bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton v3.0.0-alpha.6 on GitHub

In this iteration we have continued to improve the new GraphQL related core components to improve performance. Various fixes are also included. Below is a list of the pull requests in this iteration, grouped by component. Also the updates for bbb-export-annotations to support tldraw v2, a new Away mode, a new loginURL create parameter were all added.

Note that BigBlueButton 3.0-dev runs on Ubuntu Jammy (22.04).

BigBlueButton 3.0-dev is under active development. While we don’t recommend setting it up in a production environment, we do encourage administrators to try out the build with others and give us feedback on our bigbluebutton-dev mailing list.

Link to installation command / instructions/ schedule / planned features : https://docs.bigbluebutton.org/3.0/new-features

Most fixes from BigBlueButton 2.7.x are here up to and including v2.7.7 (.2 onwards have been manually ported as we no longer merge the 2.7 branch directly into the 3.0 branch) Remaining work: see #19489

Big THANK YOU to all comminuty members who helped for this release - both through sending pull requests and through reporting bugs or requesting enhancements! 🎊

HTML5 client

newly added:

feat: change way of rendering contents in presentation area to a pile-based logic. by @GuiLeme in #19854
feat: Adds custom color highlight option for webcam by @vitormateusalmeida in #19225
feat: Improved away mode by @ramonlsouza in #20076

fixes

fix(whiteboard): Selected Shapes Fail To Update On External Edits by @KDSBrowne in #19733
fix: inactivity warning - front-end by @ramonlsouza in #19879
fix: meeting end screen by @ramonlsouza in #19887
fix: generate locales index.json by @ramonlsouza in #19881
fix: External video plays while paused when it has some user action by @Scroody in #19840
fix(chat): chat scroll not sticking to the bottom by @JoVictorNunes in #19832
fix: unpin notes when sharing external video by @JoVictorNunes in #19896
fix(chat): audio alert playing incorrectly by @JoVictorNunes in #19911
fix(audio modal): show loading state while autoplay not checked by @JoVictorNunes in #19908
fix: limit mutation payloads to 10MB by default by @JoVictorNunes in #19945
fix: Moderator's connection status button subscribing to data of all users by @JoVictorNunes in #19949
fix(poll): poll element covering the whole presentation by @JoVictorNunes in #19799
improvement: use React context to store current user data by @JoVictorNunes in #19773
fix(connection status): restore session logs tab by @JoVictorNunes in #19957
fix: invalid UA version number in WKWebView by @prlanzarin in #19947
Fix: External video time resuming when changing presenter by @Scroody in #19912
Fix: External video autoplay block by @Scroody in #19983
Client: Drop the accessibility warning for downloadable slides with annotation by @Scroody in #20020
Fix: Volume bar overlapping by @Scroody in #20019
fix(bbb-html5): Fix remote logger by @TiagoJacobs in #19967
fix(bbb-html5): fixes the code reload in development by @TiagoJacobs in #19968
fix(whiteboard): Update CSS To Disable Asset And Laser Tool by @KDSBrowne in #19903
Fix: useCurrentUser hook for plugins by @GuiLeme in #19822
fix(whiteboard): Use canMoveCamera To Disable Viewer Mouse Wheel Pan by @KDSBrowne in #19893
Fix: layout not propagating by @Tainan404 in #19936
Fix: failed settings fetch by @Tainan404 in #19904
fix: Viewer presenter (non moderator) cannot push layout to all by @ramonlsouza in #19944
fix(whiteboard): Remove Conditionally Called Hooks Error by @KDSBrowne in #19915
fix: restore screen reader alerts for unread chat messages by @JoVictorNunes in #19713
Fix: External video re-starting when changing presenters by @Scroody in #20128
Fix: leave meeting button by @ramonlsouza in #19963
fix: save user names feature by @ramonlsouza in #19972
fix: ejected user errors by @ramonlsouza in #19982
fix: client settings not persisting by @JoVictorNunes in #19994
fix: share camera on grid mode by @ramonlsouza in #19986
fix: grid mode loop when pagination is active by @ramonlsouza in #19996
fix: users count not available on end meeting modal by @ramonlsouza in #19991
fix: Randomly assign viewers into breakouts filter by @ramonlsouza in #20014
fix (graphql-server): Update only modified annotations by @gustavotrott in #20022
fix: restore max annotations limit by @ramonlsouza in #20018
fix: Grid mode ignores cap, shows too many elements by @ramonlsouza in #19970
fix: grid mode webcam order by @ramonlsouza in #20030
fix: move users to the correct breakout room in manage users modal by @ramonlsouza in #20044
fix(html5): SharedNotes not unmounting when other components pile up in layout manager by @GuiLeme in #20045
fix: restore shape type validation by @ramonlsouza in #20037
fix: not a function error by @ramonlsouza in #20057
fix: missing whiteboardId error by @ramonlsouza in #20058
fix(whiteboard): Upgrade Tldraw Version To v2.0.0-alpha.19 by @KDSBrowne in #19901
fix: save region specific language does not work by @ramonlsouza in #20079
fix(bbb-html5): customHeartbeat would not close stale sessions (port) by @antobinary in #19812
fix: user can't join default selected breakout by @ramonlsouza in #20113
fix: throttle in user typing mutation by @ramonlsouza in #20115
Fix: add a adapters manager to lock loading while data sync by @Tainan404 in #20127
Fix: audio still playing when user left the meeting by @Tainan404 in #20130
fix: snapshot of current slide by @ramonlsouza in #20133
fix(webcam): fetch user data of webcam users only by @JoVictorNunes in #20141
fix: Warning message character limit exceeded is still showing up after being sent by @ramonlsouza in #20143
fix(whiteboard): Deactivate Drawing Tool On Access Change by @KDSBrowne in #20136
fix: tweak video-streams typings by @JoVictorNunes in #20134
fix(whiteboard): Stop Loading Tldraw Assets From Unpkg Site by @KDSBrowne in #20120
fix: client warnings by @ramonlsouza in #20173
fix: custom logo by @ramonlsouza in #20167
fix: limit grid users at the data access level by @JoVictorNunes in #20168
fix: only send cursor updates of users with whiteboard access by @ramonlsouza in #20186
fix(whiteboard): Update API For Retrieving Shape Being Edited by @KDSBrowne in #20189
fix(bbb-html5): add specific logCodes for root error boundaries by @prlanzarin in #20172
fix(webcam): conditional hook call by @JoVictorNunes in #20195
Fix: userlist going with zeroed values to server by @Tainan404 in #20202
fix(whiteboard): Correct Viewer Canvas Position on Slide Change by @KDSBrowne in #20198
fix: locale setting not persisting by @JoVictorNunes in #20205

refactor

refactor: make cursor coordinates be consumed from stream by @Tainan404 in #19823
refactor: make bbb client work without meteor service (partial) by @ramonlsouza in #19869
refactor: Raise hand notification using graphql by @ramonlsouza in #19884
!refactor: Remove pick random user (frontend) by @Tainan404 in #19785
refactor (html5): Add operationName for subscriptions that lacks it by @gustavotrott in #19928
refactor (html5): Rename UserListCount subscription to reuse it automatically by @gustavotrott in #19937
refactor (html5): Remove unused queries by @gustavotrott in #19939
refactor: add meteor assets cache to build script by @ramonlsouza in #19942
refactor (html5): Make Meeting subscription use JsonPatch by @gustavotrott in #19940
refactor(notes / captions): migrate pads from Meteor to GraphQL by @JoVictorNunes in #19448
Refactor: base.jsx cleanup by @Tainan404 in #19789
refactor: Migrate poll creation by @Tainan404 in #19446
refactor: Migrate meeting collection to graphql by @Tainan404 in #19853
refactor: rename Songs to Music in BBB Timer by @Scroody in #19174
refactor: Data needed for plugins by @Scroody in #20084
!Remove: user persistent data collection by @Tainan404 in #19973
Refactor: Migrate meeting remaining time by @antonbsa in #18920
cleanup: remove old local-settings collection by @JoVictorNunes in #19984
refactor (html5): Provide list of available locales through settings.yml (and Graphql) by @gustavotrott in #19993
cleanup: remove old polls by @JoVictorNunes in #19989
Remove: breakout history collection by @Tainan404 in #20041
Remove: typed captions by @Tainan404 in #20050
Refactor: migrate breakout invitation by @Tainan404 in #19324
Remove: auth token validation code from frontend by @Tainan404 in #20062
Refactor: Move notifications to graphql by @Tainan404 in #20043
Refactor: migrate timer panel to TS and graphql by @Tainan404 in #20059
Remove: recording meeting collection by @Tainan404 in #20066
Refactor: move captions to graphql by @Tainan404 in #20028
Refactor: migrate screenshare to graphql using a adapter by @Tainan404 in #20074
Remove: whiteboard-multi-user subscription by @Tainan404 in #20072
Remove: voice call state by @Tainan404 in #20063
Remove: presentation upload token subscription by @Tainan404 in #20071
!remove: user-info collection by @Tainan404 in #20068
Remove: Pads, PadsSessions, PadsUpdates client subscriptions and dependencies by @Tainan404 in #20051
Refactor: user reaction to graphql by @Tainan404 in #20080
Refactor: Migrate user settings by @Tainan404 in #20077
Refactor: remove unused subscriptions by @Tainan404 in #20085
refactor: Move timer init to akka-apps (was Meteor) by @gustavotrott in #20089
refactor: Move SharedNotes init to akka-apps (was Meteor) by @gustavotrott in #20093
refactor: Remove remaining makecall by @ramonlsouza in #20091
Remove old video-streams Meteor subscription by @JoVictorNunes in #20061
Remove: meteor server dependencies by @Tainan404 in #20096
Remove: client subscriptions component by @Tainan404 in #20103
refactor: Move Export breakoutRooms sharedNotes routine to akka-apps (removing Meteor part) by @gustavotrott in #20099
Refactor: useUserCurrentData to use subscription by @Tainan404 in #20116
Remove: timer js files by @Tainan404 in #20118
refactor: Code removal by @Tainan404 in #20125
refactor: remove unused code by @ramonlsouza in #20100
!remove: Frontend Redis client listener by @Tainan404 in #20104
refactor: add names to unnamed queries by @ramonlsouza in #20188

plugin related

feat(plugin): adds layout presentation area pile and refactors setters by @GuiLeme in #19876
feat(plugins) - refactor format of receiving data for data-channels by @GuiLeme in #19997
feat(plugins): refactor intl code for plugin and general code by @GuiLeme in #20135
feat(plugin): Support useMeeting hook for plugin by @GuiLeme in #20097

test

test: Avoid unrelated notifications by @gabriellpr in #19807
test: Re-add breakout test to CI by @antonbsa in #19907
CI: Test workflow improvements + (backport) Update github actions with deprecated Node.js 16 by @antonbsa in #19905
test: Avoid presentation notifications on polling tests by @gabriellpr in #19965
test: Screenshare should stop external video by @gabriellpr in #20017
test: fix breakout tests failing on CI by @antonbsa in #20067
test: Tests removal of removed features by @antonbsa in #20144

Core -- newly introduced components bbb-graphql-server, bbb-graphql-middleware, bbb-graphql-actions-adapter-server, ...

feature: Add new API /create param loginURL by @gustavotrott in #20081
refactor: Terminate all meetings (in Graphql) upon the restart of the akka-apps service by @gustavotrott in #19867
Graphql: Add missing fields to lockSettings and endWhenNoModerator by @gustavotrott in #19873
graphql: Introduces flag inactivityWarningDisplay (backend) by @gustavotrott in #19851
refactor (graphql-middleware): Increase Ws Read Limit (necessary for annotations) by @gustavotrott in #19913
refactor (graphql-middleware): Increase Ws Read Limit to 10MB (necessary for annotations) by @gustavotrott in #19916
refactor (graphql-middleware): Improve activities status logs and add option to disable JsonPatch by @gustavotrott in #19931
refactor: Simplify user connection status flow (streamlining RTT measurements and reducing GraphQL traffic) by @gustavotrott in #19934
graphql-middleware: Track most requested messages for performance analysis by @gustavotrott in #19933
Fix (akka-apps): Avoid delete again a message from plugin DataChannel by @gustavotrott in #19935
refactor (graphql-middleware): Fix wrong logs in activities overview by @gustavotrott in #19954
Fix (akka-apps): Avoid delete again a message from plugin DataChannel by @gustavotrott in #19955
!refactor: remove unused DeskShareStartRTMP/DeskShareStopRTMP events by @prlanzarin in #18575
refactor (graphql-middleware): Significantly reduces the size of the Json Patch by @gustavotrott in #19974
graphql-middleware: Add periodic log with Activities Overview by @gustavotrott in #19926
graphql-middleware: Disable activities overview logs by default by @gustavotrott in #19943
graphql-middleware: Implements a cache-system for JsonPatch by @gustavotrott in #19964
graphql-middleware: Add option to restrict subscriptions (for tests purpose) by @gustavotrott in #19969
Graphql: Introduces flag showRemainingTime by @gustavotrott in #19975
refactor (graphql-server): Makes it faster to update annotations by @gustavotrott in #19988
graphql-server: Add type caption_typed_activeLocales by @gustavotrott in #19995
[Snyk] Security upgrade express from 4.18.2 to 4.19.2 by @antobinary in #19902
fix (graphql-sever): Option "Join audio" in breakout rooms not working properly by @gustavotrott in #20031
graphql-server: Add flag isAudioOnly for breakoutRoom participant by @gustavotrott in #20039
Graphql-server: Add mutation captionSetOwner by @gustavotrott in #20046
enhancement (graphql-server): Validate sudo on running update_graphql_data.sh by @gustavotrott in #20048
fix (graphql-server): Fix problem on sending audio caption by @gustavotrott in #20060
graphql-server: Introduces Notification by @gustavotrott in #19999
refactor (graphql-server): Support two users with same userId (in different meetings) by @gustavotrott in #20021
enhancement: Graphql-middleware will directly parse and route Mutations to graphql-actions, bypassing Hasura by @gustavotrott in #20145
enhancement (graphql-server): Optimization of Hasura Queries and Index Utilization in Postgres by @gustavotrott in #20147
Graphql-server: Increase Streaming Queries Multiplexed Batch Size to 1000 (was 100) by @gustavotrott in #20149
enhancement: Speed up the client loading (by implementing a cache system to obtain ClientSettings) by @gustavotrott in #20171
refactor/build: drop html5InstanceId and simplify bbb-html5 frontend/backend by @antobinary in #20132
fix (graphql-middleware): After returning a Mutation data, it should send a complete message by @gustavotrott in #20185
refactor (graphql-server): Graphql config improvements by @gustavotrott in #20187
refactor (gql-middleware): Change Graphql endpoint to /graphql by @gustavotrott in #20193
refactor: change enforceLayout to match defaultMeetingLayout format by @ramonlsouza in #20217

build (packaging scripts) / configuration

build: Force hasura cli v2.36.2 to avoid error by @gustavotrott in #19894
build(bbb-webrtc-sfu): v2.14.0-beta.0 by @prlanzarin in #19877
build (html5): Add step to clear Nginx cache to refresh Meteor assets by @gustavotrott in #20002
build: Bump bbb-playback.placeholder.sh to 5.1.0 (tldraw v2 alpha.18) by @antobinary in #20023
refactor/build: drop html5InstanceId and simplify bbb-html5 frontend/backend by @antobinary in #20132
fix (build): Set Hasura CLI config with correct password by @gustavotrott in #20197

bbb-export-annotations

feat: Tldraw v2: export presentation with annotations by @danielpetri1 in #19082

docs

docs: docusaurus update, improve Readme by @antobinary in #20206
docs: info on allowOverrideClientSettingsOnCreateCall by @antobinary in #19919
docs: fix links, remove obsolete content, write up 3.0 content by @antobinary in #20208

manually ported from v2.7.x-release to v3.0.x-release

feat: Initial implementation of Gladia transcriptions to BBB 3.0 (backend portion) by @antobinary in #19841
fix(bbb-export-annotations): Flag to force CairoSVG to embed images and improved redis socket configs by @antobinary in #19922
fix(audio): minimize redundant audio exit toasts by @prlanzarin in #20155
fix(audio): acquire streams before negotiation when peer is answerer by @prlanzarin in #20156
fix(reactions): crash when interactionsButton coords are absent by @prlanzarin in #20157
fix(bbb-html5): crash on video-provider unmount by @prlanzarin in #20158
fix(bbb-html5): crash when stopping WebRTC peers by @prlanzarin in #20159
fix(screen-reader): add safeguards for adding alerts by @prlanzarin in #20160
fix: add safeguards when returning user roles by @prlanzarin in #20161
fix(audio): broken connection stats on Firefox >= 125 by @prlanzarin in #20162
fix: undefined accesses causes crashes in actions-bar breakout utils by @prlanzarin in #20163
fix(bbb-html5): correct parameter type for wake lock log codes by @prlanzarin in #20164
fix(audio): review device selection in mobile endpoints by @prlanzarin in #20166
fix(audio): review audio modal help screen by @prlanzarin in #20174

Release name

Passing -v jammy-300 to https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bbb-install/blob/v3.0.x-release/bbb-install.sh will always install the latest released BigBlueButton 3.0 version.

If for some reason you would like to install this specific release, pass -v jammy-300-3.0.0-alpha.6.

We still recommend using -v jammy-300 as this repository is continually updated with each BigBlueButton 3.0 release.