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v0.2.0 Feature

This release adds 3 notable features for engineering teams evaluating rollout.

Published 1mo Offensive & Pentesting
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Summary

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Packet capture becomes optional and rootful backend no longer requires --output.

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childflow v0.2.0

v0.2.0 is a substantial quality and architecture update for childflow.

Highlights

  • rootless-internal is now the default backend
  • --root explicitly selects the current feature-complete rootful backend
  • Added preflight checks for both rootful and rootless requirements
  • Expanded proxy support to http://, https://, and socks5://
  • Improved shutdown, capture finalization, and rootful cleanup behavior
  • Added backend-focused CLI tests and a self-contained rootless integration test
  • Improved backend, capture, and troubleshooting documentation

Changes

  • Packet capture is now optional on both backends and enabled with --output
  • rootful no longer requires --output
  • Backend behavior and limitations are documented more explicitly

Notes

  • rootless-internal remains experimental
  • Linux remains the supported runtime target
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