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    ===
    === This file documents the new and/or enhanced functionality added in
    === the Asterisk versions listed below. This file does NOT include
    === changes in behavior that would not be backwards compatible with
    === previous versions; for that information see the UPGRADE.txt file
    === and the other UPGRADE files for older releases.
    ===
    
    ==============================================================================
    
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    --- Functionality changes from Asterisk 13 to Asterisk 14 --------------------
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    ARI
    -----------------
     * A new ARI method has been added to the channels resource. "create" allows for
     you to create a new channel and place that channel into a Stasis application. This
     is similar to origination except that the specified channel is not dialed. This
     allows for an application writer to create a channel, perform manipulations on it,
     and then delay dialing the channel until later.
    
    
     * To complement the "create" method, a "dial" method has been added to the channels
     resource in order to place a call to a created channel.
    
    
    BridgeAdd
    ------------------
     * A new application in Asterisk, this will join the calling channel
       to an existing bridge containing the named channel prefix.
    
    
    ChanSpy
    ------------------
     * Added the 'l' option, which forces ChanSpy's audiohook to use a long queue
       to store the audio frames. This option is useful if audio loss is
       experienced when using ChanSpy, but may introduce some delay in the audio
       feed on the listening channel.
    
    
    ConfBridge
    ------------------
     * Added the ability to pass options to MixMonitor when recording is used with
       ConfBridge. This includes the addition of the following configuration
       parameters for the 'bridge' object:
       - record_file_timestamp: whether or not to append the start time to the
         recorded file name
       - record_options: the options to pass to the MixMonitor application
       - record_command: a command to execute when recording is finished
       Note that these options may also be with the CONFBRIDGE function.
    
    
    ControlPlayback
    ------------------
     * Remote files can now be retrieved and played back. See the Playback
       dialplan application for more details.
    
    Playback
    ------------------
     * Remote files can now be retrieved and played back via the Playback and other
       media playback dialplan applications. This is done by directly providing
       the URL to play to the dialplan application:
         same => n,Playback(http://1.1.1.1/howler-monkeys-fl.wav)
       Note that unlike 'normal' media files, the entire URI to the file must be
       provided, including the file extension. Currently, on HTTP and HTTPS URI
       schemes are supported.
    
    
    SMS
    ------------------
     * Added the 'n' option, which prevents the SMS from being written to the log
       file. This is needed for those countries with privacy laws that require
       providers to not log SMS content.
    
    
    CDRs
    ------------------
    cdr_odbc
    ------------------
     * Added a new configuration option, "newcdrcolumns", which enables use of the
       post-1.8 CDR columns 'peeraccount', 'linkedid', and 'sequence'.
    
    
    ------------------
    cdr_csv
    ------------------
     * Added a new configuration option, "newcdrcolumns", which enables use of the
       post-1.8 CDR columns 'peeraccount', 'linkedid', and 'sequence'.
    
    
    Channel Drivers
    ------------------
    
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    chan_dahdi
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     * The CALLERID(ani2) value for incoming calls is now populated in featdmf
       signaling mode.  The information was previously discarded.
    
     * Added the force_restart_unavailable_chans compatibility option.  When
       enabled it causes Asterisk to restart the ISDN B channel if an outgoing
       call receives cause 44 (Requested channel not available).
    
    chan_iax2
    ------------------
     * The iax.conf forcejitterbuffer option has been removed.  It is now always
       forced if you set iax.conf jitterbuffer=yes.  If you put a jitter buffer
       on a channel it will be on the channel.
    
     * A new configuration parameters, 'calltokenexpiration', has been added that
       controls the duration before a call token expires. Default duration is 10
       seconds. Setting this to a higher value may help in lagged networks or those
       experiencing high packet loss.
    
    chan_sip
    ------------------
     * New 'rtpbindaddr' global setting. This allows a user to define which
    
       ipaddress to bind the rtpengine to. For example, chan_sip might bind
    
       to eth0 (10.0.0.2) but rtpengine to eth1 (192.168.1.10).
    
     * DTLS related configuration options can now be set at a general level.
       Enabling DTLS support, though, requires enabling it at the user
       or peer level.
    
     * Added the possibility to set the From: header through the the SIP dial
       string (populating the fromuser/fromdomain fields), complementing the
       [!dnid] option for the To: header that has existed since 1.6.0 (1d6b192).
       NOTE: This is again separated by an exclamation mark, so the To: header may
       not contain one of those.
    
    chan_pjsip
    ------------------
     * New 'user_eq_phone' endpoint setting. This adds a 'user=phone' parameter
       to the request URI and From URI if the user is determined to be a phone number.
    
     * New 'moh_passthrough' endpoint setting. This will pass hold and unhold requests
       through using SIP re-invites with sendonly and sendrecv accordingly.
    
     * Added the pjsip.conf system type disable_tcp_switch option.  The option
       allows the user to disable switching from UDP to TCP transports described
       by RFC 3261 section 18.1.1.
    
     * New 'line' and 'endpoint' options added on outbound registrations. This allows some
       identifying information to be added to the Contact of the outbound registration.
       If this information is present on messages received from the remote server
       the message will automatically be associated with the configured endpoint on the
       outbound registration.
    
    Core
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     * The core of Asterisk uses a message bus called "Stasis" to distribute
       information to internal components. For performance reasons, the message
       distribution was modified to make use of a thread pool instead of a
       dedicated thread per consumer in certain cases. The initial settings for
       the thread pool can now be configured in 'stasis.conf'.
    
    
     * A new core DNS API has been implemented which provides a common interface
       for DNS functionality. Modules that use this functionality will require that
       a DNS resolver module is loaded and available.
    
    
     * Modified processing of command-line options to first parse only what
       is necessary to read asterisk.conf. Once asterisk.conf is fully loaded,
       the remaining options are processed.  The -X option now applies to
       asterisk.conf only.  To enable #exec for other config files you must
       set execincludes=yes in asterisk.conf.  Any other option set on the
       command-line will now override the equivalent setting from asterisk.conf.
    
     * The TLS core in Asterisk now supports X.509 certificate subject alternative
       names. This way one X.509 certificate can be used for hosts that can be
       reached under multiple DNS names or for multiple hosts.
    
    
     * The Asterisk logging system now supports JSON structured logging. Log
       channels specified in logger.conf or added dynamically via CLI commands now
       support an optional specifier prior to their levels that determines their
       formatting. To set a log channel to format its entries as JSON, a formatter
       of '[json]' can be set, e.g.,
          full => [json]debug,verbose,notice,warning,error
    
    
     * The core now supports a 'media cache', which stores temporary media files
       retrieved from external sources. CLI commands have been added to manipulate
       and display the cached files, including:
       - 'media cache show <all>' - show all cached media files, or details about
         one particular cached media file
       - 'media cache refresh <item>' - force a refresh of a particular media file
         in the cache
       - 'media cache delete <item>' - remove an item from the cache
       - 'media cache create <uri>' - retrieve a URI and store it in the cache
    
    
     * The ability for hints to be automatically created as a result of device state
       changes now exists in the PBX. This functionality is referred to as "autohints"
       and is configurable in extensions.conf by placing "autohints=yes" in the
       context. If enabled then a hint will be automatically created with the name of
       the device.
    
    Functions
    ------------------
    
    CHANNEL
    ------------------
     * Added CHANNEL(onhold) item that returns 1 (onhold) and 0 (not-onhold) for
       the hold status of a channel.
    
    
    CURL
    ------------------
     * The CURL function now supports a write option, which will save the retrieved
       file to a location on disk. As an example:
         same => n,Set(CURL(https://1.1.1.1/foo.wav)=/tmp/foo.wav)
       will save 'foo.wav' to /tmp.
    
    
    DTMF Features
    ------------------
     * The transferdialattempts default value has been changed from 1 to 3. The
       transferinvalidsound has been changed from "pbx-invalid" to "privacy-incorrect".
       These were changed to make DTMF transfers be more user-friendly by default.
    
    
    res_http_media_cache
    ------------------
     * A backend for the core media cache, this module retrieves media files from
       a remote HTTP(S) server and stores them in the core media cache for later
       playback.
    
    
    res_musiconhold
    ------------------
     * Added sort=randstart to the sort options. It sorts the files by name and
       then chooses the first file to play at random.
    
     * Added preferchannelclass=no option to prefer the application-passed class
       over the channel-set musicclass. This allows separate hold-music from
       application (e.g. Queue or Dial) specified music.
    
    res_resolver_unbound
    ------------------
     * Added a res_resolver_unbound module which uses the libunbound resolver library
       to perform DNS resolution. This module requires the libunbound library to be
       installed in order to be used.
    
    res_pjsip
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     * A new SIP resolver using the core DNS API has been implemented. This relies on
       external SIP resolver support in PJSIP which is only available as of PJSIP
       2.4. If this support is unavailable the existing built-in PJSIP SIP resolver
       will be used instead. The new SIP resolver provides NAPTR support, improved
       SRV support, and AAAA record support.
    
    res_pjsip_outbound_registration
    -------------------------------
    * A new 'fatal_retry_interval' option has been added to outbound registration.
      When set (default is zero), and upon receiving a failure response to an
      outbound registration, registration is retried at the given interval up to
      'max_retries'.
    
    
    CEL Backends
    ------------------
    
    cel_pgsql
    ------------------
    
     * Added a new option, 'usegmtime', which causes timestamps in CEL events
       to be logged in GMT.
    
     * Added support to set schema where located the table cel. This settings is
       configurable for cel_pgsql via the 'schema' in configuration file
       cel_pgsql.conf.
    
    
    CDR Backends
    ------------------
    
    cdr_adaptive_odbc
    ------------------
     * Added the ability to set the character to quote identifiers. This
       allows adding the character at the start and end of table and column
       names. This setting is configurable for cdr_adaptive_odbc via the
       quoted_identifiers in configuration file cdr_adaptive_odbc.conf.
    
    
    Queue
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     * Added field ReasonPause on QueueMemberStatus if set when paused, the reason
       the queue member was paused.
    
     * Added field LastPause on QueueMemberStatus for time when started the last
       pause for a queue member.
     * Show the time when started the last pause for queue member on CLI for command
       'queue show'.
    
    
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    res_pjsip
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     * Added new status Updated to AMI event ContactStatus on update registration
    
    
     * Added "reg_server" to contacts.
       If the Asterisk system name is set in asterisk.conf, it will be stored
       into the "reg_server" field in the ps_contacts table to facilitate
       multi-server setups.
    
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    res_parking:
     - The dynamic parking lot creation channel variables PARKINGDYNAMIC,
       PARKINGDYNCONTEXT, PARKINGDYNEXTEN, and PARKINGDYNPOS are now looked
       for in the parker's channel instead of the parked channel.  This is only
       of significance if the parker uses blind transfer or the DTMF one-step
       parking feature.  You need to use the double underscore '__' inheritance
       for these variables.  The indefinite inheritance is also recommended
       for the PARKINGEXTEN variable.
    
    
    res_pjsip
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     * Added new global option (disable_multi_domain) to pjsip.
       Disabling Multi Domain can improve realtime performace by reducing
       number of database requsts.
    
    
    chan_pjsip
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     * Added 'pjsip show channelstats' CLI command.
    
    res_pjsip_outbound_publish
    ------------------
     * Added support for setting the transport used on outbound publish
       using the transport configuration option.
    
    
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    res_pjsip_caller_id
    ------------------
     * Per RFC3325, the 'From' header is now anonymized on outgoing calls when
       caller id presentation is prohibited.
    
    
    res_pjsip_config_wizard
    ------------------
     * A new command (pjsip export config_wizard primitives) has been added that
       will export all the pjsip objects it created to the console or a file
       suitable for reuse in a pjsip.conf file.
    
    
    Build System
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     * To help insure that Asterisk is compiled and run with the same known
       version of pjproject, a new option (--with-pjproject-bundled) has been
       added to ./configure.  When specified, the version of pjproject specified
       in third-party/versions.mak will be downloaded and configured.  When you
       make Asterisk, the build process will also automatically build pjproject
       and Asterisk will be statically linked to it.  Once a particular version
       of pjproject is configured and built, it won't be configured or built
       again unless you run a 'make distclean'.
    
       To facilitate testing, when 'make install' is run, the pjsua and pjsystest
       utilities and the pjproject python bindings will be installed in
       ASTDATADIR/third-party/pjproject.
    
       The default behavior remains building with the shared pjproject
       installation, if any.
    
    
    app_confbridge
    ------------------
     * Added CONFBRIDGE_INFO(muted,) for querying the muted conference state.
    
     * Added Muted header to AMI ConfbridgeListRooms action response list events
       to indicate the muted conference state.
    
     * Added Muted column to CLI "confbridge list" output to indicate the muted
       conference state and made the locked column a yes/no value instead of a
       locked/unlocked value.
    
    
    REDIRECTING(reason)
    ------------------
     * The REDIRECTING(reason) value is now treated consistently between
       chan_sip and chan_pjsip.
    
       Both channel drivers match incoming reason values with values documented
       by REDIRECTING(reason) and values documented by RFC5806 regardless of
       whether they are quoted or not.  RFC5806 values are mapped to the
       equivalent REDIRECTING(reason) documented value and is set in
       REDIRECTING(reason).  e.g., an incoming RFC5806 'unconditional' value or a
       quoted string version ('"unconditional"') is converted to
       REDIRECTING(reason)'s 'cfu' value.  The user's dialplan only needs to deal
       with 'cfu' instead of any of the aliases.
    
       The incoming 480 response reason text supported by chan_sip checks for
       known reason values and if not matched then puts quotes around the reason
       string and assigns that to REDIRECTING(reason).
    
       Both channel drivers send outgoing known REDIRECTING(reason) values as the
       unquoted RFC5806 equivalent.  User custom values are either sent as is or
       with added quotes if SIP doesn't allow a character within the value as
       part of a RFC3261 Section 25.1 token.  Note that there are still
       limitations on what characters can be put in a custom user value.  e.g.,
       embedding quotes in the middle of the reason string is just going to cause
       you grief.
    
     * Setting a REDIRECTING(reason) value now recognizes RFC5806 aliases.
       e.g., Setting REDIRECTING(reason) to 'unconditional' is converted to the
       'cfu' value.
    
    
    res_pjproject
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     * This module is the successor of res_pjsip_log_forwarder.  As well as
       handling the log forwarding (which now displays as 'pjproject:0' instead
       of 'pjsip:0'), it also adds a 'pjproject show buildopts' command to the CLI.
       This displays the compiled-in options of the pjproject installation
       Asterisk is currently running against.
    
    
     * Another feature of this module is the ability to map pjproject log levels
       to Asterisk log levels, or to suppress the pjproject log messages
       altogether.  Many of the messages emitted by pjproject itself are the result
       of errors which Asterisk will ultimately handle so the messages can be
       misleading or just noise.  A new config file (pjproject.conf) has been added
       to configure the mapping and a new CLI command (pjproject show log mappings)
       has been added to display the mappings currently in use.
    
    
    res_pjsip
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     * Transports are now reloadable.  In testing, no in-progress calls were
       disrupted if the ip address or port weren't changed, but the possibility
       still exists.  To make sure there are no unintentional drops, a new option
       'allow_reload', which defaults to 'no' has been added to transport.  If
       left at the default, changes to the particular transport will be ignored.
       If set to 'yes', changes (if any) will be applied.
    
    
     * Added new global option (regcontext) to pjsip. When set, Asterisk will
       dynamically create and destroy a NoOp priority 1 extension
       for a given endpoint who registers or unregisters with us.
    
    
     * Endpoints and aors can now be identified by the username and realm in an
       incoming Authorization header.  To use this feature, add "auth_username"
       to your endpoint's "identify_by" list.  You can combine "auth_username"
       and the original "username" to test both the From/To and Authorization
       headers.  For endpoints, the order is controlled by the global
       "endpoint_identifier_order" setting.  For matching aors to an endpoint
       for inbound registration, the order is controlled by this option.
    
     * In conjunction with the "auth_username" change, 3 new options have been
       added to the global configuration object that control how many unidentified
       requests over a certain period from the same IP address can be received
       before a security altert is generated.  A new CLI command
       "pjsip show unidentified_requests" will list the current candidates.
    
    
    res_pjsip_history
    ------------------
     * A new module, res_pjsip_history, has been added that provides SIP history
       viewing/filtering from the CLI. The module is intended to be used on systems
       with busy SIP traffic, where existing forms of viewing SIP messages - such
       as the res_pjsip_logger - may be inadequate. The module provides two new
       CLI commands:
       - 'pjsip set history {on|off|clear}' - this enables/disables SIP history
         capturing, as well as clears an existing history capture. Note that SIP
         packets captured are stored in memory until cleared. As a result, the
         history capture should only be used for debugging/viewing purposes, and
         should *NOT* be left permanently enabled on a system.
       - 'pjsip show history' - displays the captured SIP history. When invoked
         with no options, the entire captured history is displayed. Two options
         are available:
         -- 'entry <num>' - display a detailed view of a single SIP message in
            the history
         -- 'where ...' - filter the history based on some expression. For more
            information on filtering, view the current CLI help for the
            'pjsip show history' command.
    
    
    Voicemail
    ------------------
     * app_voicemail and res_mwi_external can now be built together.  The default
       remains to build app_voicemail and not res_mwi_external but if they are
       both built, the load order will cause res_mwi_external to load first and
       app_voicemail will be skipped.  Use 'preload=app_voicemail.so' in
       modules.conf to force app_voicemail to be the voicemail provider.
    
    
    res_pjsip_sdp_rtp
    ------------------
     * A new option (bind_rtp_to_media_address) has been added to endpoint which
       will cause res_pjsip_sdp_rtp to actually bind the RTP instance to the
       media_address as well as using it in the SDP.  If set, RTP packets will now
       originate from the media address instead of the operating system's "primary"
       ip address.
    
    
    res_rtp_asterisk
    ------------------
     * A new configuration section - ice_host_candidates - has been added to
       rtp.conf, allowing automatically discovered ICE host candidates to be
       overriden. This allows an Asterisk server behind a 1:1 NAT to send its
       external IP as a host candidate rather than relying on STUN to discover it.
    
    
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    Codecs
    ------------------
     * Added format attribute negotiation for the VP8 video codec. Format attribute
       negotiation is provided by the res_format_attr_vp8 module.
    
    
    ConfBridge
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     * A new "timeout" user profile option has been added. This configures the number
       of seconds that a participant may stay in the ConfBridge after joining. When
       the time expires, the user is ejected from the conference and CONFBRIDGE_RESULT
       is set to "TIMEOUT" on the channel.
    
    
    chan_sip
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     * The websockets_enabled option has been added to the general section of
       sip.conf.  The option is enabled by default to match the previous behavior.
       The option should be disabled when using res_pjsip_transport_websockets to
       ensure chan_sip will not conflict with PJSIP websockets.
    
    
    Dialplan Functions
    ------------------
     * The HOLD_INTERCEPT dialplan function now actually exists in the source tree.
       While support for the events was added in Asterisk 13.4.0, the function
       accidentally never made it in. That function is now present, and will cause
       the 'hold' raised by a channel to be intercepted and converted into an
       event instead.
    
    
    res_pjsip_outbound_registration
    -------------------------------
     * If res_statsd is loaded and a StatsD server is configured, basic statistics
       regarding the state of outbound registrations will now be emitted. This
       includes:
    
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       - A GAUGE statistic for the overall number of outbound registrations, i.e.:
    
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       - A GAUGE statistic for the overall number of outbound registrations in a
    
         particular state, e.g.:
           PJSIP.registrations.state.Registered
    
    res_pjsip
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     * The ability to use "like" has been added to the pjsip list and show
       CLI commands.  For instance: CLI> pjsip list endpoints like abc
    
    
     * If res_statsd is loaded and a StatsD server is configured, basic statistics
    
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       regarding the state of PJSIP contacts will now be emitted. This includes:
    
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       - A GAUGE statistic for the overall number of contacts in a particular
    
         state, e.g.:
           PJSIP.contacts.states.Reachable
       - A TIMER statistic for the RTT time for each qualified contact, e.g.:
           PJSIP.contacts.alice@@127.0.0.1:5061.rtt
    
    
    res_sorcery_memory_cache
    ------------------------
     * A new caching strategy, full_backend_cache, has been added which caches
       all stored objects in the backend. When enabled all objects will be
       expired or go stale according to the configuration. As well when enabled
       all retrieval operations will be performed against the cache instead of
       the backend.
    
    
    func_callerid
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     * CALLERID(pres) is now documented as a valid alternative to setting both
       CALLERID(name-pres) and CALLERID(num-pres) at once.  Some channel drivers,
       like chan_sip, don't make a distinction between the two: they take the
       least public value from name-pres and num-pres.  By using CALLERID(pres)
       for reading and writing, you touch the same combined value in the dialplan.
       The same applies to CONNECTEDLINE(pres), REDIRECTING(orig-pres),
       REDIRECTING(to-pres) and REDIRECTING(from-pres).
    
    
    res_endpoint_stats
    -------------------
     * A new module that emits StatsD statistics regarding Asterisk endpoints.
       This includes a total count of the number of endpoints, the count of the
    
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       number of endpoints in the technology agnostic state of the endpoint -
    
       online or offline - as well as the number of channels associated with each
    
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       endpoint. These are recorded as three different GAUGE statistics:
    
        - endpoints.count
        - endpoints.state.{unknown|offline|online}
        - endpoints.{tech}.{resource}.channels
    
    
    
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    --- Functionality changes from Asterisk 13.5.0 to Asterisk 13.6.0 ------------
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    Dialplan Functions
    ------------------
     * The CHANNEL function, when used on a PJSIP channel, now exposes a 'call-id'
       extraction option when using with the 'pjsip' signalling option. It will
       return the SIP Call-ID associated with the INVITE request that established
       the PJSIP channel.
    
    
    ARI
    ------------------
     * Two new endpoint related events are now available: PeerStatusChange and
       ContactStatusChange. In particular, these events are useful when subscribing
       to all event sources, as they provide additional endpoint related
       information beyond the addition/removal of channels from an endpoint.
    
     * Added the ability to subscribe to all ARI events in Asterisk, regardless
       of whether the application 'controls' the resource. This is useful for
       scenarios where an ARI application merely wants to observe the system,
       as opposed to control it. There are two ways to accomplish this:
       (1) Via the WebSocket connection URI. A new query paramter, 'subscribeAll',
           has been added that, when present and True, will subscribe all
           specified applications to all ARI event sources in Asterisk.
       (2) Via the applications resource. An ARI client can, at any time, subscribe
           to all resources in an event source merely by not providing an explicit
           resource. For example, subscribing to an event source of 'channels:'
           as opposed to 'channels:12345' will subscribe the application to all
           channels.
    
    
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    --- Functionality changes from Asterisk 13.4.0 to Asterisk 13.5.0 ------------
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    AMI
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     * A new ContactStatus event has been added that reflects res_pjsip contact
       lifecycle changes:  Created, Removed, Reachable, Unreachable, Unknown.
    
     * Added the Linkedid header to the common channel headers listed for each
       channel in AMI events.
    
    
    ARI
    ------------------
     * A new feature has been added that enables the retrieval of modules and
    
       module information through an HTTP request. Information on a single module
    
       can be also be retrieved. Individual modules can be loaded to Asterisk, as
    
       well as unloaded and reloaded.
    
    * A new resource has been added to the 'asterisk' resource, 'config/dynamic'.
       This resource allows for push configuration of sorcery derived objects
       within Asterisk. The resource supports creation, retrieval, updating, and
       deletion. Sorcery derived objects that are manipulated by this resource
       must have a sorcery wizard that supports the desired operations.
    
    
     * A new feature has been added that allows for the rotation of log channels
       through HTTP requests.
    
    
    res_pjsip
    ------------------
    * A new 'g726_non_standard' endpoint option has been added that, when set to
      'yes' and g.726 audio is negotiated, forces the codec to be treated as if it
      is AAL2 packed on the channel.
    
    
    * A new 'rtp_keepalive' endpoint option has been added. This option specifies
      an interval, in seconds, at which we will send RTP comfort noise packets to
      the endpoint. This functions identically to chan_sip's "rtpkeepalive" option.
    
    
    * New 'rtp_timeout' and 'rtp_timeout_hold' endpoint options have been added.
      These options specify the amount of time, in seconds, that Asterisk will wait
      before terminating the call due to lack of received RTP. These are identical
      to chan_sip's rtptimeout and rtpholdtimeout options.
    
    
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     * New 'rpid_immediate' option to control if connected line update information
       goes to the caller immediately or waits for another reason to send the
       connected line information update.  See the online option documentation for
       more information.  Defaults to 'no' as setting it to 'yes' can result in
       many unnecessary messages being sent to the caller.
    
    
     * The configuration setting 'progressinband' now defaults to 'no', which
       matches the actual behavior of previous versions.
    
    
    res_pjsip
    ------------------
     * A new CLI command has been added: "pjsip show settings", which shows
       both the global and system configuration settings.
    
    
     * A new aor option has been added: "qualify_timeout", which sets the timeout
       in seconds for a qualify.  The default is 3 seconds.  This overrides the
       hard coded 32 seconds in pjproject.
    
     * Endpoint status will now change to "Unreachable" when all contacts are
       unavailable.  When any contact becomes available, the endpoint will status
       will change back to "Reachable".
    
    
     * A new global option has been added: "max_initial_qualify_time", which
       sets the maximum amount of time from startup that qualifies should be
       attempted on all contacts.
    
    
    res_ari_channels
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     * Two new events, 'ChannelHold' and 'ChannelUnhold', have been added to the
       events data model. These events are raised when a channel indicates a hold
       or unhold, respectively.
    
    func_holdintercept
    ------------------
     * A new dialplan function, HOLD_INTERCEPT, has been added. This function, when
       placed on a channel, intercepts hold/unhold indications signalled by the
       channel and prevents them from moving on to other channels in a bridge with
       the hold initiator. Instead, AMI or ARI events are raised indicating that
       the channel wanted to place someone on hold. This allows external
       applications to implement their own custom hold/unhold logic.
    
    
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    chan_pjsip/app_transfer
    ------------------
     * The Transfer application, when used with chan_pjsip, now supports using
       a PJSIP endpoint as the transfer destination. This is in addition to
       explicitly specifying a SIP URI to transfer to.
    
    res_ari_channels
    ------------------
     * The ARI /channels resource now supports a new operation, 'redirect'. The
       redirect operation will perform a technology and state specific redirection
       on the channel to a specified endpoint or destination. In the case of SIP
       technologies, this is either a 302 Redirect response to an on-going INVITE
       dialog or a SIP REFER request.
    
    
    res_pjsip
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     * A new 'endpoint_identifier_order' option has been added that allows one to
       set the order by which endpoint identifiers are processed and checked. This
       option is specified under the 'global' type configuration section.
    
    
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    --- Functionality changes from Asterisk 13.1.0 to Asterisk 13.2.0 ------------
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     * New 'PJSIP_AOR' and 'PJSIP_CONTACT' dialplan functions have been added which
       allow examining PJSIP AORs or contacts from the dialplan.
    
    
    res_pjsip_outbound_registration
    ------------------
     * The 'pjsip send unregister' command now stops further registrations.
    
     * A new command 'pjsip send register' has been added which allows you to
       start or restart periodic registration.  It can be used after a
       'send unregister' or after a 401 permanent error.
    
    
    res_pjsip_config_wizard
    ------------------
     * This is a new module that adds streamlined configuration capability for
    
       chan_pjsip.  It's targeted at users who have lots of basic configuration
    
       scenarios like 'phone' or 'agent' or 'trunk'.  Additional information
       can be found in the sample configuration file at
       config/samples/pjsip_wizard.conf.sample.
    
    
    res_fax
    -----------
     * The T.38 negotiation timeout was previously hard coded at 5000 milliseconds
       and is now configurable via the 't38timeout' configuration option in
       res_fax.conf and via the fax options dialplan function 'FAXOPT(t38timeout)'.
       The default remains at 5000 milliseconds.
    
    
    PJSIP Transports
    ----------
     * The ca_list_path transport parameter has been added for TLS transports. This
       option behaves similarly to the old sip.conf option "tlscapath". In order to
    
       use this, you must be using PJProject version 2.4 or higher.
    
    ARI
    ------------------
     * The Originate operation now takes in an originator channel. The linked ID of
       this originator channel is applied to the newly originated outgoing channel.
       If using CEL this allows an association to be established between the two so
       it can be recognized that the originator is dialing the originated channel.
    
    
     * "language" (the default spoken language for the channel) is now included in
       the standard channel state output for suitable events.
    
    
     * The POST channels/{id} operation and the POST channels/{id}/continue operation
       now have a new "label" parameter. This allows for origination or continuation
       to a labeled priority in the dialplan instead of requiring a specific priority
       number. The ARI version has been bumped to 1.7.0 as a result.
    
    
    AMI
    ------------------
     * "Language" (the default spoken language for the channel) is now included in
       the standard channel state output for suitable events.
    
    
     * AMI actions that return a list of events have been made to return consistent
       headers for the action response event starting the list and the list complete
       event.  The AMI version has been bumped to 2.7.0 as a result.
    
    
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    --- Functionality changes from Asterisk 13.0.0 to Asterisk 13.1.0 ------------
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
    
    AMI
    ------------------
     * Event NewConnectedLine is emitted when the connected line information on
       a channel changes.
    
    ARI
    ------------------
     * Event ChannelConnectedLine is emitted when the connected line information
       on a channel changes.
    
    Core Transfers
    
    -----------------
    
    The features.conf general section has three new configurable options:
        * transferdialattempts
    
        * transferretrysound
        * transferinvalidsound
    
    For more information on what these options do, see the Asterisk wiki:
    
     https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/x/W4fAAQ
    
    Channel Drivers
    ------------------
    
    chan_pjsip
    ------------------
     * New 'media_encryption_optimistic' endpoint setting. This will use SRTP
       when possible but does not consider lack of it a failure.
    
    res_pjsip_endpoint_identifer_ip
    ------------------
     * New CLI commands have been added: "pjsip show identif(y|ies)", which lists
       all configured PJSIP identify objects
       
    
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    --- Functionality changes from Asterisk 12 to Asterisk 13 --------------------
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    Asterisk 13 is the next Long Term Support (LTS) release of Asterisk. As such,
    the focus of development for this release of Asterisk was on improving the
    usability and features developed in the previous Standard release, Asterisk 12.
    Beyond a general refinement of end user features, development focussed heavily
    on the Asterisk APIs - the Asterisk Manager Interface (AMI) and the Asterisk
    REST Interface (ARI) - and the PJSIP stack in Asterisk. Some highlights of the
    new features include:
    
    * Asterisk security events are now provided via AMI, allowing end users to
      monitor their Asterisk system in real time for security related issues.
    * External control of Message Waiting Indicators (MWI) through both AMI and ARI.
    * Reception/transmission of out of call text messages using any supported
      channel driver/protocol stack through ARI.
    * Resource List Server support in the PJSIP stack, providing subscriptions to
      lists of resources and batched delivery of NOTIFY requests.
    * Inter-Asterisk distributed device state and mailbox state using the PJSIP
      stack.
    
    It is important to note that Asterisk 13 is built on the architecture developed
    during the previous Standard release, Asterisk 12. Users upgrading to
    Asterisk 13 should read about the new features in Asterisk 12 later in this file
    (see Functionality changes from Asterisk 11 to Asterisk 12), as well as the
    UPGRADE-12.txt delivered with this release. In particular, users upgrading to
    Asterisk 13 from a release prior to Asterisk 12 should read the specifications
    on AMI, CDRs, and CEL on the Asterisk wiki:
     * AMI - https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/x/dAFRAQ
     * CEL - https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/x/4ICLAQ
     * CDRs - https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/x/pwpRAQ
    
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    Many new featuers in Asterisk 13 were introduced in point releases of
    Asterisk 12. Following this section - which documents the changes from all
    versions of Asterisk 12 to Asterisk 13 - users should examine the new features
    that were introduced in the point releases of Asterisk 12, as they are also
    included in Asterisk 13.
    
    Finally, all users upgrading to Asterisk 13 should read the UPGRADE.txt file
    delivered with this release.
    
    
    Build System
    ------------------
     * Sample config files have been moved from configs/ to a sub-folder of that
       directory, samples.
    
     * The menuselect utility has been pulled into the Asterisk repository. As a
       result, the libxml2 development library is now a required dependency for
       Asterisk.
    
     * A new Compiler Flag, REF_DEBUG, has been added. When enabled, reference
       counted objects will emit additional debug information to the refs log file
       located in the standard Asterisk log file directory. This log file is useful
       in tracking down object leaks and other reference counting issues. Prior to
       this version, this option was only available by modifying the source code
       directly. This change also includes a new script, refcounter.py, in the
       contrib folder that will process the refs log file. Note that this replaces
       the refcounter utility that could be built from the utils directory.
    
    
    Applications
    ------------------
    
    DahdiBarge
    
    ------------------
     * This module was deprecated and has been removed. Users of app_dahdibarge
       should use ChanSpy instead.
    
    
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    MixMonitor
    ------------------
     * New options to play a beep when starting a recording and stopping a recording
       have been added.  The option "p" will play a beep to the channel that starts
       the recording.  The option "P" will play a beep to the channel that stops the
       recording.
    
    
    Queue
    ------------------
     * Queue rules can now be stored in a database table, queue_rules. Unlike other
       RealTime tables, the queue_rules table is only examined on module load or
       module reload. A new general setting has been added to queuerules.conf,
       'realtime_rules', which, when set to 'yes', will cause app_queue to look in
       RealTime for additional queue rules to parse. Note that both the file and
       the database can be used as a provide of queue rules when 'realtime_rules'
       is set to 'yes'.
    
       When app_queue is reloaded, all rules are re-parsed and loaded into memory.
       There is no caching of RealTime queue rules.
    
    
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    ReadFile
    
    ------------------
     * This module was deprecated and has been removed. Users of app_readfile
       should use func_env's FILE function instead.
    
    
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    Say
    ------------------
     * The 'say' family of dialplan applications now support the Japanese
       language. The 'language' parameter in say.conf now recognizes a setting of
       'ja', which will enable Japanese language specific mechanisms for playing
       back numbers, dates, and other items.
    
    SayCountPL
    
    ------------------
     * This module was deprecated and has been removed. Users of app_saycountpl
       should use the Say family of applications.
    
    
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    SetMusicOnHold
    
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     * The SetMusicOnHold dialplan application was deprecated and has been removed.
       Users of the application should use the CHANNEL function's musicclass
       setting instead.
    
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    WaitMusicOnHold
    ------------------
     * The WaitMusicOnHold dialplan application was deprecated and has been
       removed. Users of the application should use MusicOnHold with a duration
       parameter instead.
    
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    VoiceMail
    ------------------
     * VoiceMail and VoiceMailMain now support the Japanese language. The
       'language' parameter in voicemail.conf now recognizes a setting of 'ja',
       which will enable prompts to be played back using a Japanese grammatical
       structure. Additional prompts are necessary for this functionality,
       including:
       - jb-arimasu: there is
       - jb-arimasen: there is not
       - jb-oshitekudasai: please press
       - jb-ni: article ni
       - jb-ga: article ga
       - jb-wa: article wa
       - jb-wo: article wo
    
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     * Add the ability to specify multiple email addresses in configuration,
       separated by a |.
    
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    CDR Backends
    ------------------
    
    cdr_sqlite
    -----------------
     * This module was deprecated and has been removed. Users of cdr_sqlite
       should use cdr_sqlite3_custom.
    
    
    cdr_pgsql
    ------------------
     * Added the ability to support PostgreSQL application_name on connections.
       This allows PostgreSQL to display the configured name in the
       pg_stat_activity view and CSV log entries. This setting is configurable
       for cdr_pgsql via the appname configuration setting in cdr_pgsql.conf.
    
    
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    CEL Backends
    ------------------
    
    
    cel_pgsql
    ------------------
     * Added the ability to support PostgreSQL application_name on connections.
       This allows PostgreSQL to display the configured name in the
       pg_stat_activity view and CSV log entries. This setting is configurable
       for cel_pgsql via the appname configuration setting in cel_pgsql.conf.
    
    
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    Channel Drivers
    
    ------------------
    
    
    chan_dahdi
    ------------------
     * SS7 support now requires libss7 v2.0 or later.
    
     * Added SS7 support for connected line and redirecting.
    
     * Most SS7 CLI commands are reworked as well as new SS7 commands added.
       See online CLI help.
    
     * Added several SS7 config option parameters described in
       chan_dahdi.conf.sample.
    
    
    chan_gtalk
    ------------------
     * This module was deprecated and has been removed. Users of chan_gtalk
       should use chan_motif.
    
    chan_h323
    ------------------
     * This module was deprecated and has been removed. Users of chan_h323
       should use chan_ooh323.
    
    chan_jingle
    ------------------
     * This module was deprecated and has been removed. Users of chan_jingle
       should use chan_motif.