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Latest PECL Releases:

• opentelemetry 1.1.0beta3
  See https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-php-instrumentation/releases/tag/1.1.0beta3

• xpass 1.0.0
  - first GA release
• mongodb 1.19.4
  ## What's Changed * Use full-report convenience action for SSDLC reports by @alcaeus in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1589 * PHPC-2381: Allow releasing pre-release versions through the release automation by @alcaeus in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1590 * Revamp evergreen builds and add tags for pull requests by @alcaeus in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1593 * Add tag checks aliases by @alcaeus in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1596 * PHPC-2409: Update to libmongoc 1.27.4 by @alcaeus in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1600 * PHPC-2405: Update to libmongocrypt 1.10.1 by @alcaeus in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1602 * Reduce amount of evergreen config includes by @alcaeus in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1612 * PHPC-2422: Update libmongoc to 1.27.5 by @alcaeus in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1619 * PHPC-2420: Compare Int64 instances without casting by @alcaeus in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1617 * PHPC-2429: Fix UTCDateTime with negative timestamps by @alcaeus in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1623 * Update to libmongoc 1.27.6 by @alcaeus in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1627 * Update GitHub Actions job names by @alcaeus in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1632

  Full Changelog: https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/compare/1.19.3...1.19.4

• datadog_trace 1.3.1
  ## Tracer

  Fixed

  • Fix DD_AUTOLOAD_NO_COMPILE #2833
  • Loader: Use the same version number as for other extensions #2838
  • Consider ifunc symbols also defined Datadog/libdatadog#609
  • Fix crash with double parent key in tracestate #2837
  • Fix #2831: Failure with LTO #2839

  Internal

  • Avoid using non-bundled rust git dependencies #2827
• timezonedb 2024.2
  Updated to version 2024.2 (2024b)
• phpy 1.0.8
  - Added argument_as_object configuration item - Add Helper::printTraceback() - Support windows platform - Support Python class as parent class of PHP class
• opentelemetry 1.1.0beta2
  See https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-php-instrumentation/releases/tag/1.1.0beta2
• xlswriter 1.5.7
  - Fix: insertDate memory leak.
• rpminfo 1.1.1
  - display author and license in phpinfo - drop support for librpm < 4.13
• ev 1.2.0
  - Support for PHP versions older than 8 has been dropped. Maintaining compatibility with multiple PHP versions (5, 7, and 8) has become increasingly difficult. Recent changes in PHP 8.3 have further complicated the build scripts. Additionally, as PHP releases older than 8.1 are now officially unsupported, it has become challenging to continue supporting PHP 5 and 7. - Fixed #51: Building statically with PHP 8.3.10 fails with an "unknown" PHP version.

Latest PECL Releases:

• win32service 1.1.0beta2
  * Add object Win32ServiceRightInfo
  • Add function win32_read_right_access_service()
  • Add function win32_read_all_rights_access_service()
  • Add function win32_add_right_access_service()
  • Add function win32_remove_right_access_service()
  • Add function win32_add_service_env_var()
  • Add function win32_remove_service_env_var()
  • Add function win32_get_service_env_vars()
  • Add function win32_set_service_pause_resume_state()
  • Some function are now disabled if PHP not run in Windows service context. See PHP Information.
  • Use the gen_stub.php to generate arginfo header.

  The binary is also available here: https://github.com/win32service/win32service/releases/tag/v1.1.0-beta1

• win32service 1.1.0beta1
  * Add object Win32ServiceRightInfo * Add function win32_read_right_access_service() * Add function win32_read_all_rights_access_service() * Add function win32_add_right_access_service() * Add function win32_remove_right_access_service() * Add function win32_add_service_env_var() * Add function win32_remove_service_env_var() * Add function win32_get_service_env_vars() * Add function win32_set_service_pause_resume_state() * Some function are now disabled if PHP not run in Windows service context. See PHP Information. * Use the `gen_stub.php` to generate arginfo header.

  The binary is also available here: https://github.com/win32service/win32service/releases/tag/v1.1.0-beta1

• xpass 1.1.0RC1
  - add crypt_gensalt(?string $prefix = null, int $count = 0): ?string {} - add crypt_preferred_method(): ?string {} - add crypt_checksalt(string $salt): int {} - add CRYPT_PREFIX_* and CRYPT_SALT_* constants
• protobuf 4.28.1
  * See github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/tag/v28.1 for release notes.

Latest PECL Releases:

• redis 6.1.0RC2
  Sponsors

  Audiomack - https://audiomack.com Open LMS - https://openlms.net Avtandil Kikabidze - https://github.com/akalongman Ty Karok - https://github.com/karock Object Cache Pro for WordPress - https://objectcache.pro

  --- 6.1.0RC2 ---

  Fixed:

  • Fixed a SIGABRT error in PHP 8.4 [a75a7e5a] (Michael Grunder)
  • Clean up code for unsupported versions of PHP [37cebdd7] (Remi Collet)
  • Add SessionHelpers.php to package.xml[e9474b80] (Remi Collet)
  • 8.4 implicit null fix, bump version [bff3a22e, 30c8f90c] [Remi Collet]

  Changed:

  • Raised minimum supported PHP version to 7.4 [8b519423] (Michael Grunder)

  Removed:

  • Removed erroneously duplicated changelog entries [40c89736] (Michael Grunder)

  Tests/CI:

  • Move to upload artifacts v4 [9d380500] (Michael Grunder)

  Added:

  • Added composer.json to support PIE (PHP Installer for Extensions) [b59e35a6] (James Titcumb)

  --- 6.1.0RC1 ---

  Fixed:

  • Fix random connection timeouts with Redis Cluster. [eb7f31e7] (Jozsef Koszo)
  • Fix argument count issue in HSET with associative array [6ea5b3e0] (Viktor Djupsjobacka)
  • SRANDMEMBER can return any type because of serialization. [6673b5b2] (Michael Grunder)
  • Fix HRANDFIELD command when WITHVALUES is used. [99f9fd83] (Michael Grunder)
  • Allow context array to be nullable [50529f56] (Michael Grunder)
  • Fix a macOS (M1) compiler warning. [7de29d57] (Michael Grunder)
  • GETEX documentation/updates and implentation in RedisCluster [981c6931] (Michael Grunder)
  • Refactor redis_script_cmd and fix to flush subcommand. [7c551424] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko)
  • Update liveness check and fix PHP 8.4 compilation error. [c139de3a] (Michael Grunder)
  • Rework how we declare ZSTD min/max constants. [34b5bd81] (Michael Grunder)
  • Fix memory leak if we fail in ps_open_redis. [0e926165] (Michael Grunder)
  • Fix segfault and remove redundant macros [a9e53fd1] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko)
  • Fix PHP 8.4 includes [a51215ce] (Michael Grunder)
  • Handle arbitrarily large SCAN cursors properly. [2612d444, e52f0afa] (Michael Grunder)
  • Improve warning when we encounter an invalid EXPIRY in SET [732e466a] (Michael Grunder)
  • Fix Arginfo / zpp mismatch for DUMP command [50e5405c] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko)
  • RedisCluster::publish returns a cluster_long_resp [14f93339] (Alexandre Choura)
  • Fix segfault when passing just false to auth. [6dc0a0be] (Michael Grunder)
  • the VALUE argument type for hSetNx must be the same as for hSet [df074dbe] (Uladzimir Tsykun)
  • Other fixes [e18f6c6d, 3d7be358, 2b555c89, fa1a283a, 37c5f8d4] (Michael Grunder, Viktor Szepe)

  Added:

  • Compression support for PHP sessions. [da4ab0a7] (bitactive)
  • Support for early_refresh in Redis sessions to match cluster behavior [b6989018] (Bitactive)
  • Implement WAITAOF command. [ed7c9f6f] (Michael Grunder)

  Removed:

  • PHP 7.1, 7.2, and 7.3 CI jobs [d68c30f8, dc39bd55] (Michael Grunder)

  Changed:

  • Fix the time unit of retry_interval [3fdd52b4] (woodong)

  Documentation:

  • Many documentation fixes. [eeb51099] (Michael Dwyer)
  • fix missing code tags [f865d5b9] (divinity76)
  • Mention Valkey support [5f1eecfb] (PlavorSeol)
  • Mention KeyDB support in README.md [37fa3592] (Tim Starling)
  • Remove mention of pickle [c7a73abb] (David Baker)
  • Add session.save_path examples [8a39caeb] (Martin Vancl)
  • Tighter return types for Redis::(keys|hKeys|hVals|hGetAll) [77ab62bc] (Benjamin Morel)
  • Update stubs [4d233977, ff305349, 12966a74, a4a283ab, 8f8ff72a] (Michael Grunder, Takayasu Oyama, Pavlo Yatsukhnenko)
  • Fix config.m4 when using custom dep paths [ece3f7be] (Michael Grunder)
  • Fix retry_internal documentation [142c1f4a] (SplotyCode)
  • Fix anchor link [9b5cad31] (Git'Fellow)
  • Fix typo in link [bfd379f0] (deiga)
  • Fix Fedora package url [60b1ba14, 717713e1] (Dmitrii Kotov)
  • Update Redis Sentinel documentation to reflect changes to constructor in 6.0 release [dc05d65c] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko)

  Tests/CI:

  • Avoid fatal error in test execution. [57304970] (Michael Grunder)
  • Refactor unit test framework. [b1771def] (Michael Grunder)
  • Get unit tests working in php-cgi. [b808cc60] (Michael Grunder)
  • Switch to ZEND_STRL in more places. [7050c989, f8c762e7] (Michael Grunder)
  • Workaround weird PHP compiler crash. [d3b2d87b] (Michael Grunder)
  • Refactor tests (formatting, modernization, etc). [dab6a62d, c6cd665b, 78b70ca8, 3c125b09, 18b0da72, b88e72b1, 0f94d9c1, 59965971, 3dbc2bd8, 9b90c03b, c0d6f042] (Michael Grunder)
  • Spelling fixes [0d89e928] (Michael Grunder)
  • Added Valkey support. [f350dc34] (Michael Grunder)
  • Add a test for session compression. [9f3ca98c] (Michael Grunder)
  • Test against valkey [a819a44b] (Michael Grunder)
  • sessionSaveHandler injection. [9f8f80ca] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko)
  • KeyDB addiions [54d62c72, d9c48b78] (Michael Grunder)
  • Add PHP 8.3 to CI [78d15140, e051a5db] (Robert Kelcak, Pavlo Yatsukhnenko)
  • Use newInstance in RedisClusterTest [954fbab8] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko)
  • Use actions/checkout@v4 [f4c2ac26] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko)
  • Cluster nodes from ENV [eda39958, 0672703b] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko)
  • Ensure we're talking to redis-server in our high ports test. [7825efbc] (Michael Grunder)
  • Add missing option to installation example [2bddd84f] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko)
  • Fix typo in link [8f6bc98f] (Timo Sand)
  • Update tests to allow users to use a custom class. [5f6ce414] (Michael Grunder)
• APCu 5.1.24
  - Make compatible with PHP 8.4. - apc.php: Preserve search parameter when deleting entry. - apc.PHP: Allow arbitrary search regex.
• gRPC 1.67.0RC1
  - gRPC Core 1.67.0 update
• protobuf 4.27.5
  * See github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/tag/v27.5 for release notes.
• protobuf 3.25.5
  * See github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/tag/v25.5 for release notes.
• protobuf 4.28.2
  * See github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/tag/v28.2 for release notes.

Latest PECL Releases:

• protobuf 4.29.0RC1
  * See github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/tag/v29.0-rc-1 for release notes.

• datadog_trace 1.3.2
  ## Tracer

  Fixed

  • Fix crash with git metadata injection
• xpass 1.1.0
  - add crypt_gensalt(?string $prefix = null, int $count = 0): ?string {} - add crypt_preferred_method(): ?string {} - add crypt_checksalt(string $salt): int {} - add CRYPT_PREFIX_* and CRYPT_SALT_* constants
• zip 1.22.4
  - compatibility with 8.4 - add ZipArchive::ER_TRUNCATED_ZIP added in libzip 1.11
• msgpack 3.0.0
  * Add support for PHP-8.1 Enums * merges #173 * fixes #171 * Add support for APCu * merges #162, #93 * Add OPT_ASSOC for roundtrip serialization of map. * merges #58
• mongodb 1.20.0
  ## What's Changed * Master is now 1.20-dev by @alcaeus in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1550 * Merge v1.19 into master by @mongodb-php-bot in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1553 * Merge v1.19 into master by @mongodb-php-bot in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1554 * PHPC-2386: Fix build config output without libmongocrypt by @jmikola in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1557 * Merge v1.19 into master by @mongodb-php-bot in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1563 * Merge v1.19 into master by @mongodb-php-bot in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1564 * Merge v1.19 into master by @mongodb-php-bot in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1566 * Bump mongodb-labs/drivers-github-tools from 1 to 2 by @dependabot in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1568 * Merge v1.19 into master by @mongodb-php-bot in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1569 * Merge v1.19 into master by @mongodb-php-bot in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1570 * Revert "Bump mongodb-labs/drivers-github-tools from 1 to 2" by @alcaeus in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1571 * Merge v1.19 into master by @mongodb-php-bot in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1574 * Merge v1.19 into master by @mongodb-php-bot in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1576 * Merge v1.19 into master by @mongodb-php-bot in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1578 * PHPC-2395: Fetch Atlas connectivity URIs from AWS Secrets Manager by @jmikola in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1579 * Merge v1.19 into master by @alcaeus in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1581 * Merge v1.19 into master by @mongodb-php-bot in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1580 * Merge v1.19 into master by @mongodb-php-bot in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1585 * PHPC-2398: Use server_id methods for libmongoc 1.28+ by @jmikola in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1582 * PHPC-2401: Support QEv2 range protocol by @jmikola in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1583 * Merge v1.19 into master by @mongodb-php-bot in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1588 * PHPC-2254: Relax server selection timeout error message pattern by @jmikola in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1587 * Merge v1.19 into master by @mongodb-php-bot in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1591 * Merge v1.19 into master by @mongodb-php-bot in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1592 * Merge v1.19 into master by @mongodb-php-bot in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1594 * Merge v1.19 into master by @mongodb-php-bot in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1597 * PHPC-2376: Test against MongoDB 8.0 by @alcaeus in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1598 * Fix version computation for libmongoc development versions by @alcaeus in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1599 * Merge v1.19 into master by @mongodb-php-bot in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1601 * Merge v1.19 into master by @mongodb-php-bot in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1603 * PHPC-1489: Deprecate integer readPreference constants by @alcaeus in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1604 * PHPC-2347: Deprecate BSON functions by @alcaeus in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1607 * Fix failing tests on x86 systems by @alcaeus in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1609 * PHPC-2349, PHPC-2411: Deprecate unused exception classes by @alcaeus in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1608 * PHPC-2414, PHPC-2415: Update wire versions for MongoDB 8.0 compatibility by @alcaeus in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1610 * Merge v1.19 into master by @mongodb-php-bot in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1613 * PHPC-2286 Implement `UTCDateTime::toDateTimeImmutable` by @GromNaN in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1611 * PHPC-1957 Add tests for out-of-range `UTCDateTime` values by @GromNaN in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1614 * Use drivers-evergreen-tools for Windows testing by @alcaeus in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1615 * Merge v1.19 into master by @mongodb-php-bot in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1620 * Merge v1.19 into master by @mongodb-php-bot in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1621 * PHPC-2421, PHPC-2428: Update bundled dependencies by @alcaeus in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1622 * PHPC-2434: Add PHP 8.4 to GitHub Actions by @alcaeus in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1625 * PHPC-2420: Initial composer.json for pie support by @alcaeus in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1624 * Merge v1.19 into master by @mongodb-php-bot in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1626 * Merge v1.19 into master by @mongodb-php-bot in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1629 * PHPC-2403: Remove optional sparsity and trimFactor options by @alcaeus in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1628 * Merge v1.19 into v1.20 by @mongodb-php-bot in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1633 * PHPC-2412: Deprecate CursorId class by @alcaeus in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1616 * Fix exception message expectation on MongoDB latest by @alcaeus in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1637 * Validate composer.json as part of CI workflows by @alcaeus in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1636 * Update merge-up config by @alcaeus in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1641 * PHPC-2443: Deprecate string argument and accept Int64 instances in UTCDateTime constructor by @alcaeus in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1643 * PHPC-2413: Use new distros for RHEL ppc and Z by @alcaeus in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1647 * PHPC-2442: Deprecate getServer, add getHost and getPort to APM events by @jmikola in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1644 * Merge v1.19 into v1.20 by @mongodb-php-bot in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1649 * PHPC-2350: Implement JSON methods for PackedArray by @alcaeus in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1645 * Update archive names for Windows builds by @alcaeus in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1655 * Remove usage of deprecated E_STRICT by @alcaeus in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1668 * PHPC-2448: Update to libmongoc 1.28.0 by @alcaeus in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1673 * PHPC-2452: Warn if --with-openssl-dir is used by @jmikola in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1677 * PHPC-2453: Deprecation notice for Query "modifiers" option by @jmikola in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1680 * Drop RHEL 7.6 from evergreen testing by @alcaeus in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1682 * PHPC-2456: Correctly dereference arrays in type maps by @alcaeus in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/pull/1683

  Full Changelog: https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver/compare/1.19.4...1.20.0

Latest PECL Releases:

• uuid 1.2.1
  - MacOS support (Sean Molenaar)
  • fix for util-linux/libuuid 2.40 and uuid_time64
• yaml 2.2.4
  Bugs Fixed: - #85: PHP 8.4.0 beta4 test yaml_parse_file_002.phpt fails (andypost) - emit.c: fix -Wsign-compare (bd808) - #75: yaml_parse_file does not set &$ndoc as expected (tomterl) - Fix [-Wincompatible-pointer-types] warning (remicollet)
• redis 6.1.0
  Sponsors

  Audiomack - https://audiomack.com Open LMS - https://openlms.net Avtandil Kikabidze - https://github.com/akalongman Ty Karok - https://github.com/karock Object Cache Pro for WordPress - https://objectcache.pro

  --- 6.1.0 ---

  NOTE: There were no changes to C code between 6.1.0RC2 and 6.1.0

  Documentation:

  • Update package.xml to make it clearer that we support many key-value stores [52e69ede] (Remi Collet)
  • Fix redis.io urls [0bae4bb0] (Vincent Langlet)

  Tests/CI:

  • Fix 2 tests with redis 6.2 [cc1be322] (Remi Collet)

  --- 6.1.0RC2 ---

  Fixed:

  • Fixed a SIGABRT error in PHP 8.4 [a75a7e5a] (Michael Grunder)
  • Clean up code for unsupported versions of PHP [37cebdd7] (Remi Collet)
  • Add SessionHelpers.php to package.xml[e9474b80] (Remi Collet)
  • 8.4 implicit null fix, bump version [bff3a22e, 30c8f90c] [Remi Collet]

  Changed:

  • Raised minimum supported PHP version to 7.4 [8b519423] (Michael Grunder)

  Removed:

  • Removed erroneously duplicated changelog entries [40c89736] (Michael Grunder)

  Tests/CI:

  • Move to upload artifacts v4 [9d380500] (Michael Grunder)

  Added:

  • Added composer.json to support PIE (PHP Installer for Extensions) [b59e35a6] (James Titcumb)

  --- 6.1.0RC1 ---

  Fixed:

  • Fix random connection timeouts with Redis Cluster. [eb7f31e7] (Jozsef Koszo)
  • Fix argument count issue in HSET with associative array [6ea5b3e0] (Viktor Djupsjobacka)
  • SRANDMEMBER can return any type because of serialization. [6673b5b2] (Michael Grunder)
  • Fix HRANDFIELD command when WITHVALUES is used. [99f9fd83] (Michael Grunder)
  • Allow context array to be nullable [50529f56] (Michael Grunder)
  • Fix a macOS (M1) compiler warning. [7de29d57] (Michael Grunder)
  • GETEX documentation/updates and implentation in RedisCluster [981c6931] (Michael Grunder)
  • Refactor redis_script_cmd and fix to flush subcommand. [7c551424] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko)
  • Update liveness check and fix PHP 8.4 compilation error. [c139de3a] (Michael Grunder)
  • Rework how we declare ZSTD min/max constants. [34b5bd81] (Michael Grunder)
  • Fix memory leak if we fail in ps_open_redis. [0e926165] (Michael Grunder)
  • Fix segfault and remove redundant macros [a9e53fd1] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko)
  • Fix PHP 8.4 includes [a51215ce] (Michael Grunder)
  • Handle arbitrarily large SCAN cursors properly. [2612d444, e52f0afa] (Michael Grunder)
  • Improve warning when we encounter an invalid EXPIRY in SET [732e466a] (Michael Grunder)
  • Fix Arginfo / zpp mismatch for DUMP command [50e5405c] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko)
  • RedisCluster::publish returns a cluster_long_resp [14f93339] (Alexandre Choura)
  • Fix segfault when passing just false to auth. [6dc0a0be] (Michael Grunder)
  • the VALUE argument type for hSetNx must be the same as for hSet [df074dbe] (Uladzimir Tsykun)
  • Other fixes [e18f6c6d, 3d7be358, 2b555c89, fa1a283a, 37c5f8d4] (Michael Grunder, Viktor Szepe)

  Added:

  • Compression support for PHP sessions. [da4ab0a7] (bitactive)
  • Support for early_refresh in Redis sessions to match cluster behavior [b6989018] (Bitactive)
  • Implement WAITAOF command. [ed7c9f6f] (Michael Grunder)

  Removed:

  • PHP 7.1, 7.2, and 7.3 CI jobs [d68c30f8, dc39bd55] (Michael Grunder)

  Changed:

  • Fix the time unit of retry_interval [3fdd52b4] (woodong)

  Documentation:

  • Many documentation fixes. [eeb51099] (Michael Dwyer)
  • fix missing code tags [f865d5b9] (divinity76)
  • Mention Valkey support [5f1eecfb] (PlavorSeol)
  • Mention KeyDB support in README.md [37fa3592] (Tim Starling)
  • Remove mention of pickle [c7a73abb] (David Baker)
  • Add session.save_path examples [8a39caeb] (Martin Vancl)
  • Tighter return types for Redis::(keys|hKeys|hVals|hGetAll) [77ab62bc] (Benjamin Morel)
  • Update stubs [4d233977, ff305349, 12966a74, a4a283ab, 8f8ff72a] (Michael Grunder, Takayasu Oyama, Pavlo Yatsukhnenko)
  • Fix config.m4 when using custom dep paths [ece3f7be] (Michael Grunder)
  • Fix retry_internal documentation [142c1f4a] (SplotyCode)
  • Fix anchor link [9b5cad31] (Git'Fellow)
  • Fix typo in link [bfd379f0] (deiga)
  • Fix Fedora package url [60b1ba14, 717713e1] (Dmitrii Kotov)
  • Update Redis Sentinel documentation to reflect changes to constructor in 6.0 release [dc05d65c] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko)

  Tests/CI:

  • Avoid fatal error in test execution. [57304970] (Michael Grunder)
  • Refactor unit test framework. [b1771def] (Michael Grunder)
  • Get unit tests working in php-cgi. [b808cc60] (Michael Grunder)
  • Switch to ZEND_STRL in more places. [7050c989, f8c762e7] (Michael Grunder)
  • Workaround weird PHP compiler crash. [d3b2d87b] (Michael Grunder)
  • Refactor tests (formatting, modernization, etc). [dab6a62d, c6cd665b, 78b70ca8, 3c125b09, 18b0da72, b88e72b1, 0f94d9c1, 59965971, 3dbc2bd8, 9b90c03b, c0d6f042] (Michael Grunder)
  • Spelling fixes [0d89e928] (Michael Grunder)
  • Added Valkey support. [f350dc34] (Michael Grunder)
  • Add a test for session compression. [9f3ca98c] (Michael Grunder)
  • Test against valkey [a819a44b] (Michael Grunder)
  • sessionSaveHandler injection. [9f8f80ca] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko)
  • KeyDB addiions [54d62c72, d9c48b78] (Michael Grunder)
  • Add PHP 8.3 to CI [78d15140, e051a5db] (Robert Kelcak, Pavlo Yatsukhnenko)
  • Use newInstance in RedisClusterTest [954fbab8] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko)
  • Use actions/checkout@v4 [f4c2ac26] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko)
  • Cluster nodes from ENV [eda39958, 0672703b] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko)
  • Ensure we're talking to redis-server in our high ports test. [7825efbc] (Michael Grunder)
  • Add missing option to installation example [2bddd84f] (Pavlo Yatsukhnenko)
  • Fix typo in link [8f6bc98f] (Timo Sand)
  • Update tests to allow users to use a custom class. [5f6ce414] (Michael Grunder)
• memcached 3.3.0RC1
  - Add #515 option to locally enforce payload size limit - Add #539 zstd support - Add #540 compression_level option - Mark password as a sensitive param for PHP 8.2 - Fix Windows PHP 8 compatibility - Fix #518 Windows msgpack support - Fix #522 signed integer overflow - Fix #523 incorrect PHP reflection type for Memcached::cas $cas_token - Fix #546 don't check key automatically, unless client-side verify_key is enabled - Fix #555 incompatible pointer types (32-bit)
• xdebug 3.4.0beta1
  Fri, Oct 04, 2024 - Xdebug 3.4.0beta1

  = Fixed bugs:

  • Fixed issue #2261: Send control socket location in init packet
  • Fixed issue #2281: PHP 8.4 support
• mailparse 3.1.8
  - PHP 8.4 compatibility
• mailparse 3.1.7
  - PHP 8.4 compatibility
• opentelemetry 1.1.0
  See https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-php-instrumentation/releases/tag/1.1.0

Latest PECL Releases:

• datadog_trace 1.4.1
  ## Tracer

  Fixed

  • Fix: MongoDBIntegration condition typo #2884
  • Fix crash in profiler when span stack switch causes GC run #2885
  • Support build with disabled zend signals #2886
  • Send git tags via remote config #2890
  • Fix memory leak with sidecar trace sender #2875

  Profiling

  Fixed

  • Fix profiler ZTS build on alpine #2887

  Application Security Management

  Fixed

  • AppSec: improve behavior with empty DD_SERVICE/DD_ENV #2888
• datadog_trace 1.4.0
  ## Tracer

  The default value for datadog.trace.cli_enabled is now set to true (except for composer), meaning that CLI processes will be traced by default.

  Added

  • Dynamic configuration #2796
  • Dynamic instrumentation #2796
    • Can be enabled with datadog.dynamic_instrumentation.enabled=1.
  • Exception replay #2796
    • Can be enabled with datadog.exception_replay_enabled=1.
  • Track peak memory usage in root span metrics #2840

  Changed

  • Enable sidecar trace sender on PHP 8.3 #2729
  • Optimize sending traces via sidecar Datadog/libdatadog#598
  • Add new ini config datadog.crashtracking_enabled #2850
  • Add ionCube to the list of incompatible extensions + add INI setting to ignore incompatible extensions #2858
  • Enable CLI by default #2871

  Fixed

  • Crashtracker: fix a use-after-free error #2843
  • Fix curl integration race condition #2847
  • Fix memory leak with sidecar trace sender #2875
  • OpenTelemetry: Missing addLink method and Fiber handling #2849
  • Mongodb: Deprecated exception in v1.20+ #2870
  • Fix leaking sidecar sessions Datadog/libdatadog#642
  • Implement deadlock watchdog for sidecar Datadog/libdatadog#647

  Internal

  • Fix testsuite flakiness #2841, #2846, #2848, #2867
  • Fix telemetry metric name Datadog/libdatadog#666

  SSI Loader changes

  • Add SSI requirements.json file #2813
  • Disable the tracer in case of a potential incompatibility (extension/jit) #2853

  Profiling

  Internal

  • bump to Rust 1.76 #2876

  Application Security Management

  Changed

  • Move helper to sidecar remote config #2864

  Fixed

  • Fix improper symbol exports in appsec ext/helper #2854
  • Remove gid from socket/lock path of helper #2855
  • appsec ext: retry on connection refused #2860
  • Fix orderly helper appsec shutdown #2859

  Internal changes

  • Add appsec benchmarks #2791
• selinux 0.6.1
  - fix implicit nullable parameters
• oauth 2.0.9
  * Fix PHP-8.3 deprecations * Fix PHP-8.4 compatibility

Latest PECL Releases:

• swoole 5.1.5
  - Fix the need to use zend_ini_parse_quantity to parse string numbers for PHP versions greater than 8.2. @matyhtf
  • Fix an occasional resource unavailability issue when coroutineizing pdo_pgsql. @NathanFreeman
  • Fix header file reference issues when coroutineizing pdo_pgsql. @NathanFreeman
  • Fix incorrect relative path checks to avoid bypassing path validation. @matyhtf
  • Fix incorrect concurrency count caused by process restarts in high-concurrency environments. @matyhtf
  • Sync some related code for php8.3 curl. @NathanFreeman
  • Fix core test errors in the process module. @NathanFreeman
  • In SWOOLE_BASE mode, all connections should be closed during the PHP RSHUTDOWN phase. @matyhtf
  • Optimize kernel code. @matyhtf
• datadog_trace 1.4.2
  ## Tracer

  Changed

  • Disable sidecar sending on lambda #2904

  Fixed

  • Fix exception property offset computation for PHP 8.1+ #2901
  • Prevent Laravel Queue hooks from stacking up #2899
  • Fix crash with missing name in span in debug mode #2893
  • Restrict remote config path to a definite 31 chars DataDog/libdatadog#676

  Application Security Management

  Changed

  • Update event obfuscation regex #2897

  Fixed

  • Fix abort() call on appsec helper unload #2900
• pinpoint_php 0.6.0
  ## 0.6.0 2024-10-21 - release asynchronous version
• awscrt 1.2.7
  pick up release from upstreams
• memcached 3.3.0
  - Add #515 option to locally enforce payload size limit - Add #539 zstd support - Add #540 compression_level option - Mark password as a sensitive param for PHP 8.2 - Upgrade Windows libmemcached to v1.1.4 - Fix Windows PHP 8 compatibility - Fix #518 Windows msgpack support - Fix #522 signed integer overflow - Fix #523 incorrect PHP reflection type for Memcached::cas $cas_token - Fix #546 don't check key automatically, unless client-side verify_key is enabled - Fix #555 incompatible pointer types (32-bit)
• gRPC 1.67.0
  - gRPC Core 1.67.0 update
• imap 1.0.3
  - Build fixes for PHP 8.4. - Report extension version in phpinfo() output.

Latest PECL Releases:

• win32service 1.1.0beta3
  * Fix memory leak on Win32ServiceRightInfo username and domain.

  The binary is also available here: https://github.com/win32service/win32service/releases/tag/v1.1.0-beta3

• rdkafka 6.0.4
  ## Improvements - Added OAUTHBEARER support. New methods: RdKafkaConf::setOauthbearerTokenRefreshCb(), RdKafka::oauthbearerSetToken(), RdKafka::oauthbearerSetTokenFailure() (#546, #547, @cb-freddysart, @scorgn) - Added incremental rebalance support. New methods: RdKafkaKafkaConsumer::incrementalAssign(), RdKafkaKafkaConsumer::incrementalUnassign() (#541, @ikeberlein) - Added RdKafka::getControllerId() (#554, @qkdreyer)

  Bugfixes

  • Add private constructor on Metadata classes (#531, @arnaud-lb)

  Other Changes

  • Improve KafkaErrorException message (#555, @arnaud-lb)
• protobuf 4.29.0RC2
  * See github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/tag/v29.0-rc-2 for release notes.
• pinpoint_php 0.6.1
  ## 0.6.1 2024-10-23 - release asynchronous version https://github.com/pinpoint-apm/pinpoint-c-agent/pull/692
• couchbase 4.2.4
  Enhancements ============

  • PCBC-832: Management API - Analytics Management (#177).

  • Core updated to 1.0.3. Release notes: https://docs.couchbase.com/cxx-sdk/current/project-docs/sdk-release-notes.html#version-1-0-3-22-october-2024

  Fixes

  • PCBC-1009: do not use IS_RESOURCE in function signatures.

  • PCBC-1010: use explicit nullable types where applicable to avoid deprecation warning in PHP 8.4.

  • Fix SearchQuery API docs link in API reference.

• protobuf 4.28.3
  * See github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/tag/v28.3 for release notes.

Latest PECL Releases:

• parallel 1.2.5
  - fix memleaks and crashes with PHP 8.2, 8.3 and 8.4 (still crashes in 8.1) - thanks Arnaud Le Blanc
  • fix refcounts to make develop branch stable again - thanks to Arnaud Le Blanc
  • fix double runs in CI
• rdkafka 6.0.5
  ## Bug fixes - Fix php 7.0 build (#563, @arnaud-lb) - Fix x32 build (#565, @arnaud-lb) - Fix segmentation fault in setOauthbearerTokenRefreshCb when sasl.oauthbearer.config is unset (#568, @scorgn)
• ibm_db2 2.2.2
  - Support for PHP 8.4 - Update header version

Latest PECL Releases:

• xlswriter 1.5.8
  - Fix: insertDate format.
  • Feat: format rotation.
• brotli 0.15.2
  - fix: argument format of type - fix: incompatible pointer type
• gRPC 1.68.0RC1
  - gRPC Core 1.68.0 update
• zstd 0.14.0
  - feat: output handler (PHP 8.0+) - feat: minimum system libzstd library version to 1.4.0 - update: built-in zstd library to 1.5.6
• brotli 0.15.1
  - fix: output handler

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