generated: '2026-09-04'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://www.red5.net/docs/red5-pro/resources/release-notes/,
  https://www.red5.net/docs/red5-cloud/resources/release-notes/
scheme: semver
note: >-
  Red5 keeps two dated changelogs — one for the Red5 Pro Server (self-hosted software)
  and one for Red5 Cloud (the managed PaaS). Both are per-release pages with dates,
  grouped into New Features / Improvements / Bug Fixes. Neither marks breaking changes
  as such; the 15.0.0 SDK client removal and the 16.0.0 server release are only
  identifiable as breaking by reading the entries. Full history back to 13.0.0 is kept
  online, plus a separate known-issues page and a CVE archive.
changelogs:
  - name: Red5 Pro Server
    url: https://www.red5.net/docs/red5-pro/resources/release-notes/
    current_version: 16.0.0
    current_released: '2026-08-27'
  - name: Red5 Cloud
    url: https://www.red5.net/docs/red5-cloud/resources/release-notes/
    current_version: 1.14.1
    current_released: '2026-05-21'
  - name: Red5 HTML (WebRTC) SDK
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/red5pro-webrtc-sdk
    current_version: 15.6.1
    current_released: '2026-07-30'
  - name: Red5 open-source media server (Maven)
    url: https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/red5/red5-server/
    current_version: 2.0.41
    current_released: '2026-09-04'
entries:
  - version: 16.0.0
    product: Red5 Pro Server
    date: '2026-08-27'
    url: https://www.red5.net/docs/red5-pro/resources/release-notes/red5-pro-release-notes-16.0.0/
    breaking: unmarked
    additions:
      - Stream Manager automatically selects the closest region based on client IP address.
      - Stream Manager capacity expressions min() and max().
      - Stream Manager AI node type supporting Speech-To-Text.
      - Plugin for ad insertion into active streams.
    highlights:
      - Mixer stream puller consumes the onFI wall-clock beacon from the pulled stream.
      - VOD manifest recording segment log persists and resumes across disconnect/reconnect.
      - Fixes to DASH ABR manifest bandwidth, Brew Mixer drag-and-drop z-order and volume UI, an SRT origin memory leak, and Video Packager pixelation.
  - version: 15.6.0
    product: Red5 Pro Server
    date: '2026-07-07'
    url: https://www.red5.net/docs/red5-pro/resources/release-notes/red5-pro-release-notes-15.6.0/
    additions:
      - AV1 codec supported for ingest and egress across all supported protocols.
  - version: 15.5.3
    product: Red5 Pro Server
    date: '2026-05-29'
    url: https://www.red5.net/docs/red5-pro/resources/release-notes/red5-pro-release-notes-15.5.3/
    additions:
      - Video Packager status queries for live streams.
      - Stream Manager Proxy added to Video Packager nodes.
      - Video Packager recording with environment-variable output configuration.
  - version: 15.5.1
    product: Red5 Pro Server
    date: '2026-05-19'
    url: https://www.red5.net/docs/red5-pro/resources/release-notes/red5-pro-release-notes-15.5.1/
    additions:
      - WHIP plugin supports RTX (RFC 4588 RTP Retransmission) for WHIP and WHEP video.
      - as-terraform accepts a list of instance types.
  - version: 15.5.0
    product: Red5 Pro Server
    date: '2026-04-28'
    url: https://www.red5.net/docs/red5-pro/resources/release-notes/red5-pro-release-notes-15.5.0/
    additions:
      - Red5 Analytics and Metrics for Growth customers.
      - HLS streaming available in Red5 Cloud.
      - CORS configuration.
  - version: 15.4.0
    product: Red5 Pro Server
    date: '2026-04-17'
    url: https://www.red5.net/docs/red5-pro/resources/release-notes/red5-pro-release-notes-15.4.0/
    additions:
      - MoQ (Media over QUIC) protocol support.
      - Video packaging for specific streams.
      - Scaling-expectations scheduling API.
  - version: 1.14.1
    product: Red5 Cloud
    date: '2026-05-21'
    url: https://www.red5.net/docs/red5-cloud/resources/release-notes/red5-cloud-1.14.1/
    additions:
      - Analytics dashboard available to Growth and Enterprise customers.
  - version: 15.0.0
    product: Red5 HTML (WebRTC) SDK
    date: null
    breaking: true
    url: https://www.red5.net/docs/red5-pro/development/sdks/red5-webrtc-sdk/
    highlights:
      - >-
        Full TypeScript rewrite. RTCPublisher and RTCSubscriber (the WebSocket-signalled
        clients) were REMOVED; WHIPClient and WHEPClient are now the only clients.
        Migration is a drop-in class swap with the same init()/publish()/subscribe()
        calls, but code referencing the removed classes will not run.