Release 2.6.1

• Fixed accidentally using emergency priority for log messages
• Fixed certainty prompt selected the exact opposite value
• Fixed sleeping for negative time in test slow mode
• Fixed opencv error when imported after dlib
• Fixed typo causing manual exposure failure
• Fixed missing command autocomplete options on tab
• Fixed not knowing how to spell the word latest

Release 2.6.0

• Added new options to capture a snapshot of failed or even successful logins
• Added command that creates a new snapshot and saves it
• Added version command
• Added question to automatically set certainty value on installation
• Added automatic logging to system-wide auth.log
• Added clearer feedback when login is rejected due to dark frames
• Refactored video capture logic
• Reordered the editor priorities for the config command
• Fixed gstreamer warnings showing up in console
• Fixed issue where add command would never end
• Fixed test command overlay not being in color
• Fixed typo preventing timeout config option from working
• Fixed old numpy installation failure
• Fixed issue where no PAM response would be returned
• Fixed CLAHE not being applied equally to all video commands
• Fixed an incorrect suggested command
• Fixed missing release method in video capture class
• Removed deprecated dlib flags
• Removed streamer as a required dependency

Release 2.5.1

• Removed dismiss_lockscreen as it could lock users out of their system
• Added option to disable howdy when the laptop lid is closed
• Added automatic fallback to default frame color palette
• Added manual exposure setting
• Fixed test command ignoring dark frame threshold
• Fixed import error in v4l2 recorder

Release 2.5.0

• Added FFmpeg and v4l2 recorders
• Added automatic PAM inclusion on installation
• Added optional notice on detection attempt
• Added support for grayscale frame encoding
• Massively improved recognition speed
• Fixed typo in "timout" config value
• Removed unneeded dependencies

Release 2.4.0

• Cameras are now selected by path instead of by video device number
• Added fallbacks to $EDITOR for the config command
• Fixed missing cv2 module after installation
• Fixed file permissions crashing Howdy in some cases
• Fixed howdy using python3 from local virtual environment

Release 2.3.1

This is a security release.

• Fixed issue where frame_width and frame_height would be completely ignored
• Fixed security problem with remote session authentication

Release 2.3.0

• Added a config option to set the frame height and width
• Rewrote the code that fetches the non-root username
• Changed the config command so it uses the default editor
• Fixed issue where a "y" could be interpreted as a no
• Fixed division by zero

Release 2.2.2

• Fixed fetching of wrong config section

Release 2.2.1

• Added mechanism to keep config files between updates
• Added force_mjpeg option to fix YUYV image issues
• Revamped the bash autocompletion script
• Fixed timeout never being reached in certain scenarios
• Fixed issue where BGR to RGB frame conversion caused a crash

Release 2.1.0

With this release Howdy is now distributed though a launchpad PPA, which means updates can be pushed directly to the users. The CLI has also been reworked.