sing-box/docs/migration.md

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icon: material/arrange-bring-forward
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## 1.11.0

### Migrate legacy special outbounds to rule actions

Legacy special outbounds are deprecated and can be replaced by rule actions.

!!! info "References"

    [Rule Action](/configuration/route/rule_action/) / 
    [Block](/configuration/outbound/block/) / 
    [DNS](/configuration/outbound/dns)

=== "Block"

    === ":material-card-remove: Deprecated"
    
        ```json
        {
          "outbounds": [
            {
              "type": "block",
              "tag": "block"
            }
          ],
          "route": {
            "rules": [
              {
                ...,
                
                "outbound": "block"
              }
            ]
          }
        }
        ```

    === ":material-card-multiple: New"
    
        ```json
        {
          "route": {
            "rules": [
              {
                ...,
                
                "action": "reject"
              }
            ]
          }
        }
        ```

=== "DNS"

    === ":material-card-remove: Deprecated"
    
        ```json
        {
          "inbound": [
            {
              ...,
              
              "sniff": true
            }
          ],
          "outbounds": [
            {
              "tag": "dns",
              "type": "dns"
            }
          ],
          "route": {
            "rules": [
              {
                "protocol": "dns",
                "outbound": "dns"
              }
            ]
          }
        }
        ```
    
    === ":material-card-multiple: New"
    
        ```json
        {
          "route": {
            "rules": [
              {
                "action": "sniff"
              },
              {
                "protocol": "dns",
                "action": "hijack-dns"
              }
            ]
          }
        }
        ```

### Migrate legacy inbound fields to rule actions

Inbound fields are deprecated and can be replaced by rule actions.

!!! info "References"

    [Listen Fields](/configuration/inbound/listen/) /
    [Rule](/configuration/route/rule/) / 
    [Rule Action](/configuration/route/rule_action/) / 
    [DNS Rule](/configuration/dns/rule/) / 
    [DNS Rule Action](/configuration/dns/rule_action/)

=== ":material-card-remove: Deprecated"

    ```json
    {
      "inbounds": [
        {
          "type": "mixed",
          "sniff": true,
          "sniff_timeout": "1s",
          "domain_strategy": "prefer_ipv4"
        }
      ]
    }
    ```

=== ":material-card-multiple: New"

    ```json
    {
      "inbounds": [
        {
          "type": "mixed",
          "tag": "in"
        }
      ],
      "route": {
        "rules": [
          {
            "inbound": "in",
            "action": "resolve",
            "strategy": "prefer_ipv4"
          },
          {
            "inbound": "in",
            "action": "sniff",
            "timeout": "1s"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
    ```

### Migrate destination override fields to route options

Destination override fields in direct outbound are deprecated and can be replaced by route options.

!!! info "References"

    [Rule Action](/configuration/route/rule_action/) /
    [Direct](/configuration/outbound/direct/)

=== ":material-card-remove: Deprecated"

    ```json
    {
      "outbounds": [
        {
          "type": "direct",
          "override_address": "1.1.1.1",
          "override_port": 443
        }
      ]
    }
    ```

=== ":material-card-multiple: New"

    ```json
    {
      "route": {
        "rules": [
          {
            "action": "route-options", // or route
            "override_address": "1.1.1.1",
            "override_port": 443
          }
        ]
      }
    ```

## 1.10.0

### TUN address fields are merged

`inet4_address` and `inet6_address` are merged into `address`,
`inet4_route_address` and `inet6_route_address` are merged into `route_address`,
`inet4_route_exclude_address` and `inet6_route_exclude_address` are merged into `route_exclude_address`.

!!! info "References"

    [TUN](/configuration/inbound/tun/)

=== ":material-card-remove: Deprecated"

    ```json
    {
      "inbounds": [
        {
          "type": "tun",
          "inet4_address": "172.19.0.1/30",
          "inet6_address": "fdfe:dcba:9876::1/126",
          "inet4_route_address": [
            "0.0.0.0/1",
            "128.0.0.0/1"
          ],
          "inet6_route_address": [
            "::/1",
            "8000::/1"
          ],
          "inet4_route_exclude_address": [
            "192.168.0.0/16"
          ],
          "inet6_route_exclude_address": [
            "fc00::/7"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
    ```

=== ":material-card-multiple: New"

    ```json
    {
      "inbounds": [
        {
          "type": "tun",
          "address": [
            "172.19.0.1/30",
            "fdfe:dcba:9876::1/126"
          ],
          "route_address": [
            "0.0.0.0/1",
            "128.0.0.0/1",
            "::/1",
            "8000::/1"
          ],
          "route_exclude_address": [
            "192.168.0.0/16",
            "fc00::/7"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
    ```

## 1.9.5

### Bundle Identifier updates in Apple platform clients

Due to problems with our old Apple developer account,
we can only change Bundle Identifiers to re-list sing-box apps,
which means the data will not be automatically inherited.

For iOS, you need to back up your old data yourself (if you still have access to it);  
for tvOS, you need to re-import profiles from your iPhone or iPad or create it manually;  
for macOS, you can migrate the data folder using the following command:

```bash
cd ~/Library/Group\ Containers && \ 
  mv group.io.nekohasekai.sfa group.io.nekohasekai.sfavt
```

## 1.9.0

### `domain_suffix` behavior update

For historical reasons, sing-box's `domain_suffix` rule matches literal prefixes instead of the same as other projects.

sing-box 1.9.0 modifies the behavior of `domain_suffix`: If the rule value is prefixed with `.`,
the behavior is unchanged, otherwise it matches `(domain|.+\.domain)` instead.

### `process_path` format update on Windows

The `process_path` rule of sing-box is inherited from Clash,
the original code uses the local system's path format (e.g. `\Device\HarddiskVolume1\folder\program.exe`),
but when the device has multiple disks, the HarddiskVolume serial number is not stable.

sing-box 1.9.0 make QueryFullProcessImageNameW output a Win32 path (such as `C:\folder\program.exe`),
which will disrupt the existing `process_path` use cases in Windows.

## 1.8.0

### :material-close-box: Migrate cache file from Clash API to independent options

!!! info "References"

    [Clash API](/configuration/experimental/clash-api/) / 
    [Cache File](/configuration/experimental/cache-file/)

=== ":material-card-remove: Deprecated"

    ```json
    {
      "experimental": {
        "clash_api": {
          "cache_file": "cache.db", // default value
          "cahce_id": "my_profile2",
          "store_mode": true,
          "store_selected": true,
          "store_fakeip": true
        }
      }
    }
    ```

=== ":material-card-multiple: New"

    ```json
    {
      "experimental"  : {
        "cache_file": {
          "enabled": true,
          "path": "cache.db", // default value
          "cache_id": "my_profile2",
          "store_fakeip": true
        }
      }
    }
    ```

### :material-checkbox-intermediate: Migrate GeoIP to rule-sets

!!! info "References"

    [GeoIP](/configuration/route/geoip/) / 
    [Route](/configuration/route/) / 
    [Route Rule](/configuration/route/rule/) / 
    [DNS Rule](/configuration/dns/rule/) / 
    [rule-set](/configuration/rule-set/)

!!! tip

    `sing-box geoip` commands can help you convert custom GeoIP into rule-sets.

=== ":material-card-remove: Deprecated"

    ```json
    {
      "route": {
        "rules": [
          {
            "geoip": "private",
            "outbound": "direct"
          },
          {
            "geoip": "cn",
            "outbound": "direct"
          },
          {
            "source_geoip": "cn",
            "outbound": "block"
          }
        ],
        "geoip": {
          "download_detour": "proxy"
        }
      }
    }
    ```

=== ":material-card-multiple: New"

    ```json
    {
      "route": {
        "rules": [
          {
            "ip_is_private": true,
            "outbound": "direct"
          },
          {
            "rule_set": "geoip-cn",
            "outbound": "direct"
          },
          {
            "rule_set": "geoip-us",
            "rule_set_ipcidr_match_source": true,
            "outbound": "block"
          }
        ],
        "rule_set": [
          {
            "tag": "geoip-cn",
            "type": "remote",
            "format": "binary",
            "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SagerNet/sing-geoip/rule-set/geoip-cn.srs",
            "download_detour": "proxy"
          },
          {
            "tag": "geoip-us",
            "type": "remote",
            "format": "binary",
            "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SagerNet/sing-geoip/rule-set/geoip-us.srs",
            "download_detour": "proxy"
          }
        ]
      },
      "experimental": {
        "cache_file": {
          "enabled": true // required to save rule-set cache
        }
      }
    }
    ```

### :material-checkbox-intermediate: Migrate Geosite to rule-sets

!!! info "References"

    [Geosite](/configuration/route/geosite/) / 
    [Route](/configuration/route/) / 
    [Route Rule](/configuration/route/rule/) / 
    [DNS Rule](/configuration/dns/rule/) / 
    [rule-set](/configuration/rule-set/)

!!! tip

    `sing-box geosite` commands can help you convert custom Geosite into rule-sets.

=== ":material-card-remove: Deprecated"

    ```json
    {
      "route": {
        "rules": [
          {
            "geosite": "cn",
            "outbound": "direct"
          }
        ],
        "geosite": {
          "download_detour": "proxy"
        }
      }
    }
    ```

=== ":material-card-multiple: New"

    ```json
    {
      "route": {
        "rules": [
          {
            "rule_set": "geosite-cn",
            "outbound": "direct"
          }
        ],
        "rule_set": [
          {
            "tag": "geosite-cn",
            "type": "remote",
            "format": "binary",
            "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SagerNet/sing-geosite/rule-set/geosite-cn.srs",
            "download_detour": "proxy"
          }
        ]
      },
      "experimental": {
        "cache_file": {
          "enabled": true // required to save rule-set cache
        }
      }
    }
    ```