Re: [Icecast] Release of Icecast, version 2.5.0-rc1

Thank you for this information.

1) When you say TLS 1.2 is required, are you saying the client has to 
support 1.2?  Does the server support TLS 1.3?
2) Got any docs on how the eventfeed works, how to use?
3) Got a Windows build?


On 2025-08-30 4:32 pm, Philipp Schafft wrote:
> Good afternoon,
> 
> the Icecast Project is very pleased to have released the next version
> of Icecast, version 2.5.0-rc1.
> 
> This is the first release candidate for the next stable version 2.5.0.
> 
> This release contains a number of relevant changes.
> 
> The password hashing has been updated as well as TLS 1.2 is now
> required. A number of smaller security fixes has also been made.
> 
> The release also includes a number of new features. Mainly the
> eventfeed which will at some point replace the old STATS stream.
> The dashboard has been improved as well as per-source health data.
> 
> The event subsystem as seen some updates, including a range of new
> events. Also dumpfile handling was improved.
> 
> For details see the list below.
> 
> You can find our news entry at:
>    https://icecast.org/news/icecast-release-2_5_0-rc1/
> 
> Downloads can be found at:
>    http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/icecast/icecast-2.4.999.1.tar.gz
> 
> 
> With best regards,
> 
> 
> Changes:
>    Security updates
>        Require at least TLS 1.2
>        Support more and more modern password hashing
>        Several smaller fixes (see below)
> 
>    New features
>        Formats
>            Improved FLAC support
>        Web interface
>            Added health reporting for streams
>            Added more important information to dashboard
>            Renamed mountpoint list to source list
>            Added show-listeners parameters to stats.xml-style output
>            Added live eventfeed
>            Report content languages of streams
>        Network
>            Use settings from listen socket for YP/directory if there is 
> only one
>            Improved YP/directory protocol
>            Added geoip support
>        Dumpfiles
>            Report dumpfile status
>            Allow defining size and time limits for dumpfiles
>            Allow killing a running dumpfile
>            Added UUID interpolation in dumpfile filenames
>        Events
>            Emit icecast-active/icecast-idle events based on source 
> status
>            Emit source-flags-changed whenever a source changes flags
>            Emit format-metadata-changed on metadata changes
>            Emit source-listeners-is-zero when listeners on a source 
> become zero
>            Emit source-listeners-changed when listener count on a 
> source changed
>            Emit source-listener-attach when a listener is attached to a 
> source
>            Include source media type in event data
>            Include dumpfile filename in event data
>            Added new style URL events
>            Allow wildcard event triggers
>        Internals
>            Reworked early client handling
>            Added global instance UUID
>            Added per-source instance UUID
>            Added ping request support
>            Added verbose version display (-V)
>            Allow exporting internal identifiers as ValueFile 
> (--export-database)
>            Include checks required for future versions
> 
>    Fixes and Cleanup
>        Fixed file missing after install
>        Update levels on dashboard
>        Try to fail early on several operating system shortcomings
>        General code cleanup
>        Migrated to libigloo 0.9.2
>        Fixed windows builds
>        Fixed minor memory leak on configuration reload
>        Improved/Fixed timeout handling for clients
>        Fixed incorrect lock in signal handler
>        Fixed typo SROUCE_HIDDEN -> SOURCE_HIDDEN
>        Fixed several small TLS problems
>        Allow to disable IPv6 on 32 bit Windows
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