Kamailio SIP Server - New Features in 5.8.x Version

📘 Previous version was 5.7.x (released on May 2023), see what was new in that release at:

New In v5.7.x

📘 This is a draft of new features added in this version, manually updated, thus not always synchronized with what is new in source code repository.

New Modules

file_out

Logging from config to a file.

https://www.kamailio.org/docs/modules/devel/modules/file_out.html

gcrypt

Crypto functions for config file.

https://www.kamailio.org/docs/modules/devel/modules/gcrypt.html

influxdbc

Connector to InfluxDB.

https://www.kamailio.org/docs/modules/devel/modules/influxdbc.html

microhttpd

Simple HTTP server implementation.

https://www.kamailio.org/docs/modules/devel/modules/microhttpd.html

Archived Modules

app_sqlang

https://github.com/kamailio/kamailio-archive/tree/main/src/modules/app_sqlang

auth_identity

https://github.com/kamailio/kamailio-archive/tree/main/src/modules/auth_identity

New in existing Modules

cdp

added support for TLS
support for diameter routing agent (DRA) / relay
support for re-auth on ro sessions initiated from charging server

cfgt

skip_unknown modparam
route_log modparam

corex

new function via_reply_add_xavp_params()
rpc command to print shm status report to file based on filter
rpc corex.list_sockets use now lowercase for field names
rpc corex.list_aliases use now lowercase for field names

db_mysql

enable TLS when building with mariadb-connector-c
new module param opt_ssl_ca to configure CA certs

db_redis

added TLS support

dispatcher

option to retain existing latency stats when reloading destinations
new function ds_dsg_fetch()
new variable $dsg(key) to get attributes of a dispatcher group
$dsg(key) - count active/inactive targets in the group

dmq

added function to find dmq node by IP

dmq_usrloc:

copy and send attributes related to contacts

geoip2

added function for distance

htable

rpc command to perform a dmq sync action
option to dmq sync a single htable via rpc
rpc command to perform a dmq resync action
added column packing features

http_client

added parameter timeout_mode (timeout in seconds or milliseconds)

imc

added function to check if a room is active
added function to check if a user is member of a chat room

ims_charging

implemented restore of Ro sessions from database
enhancements to make module compatible to other charging servers
added option to get and use P-Access-Network-Info for terminating scenario

ims_dialog

added support for database backend
added function to get dialog by hash entry and id

ims_ipsec_pcscf

add optional AoR argument to ipsec_destroy()
new function to destroy IPSec based on Contact and received IP and port
add q value to Security-Server header for IPSec
options for ipsec_forward() to use Via or try TCP

ims_qos

added suspend_transaction parameter
option to use received ip, port and proto from via
option to set DLG_MOBILE_ORIGINATING for rx_add_media_component_description_avp()

ims_registrar_pcscf

option to delay record expiration instead of immediate delete

ipops

create container items on demand for srv and naptr functions

kex

added is_myhost(uri) - check if host part only is local

ldap

option to start even when connecting to server fails

lost

support of shape representations (as in RFC5491) and new 3d parameter

mqueue

support for db_text storage

msilo

new function to allow specifying src/dst addresses
modparams for callid and status columns
option to store call-id and reuse it on delivery

nats

nats_publish allow reply parameter to be optional

ndb_redis

added TLS support

p_usrloc

added use_domain_crc32 modparam
added preload modparam

pdt

added mode parameter to allow ignoring duplicated prefixes

permissions

RPC reload limit controlled via reload_delta module parameter

presence

RPC command publish_cache_sync to sync from storage

pv

added $viaX(params) to return the parameters part of a Via body
via-related variables can return oc parameters
added function to serialize xavps with quoted str values
PPI and PAI support to $hfl() and $hflc()
support for Diversion header in $hfl() and $hflc()

rabbitmq

added amqps support

registrar

added tcpconn_id to xavp_cfg
larger max size for user and domain building AoR

rtpengine

support receiving dtmf events from rtpengine and raise an event
added support for codec-accept and codec-consume
optional ping parameter for rpc reload command
new modparam to disable pinging rtpengines at startup

sca

update rr if necessary for subscriptions

sdpops

added $sdp(c:ip) variable to return connection ip
added sdp line interator functions and variables

secsipid

new config function to sign providing private key data

siptrace

added sip_trace_msg(dst, corlid, vmsg)

siputils

added tel2sip2() function

sl

added send_reply_error()
do not send error reply if message marked with delayed-reply flag

smsops

conversion from UCS-2 to UTF-8 and viceversa

statsd

added support for labels to metrics

textops

new function via_param_rm("name", idx)

tls

support for libssl 3.x
added rpc function to kill session by id
init in a local thread

tm

new function t_reply_error()

topoh

uses socket IP when no mask_ip is defined

topos

handle early-dialog b-side UPDATE requests routing
added support for Call-ID masking when sending to downstream
handle NOTIFY during call setup
update headers for stateless cancel and non-2xx ack
added version_table parameter

usrloc

new parameter to specify reply codes for keepalive handling
added keepalive interval to set the step for sending
option to randomize when keepalive is sent
synchronize attributes from DMQ

xlog

added kemi xlog_facility() function

New In Core

new log macros allowing to use local log levels per module
TCP_USER_TIMEOUT option on listening socket
macros to specify position params for shm allocation
config parser extended with xavp_via_reply_params parameter
new internal message flag FL_ADD_XAVP_VIA_REPLY_PARAMS
ability to add parameters to top via of generated sip replies
add via reply xavp params for generation when using another reply
xavp - helper function to set style when serializing
internal msg flags switched to 64b
parameter for increasing socket send buffer size
xavp - option to quote string values when serializing
kemi - parameter for request route callback function name
added proto field to advertise listen structure
tcp - set limit for reading a message
tcp - close connection without data traffic at all
tcp - exclude crlf ping from data exchange state
tcp - limit number of accepted connections per src ip
added msg_recv_max_size global parameter
added tcp_msg_read_timeout parameter
added tcp_check_timer parameter
added tcp_msg_data_timeout parameter
added tcp_accept_iplimit parameter
use advertised proto to build advertised sock string
via builder can use proto from xavp fields or advertised address
set atexit to default to no
added core parameter mem_add_size
xavp - serialize long long values
parser extended to handle diversion with multiple bodies
keep listen socket even if advertise address does not resolve
added internal API functions to run functions in threads
added tls_threads_mode global parameter

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