Redbot 3.3.2 (2020-02-28)

Thanks to all these amazing people that contributed to this release:

@aikaterna, @chasehult, @Dav-Git, @DiscordLiz, @Drapersniper, @fixator10, @Flame442, @Hedlund01, @jack1142, @Kowlin, @mikeshardmind, @PredaaA, @Stonedestroyer, @trundleroo, @TrustyJAID, @zephyrkul

End-user changelog

Core Bot

• Ignored guilds/channels and whitelist/blacklist are now cached for performance (#3472)
• Ignored guilds/channels have been moved from Mod cog to Core (#3472)
• [p]ignore channel command can now also ignore channel categories (#3472)

Core Commands

• Core cogs will now send bot mention prefix properly in places where discord doesn’t render mentions (#3579, #3591, #3499)
• Fix a bug with [p]blacklist add that made it impossible to blacklist users that bot doesn’t share a server with (#3472, #3220)
• Improve user experience of [p]set game/listening/watching/ commands (#3562)
• Add [p]licenceinfo alias for [p]licenseinfo command to conform with non-American English (#3460)

Admin

• [p]announce will now only send error message if an actual errors occurs (#3514, #3513)

Alias

• [p]alias help will now properly work in non-English locales (#3546)

Audio

• Users should be able to play age-restricted tracks from YouTube again (#3620)

Economy

• Next payday time will now be adjusted for users when payday time is changed (#3496, #3438)

Downloader

• Downloader will no longer fail because of invalid info.json files (#3533, #3456)
• Add better logging of errors when Downloader fails to add a repo (#3558)

Image

• Fix load error for users that updated Red from version lower than 3.1 to version 3.2 or newer (#3617)

Mod

• [p]hackban and [p]unban commands support user mentions now (#3524)
• Ignored guilds/channels have been moved from Mod cog to Core (#3472)

Streams

• Fix stream alerts for Twitch (#3487)
• Significantly reduce the quota usage for YouTube stream alerts (#3237)
• Add [p]streamset timer command which can be used to control how often the cog checks for live streams (#3237)

Trivia

• Add better handling for errors in trivia session (#3606)

Trivia Lists

• Remove empty answers in trivia lists (#3581)

Warnings

• Users can now pass a reason to [p]unwarn command (#3490, #3093)

Developer changelog

Core Bot

• Updated all our dependencies - we’re using discord.py 1.3.2 now (#3609)
• Add traceback logging to task exception handling (#3517)
• Developers can now create a command from an async function wrapped in functools.partial (#3542)
• Bot will now show deprecation warnings in logs (#3527, #3615)
• Subcommands of command group with invoke_without_command=True will again inherit this group’s checks (#3614)

Config

• Fix Config’s singletons (#3137, #3136)

Utility Functions

• Add clearer error when page is of a wrong type in redbot.core.utils.menus.menu() (#3571)

Dev Cog

• Allow for top-level Await expression, The async for statement and The async with statement in [p]debug and [p]repl commands (#3508)

Downloader

• Downloader will now replace [p] with clean prefix same as it does in help command (#3592)
• Add schema validation to info.json file processing - it should now be easier to notice any issues with those files (#3533, #3442)

Documentation changes

• Add guidelines for Cog Creators in Creating cogs for Red V3 document (#3568)
• Restructure virtual environment instructions to improve user experience (#3495, #3411, #3412)
• Getting started guide now explain use of quotes for arguments with spaces (#3555, #3111)
• latest version of docs now displays a warning about possible differences from current stable release (#3570)
• Make systemd guide clearer on obtaining username and python path (#3537, #3462)
• Indicate instructions for different venv types in systemd guide better (#3538)
• Service file in Setting up auto-restart using systemd on Linux now also waits for network connection to be ready (#3549)
• Hide alias of randomize_colour in docs (#3491)
• Add separate headers for each event predicate class for better navigation (#3595, #3164)
• Improve wording of explanation for required_cogs key in Publishing cogs for Red V3 (#3520)

Miscellaneous

• Use more reliant way of checking if command is bot owner only in [p]warnaction (Warnings cog) (#3516, #3515)
• Update PyPI domain in [p]info and update checker (#3607)
• Stop using deprecated code in core (#3610)

Redbot 3.3.1 (2020-02-05)

Core Bot

• Add a cli flag for setting a max size of message cache
• Allow to edit prefix from command line using redbot --edit.
• Some functions have been changed to no longer use deprecated asyncio functions

Core Commands

• The short help text for dm has been made more useful
• dm no longer allows owners to have the bot attempt to DM itself

Utils

• Passing the event loop explicitly in utils is deprecated (Removal in 3.4)

Mod Cog

• Hackban now works properly without being provided a number of days

Documentation Changes

• Add -e flag to journalctl command in systemd guide so that it takes the user to the end of logs automatically.
• Added section to install docs for CentOS 8
• Improve usage of apt update in docs

Redbot 3.3.0 (2020-01-26)

Core Bot

• The bot’s description is now configurable.
• We now use discord.py 1.3.1, this comes with added teams support.
• The commands module has been slightly restructured to provide more useful data to developers.
• Help is now self consistent in the extra formatting used.

Core Commands

• Slowmode should no longer error on nonsensical time quantities.
• Embed use can be configured per channel as well.

Documentation

• We’ve made some small fixes to inaccurate instructions about installing with pyenv.
• Notes about deprecating in 3.3 have been altered to 3.4 to match the intended timeframe.

Admin

• Gives feedback when adding or removing a role doesn’t make sense.

Audio

• Playlist finding is more intuitive.
• disconnect and repeat commands no longer interfere with eachother.

CustomCom

• No longer errors when exiting an interactive menu.

Cleanup

• A rare edge case involving messages which are deleted during cleanup and are the only message was fixed.

Downloader

• Some user facing messages were improved.
• Downloader’s initialization can no longer time out at startup.

General

• Roll command will no longer attempt to roll obscenely large amounts.

Mod

• You can set a default amount of days to clean up when banning.
• Ban and hackban now use that default.
• Users can now optionally be DMed their ban reason.

Permissions

• Now has stronger enforcement of prioritizing botwide settings.