v2.6.0

What's Changed

• add -h flag to show help #213 by @karimalzalek in #214
• add -D flag to show time in output lines by @SYSHIL in #225
• Refactor Makefile: Split build section into smaller, distinct targets by @iskiy in #188
• update flag section of README to include show-failures-only by @pouriyajamshidi in #186
• Refactor/minor cleanups by @pouriyajamshidi in #219
• update Makefile version and tidy go modules by @pouriyajamshidi in #183
• display second instead of seconds on probe failures that convert … by @pouriyajamshidi in #233

New Contributors

• @iskiy made their first contribution in #188
• @karimalzalek made their first contribution in #214
• @SYSHIL made their first contribution in #225

Full Changelog: v2.5.0...v2.6.0

v2.5.0 - 13-January-2024

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
• build: Go 1.21.4

v2.4.0 - 10-September-2023

Summary

This release has also received a lot of love and support from the community. More importantly from new contributors.

• 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 - 05-August-2023

Summary

• 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: unify exit points thanks to @ravsii
• tests: more tests are added special thanks to @ravsii
• enhancement: add dependabot
• docs: improve documentation

1.22.1 - 14-May-2023

Summary

• 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

1.21.2 - 8-May-2023

Summary

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

1.21.0 - 7-May-2023

Summary

• 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

1.20.0 - 22-04-2023

Summary

add hostname, IP and port number to summary output

April - 2023-04-07

Summary

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

March - 2023-3-4

Summary

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