Bitburner latest updates, patch notes, changelogs and announcements

## v2.8.1: 4 April 2025 ### MAJOR CHANGES ### UI - Increase width of each job in "Job" tab (#2017) (@catloversg) - Fix: Cannot buy augmentations via UI when money is equal to cost (#2039) (@catloversg) - Do not close scripts in editor when their s...

### MAJOR CHANGES - Grant Bladeburner API access to SF6 and "Blade's Simulacrum" augmentation to SF7.3 (#1926) (@Sphyxis) - Move tail-related APIs to ns.ui namespace (#1935) (@catloversg) - Support scripts playing against each other on "No AI" board...

## v2.7.0: 8 December 2024 ### MAJOR ADDITIONS - BN options selection interface (@catloversg) - Support JSX, TS, TSX script files (@catloversg) ### UI - Tweak Hacknet summary (@catloversg) - Only show relevant changes in "Purchased Augmentations"...

## v2.6.2 Release: 3 July 2024 ### CHANGES - Hotfix (also backported to 2.6.1): Fixed an issue with invalid format on steam cloud save (@catloversg) - Augmentations: Augmentations that affect starting money now add money instead of replacing it (@j...

2.6.1 included an error in how the steam cloud saves were handled, sorry about that! This should now be fixed on the main release branch (development branch will see a larger update, including this change, later today) HOTFIX Steam cloud saves shou...

## v2.6.1 - 21 May 2024 ### MAJOR CHANGES - Exported savegames are now compressed. This means that savegames from 2.6.1dev will need to be manually converted before backloading into 2.6.0 (@catloversg) - There was a small API change related to Blad...

### MAJOR ADDITIONS - A new minigame IPvGO, based on the game Go. Visit DefComm in New Tokyo or the CIA in Sector-12 for access. Documentation for the mechanic is available ingame under "How to Play" once the mechanic is available. (@ficocelliguy) -...

Additional notes: It was reported that 2.5.0 was the most recent release to work on Windows 7 and 8, so a new legacy branch was added for Steam users who are on these older OSes. Newer versions of the game can be played on the web: Release branch: ...

Any special options you have enabled in the File menu will need to be reselected after this update, due to a change in how these settings are stored internally. Also, a new previous_release branch has been added on steam. This will be one version be...

## v2.5.0 (10/2/2023) ### NOTES (Corporation) Bugfixes in Corporation may cause a large balance shift for this mechanic. ### API CHANGES: - ns.print and ns.tprint now handle printing Set and Map objects directly (@ficocelliguy) - ns.spawn can now...

## v2.4.1 Update (8/26/23) ### FEATURE ADDITIONS: - Added "Enable terminal history search with arrow keys" option in Misc options category, inspired by similar functionality in shells like zsh. (@ficocelliguy) ### BUGFIX: - Fixed a bug where buyi...

readthedoc documentation is now in-game....

2.3.0 release came with a lot of bugs, so we're short-cycling the 2.3.1 release to get a large number of bugfixes out. There are also a few feature changes, see the full changelog below: NETSCRIPT: * Added ns.setTitle, which sets the titlebar of a ...

Sorry for the rocky launch folks! Hopefully this is the last set of hotfixes needed for the 2.3.0 main branch. Please continue to report any issues, thanks! Several important fixes for savegame migration issues from older save versions. (@d0sboots)F...

Fixed some save migration issues. Fixed an SF3 issue with "Spring Water" industry. Thanks to everyone who has been submitting bug reports, and thanks everyone for your patience while we've been working through these issues!...

* Fixed an error where multi-buying corporation upgrades was not applying a multi-benefit. * Fixed ls clickable script links not opening the code correctly when ls was in a directory other than root * Addressed an issue where a soft reset would not c...

Fixes a potential crash when initially migrating the save to 2.3.0. Running scripts will not be loaded on the initial savegame migration - any scripts will need to be relaunched manually after the save migration....

Version 2.3.0 is live on the main branch! Going forward, the development branch will also see more frequent updates. See the 2.3.0 changelog below. Please report any issues on github or on the #bug-report channel on discord. v2.3.0 - SF3 rework and ...

v2.3.0 - Hydro is back baby! ** Scripting ** - Replaced NS2 with NS3, we're thrilled to move on from Javascript to Rust. Note that this will break existing scripts. - ns.print and tprint now return randomly encrypted values. - Added a ram cost to ev...

v2.2.1 Hotfixes Hotfix / bugfix: * (@d0sboots) Implemented a new API wrapping solution that prevents the need for binding functions to ns when placing them in a new variable, but maintains and perhaps improves upon the performance gains fro...