Version 2.1.15

GUI

• No changes.

Server

• Fix IOU symlink issue on remote servers.
• Fix vcpus configuration for GNS3 VM on VMware. Ref #2738.

Version 2.2.0a2

GUI

• Try to handle stacked widget layout differently. Ref #2605
• Early support for symbol themes.
• New export project wizard.
• Update paths for binaries moved to the MacOS directory in GNS3.app
• Prevent to change layer position for locked items. Ref #2679
• Display available appliances in a hierarchical folder structure. Fixes #2702
• Handle locking/unlocking items independently from the layer position.
• Better description to why an appliance cannot be installed.
• Force jsonschema dependency to 2.6.0
• Fix broken idle-pc support. Fixes #1515

Server

• Web-UI v2019.1.0-alpha.1
• Update docs for update-bundled-web-ui.sh
• Fix issue when loading and quickly closing a project and opening it again. Fixes #1501.
• Disable unreliable nested virtualization check.
• Fix issue not checking build number on Windows.
• Change Hyper-V requirement checks.
• Early support for symbol themes.
• Re-order handlers in order to prevent CORS
• Download custom appliance symbols from GitHub Fix symbol cache issue. Ref #2671
• Option to export snapshots.
• Support tags versioned WebUI when bundling
• Support selecting a compression type when exporting a project.
• Change how VPCS executable is searched.
• Use aiofiles where relevant.
• Update paths for binaries moved to the MacOS directory in GNS3.app
• Locked state should not be used when duplicating a node.
• Handle locking/unlocking items independently from the layer position.
• Use aiozipstream for snapshots. Fix tests.
• Project duplication support.

Version 2.1.14

GUI

• Better description to why an appliance cannot be installed.

Server

• Fix issue when setting cpuid.corespersocket for the GNS3 VM. Fixes #2723
• Bump ACPI Shutdown Timeout to 120 seconds. Ref #1536

Version 2.1.13

GUI

• Disable computer hibernation detection mechanism. Ref #2678
• Add some advice for request timeout message. Fixes #2652
• Show/Hide interface labels when status points are not shown. Fixes #2690
• Do not print critical message twice on stderr. Replace QMessageBox calls with no parent by log.error()/log.warning().
• Show critical messages before the main window runs.
• Avoid using PyQt5.Qt, which imports unneeded stuff. Fixes #2592
• Fix SIP import error with recent PyQt versions. Fixes #2709
• Upgrade to Qt 5.12. Fixes #2636
• Adjust the setup wizard (VMware image size, layouts).

Server

• Force jsonschema dependency to 2.6.0
• Less aggressive connections to uBridge. Ref #1289
• Fix topology images (Pictures) disappearing from projects. Fixes #1514.
• Reset MAC addresses when duplicating a project. Fixes #1522
• Fix API call to create a node from an appliance doesn't return the new node data. Fixes #1527
• Detect invalid environment variable and send a warning when creating a Docker node. Ref #2683
• Do not export/import symlinks for projects. Fixes #2699
• Fix symlink not being created for duplicated IOU devices. Fixes #2699
• Configure coresPerSocket value in VMX file for the GNS3 VM. Fixes #2688
• Count logical CPUs to detect if the number of vCPUs is too high when configuring the GNS3 VM. Fixes #2688.
• Add explicit error when trying to pull a Docker image from Docker Hub without Internet access. Fixes #1506.
• Fixes double display output in GRUB in QEMU v3.1. Fixes #1516.

Version 2.2.0a1

GUI

• Fix default NAT interface not restored on Windows. Fixes #2681
• Merge and improvements to the setup wizard. Fixes #2676.
• Adjust the setup wizard (VMware image size, layouts).
• Refactor appliance wizard.
• Natural sorting support for custom adapters tree widget.
• Add the word "template" to configuration dialog titles.
• Reorder node contextual menu.
• Option to limit the size of node symbols (activated by default). Ref #2674.
• Resize SVG node symbol only when height is above 80px. Ref #2674 Work on str instead of binary when resizing SVG symbol.
• Automatically resize SVG symbols that are too big. Ref #2674.
• Bigger new template wizard.
• Fix DeprecationWarning: invalid escape sequence. Fixes #2670
• Use theme icons in other contextual menus. Fixes #2669
• Change some text regarding appliance installation.
• Handle errors when creating template from appliance.
• Template creation from an appliance.
• Basic support to create new template from appliance.
• Fix race condition when trying to automatically open a console and the project is already running. Fixes #1493.
• Fix issue with IOS c7200 templates and usage variable.
• Add usage instructions to node tooltip. Ref #2662.
• Smaller node info dialog.
• New node information dialog to display general, usage and command line information. Ref #2662 #2656
• Support "usage" field for Dynamips, IOU, VirtualBox and VMware. Fixes #2657
• Add "new template" entry to File menu. Fixes #2658
• Fix bug with filter in add template. Fixes #2651.
• Fix missing method '_newApplianceActionSlot'. Fixes #2643.
• Use "template" to name what we use to create new nodes.
• Use project instead of topology where appropriate.
• Make sure nothing is named "compute server".
• Use "node" instead of "appliance" for grid support.
• Support for differing grid sizes for appliances and drawings. Requires corresponding commit on gns3-server.
• New projects can be created with show grid/snap to grid.
• Disallow changing layer of a locked object. Ref #2513.
• Cosmetic changes regarding appliances.
• Fix issue when duplicating an appliance on GUI side.
• Fix issue to access configuration pages for Ethernet switch and hub appliances.
• Fix small bugs when using the new appliance management API.
• Fix bug with custom adapters and categories for Docker VM. Fixes #2613
• Fix bug with categories with Docker appliances.
• Schema validation for appliance API. Ref #1427.
• Remove generic controller settings API endpoint.
• Fix conflict between the two websocket streams (project & controller).
• Fix platform.linux_distribution() is deprecated. Fixes #2578
• Allow multiple appliances to be installed. Ref #2490
• Add more information about appliance templates.
• New appliance wizard to install an appliance from different sources. Ref #2490
• Redesign appliance handling part 1. Ref #2490 - Removed appliance templates from device dock - Use new controller notification stream - Fixed device update and remove from device dock
• Fix "Network session error" issues. Fixes #2560.
• Set default layer for newly created nodes to 1 and 2 for all other drawings. Ref #2513.
• Deactivate TraceNG module
• Main menu actions to WebUI and Light Web Interface
• Enable TraceNG module
• Add Solar-Putty command line. Ref #2519.
• Fix issues when locking/unlocking items. Ref #2513.
• Fix tests for default note font/color.
• Console support for clouds (to connect to external devices or services). Fixes #2500.
• Fix LabelItem tests.
• Separate appliance font from note font. Fixes #2477.
• Do not include spaces in link description (%d replacement) for packet analyzer command. Ref #2485.
• Fix error when trying to open project. Fixes #2508
• Launch packet capture analyzer command without creating pipe.
• Streamline appliance wizard. Fixes #2224.
• Fix "Node list view not updated when renaming or deleting appliance template". Fixes #2356.
• Automatically resize the Custom adapters configuration dialog. Fixes #2467.
• Change size of custom adapters configuration dialog. Ref #2467.
• Improve node tooltips. Fixes #2462.
• Do not activate "console auto start" by default. Ref #1910.
• Support for console auto start. Fixes #1910
• Add custom_adapters setting support for appliance files. Ref #2361.
• Possibility to customize port names and adapter types for Qemu, VirtualBox, VMware and Docker. Fixes #2361. MAC addresses can customized for Qemu as well.
• Allow to have the projects with the same name in different locations. Fixes #2380.
• Save state feature for VirtualBox and VMware. New "On close" setting to select the action to execute when closing/stopping a Qemu/VirtualBox/VMware VM.
• Support for suspend to disk / resume (Qemu). Ref #725.
• Fix bug with 'none' console type for Ethernet switch. Fix some tests related to traceng.
• Allow to resize a Qemu VM disk (extend only). Ref #2382.
• Allow to select the default NAT interface in preferences for local server.
• Fix missing lock and unlock icons in resources.
• Consistent icon styles for contextual menu. Fixes #1272.
• Spice with agent support for Qemu VMs. Fixes #2355.
• Fix zoom-in zoom-out step values. Ref #2457.
• Support for console type "none" for all VMs. Fixes #2452.
• Allow to copy Dynamips, IOU, Qemu and Docker templates in preferences. Fixes #2451.
• Support for none console type (Qemu & Docker only)
• Support Qemu with HAXM acceleration.
• Use PyQt 5.10 and change AV build to use MSVS2017
• PyQt5.10 support, Ref. #2434
• Allow to accept a different md5 hash than the one in the appliance file. Ref. server#1246
• Critical information during upload file with different md5, Ref. #1246
• Restore locked item state.
• Bump to version 2.2.0dev1 & refresh resources/ui files.
• Have the contextual menu use icons from the active style. Ref #1272.
• Individually lock or unlock an item on the scene. Fixes #1228.
• Improve lock and unlock all items so some actions can still be performed on objects. Fixes #1134.
• Lock or unlock all items button. Fixes #1134.
• Move console to all devices icon after the separation bar. Ref #1272
• Lock icons. Ref #1134.

Server

• Restore reload support for nodes.
• Tune how to get the size of SVG images. Ref #2674. * Default for missing height/width is "100%" as defined in the SVG specification * Better error message, if viewBox attribute is missing * Removal of "%" in percent more fault tolerant by using rstrip("%")
• Fix DeprecationWarning: invalid escape sequence. Fixes #2670
• Fix issue with coroutine not awaited. Fixes #1499
• Remove "deprecated" node for VirtualBox based GNS3 VM support. Ref #1377
• Fix wrong controller method call.
• Move appliance and template management code in their own classes.
• Try to delete saved VM state only if a snapshot has been saved.
• Set socket options SO_KEEPALIVE and TCP_NODELAY for embedded Telnet server. Ref #1335
• Fix issue with notification queue that prevented to properly close projects. Fix #1493
• Fix issue with "usage" variable for Dynamips VMs. Fixes #1495
• New node information dialog to display general, usage and command line information. Ref #2662 #2656
• Support "usage" field for Dynamips, IOU, VirtualBox and VMware. Fixes #2657
• Automatically create a symbolic link to the IOU image in the IOU working directory. Fixes #1484
• Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/2.1' into 2.1
• Fix link pause/filters only work for the first interface of Docker containers. Fixes #1482
• Fix ConnectionResetError issues and switch to aiohttp version 3.4.4. Fixes #1474.
• Fix server authentication.
• Fix issue when there is no gns3_controller.conf. Fixes #2644
• Fix non responsive console for Docker VMs. Fixes #2645
• Back to classic symbol theme. Ref #2644
• docker_vm: fix x11vnc not starting
• Use "template" to name what we use to create new nodes.
• Use project instead of topology where appropriate.
• Make sure nothing is named "compute server".
• Allow usage property in Docker appliance.
• Use "node" instead of "appliance" for grid support.
• Telnet console resize support for Docker VM.
• Allow appliances to be loaded from file without the appliance id.
• Update schema to allow for drawing grid size to be part of project.
• Avoid _fix_permissions() to be called twice when stopping Docker VM. Ref #1428
• Fix _fix_permissions() garbles permissions in Docker VM. Ref #1428
• Fix "None is not of type 'integer'" when opening project containing a Qemu VM. Fixes #2610.
• Remove useless warning.
• Normalize symbol ID on Windows.
• Use POSIX path for symbol ID.
• Early support for symbol themes.
• Fix broken examples in API documentation.
• Add more information about appliances to the API documentation.
• Use Python3.6 to build the API documentation.
• Add missing files for API documentation.
• Restore previously removed test.
• Update API documentation for appliance endpoints. Ref #2630
• Require privileged access for uBridge when using VMware VMs and Docker containers. Fixes #1461.
• Only require privileged access for uBridge when connecting a cloud to an Ethernet/TAP interface. Fixes #1461.
• Allow virtual machines to use files in project directory as disk images.
• Support to duplicate an appliance.
• Fix mac address schema validation for Qemu VM appliance. Fixes https://github.com...

Version 2.1.12

• Option to resize SVG symbols that are too big (height above 80px, activated by default). Ref #2674.
• Update VMware banners and links.
• Allow users to refresh the template list in the nodes view panel.
• Fix Dynamips decompress doesn't work with relative images. Fixes #2648.
• Update download URL for "Check For Update".
• Tune how to get the size of SVG images.
• Automatically create a symbolic link to the IOU image in the IOU working directory.
• Fix link pause/filters only work for the first interface of Docker containers.
• Telnet console resize support for Docker VM.
• Fix _fix_permissions() garbles permissions in Docker VM.
• Fix "None is not of type 'integer'" when opening project containing a Qemu VM.
• Only require Xtigervnc or Xvfb+x11vnc for Docker with vnc console.
• Support tigervnc in Docker VM.
• Update minimum VIX version requirements for VMware.

Version 2.1.11

• Handle deleted SIP objects.
• Update paths for UltraVNC and VirtViewer.
• Indicate if Solar-PuTTY is included or not. Fixes #2595
• Fix bad link to installation instructions in README.rst. Fixes #2590
• Downgrade to Qt 5.9. Fixes #2592.

Version 2.1.10

• Fix small errors like unhandled exceptions etc.
• Fix when appliance version is not available for Dynamips/IOU/Qemu. Fixes #2585.
• Fix issue when installing appliance with no version selected. Fixes #2585.
• Check for existing appliance name across all emulator types. Fixes #2584.
• Improve the invalid port format detection. Fixes #2580
• Catch OSError/PermissionError when checking md5 on remote image. Fixes #2582.
• Fix UnicodeDecodeError in file editor. Fixes #2581.
• Catch import error for win32serviceutil. Fixes #2583.
• Fix bug with empty project ID when creating a new node. Fixes #2366
• Fix various small errors, mostly about non-existing C/C++ objects.
• Send extra controller and compute information in crash reports.
• Update setup.py and fix minor issues.
• Set the default delay console all value to 1500ms if using Solar-PuTTY.
• Make Solar-Putty the default if installed. Ref #2519.
• Fix issue with custom appliance. Fixes GNS3/gns3-registry#361
• Forbid controller and compute servers to be different versions. Report last compute server error to clients and display in the server summary.
• Fix issue with appliance categories. Fixes GNS3/gns3-registry#361
• Add compute information to crash reports.
• Add controller version in Sentry bug reports.
• Backport: Fix "Network session error" issues. Fixes #2560.
• Add SolarPutty command line. Fixes #2519.
• Add missing Qemu boot priority values. Fixes GNS3/gns3-server#1385
• Update PyQt5 from version 5.8 to version 5.10. Fixes #2564.
• Include locale information and GNS3 VM version in crash reports.
• Import encodings.idna to avoid LookupError when standard library is in a zip file.
• Catch exceptions in various locations to fix small issues reported by Sentry.
• Check if serial pipe can be opened for VMware and VirtualBox VMs.
• Update aiohttp verion requirement in order to support Python 3.7. Fixes #2566
• Catch asyncio.CancelledError when shutting down the server.
• Report GNS3 VM errors to the GUI server summary. Ref #1359.
• Replace vboxnet0 (if it does not exist) by the first available vboxnet interface on Windows. Fixes GNS3/gns3-vm#102
• Check if the VirtualBox host-only network exists when starting a GNS3 VM running on VirtualBox. Ref GNS3/gns3-vm#102
• Change file timestamps if necessary because ZIP does not support timestamps before 1980. Fixes #1360.
• Add missing coroutine decorator Ref #2566
• Refactor asyncio locking system for Python 3.7 support. Ref #2566 Ref #2568
• Use asyncio.ensure_future() instead of asyncio.async() with conservative approach to support Python < 3.4.4. Fixes #2566
• Fix exception with short names for Dynamips interfaces. Fixes #1386.

Version 2.1.9

• Fix incorrect short port names in topology summary. Fixes #2562
• Add compute version in server summary tooltip.
• Fix test for Qemu boot priority. Fixes #2548.
• Fix boot priority missing when installing an appliance. Fixes #2548.
• Support PATH with UTF-8 characters in OSX telnet console, fixes #2537
• Allow users to accept different MD5 hashes for preconfigured appliances. Fixes #2526.
• Do not try to update drawing if it is being deleted. Ref #2483.
• Catch exception when loading invalid appliance file.

Version 2.1.8

• Add error information when cannot access/read IOS/IOU config file. Ref #2501
• Fallback when using process name to bring console to front.
• Use process name to bring console to front. Fixes #2514.