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The following briefly describe major additions to the API and server code. There are also frequent bug fixes, which are not shown here. See the git commit log for these.
The following changes involve the BOINC API (the code that gets linked with applications).
| date | description |
| 9 Jun 2014 | fix bug that caused zero CPU time reported (affects wrappers only) |
| 28 May 2014 | boinc_temporary_exit() can convey notice to client (for vboxwrapper) |
| 5 Jun 2013 | fix bugs for apps that are mostly in critical section (e.g. GPU apps) |
| 11 Oct 2012 | apps check for client death using PID, not heartbeat messages |
The following changes have been made to the master branch since release 0.9.
| date | github pull request | DB update? | Other updates? | description |
| 17 May 2018 | 2472 | Yes | Adds periodic task delete_expired_users_and_hosts.php | web/server: Allow users to delete their account (GDPR related). Export list of users who have add their account deleted via db_dump for 60 days. See design details |
| 15 May 2018 | 2500 | Yes | No | web: Send notification to old email address when email is changed. Allow user to revert the change. See design details |
| 30 Apr 2018 | 2445 | No | No | web: Add a mechanism allowing project admins to "delete" a user |
| 17 Apr 2018 | 2401 | No | No | web: use stronger password hashing. See design details |
| 16 Apr 2018 | 2465 | No | No | remote job submission: fix create_batch XML after API change |
| 16 Apr 2018 | 2453 | Yes | Adds periodic task delete_expired_tokens.php | web: adds mechanism for generating secure tokens/nonces and storing them in the db for a period of time |
Release 0.9 represents the code base as it was on April 11th, 2018.
The following is a list of recent changes to the server code (includes scheduler, daemons, PHP web pages, etc.). We encourage projects to periodically upgrade to the latest server code; there is a fairly constant stream of bug fixes and new features. There is a script that makes it fast and easy to upgrade.
| date | SVN change set | DB update? | description |
| 4 Sep 2014 | use mysqli everywhere if available | ||
| 15-18.Aug.2014 | yes | Add support for per-app credit | |
| 8 Aug 2014 | Convey user CPID to client (for BoincTasks) | ||
| 29 Jul 2014 | version.xml can specify API version (for compressed apps) | ||
| 25 Jul 2014 | partial support in scheduler for generic coproessors (e.g. ASICs) | ||
| 16 Jul 2014 | scheduler support for client "brand"; store in DB | ||
| 14 Jul 2014 | add <maintenance_delay> config option | ||
| 8 Jul 2014 | matchmaker (score-based) scheduling is now the default | ||
| 3 Jul 2014 | fix bugs in changing code signing key | ||
| 3 Jul 2014 | scheduler: fix bugs if project has both NCI and regular apps | ||
| 10 Jun 2014 | add "delete_spammers.php" for removing various types of spam accounts | ||
| 6 Jun 2014 | yes | app versions (as well as apps) can be marked as "beta" | |
| 4 Jun 2014 | support CPU OpenCL apps in plan class spec | ||
| 27 May 2014 | fully implement targeted jobs | ||
| 18 May 2014 | include badges in XML stats export | ||
| 8 May 2014 | send notices w/ video or images only to 7.3+ clients | ||
| 6 May 2014 | file_deleter: delete .gz versions also | ||
| 6 May 2014 | add web page showing top CPU models and their stats | ||
| 4 May 2014 | yes | apps can be marked as "exact fraction done" (base completion time est only on FD) | |
| 30 Apr 2014 | generalize interface to PHPMailer | ||
| 20 Apr 2014 | support remote input files in create_work | ||
| 18 Apr 2014 | let projects disable forums and/or teams | ||
| 10 Apr 2014 | support efficient bulk job creation in create_work | ||
| 2 Apr 2014 | yes | store job peak mem/disk usage in DB | |
| 26 Mar 2014 | support gzipped input files | ||
| 21 Mar 2014 | use mysqli PHP functions if available | ||
| 18 Mar 2014 | add validator that checks for string in stderr | ||
| 8 Mar 2014 | enforce GPU job limits separately for each GPU type | ||
| 6 Mar 2014 | yes | store gpu_active_frac, and use it in runtime estimation | |
| 13 Jan 2014 | yes | allow limit one # jobs in progress per submitter | |
| 5-20 Dec 2013 | yes | add generic support for badges | |
| 23 May 2013 | yes | parse client "product name" (e.g. phone model) and store in DB | |
| 9 May 2013 | use HTTPS for forms containing password | ||
| 25 Apr 2013 | yes | add support for multi-size apps | |
| 9 Apr 2013 | add new score-based scheduling | ||
| 25 Nov 2012 | yes | remote job submission: keep track of input files in DB | |
| 27 Aug 2012 | yes | add support for limited locality scheduling | |
| 24 Aug 2012 | yes | add non-compute intensive flag to app table | |
| 17 Aug 2012 | yes | add support for volunteer data archival | |
| 11 Jul 2012 | pagination in forums | ||
| 25 Jun 2012 | scheduler: support Intel GPUs | ||
| 6.Jun.2012 | [25675] | Add feature for specifying plan classes in an XML file | |
| 22.Feb.2012 | [25321] | Move antique file deletion to a separate program | |
| 30.Jan.2012 | [25169] | Remodel of "assigned job" mechanism | |
| 16.Sept.2011 | [24225] | Let validator flag job as "runtime outlier"; don't update statistics | |
| 20.Jul.2011 | [23863] | Change implementation of upload certificates to use standard XML | |
| 5.Jun.2011 | [23636] | Add homogeneous app version mechanism | |
| 30.Nov.2010 | [22778] | Server support for Virtualbox applications | |
| 9.Nov.2010 | [22661] | Add element to scheduler reply if we don't have apps for resource types | |
| 28.Oct.2010 | [22601] | Add <dont_send_jobs> config option | |
| 1.Oct.2010 | [22440] | Deal correctly with 32-bit apps that require > 2GB RAM | |
| 22.Aug.2010 | [22282] | Add <prefer_primary_platform> config option | |
| 7/12/10 | [21896] | Make high-priority server messages translatable (works with 6.11 client) | |
| 6/10/10 | [21735] | yes | Remove some unused DB fields |
| 6/1/10 | [21674] | Allow jobs-in-progress limits on per-app, per-processor etc. basis | |
| 4/21/10 | [21230] | yes | Estimate reliability using # of consecutive valid results |
| 4/5/10 | [21093] | For all back-end programs, -d 4 means show DB queries in log | |
| 3/9/10 | [20816] | yes | New credit, runtime estimation systems |
| 3/5/10 | [20807] | yes | Improved implementation of locality scheduling |
| 1/13/10 | [20149] | Client versions include release. Projects may need to update app_version.min_core_version, config options | |
| 12/20/09 | [19997] | Fix SQL injection vulnerability | |
| 9/25/09 | [19162] | Add plan classes for ATI GPU apps | |
| 9/15/09 | [19053] | Project-specified access control for admin web pages | |
| 9/3/09 | [19002] | yes | Link jobs to the app version that computed them |
| 8/19/09 | [18868] | Support jobs that use ATI GPUs, and that use fractional GPUs | |
| 7/29/09 | [18764] | All project-specific scheduling policies on a per-job level | |
| 5/20/09 | [18182] | Support read-only DB replica correctly | |
| 3/24/09 | [17652] | Compile translation files in upgrade and make_project | |
| 3/5/09 | [17506] | Support anonymous-platform coprocessor apps | |
| 3/2/09 | [17430] | Support a combination of locality and regular scheduling | |
| 2/13/09 | various | yes | Add scheduler support for GPU apps; fix score-based scheduling; update web translation system; automated DB upgrade; web security fixes; improved log and client messages |
| 9/7/08 | [15982] | Several security fixes in web code | |
| 7/2/08 | [15543] | Fix problem were clients with malformed global prefs get perpetual "Incomplete request" errors; fix bug that broke create_work | |
| 6/13/08 | [15398] | Handle quotes and slashes correctly in profiles and forums; fix bugs in team foundership transfer mechanism | |
| 6/5/08 | [15363] | Add support for missing optional files in validator/assimilator framework | |
| 6/4/08 | [15357] | yes | Add support for adaptive replication |
| 5/23/08 | [15281] | Add support for matchmaker scheduling | |
| 5/21/08 | [15270] | Don't send work if client has bad code sign key | |
| 5/15/08 | [15232] | Don't erroneously clear client's team name, venue, etc. | |
| 5/8/08 | [15148] | Divide scheduler debug messages into classes, individually selectable | |
| 5/6/08 | [15137] | Add "job size matching" feature (send large jobs to fast hosts) | |
| 3/7/08 | [14875] | yes | Per-WU min bandwidth; improved messages for projects with user-selectable apps; other misc |
| 3/4/08 | [14842] | Add super-easy mechanism for submitting single jobs | |
| 2/25/08 | [14783] | Add regexp-based mechanism for excluding particular CPUs or OSs | |
| 2/20/08 | [14767] | yes | Add mechanism for assigning work to hosts, users, or teams |
| 12/30/07 | [14448] | yes | Add uniform/flexible notification mechanism; users can choose 1 email per event, daily digest email, or no email. REQUIRES ADDING NOTIFY.PHP AS A PERIODIC TASK IN CONFIG.XML |
| 12/7/07 | [14367] | Add 'weak account key' mechanism | |
| 11/24/07 | [14297] | Config option to make team forums visible only to members | |
| 11/23/07 | [14295] | Fix bugs in import of BOINC-wide teams | |
| 11/23/07 | [14294] | Prevent UOTD from showing big image on front page. Use show_uotd(). | |
| 11/20/07 | [14275] | Config option to require min avg credit to create or edit profile | |
| 11/20/07 | [14272] | yes | Team search feature |
| 11/17/07 | [14240] | HTML-escape text in BOINC-wide team export file | |
| 11/16/07 | [14234] | Add "team message board" feature | |
| 11/16/07 | [14232] | Don't show email addr to team founder if user has opted out | |
| 11/16/07 | [14229] | yes | Add optional user job submission system |
| 11/05/07 | [14084] | Add user search feature - link to this from home page | |
| 10/25/07 | [13964] | lines/page in top user/team/host lists is configurable | |
| 10/24/07 | [13945] | Add "merge computers by name" feature | |
| 10/23/07 | [13938] | Assimilator bug fix | |
| 10/19/07 | [13917] | yes | Let moderators vote on banishment |
| 10/04/07 | [13774] | Terminology changes in project web site | |
| 10/04/07 | [13777] | Fixed HR-related scheduler bug | |
| 10/01/07 | [13732] | yes | New and improved "Find a team" function |
| 09/28/07 | [13712] | scheduler: <max_wus_in_progress> option wasn't working | |
| 09/27/07 | [13685] | file upload handler: fix spurious "volume full" errors | |
| 09/26/07 | [13673] | yes | Fix an annoyance using team foundership transfer |
| 08/26/07 | [13463] | Preserve project specific preferences during web RPC | |
| 08/16/07 | [13387] | Improve client messages reporting insufficient disk/mem | |
| 08/15/07 | [13322] | Host merge fix (remove CPU capabilities string before attempting actual merge) | |
| 07/27/07 | [13231] | yes | Let team founders view history of people joining/quitting team |
| 07/26/07 | [13223] | Support for 'BOINC-wide teams' | |
| 07/20/07 | [13201] | update_versions: require that dir name == app name | |
| 07/19/07 | [13193] | Add 'suspend_if_no_recent_input' preference (let hosts power down) | |
| 07/18/07 | [13182] | Add 'mark all threads as read' feature (forums) | |
| 07/09/07 | [13127] | Improved feeder query; may fix DB performance problems | |
| 07/06/07 | [13113] | Major revisions to the homogeneous redundancy mechanism | |
| 07/05/07 | [13104] | Fix translation of top-users page | |
| 06/27/07 | [13045] | Relax restrictions on merging hosts | |
| 06/12/07 | [12912] | Add <no_darwin_6>, <no_amd_k6> options | |
| 06/06/07 | [12834] | Make list of supported platforms visible in get_project_config.php | |
| 06/04/07 | [12813] | yes | Add a forum preference for private message notification |
| 05/30/07 | [12785] | Add "merge hosts by name" function | |
| 05/27/07 | [12754] | yes | Add Paypal-based donation system |
| 05/24/07 | [12743] | Add mechanism to end project gracefully |