You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
1Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
1Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
SandboxArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.284,
ImprovementsSection of the release
What
Block rules in sandbox.network.deniedDomains are now checked against a standard form of the host as well as the host exactly as written. The standard form smooths out different ways of writing an IP address and a trailing dot. When a connection is blocked, the reason names both forms.
The sandbox's network relay (the SOCKS proxy that carries sandboxed network traffic) now answers "connection not allowed" when a rule blocks a connection, instead of "host unreachable".
Why
A blocked host can no longer be reached just by writing its address differently, and a blocked connection is now reported as blocked rather than as a host that could not be found.