# hubot: what changed from 13 to 14

- Product: hubot (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/hubot)
- Vendor: hubotio
- Range: changelog entries numbered after v13.2.2 up to and including v14.1.0, stable releases only
- Entries below: 3 releases (newest first)
- Resolved: 13 is v13.2.2 and 14 is v14.1.0, the newest stable release of each major we track
- Carrying security changes: 1 · CVEs mentioned: 0 · Mentioning breaking changes: 1 · Removing or deprecating something: 0
- Page: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/hubot/compare/13...14

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## What changed (8 changes, grouped by kind)

### Added

#### v14.0.0 (2026-02-04)

- Implement CommandBus with deterministic command handling

### Changed

#### v14.1.0 (2026-02-24)

- Update pino logging

#### v14.0.0 (2026-02-04)

- Event logging is disabled by default; pass disableLogging: false to log events to disk (.data/)
- Escape the bot name and alias
- Coerce to boolean better
- Allow quotes in quoted text

### Fixed

#### v14.0.1 (2026-02-09)

- Empty messages no longer get sent when hitting enter repeatedly in the shell prompt

### Security

#### v14.0.0 (2026-02-04)

- Fix for code scanning alert no. 5: Regular expression injection

## Release notes

### v14.1.0

- Date: 2026-02-24
- Version: v14.1.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/hubotio/hubot/releases/tag/v14.1.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/hubot/releases/v14.1.0

- **changed** — Update pino logging

#### [14.1.0](https://github.com/hubotio/hubot/compare/v14.0.1...v14.1.0) (2026-02-24)


###### Features

* update pino logging ([#1824](https://github.com/hubotio/hubot/issues/1824)) ([9e76a4f](https://github.com/hubotio/hubot/commit/9e76a4f9bdc8e56c48ae0539cb01586ca6b87ff3))

### v14.0.1

- Date: 2026-02-09
- Version: v14.0.1
- Original notes: https://github.com/hubotio/hubot/releases/tag/v14.0.1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/hubot/releases/v14.0.1

- **fixed** — Empty messages no longer get sent when hitting enter repeatedly in the shell prompt

##### [14.0.1](https://github.com/hubotio/hubot/compare/v14.0.0...v14.0.1) (2026-02-09)


###### Bug Fixes

* **shell:** Empty messages were getting sent when hitting enter over and over again in the prompt. ([#1819](https://github.com/hubotio/hubot/issues/1819)) ([1057f5d](https://github.com/hubotio/hubot/commit/1057f5d61ceeee6f849e8482fb5fe91116944c90))

### v14.0.0

- Date: 2026-02-04
- Version: v14.0.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/hubotio/hubot/releases/tag/v14.0.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/hubot/releases/v14.0.0

- **added** — Implement CommandBus with deterministic command handling
- **changed** — Event logging is disabled by default; pass disableLogging: false to log events to disk (.data/)
- **security** — Fix for code scanning alert no. 5: Regular expression injection
- **changed** — Escape the bot name and alias
- **changed** — Coerce to boolean better
- **changed** — Allow quotes in quoted text

#### [14.0.0](https://github.com/hubotio/hubot/compare/v13.2.2...v14.0.0) (2026-02-04)


* feat!: Implement CommandBus with deterministic command handling ([#1818](https://github.com/hubotio/hubot/issues/1818)) ([8ecd8c6](https://github.com/hubotio/hubot/commit/8ecd8c63509b83d89e770462bfe5c3a5e0392675))


###### BREAKING CHANGES

* Event logging is disabled by default. Pass disableLogging: false to log events to disk (.data/).

* Potential fix for code scanning alert no. 5: Regular expression injection

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* escape the bot name and alias just in case

* coerce to boolean better

* allow quotes in quoted text

* copilot suggestions