Release History

Version 3.0.0, November 6, 2025

New in this version:

  • Switch from XMLRPC to REST API

Version 2.8.1, July 1, 2025

New in this version:

  • Improved error handling

  • Make RAM check also work on RPi

Version 2.7.0, April 10, 2025

New in this version:

  • Make the client support being installed by pipx

  • Sync system hostname with the configuration value

  • Read admin-url from a file if it exists, for slightly easier registration

  • Lower the maximum PC name length to 40 characters

  • Update log_read to support the 24.04 log file format

Version 2.6.0, December 16, 2024

New in this version:

  • Report last full update time during every check-in

  • Make configs sent with send_config_values read-only

  • Add support for running os2borgerpc_push_config_keys with argument –read-only

  • Validate format of events sent by security scripts

  • Remove unneeded site and distribution configs

  • Only report os_name and _os_release during registration

  • Remove leading and trailing spaces when reporting pc model

  • Add support for Markdown in Read the Docs

  • Include log_read and csv_writer functions

  • Replace pkg_resources with importlib.metadata.version

  • Cleanup rpc.py, remove check_outstanding_packages

  • Make fallback admin URL use https

Version 2.5.0, April 9, 2024

New in this version:

  • Support new integration with Quria used for login via Quria credentials with or without booking

  • Update functions related to SMSTeknik integration to support new functionality

  • Report kernel version and last update time during every check-in

  • Prevent PC info configurations from becoming too long

  • Hide password input parameters everywhere in script log output

  • Keep tabs in log output

  • Add readthedocs.yaml

Version 2.4.1, December 20, 2023

New in this version:

  • Report the computer manufacturer, CPU and RAM to the admin-site during registration

Version 2.4.0, November 28, 2023

New in this version:

  • Support new integration with SMSTeknik and Easy!Appointments used for login via sms verification with or without booking

Version 2.3.1, November 9, 2023

New in this version:

  • Make the client report the current IP addresses to the admin-site during check-in

  • Report the computer model to the admin-site during registration

  • Randomize check-in times on seconds during registration

  • Support new Cicero functionality that prevents simultaneous logins

  • Remove outdated and unused Gateway functionality

Version 2.2.1, May 23, 2023

New in this version:

  • Translate client user interaction to English

Version 2.2.0, February 16, 2023

New in this version:

  • Make the update process be dependent on much less code, so it’s likelihood of breaking is reduced

  • Halve the release/updating speed in case errors are discovered

  • Add commented out code for easily installing from testpypi instead

Version 2.1.1, February 16, 2023

New in this version:

  • Make the client support any distribution without printing an error (mainly to prepare for supporting 22.04 ).

  • Make push_config_keys print out an error when receiving zero arguments and explain why.

  • Black got new formatting rules. Apply them.

Version 2.1.0, September 15, 2022

New in this version:

  • Fix a bug so logs in non-UTF-8 character sets are handled in some fashion. Especially latin-1.

  • Run pending jobs before dealing with unsent jobs, so if unsent jobs cause jobmanager to crash, it can still be solved by running new scripts.

  • If check-in with the adminsite fails continue to run anyway.

Version 2.0.1, August 22, 2022

New in this version:

  • Fix a bug so control characters in log_output which cause xmlrpc to fail are filtered out before sending them to the server.

Version 2.0.0, July 11, 2022

New in this version:

  • Build auto-updating itself into the client.

  • Refactor security system and separate it out into its own file.

  • Consolidate calls to send_config_keys.

  • Security system changed to use a resolution down to seconds rather than just minutes.

  • Add automated tests.

  • Remove parameters.json after script run, sanitize log output.

  • Improved documentation.

  • Allow uppercase in computer names again.

  • Set /etc/hosts correctly.

  • Add linting.

Version 1.3.0, February 14, 2022

New in this version:

  • Ensure job status never goes unreported.

  • Checkin times now randomized when PC is registered with the admin system.

Version 1.2.0, November 24, 2021

New in this version:

  • Documentation now on Read The Docs, reference to this documentation in README.

  • Ensure user enters a valid name for the newly registered PC.

  • New RPC endpoint (citizen_login) added to client to support integration with existing library login systems such as Cicero.

Version 1.1.3, May 7, 2021

New in this version:

  • Display Ubuntu version in computer’s configuration.

  • Fix ValueError/conversion error from YAML.

  • Improved documentation.

Version 1.1.2, January 29, 2021

New in this version:

  • Fix bug in handling of basenames for downloaded files.

Version 1.1.1, January 29, 2021

New in this version:

  • Fix unsafe deletion of old security scripts.

Version 1.1.0, January 13, 2021

New in this version:

  • Proper handling of timeout and version.

Version 1.0.1, January 5, 2021

New in this version:

  • The OS2borgerPC client was moved to its own repository.