The following briefly describe major additions to the API and server code.
There are also frequent bug fixes, which are not shown here.
See the git commit log for these.

== BOINC app library updates ==

The following changes involve the BOINC API
(the code that gets linked with applications).

|| date || description ||
|| 9 Jun 2014 || fix bug that caused zero CPU time reported (affects wrappers only) ||
|| 28 May 2014 || boinc_temporary_exit() can convey notice to client (for vboxwrapper) ||
|| 5 Jun 2013 || fix bugs for apps that are mostly in critical section (e.g. GPU apps) ||
|| 11 Oct 2012 || apps check for client death using PID, not heartbeat messages ||

== Server code updates ==

==== Major Changes since Release 0.9 ====
The following changes have been made to the master branch since release 0.9.

|| date || github pull request || DB update? || description ||
|| 17 May 2018 || [https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/pull/2472 2472] || Yes || web/server: Allow users to delete their account (GDPR related).  Export list of users who have add their account deleted via db_dump for 60 days ||
|| 15 May 2018 || [https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/pull/2500 2500] || Yes || web: Send notification to old email address when email is changed.  Allow user to revert the change. ||
|| 30 Apr 2018 || [https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/pull/2445 2445] || No || web: Add a mechanism allowing project admins to "delete" a user ||
|| 17 Apr 2018 || [https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/pull/2401 2401] || No || web: use stronger password hashing ||
|| 16 Apr 2018 || [https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/pull/2465 2465] || No || remote job submission: fix create_batch XML after API change ||
|| 16 Apr 2018 || [https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/pull/2453 2453] || Yes || web: adds mechanism for generating secure tokens/nonces and storing them in the db for a period of time ||

=== Older Server Code Updates ===

==== Release 0.9 ====

[https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/releases/tag/server_release%2F0.9 Release 0.9] represents the code base as it was on April 11th, 2018.

The following is a list of recent changes to the server code
(includes scheduler, daemons, PHP web pages, etc.).
We encourage projects to periodically upgrade to the latest server code;
there is a fairly constant stream of bug fixes and new features.
There is a [ToolUpgrade script] that makes it fast and easy to upgrade.

|| date || SVN change set || DB update? || description ||
|| 4 Sep 2014 || || || use mysqli everywhere if available ||
|| 15-18.Aug.2014 || || yes || Add support for per-app credit ||
|| 8 Aug 2014 || || || Convey user CPID to client (for !BoincTasks) ||
|| 29 Jul 2014 || || || version.xml can specify API version (for compressed apps) ||
|| 25 Jul 2014 || || || partial support in scheduler for generic coproessors (e.g. ASICs) ||
|| 16 Jul 2014 || || || scheduler support for client "brand"; store in DB ||
|| 14 Jul 2014 || || || add <maintenance_delay> config option ||
|| 8 Jul 2014 || || || matchmaker (score-based) scheduling is now the default ||
|| 3 Jul 2014 || || || fix bugs in changing code signing key ||
|| 3 Jul 2014 || || || scheduler: fix bugs if project has both NCI and regular apps ||
|| 10 Jun 2014 || || || add "delete_spammers.php" for removing various types of spam accounts ||
|| 6 Jun 2014 || || yes || app versions (as well as apps) can be marked as "beta" ||
|| 4 Jun 2014 || || || support CPU OpenCL apps in plan class spec ||
|| 27 May 2014 || || || fully implement targeted jobs ||
|| 18 May 2014 || || || include badges in XML stats export ||
|| 8 May 2014 || || || send notices w/ video or images only to 7.3+ clients ||
|| 6 May 2014 || || || file_deleter: delete .gz versions also ||
|| 6 May 2014 || || || add web page showing top CPU models and their stats ||
|| 4 May 2014 || || yes || apps can be marked as "exact fraction done" (base completion time est only on FD) ||
|| 30 Apr 2014 || || || generalize interface to PHPMailer ||
|| 20 Apr 2014 || || || support remote input files in create_work ||
|| 18 Apr 2014 || || || let projects disable forums and/or teams ||
|| 10 Apr 2014 || || || support efficient bulk job creation in create_work ||
|| 2 Apr 2014 || || yes || store job peak mem/disk usage in DB ||
|| 26 Mar 2014 || || || support gzipped input files ||
|| 21 Mar 2014 || || || use mysqli PHP functions if available ||
|| 18 Mar 2014 || || || add validator that checks for string in stderr ||
|| 8 Mar 2014 || || || enforce GPU job limits separately for each GPU type ||
|| 6 Mar 2014 || || yes || store gpu_active_frac, and use it in runtime estimation ||
|| 13 Jan 2014 || || yes || allow limit one # jobs in progress per submitter ||
|| 5-20 Dec 2013 || || yes || add generic support for badges ||
|| 23 May 2013 || || yes || parse client "product name" (e.g. phone model) and store in DB ||
|| 9 May 2013 || || || use HTTPS for forms containing password ||
|| 25 Apr 2013 || || yes || add support for multi-size apps ||
|| 9 Apr 2013 || || || add new score-based scheduling ||
|| 25 Nov 2012 || || yes || remote job submission: keep track of input files in DB ||
|| 27 Aug 2012 || || yes || add support for limited locality scheduling ||
|| 24 Aug 2012 || || yes || add non-compute intensive flag to app table ||
|| 17 Aug 2012 || || yes || add support for volunteer data archival ||
|| 11 Jul 2012 || || || pagination in forums ||
|| 25 Jun 2012 || || || scheduler: support Intel GPUs ||
|| 6.Jun.2012 || [25675] || || Add feature for specifying plan classes in an XML file ||
|| 22.Feb.2012 || [25321] || || Move antique file deletion to a separate program ||
|| 30.Jan.2012 || [25169] || || Remodel of "assigned job" mechanism ||
|| 16.Sept.2011 || [24225] || || Let validator flag job as "runtime outlier"; don't update statistics ||
|| 20.Jul.2011 || [23863] || || Change implementation of upload certificates to use standard XML ||
|| 5.Jun.2011 || [23636] || || Add homogeneous app version mechanism ||
|| 30.Nov.2010 || [22778] || || Server support for Virtualbox applications ||
|| 9.Nov.2010 || [22661] || || Add element to scheduler reply if we don't have apps for resource types ||
|| 28.Oct.2010 || [22601] || || Add <dont_send_jobs> config option ||
|| 1.Oct.2010 || [22440] || || Deal correctly with 32-bit apps that require > 2GB RAM ||
|| 22.Aug.2010 || [22282] || || Add <prefer_primary_platform> config option ||
|| 7/12/10 || [21896] || || Make high-priority server messages translatable (works with 6.11 client) ||
|| 6/10/10 || [21735] || yes || Remove some unused DB fields ||
|| 6/1/10 || [21674] || || Allow jobs-in-progress limits on per-app, per-processor etc. basis ||
|| 4/21/10 || [21230] || yes || Estimate reliability using # of consecutive valid results ||
|| 4/5/10 || [21093] || || For all back-end programs, -d 4 means show DB queries in log ||
|| 3/9/10 || [20816] || yes || New credit, runtime estimation systems ||
|| 3/5/10 || [20807] || yes || Improved implementation of locality scheduling ||
|| 1/13/10 || [20149] || || Client versions include release.  Projects may need to update app_version.min_core_version, config options ||
|| 12/20/09 || [19997] || || Fix SQL injection vulnerability ||
|| 9/25/09 || [19162] || || Add plan classes for ATI GPU apps ||
|| 9/15/09 || [19053] || || Project-specified access control for admin web pages ||
|| 9/3/09 || [19002] || yes || Link jobs to the app version that computed them ||
|| 8/19/09 || [18868] || || Support jobs that use ATI GPUs, and that use fractional GPUs ||
|| 7/29/09 || [18764] || || All project-specific scheduling policies on a per-job level ||
|| 5/20/09 || [18182] || || Support read-only DB replica correctly ||
|| 3/24/09 || [17652] || || Compile translation files in upgrade and make_project ||
|| 3/5/09 || [17506] || || Support anonymous-platform coprocessor apps ||
|| 3/2/09 || [17430] || || Support a combination of locality and regular scheduling ||
|| 2/13/09 || various || yes || Add scheduler support for GPU apps; fix score-based scheduling; update web translation system; automated DB upgrade; web security fixes; improved log and client messages ||
|| 9/7/08 || [15982] || || Several security fixes in web code ||
|| 7/2/08 || [15543] || || Fix problem were clients with malformed global prefs get perpetual "Incomplete request" errors; fix bug that broke create_work ||
|| 6/13/08 || [15398] || || Handle quotes and slashes correctly in profiles and forums; fix bugs in team foundership transfer mechanism ||
|| 6/5/08 || [15363] || || Add support for missing optional files in validator/assimilator framework ||
|| 6/4/08 || [15357] || yes || Add support for [AdaptiveReplication adaptive replication] ||
|| 5/23/08 || [15281] || || Add support for [SchedMatch matchmaker scheduling] ||
|| 5/21/08 || [15270] || || Don't send work if client has bad code sign key ||
|| 5/15/08 || [15232] || || Don't erroneously clear client's team name, venue, etc. ||
|| 5/8/08 || [15148] || || Divide scheduler debug messages into classes, individually selectable ||
|| 5/6/08 || [15137] || || Add "job size matching" feature (send large jobs to fast hosts) ||
|| 3/7/08 || [14875] || yes || Per-WU min bandwidth; improved messages for projects with user-selectable apps; other misc ||
|| 3/4/08 || [14842] || || Add super-easy mechanism for submitting single jobs ||
|| 2/25/08 || [14783] || || Add regexp-based mechanism for excluding particular CPUs or OSs ||
|| 2/20/08 || [14767] || yes || Add mechanism for [AssignedWork assigning work to hosts, users, or teams] ||
|| 12/30/07 || [14448] || yes || Add uniform/flexible notification mechanism; users can choose 1 email per event, daily digest email, or no email.  REQUIRES ADDING NOTIFY.PHP AS A PERIODIC TASK IN CONFIG.XML ||
|| 12/7/07 || [14367] || || Add 'weak account key' mechanism ||
|| 11/24/07 || [14297] || || Config option to make team forums visible only to members ||
|| 11/23/07 || [14295] || || Fix bugs in import of BOINC-wide teams ||
|| 11/23/07 || [14294] || || Prevent UOTD from showing big image on front page.  Use show_uotd(). ||
|| 11/20/07 || [14275] || || Config option to require min avg credit to create or edit profile ||
|| 11/20/07 || [14272] || yes || Team search feature ||
|| 11/17/07 || [14240] || || HTML-escape text in BOINC-wide team export file ||
|| 11/16/07 || [14234] || || Add "team message board" feature ||
|| 11/16/07 || [14232] || || Don't show email addr to team founder if user has opted out ||
|| 11/16/07 || [14229] || yes || Add optional user job submission system ||
|| 11/05/07 || [14084] || || Add user search feature - link to this from home page ||
|| 10/25/07 || [13964] || || lines/page in top user/team/host lists is configurable ||
|| 10/24/07 || [13945] || || Add "merge computers by name" feature ||
|| 10/23/07 || [13938] || || Assimilator bug fix ||
|| 10/19/07 || [13917] || yes || Let moderators vote on banishment ||
|| 10/04/07 || [13774] || || Terminology changes in project web site ||
|| 10/04/07 || [13777] || || Fixed HR-related scheduler bug ||
|| 10/01/07 || [13732] || yes || New and improved "Find a team" function ||
|| 09/28/07 || [13712] || || scheduler: <max_wus_in_progress> option wasn't working ||
|| 09/27/07 || [13685] || || file upload handler: fix spurious "volume full" errors ||
|| 09/26/07 || [13673] || yes || Fix an annoyance using team foundership transfer ||
|| 08/26/07 || [13463] || || Preserve project specific preferences during web RPC ||
|| 08/16/07 || [13387] || || Improve client messages reporting insufficient disk/mem ||
|| 08/15/07 || [13322] || || Host merge fix (remove CPU capabilities string before attempting actual merge) ||
|| 07/27/07 || [13231] || yes || Let team founders view history of people joining/quitting team ||
|| 07/26/07 || [13223] || || Support for '[TeamImport BOINC-wide teams]' ||
|| 07/20/07 || [13201] || || update_versions: require that dir name == app name ||
|| 07/19/07 || [13193] || || Add 'suspend_if_no_recent_input' preference (let hosts power down) ||
|| 07/18/07 || [13182] || || Add 'mark all threads as read' feature (forums) ||
|| 07/09/07 || [13127] || || Improved feeder query; may fix DB performance problems ||
|| 07/06/07 || [13113] || || Major revisions to the [HomogeneousRedundancy homogeneous redundancy mechanism] ||
|| 07/05/07 || [13104] || || Fix translation of top-users page ||
|| 06/27/07 || [13045] || || Relax restrictions on merging hosts ||
|| 06/12/07 || [12912] || || Add <no_darwin_6>, <no_amd_k6> options ||
|| 06/06/07 || [12834] || || Make list of supported platforms visible in get_project_config.php ||
|| 06/04/07 || [12813] || yes || Add a forum preference for private message notification ||
|| 05/30/07 || [12785] || || Add "merge hosts by name" function ||
|| 05/27/07 || [12754] || yes || Add Paypal-based donation system ||
|| 05/24/07 || [12743] || || Add mechanism to end project gracefully ||