commands without authentication. #6152
• Allow pihole tail to search for strings beginning with the hyphen character. #6318 Contributed by @rrobgill
• Do not update the package cache on updates. #6282
• Improve default route detection in debugging process. #6303 Contributed by @rrobgill
• Improve detecting loopback interfaces in the installer. #6269 Contributed by @deHakkelaar

Full Changelog: v6.1.2...v6.1.3

v6.1.2

No Functional changes - just tagging the latest commit to prevent a cosmetic issue in the version footer of the next docker tag