Release 0.30

[lidel]

Meta

• Release owner: @lidel
• Release reviewer: @gammazero
• RC1 date: Aug 21st
• RC2 date: Aug 28th
• RC3 date: Aug 5th-ish
• 🚢 Expected final release date: Sep 11th
• Release PR: Release: v0.30.0 [skip changelog] #10490
• Accompanying PR for improving the release process: docs: update RELEASE_CHECKLIST.md #10496
• Changelog: https://github.com/ipfs/kubo/blob/master/docs/changelogs/v0.30.md

Items In Scope

Required

• feat: go-libp2p 0.36 and /webrtc-direct listener #10463
• feat: run AutoNAT V2 service in addition to V1 #10468
• chore: go-libp2p 0.35.1 #10430
• routing/http: fix goroutine/memory leak [skip changelog] boxo#618
• chore: update dependencies incl. boxo v0.21.0 #10444
• websocket: failed to close network connection: close tcp #10416 with chore: Bump gorilla/websocket to 1.5.3 libp2p/go-libp2p#2861
• bitswap/server: wantlist overflows fails in a toxic maner preventing any data transfer boxo#527
• test docker on raspberrypi, investigate docker arm warning (log)
• chore: update dependencies #10462
• libp2p: default to prefering TLS #10227
• fix(bitswap): increase timeout to ensure hole punching completes boxo#651
• Memory leak #10461
• fix(daemon): panic in periodic bootstrap check #10473
• feat: webui v4.3.0 #10477
• fix: go-libp2p v0.36.2 #10483
• chore: update go-ipfs-cmds and boxo #10485
• go-libp2p-kad-dht regression; CanConnect fix chore: fix connectedness libp2p/go-libp2p-kad-dht#976
  • chore: go-libp2p-kad-dht v0.26.1 #10488 & chore: correctly merge fix from #976 libp2p/go-libp2p-kad-dht#980
• chore: update go-unixfsnode, cmds, and boxo #10494
• go1.23 timers cause issues with libp2p connmgr and more #10501
  • workaround to unblock release: fix: switch back to go1.22 #10502

Nice To Have (Optional)

• feat(gw): support UnixFS 1.5 on gateway responses as Last-Modified boxo#659
• chore(daemon): sort listeners #10480
• feat: Support storing UnixFS 1.5 Mode and ModTime #10478
• refactor(chunker): reduce overall memory use boxo#649
• feat(daemon): improve stdout on startup #10472
• fix(gateway): Cache-Control header for UnixFS directories on /ipfs boxo#643
• fix(gateway): return 404 in no-fetch contexts #10466
• feat: periodic version check and json config #10438
• chore: gateway-conformance v6 #10441
• chore: upgrade to go 1.23 #10486
• fix(cli): preserve hostname specified with --api in http request headers #10497

[lidel]

We've found a potential regression in go-libp2p-kad-dht and RC1 will be slightly delayed until we have a fix.
In the meantime, working on Support for UnixFS 1.5 Mode and ModTime and hoping to include it in RC1 as well.