Shelly 2.4.1 GUI Package Manager for Arch Linux Improves Networking, Security

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Marcus Nestor
Aug 7, 2026

Coming a week after Shelly 2.4, the Shelly 2.4.1 release improves the HTTP stack by implementing a Happy Eyeballs (Fast Fallback) connection strategy that ensures slow or broken IPv6 paths don’t cause long timeouts by preferring IPv4 first. Fast Fallback makes dual-stack (IPv4/IPv6) applications responsive by racing connection attempts.

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Marcus Nestor

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