May 29, 2026

New Features

Video Packager can answer queries about status of alive stream
Added Stream Manager Proxy to Video Packager nodes
Video Packager can now record streams and specify output via environment variables.

Improvements

Node communication in Red5 clusters is more resilient to disconnects, reconnects, and downstream stalls.
Better cache control for as-streams on multiple SM deployments
Worked around h.264 publisher handling for Apple devices (iOS and Mac) limiting bad user experiences that previously included dropped frames and freezes
Added default capabilities filters for Webhooks to enable finer-grained filtering

Bug Fixes

Terraform batching now respects batch execution delay configuration
Video Packager could fail to generate recordings for video only streams