Release Notes for v0.40.0
What's New
Behavior change
- CLI Auth Behavior: Forced login for new users using PKCE flow in CLI. #3604
With this change, all users will be required to log in once their client session has expired, even when they have a Dashboard session active.
Improved Routing and DNS Behavior
Several enhancements were made to routing logic and DNS behavior, including:
- Automatically registering match domains for DNS routes. #3614
- Enhancing the DNS forwarder to track resolved IPs with resource IDs. #3620
- Fixing DNS forwarder handling of requested record types. #3615
Traffic Visibility and Interface Marking
- NetBird data plane traffic is now marked for improved interface traffic identification. #3623
These changes improve observability and routing accuracy for DNS and network flows.
Improvements
- Route Removal Logic: Updated route removal to correctly handle dynamic routes. #3625
- Linux Userspace Mode: Fixed missing inbound flows in userspace mode with native router. #3624
- TCP Connection Tracking: Improved TCP connection tracking. #3572
- Backend Router: Removed remaining Linux router limitations. #3589
- No-Browser Login: Added
--no-browserflag for CLI login and up commands for better SSO control. #3610 - IP Lookup: Improved local IP lookup logic. #3551
- Logging: NetBird logger now handles ICE and gRPC logs. #3603
Bug Fixes
- Access Validation: Permission manager now validates account access correctly. #3444
Other Changes
- FreeBSD CI: Updated FreeBSD workflow for better test coverage. #3638
Full Changelog: v0.39.2...v0.40.0