Release of nginx 1.17.2

Available release of the main branch nginx 1.17.2, within which the development of new features continues (in the parallel stable branch branch 1.16 Only changes related to fixing serious bugs and vulnerabilities are included.

Key changes:

  • Added support for switching named blocks 'location' using the $r->internal_redirect() method provided by the built-in Perl interpreter. This method now implies processing URIs with escaped characters;
  • The requirement for the minimum supported version of zlib has been raised to 1.2.0.4;
  • Resolved issues with error handling in the built-in Perl interpreter;
  • Fixed issues in the ngx_http_xslt_filter_module and ngx_http_ssi_filter_module;
  • Eliminated crashes during startup or reconfiguration in case a hash block size greater than 64 Kb is specified in the settings;
  • Resolved the problem of high CPU load during non-buffered proxying or WebSocket connection proxying when using select, poll, or /dev/poll methods.

Source: opennet.ru

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