Motrix 2.0.0-beta.40

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Motrix 2.0.0-beta.40 improves Dashboard monitoring and download controls,
defaults desktop file removal to the system Trash, and adds verified Flatpak
application bundles. It also fixes media progress, Server task updates,
browser-provided filenames, and NAT socket lifecycle errors.

Highlights

• Upload and download charts scroll continuously with stable vertices and
  continue moving back to zero after transfers finish. Dashboard task rows
  provide inline pause, resume, and retry actions; reduced-motion preferences
  remain supported (#2176).
• Desktop task-file removal now defaults to the system Trash. Download settings
  offer an explicit permanent-deletion preference. Shift-remove preselects file
  deletion while keeping the confirmation dialog, and failed file cleanup
  preserves the task and torrent metadata for retry
  (#2176).
• Dashboard controls, engine diagnostics, tray speed displays, and download
  labels are clearer. Speed columns fit the minimum window size while custom
  column layouts are retained. Clearing a selection closes its task inspector
  (#2168,
  #2174,
  #2175,
  #2176).
• Media download progress follows the full segment plan and keeps download
  progress separate from processing. Segment metadata is stored outside the
  task database, and the file list exposes all segments. FFmpeg support can
  refresh without restarting ongoing downloads
  (#2156,
  #2158,
  #2160).
• Download sources are validated before side effects. URL entry preserves
  source bytes, explains malformed input, and requires confirmation for
  ambiguous corrections. Browser handoff preserves the proposed filename
  (#2154,
  #2155).
• Server recovers task updates and preserves magnet file selection. Shared
  navigation handles task links and notifications for removed tasks, Linux tray
  icons support color preferences, and NAT avoids UDP socket lifecycle crashes
  (#2162,
  #2163,
  #2166,
  #2167).
• The release pipeline now builds and validates Flatpak application bundles
  for x86_64 and aarch64 before publication. Browser integration uses the
  separately installed Native Host companion from the same release
  (#2172).

Before testing

This is prerelease software. Back up existing Motrix application data and
downloads before installing it. Migration from Motrix v1 data has not yet been
validated, so do not use your only copy of v1 data with this beta.

When practical, test v2 in parallel using a separate OS account, machine, or
Docker data directory. Check speed charts after a download finishes, task
actions, Trash and permanent file removal, media download/processing progress,
and Server recovery after a connection interruption.

After the protected Snap workflow completes, testers can install the strictly
confined build with sudo snap install motrix --edge. Existing installations
tracking latest/edge should upgrade to the same beta.40 revision set.

Planned downloads after release gates pass

After every container gate passes, the versioned image references will be
docker.io/motrixapp/motrix-server:2.0.0-beta.40 and
ghcr.io/agalwood/motrix-server:2.0.0-beta.40. See the
Docker Server guide
for storage, networking, and upgrades.

Distribution notes

• Flatpak bundles use application ID app.motrix.native and the beta branch.
  Download each new bundle and install it with flatpak install --user --or-update; no Motrix update remote is configured by these single-file
  bundles. Update the Native Host companion separately when using browser
  integration. See the
  Flatpak guide.
• AppImage desktop integration remains opt-in. Browser cold launch requires
  the separately enabled Native Messaging host and a registered AppImage path;
  reconnecting with a saved pairing also requires a compatible Extension.
• Windows arm64 and all 32-bit packages are unavailable. Windows packages are
  unsigned and may trigger Windows SmartScreen warnings; download them only
  from the official published GitHub prerelease.
• Beta container tags are immutable and do not update latest, stable, or
  other stable-channel aliases.
• Snap packages use strict confinement. The approved personal-files
  interface is limited to Native Messaging host registration for supported
  browsers. Beta publication updates latest/edge only.

Feedback

Report reproducible problems through
GitHub Issues, including your OS,
architecture, package type, and reproduction steps.

What's Changed

• fix(downloads): refine list, inspector, and menu interactions by @agalwood in #2149
• refactor(ui): unify toolbars, notifications, and scrolling by @agalwood in #2153
• fix(downloads): validate sources and stabilize url entry by @agalwood in #2154
• fix(bridge): preserve browser download filenames by @agalwood in #2155
• feat(media): store segment metadata outside task database by @agalwood in #2156
• fix(media): calculate progress across the full segment plan by @agalwood in #2158
• fix(media): refresh ffmpeg support and clarify settings activation by @agalwood in #2160
• fix(tray): allow linux icon colors and restore activity updates by @agalwood in #2162
• fix(navigation): unify task links and notification fallbacks by @agalwood in #2163
• fix(nat): prevent udp socket lifecycle crashes and update nat by @agalwood in #2166
• fix(web): recover task updates and preserve magnet file selection by @agalwood in #2167
• feat(ui): refine dashboard controls and engine diagnostics by @agalwood in #2168
• chore(test): consolidate playwright artifacts by @agalwood in #2173
• ci(release): publish validated flatpak application bundles by @agalwood in #2172
• fix(downloads): close inspector when selection clears by @agalwood in #2174
• fix(ui): polish dashboard metrics, tray speeds and download labels by @agalwood in #2175
• feat(ui): refine dashboard charts and download task controls by @agalwood in #2176
• chore(release): prepare 2.0.0-beta.40 by @agalwood in #2177

Full Changelog: v2.0.0-beta.39...v2.0.0-beta.40