CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

v2.6.0 - 2024-10-05

• new feature: add -D flag to display date and time in probe output by @SYSHIL
• new feature: add -h flag to show available flags by @karimalzalek
• fix: display second instead of seconds on probe failures that convert to a value more than 1 and less than 1.1 second
• refactor: Makefile: Split build section into smaller, distinct targets by @iskiy

v2.5.0 - 2024-01-13

• new feature: add -show-failures-only flag to omit printing successful probes
• new feature: re-add static Linux binary. Thanks to @daniql
• new feature: add support for Linux arm64 in Makefile. Thanks to @ChrisClarke246
• fix: extra precision for seconds calculation when the value is under a second. Thanks to @daniql
• refactor: migrate to a pure-Go sqlite package. Thanks to @wizsk
• refactor: user flag handlers
• cleanup: user input functions. Thanks to @friday963
• chore: fix typos

v2.4.0 - 2023-09-10

• new feature: add -i to specify the interval between sending probes. Thanks to @luca-patrignani
• new feature: add -I to specify the source interface to use for sending probes. Thanks to @wizsk
• new feature: add -t to specify a custom timeout for probes. Thanks to @luca-patrignani
• new feature: add --db to specify the path and file name to store tcping output to sqlite database. e.g. --db /tmp/tcping.db. Thanks to @wizsk
• fix: add rtt to JSON output
• fix: CI warning thanks to @wizsk
• refactor: remove unnecessary custom types
• refactor: memory align structs
• refactor: Debian packaging instructions

v2.0.0 - 2023-08-05

• new feature: add -c or count flag to exit TCPING after a certain amount of probes specified by user thanks to @ravsii
• new feature: add BSD support
• new feature: add Debian package to make TCPING apt installable
• fix: packet loss NaN when program terminated too quickly thanks to @ravsii
• fix: random IP address selector index out of range bug
• fix: display format of IPv4 embedded in IPv6 addresses
• fix: time report bug. Everything is now accurate
• fix: Enter key detection for Windows machines
• refactor: complete overhaul of time calculation. TCPING now is hack-free when it comes to time handling thanks to @ravsii
• refactor: memory align structs
• refactor: improve code readability
• refactor: refactor stats struct and extract user input to a separate struct
• refactor: Enter key detection logic
• refactor: name resolution handling. The maximum allowed time to wait for DNS response is now 2 seconds
• refactor: and unify exit points thanks to @ravsii
• tests: add more test special thanks to @ravsii
• enhancement: add dependabot
• docs: improve documentation

v1.22.1 - 2023-5-14

• new feature: implement JSON output thanks to @ravsii
• new feature: implement JSON output prettifier thanks to @ravsii
• fix IP version selection bug when -4 or -6 flags are passed

v1.21.2 - 2023-5-8

• make stats struct fields' names uniform
• add | separator to summary report for better visibility

v1.21.1 - 2023-5-8

• fix retry resolve logic

v1.21.0 - 2023-5-7

• add option to enforce the use of IPv4 -4 or IPv6 -6 addresses only
• instead of always picking the first, randomly pick an address from the list of resolved IP addresses

v1.20.0 - 2023-4-22

• add hostname, IP and port number to summary output

v1.19.2 - 2023-4-7

• display stats even if all the probes had failed update version
• update version
• incorporate sha256sum into Makefile

v1.19.1 - 2023-3-4

• close TCP connections faster to lessen the resource utilization on target

v1.19.0 - 2023-2-26

• implement sub-millisecond timing report to make it suitable for Data center and Cloud environments
• refactor tcping function and simplify it
• fix downtime report miscalculation
• fix picking of go version
• improve build process
• changed ipAddress type from string to netip.Addr thanks @segfault99
• fix statsprinter formats thanks @segfault99
• upgrade actions thanks @wutingfeng
• fix undeclared statsPrinter warning
• fix code scanning alert - Incorrect conversion between integer types #43
• add stale workflow
• add new logo
• add Linux brew section
• add docker demo recording
• restructure README file
• update dependencies and bump Go version
• improve Makefile
• fix tag detection on Actions workflow
• add Go version to CodeQL
• add downloads badge
• improve checkUpdate message
• fix go install guide
• fix bug report template
• create SECURITY.md
• improve pull request template
• improve stale workflow

v1.12.0 - 2022-7-10

• add preliminary JSON output support thanks @icemint0828 for collaboration
• add Docker container images on Docker Hub and GitHub container registry
• add and optimize GitHub workflows
• small refactoring and cleanups
• add -v flag to show version
• improve code readability
• add logo thanks @code-hyker

v1.9.0 - 2022-5-29

• Add -r flag to retry resolving the hostname after a certain amount of probe failures (thanks to @icemint0828)
• Show statistics if the RTT is less than 1ms (thanks to @icemint0828)
• Show longest uptime similar to longest downtime (thanks to @icemint0828)
• Improve time calculation and display time in reports (thanks to @icemint0828)
• Add initial test cases (thanks to @icemint0828)
• General refactoring, fixes and decrease of resource utilization
• Update dependencies
• Update Makefile to include go fmt command in build
• Update Makefile to include go test command in build

v1.4.4 - 2022-2-26

• Improve time constants for better readability

v1.4.3 - 2022-2-21

• Revert successful reply text color

v1.4.2 - 2022-2-20

• Memory alignment for rttResults struct

v1.4.1 - 2022-2-20

• Make hour format a constant

v1.4.0 - 2022-2-19

• Remove sort function to increase performance
• General refactoring to make the code more readable

v1.3.0 - 2022-2-9

• Fix longest downtime bug

v1.2.0 - 2022-2-6

• Improve memory alignment
• Add display of longest downtime
• Add display of runtime duration
• Add display of last successful and unsuccessful probes
• General improvements and cleanup