Wlighttpd changelog

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2025-06-17 Wlighttpd 1.5.0

• • Lighttpd 1.4.79 - Cygwin 3.6.3

2025-03-09 Wlighttpd 1.4.1

• • Cygwin 3.5.7

2025-01-26 Wlighttpd 1.4.0

• • Lighttpd 1.4.77 - Cygwin 3.5.5

2024-07-12 Wlighttpd 1.3.1

• • Cygwin 3.5.3 - Use OpenSSL instead of LibreSSL

2024-04-19 Wlighttpd 1.3.0

• • lighttpd 1.4.76 - Cygwin 3.4.10

2023-12-18 Wlighttpd 1.2.0

• Changes from 1.4.72
• [core] add .mkv to mimetype.assign builtin defaults
• [core] warn if out-of-range value for config short
• [mod_openssl] set default curves for ossl < 1.1.0
• [mod_h2] parse HEADERS flags sooner
• [mod_h2] check send window before defer frame rd
• [mod_h2] send GOAWAY to excessive request flood
• [mod_h2] h2_parse_headers_frame() adjust args
• [mod_h2] h2_recv_headers() parse trailers earlier
• [mod_h2] send GOAWAY to excessive request flood
• [mod_h2] discard new streams after GOAWAY sent
• [mod_h2] h2_discard_headers() to HPACK-decode hdrs
• [core] parse entire server.http-parseopts list
• [mod_wstunnel] Sec-WebSocket-Protocol only if req hdr
• [mod_h2] disable h2proto if mod_h2 was not found
• [core] omit dlopen trace for mod_h2, mod_deflate
• [mod_h2] defer input parsing if large output queue
• [mod_h2] defer frame handling if stream pend close
• [mod_h2] detect and log HTTP/2 rapid reset attack
• [core] honor MBEDTLS_USE_PSA_CRYPTO for hash,rand
• [mod_mbedtls] honor MBEDTLS_USE_PSA_CRYPTO for rand
• [core] comment out li_rand_bytes() (unused)
• [mod_mbedtls] handle mbedtls 3.x partial write
• [mod_h2] detect and log HTTP/2 rapid reset attack
• [mod_h2] detect and log HTTP/2 rapid reset attack
• [mod_openssl] warn if openssl version < 3.0.0
• [mod_openssl] include openssl/hmac.h for boringssl

2023-10-10 Wlighttpd 1.1.0

• Changes from 1.4.71
• [core] save config read from stdin across restart
• [core] warn if daemonize w/o absolute config path
• [mod_dirlisting] send Link w/ external css or js
• [mod_dirlisting] fix missing header/readme (fixes #3211 )
• [core] ignore coverity warning
• [core] ignore coverity warning
• [core] reqpool.c:request_set_con()
• [core] request_init_data() minor optim
• [core] request.c:request_pool_{push,pop}
• Revert “[core] h2 http_request_parse_header() tweak”
• [core] enable config conditions on HTTP/2 PRI
• [mod_webdav] extend symlink support (non-standard)
• [mod_extforward] fix extforward.params config opt
• [mod_authn_ldap] fix config auth.require group=… (fixes #3216 )
• [core] set CON_STATE_READ_POST for HTTP/2 reqbody
• [core] chunkqueue_read_squash() returns cq->first
• [core] get body from cq at offset in chunk
• [doc] update stbuehler address
• [tests] use sha crypt for fastcgi auth environment tests
• [tests] drop des-crypt and crypt-md5 auth tests - deprecated/not available on various platforms
• [core] code size: xxhash XXH_NO_STREAM
• [core] fdevent_sh_exec()
• [mod_dirlisting] http_dirlist_auto_layout_early_hints()
• [mod_dirlisting] send 103 w/ external css or js
• [mod_dirlisting] json output for //?json
• [mod_dirlisting] include ETag with cached result
• [core] import xxHash v0.8.2
• [tests] move %ENV modifications into forked child
• [mod_ssi] init hctx->wq to init alt cq tempdirs
• [tests] initialize request_st cqs in tests
• [core] chunkqueue_env_tmpdir()
• [core] config_set_defaults() reduce code size
• [tests] use current perl interpreter path for env.PERL in lighttpd.conf
• [mod_deflate] code reuse to create temp file
• [core] skip pwrite() to temp file if 0 len write
• [core] store cq->tempdirs in stack var
• [core] remove tempdirs ptr from struct chunkqueue
• [core] treat upload_temp_file_size=0 as default sz
• [core] hide unused var on _WIN32 compiler warning
• [mod_nss] nspr include prefix portability(attempt)
• [CI] scripts/ci-build.sh arg consistency;add meson
• [CI] remove wolfssl from autobuild; let rest build
• [CI] remove NSS from autobuild; let rest build
• [CI] remove mbedtls from autobuild; let rest build
• [mod_nss] nspr include prefix portability(attempt)
• [CI] ci-build.sh: adjust meson; add pam, maxminddb
• [CI] ci-build.sh: fix typo –with-pam
• [CI] remove maxminddb from autobuild,cmake; let rest build
• [CI] ci-build.sh re-enable additional dependencies
• [core] optimize for non-Range requests
• [core] allow larger number of Ranges if sorted
• [tests] test_http_range.c
• [core] attempt to quiet coverity warning
• [build] packdist.sh now produces .md for www.l.n
• [core] disable keep-alive if HTTP/1.1 CL and TE
• [core] reject empty Content-Length for HTTP/1.x
• [core] reject uppercase in unrecognized HTTP/2 hdr
• [core] warn dynamic mods listed before staticfile
• [core] dev-only internal request state debugging
• [core] short-circuit connection_state_machine_loop
• [core] reset connection-level state at con level
• [core] optim for non-throttle writes
• [core] remove connection_handle_write HTTP/1.x opt
• [core] yield writing large HTTP/1.x on slow device
• [core] tighten h2_process_streams()
• [core] h2_process_streams() simpler loop to retire
• [core] http_response_physical_pathinfo()
• [core] http_response_prepare() tweaks
• [meson] Fix ‘getoption’ meson typo
• [core] use different getxattr() prototype on MacOS
• [mod_deflate] do not compress any 1xx status
• [core] http_response_304(), http_response_412()
• [core] add config option to reject pathinfo
• [core] expand mimetype.assign builtin defaults
• [core] mark some cold routines noinline
• [core] add config opt to send GOAWAY for bad auth
• [core] show_features() show inotify or kqueue
• [core] stat_cache_refresh_entry()
• [core] splaytree: use all 32-bits of hash value
• [core] splaytree: compare keys directly
• [core] splaytree: splaytree_splay_nonnull()
• [core] stat_cache: stat_cache_sptree_ndx()
• [multiple] use splaytree_splay_nonnull()
• [h2] comment struct h2con h2_sid member is unused
• [mod_openssl] disable DH auto if DHParameters set
• [mod_openssl] replace deprecated openssl funcs
• [core] splaytree: splaytree_delete_splayed_node()
• [multiple] use splaytree_delete_splayed_node()
• [core] splaytree: splaytree_insert_splayed()
• [multiple] use splaytree_insert_splayed()
• [core] _WIN32 fs_win32_readlinkUTF8() ( #3223 )
• [mod_magnet] lighty.c.readlink() (fixes #3223 )
• [core] add config option to reject pathinfo
• [mod_dirlisting] send 103 Early Hints only for h2+
• [mod_webdav] reject non-identity Content-Encoding
• [scons] include mod_h2 in static builds (fixes #3224 )
• [core] http_request_validate_pseudohdrs comment
• [core] comment out redundant code
• [core] reset addtl state b4 dynamic error handler
• [core] reject Connection hdr in h2 as soon as seen
• [mod_h2] process headers for debug
• [mod_h2] comments and behavior for h2spec tests
• [multiple] mark func attribute_returns_nonnull
• [core] expand mimetype.assign builtin defaults
• [core] warn if IPv6 socket not supported
• [mod_simple_vhost,mod_evhost] check host strict
• [mod_simple_vhost,mod_evhost] minor code transform
• [mod_magnet] quiet 32-bit compiler warning

2023-09-26 Wlighttpd 1.0.0

• • Initial release