From 75e37ca8967f56dd1da7981d6c97afabf55e3520 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jakub Kuczys Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2026 00:09:25 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Red 3.5.23 - Changelog (#6675) --- CHANGES.rst | 82 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 82 insertions(+) diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst index 3b40c2394..f72181932 100644 --- a/CHANGES.rst +++ b/CHANGES.rst @@ -1,5 +1,87 @@ .. Red changelogs +Redbot 3.5.23 (2026-03-04) +========================== + +| Thanks to all these amazing people that contributed to this release: +| :ghuser:`cswimr`, :ghuser:`EternalllZM`, :ghuser:`Evanroby`, :ghuser:`Flame442`, :ghuser:`Jackenmen`, :ghuser:`Kowlin`, :ghuser:`karlsbjorn`, :ghuser:`palmtree5`, :ghuser:`PredaaA`, :ghuser:`VasilisThePikachu`, :ghuser:`yamikaitou` + +Read before updating +-------------------- + +#. We are planning to remove support for Red on systems using the **armv7l** architecture in **Red 3.6.0**. + The support for other architectures (**x86-64** and **aarch64**) will remain unchanged per our existing `end-user-guarantees`. + + If you have any concerns regarding this, please reach out to us on `our discord server `__. + +#. Information for Audio users that are using an external Lavalink instance (if you don't know what that is, you should skip this point): + + - Red 3.5.23 uses a new Lavalink jar that you will need to manually update from `our GitHub `__. + - We've updated our default application.yml file and you should update your instance's ``application.yml`` accordingly. + + More specifically, we bumped the version of YT source plugin. + `Download Red 3.5.23's default application.yml file `__ + +#. Following operating systems are no longer supported as they have already reached their end of life: + + - macOS 13 (Ventura) + - Fedora 41 + - Raspberry Pi OS (Legacy) 11 + +End-user changelog +------------------ + +Additions +********* + +- **Core - Command-line Interfaces** - Added new ``--cog-path`` flag allowing to specify additional cog paths for the current bot invocation (:issue:`6506`, :issue:`6510`) + +Changes +******* + +- **Core - Dependencies** - Red's dependencies have been bumped (:issue:`6666`) +- |cool| **Cogs - Audio** - The cog has been updated to support Discord's new end-to-end encryption protocol - `DAVE `__ (:issue:`6665`) +- **Cogs - Warnings** - Added a new ``[p]warningset mywarnings sendtodms`` setting that determines whether the output of ``[p]mywarnings`` should be sent in user's DMs or in the current channel (:issue:`6641`, :issue:`6673`) + +Removals +******** + +- **Core - OS Support** - macOS 13 (Ventura), Fedora 41, and Raspberry Pi OS (Legacy) 11 are no longer supported as they have already reached their end of life (:issue:`6669`) + +Fixes +***** + +- |cool| **Core** - Fixed the bot's commands not working when the bot was installed as a user app (:issue:`6501`, :issue:`6503`) +- **Core** - Fixed the bot's fuzzy command help not ignoring users that are on the bot's blocklist (:issue:`6482`, :issue:`6594`) +- **Core** - Fixed the bot process hanging for indefinite time when trying to shutdown from an unhandled exception (:issue:`5780`, :issue:`6659`) +- **Core - Bot Commands** - Fixed the modal in the ``[p]set api`` command failing to submit (:issue:`6626`) +- **Core - Bot Commands** - Fixed the ``[p]traceback`` command not being able to send long tracebacks in DMs (:issue:`6656`) +- |cool| **Cogs - Audio** - Fixed a bunch of YT playback issues (:issue:`6665`) +- **Cogs - General** - Fixed the ``[p]serverinfo 1`` command failing when the server's feature list is too long (:issue:`6636`, :issue:`6652`) +- **Cogs - Streams** - The cog will now check that the bot has necessary permissions before sending stream alert messages (:issue:`4967`) +- **Cogs - Warnings** - Fixed the bot revealing a moderator that warned the user in the output of ``[p]mywarnings`` command when the ``[p]warningset showmoderator`` setting is disabled (:issue:`6641`, :issue:`6673`) + +Developer changelog +------------------- + +Changes +******* + +- |cool| **Core - Dependencies** - Bumped ``discord.py`` to version 2.7.1 (:issue:`6664`) + +Fixes +***** + +- **Core - Bot Class** - Fixed a regression in the `Red.send_interactive()` method causing it to not work with `discord.Member` and `discord.User` objects (:issue:`6656`) + +Documentation changes +--------------------- + +- Added `backup_red` document (:issue:`3421`, :issue:`6654`) +- Updated the `bot_application_guide` according to changes in Discord Developer Portal's interface (:issue:`6647`) + +---- + Redbot 3.5.22 (2025-09-05) ==========================