- New: GitHub repositories now support releases in addition to tags.
- New: An action hook, edd_git_zip_extracted, has been added to allow developers to manipulate the downloaded archive before final packaging.
- New: More detailed error messages if something goes wrong during a fetch.
- Changed: The transient to store the list of repositories is now stored indefinitely, but can be manually refreshed.
- Changed: The warning modal has been updated for improved accessibility.
- Changed: The new/edit download interface has been further updated to be consistent with the WordPress admin.
- Dev: The minimum PHP version is now 5.6.
- Dev: Improved compatibility with PHP 8.
- Dev: The class to process a downloaded file now uses its own properties.