Changelog

Changes since V5.5.0.10:

• :wrench: Fixed very rare ASF crash caused by access tokens race condition (@JustArchi).
• :desktop_computer: Latest ASF-ui with new features, improvements and bugfixes (@MrBurrBurr).
• :globe_with_meridians: Updated localization provided by our community (@JustArchi-ArchiBot).
• :repeat: Usual amount of other core improvements, optimizations and bugfixes (@JustArchi).

Changes since V5.4.13.4:

• :exclamation: ASF is now based on .NET 8 platform. While mostly transparent and compatible for end-users, new .NET major version brings a lot of improvements, enhancements, bugfixes and optimizations. It also opens new ASF version cycle, V5.5, due to potential breaking changes (@JustArchi).
• :exclamation: ASF no longer uses API keys, previous functionality was rewritten to access tokens instead. This also means that ASF will no longer generate API key on each run, you can revoke existing API keys after update if you'd like to (@JustArchi, #3084).
• :boom: .NET 8 dropped support for some obsolete OSes, check out compatibility wiki section for up-to-date requirements. All currently supported OSes should work without any issues. Naturally, people running generic ASF variant will need to update their SDK/runtime to version 8.0 (@JustArchi).
• :boom: Dropped support for generic-netf platform. Check relevant issue for more details if you're affected (@JustArchi, #3060).
• :boom: Our systemd units got upgraded with latest security enhancements, this requires acceptably recent v247 version or newer, which is the case with all currently supported OSes (@JustArchi).
• :sparkles: Side effect of API keys removal brings limited support for trading on limited accounts, in particular they can do everything that Steam allows, for example accepting donations. Previously they had completely restricted trading functionality (@JustArchi).
• :sparkles: Enhanced std command in our STD plugin to std [Bots], the command now allows to submit data to SteamDB in one-time mode even with disabled STD config (@JustArchi).
• :sparkles: Improved PublicListing announcements logic to decrease amount of traffic and workload, which should be especially visible on bots with huge inventories. This is still a bit experimental at this stage on our side, but seems to work much better (@JustArchi, #3073).
• :sparkles: Enhanced 2fainit to produce maFile.NEW file that is fully compatible with SDA for import (@JustArchi).
• :sparkles: Added Steam Winter Sale 2023 to SalesBlacklist (@nolddor, #3098).
• :wrench: ASF will now use CurrentCulture as announced Steam client language, which influences e.g. language in e-mails being sent (@JustArchi, #3093).
• :wrench: Fixed relative path in ASF_CRYPTKEY_FILE not working when using custom ASF_PATH (@JustArchi).
• :wrench: Fixed regression introduced while fixing #3051 that sometimes made console input non-operative (@JustArchi, #3075).
• :wrench: Fixed Bosnian language not being recognized out of the box for ASF (@JustArchi).
• :wrench: Fixed potential ASF crash when user spent too much time entering the password (@JustArchi).
• :desktop_computer: Latest ASF-ui with new features, improvements and bugfixes (@MrBurrBurr).
• :globe_with_meridians: Updated localization provided by our community (@JustArchi-ArchiBot).
• :repeat: Usual amount of other core improvements, optimizations and bugfixes (@JustArchi).

Changes (mostly breaking) for plugin creators:

• :boom: In general, we recommend all plugins to be retargetted and recompiled for .NET 8 and ASF V5.5 family. While ASF V5.5 supports .NET 7 plugins (and earlier), due to amount of breaking changes across both .NET and ASF, their stability is doubtful at best. If you've used our plugin template for your plugin, pulling the template changes or pushing something like this will be sufficient (@JustArchi).
• :boom: It's especially important to watch out for potential native dependencies changes if you expect your plugin to work in OS-specific scenarios. I don't expect a lot of breaking changes here, but with major .NET upgrade the runtime bundled with OS-specific builds of ASF naturally has changed, so you should be aware of potential incompatibilities with that (@JustArchi).
• :boom: CachedApiKey and CachedEconomyBan were removed from ArchiWebHandler. If you depend on API key, chance is your code might work with CachedAccessToken and ?access_token= instead. If not, you'll need to reimplement fetching API key yourself, as we've removed it due to Valve breaking changes in API keys generation, with old code no longer working (@JustArchi, #3084).
• 🏗️ ArchiCacheable<T> now supports cancellation. You most likely don't want/need to use it, but recompilation with existing code is required if you reference any (@JustArchi, #3066).
• 🏗️ ArchiWebHandler and WebBrowser now support cancellation. You most likely don't want/need to use it, but recompilation with existing code is required if you reference any (@JustArchi, #3067).
• 🏗️ IBotsComparer and IWebInterface plugin interfaces now come with interface-default values for their properties. This is code-compatible, but may require a recompilation (@JustArchi, #3072).

Support

ASF is available for free, this release was made possible thanks to the people that decided to support the project. If you're grateful for what we're doing, please consider a donation. Developing ASF requires massive amount of time and knowledge, especially when it comes to Steam (and its problems). Even $1 is highly appreciated and shows that you care. Thank you!