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LiteSpeed Plesk Extension Changelog

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We do our best to update this changelog in a timely manner. However, if a version is missing, you can always find the release announcement in our LiteSpeed Edge Google Group.

Version 2.6.0

Released: September 16, 2026

  • [Feature] Added an Access Control toggle to the main screen, allowing the built-in Plesk administrator to grant Additional Administrator Accounts access to the plugin.
  • [Improvement] Removed the limit on Redis cache size.
  • [Improvement] Required CSRF tokens for all remaining state-changing actions.
  • [Improvement] Hardened root-side file operations against local privilege escalation.
  • [Improvement] Hardened scripts and escalated commands against potential command injection and made input validation consistent across system locales.
  • [Improvement] Hardened plugin pages against potential XSS by escaping displayed messages, titles, and form errors by default.
  • [Improvement] Hardened the parsing of escalated command output.
  • [Improvement] Corrected which administrator accounts were subject to the access restriction introduced in version 2.5.0.
  • [Improvement] Displayed a friendly message page instead of an Exception Caught error when an account that could not use the plugin opened it.
  • [Improvement] Made the panel and Redis scripts read the server line from redis_svc.sh consistently.
  • [Improvement] Sanitized values written to the plugin log file.
  • [Improvement] Improved handling of the WebAdmin password during installation. Installation now stops with a clear message instead of leaving the WebAdmin console without a usable login.
  • [Improvement] Improved compatibility with Shared Code Library updates during a WordPress cache scan.
  • [Improvement] Reduced page-load size across the plugin interface.
  • [Bug fix] Prevented Redis-validation slowdowns when Redis was unused.
  • [Bug fix] Fixed blank cells in LiteSpeed Containers statistics when a Prometheus time range was selected.
  • [Bug fix] Fixed failures when setting, changing, or clearing the Redis configuration file and added a clear reason when a path was rejected.
  • [Bug fix] Fixed the Redis service file being upgraded incorrectly in some cases.
  • [Bug fix] Fixed the Redis size list sometimes displaying no values after Redis was enabled for a user.
  • [Bug fix] Fixed the plugin version on the main screen incorrectly reporting 2.4.4 on a version 2.5.0 installation.
  • [Bug fix] Fixed browsers continuing to use cached plugin JavaScript and CSS after an upgrade.
  • [Bug fix] Fixed search-box and table styling not being applied to plugin data tables.
  • [Bug fix] Fixed the LiteSpeed Web Server installer’s PHP setup step not running and looking for a Plesk PHP version that Plesk no longer offered.

Version 2.5.0

Released: May 28, 2026

  • [Feature] As a security feature, allowed only the built-in Plesk administrator to use the plugin. Delegated administrators were denied access.
  • [Feature] Made web-server switching between Apache and LiteSpeed asynchronous so the page no longer hangs while the web server restarts.
  • [Feature] Made switching to Apache detect whether Apache was installed and display installation instructions instead of a misleading prompt.
  • [Feature] Added additional Shared Code Library integrity checks.
  • [Improvement] Required CSRF tokens for all state-changing actions and accepted them only from the POST body, keeping tokens out of URLs, browser history, and access logs.
  • [Improvement] Hardened the plugin against root-side privilege escalation.
  • [Improvement] Relocated temporary log files to /var/lib/litespeed-plesk and improved read/write logic.
  • [Improvement] Shifted some URLs to HTTPS.
  • [Improvement] Improved LSWS home-path validation.
  • [Improvement] Changed Prometheus statistics endpoint requests to use PHP cURL.
  • [Improvement] Tightened input validation across LiteSpeed Containers.
  • [Bug fix] Hardened multiple pages against potential XSS vulnerabilities.
  • [Bug fix] Hardened scripts against potential command injection.
  • [Bug fix] Properly detected non-CloudLinux systems in Redis.
  • [Bug fix] Fixed several issues in validate_redis.sh.
  • [Bug fix] Fixed active users being unintentionally disabled in Redis.
  • [Bug fix] Fixed Dash Notifier mass-action submissions and improved statistics messages in LiteSpeed Containers.
  • [Bug fix] Fixed a 500 error that sometimes occurred when clicking the Back button on the LSCWP cache-scan progress page.

Version 2.4.2

Released: March 25, 2026

  • [Bug fix] Used the cagefs.mp file to detect CloudLinux in Redis, fixing the detection added in v2.4.1.

Version 2.4.1

Released: March 12, 2026

  • [Bug fix] Correctly detected CloudLinux v10 in Redis.

Version 2.4.0

Released: February 10, 2026

  • [Feature] Added a third-party extension EULA-confirmation requirement and a View EULA page.
  • [Improvement] Added privacy_policy_url to the plugin meta XML file.
  • [Improvement] Made miscellaneous code improvements and cleanup.
  • [Bug fix] Installed a Redis prerequisite for AlmaLinux 10.

Version 2.3.4

Released: November 26, 2025

  • [Bug fix] Fixed the incorrect Plesk LiteSpeed directory used for installation.

Version 2.3.3

Released: November 10, 2025

  • [Bug fix] Properly upgraded the redis_svc.sh file and repaired it if it was broken in a prior release.

Version 2.3.2

Released: October 23, 2025

  • [Bug fix] Properly installed Redis if it was not already installed for functions in redis_user_action.sh.
  • [Bug fix] Handled duplicate /etc/passwd UID entries in redis_user_action.sh when creating a user’s Redis files.
  • [Bug fix] Properly handled deleted or merged Redis users in the hook function.
  • [Bug fix] Handled changes to redis-svc.sh when processing the Redis configuration file.

Version 2.3.1

Released: October 10, 2025

  • [Bug fix] Corrected the Plesk directory path in redis_user_action.sh.

Version 2.3

Released: September 4, 2025

  • [Feature] Added package support to Redis.
  • [Feature] Added support for enabling or disabling unsized users in Redis.
  • [Feature] Added the ability to switch between Valkey and Redis.
  • [Improvement] Set root-only permissions on the redis.size file.
  • [Improvement] Created /usr/local/lsws/debug to enable debugging to /usr/local/lsws/logs/webcachemgr.log.
  • [Bug fix] Created Redis temporary-directory files and directories as the user.
  • [Bug fix] Prevented FTP-only users from appearing in Redis Users.
  • [Bug fix] Correctly handled the renaming of a user account in a hook.
  • [Bug fix] Properly uninstalled LiteSpeed hooks and LiteSpeed Redis services when the extension was removed.

Version 2.2.0

Released: July 17, 2025

  • [Feature] Added a Flag All button to the Cache Management page.
  • [Bug fix] Reset all mounts after a Plesk component update.
  • [Bug fix] Addressed a minor security vulnerability found by a security researcher.

Version 2.1.5

Released: June 20, 2025

  • [Bug fix] Fixed a bug in package management where an exception occurred for new users.

Version 2.1.4

Released: April 15, 2025

  • [Improvement] Improved PHP 8.4 compatibility.

Version 2.1.3

Released: January 14, 2025

  • [Improvement] Added an extension shortcut to the admin navigation menu.
  • [Improvement] Made miscellaneous code improvements.
  • [Bug fix] Fixed a minor bug in the Redis-hook set logic.

Version 2.1.2

Released: December 20, 2024

  • [Bug fix] Properly escalated the list of running Redis services so it displayed correctly for CloudLinux.
  • [Bug fix] Saved table settings for Redis.

Version 2.1.1

Released: December 17, 2024

  • [Feature] Added Unmount All to the LiteSpeed Containers User Manager.
  • [Bug fix] Fixed a display bug in the LiteSpeed Containers Stats Manager and User Manager that caused columns to display incorrectly.
  • [Bug fix] Corrected hooks for LiteSpeed Containers.
  • [Bug fix] Prevented messages indicating loss of access to LiteSpeed Containers.
  • [Bug fix] Preserved table state between exiting and reentering a table.

Version 2.1.0

Released: November 14, 2024

  • [Feature] Added Redis cache flushing.
  • [Feature] Added a Redis configuration file.
  • [Improvement] Opened new external links in a new window or tab.
  • [Improvement] Improved nginx Reverse Proxy detection and disable logic.
  • [GUI] Made minor visual improvements to some buttons.
  • [GUI] Displayed Apache Port Offset information on more pages.
  • [GUI] Improved spacing in title hover text.
  • [Misc] Improved HTML structure for some pages.
  • [Misc] Corrected some external plugin links.
  • [Bug fix] Cleaned up Redis sizes and services with hooks when a user was deleted, or sizes when a service was deleted.
  • [Bug fix] Fixed various Redis and LiteSpeed Containers bugs.

Version 2.0.0

Released: September 17, 2024

  • [Feature] Added new LiteSpeed Containers features.
  • [Feature] Added the Cache Redis for Users feature.

Version 1.4.19

Released: November 15, 2023

  • [Improvement] Improved nginx reverse-proxy detection logic.
  • [Bug fix] Fixed the Latest Build alert appearing for non-stable server builds when the follow_stable flag file was set.

Version 1.4.18

Released: October 25, 2023

  • [Bug fix] Fixed the Invalid Entrance bug introduced in v1.4.17.

Version 1.4.17

Released: September 26, 2023

  • [Improvement] Made miscellaneous code improvements.

Version 1.4.16

Released: July 18, 2023

  • [Improvement] Improved the reliability of virtual-host cache-root detection.
  • [Improvement] Made miscellaneous code improvements.

Version 1.4.15

Released: June 20, 2023

  • [Improvement] Updated the Cache Manager scan logic.
  • [Improvement] Added support for custom Shared Code Library update-failure messages.
  • [Misc] Added aarch64 as a supported Linux architecture.
  • [Misc] Fixed several minor typos.

Version 1.4.14

Released: April 17, 2023

  • [Improvement] Improved WordPress-scan logic.

Version 1.4.13

Released: March 14, 2023

  • [Bug fix] Addressed compatibility issues introduced in v1.4.12, release 3.

Version 1.4.12

Released: February 17, 2023

  • [Bug fix] Addressed Undefined array key 'stop_msg' exceptions.

Version 1.4.11

Released: January 25, 2023

  • [Improvement] Made miscellaneous improvements to the existing version-comparison logic.
  • [Bug fix] Fixed an issue where LiteSpeed Web Server installation sometimes failed with an undefined key exception.

Version 1.4.10

Released: December 1, 2022

  • [Improvement] Made minor improvements to the LSCWP Version Manager page.
  • [Bug fix] Addressed issues with sending LSWS AdminPanel emails.

Version 1.4.9

Released: October 31, 2022

  • [Improvement] Added Rocky Linux as a supported operating system.

Version 1.4.8

Released: August 30, 2022

  • [Improvement] Improved PHP 8.x compatibility.
  • [Improvement] Made miscellaneous code improvements.