6.0.0: Fixed RCE from __array__

6.0.0

Date: 2024-02-23

• #551 Resolves security issue that results in RCE. The fix breaks backwards compatibility for those that rely on the __array__ attribute used by numpy. This RCE is only exploitable when the server-side gets the attribute __array__ and calls it (e.g., np.array(x)). This issues effects all versions since major release 4.

5.3.1: Resolved timeout and thread binding issues

5.3.1

Date: 2023-02-21

• #527 Resolved timeout issue that was introduced in 5.2.1
• #525 and #524 Fixed experimental thread binding struct for platforms where unsigned long is 8-bits
  • While the fix for thread binding is not backwards compatible, it only impacts people using an experimental feature. Hence, I did a patch version bump.

5.3.0: 3.11 is now supported, experimental threading support

5.3.0

Date: 2022-11-25

• #515 Support for Python 3.11 is available after teleportation bug fix
• #507 Experimental support for threading is added (default is disabled for now)
• #516 Resolved server-side exceptions due to the logic for checking if a name is in ModuleNamespace
• #511 Improved documentation on the life-cycle of a netref/proxy-object

Thread binding logic is still very experimental. Feel free to provide feedback, contributions, or alternative design options.

5.2.3 Fixed classic and registry entrypoints

5.2.3

Date: 2022-08-03

• #503 rpyc_classic.py and rpyc_registry.py are tracked by pyproject.toml and should resolve now. Moreover, they can now be resolved without their file suffixes as well.

5.2.1: Decorators, SSL updates, and more!

5.2.1

Date: 2022-07-30

• #494 Added support for using decorators to expose methods (see #292)
• #499 Allow BgServingThread serve and sleep intervals to be customized
• #498 Avoid redefining hasattr_static on every check_attr` call
• #489 Updated SSL context usage to avoid deprecated aspects and changes
• #485 Add a configurable timeout on the zero deploy close method
• #484 Fixed --mode CLI argument for rpyc_registry
• #479 Fixed propagation of AttributeErrors raised by exposed descriptors
• #476 Allow filtering by host on list_services
• #493 and #502 Improved documentation and fixed typos
• #492 Some work around race conditions but proper fix is rather involved (see #491)

5.2.0 was skipped due to PyPi not allowing file name reuse

5.1.0: Bug fixes (i.e. deadlocks) and list Registry services feature

• Added types.MappingProxyType to builtin_types #470
• Updated documentation #469
• Fixed spradic dealock issues from wait within AsyncResult #463 and #455
• Fixed chained Classic RPyC connections #460
• Added ability to list Registry services #452
• Fixed bug that prevented RPyC from running on systems without SSL #451
• Fixed unexpected behavior with respect to auto_register #445
• Fixed propagation of chunk_size parameter for download_dir #433

5.0.1: Fixed inspect.isfunction and prevent install on unsupported versions

• Fixed unexpected behavior when using inspect.isfunction #426
• Now prevents installation of RPyC on unsupported versions of python #429

5.0.0: Various improvements and backwards incompatible changes

Backwards Incompatible:

• RPyC 5.0.0 cannot teleport functions to earlier versions
• Deprecated Python 2 support to coincide with it's EOL

Improvements:

• Server hostname default supports IPv4 and IPv6 by using the wildcard address #425
• Added docker/docker-compose.yml for Python 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, and 3.10 containers to improve local workflow
• Fixed pickle failure on windows for connect_multiprocess and connect_thread #412
• Fixed teleport function behavior for keyword-only arguments with default #422
• Improved documentation on custom exception handling
• Fixed IPv6 support for server #407
• Added a simple asynchrounous service example #400

4.1.5

• Fixed mutable object used as kwarg for Server ctor
• Corrections to teleport example
• Lowered GIL-lock acquires for <64kb within channel sends to address slowness

4.1.4

• Merged 3.7 and 3.8 teleportatio compat enhancement #371
• Fixed connection hanging due to namepack cursor #369
• Fixed test dependencies and is_py_* for 3.9