This release contains numerous bug fixes, updated dependencies, and QoL improvements.

Update: This release contains a known regression in the combination of encode and reverse_proxy modules; please use v2.4.5 instead.

Thanks to all contributors, and a special thanks to @francislavoie and @Mohammed90 for their dedication in helping to maintain the project and help others.

Changelog

0bdb8aa8 acmeserver: Don't set host for directory links by default 2de7e14e acmeserver: Trim slashes from path prefix c131339c admin: Implement load_interval to pull config on a timer (#4246) a10910f3 admin: Sync server variables (fix #4260) (#4274) 51f125bd caddyfile: Better error message for missing site block braces (#4301) d74913f8 caddyfile: Error on invalid site addresses containing comma (#4302) b6f51254 caddyfile: keep error chain info in Dispenser.Errf (#4233) 1c6c7714 caddyhttp: Fix edgecase with auto HTTP->HTTPS logic (#4243) 42e140b1 caddyhttp: Fix incorrect determination of gRPC protocol (#4236) c1cd192e caddyhttp: Updated the documentation for MatchQuery (#4295) 81e53180 caddytls: Remove "IssuerRaw" field ce5a45db cmd: Fix paths when using an env file (#4296) 68c5c716 cmd: New add-package and remove-package commands (#4226) 9e333c39 cmd: use net.ErrClosed for matching returned error (#4289) 1b1e625c core: Unix ns and Unix ms time placeholders (#4280) 69c91448 encode: Tweak compression settings (#4215) 4245ceb6 fileserver: Add disable_canonical_uris Caddyfile subdirective (#4222) 191dc86f fileserver: Clarify docs about canonicalization 9e16e80f fileserver: Fix browse name_dir_first sorting (#4218) 885a9aaf go.mod: Update dependencies (close #4216) f43fd6f3 go.mod: Upgrade CertMagic to v0.14.4 84b906a2 go.mod: Upgrade some dependencies ab32440b httpcaddyfile: Add shortcut for proxy hostport placeholder (#4263) b3d35a49 httpcaddyfile: Don't put localhost in public APs (fix #4220) 569ecdbd httpcaddyfile: Ensure hosts to skip for logs can always be collected (#4258) bfbc459c httpcaddyfile: Improve unrecognized directive errors 403732c4 httpcaddyfile: Reorder some directives (#4311) 46d99aba logging: Add missing interface guards for replace filter (#4244) 124ba1ba logging: Prep for common_log removal (#4149) 8a974a4f logging: Warn for deprecated single_field encoder e6c29ce0 reverseproxy: Incorporate latest proxy changes from stdlib (#4266) d8822110 reverseproxy: Keep path to unix socket as dial address (#4232) f70a7578 reverseproxy: Remove redundant flushing (#4299)