title: "2.14.9 Released!"
date: 2022-04-28T05:21:11-05:00
We've released another bug fix version of Pidgin, version 2.14.9. This
release has many random bug fixes so be sure to check out the full ChangeLog
Items to note are that the dictionary downloads in the Windows installer have
finally been fixed, as well as IRC file transfers on Windows.
There is a minor security fix as well that was fixed by removing our support
for the
`_xmppconnect` DNS TXT record which has been deemed insecure for a very
You can find links to the download from our
[
Install page](
{{< ref "/install" >}}).
* Remove
`_xmppconnect` support. ({{% review 1357 %}}) ([CVE-2022-26491]({{< ref "/about/security/advisories/cve-2022-26491" >}}))
* Fix a GLib CRITICAL message with typing time outs. ({{% review 1123 %}})
* Fix an issue where the unit tests for purple_str_to_time would fail.
([GENTOO-819774](https://bugs.gentoo.org/819774)) ({{% review 1238 %}}) (Gary
* Fix a memory leak in pidgin_conversations_set_tab_colors.
({{% review 1244 %}}) (ivanhoe)
* Fixed the majority of the infinite resizing issues in the input box.
({{% issue PIDGIN-16753 %}}, {{% issue PIDGIN-16999 %}},
{{% issue PIDGIN-17287 %}}, {{% issue PIDGIN-17413 %}},
{{% issue PIDGIN-17430 %}}, {{% issue PIDGIN-17568 %}},
{{% issue PIDGIN-17602 %}}) ({{% review 1342 %}}) (Belgin Știrbu)
* Add transient-buddy back which is used to show some context menus and
other things. ({{% issue PIDGIN-17523 %}}) ({{% review 1381 %}}) (Belgin
* Fix the download of dictionaries in the Windows installer.
({{% issue PIDGIN-14618 %}}, {{% issue PIDGIN-15648 %}},
{{% issue PIDGIN-15540 %}}, {{% issue PIDGIN-14612 %}},
{{% issue PIDGIN-14893 %}}) ({{% review 1303 %}}) (Gary Kramlich)
* Fix a typo in the German translations. ({{% issue PIDGIN-17575 %}})
({{% review 1242 %}}) (ivanhoe)
* Synced all of the translations with Transifex.
* Fix IRC file transfers on Windows. ({{% issue PIDGIN-17175 %}})
({{% review 1382 %}}) (Belgin Știrbu)
* Fix file transfers failing at 99% on IRC. ({{% issue PIDGIN-15893 %}})
({{% review 1385 %}}) (Belgin Știrbu)
* Default realname and ident name in IRC to the username (nickname) of the
account. ({{% issue PIDGIN-17610 %}}) ({{% review 1386 %}}) (Belgin Știrbu)
* Add an advanced account option to IRC accounts for explicitly setting the
SASL login name. ({{% issue PIDGIN-15451 %}}) ({{% review 1388 %}}) (Belgin
* Added a rate limiter that should make it impossible to excess flood.
({{% review 1391 %}}) (Gary Kramlich)
* Fix an issue with the CSeq numbers in SIMPLE. ({{% issue PIDGIN-9675 %}})
({{% review 1379 %}}) (dohmniq)
* Fix XMPP attention messages being sent to incorrect JIDs.
({{% issue PIDGIN-14714 %}}) ({{% review 1387 %}}) (itsnotabigtruck, Belgin
