Pi-hole FTL v5.17, Web v5.14 and Core v5.12 released

As always, please read through the changelog before updating with pihole -up. (A new tag for docker image will arrive in due course.)

Please see our previous post for some highlights of this release

Pi-hole FTL changes:

What’s Changed

• Fix status of blocked special domains when they are in FTL’s DNS cache by @DL6ER in #1383
• Revert “Remove PID and PORT file during shutdown” by @DL6ER in #1384
• Change configuration option for REPLY_WHEN_BUSY ACCEPT > ALLOW by @sticksen in #1389
• Increase DELAY_UPTIME to 180 seconds by @DL6ER in #1386
• Update SQLite3 from 3.39.0 to 3.39.2 by @DL6ER in #1392
• Add a Dev container by @PromoFaux in #1288
• Add darkmode logos by @rdwebdesign in #1393
• Major rewrite of the socket processing routines by @DL6ER in #1396
• Ensure compatibility with gcc 11.2.0 (Ubuntu 11.2.0-19ubuntu1) by @DL6ER in #1412
• Substitute “.” for empty domain names by @DL6ER in #1413

New Contributors

• @sticksen made their first contribution in #1389
• @rdwebdesign made their first contribution in #1393

Full Changelog: v5.16.3...v5.17

Pi-hole Web changes:

What’s Changed

• Fix editing domains from blacklist/whitelist pages by @yubiuser in #2261
• Add the new “integrity check” option to debug log page by @rdwebdesign in #2259
• Allow to delete IDN via API by @yubiuser in #2258
• Make tailLog.php looks like pihole -t by @rdwebdesign in #2263
• Tidy the ends of some php files by @Gontier-Julien in #2264
• Remove unused client_id by @yubiuser in #2267
• Remove dedicated black/whitelist pages + redesign menu by @yubiuser in #2266
• Tweak/readme logo by @rdwebdesign in #2269
• Fix LCARS menu and improve header.php by @rdwebdesign in #2268
• Specify record types at Local DNS records page by @yubiuser in #2273
• Enforce Symfony PHP code style by @DL6ER in #2288
• Move login form to a new page by @rdwebdesign in #2294
• Improve top right menu and sidebar by @rdwebdesign in #2298
• Change docker upgrade link in footer by @yubiuser in #2303
• Remove Content-Security-Policy meta tag by @DL6ER in #2287
• Remove email functionality by @yubiuser in #2301
• Restore save functionality by @yubiuser in #2308
• Improve SVG files by @rdwebdesign in #2307
• Fix the “boxed layout” broken in devel branch by @rdwebdesign in #2311
• Autofocus input field after submitting new item by @jwu910 in #2310
• Adjusting menu colors, active and hover effects on LCARS theme by @rdwebdesign in #2309
• Use the new version file to check for updates by @rdwebdesign in #2306
• Add test to avoid “Undefined Variable” warnings by @rdwebdesign in #2316
• Show “Log Out” link only when the user has the password protection enabled by @rdwebdesign in #2317
• Revert empty domain dot replacement by @yubiuser in #2314
• Fix PHP warnings in docker (Complement of #2316) by @rdwebdesign in #2318

New Contributors

• @jwu910 made their first contribution in #2310

Full Changelog: v5.13...v5.14

Pi-hole Core changes:

What’s Changed

• Add optional health check to Pi-hole databases in debug script by @yubiuser in #4745
• Add spinner for long processes running during debug log by @rdwebdesign in #4815
• Fix shellcheck warnings by @yubiuser in #4825
• Don’t fail if Alma or Rocky are detected by @yubiuser in #4824
• Only execute spinner function if there is a tty by @rdwebdesign in #4834
• Use prefers-color-scheme for theme based logo by @yubiuser in #4838
• Fix spaces in dialog msg by @yubiuser in #4832
• Add OS_CHECK_DEPS to uninstall script by @yubiuser in #4846
• Indent installation/update complete message by @yubiuser in #4848
• Remove unused and outdated files and scripts by @yubiuser in #4847
• Move FTL port and PID functions to utils.sh by @yubiuser in #4839
• Drop explicit support for CentOS 7 from the install script by @PromoFaux in #4828
• Ensure user defined FTL_PID_FILE and FTL_PORT_FILE dirs are created on startup by @yubiuser in #4855
• Exit init script with error result code if FTL fails to start by @dschaper in #4857
• Fix git indention by @yubiuser in #4863
• Extend FTL information in debug log by @yubiuser in #4864
• Skip web server dialog if –disable-install-webserver has been passed by @MichaIng in #4843
• Remove the advanced functionality of the 404 page (Blockpage) by @PromoFaux in #3910
• Add security-related headers to Pi-hole web interface by @DL6ER in #4862
• Store versions as key/value pairs rather than space delimeted values by @PromoFaux in #4875
• Remove the email function by @yubiuser in #4870
• Add jq as dependency and remove json_extract by @yubiuser in #4878

Full Changelog: v5.11.4...v5.12