Asterisk 16.28.0-rc1 Now Available

The Asterisk Development Team would like to announce the first release candidate of Asterisk 16.28.0.
This release candidate is available for immediate download at
https://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk

The release of Asterisk 16.28.0-rc1 resolves several issues reported by the
community and would have not been possible without your participation.

Thank you!

The following issues are resolved in this release candidate:

Improvements made in this release:
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Create PJSIP interface module for Geolocation
(Reported by George Joseph)
Create core Geolocation capability for Asterisk
(Reported by George Joseph)
general: fix typos
(Reported by N A)
Upgrade Asterisk to bundled pjproject 2.12.1
(Reported by Stanislav Abramenkov)

Bugs fixed in this release:
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pbx_variables: ast_str_strlen can be wrong
(Reported by N A)
OSX: bininstall launchd issue on cross-platfrom build
(Reported by Sergey V. Lobanov)
manager: Global disabled event filtered is incomplete
(Reported by N A)
res_pjsip: no contact-status AMI event on register of prune-on-boot contact that uses the same URI as before Asterisk restart
(Reported by Michael Neuhauser)
Spelling mistake in configs/samples/queues.conf.sample
(Reported by Sam Banks)
chan_dahdi, callerid: Caller ID does not honor presentation
(Reported by N A)
res_pjsip, app_confbridge: Video call through ConfBridge with normal endpoints causes infinite loop/crash
(Reported by N A)
build: Git security vulnerability fix is sad with our accessing git as root during “make install”
(Reported by Joshua C. Colp)
Compile failure in res_geolocation/geoloc_eprofile.c when optimization is enabled
(Reported by George Joseph)
cel_odbc: Column type 9 (field ‘cdr:cel:eventtime’) is unsupported at this time
(Reported by Morvai Szabolcs)
chan_iax2: Optional dependency on openssl/res_crypto is now mandatory
(Reported by Dmitry Melekhov)
features: Update automixmon documentation to reflect reality
(Reported by Trevor Peirce)
pbx_lua: Remove compiler warnings
(Reported by Boris P. Korzun)
db: Removing nonexistent entries shows “Database entry removed”
(Reported by N A)
cli: Typing \? freezes the CLI permanently with remote console
(Reported by N A)
res_calendar_icalendar: Microsoft online ICS calendars no longer work
(Reported by N A)
app_dial: Allow hook flashes to propogate on outbound dials
(Reported by N A)
app_dial, chan_dahdi: DIALSTATUS is inconsistent for busy
(Reported by N A)
res_pjsip: allow TLS verification of wildcard cert-bearing servers
(Reported by Kevin Harwell)
say: Abort if channel hangs up during playback
(Reported by N A)

New Features made in this release:
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db: Add AMI action to retrieve all keys beginning with a prefix
(Reported by N A)
chan_dahdi: Add POLARITY function
(Reported by N A)
cli: Add CLI command to execute a dialplan app
(Reported by N A)
pjsip: Get information from 200 OK INVITE reply headers
(Reported by José Lopes)
pbx: Add pbx helper application
(Reported by N A)

For a full list of changes in this release candidate, please see the ChangeLog:
https://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/ChangeLog-16.28.0-rc1

Thank you for your continued support of Asterisk!

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