0.29.0 (2021-08-02)

(N.B. We skipped the 0.28.0 release as new features became ready to ship before we completed the RC period. Users on 0.27.0 or earlier should upgrade to 0.29.0)

Features

• Add Prometheus metrics for IRC connection times (#1418)
• Change the reply rendering to something more IRCish (and configurable) (#1424)
• Truncate original messages more gently when replying (#1428)

Bugfixes

• Fix an issue where a hot reload would fail if advanced was not defined in the original config. (#1383)
• Update matrix-org-irc to 1.0.0 to fix a bug where the bridge can crash. (#1388)
• Fix an issue where a Matrix user's IRC connection is stuck and unable to join some channels. (#1394
• Require explicit server selection for !storepass when more than one possibility exists.
  This makes the command a bit more verbose, but avoids the situation where a password could've been accidentally specified for the wrong server. (#1363)
• Fix multiline replies having only one line sent to IRC (#1425)
• Ensure the irc_connection_time_ms histrogram metric uses sensible bucket sizes. (#1426)

Improved Documentation

• Fix typo regarding examples of hostname and port in Bridge Setup documentation (4. Registration) (#1405)
• Migrate the list of bridged IRC networks from the deprecated github wiki to the hosted documentation (https://matrix-org.github.io/matrix-appservice-irc/latest/).
  Add libera.chat to the list. (#1416)
• The Debug API is now documented in the hosted documentation, replacing the wiki page. (#1420)
• Update node-irc to 1.1.1 (see https://github.com/matrix-org/node-irc/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md) (#1434)

Internal Changes

• Fix a bug where messages from IRC would be blocked by the privacy filter when allowUnconnectedMatrixUsers set to true in a room config event. (#1406)
• Handle known error-codes when OPER command fails instead of disconnecting. (#1385)
• Add a link referring to the in-tree documentation to the admin room help text. (#1402)
• Add linting for test files (#1403)