We have updated our version of ProvisionIRCd, marking the culmination of an extensive period of testing and refinement. This release is primarily dedicated to addressing various bugs and bolstering performance, ensuring a smoother and more reliable experience for our users.
Additionally, we have introduced more ways for users to connect on other third-party platforms (ChatNPlay's Official Discord Server), and have introduced an additional network service to help those lock down their channels from any future and unwanted spambots from causing any issues.
👨💻 For Users
For the ProvisonIRCd upgrade, through the next few days, you may notice that various servers split, or are restarted in order to update the IRCd with these releases.
Some of the noticeable changes and bug fixes include the following below, split into each category.
Improvements
- Improvements to SSL connections include handling various handshakes better overall.- We have shifted datacenter locations for cookies.ca.us.ChatNPlay.org in order to provide a better location with faster response time, and less chances of users pinging out.
- We have included a Limiting Service module for our Channel Service (ChanServ), in order for you to be able to lock down your channel from any unwanted flooding or users suddenly joining at once. Please review this new feature for limiting users to join a channel all at once within ChanServ through the new AUTOLIMIT function (/msg ChanServ HELP AUTOLIMIT)
Bugfixes
- When a user would disconnect, sometimes there was a race connection where the IRCd would send them a request during the disconnect process resulting in unwanted conditions.
- We have fixed an issue with the WebIRC protocol which will work correctly and use the user’s own hostname vs. showing the default hostname (and therefore limiting the number of active users on the web client at once).
⤴️ Contributions
If you run into any issues, please let us know or the developer by either commenting on the project ProvisionIRCd or by joining our network help channel (/join #Help) and alerting the administration.
