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The Asterisk Development Team would like to announce the first

release candidate of Asterisk 19.6.0.<br>

This release candidate is available for immediate download at <br>

<a href='https://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk'>https://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk</a>

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The release of Asterisk 19.6.0-rc1 resolves several issues reported by the<br>

community and would have not been possible without your participation.<br>

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<b>Thank you!</b><br>

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The following issues are resolved in this release candidate:<br>

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<b>Improvements made in this release:</b><br>

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<tr><td valign=top nowrap='nowrap'><li>[<a href='https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-30128'>ASTERISK-30128</a>] - <td><td>Create PJSIP interface module for Geolocation<br>(Reported by George Joseph)</li></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top nowrap='nowrap'><li>[<a href='https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-30127'>ASTERISK-30127</a>] - <td><td>Create core Geolocation capability for Asterisk<br>(Reported by George Joseph)</li></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top nowrap='nowrap'><li>[<a href='https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-30089'>ASTERISK-30089</a>] - <td><td>general: fix typos<br>(Reported by N A)</li></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top nowrap='nowrap'><li>[<a href='https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-30050'>ASTERISK-30050</a>] - <td><td>Upgrade Asterisk to bundled pjproject 2.12.1<br>(Reported by Stanislav Abramenkov)</li></td></tr>

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<b>Bugs fixed in this release:</b><br>

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<tr><td valign=top nowrap='nowrap'><li>[<a href='https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-29966'>ASTERISK-29966</a>] - <td><td>pbx_variables: ast_str_strlen can be wrong<br>(Reported by N A)</li></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top nowrap='nowrap'><li>[<a href='https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-29905'>ASTERISK-29905</a>] - <td><td>OSX: bininstall launchd issue on cross-platfrom build<br>(Reported by Sergey V. Lobanov)</li></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top nowrap='nowrap'><li>[<a href='https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-30137'>ASTERISK-30137</a>] - <td><td>manager: Global disabled event filtered is incomplete<br>(Reported by N A)</li></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top nowrap='nowrap'><li>[<a href='https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-30109'>ASTERISK-30109</a>] - <td><td>res_pjsip: no contact-status AMI event on register of prune-on-boot contact that uses the same URI as before Asterisk restart<br>(Reported by Michael Neuhauser)</li></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top nowrap='nowrap'><li>[<a href='https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-30126'>ASTERISK-30126</a>] - <td><td>Spelling mistake in configs/samples/queues.conf.sample<br>(Reported by Sam Banks)</li></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top nowrap='nowrap'><li>[<a href='https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-29991'>ASTERISK-29991</a>] - <td><td>chan_dahdi, callerid: Caller ID does not honor presentation<br>(Reported by N A)</li></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top nowrap='nowrap'><li>[<a href='https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-30029'>ASTERISK-30029</a>] - <td><td>build: Git security vulnerability fix is sad with our accessing git as root during "make install"<br>(Reported by Joshua C. Colp)</li></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top nowrap='nowrap'><li>[<a href='https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-29907'>ASTERISK-29907</a>] - <td><td>res_pjsip, app_confbridge: Video call through ConfBridge with normal endpoints causes infinite loop/crash<br>(Reported by N A)</li></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top nowrap='nowrap'><li>[<a href='https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-30138'>ASTERISK-30138</a>] - <td><td>Compile failure in res_geolocation/geoloc_eprofile.c when optimization is enabled<br>(Reported by George Joseph)</li></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top nowrap='nowrap'><li>[<a href='https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-30096'>ASTERISK-30096</a>] - <td><td> cel_odbc: Column type 9 (field 'cdr:cel:eventtime') is unsupported at this time<br>(Reported by Morvai Szabolcs)</li></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top nowrap='nowrap'><li>[<a href='https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-30083'>ASTERISK-30083</a>] - <td><td>chan_iax2: Optional dependency on openssl/res_crypto is now mandatory<br>(Reported by Dmitry Melekhov)</li></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top nowrap='nowrap'><li>[<a href='https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-30099'>ASTERISK-30099</a>] - <td><td>test_aeap_transport: transport_connect_fail sporadically causes failure<br>(Reported by Kevin Harwell)</li></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top nowrap='nowrap'><li>[<a href='https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-30123'>ASTERISK-30123</a>] - <td><td>features: Update automixmon documentation to reflect reality<br>(Reported by Trevor Peirce)</li></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top nowrap='nowrap'><li>[<a href='https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-30117'>ASTERISK-30117</a>] - <td><td>pbx_lua: Remove compiler warnings<br>(Reported by Boris P. Korzun)</li></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top nowrap='nowrap'><li>[<a href='https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-30101'>ASTERISK-30101</a>] - <td><td>res_prometheus: Optional load res_pjsip_outbound_registration.so<br>(Reported by Boris P. Korzun)</li></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top nowrap='nowrap'><li>[<a href='https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-29989'>ASTERISK-29989</a>] - <td><td>app_dial, chan_dahdi: DIALSTATUS is inconsistent for busy<br>(Reported by N A)</li></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top nowrap='nowrap'><li>[<a href='https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-30106'>ASTERISK-30106</a>] - <td><td>res_calendar_icalendar: Microsoft online ICS calendars no longer work<br>(Reported by N A)</li></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top nowrap='nowrap'><li>[<a href='https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-30001'>ASTERISK-30001</a>] - <td><td>db: Removing nonexistent entries shows "Database entry removed"<br>(Reported by N A)</li></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top nowrap='nowrap'><li>[<a href='https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-29822'>ASTERISK-29822</a>] - <td><td>cli: Typing \? freezes the CLI permanently with remote console<br>(Reported by N A)</li></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top nowrap='nowrap'><li>[<a href='https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-30115'>ASTERISK-30115</a>] - <td><td>app_dial: Allow hook flashes to propogate on outbound dials<br>(Reported by N A)</li></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top nowrap='nowrap'><li>[<a href='https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-30075'>ASTERISK-30075</a>] - <td><td>say: Abort if channel hangs up during playback<br>(Reported by N A)</li></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top nowrap='nowrap'><li>[<a href='https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-30072'>ASTERISK-30072</a>] - <td><td>res_pjsip: allow TLS verification of wildcard cert-bearing servers<br>(Reported by Kevin Harwell)</li></td></tr>

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<b>New Features made in this release:</b><br>

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<tr><td valign=top nowrap='nowrap'><li>[<a href='https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-30136'>ASTERISK-30136</a>] - <td><td>db: Add AMI action to retrieve all keys beginning with a prefix<br>(Reported by N A)</li></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top nowrap='nowrap'><li>[<a href='https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-30000'>ASTERISK-30000</a>] - <td><td>chan_dahdi: Add POLARITY function<br>(Reported by N A)</li></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top nowrap='nowrap'><li>[<a href='https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-30062'>ASTERISK-30062</a>] - <td><td>cli: Add CLI command to execute a dialplan app<br>(Reported by N A)</li></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top nowrap='nowrap'><li>[<a href='https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-29999'>ASTERISK-29999</a>] - <td><td>pjsip: Get information from 200 OK INVITE reply headers<br>(Reported by José Lopes)</li></td></tr>

<tr><td valign=top nowrap='nowrap'><li>[<a href='https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-30061'>ASTERISK-30061</a>] - <td><td>pbx: Add pbx helper application<br>(Reported by N A)</li></td></tr>

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For a full list of changes in this release candidate, please see the ChangeLog:<br>

<a href='https://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/ChangeLog-19.6.0-rc1'>https://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/ChangeLog-19.6.0-rc1</a>

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<b>Thank you for your continued support of Asterisk!</b><br>

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