draft release announcement

i2p2www/blog/2025/03/17/2.8.1-Release.rst.draft

+===========================================
+{% trans -%}2.8.1 Release{%- endtrans %}
+===========================================
+
+.. meta::
+    :author: zzz
+    :date: 2025-03-17
+    :category: release
+    :excerpt: {% trans %}2.8.1 Release with local site access fix{% endtrans %}
+
+{% trans -%}
+2.8.1 fixes accesses to local sites that were broken in 2.8.0.
+We have added notification bubbles to several applications in the console to highlight application messages.
+We fixed a tunnel test bug that may have been affecting tunnel reliability.
+The addressbook now has a new "latest" tab that displays the newest hostnames added from your subscriptions.
+There are several dark theme fixes and improvements.
+{%- endtrans %}
+
+{% trans -%}
+We fixed the installer that previously failed on Java 21 or higher.
+We also fixed installing to directory paths that contain spaces on Linux.
+For those of you that use Docker, we updated outdated Docker container and container libraries.
+{%- endtrans %}
+
+{% trans -%}
+As usual, we recommend that you update to this release.
+The best way to maintain security and help the network is to run the latest release.
+{%- endtrans %}
+
+**{% trans %}RELEASE DETAILS{% endtrans %}**
+
+**{% trans %}Changes{% endtrans %}**
+
+- {% trans %}New console notification bubbles{% endtrans %}
+- {% trans %}New addressbook sort-by-latest tab{% endtrans %}
+- {% trans %}Add support for .i2p.alt hostnames (RFC 9476){% endtrans %}
+
+**{% trans %}Bug Fixes{% endtrans %}**
+
+- {% trans %}Fix local site access bug{% endtrans %}
+- {% trans %}Fix installer failure on Java 21+ (IzPack 5.2.4){% endtrans %}
+- {% trans %}Fix tunnel tests for outbound client tunnels{% endtrans %}
+- {% trans %}Fix installing to paths with spaces (non-Windows){% endtrans %}
+- {% trans %}Console dark theme fixes and improvements{% endtrans %}
+- {% trans %}Fix AIOOBE on large signed streaming packets{% endtrans %}
+- {% trans %}Fix compression of Router Identities{% endtrans %}
+- {% trans %}Update outdated Docker container and container libraries{% endtrans %}
+
+**{% trans %}Other{% endtrans %}**
+
+- {% trans %}Add logo to first installer panel{% endtrans %}
+- {% trans %}Add progress bar to installer panels{% endtrans %}
+- {% trans %}Use SHA256 pool in Noise{% endtrans %}
+- {% trans %}Move certs page to a debug page tab{% endtrans %}
+- {% trans %}Reduce memory usage in AddressBean{% endtrans %}
+- {% trans %}Set bulk profile for servers and i2psnark{% endtrans %}
+- {% trans %}Prep for tunnel bandwidth parameters (proposal 168){% endtrans %}
+- {% trans %}Proxy error page improvements{% endtrans %}
+- {% trans %}Check key order when parsing RI mappings{% endtrans %}
+- {% trans %}Reduce i2psnark peer check interval{% endtrans %}
+- {% trans %}Translation updates{% endtrans %}
+
+
+`{% trans %}Full list of fixed bugs{% endtrans %}`__
+
+__ http://{{ i2pconv('git.idk.i2p') }}/i2p-hackers/i2p.i2p/-/issues?scope=all&state=closed&milestone_title=2.9.0
+
+**{% trans %}SHA256 Checksums:{% endtrans %}**
+
+::
+      
+     TODO