Release 1.8.3

New

• Telegram Bot API 6.7 compatibility (based on pyTelegramBotAPI 4.12.0).

Changes

• Slightly updated some documentation pages. Removed obsolete entries.
• Updated Doxygen manifest to version 1.9.7.
• The Docker container has been rebased to the latest version.
• Added more keywords to manifest.

Windows-specific changes

• Updated embedded Python to version 3.11.4.
• Updated PyInstaller core to version 5.12.0.
• Updated requests to version 2.31.0.
• Updated urllib3 to version 2.0.3.
• Updated emoji to version 2.5.1.

Release 1.8.2

New

• Telegram Bot API 6.6 compatibility (based on pyTelegramBotAPI 4.11.0).

Changes

• Restored the use_independent_chat_permissions parameter.
• Removed deprecated can_send_media_messages usage.

Windows-specific changes

• Updated embedded Python to version 3.11.3.
• Updated PyInstaller core to version 5.10.1.
• Updated urllib3 to version 1.26.15.

Release 1.8.1

Bug fixes

• Fixed a crash when trying to restrict new joined users by adding a workaround against the upstream bug.

Changes

• Renamed some methods of the Ranges class.

Release 1.8.0

Breaking changes

• New configuration file schema version - 12.
• Added a new configuration file option - autoclean (disabled by default).
• Added a new configuration file option - restalert (disabled by default).
• Added a new configuration file option - delalert (disabled by default).

New

• Implemented JSON configuration file schema migration.
• Implemented ability to notify subscribers about new restrictions or bans.
• Implemented ability to notify subscribers about message deletions.
• Implemented ability to automatically remove used bot commands from super-groups.
• Added KeyboardInterrupt and SystemExit exception handlers.
• Included additional files to the result tarball.
• Added CodeQL workflow for GitHub code scanning.
• Added dependabot support for tracking dependencies.
• Added SPDX 3.0 reuse manifest.
• Implemented custom exception types.

Bug fixes

• Telegram Bot API 6.5 compatibility.
• Included exception details to error messages.
• Already restricted users won't be restricted again.
• Fixed a well-known bug in the Bot API related to leap year. Use 367 days for permanent restrictions.

Changes

• Converted some internal Python packages to modules.
• Converted the project to src-layout.
• Switched the project to pyproject.toml.
• Removed the legacy setup.py and requirements.txt files.
• Switched Docker container image to Fedora 37.
• Updated Tox configuration file.
• Switched CI to Python 3.11.
• Removed LGTM badges and integration.
• Updated documentation and manpage.
• Performed major code refactoring.

Windows-specific changes

• Implemented automatic API token import on upgrades.
• The installer will not overwrite the existing config on upgrades.
• Switched from RTF to TXT for the Windows installer README.
• Explicitly marked launcher option as deprecated.
• Updated embedded Python to version 3.10.10.
• Updated PyInstaller core to version 5.7.0.
• Updated requests to version 2.28.2.
• Updated urllib3 to version 1.26.14.

Release 1.7.1

Bug fixes

• Fixed crash on Microsoft Windows platform related to Unicode characters in log files.

Changes

• Log files will always use UTF-8 encoding on all supported platforms.
• JSON config will always use UTF-8 encoding on all supported platforms.

Windows-specific changes

• Updated embedded Python to version 3.10.8.
• Updated PyInstaller core to version 5.6.2.
• Updated pyTelegramBotAPI to version 4.7.1.

Release 1.7.0

New

• Added /ent_add bot action. Adds a new restricted entity.
• Added /ent_remove bot action. Removes specified restricted entity.
• Added /ent_list bot action. Lists all restricted entities.

Changes

• Compatibility with the latest protocol versions.
• Switched Docker container to the Fedora 36.
• Added manpage.
• Added Tox support for running code linters.
• Updated tarball generator to include special files.
• Performed code refactoring.
• Updated GitHub actions to the latest releases.

Windows-specific changes

• Added an option to add the installation directory to %PATH%.
• System environment variables installation is now used as default.
• Updated InnoSetup engine to version 6.2.1.
• Updated embedded Python to version 3.10.7.
• Updated PyInstaller core to version 5.4.1.
• Updated requests to version 2.28.1.

Release 1.6.0

Changes

• Compatibility with the latest protocol versions.
• Switched Docker container to the official Fedora image.
• Converted Fedora SPEC to 202x era guidelines.
• Switched to sysusers for creating new service users on Fedora.
• Switched from decorators to a separate message handlers.
• Replaced installer and executable icon.
• Unified build scripts.
• Updated documentation.

Windows-specific changes

• Implemented key-less installation support.
• Updated Embedded Python to version 3.10.4.
• Updated PyInstaller core to version 5.0.1.
• Updated InnoSetup engine to version 6.2.0.
• Updated all bundled dependencies.

Release 1.5.2

New

• Added PyPI package.
• Added Windows installer.

Bug fixes

• Fixed issue with missing localization string for the API token error message.

Changes

• Added AppVeyor CI support.
• Updated project's description.
• Updated documentation.
• Automated Fedora COPR builds.

Release 1.5.1

Changes

• Respect rotatelogs setting on all supported operating systems.

Release 1.5.0

Breaking changes

• Updated schema to version 11.
• Added a new field - rotatelogs.
• Added a new field - duplicatelogs.

New

• Implemented an internal log rotate function for systems without logrotate.d support.
• Internal log rotator will be always used on all non-POSIX operating systems.
• The full crash backtraces will be logged only on DEBUG channel.