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=== This file documents the new and/or enhanced functionality added in
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--- Functionality changes from Asterisk 18.9.0 to Asterisk 18.10.0 -----------
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Applications
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* added support for Danish syntax, playing the correct plural sound file
dependen on where you have 1 or multipe messages
based on the existing SE/NO code
* added that we set DIALEDPEERNUMBER on the outgoing channels
so it is avalible in b(content^extension^line)
this add the same behaviour as Dial
Core
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* Bundled PJProject Build
The build process has been updated to make pjproject troubleshooting
and development easier. See third-party/pjproject/README-hacking.md or
https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Bundled+PJProject
for more info.
ami
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* An AMI event now exists for "Wink".
app_mf
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* Adds MF receiver and sender applications to support
the R1 MF signaling protocol, including integration
with the Dial application.
app_queue
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* added that we set DIALEDPEERNUMBER on the outgoing channels
so it is avalible in b(content^extension^line)
this add the same behaviour as Dial
app_queues
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* adding support for playing the correct en/et for nordic languages
* Don't play sound_thanks if there is no leading hold_time message
When the only announcement is hold time, and there is no hold time (0 min, 0 sec), asterisk will say "thank you for your patience"
app_sendtext
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* A ReceiveText application has been added that can be
used in conjunction with the SendText application.
app_voicemail
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* added support for Danish syntax, playing the correct plural sound file
dependen on where you have 1 or multipe messages
based on the existing SE/NO code
cdr
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* A new CDR option, channeldefaultenabled, allows controlling
whether CDR is enabled or disabled by default on
newly created channels. The default behavior remains
unchanged from previous versions of Asterisk (new
channels will have CDR enabled, as long as CDR is
enabled globally).
chan_sip.c
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* resolve issue with pickup on device that uses "183" and not "180"
cli
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* The "module refresh" command has been added,
which allows unloading and then loading a
module with a single command.
func_json
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* The JSON_DECODE dialplan function can now be used
to parse JSON strings, such as in conjunction with
CURL for using API responses.
res_fax_spandsp
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* Adds support for spandsp 3.0.0.
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--- Functionality changes from Asterisk 18.8.0 to Asterisk 18.9.0 ------------
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ToneScan application
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* A new application, ToneScan, allows for
synchronous detection of call progress
signals such as dial tone, busy tone,
Special Information Tones, and modems.
app_playback
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* A new option 'mix' is added to the Playback application that
will play by filename and say.conf. It will look on the format of the
name, if it is like say format it will play with say.conf if not it
will play the file name.
app_queue
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* Add field to save the time value when a member enter a queue.
Shows this time in seconds using 'queue show' command and the
field LoginTime for responses for AMI the events.
The output for the CLI command `queue show` is changed by added a
extra data field for the information of the time login time for each
member.
apps
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* A new option 'mix' is added to the Playback application that
will play by filename and say.conf. It will look on the format of the
name, if it is like say format it will play with say.conf if not it
will play the file name.
ast_coredumper
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* New options:
--pid=<asterisk_pid>
Allows specification of an Asterisk instance when trying to
and the script can't determine it itself.
--libdir=<system library directory>
Allows specification of a non-standard installation directory
containing the Asterisk modules.
--(no-)rename
Renames the coredump and the output files with readable
timestamps. This is the default.
Removed unneeded or confusing options:
--append-coredumps
--conffile
--no-default-search
--tarball-uniqueid
Changed Variables:
COREDUMPS is now just "/tmp/core!(*.txt)"
DATEFORMAT is renamed to DATEOPTS and defaults to '-u +%FT%H-%M-%SZ'
Changed behavior:
If you use 'running' or 'RUNNING' you no longer need to specify
'--no-default-search' to ignore existing coredumps.
chan_iax2
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* Both a secret and an outkey may be specified at dial time,
since encryption is possible with RSA authentication.
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MessageSend
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* The MessageSend AMI action has been updated to allow the Destination
and the To addresses to be provided separately. This brings the
MessageSend manager command in line with the capabilities of the
MessageSend dialplan application.
func_channel
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* Adds the CHANNEL_EXISTS function to check for the existence
of a channel by name or unique ID.
func_vmcount
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* Multiple mailboxes may now be specified instead of just one.
logger
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* Added the ability to define custom log levels in logger.conf
and use them in the Log dialplan application. Also adds a
logger show levels CLI command.
res_pjsip_registrar
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* Adds new PJSIP AOR option remove_unavailable to either
remove unavailable contacts when a REGISTER exceeds
max_contacts when remove_existing is disabled, or
prioritize unavailable contacts over other existing
contacts when remove_existing is enabled.
res_pjsip_t38
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* In res_pjsip_sdp_rtp, the bind_rtp_to_media_address option and the
fallback use of the transport's bind address solve problems sending
media on systems that cannot send ipv4 packets on ipv6 sockets, and
certain other situations. This change extends both of these behaviors
to UDPTL sessions as well in res_pjsip_t38, to fix fax-specific
problems on these systems, introducing a new option
endpoint/t38_bind_udptl_to_media_address.
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Channel-agnostic MF support
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* A SendMF application and PlayMF manager
application are now included to send
arbitrary standard R1 MF tones on the
current channel or another specified channel.
app_milliwatt
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* The Milliwatt application's existing behavior is
incorrect in that it plays a constant tone, which
is not how digital milliwatt test lines actually
work.
An option is added so that a proper milliwatt test
tone can be provided, including a 1 second silent
interval every 10 seconds. However, for compatability
reasons, the default behavior remains unchanged.
app_morsecode
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* Extends the Morsecode application by adding support for
American Morse code and adds a configurable option
for the frequency used in off intervals.
app_originate
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* Codecs can now be specified for dialplan-originated
calls, as with call files and the manager action.
By default, only the slin codec is now used, instead
of all the slin* codecs.
app_queue
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* Reload behavior in app_queue has been changed so
queue and agent stats are not reset during full
app_queue module reloads. The queue reset stats
CLI command may still be used to reset stats while
Asterisk is running.
app_read
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* A new option allows the digit '#' to be read literally,
rather than used exclusively as the input terminator
character.
app_voicemail
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* Add a new 'S' option to VoiceMail which prevents the instructions
(vm-intro) from being played if a busy/unavailable/temporary greeting
from the voicemail user is played. This is similar to the existing 's'
option except that instructions will still be played if no user
greeting is available.
chan_iax2
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* ANI2 (OLI) is now transmitted over IAX2 calls
as an information element.
func_env.c
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* Two new functions, DIRNAME and BASENAME, are now
included which allow users to obtain the directory
or the base filename of any file.
func_framedrop
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* New function to selectively drop specified frames
in either direction on a channel.
func_scramble
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* Adds an audio scrambler function that may be used to
distort voice audio on a channel as a privacy
enhancement.
func_strings
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* A new STRBETWEEN function is now included which
allows a substring to be inserted between characters
in a string. This is particularly useful for transforming
dial strings, such as adding pauses between digits
for a string of digits that are sent to another channel.
res_pjproject
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* In pjproject.conf you can now map pjproject log levels
to the Asterisk TRACE log level. The default mappings
have therefore changed so that only pjproject levels
3 and 4 are mapped to DEBUG and 5 and 6 are now mapped
to TRACE. Previously 3, 4, 5, and 6 were all mapped to
DEBUG.
res_rtp_asterisk
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* When the address of the STUN server (stunaddr) is a name resolved via DNS, the
stunaddr will be recurringly resolved when the DNS answer Time-To-Live (TTL)
expires. This allows the STUN server to change its IP address without having to
reload the res_rtp_asterisk module.
res_tonedetect
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* Arbitrary tone detection is now available through a
WaitForTone application (blocking) and a TONE_DETECT
function (non-blocking).
say.c
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* Adds SAYFILES function to retrieve the file names that would
be played by corresponding Say applications, such as
SayDigits, SayAlpha, etc.
Additionally adds SayMoney and SayOrdinal applications.
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--- Functionality changes from Asterisk 18.5.0 to Asterisk 18.6.0 ------------
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Handle non-standard Meter metric type safely
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* A meter_support flag has been introduced that defaults to true to maintain current behaviour.
If disabled, a counter metric type will be used instead wherever a meter metric type was used,
the counter will have a "_meter" suffix appended to the metric name.
app_dtmfstore
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* New application which collects digits
dialed and stores them into
a specified variable.
app_queue.c
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* Allow multiple files to be streamed for agent announcement.
chan_pjsip
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* Add function PJSIP_HEADERS() to get list of headers by pattern in the same way as SIP_HEADERS() do.
Add ability to read header by pattern using PJSIP_HEADER().
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New Reload application
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* Adds an application to reload modules
PlaybackFinished has a new error state
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* The PlaybackFinished event now has a new state "failed"
that is used when the sound file was not played due to an error.
Before the state on PlaybackFinished was always "done".
In case of multiple sound files to be played,
the PlaybackFinished is sent only once in the end of the list,
even in case of error.
WaitForCondition application
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* This application provides a way to halt
dialplan execution until a provided
condition evaluates to true.
app_dial announcement option
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* The A option for Dial now supports
playing audio to the caller as well
as the called party.
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AMI Flash event
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* Hook flash events are now exposed as AMI events.
Add variable support to Originate
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* The Originate application now allows
variables to be set on the new channel
through a new option.
MessageSend
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* The MessageSend dialplan application now takes an
optional third argument that can set the message's
"To" field on outgoing messages. It's an alternative
to using the MESSAGE(to) dialplan function.
To prevent confusion with the first argument, currently
named "to", it's been renamed to "destination".
Its function, creating the request URI, hasn't changed.
The online documentation has also been enhanced to
explain the behavior.
Despite the changes in this commit, there should be
no impact to current users of MessageSend.
New ConfKick application
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* Adds a ConfKick() application, which allows
a specific channel, all users, or all non-admin
users to be kicked from a conference bridge.
app_confbridge answer supervision control
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* app_confbridge now provides a user option to prevent
answer supervision if the channel hasn't been
answered yet. To use it, set a user profile's
answer_channel option to no.
app_voicemail
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* You can now customize the "beep" tone or omit it entirely.
func_math: Three new dialplan functions
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* Introduce three new functions, MIN, MAX, and ABS, which can be used to
obtain the minimum or maximum of up to two integers or absolute value.
func_volume now can be read
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* The VOLUME function can now also be used
to read existing values previously set.
res_pjsip
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* PJSIP support of registrations of endpoints in multidomain
scenarios, where the endpoint contains the domain info
res_pjsip_dialog_info_body_generator
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* PJSIP now supports RFC 4235 Section 4.1.6 dialog-info+xml local and
remote elements by iterating through ringing channels and inserting
that info into NOTIFY packet sent to the endpoint.
res_pjsip_messaging
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* Implemented the new "to" parameter of the MessageSend()
dialplan application. This allows a user to specify
a complete SIP "To" header separate from the Request URI.
We now also accept a destination in the same format
as Dial()... PJSIP/number@endpoint
res_rtp_asterisk
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* By default Asterisk reports the PJSIP version in all
STUN packets it sends.
This behaviour may not be desired in a production
environment and can now be disabled by setting the
stun_software_attribute option to 'no' in rtp.conf.
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logger
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* The dateformat option in logger.conf will now control the remote
console (asterisk -r -T) timestamp format. Previously, dateformat only
controlled the formatting of the timestamp going to log files and the
main console (asterisk -c) but only for non-verbose messages.
Internally, Asterisk does not send the logging timestamp with verbose
messages to console clients. It's up to the Asterisk remote consoles
to format verbose messages. Asterisk remote consoles previously did
not load dateformat from logger.conf.
Previously there was a non-configurable and hard-coded "%b %e %T"
dateformat that would be used no matter what on all verbose console
messages printed on remote consoles.
Example:
logger.conf
dateformat=%F %T.%3q
# asterisk -rvvv -T
[2021-03-19 09:54:19.760-0400] Loading res_stasis_answer.so.
[Mar 19 09:55:43] -- Goto (dialExten,s,1)
Given the following example configuration in logger.conf, Asterisk log
files and the console, will log verbose messages using the given
timestamp. Now ensuring that all remote console messages are logged
with the same dateformat as other log streams.
---
[general]
dateformat=%F %T.%3q
[logfiles]
console => notice,warning,error,verbose
full => notice,warning,error,debug,verbose
---
Now we have a globally-defined dateformat that will be used
consistently across the Asterisk main console, remote consoles, and
log files.
Now we have consistent logging:
# asterisk -rvvv -T
[2021-03-19 09:54:19.760-0400] Loading res_stasis_answer.so.
[2021-03-19 09:55:43.920-0400] -- Goto (dialExten,s,1)
res_pjsip
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* PJSIP transports can now be partially reloaded safely. This allows the
local_net and external_* options to be updated without restarting Asterisk.
* PJSIP endpoints can now be configured to skip authentication when
handling OPTIONS requests by setting the allow_unauthenticated_options
configuration property to 'yes.'
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--- Functionality changes from Asterisk 18.2.2 to Asterisk 18.3.0 ------------
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app_mixmonitor
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* app_mixmonitor now sends manager events MixMonitorStart, MixMonitorStop and
MixMonitorMute when the channel monitoring is started, stopped and muted (or
unmuted) respectively.
chan_iax2
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* You can now specify a default "auth" method in the
[general] section of iax.conf
chan_pjsip, app_transfer
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* Added TRANSFERSTATUSPROTOCOL variable. When transfer is performed,
transfers can pass a protocol specific error code.
Example, in SIP 3xx-6xx represent any SIP specific error received when
performing a REFER.
func_odbc
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* Introduce an ARGC variable for func_odbc functions, along with a minargs
per-function configuration option.
minargs enables enforcing of minimum count of arguments to pass to
func_odbc, so if you're unconditionally using ARG1 through ARG4 then
this should be set to 4. func_odbc will generate an error in this case,
so for example
[FOO]
minargs = 4
and ODBC_FOO(a,b,c) in dialplan will now error out instead of using a
potentially leaked ARG4 from Gosub().
ARGC is needed if you're using optional argument, to verify whether or
not an argument has been passed, else it's possible to use a leaked ARGn
from Gosub (app_stack). So now you can safely do
${IF($[${ARGC}>3]?${ARGV}:default value)} kind of thing.
res_srtp
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* SRTP replay protection has been added to res_srtp and
a new configuration option "srtpreplayprotection" has
been added to the rtp.conf config file. For security
reasons, the default setting is "yes". Buggy clients
may not handle this correctly which could result in
no, or one way, audio and Asterisk error messages like
"replay check failed".
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--- Functionality changes from Asterisk 18.1.0 to Asterisk 18.2.0 ------------
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Core
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* The location where the media cache stores its temporary files
is no longer hardcoded to /tmp but can now be configured separately
via the astcachedir config variable in asterisk.conf. To retain
backwards compatibility, the default location remains /tmp.
app_voicemail
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* The VoiceMail application can now be configured to send greetings and
instructions via early media and only answering the channel when it is
time for the caller to record their message. This behavior can be
activated by passing the new 'e' option to VoiceMail.
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Core
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* Added debug logging categories that allow a user to output debug information
based on a specified category. This lets the user limit, and filter debug
output to data relevant to a particular context, or topic. For instance the
following categories are now available for debug logging purposes:
dtls, dtls_packet, ice, rtcp, rtcp_packet, rtp, rtp_packet, stun, stun_packet
These debug categories can be enable/disable via an Asterisk CLI command:
core set debug category <category>[:<sublevel>] [category[:<sublevel] ...]
core set debug category off [<category> [<category>] ...]
If no sub-level is associated all debug statements for a given category are
output. If a sub-level is given then only those statements assigned a value
at or below the associated sub-level are output.
app_confbridge
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* app_confbridge now has the ability to force the estimated bitrate on an SFU
bridge. To use it, set a bridge profile's remb_behavior to "force" and
set remb_estimated_bitrate to a rate in bits per second. The
remb_estimated_bitrate parameter is ignored if remb_behavior is something
other than "force".
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--- Functionality changes from Asterisk 17.0.0 to Asterisk 18.0.0 ------------
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chan_pjsip
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* The PJSIP_SEND_SESSION_REFRESH dialplan function now issues a warning, and
returns unsuccessful if it's used on a channel prior to answering.
logger
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* Added a new log formatter called "plain" that always prints
file, function and line number if available (even for verbose
messages) and never prints color control characters. Most
suitable for file output but can be used for other channels
as well.
You use it in logger.conf like so:
debug => [plain]debug
console => [plain]error,warning,debug,notice,pjsip_history
messages => [plain]warning,error,verbose
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--- New functionality introduced in Asterisk 18.0.0 --------------------------
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Core
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* The Streams API becomes the home for the core ACN capabilities.
These include...
* Parsing and formatting of codec negotiation preferences.
* Resolving pending streams and topologies with those configured
using configured preferences.
* Utility functions for creating string representations of
streams, topologies, and negotiation preferences.
For codec negotiation preferences:
* Added ast_stream_codec_prefs_parse() which takes a string
representation of codec negotiation preferences, which
may come from a pjsip endpoint for example, and populates
a ast_stream_codec_negotiation_prefs structure.
* Added ast_stream_codec_prefs_to_str() which does the reverse.
* Added many functions to parse individual parameter name
and value strings to their respective enum values, and the
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reverse.
For streams:
* Added ast_stream_create_resolved() which takes a "live" stream
and resolves it with a configured stream and the negotiation
preferences to create a new stream.
* Added ast_stream_to_str() which create a string representation
of a stream suitable for debug or display purposes.
For topology:
* Added ast_stream_topology_create_resolved() which takes a "live"
topology and resolves it, stream by stream, with a configured
topology stream and the negotiation preferences to create a new
topology.
* Added ast_stream_topology_to_str() which create a string
representation of a topology suitable for debug or display
purposes.
* Renamed ast_format_caps_from_topology() to
ast_stream_topology_get_formats() to be more consistent with
the existing ast_stream_get_formats().
Additional changes:
* A new function ast_format_cap_append_names() appends the results
to the ast_str buffer instead of replacing buffer contents.
app_bridgeaddchan
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* The BridgeAdd application now behaves more like the Bridge application.
The application now sets the BRIDGERESULT channel variable to indicate
what happened when the channel resumes in dialplan. This is instead of
hanging up the channel on failure conditions.
res_pjsip
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* Two new options, incoming_call_offer_pref and outgoing_call_offer_pref
have been added to res_pjsip endpoints that specify the preferred order
of codecs to use between those received/sent in an SDP offer and those
set in the endpoint configuration.
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AMI
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* You can now specify an optional 'Content-Type' as an argument for the Asterisk
SendText manager action.
ARI
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* A new parameter 'inhibitConnectedLineUpdates' is now available in the
'bridges.addChannel' call. This prevents the identity of the newly connected
channel from being presented to other bridge members.
ARI Channels
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* The Channel resource has a new sub-resource "externalMedia".
This allows an application to create a channel for the sole purpose
of exchanging media with an external server. Once created, this
channel could be placed into a bridge with existing channels to
allow the external server to inject audio into the bridge or
receive audio from the bridge.
See https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/External+Media+and+ARI
for more information.
Core
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* H.265/HEVC is now a supported video codec and it can be used by
specifying "h265" in the allow line.
Please note however, that handling of the additional SDP parameters
described in RFC 7798 section 7.2 is not yet supported.
Features
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* Adds support for AudioSocket, a very simple bidirectional audio streaming
protocol. There are both channel and application interfaces.
A description of the protocol can be found on the referenced wiki page. A
short talk about the reasons and implementation can be found on YouTube at
the link provided.
ARI support has also been added via the existing "externalMedia" ARI
functionality. The UUID is specified using the arbitrary "data" field.
Wiki: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/AudioSocket
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjduXbZZEgI
Messaging
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* In order to reduce the amount of AMI and ARI events generated,
the global "Message/ast_msg_queue" channel can be set to suppress
it's normal channel housekeeping events such as "Newexten",
"VarSet", etc. This can greatly reduce load on the manager
and ARI applications when the Digium Phone Module for Asterisk
is in use. To enable, set "hide_messaging_ami_events" in
asterisk.conf to "yes" In Asterisk versions <18, the default
is "no" preserving existing behavior. Beginning with
Asterisk 18, the option will default to "yes".
STIR/SHAKEN
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* STIR/SHAKEN support has been added to Asterisk. Configuration is done in
stir_shaken.conf. There is a sample configuration file to help you get
started (asterisk/configs/samples/stir_shaken.conf.sample). Once that's
set up, you can enable STIR/SHAKEN on any endpoint by setting stir_shaken
to yes on the endpoint configuration object. This will add an Identity
header on outgoing INVITEs, and check for an Identity header on incoming
INVITEs. This option has been added to Alembic as well.
The information received on an incoming INVITE can be checked using the
STIR_SHAKEN dialplan function. There are two variations:
STIR_SHAKEN(count)
STIR_SHAKEN(0, verify_result)
The first variation will tell you how many STIR/SHAKEN results are on the
channel. The second fetches information for a specific result. The first
parameter is the index, followed by what information you want to retrieve.
The available options are 'verify_result', 'identity', and 'attestation'.
app_chanisavail
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* The ChanIsAvail application now tolerates empty positions in the supplied
device list. Dialplan can now be simplified by not having to check for
empty positions in the device list.
app_confbridge
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* A new bridge profile option, maximum_sample_rate, has been added which sets
a maximum sample rate that the bridge will be mixed at. This allows the bridge
to move below the maximum sample rate as needed but caps it at the maximum.
* A new option, "text_messaging", has been added to the user profile
which allows control over whether text messaging is enabled or
disabled for a user. If enabled (the default) text messages
will be sent to the user. If disabled no text messages will be
sent to the user.
app_dial
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* The Dial application now tolerates empty positions in the supplied
destination list. Dialplan can now be simplified by not having to check
for empty positions in the destination list. If there are no endpoints to
dial then DIALSTATUS is set to CHANUNAVAIL.
app_mixmonitor
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* An option 'S' has been added to MixMonitor. If used in combination with
the r() and/or t() options, if a frame is available to write to one of
those files but not the other, a frame of silence if written to the file
that does not have an audio frame. This should prevent the two files
from "drifting" when mixed after the fact.
* If the 'filename' argument to MixMonitor() ended with '.wav49,'
Asterisk would silently convert the extension to '.WAV' when opening
the file for writing. This caused the MIXMONITOR_FILENAME variable to
reference the wrong file. The MIXMONITOR_FILENAME variable will now
reflect the name of the file that Asterisk actually used instead of
the filename that was passed to the application.
app_page
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* The Page application now tolerates empty positions in the supplied
destination list. Dialplan can now be simplified by not having to check
for empty positions in the destination list.
app_voicemail
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* A feature was added in Asterisk 13.27.0 and 16.4.0 that removed lock files from
the Asterisk voicemail directory on startup. Some users that store their
voicemails on network storage devices experienced slow startup times due to the
relative expense of traversing the voicemail directory structure looking for
orphaned lock files. This feature has now been removed.
Users who require the lock files to be removed at startup should modify their
startup scripts to do so before starting the asterisk process.
chan_pjsip
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* A new dialplan function, PJSIP_MOH_PASSTHROUGH, has been added to chan_pjsip. This
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allows the behaviour of the moh_passthrough endpoint option to be read or changed
in the dialplan. This allows control on a per-call basis.
chan_rtp
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* The UnicastRTP channel driver provided by chan_rtp now accepts
"<hostname>:<port>" as an alternative to "<ip_address>:<port>" in the destination.
The first AAAA (preferred) or A record resolved will be used as the destination.
The lookup is synchronous so beware of possible dialplan delays if you specify a
hostname.
func_curl
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* A new parameter, httpheader, has been added to CURLOPT function. This parameter
allows to set custom http headers for subsequent calls off CURL function.
Any setting of headers will replace the default curl headers
(e.g. "Content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded")
* A new option, followlocation, can now be enabled with the CURLOPT()
dialplan function. Setting this will instruct cURL to follow 3xx
redirects, which it does not by default.
func_jitterbuffer
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* The JITTERBUFFER dialplan function now has an option to enable video synchronization
support. When enabled and used with a compatible channel driver (chan_sip, chan_pjsip)
the video is buffered according to the size of the audio jitterbuffer and is
synchronized to the audio.
func_volume
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* Accept decimal number as argument.
http
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* You can now disable the /httpstatus page served by Asterisk's built-in
HTTP server by setting 'enable_status' to 'no' in http.conf.
minmemfree
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* The 'minmemfree' configuration option now counts memory allocated to
the filesystem cache as "free" because it is memory that is available
to the process.
res_ari_channels
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* When creating a channel in ARI using the create call
you can now specify dialplan variables to be set as part
of the same operation.
res_musiconhold
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* This fix allows a realtime moh class to be unregistered from the command
line. This is useful when the contents of a directory referenced by a
realtime moh class have changed.
The realtime moh class is then reloaded on the next request and uses the
new directory contents.
* A new mode - playlist - has been added to res_musiconhold. This mode allows the
user to specify the files (or URLs) to play explicitly by putting them directly
in musiconhold.conf.
res_pjsip
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* Added a new PJSIP system setting called disable_rport.
Default is no to keep support working as before.
If it is false (default) it adds the 'rport' parameter in the outgoing request message.
If it is true it does not add the 'rport' parameter in the outgoing request message.
This is a system option, but working as a global option.
res_pjsip_endpoint_identifier_ip
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* In 'type = identify' sections, the addresses specified for the 'match'
clause can now include a port number. For IP addresses, the port is
provided by including a colon after the address, followed by the
desired port number. If supplied, the netmask should follow the port
number. To specify a port for IPv6 addresses, the address itself must
be enclosed in brackets to be parsed correctly.
res_pjsip_logger
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* The PJSIP packet logger now has the following CLI commands:
pjsip set logger pcap <filename>
When used this will create a pcap file containing the incoming
and outgoing SIP packets, in unencrypted form.
pjsip set logger console <on / off>
This allows you to toggle logging to console on and off.
pjsip set logger host <IP/subnet mask> add
This allows you to add an additional IP address or subnet
mask to logging, allowing you to log multiple instead of
just a single IP address or all traffic.
The normal "pjsip set logger host" CLI command has also been
expanded to allow subnet masks as well.
res_pjsip_session
------------------
* When placing an outgoing call to a PJSIP endpoint the intent
of any requested formats will now be respected. If only an audio
format is requested (such as ulaw) but the underlying endpoint
does not support the format the resulting SDP will still only
contain an audio stream, and not any additional streams such as
video.
* Two new options, incoming_call_offer_pref and outgoing_call_offer_pref
have been added to res_pjsip endpoints that specify the preferred order
of codecs to use between those received/sent in an SDP offer and those
set in the endpoint configuration.
res_rtp_asterisk
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* This change include a new cli command 'rtp show settings'
The command display by general settings of rtp configuration. For this
point is added the fields: rtpstart, rtpend, dtmftimeout, rtpchecksum,
strictrtp, learning_min_sequential and icesupport.
* The blacklist mechanism in res_rtp_asterisk for ICE and STUN was converted to
an ACL mechanism.
As such six now options are now available:
ice_deny
ice_permit
ice_acl
stun_deny
stun_permit
stun_acl
These options have their obvious meanings as used elsewhere.
Backwards compatibility was maintained by adding {stun,ice}_blacklist as
aliases for {stun,ice}_deny.
res_sorcery_memory_cache
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