Patch Package OTP 28.0.2 Released

A new Erlang announcement has been posted:

Patch Package:           OTP 28.0.2
Git Tag:                 OTP-28.0.2
Date:                    2025-07-17
Trouble Report Id:       OTP-19661, OTP-19670, OTP-19673, OTP-19674,
                         OTP-19678, OTP-19680, OTP-19682, OTP-19683,
                         OTP-19684, OTP-19687, OTP-19690, OTP-19691,
                         OTP-19697, OTP-19699, OTP-19700, OTP-19702,
                         OTP-19703, OTP-19707, OTP-19710, OTP-19711
Seq num:                 ERIERL-1240, ERIERL-1241, ERIERL-1242,
                         GH-10001, GH-10007, GH-10028, GH-10047,
                         GH-9632, GH-9655, GH-9858, GH-9884, GH-9992,
                         PR-10003, PR-10008, PR-10016, PR-10023,
                         PR-10024, PR-10029, PR-10031, PR-10035,
                         PR-10036, PR-10039, PR-10048, PR-9887,
                         PR-9930, PR-9952, PR-9953, PR-9955, PR-9994,
                         PR-9996
System:                  OTP
Release:                 28
Application:             compiler-9.0.1, debugger-6.0.2, erts-16.0.2,
                         kernel-10.3.2, public_key-1.18.2, ssh-5.3.2,
                         ssl-11.3.2, stdlib-7.0.2, wx-2.5.1
Predecessor:             OTP 28.0.1
Check out the git tag OTP-28.0.2, and build a full OTP system including
documentation. Apply one or more applications from this build as patches to your
installation using the ‘otp_patch_apply’ tool. For information on install
requirements, see descriptions for each application version below.

OTP-28.0.2

Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions

Fix otp_patch_apply to work with Erlang/OTP 28 and later.

Own Id: OTP-19682
Related Id(s): PR-9953

compiler-9.0.1

The compiler-9.0.1 application can be applied independently of other
applications on a full OTP 28 installation.

Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions

Fixed a bug that could cause empty bitstring matches to always succeed, even
when they should not.

Own Id: OTP-19711
Related Id(s): GH-10047, PR-10048

Full runtime dependencies of compiler-9.0.1

crypto-5.1, erts-13.0, kernel-8.4, stdlib-6.0

debugger-6.0.2

The debugger-6.0.2 application can be applied independently of other
applications on a full OTP 28 installation.

Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions

Fixed debugger priv dir, which was removed and caused crashes when the icons
could not be found.

Own Id: OTP-19687
Related Id(s): GH-9858, PR-9994

Full runtime dependencies of debugger-6.0.2

compiler-8.0, erts-15.0, kernel-10.0, stdlib-7.0, wx-2.0

erts-16.0.2

The erts-16.0.2 application can be applied independently of other applications
on a full OTP 28 installation.

Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions

prim_net nif used incorrect encoding for family resulting in non-functional
address selection.

Own Id: OTP-19674

Fix windows uninstall command.

Own Id: OTP-19683
Related Id(s): GH-9884, GH-9992, PR-9887

With this change erlang will start if it receives short (ms-dos compatible)
path to executable.

Own Id: OTP-19690
Related Id(s): PR-9996

Improvements and New Features

The maximum amount of connections for epmd on Windows platforms has been
increased from 64 to 1024.

Own Id: OTP-19710
Related Id(s): PR-10039

Full runtime dependencies of erts-16.0.2

kernel-9.0, sasl-3.3, stdlib-4.1

kernel-10.3.2

The kernel-10.3.2 application can be applied independently of other applications
on a full OTP 28 installation.

Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions

socket:sendv/3 with ‘nowait’ sometimes return ‘completion’ without
‘CompletionInfo’ (Windows only).

Own Id: OTP-19661

prim_net nif used incorrect encoding for family resulting in non-functional
address selection.

Own Id: OTP-19674

socket:accept can return unexpected ‘select_sent’.

Own Id: OTP-19684
Related Id(s): ERIERL-1242

net_kernel could be blocked for a very long time when selecting distribution
module for a connection if the DNS service was slow. This prevented any new
connections to be set up during that time.

Own Id: OTP-19702
Related Id(s): ERIERL-1241, PR-10029

Improvements and New Features

Improved documentation of CompletionStatus for asynchronous (nowait) socket
operations.

Own Id: OTP-19670
Related Id(s): PR-9930

Full runtime dependencies of kernel-10.3.2

crypto-5.0, erts-15.2.5, sasl-3.0, stdlib-6.0

public_key-1.18.2

The public_key-1.18.2 application can be applied independently of other
applications on a full OTP 28 installation.

Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions

Adjustments in include file to retain compatibility with supported ASN-1
standards, although not all record and macros are explicitly documented.

Own Id: OTP-19678
Related Id(s): GH-10001, PR-10008, PR-9955

Handle certificates that are signed with RSASSA-PSS but the PSS params are
specified in the ‘SignatureAlgorithm’ of the signed cert and not in the
signer’s ‘SubjectPublicKeyInfo’.

Own Id: OTP-19699
Related Id(s): GH-9632, PR-10023

Add modern ASN-1 specs to be able to retain support for ExtensionRequest from
legacy PKCS-9 spec.

Own Id: OTP-19703
Related Id(s): GH-10028, PR-10031

Full runtime dependencies of public_key-1.18.2

asn1-5.0, crypto-5.0, erts-13.0, kernel-8.0, stdlib-4.0

ssh-5.3.2

The ssh-5.3.2 application can be applied independently of other applications on
a full OTP 28 installation.

Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions

Fix file handle id generation.

Own Id: OTP-19691
Related Id(s): PR-10003

Fixes a badmatch error, when SFTP operation cannot be processed due to channel
closed in parallel.

Own Id: OTP-19707
Related Id(s): GH-9655, PR-10035, PR-10036

Full runtime dependencies of ssh-5.3.2

crypto-5.0, erts-14.0, kernel-10.3, public_key-1.6.1, runtime_tools-1.15.1,
stdlib-5.0, stdlib-6.0

ssl-11.3.2

The ssl-11.3.2 application can be applied independently of other applications on
a full OTP 28 installation.

Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions

Improve error message for bad arguments to underlying connect.

Own Id: OTP-19697
Related Id(s): GH-10007, PR-10016

Full runtime dependencies of ssl-11.3.2

crypto-5.6, erts-16.0, inets-5.10.7, kernel-10.3, public_key-1.16.4,
runtime_tools-1.15.1, stdlib-7.0

stdlib-7.0.2

The stdlib-7.0.2 application can be applied independently of other applications
on a full OTP 28 installation.

Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions

A set of small bugs in sort stability for `lists:sort/1` and
`lists:keysort/1` has been fixed. The bug happened for only some, seemingly
random, element sequences. Most sorts were stable.

Sort stability for `lists:sort/1` is only possible to observe when sorting
lists with floating point and integer numbers of the same value.

For `lists:keysort/1` the list had to start with two tuples where the keys
or the whole tuples compared equal.

Own Id: OTP-19673
Related Id(s): ERIERL-1240

Fixed bug in io_lib:bformat/2 which crashed if format string contained
unicode characters.

Own Id: OTP-19680
Related Id(s): PR-9952

Full runtime dependencies of stdlib-7.0.2

compiler-5.0, crypto-4.5, erts-16.0, kernel-10.0, sasl-3.0, syntax_tools-3.2.1

wx-2.5.1

The wx-2.5.1 application can be applied independently of other applications on a
full OTP 28 installation.

Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions

Don’t include gl.beam in pre-built source tar file, since it depends on
local configure results.

Own Id: OTP-19700
Related Id(s): PR-10024

Full runtime dependencies of wx-2.5.1

erts-12.0, kernel-8.0, stdlib-5.0

Thanks to

Dmytro Lytovchenko

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