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= Wireshark {wireshark-version} Release Notes
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This is a semi-experimental release intended to test new features for
Wireshark 2.6.

== What is Wireshark?

Wireshark is the world's most popular network protocol analyzer. It is
used for troubleshooting, analysis, development and education.

== What's New

//=== Bug Fixes

//The following bugs have been fixed:

//* ws-buglink:5000[]
//* ws-buglink:6000[Wireshark bug]
//* cve-idlink:2014-2486[]
//* Wireshark convinced you to switch seats on the plane while neglecting to tell you that its seat was noticeably moist.

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=== New and Updated Features

The following features are new (or have been significantly updated)
since version 2.4.0:
* Add color support for TShark with --color option (non-Windows only).
* The "matches" display filter operator is now case-insensitive.
* Display expression (button) preferences have been converted to a UAT.
  This puts the display expressions in their own file.  Wireshark still
  supports preference files that contain the old preferences, but new
  preference files will be written without the old fields.
* SMI private enterprise numbers are now read from the "enterprises.tsv" configuration file.
* QUIC dissector is renamed to G(oogle) QUIC (quic => gquic).
* Selected packet number can now be shown in the Status Bar by enabling
  Preferences -> Appearance -> Layout -> Show selected packet number.
* File load time in Status Bar is now disabled by default and can be enabled in
  Preferences -> Appearance -> Layout -> Show file load time.
* Support for G.729 codec in the RTP Player (via the bcg729 library).

//=== Removed Dissectors

//=== New File Format Decoding Support

=== New Protocol Support

// Add one protocol per line between the --sort-and-group-- delimiters.
--sort-and-group--
LoRaTap
LoRaWAN
ISOBUS
AMT (Automatic Multicast Tunneling)
QUIC (IETF)
Wi-Fi Device Provisioning Protocol
--sort-and-group--

=== Updated Protocol Support

Too many protocols have been updated to list here.

=== New and Updated Capture File Support

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// Add one file type per line between the --sort-and-group-- delimiters.
--sort-and-group--
--sort-and-group--

=== New and Updated Capture Interfaces support

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--sort-and-group--
LoRaTap
--sort-and-group--

//=== Major API Changes

== Getting Wireshark

Wireshark source code and installation packages are available from
https://www.wireshark.org/download.html.

=== Vendor-supplied Packages

Most Linux and Unix vendors supply their own Wireshark packages. You can
usually install or upgrade Wireshark using the package management system
specific to that platform. A list of third-party packages can be found
on the https://www.wireshark.org/download.html#thirdparty[download page]
on the Wireshark web site.

== File Locations

Wireshark and TShark look in several different locations for preference
files, plugins, SNMP MIBS, and RADIUS dictionaries. These locations vary
from platform to platform. You can use About→Folders to find the default
locations on your system.

== Known Problems

Dumpcap might not quit if Wireshark or TShark crashes.
(ws-buglink:1419[])

The BER dissector might infinitely loop.
(ws-buglink:1516[])

Capture filters aren't applied when capturing from named pipes.
(ws-buglink:1814[])

Filtering tshark captures with read filters (-R) no longer works.
(ws-buglink:2234[])

Application crash when changing real-time option.
(ws-buglink:4035[])

Wireshark and TShark will display incorrect delta times in some cases.
(ws-buglink:4985[])

Wireshark should let you work with multiple capture files. (ws-buglink:10488[])

Dell Backup and Recovery (DBAR) makes many Windows applications crash,
including Wireshark. (ws-buglink:12036[])

== Getting Help

Community support is available on https://ask.wireshark.org/[Wireshark's
Q&A site] and on the wireshark-users mailing list. Subscription
information and archives for all of Wireshark's mailing lists can be
found on https://www.wireshark.org/lists/[the web site].

Official Wireshark training and certification are available from
http://www.wiresharktraining.com/[Wireshark University].

== Frequently Asked Questions

A complete FAQ is available on the
https://www.wireshark.org/faq.html[Wireshark web site].
