This iteration of BigBlueButton 2.7 contains fixes to several components.

We welcome any feedback about this release on our bigbluebutton-dev mailing list

Note that BigBlueButton 2.7 runs on Ubuntu Focal (20.04).

Link to installation command / instructions / features : https://docs.bigbluebutton.org/2.7/new-features

Big THANK YOU to all comminuty members who helped for this release - both through sending pull requests and through reporting bugs or requesting enhancements! 🎊

HTML5 client

fixes

• fix(bbb-html5): customHeartbeat would not close stale sessions, + by @prlanzarin in #19017
• refactor: End meeting button tweaks by @Ithanil in #19261
• fix: Drop heavy log from sendBulkAnnotations.js by @antobinary in #19633
• [Snyk] Security upgrade sanitize-html from 2.7.1 to 2.12.1 by @jfederico in #19678
• fix(layout): defaultLayout join parameter by @JoVictorNunes in #19616
• refactor: Changes to layout toast's workflow by @Scroody in #18762
• fix: Incorrect hover style on the upload presentation button in the polling menu (2.7) by @ramonlsouza in #19538
• fix: Upload the exported users list to presentation breaks the whiteboard by @ramonlsouza in #19557
• fix: Download presentation popup window is broken by @ramonlsouza in #19734
• fix(bbb-html5): Use CDN for resource of layouts by @antobinary in #19755
• fix: Avoid presentation conversion causing a crash by @antobinary in #19600
• Fix: Modal of the inactivity inspection does not show up by @Scroody in #19609

test

• test: update playwright tests to support sha256 and sha512 algorithms by @paulseto in #19725

localization

• Updates for project BigBlueButton v2.7 HTML5 client and language sv_SE by @transifex-integration in #19469
• Updates for project BigBlueButton v2.7 HTML5 client and language hu_HU by @transifex-integration in #19565
• Updates for project BigBlueButton v2.7 HTML5 client and language fr by @transifex-integration in #19525 #19594 #19740
• Updates for project BigBlueButton v2.7 HTML5 client and language nb_NO by @transifex-integration in #19613
• Updates for project BigBlueButton v2.7 HTML5 client and language lt_LT by @transifex-integration in #19492
• Updates for project BigBlueButton v2.7 HTML5 client and language pt by @transifex-integration in #19671

build and configuration

• [2.7] build(bbb-webrtc-recorder): v0.6.0 by @prlanzarin in #19459
• build(bbb-webrtc-sfu): v2.12.2 by @prlanzarin in #19460
• Unset all local variables by @ffdixon in #19602
• build(export-annotations): Add dependency poppler-utils by @antobinary in #19758

Core

• feat(config): add checkSumAlgorithmForBreakouts in akka-apps (port) by @antobinary in #19754
• fix(sec): bump postgresql to 42.7.2 by @antobinary in #19660
• Fix (akka-apps) (2.7): Config from /etc not being read when running through sbt reStart by @gustavotrott in #19757
• fix: Reduce logs in SendWhiteboardAnnotationPubMsgHdlr.scala by @antobinary in #19634
• !fix(captions): disable recording event TranscriptUpdatedEvent by @antobinary in #19762
• fix: Several Gladia transcription fixes by @lfzawacki in #19608
• feat: Record raiseHand, away and Reaction events (backport) by @antobinary in #19642

Recording processing

• recording: work around invalid locale in caption events by @kepstin in #19597

Export annotations

• fix(bbb-export-annotations): handle missing textbox size in Tldraw by @danielpetri1 in #19672

Learning Analytics Dashboard

• feat(config): Add option to disabled "Download session data" on Learning Dashboard (backport) by @antobinary in #19641

Docs

• docs: Close code block in customize md by @antobinary in #19588
• docs: Tweaks to gladia io docs by @antobinary in #19438
• docs: capitalize Support title by @antobinary in #19658
• docs: drop old links #18295 from wilkis3/wilkis3-doc-admin-install-links (backport) by @antobinary in #19759
• docs: Update FreeSWITCH configs - Nine digits PIN by @antobinary in #19760

Full Changelog: v2.7.4...v2.7.5

New Contributors

• @paulseto made their first contribution in #19725

Release name

Passing -v focal-270 to https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bigbluebutton/bbb-install/v2.7.x-release/bbb-install.sh will always install the latest released BigBlueButton 2.7 version.

If for some reason you would like to install this specific release, pass -v focal-270-2.7.5.

We still recommend using -v focal-270 as this repository is continually updated with each BigBlueButton 2.7 release.

Client build: 243