ntfy/docs/releases.md

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Release notes

Binaries for all releases can be found on the GitHub releases pages for the ntfy server and the ntfy Android app.

ntfy server v1.22.0

Released May 7, 2022

This release makes the web app more accessible to people with disabilities, and introduces a "mark as read" icon in the web app. It also fixes a curious bug with WebSockets and Apache and makes the notification sounds in the web app a little quieter.

We've also improved the documentation a little and added translations for three more languages.

Features:

  • Make web app more accessible (#217)
  • Better parsing of the user actions, allowing quotes (no ticket)
  • Add "mark as read" icon button to notification (#243, thanks to @wunter8)

Bugs:

  • Upgrade header check is now case in-sensitive (#228, thanks to @wunter8 for finding it)
  • Made web app sounds quieter (#222)
  • Add "private browsing"-specific error message for Firefox/Safari (#208, thanks to @julianfoad for reporting)

Documentation:

  • Improved caddy configuration (no ticket, thanks to @Stnby)
  • Additional multi-line examples on the publish page (#234, thanks to @aTable)
  • Fixed PowerShell auth example to use UTF-8 (#242, thanks to @SMAW)

Additional translations:

Thanks for testing:

Thanks to @wunter8 for testing.

ntfy Android app v1.12.0

Released Apr 25, 2022

The main feature in this Android release is Action Buttons, a feature that allows users to add actions to the notifications. Actions can be to view a website or app, send a broadcast, or send a HTTP request.

We also added support for ntfy:// deep links, added three more languages and fixed a ton of bugs.

Features:

Bugs:

  • Validate URLs when changing default server and server in user management (#193, thanks to @StoyanDimitrov for reporting)
  • Error in sending test notification in different languages (#209, thanks to @StoyanDimitrov for reporting)
  • "[x] Instant delivery in doze mode" checkbox does not work properly (#211)
  • Disallow "http" GET/HEAD actions with body (#221, thanks to @cmeis for reporting)
  • Action "view" with "clear=true" does not work on some phones (#220, thanks to @cmeis for reporting)
  • Do not group foreground service notification with others (#219, thanks to @s-h-a-r-d for reporting)

Additional translations:

Thanks for testing:

Thanks to @s-h-a-r-d (aka @Shard), @cmeis, @poblabs, and everyone I forgot for testing.

ntfy server v1.21.2

Released Apr 24, 2022

In this release, the web app got translation support and was translated into 9 languages already 🇧🇬 🇩🇪 🇺🇸 🌎. It also re-adds support for ARMv6, and adds server-side support for Action Buttons. Action Buttons is a feature that will be released in the Android app soon. It allows users to add actions to the notifications. Limited support is available in the web app.

Features:

Bugs:

  • Web app: English language strings fixes, additional descriptions for settings (#203, thanks to @StoyanDimitrov)
  • Web app: Show error message snackbar when sending test notification fails (#205, thanks to @cmeis)
  • Web app: basic URL validation in user management (#204, thanks to @cmeis)
  • Disallow "http" GET/HEAD actions with body (#221, thanks to @cmeis for reporting)

Translations (web app):

Integrations:

Apprise support was fully released in v0.9.8.2 of Apprise. Thanks to @particledecay and @caronc for their fantastic work. You can try it yourself like this (detailed usage in the Apprise wiki):

pip3 install apprise
apprise -b "Hi there" ntfys://mytopic

ntfy Android app v1.11.0

Released Apr 7, 2022

Features:

  • Download attachments to cache folder (#181)
  • Regularly delete attachments for deleted notifications (#142)
  • Translations to different languages (#188, thanks to @StoyanDimitrov for initiating things)

Bugs:

  • IllegalStateException: Failed to build unique file (#177, thanks to @Fallenbagel for reporting)
  • SQLiteConstraintException: Crash during UP registration (#185)
  • Refresh preferences screen after settings import (#183, thanks to @cmeis for reporting)
  • Add priority strings to strings.xml to make it translatable (#192, thanks to @StoyanDimitrov)

Translations:

Thanks:

ntfy server v1.20.0

Released Apr 6, 2022

Features::

  • Added message bar and publish dialog (#196)

Bugs:

Documentation:

Integrations:

ntfy server v1.19.0

Released Mar 30, 2022

Bugs:

  • Do not pack binary with upx for armv7/arm64 due to illegal instruction errors (#191, thanks to @iexos)
  • Do not allow comma in topic name in publish via GET endpoint (no ticket)
  • Add "Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *" for attachments (no ticket, thanks to @FrameXX)
  • Make pruning run again in web app (#186)
  • Added missing params delay and email to publish as JSON body (no ticket)

Documentation:

ntfy server v1.18.1

Released Mar 21, 2022
This release ships no features or bug fixes. It's merely a documentation update.

Documentation:

ntfy Android app v1.10.0

Released Mar 21, 2022

Features:

  • Support for UnifiedPush 2.0 specification (bytes messages, #130)
  • Export/import settings and subscriptions (#115, thanks @cmeis for reporting)
  • Open "Click" link when tapping notification (#110, thanks @cmeis for reporting)
  • JSON stream deprecation banner (#164)

Bug fixes:

  • Display locale-specific times, with AM/PM or 24h format (#140, thanks @hl2guide for reporting)

ntfy server v1.18.0

Released Mar 16, 2022

Features:

Bug fixes:

Deprecations:

  • Removed the ability to run server as ntfy (as opposed to ntfy serve) as per deprecation

ntfy server v1.17.1

Released Mar 12, 2022

Bug fixes:

  • Replace crypto.subtle with hashCode to errors with Brave/FF-Windows (#157, thanks for reporting @arminus)

ntfy server v1.17.0

Released Mar 11, 2022

Features & bug fixes:

  • Replace web app with a React/MUI-based web app from the 21st century (#111)
  • Web UI broken with auth (#132, thanks for reporting @arminus)
  • Send static web resources as Content-Encoding: gzip, i.e. docs and web app (no ticket)
  • Add support for auth via ?auth=... query param, used by WebSocket in web app (no ticket)

ntfy server v1.16.0

Released Feb 27, 2022

Features & Bug fixes:

  • Add auth support for subscribing with CLI (#147/#148, thanks @lrabane)
  • Add support for ?since= (#151, thanks for reporting @nachotp)

Documentation:

Technical notes:

  • As of this release, message IDs will be 12 characters long (as opposed to 10 characters). This is to be able to distinguish them from Unix timestamps for #151.

ntfy Android app v1.9.1

Released Feb 16, 2022

Features:

  • Share to topic feature (#131, thanks u/emptymatrix for reporting)
  • Ability to pick a default server (#127, thanks to @poblabs for reporting and testing)
  • Automatically delete notifications (#71, thanks @arjan-s for reporting)
  • Dark theme: Improvements around style and contrast (#119, thanks @kzshantonu for reporting)

Bug fixes:

  • Do not attempt to download attachments if they are already expired (#135)
  • Fixed crash in AddFragment as seen per stack trace in Play Console (no ticket)

Other thanks:

  • Thanks to @rogeliodh, @cmeis and @poblabs for testing

ntfy server v1.15.0

Released Feb 14, 2022

Features & bug fixes:

  • Compress binaries with upx (#137)
  • Add visitor-request-limit-exempt-hosts to exempt friendly hosts from rate limits (#144)
  • Double default requests per second limit from 1 per 10s to 1 per 5s (no ticket)
  • Convert \n to new line for X-Message header as prep for sharing feature (see #136)
  • Reduce bcrypt cost to 10 to make auth timing more reasonable on slow servers (no ticket)
  • Docs update to include public test topics (no ticket)

ntfy server v1.14.1

Released Feb 9, 2022

Bug fixes:

  • Fix ARMv8 Docker build (#113, thanks to @djmaze)
  • No other significant changes

ntfy Android app v1.8.1

Released Feb 6, 2022

Features:

  • Support auth / access control (#19, thanks to @cmeis, @drsprite/@poblabs, @gedw99, @karmanyaahm, @Mek101, @gc-ss, @julianfoad, @nmoseman, Jakob, PeterCxy, Techlosopher)
  • Export/upload log now allows censored/uncensored logs (no ticket)
  • Removed wake lock (except for notification dispatching, no ticket)
  • Swipe to remove notifications (#117)

Bug fixes:

  • Fix download issues on SDK 29 "Movement not allowed" (#116, thanks Jakob)
  • Fix for Android 12 crashes (#124, thanks @eskilop)
  • Fix WebSocket retry logic bug with multiple servers (no ticket)
  • Fix race in refresh logic leading to duplicate connections (no ticket)
  • Fix scrolling issue in subscribe to topic dialog (#131, thanks @arminus)
  • Fix base URL text field color in dark mode, and size with large fonts (no ticket)
  • Fix action bar color in dark mode (make black, no ticket)

Notes:

  • Foundational work for per-subscription settings

ntfy server v1.14.0

Released Feb 3, 2022

Features:

  • Server-side for authentication & authorization (#19, thanks for testing @cmeis, and for input from @gedw99, @karmanyaahm, @Mek101, @gc-ss, @julianfoad, @nmoseman, Jakob, PeterCxy, Techlosopher)
  • Support NTFY_TOPIC env variable in ntfy publish (#103)

Bug fixes:

  • Binary UnifiedPush messages should not be converted to attachments (part 1, #101)

Docs:

  • Clarification regarding attachments (#118, thanks @xnumad)

ntfy Android app v1.7.1

Released Jan 21, 2022

New features:

  • Battery improvements: wakelock disabled by default (#76)
  • Dark mode: Allow changing app appearance (#102)
  • Report logs: Copy/export logs to help troubleshooting (#94)
  • WebSockets (experimental): Use WebSockets to subscribe to topics (#96, #100, #97)
  • Show battery optimization banner (#105)

Bug fixes:

  • (Partial) support for binary UnifiedPush messages (#101)

Notes:

  • The foreground wakelock is now disabled by default
  • The service restarter is now scheduled every 3h instead of every 6h

ntfy server v1.13.0

Released Jan 16, 2022

Features:

ntfy Android app v1.6.0

Released Jan 14, 2022

New features:

  • Attachments: Send files to the phone (#25, #15)
  • Click action: Add a click action URL to notifications (#85)
  • Battery optimization: Allow disabling persistent wake-lock (#76, thanks @MatMaul)
  • Recognize imported user CA certificate for self-hosted servers (#87, thanks @keith24)
  • Remove mentions of "instant delivery" from F-Droid to make it less confusing (no ticket)

Bug fixes:

  • Subscription "muted until" was not always respected (#90)
  • Fix two stack traces reported by Play console vitals (no ticket)
  • Truncate FCM messages >4,000 bytes, prefer instant messages (#84)

ntfy server v1.12.1

Released Jan 14, 2022

Bug fixes:

  • Fix security issue with attachment peaking (#93)

ntfy server v1.12.0

Released Jan 13, 2022

Features:

Bug fixes:

  • Make postinst script work properly for rpm-based systems (#83, thanks @cmeis)
  • Truncate FCM messages longer than 4000 bytes (#84)
  • Fix listen-https port (no ticket)

ntfy Android app v1.5.2

Released Jan 3, 2022

New features:

  • Allow using ntfy as UnifiedPush distributor (#9)
  • Support for longer message up to 4096 bytes (#77)
  • Minimum priority: show notifications only if priority X or higher (#79)
  • Allowing disabling broadcasts in global settings (#80)

Bug fixes:

  • Allow int/long extras for SEND_MESSAGE intent (#57)
  • Various battery improvement fixes (#76)

ntfy server v1.11.2

Released Jan 1, 2022

Features & bug fixes:

  • Increase message limit to 4096 bytes (4k) #77
  • Docs for UnifiedPush #9
  • Increase keepalive interval to 55s #76
  • Increase Firebase keepalive to 3 hours #76

ntfy server v1.10.0

Released Dec 28, 2021

Features & bug fixes:

Older releases

For older releases, check out the GitHub releases pages for the ntfy server and the ntfy Android app.