This release adds the following features:

• Allow loading in parameters for the test device from fwupd.conf
• Ensure LVFS remotes are changed from .gz to .xz
• Store the install duration in the history database

This release fixes the following bugs:

• Drop OverrideESPMountPoint references in uefi-capsule
• Fix a potential double-free when writing AVer firmware
• Only request the BOS descriptor when bcdUSB > 0x0200
• Use the root device order when sorting device children

This release adds the following features:

• Allow plugins to opt-into a default device GType

This release fixes the following bugs:

• Correctly detect ARM32 and RISC-V UEFI binaries
• Correctly migrate the database schema from very old fwupd versions
• Fix critical warnings when using FWUPD_DBUS_SOCKET= on macOS
• Fix DS-20 descriptors by opening the GUsbDevice earlier
• Fix updating the fingerprint reader on the Framework 13 and 16 laptop
• Fix warning when probing devices using the metadata allowlist
• Only recover the version format for specific devices

This release adds the following features:

• Add a timer inhibit if the daemon took a long time to startup
• Add a concept of 'Test Mode' rather than enabling specific plugins
• Do not idle-quit the daemon if there is a connected D-Bus client

This release fixes the following bugs:

• Allow plugins to opt-out of the child-device first depsolve
• Allow setting multiple flags in LVFS::DeviceFlags
• Do not migrate config comments for removed keys
• Do not request the Advantech BMC to reboot
• Do not warn the user about ESP when using MBR
• Fix a critical warning when adding a PixArt wireless device
• Fix migration of legacy config files
• Only save config values to the mutable config file
• Parse DS-20 descriptors earlier in device setup
• Store the version format in the history database to fix offline reports
• Use the correct GUID for matching realtek-mst and parade-lspcon

This release adds support for the following hardware:

• GoodWay Acer Dock

This release adds the following features:

• Add remote modification support to fwupdtool
• Add support for more modify-config options
• Generate HTML pages for all man pages

This release fixes the following bugs:

• Assume the legacy LVFS::UpdateRequestId tag is non-generic
• Avoid crashing the daemon if not using udisks
• Correctly mark the CPU as supported
• Correctly match invalid EFI partitions
• Do not change the device status until the action has completed
• Do not require systemd for fwupdtool modify-config
• Enable access to the home interface for snap
• Fix an assertion when enabling lvfs-testing for the first time
• Fix a possible crash in fwupdtool build-cabinet
• Handle systems with more than one ccp device
• Only check AMD CPUs for SHSTK, not IBT
• Only write the mutable fwupd.conf with the current values
• Re-evaluate supported every time pci-psp attributes are refreshed
• Show "CET OS support" on AMD systems too

This release adds support for the following hardware:

• AVer CAM340plus
• AVer VB342 Pro
• More Algoltek devices

Version 1.9.11

Released: 2024-01-03

This release adds the following features:

• Allow exporting 'offline' reports for manual upload

This release fixes the following bugs:

• Add some recovery partition names to ignore for ESP selection
• Check for CET and SMAP on non-Intel x86 processors too
• Correctly mark the CPU as supported in the HSI tests
• Do not fail on probing downstream Synaptics MST ports
• Do not offer to change BIOS settings that are already set
• Do not prefer msftdata when choosing the default ESP
• Do not show spurious device request flags
• Fix a missing build dependency to fwupdplugin-self-test
• Fix a segfault when using zlib-ng instead of zlib
• Fix updating Jabra 410, 510, 710 and 810 devices
• Match more community-supported branches
• Remove the Intel SPIBAR proxy support as the mtd module works
• Show a better error when the ESP is missing
• Show an error if the post-update version does not match exactly
• Speed up Synaptics MST device enumeration

This release adds support for the following hardware:

• Algoltek USB devices
• Luxshare Quad USB4 Dock

This release adds the following features:

• Add support for not_hardware requirements
• Add support for loongarch64
• Add support for per-release priority attributes
• Make USB claim retry count configurable across devices

This release fixes the following bugs:

• Compare the HID report value when checking for duplicates
• Consider the component priority when installing composite updates
• Deploy the CCGX firmware correctly the first time
• Do not export the 'main-system-firmware' and 'cpu' GUIDs
• Enforce fwupd version requirements client side
• Fix Genesys 'failed to get static tool info from device' error
• Fix potential 'dereference before null check' in ccmx-dmc
• Fix the 'already registered private FuMmDevice flag with value' warning
• Fix the 'assertion backend_id != NULL failed' runtime warning
• Fix Wacom USB device emulation by recording the composite phases
• Generate generic request message text where possible
• Hide HTTP passwords in fwupd debugging logs
• Let the client know what interaction is expected
• Make all critical warnings into backtraces for non-release builds
• Never obsolete the wrong HSI attribute
• Never show a HSI index that is impossible
• Only apply fastboot plugin to modem devices supporting fastboot
• Only send interactive requests when the sender is alive
• Remove the now-obsolete Synaptics MST cascade device scanning
• Replace the Redfish KCS user if required
• Restrict mediatek-scaler devices on specific hardware only
• Skip any recovery partitions when detecting ESP

This release adds support for the following hardware:

• AVer CAM520 Pro3

Version 1.9.9

Released: 2023-11-20

This release adds the following features:

• Add a new generic request for the device power cable

This release fixes the following bugs:

• Disable scanning for synaptics-mst cascade devices until it is more stable
• Disable the mediatek-scaler plugin by default until we do VCP probing
• Do not enforce additional requires on emulated devices
• Fix a potential critical warning when listing the contents of the ESP
• Fix 'fwupdmgr get-devices' with deeply nested devices
• Make the Kinetic DP GUID specific to the customer
• Only use the USB open-retry behaviour when required
• Remove obsoleted HSI attributes earlier
• Remove the timestamp from gzip to achieve a reproducible build
• Support cabinet archives produced using 'makecab.exe'
• Use metadata authentication when using 'fwupdtool refresh'
• Use the generic ti-tps6598x GUID and instead enforce requriements

This release adds support for the following hardware:

• Lenovo X1 Yoga Gen7 530E
• Advantech BMC devices

This release adds the following features:

• Add a DP AUX device subclass and port the Synaptics MST plugin to it
• Add a feature flag for non-generic requests where translations are required
• Hide generic VID/PIDs to avoid accidental firmware matches
• Optionally set the modem carrier configuration as the branch name
• Rename 'fwupdmgr sync-bkc' to 'fwupdmgr sync' and also consider the branch
• Require additional requirements for devices using non-OEM USB VIDs
• Set the waiting-for-user status when sending a request
• Support uSWID SBoM data with LZMA compressed payloads

This release fixes the following bugs:

• Accept any registry versions when parsing Redfish message IDs
• Do not read the AMDGPU DM DPCD on broken firmware versions
• Do not save obsoleted HSI attributes into the history database
• Fix a crash when some DRM devices are hotplugged
• Fix a possible crash in fu_io_channel_read_raw()
• Fix parsing LZMA-compressed EFI sections
• Only use the architecture-specific GUID for UEFI dbx quirk matching
• Parse all the type 42 SMBIOS tables
• Prompt the user to reboot after applying internal Wacom firmware
• Respect no-serial-number flags when using GUID matches
• Use the etag when patching Redfish resources
• Use the username and password to get metadata when set

This release adds support for the following hardware:

• Kinetic SST/MST DisplayPort converters
• Wacom Cintiq Pros (DTH172, DTH227)

This release adds the following features:

• Add support for child device requirements in metadata
• Allow to have more than one host BKC
• Delete BootNext as a post-reboot action to work around broken firmware
• Parse cabinet archives internally without libgcab
• Use close-ended mode for eMMC FFU to speed up firmware updates

This release fixes the following bugs:

• Do not abort 'fwupdmgr update' when one updatable device has a problem
• Do not call unimplemented functions when running under Wine
• Do not modify the BootOrder by default to work around broken firmware
• Do not treat an immutable buffer as mutable in the vli plugin
• Drop the concept of HSI:INVALID:missing-data and just show HSI-0
• Fix a small memory leak in bulkcontroller when getting the device info
• Inhibit the Nordic HID dongle when there are peripheral updates pending
• Retry claiming the interface if the USB device returns BUSY
• Send the Olson location to bulkcontroller rather than the timezone
• Use a longer timeout for the post-erase STM32 GetStatus
• Wait 60 seconds for the bulkcontroller device after writing firmware

This release adds support for the following hardware:

• Logitech Rally System devices
• More PixartRF HPAC devices
• More Synaptics Prometheus fingerprint readers
• Some Western Digital eMMC devices
• VIA VL830 and VL832

This release adds the following features:

• Add a launchd agent for macOS
• Add a new security attribute for BIOS capsule updates to be enabled
• Add functionality to fix specific host security attributes
• Add global information from the context into the report data
• Add support for coSWID payload sections
• Add support for parsing the EDID
• Allow adding only-quirk instance IDs from quirk files
• Install a sysusers.d systemd file when using -Dsystemd_unit_user

This release fixes the following bugs:

• Allow devices to require a connected display
• Allow Wacom modules to specify a status polling interval
• Do not show Intel CET unsupported as success
• Do not show multiple Genesys GL32xx devices for the same physical device
• Fix a fuzzing timeout in the HID descriptor parser
• Recalculate the SUPPORTED flag after adopting a child device
• Reduce the amount of memory used when chunking large firmware
• Speed up logitech-bulkcontroller firmware updates
• Stop reading ownership and TPM flashes left in Dell plugin
• Try to use the LVFS when using report-history --force
• Write the coSWID TAG_ID as a bytestring when possible

This release adds support for the following hardware:

• AMD dGPUs, Navi3x and above
• Foxconn SDX12, SDX55 and SDX6X devices
• Google Rex Intel USB-4 retimers
• MediaTek DP AUX Scalers
• Quectel EM160 module
• Star Labs StarBook Mk VIr2
• VLI VL105-VL109
• Wacom DTH134 and DTC121 Tablets