0.14.0-rc1 (2019-11-29)

Features

• The project now uses Typescript for its source code. (#808)
• Add support for PostgreSQL (#815)
• Add migration script for migrating NeDB databases to PostgreSQL. (#816)
• Add config option excludedUsers to exclude users from bridging by regex. (#820)
• Support room upgrades on PostgreSQL. (#824)
• Delay ident responses until pending clients have connected. Thanks to @heftig for the initial PR. (#825)
• Allow admins to specify a bind port and/or hostname in the config. (#857)
• When !storepass is called, reconnect the user to ensure the password is set. (#864)
• Track last seen times of users between restarts (#876)
• Add dry run mode to the debugApi /reapUsers command. (#879)
• The bridge now supports error tracing via sentry (#897)

Bugfixes

• Inviting the bridge bot to an existing bridged room will no longer cause the room to be bridged as an admin room. Invites must also use is_direct. (#846)
• Fix counter for leaving users. (#855)
• Replace calls to /state with more efficient calls, where possible. (#865)
• Topic changes from Matrix no longer cause a ghost user to join the room. (#866)
• Ensure bot clients stay connected after being disconnected. (#867)
• Fix issue where the internal ipv6 counter would not be correctly set (#873)
• Fix bug where users could not store or remove their password (#874)
• Fix a bug where users could not generate registration files (#875)
• Fix uploaded long message URL's not sent to IRC side. (#889)
• Debug API is now correctly enabled on startup (#893)
• Quit the app with exitcode 1 if it fails to start (#894)
• The !storepass command now reconnects users with their new password. (#900)

Deprecations and Removals

• Statsd is deprecated in this release, and will be removed in the next. Users are encouraged to use prometheus instead, which has richer logging capabilites. (#837)
• Remove warnings/hacks around config.appservice. Users should have upgraded to the new format by now. (#849)

Internal Changes

• Refactor Datastore for Typescript (#809)
• Add linting support for Typescript files. (#810)
• Fatal exceptions are now logged to stdout in addition to logs. (#812)
• Refactor Datastore code to be more generic. (#814)
• Move schema.yml from /lib/config to / (#819)
• Use Towncrier for changelog management (#821)
• Internal conversions of model classes to Typescript (#822)
• Convert ClientPool and associated dependencies to Typescript (#826)
• Convert logging to Typescript (#827)
• Convert DebugApi to Typescript (#829)
• Typescriptify QuitDebouncer (#830)
• Typescriptify BridgedClient and dependencies (#831)
• Convert generator and formatter functions to Typescript (#832)
• Typescriptify IrcEventBroker (#833)
• Use seperate DBs for each integration test. (#834)
• Typescriptify IrcBridge (#836)
• Typescriptify irc syncer classes (#839)
• Do not call keepalive() callbacks if the user doesn't need to be kept alive. (#844)
• Typescriptify matrix handler class (#845)
• Remove crc and prom-client packages. (#846)
• Swap to using promises over timers for queuing messages on IRC connections. (#848)
• Typescriptify irc handler class (#850)
• Updates to Dockerfile to add multiple stages and support Typescript (#853)
• Rewrite provisioner/* in Typescript (#861)
• Refactor bot command handling into own class. (#863)
• Move some IRC specific functions from IrcBridge to ClientPool (#877)
• Use the DB to prefill some membership caches, reducing the number of HTTP calls made and speeding up bridge startup. (#881)
• Room directory visibility state for bridged rooms is now cached in the database (#882)
• Gracefully close irc connections on SIGTERM (#895)
• Log when a newly discovered irc user's profile is updated. (#896)