This release contains numerous bug fixes, updated dependencies, and QoL improvements.
Update: This release contains a known regression in the combination of encode and reverse_proxy modules; please use v2.4.5 instead.
Thanks to all contributors, and a special thanks to @francislavoie and @mohammed90 for their dedication in helping to maintain the project and help others.
Changelog
0bdb8aa acmeserver: Don't set host for directory links by default
2de7e14 acmeserver: Trim slashes from path prefix
c131339 admin: Implement load_interval to pull config on a timer (#4246)
a10910f admin: Sync server variables (fix #4260) (#4274)
51f125b caddyfile: Better error message for missing site block braces (#4301)
d74913f caddyfile: Error on invalid site addresses containing comma (#4302)
b6f5125 caddyfile: keep error chain info in Dispenser.Errf (#4233)
1c6c771 caddyhttp: Fix edgecase with auto HTTP->HTTPS logic (#4243)
42e140b caddyhttp: Fix incorrect determination of gRPC protocol (#4236)
c1cd192 caddyhttp: Updated the documentation for MatchQuery (#4295)
81e5318 caddytls: Remove "IssuerRaw" field
ce5a45d cmd: Fix paths when using an env file (#4296)
68c5c71 cmd: New add-package and remove-package commands (#4226)
9e333c3 cmd: use net.ErrClosed for matching returned error (#4289)
1b1e625 core: Unix ns and Unix ms time placeholders (#4280)
69c9144 encode: Tweak compression settings (#4215)
4245ceb fileserver: Add disable_canonical_uris Caddyfile subdirective (#4222)
191dc86 fileserver: Clarify docs about canonicalization
9e16e80 fileserver: Fix browse name_dir_first sorting (#4218)
885a9aa go.mod: Update dependencies (close #4216)
f43fd6f go.mod: Upgrade CertMagic to v0.14.4
84b906a go.mod: Upgrade some dependencies
ab32440 httpcaddyfile: Add shortcut for proxy hostport placeholder (#4263)
b3d35a4 httpcaddyfile: Don't put localhost in public APs (fix #4220)
569ecdb httpcaddyfile: Ensure hosts to skip for logs can always be collected (#4258)
bfbc459 httpcaddyfile: Improve unrecognized directive errors
403732c httpcaddyfile: Reorder some directives (#4311)
46d99ab logging: Add missing interface guards for replace filter (#4244)
124ba1b logging: Prep for common_log removal (#4149)
8a974a4 logging: Warn for deprecated single_field encoder
e6c29ce reverseproxy: Incorporate latest proxy changes from stdlib (#4266)
d882211 reverseproxy: Keep path to unix socket as dial address (#4232)
f70a757 reverseproxy: Remove redundant flushing (#4299)