Matomo 4.2.1 - Analytics Platform

We are proud to announce Matomo 4.2.1: a new minor release of Matomo Analytics.

What’s new?

All cookies created by the Matomo User Interface are now httpOnly for added security (so far the matomo_lang cookie was not). This new release also addresses minor archiving related issues and prevents a possible error message during upgrade to 4.2.0. Also many new devices brands, browsers and podcast apps are now detected by Device Detector.

We are grateful for all community members who reported feedback and suggestions, our awesome team of translators for their work, and our Premium features customers and Matomo Cloud hosting customers for their amazing support.

33 tickets have been closed by more than 6 contributors!

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Database upgrade

This release does not contain any major database upgrade.

List of 33 tickets closed in Matomo 4.2.1

matomo-org/matomo

#17270 Make all cookies httpOnly [by @sgiehl]
#13976 Segments are not deleted when User is deleted [by @flamisz]
#17244 possibly avoid infinite looping if group_concat cuts off result [by @diosmosis]
#17250 Only force single plugin archiving for root archive requests. [by @diosmosis]
#17253 Critical error during database upgrade « The date ‘-0001-11-30’ is a date before first website was online » when updating to 4.2.0
#17273 [automatic translation update] Updated 295 strings in 8 languages (de el bg it sk tr sq sv) [by @github-actions[bot], @sgiehl]
#17280 [automatic translation update] Updated 5 strings in 2 languages (zh-cn tr) [by @github-actions[bot], @sgiehl]
#17248 All websites dashboard images may show as 404 [by @Findus23]
#17277 Remove the text « (Default) » in the new segment screen [by @flamisz, @diosmosis]

matomo-org/device-detector

#6482 Adds detection for CoolBrowser [by @liviuconcioiu, @sanchezzzhak]
#6615 Adds detection for AOC, ALDI NORD, ELECTRONIA, Facebook, F&U, Fuego, GoGEN, Horizon, KUBO, Laurus, Lifemaxx, Manhattan, MStar, OK, PROFiLO, REGAL, SCBC, SEG, SWTV, Technicolor, Technika, TOKYO, WELLINGTON, Western Digital, VOX television brands, improves detection for Akai, ARRIS, Blaupunkt, Essentielb, Haier, Hi-Level, Hisense, Hitachi, Hyundai, Kalley, LG, MediaTek, Miray, MTC, Nvidia, Panasonic, Philips, Qilive, Samsung, Smart, Sony, TCL, TD Systems, Thomson, Vestel television brands and improves detection for Android, Fire OS, webOS [by @liviuconcioiu, @sanchezzzhak]
#6618 Improves detection for Android, macOS, iOS, Windows, Windows Phone operating systems and x86 platform [by @liviuconcioiu, @sanchezzzhak]
#6622 Adds detection for various bots and improves generic bots detection [by @liviuconcioiu, @sanchezzzhak]
#6641 Adds detection for Qwant Mobile iOS browser [by @liviuconcioiu, @sanchezzzhak]
#6655 Adds detection for HasCodingOS and HasBrowser [by @liviuconcioiu, @sanchezzzhak]
#6658 Adds detection for Deledao browser [by @liviuconcioiu, @sanchezzzhak]
#6659 Adds detection for 7654 Browser [by @liviuconcioiu, @sanchezzzhak]
#6665 Adds detection for JavaFX WebView [by @liviuconcioiu, @sanchezzzhak]
#6666 Adds detection for Byffox browser [by @liviuconcioiu, @sanchezzzhak]
#6675 Detect new brands: Simply, Aiuto and Detect devices for existing brands: Asus, Alcatel, HTC, Samsung, Sharp, Freetel, VAIO, Sony, Fujitsu, iTel, ZTE, Kyocera, Pioneer, POCO, Blackview, Aligator, Irbis, BQ, Videocon, Wiko, Mobiistar [by @sanchezzzhak, @sgiehl]
#6676 Detect apps for Podcasts [by @sanchezzzhak]
#6677 Improves detection for Baidu Spark browser [by @liviuconcioiu, @sanchezzzhak]
#6678 Improves detection for Coc Coc browser [by @liviuconcioiu, @sanchezzzhak]
#6679 Improves detection for Avant Browser [by @liviuconcioiu, @sanchezzzhak]
#6681 Improves detection for Maxthon browser [by @liviuconcioiu, @sanchezzzhak]
#6682 Adds detection for Qazweb browser [by @liviuconcioiu, @sanchezzzhak]
#6683 Adds detection for Chromium GOST browser [by @liviuconcioiu, @sanchezzzhak]
#6684 Adds detection for Chedot browser [by @liviuconcioiu, @sanchezzzhak]
#6685 Adds detection for deg-degan browser [by @liviuconcioiu, @sanchezzzhak]
#6687 Improves version detection for Baidu Browser [by @liviuconcioiu, @sanchezzzhak]
#6689 Don’t use numeric keys as it breaks using Symfony YAML [by @sgiehl]
#6690 Detect devices for brands: LG, Fujitsu, Chuwi, Sharp, FireFly Mobile, and create ExtraYaml check is not key number [by @sanchezzzhak]
#6692 hotfix incorrect YAML attribute `name` in mobile-app.yml [by @sanchezzzhak, @sgiehl]

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