Backwards incompatible and other major changes
- Convert send_command to use read_timeout.
- Convert send_command_timing to use read_timeout and last_read
- Add type hints and mypy support
- Relocate exceptions module to netmiko.exceptions (was ssh_exceptions)
- Add read_timeout argument to send_config_set
- Convert netmiko-tools to be an entry point and directly a part of Netmiko library
- Creating a new internal Channel class
- Restructure read methods
- Implement NoEnable and NoConfig inheritance classes to standardize no-config and no-enable behavior
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Major new features
- Add send_multiline() method
- Add send_multiline_timing() method
- Create new Netmiko factory function named ConnLogOnly
- Create new Netmiko factory function named ConnUnify
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New Drivers
- Cisco Viptela Driver
- Dell SONiC Driver
- Cisco S300 Telnet Driver
- Allied Telesis AlliedWare Plus Driver
- Zyxel Driver
- Extreme Tierra OS Driver
- Extreme EXOS Secure Copy Support
Minor Enhancements
- Centralize standard no_auth code into SSHClient_noauth
- Remove vendored Textfsm library code
- Add a shim for cisco_xe to use cisco_ios in ntc-templates
- WLC add method send_command_w_yes to handle show command that still prompts for pagination
- Platforms added to SSH autodetect
- Expand ANSI escape code stripping
- Expand SNMP autodetect support
Bug Fixes
- Fix read ahead issue with read methods
- Fix ntc-templates directory structure issue
- Aruba OS fix for hostname changes
- Fix flexvnf enter cli and prompt issue
- Fix path issue for pip installed ntc-templates when using PY3.9
- Mikrotik driver improvements and fixes
- Fixing IOS-XR confirm prompting issue during commit
- Fix the pan-os acknowledgment banner
- Fix Juniper ScreenOS accept issue
- Add support for Username: for telnet login on ProCurve
- Change ArubaOS command to disable paging
- utf-8 encoding for session_log
- Add bypass_commands support to send_config_set to disable cmd_verify
- Fix disconnect() call for Dlink DS driver
- Prevent secret from being leaked to debug log
- Fix send_command() read issue where data spanned the deque
- Improve set_base_prompt behavior
- Increase the default conn_timeout to 10 seconds improve Paramiko behavior on slow connections
Performance Improvements
- Fix IOS-XR performance issues
- Implement Netmiko performance improvements for a large set of drivers (about half the drivers)
- Fixing Linux very slow disconnect issue