Release History

Track the evolution of the Asteri web server.

v1.2.1 (Current)

May 16, 2026

This is a major stability and architectural update, addressing critical bugs discovered during production stress testing.

Output Capture Support: Added --capture-output to redirect stdout and stderr to error log files.
Dynamic Environment: Automated resolution of SERVER_NAME and SERVER_PORT via listener socket metadata.
Enhanced GThread: Better thread pool management with explicit --threads support.
Streaming Body: Implemented WSGIInput for efficient, memory-safe body streaming of large requests.

Arbiter: Fixed a critical bug where the master process exited before reaping worker processes.
HTTP/2: Resolved connection preface data loss during the H2 handshake.
uWSGI: Fixed parsing failures for packets exceeding 4KB.
Signal Handling: Improved SIGQUIT and SIGTERM behavior for graceful shutdowns.
Security: Added safety limits for large headers (up to 32KB).

May 14, 2026

Improved stability release for the initial version series.

May 14, 2026

Patch release addressing minor CLI inconsistencies and formatting.

May 14, 2026

Initial public release of the Asteri web server.

Multi-Worker Support: Integrated Sync, GThread, ASGI, and Gevent workers.
Protocol Switching: Automatic detection of HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2, and uWSGI on the same port.
Status Dashboard: Built-in real-time process monitoring at /asteri-status.
Advanced CLI: Comprehensive argument system for production tuning.