bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton 2.4-rc-2

BigBlueButton 2.4-rc-2

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This release of BigBlueButton 2.4 includes numerous fixes and stability improvements.

Link to installation command / instructions/ schedule / planned features : https://docs.bigbluebutton.org/2.4/new.html

Special thanks to the community members who provided feedback to the earlier 2.4 releases!

This release includes all 2.3.x changes up to and including 2.3.14.

HTML5 client:

fixes:

• fix: camera resizing bug #13255
• fix: restoreOnUpdate: true, parameter not working #13259
• fix: Breakout generation URL keeps loading even after it has finished #13263
• fix: Adjusted local_deployment NodeJS version #13290
• fix: presentation toolbar size in focus on video layout #13302
• fix: Fixes user list appears even if custom parameters is false #13272
• fix: Button to extend breakout rooms time is being shown for normal users #13310
• fix(audio): audio controls crash when ending call during brekout audio transfer #13321
• fix: Breakout Room Invites not send to everyone #13327
• fix: userlist shortcut on firefox for macos #13339
• fix: Hide presentation custom parameter not working #13308
• fix(external-video): Adjustments to external video design and custom players #13331
• fix: Fix missing message in waiting room when meeting was ended before being able to join #13341 #13374 thanks @PhMemmel
• fix: Fix delay to receive URL to join in a BreakoutRoom #13363 #13368
• fix: fullscreen cameras position with hidden presentation #13391
• fix: Prevent a case where the setInPod get stuck on a loop #13325
• fix: Fix whiteboard toolbar item vanish #13381 via #13400 thanks @hiroshisuga
• fix(shared notes): avoid padId subscription #13392 via #13399
• fix(closed captions): avoid padId subscription #13396 via #13402
• fix: presentation toolbar unmount with small window height #13424
• fix(guests): max participants #13313 (via 2.3)
• fix(closed captions): check owner on text append #13398 (via 2.3)
• fix(closed captions): captions recording #13425 (via 2.3)
• fix: restore presentation fullscreen shortcut #13436
• fix: poll vote percent calculation - live result #13447

improvements:

• refactor: WCAG2.1 - Guest Wait Page #13278
• refactor: WCAG2.1 - Guest Lobby Approval Message #13323
• refactor: Notify Screen Reader When Network Data Is Copied #13431
• refactor: Tweaks to UI for push layout #13346
• refactor: Polling UI Enhancements #13372
• refactor: Reuse bbb-html5 build files from build dir #13427
• refactor: Set friendlier labels to join BreakoutRoom #13435
• refactor: Let bbb try to open BreakoutRoom automatically (when receive the URL asked by user) #13439
• style: change presentation fullscreen/minimize buttons color #13329
• style: change leave meeting color #13330
• style(guest page): loading dots #13406
• style(guest wait): adjust font #13438
• style: dropdown menu padding #13420

newly introduced:

• feat(webrtc): add EXPERIMENTAL option to disable ICE candidate signaling #13281
• feat: Allow external video and screenshare to be minimized just like the presentation area #13306 #13401
• feat(external-video): New external video icon #13395

test:

• test: Update click function, unify elements and update/fix tests suite #13273
• test: Group test files together based on the test case + clarify the format of the server URL's variable #13311
• test: Improve init function, fix code warnings, rename folders and fix test paths #13358

chore/docs:

• chore: Pulled HTML5 2.4 locales on Sept 27, 2021 #13309
• chore(virtual-backgrounds): cleanup and update tflite resources #13279
• chore(webrtc): let the server generate subscriber offers by default (backports #13254) #13335
• chore: Update axios and other npm deps #13264 (via 2.3)
• chore: Pulled 2.4 HTML5 locales Oct 8, 2021 #13449

bbb-webrtc-sfu:

• Updated to v2.6.0-beta.4

bbb-web:

• fix: Avoid BBB to convert presentation with a problematic image/transparent pixel #13344
• refactor: Disable LearningDashboard for Breakout Rooms #13393
• fix: Parameters allowed in request body again #13426
• fix(guests): max participants #13313 (via 2.3)

bbb-conf:

• refactor: Bbb-conf warn about sip.js if sipjsHackViaWs is null or undefined #13418
• refactor(build, conf): webrtc-sfu's localIpAddress config is defunct #13429

recording:

• chore(recording): track mediasoup raw media files locations #13397

bbb-libreoffice

• fix: Set a Memory limit to Office to PDF conversion Docker #13316 via #13345
• build: Fix broken apt cache when installing libreoffice #13366 (via 2.3)

bbb-learning-dashboard

• refactor: Sort data by ActivityScore in Desc/Asc order #13342
• style: Learning Dashboard line wrap fix #13305 via #13350 thanks @hiroshisuga

bbb-webrtc-sfu:

• Updated to v2.6.0-beta.4

packaging / configuration:

• bbb-freeswitch-core contains the fix freeswitch/sofia-sip#94, essentially the same package which shipped with BigBlueButton 2.3.14 last week.
• updated /etc/sudoers.d/zzz-bbb-docker-libreoffice with the new content from #13345 as part of bbb-libreoffice-docker's after-install.
• build: Set Ram limit to Libreoffice Docker in Sudoers #13434 (same as the above but in open source packaging for future releases)
• refactor(build, conf): webrtc-sfu's localIpAddress config is defunct #13429
• build: Updates bbb-freeswitch-core 's build instructions to match 2.4-rc-2's #13437

Release name

In case an administrator does not want to update to the latest bionic-240 version, use as substitute to the -v argument in bbb-install.sh command
bionic-240-2.4-rc-2
We still recommend using -v bionic-240.

Client build: 2323