2021 Release Notes

The release notes list the GitHub issues and a summary of what has changed in PeeringDB software releases. Release notes for the current year are available on the Release Notes page.

Each new release has a one week beta test period on the beta server before it goes live. The beta and new releases are announced on the PeeringDB Announce Mailing List and on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.

Release 2.32.0

Beta Announcement Date: 10 November 2021
Release Date: 17 November 2021

GitHub issue	Summary
#695 Auto focus cursor on search field on main website	Places cursor in search box on first opening https://www.peeringdb.com
#954 Rework ordering of dependencies	Improved load speed for pages with large lists
#748 PeeringDB website has a poor choice of line-breaks for IPv6 addresses	IP addresses now have a no wrap style option so their numeric values aren't broken across lines
#949 Add sales email and phone contact to ix object	ix objects can now have a sales_email and sales_phone
#838 Delete childless org objects	Notifies admins of childless orgs that they have no objects and deletes the org after 30 days if none are added
#956 api documentation generate broken	Fixes a bug that stopped the https://www.peeringdb.com/apidocs/ beingh updated automatically
#962 Increase timeout timer for IX-F JSON importer to 30s	Adds setting to control IX-F importer request timeout and default to 30 seconds
#1054 IX-F manually triggered import bugs	Fixes bugs triggered by manually importing IX-F data
#807 [beta] IX-F importer: manual add followed by IX-F prompted add can result in "The server rejected your data"	Resolves a bug triggered by manually adding netixlan in rare situations

Release 2.31.0

Beta Announcement Date: 12 October 2021
Release Date: 20 October 2021

GitHub issue	Summary
#995 Block registering private ASN ranges	Improves error message to user when attempting to register private ASNs and no longer automatically creates a support ticket
#1007 Add a continental region field for facilities	Continental region is now recorded for fac and is searchable from the advanced search page
#18 IXP and Facility summary	Presents a short statistical summary for ix's and facs
#232 Incorrect order of search results	ASNs will be moved to the top of the search results when a numeric search is an exact match for that ASN
#346 Allow users to upload a small logo to their record	orgs can now include a small logo in their record
#453 Missing sponsor status in translations	Fixed a bug so sponsor badges now show up properly in translations

Release 2.30.0

Beta Announcement Date: 14 September 2021
Release Date: 22 September 2021

GitHub issue	Summary
#1944 Remove visibility "Private" from POC	Make the "Private" visibility status invalid and requires an admin to review and update contacts when next making an update to their poc information
#800 Additional self-selection fields for Facilities	Adds additional fields to Facilities: Offered Space, Offered Power, Offered Resilience with appropriate details
#1016 Add additional advanced search filters for new facility fields from #800	Adds the ability to search based on the new elements defined in #800 using Advanced Search
#1032 Issue with api relationship filtering via __id	Fixes a bug that impacted filtered searches made via the API
#500 When network sets netixlan speed to 1200000 only 1T is shown instead of 1.2T ... sometimes	Fixes a bug for speeds above 1Tb
#1021 504 Gateway Time-out	Fixes a timeout problem with the adminsitrative interface
#1019 IX-F Importer: needless saves to deleted netixlans	Fixes a bug that unnecessarily saved data to deleted objects

Release 2.29.1

Release Date: 26 August 2021

GitHub issue	Summary
#1034 CORS Access-Control-Allow-Origin header missing in API responses	Fixes an issue that stopped cross site API requests in the browser
#1036 Issue with verification queue and deskpro ticket creation	Fixes an issue that stopped newly created objects creating verification queue entries and a deskpro ticket

Release 2.29.0

Beta Announcement Date: 18 August 2021
Release Date: 25 August 2021

GitHub issue	Summary
#779 Allow IXP to trigger ix-f importer for their exchange	Exchanges can now trigger theIX-F importer and the UI communicates the status of the request
#920 IX-F Importer: ticket status change when posting re-occuring conflict to existing resolved ticket	Improve internal handling of IX-F importer conflicts
#967 IX-F Importer: fix command output buffering	Improve handling of output from IX-F importer command
#903 Describe the 'DOT1Q' flag	Set the field to false and made it read only (with a tooltip for the web interface) until v3 of the API
#715 Support for Django 3	Upgrade to Django 3.2.1 and upgrade dependencies where possible
#166 Add name, city, country to ixfac (GET operation)	Add read-only fields name, city and country to object ixfac. The values for these fields are fac.name, fac.city and fac.country from the facility fac with id == fac_id
#1023 Bug with email reports for internal errors	Fixes an error with e-mail notifications for internal errors
#1026 Fallback captcha solution is broken	Fixes the fallback CAPTCHA on the account signup page
#1013 The process to permanently remove old soft-deleted network contacts pdb_delete_pocs raises a false ProtectedAction	Fixes a problem with adminsitrators permanently deleting contacts.
#1015 Fallback captcha solution is broken	Fixes a CAPTCHA bug affecting the AC through work on #715

Release 2.28.0

Beta Announcement Date: 14 July 2021
Release Date: 21 July 2021

GitHub issue	Summary
#23 make websearch smarter	Provide a better search experience for quick search, advanced search and API filtering. The key features are properly indexed search, which supports search based on partial name matches, and geocoded search, which supports search based on coordinates.
#965 IX-F importer: intermittent bug during consolidation of notifications	Fixes a bug with the IX-F Member Export importer that resulted in intermittent import failures.
#863 Improve error handling when a user tries to add an object which is already there	Increases visibility of field validation error notes by increasing size and font weight.
#375 On changing email address rescan open affiliation requests	When a user changes their e-mail address we now automatically re-evaluate any open affiliation request that the user has that are tied to an ASN.
#923 Prevent deletion of a last technical contact if there is an existing netixlan object	Prevents deletion of the last technical contact of existing netixlan, i.e. enforce that netixlan should always have at least one technical contact

Release 2.27.1

Beta Announcement Date: 19 May, 2021
Release Date: 26 May, 2021

GitHub issue	Summary
#946 Evaluate non-google map/geo sources	Evaluated alternative geo data APIs and selected Melissa.
#802 Extend Advanced Search for IXes and Facilities	Adds search filters to advanced search (ix capacity search, organization presence search, and network presence search.)
#799 Additional self-selection fields for IX objects	Added service_level and terms fields to InternetExchange objects to allow exchanges to share additional ifnormation about their offering. These are supported as filters in the advanced search.
#834 Add ix_count to object fac	In the API, added a read-only field to fac called ix_count that counts the number of exchanges the linked to the facility).
#835 Add {ix,fac}_count to object net	In the API, added read-only fields to net called ix_count and fac_count that count the number of exchanges and facilities linked to the network).
#836 Add fac_count to object ix	In the API, added a read-only field to ix called fac_count that counts the number of facilities in which the exchange has a presence.
#922 Circumvent approval of a facility by deleting and re-adding	Fixed bug where if a user deletes a status "pending" fac, they can re-add it and it will be status "ok" (should be "pending").
#810 Get rid of the 'Protocols supported' fields / UI for IXes	Removed proto_unicast, proto_multicast, and proto_ipv6 fields from ix UI. The fields remain in the v2 api but proto_ipv6 and proto_unicast will be populated from the existance of protocols in the exchange's ixpfx records.
#985 500 Error on advanced search	Resolved an issue where unauthenticated users got a 500 error in advanced search.

Release 2.26.1

Beta Announcement Date: 14 April, 2021
Release Date: 21 April, 2021

GitHub issue	Summary
#883 IXF-Importer: minimise emails to Support/DeskPRO/AC	This change collates all importer suggestions into a single e-mail notification.
#931 Limit the number of requests for affiliation to an ASN/org to 1	Limits the number of affiliation request to an ASN to just one. Provides visual feedback on subsequent request attempts.
#913 API should do an IP6 address instead of a string match	Normalizes how IPv6 addresses are stored in the database and updates existing IPv6 addresses in the databases and elsewhere.

Release 2.26.0

Beta Announcement Date: 10 March, 2021
Release Date: 24 March, 2021

GitHub issue	Summary
#266 Add API Keys	This release introduces organization level API Keys.
#827 Make GUI and API feature equivalent	PeeringDB has a GUI and an API. This issue is a reminder to keep both feature equivalent.
#865 Allow arbitrary decimal places as input for longitude and latitude. Systems rounds to six	Allow arbitrary length of inputs to latitude and longitude. Round to 6 digits (including Google Maps output).
#902 Add "long name" or "aka" field to 'fac' records	add fields aka and name_long to object fac, ix, net, and org.
#937 Geocode for org is broken	This was fixed through work on #940.
#939 Replace Validation Error with Validation "Warning" for geolocation validation	If our address validation service cannot find an address corresponding to the user-inputed address it will allow the object to be saved and raise a "validation warning" in the meta object of the API response. The web UI will display a pop-up based on this warning.
#940 Return geo-normalized fields as "suggested address"	In an effort to normalize addresses, the system may overwrite the user input. In case of a mismatch, the user now is prompted with a "suggested address" and either confirms or rejects. In case of rejection, the address is taken as provided by the user. Please keep an eye on what you provided and what is suggested. The suggestion may flip street name and house name as well as cut off postal codes.
#918 drop travis ci and move to github actions	Changed CI environment to improve deployment speed.

Release 2.25.0

Release Date: 3 February, 2021

GitHub issue	Summary
#246 IXF should be IX-F	This release introduces various spelling corrections.
#828 IX-F importer: Handle ipv4/ipv6 on same vlan but separate connections	This issue deals with how the IX-F importer handles information from the IX-F JSON import. PeeringDB handles both the IPv4 as well as the IPv6 address in the same object (netixlan). And from a peering partner pov this is ok as it doesn't matter whether these addresses are on the same interface or even same router. However, IX-F JSON differentiates. For the time being, the importer combines IPv4 and IPv6 if both are set to an operational status in the IX-F JSON.
#846 IX-F importer: if ixf_ixp_member_list_url is null then ixf_ixp_import_enabled can't be true	Apply logic to the meaning of ixf_ixp_member_list_url. i.e. only allow ixf_ixp_import_enabled to be set to true if a URL is specified.
#875 "IXF-Importer: improved handling of how contacts are joined into direct conflict resolution deskpro tickets"	Resolved an issue where responses to automatically generated Deskpro tickets were routed to the wrong ticket.
#878 IXF-Importer: reorder of email content	This is mainly an internal improvement. And fixes also not disclosing private IXP information to the public.
#882 IXF-Importer: don't abort when there is nothing to import	If there is nothing to import from an IX-F JSON don't abort with an error message.
#893 IX-F Importer: history of changes per ixlan & netixlan	Fixed bug related to the logging of importer changes.
#896 IX-F Importer: Bogus output of "Preview" tool	Fixed a bug in the preview tool, where invalid member type ignored messages weren't filtered for the network viewing the preview.
#888 Type issue when overriding settings through environment variables for numeric types	Fixed a bug and now ensure that overrides are coerced to the correct expected type.
#872 Update dependencies	Updated container to python 3.9 and addressed all dependencies.
#694 add syntactic sugar for entering port speeds	Simplifies the UI for editing port speeds to make it more human friendly.
#717 Loading time issue /cp facility view	Fixed slow load or timeouts for loading data for some facilities
#837 Provide a friendlier explanation when entering / changing a phone number	Provides a tooltip to help people enter E.164 formatted telephone numbers.
#541 When looking at a network record, show last updated ix<->net or fac<->net date	Improved information about when records were last updated.