Border version 1.99.7 is available

Border version 1.99.7 has been released (tagged at 1.99.7.20250831123527.772ce56e35). This is the first public release of Border. It is in a series of releases made from the 1.99 development branch.

The following are release notes for Border 1.99.7:

• RT1428: Border is now packaged.
• RT1642: A header was added to Border web licenses.
• RT1664: Border now supports the listen-on statement in border.conf(5).
• RT1665: The border(8) process now runs as a daemon.
• RT1667: The border(8) process now drops privileges when run as root user using capabilities under Linux. It also supports being run in a chroot directory.
• RT1666: The border(8) process now creates PID files in its runstate directory.
• RT1668: The border(8) process is now run as the border user when started from the systemd border.service.
• RT1673: Copyright year was updated in various web source files.

To install Border, please see its installation instructions.

Some more development releases will be made from this branch until Border 2.0 is ready to be branched. You can read about Border branches and version numbering.

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