ankitects/anki 26.05 on GitHub

What's Changed

New Installer

This release replaces the terminal-based launcher introduced in 25.07 with a more standard installation process:

Anki no longer shows a terminal on installation/update.
Installation no longer requires network access.
Updates can be installed using Tools>Check For Updates.
A standard MSI installer is provided for Windows.
A Windows ARM64 build is available.
The macOS builds require macOS 13 or later.
The Linux x86_64 build requires glibc 2.35+.
The Linux aarch64 build requires glibc 2.39+.
The minimum supported Python version is now 3.10 (The official builds still ship Python 3.13).
Qt has been updated to 6.11

Note: The Tools>Upgrade/Downgrade option in 25.07+ cannot be used to upgrade to this version due to packaging changes.

By @abdnh @andrewsanchez @fernandolins @Luc-Mcgrady @iamllama in #4629

Documentation Improvements

All user/developer documentation is now unified under a single website deployed from the main repo. The different docs repos will be archived and existing issues moved soon. By @andrewsanchez @Luc-Mcgrady @abdnh in #4882
Python API docs can now be viewed in dev-docs.ankiweb.net. By @andrewsanchez in #4579

FSRS/Scheduling Changes

Rework the efficiency ratio graph in FSRS Help Me Decide by @Luc-Mcgrady in #4452
Require three left-clicks to unlock FSRS parameter editing by @Luc-Mcgrady in #4372
Speed up FSRS memory state updates by batching calculations by @DanielPechersky in #4335
Improve performance of reviews_for_fsrs function by @L-M-Sherlock in #4339
Fix/first and latest review dates should only consider entries with a rating. by @L-M-Sherlock in #4360
Fix/Ensure fuzz doesn't go backward during rescheduling by @user1823 in #4364
Fix/Per deck retention not used when card is moved to filtered deck by @Luc-Mcgrady in #4413
Restore retrievability SQL fix that was accidentally reverted by @Luc-Mcgrady in #4424
Fix/rounded corners on FSRS Simulator modal by @Luc-Mcgrady in #4535
Fix FSRS short-term schedule being ignored when using default parameters by @L-M-Sherlock in #4412
Use quantiles for FSRS retrievability stat ranges by @Luc-Mcgrady in #4425
Make descending retrievability a pure R sort by @user1823 in #4400
Don't reschedule suspended cards by @L-M-Sherlock in #4453
Apply deck-specific load balancer settings to filtered deck study by @MoamenAbdelsattar in #4574
Prioritize previously-attempted cards in the intraday learning queue by @user1823 in #4393
Improve sibling dispersal in the load balancer, including across presets by @jakeprobst in #4640
Fix desired retention not refreshing when switching deck option presets by @barisayyildiz in #4610
Improve FSRS invalid parameters error message with FAQ link by @AmandaSternberg-creator in #4342
Clarify ambiguous "this value" wording in desired retention tooltip by @Expertium in #4647
Expose setParameterUnlockClickTimeoutMs for FSRS parameter unlock timeout by @Luc-Mcgrady in #4810
Export last_interval to Python by @user1823 in #4365
Expose card decay and desired retention to the custom scheduler by @user1823 in #4880
Remove broken retention rate help link in stats by @Hannanilsenn in #4329

Other Notable Changes

Show saved custom colours in the image-occlusion fill tool colour picker on mobile by @iamllama in #4348
Add support for tag:nc:... (case-insensitive) tag searches by @iamllama in #4344
Treat newlines as term breaks in search queries by @eliasjlara in #4336
Add syntax for multi-card cloze deletions by @tfpgh in #4333
Remember image-occlusion translucency toggle between sessions by @dspilleb in #4366
Fix "Restore to Default" picking the wrong template for basic notetype variants by @arold0 in #4382
Let the "Limit to" spin box grow with its content in the filtered deck dialog by @jcznk in #4398
Fix unescaped HTML in correct type-in answers by @Eltaurus-Lt in #4407
Always show text boxes on image-occlusion cards during review by @jariji in #4387
Fix FindDuplicates dialog size exceeding screen bounds by @Nechaiter in #4426
Fall back to Apple Samantha for TTS on macOS when no requested voice matches by @leedoughty in #4420
Allow variable field counts per row when CSV import uses a notetype column by @iamllama in #4421
Improve handling of media files differing only in letter case by @iamllama in #4355 #4851 #4860 #4861 #4852
Keep non-breaking spaces outside cloze deletions when wrapping text by @leedoughty in #4446
Start decoding images immediately by @SelfishPig in #4471
Revert ForceDarkMode change that interfered with Anki's native dark theme by @GithubAnon0000 in #4483
Apply the nightMode class to the editor in dark mode so custom HTML styles correctly by @leedoughty in #4473
Auto-select the relevant note type in the Manage Note Types dialog after add/rename by @Arthur-Milchior in #4479
Fix field rename by matching on the old name rather than field position by @Arthur-Milchior in #4488
Allow horizontal scrolling on the deck options screen so AnkiDroid handles large font sizes by @defkorean in #4501
Fix {{#Tags}} conditional not triggering card generation by @Yuukidiv in #4533
Silence console spam from image decoding errors during preload by @SelfishPig in #4534
Add note type and GUID column headers to deleted.txt for easier reimport by @hnvy in #4454
Apply Ctrl/Cmd+W window-closing shortcut globally to all dialogs by @beyondcompute in #4475
Fix overlapping date ranges in graphs when "all history" is selected by @JMannervik in #4430
Add a preference to disable the startup add-on update check by @SecretX33 in #4478
Add dir="auto" to cards so text direction no longer depends on the UI language by @MoamenAbdelsattar in #4428
Accept images with capitalized extensions in the Browse "Attach" dialog by @miggazElquez in #4474
Re-enable WindowsRT TTS player on Windows 11 by @abdnh in #4512
Fix HTML editor collapsing after toggling sticky fields and adding a note by @Yuukidiv in #4566
Fix image occlusion editor layout for right-to-left languages by @MoamenAbdelsattar in #4594
Speed up tag autocomplete by using the Rust backend's complete_tag() by @user1823 in #4626
Detect cloze fields nested inside conditionals during card generation by @maskady in #4651
Prompt to save unsaved changes when closing or switching debug console scripts by @Arthur-Milchior in #4625
Roll back the sidebar tag name when the backend rejects a rename by @chrislongros in #4718
Improve word wrapping on the Deck Options screen for narrow viewports by @defkorean in #4558
Update to mpv 0.41.0 by @abdnh in #4913
Bundle Fcitx plugin on Linux by @abdnh in #4886
Install required Linux system dependencies in install.sh by @abdnh in #4895
Render sync server messages as rich text by @timarnoldev in #4560

Other Improvements

Fix progress bar overflow crash when one-way uploads exceed 2 GB by @matbe766 in #4354
Fix fatal error from rapidly double-clicking the Add button by @arold0 in #4377
Use the native crypto.randomUUID() instead of a custom UUID implementation by @leedoughty in #4384
Credit Arabic translation contributor in the About window by @hnvy in #4720
Tighten Collection.add_notes type annotation so single-pass iterables aren't accepted by @jfly in #4758
Set a friendly process job name for mpv on Windows by @abdnh in #4438
Add Rust unit tests for the card-generation logic by @Yuukidiv in #4551
Add punctuation, convert raw URLs to markdown links in READMEs by @oliolioli in #4570
Reorder and comment .ftl files in UI order to help translators by @RolfMaster in #4514
Show tooltips for truncated sidebar items in the Browse window by @nav1s in #4385
Stop showing an error toast when saving an image-occlusion note twice on mobile by @iamllama in #4458
Render <br> as a line break in card template error messages instead of literal text by @leedoughty in #4451
Use a true minus sign instead of a hyphen in the deck browser by @GithubAnon0000 in #4437
Fix sync login dialog ignoring a freshly-set custom sync server URL by @ranjitodedra in #4396
Add plural forms to unit labels next to spin boxes in the Custom Study dialog by @RolfMaster in #4520
Don't expose collection.media.db2 over the API by @dae in #4653
Update media sync progress dialog correctly after an error occurs in #4486
Disable the Custom Study OK button when the selected deck is empty by @tunamayo04 in #4463
Warn the user when renaming a profile would exceed the OS path length limit in #4552
Fix regex error by @chiragjagga in #4837
Preserve browser focus after note export by @Tfc538 in #4845
Avoid loading unused cacert.pem by @abdnh in #4858
Strip HTML from note type names in Empty Cards dialog by @abdnh in #4902
Parameterize inputs of prop:cd* queries by @abdnh in #4905
Validate add-on zip entries by @abdnh in #4901
Repaint UI after answer reveal to reduce glitches on cards with images by @abdnh in #4970

Developer Improvements

The release build process is now fully automated using GitHub Actions. By @andrewsanchez @abdnh @fernandolins in #4632
Migrate CI from BuildKite to GitHub Actions. By @andrewsanchez @abdnh @fernandolins in #4593
Update to Rust 1.92 by @abdnh in #4461
Add Dependabot config with monthly grouped updates by @fernandolins in #4726
Update PyCharm docs by @abdnh in #4389
Update VS Code config by @abdnh in #4397
Treat proto/i18n's implicit outputs as inputs by @iamllama in #4439
Respect .python-version when generating pyenv by @iamllama in #4436
Add more required packages to Linux build guide by @user1823 in #4432
Only run cargo-deny if there are dependency changes by @abdnh in #4644
Remove old GPG public key by @dae in #4707
Raise dependabot open-pull-requests-limit to 3 by @fernandolins in #4746
Add release-age controls for uv and Yarn dependencies by @fernandolins in #4761
docs: add contributing guidelines for add-ons, linked issues, and AI-assisted PRs by @fernandolins in #4782
Add pre-commit for automated pre-push checks by @fernandolins in #4660
Add a standardized pull request template by @fernandolins in #4655
Exclude BackendFrontendService from write_python_interface by @Luc-Mcgrady in #4410
Add regression test for #1909 (media check long filenames) by @bds124 in #4476
Update docker build command for syncserver by @CYPHER0041 in #4562
Exclude more folders from build actions by @abdnh in #4561
Add Windows quick start guide for new contributors by @DaniSilvaCodes in #4466
Update Windows developer docs by @user1823 in #4662
Ignore Fluent message errors in TypeScript by @abdnh in #4494
Drop QDialog argument from grade_now() to make it add-on friendly by @abdnh in #4459
Wrap previewer type field syntax replacement in separate method by @DaedalusIndigo in #4563
Document that add_deck requires refetching the deck to see its new ID by @jfly in #4760
Update security.md by @andrewsanchez in #4790
Add missing PyPI metadata to anki package by @fernandolins in #4817
Fix beta/rc suffix handling in int_version() by @abdnh in #4828
Prevent Windows elevation errors when running ninja_gen's update binaries by @abdnh in #4848
Fix atomic_rename to work with single-component relative paths by @jfly in #4773
Add Python test coverage by @fernandolins in #4841
Add Rust test coverage by @fernandolins in #4842
Add TypeScript test coverage by @fernandolins in #4843
Add test coverage docs by @fernandolins in #4844
Add tests for build_installer.py by @abdnh in #4868
Add Playwright end-to-end test infrastructure by @fernandolins in #4864
Cache coverage baseline from main for regression checks by @fernandolins in #4875
Replace print() logging in pylib with Python logging by @davidsauerwein in #4666
Avoid broad warnings filter by @abdnh in #4900
Enforce linked issue requirement on PRs by @fernandolins in #4910
Fail PR if line coverage regresses by @fernandolins in #4876
Import some modules lazily by @abdnh in #4831
Add hash script for GitHub Actions by @Luc-Mcgrady in #4991
Add unit tests for CSV export and import-export service layer by @fernandolins in #4976
Add tests for attribute and tag stripping in HTML filter by @leedoughty in #4965
Add unit tests for learning and relearning state transitions by @fernandolins in #4963
Replace deprecated global map-get/map-merge with sass:map namespace by @fernandolins in #4955
Remove unused Bootstrap imports from _button-mixins.scss by @fernandolins in #4953
Integrate Complexipy for Python complexity analysis by @abdnh in #4942 and #4987
Consolidated security dependency updates (Dependabot batch) by @fernandolins in #4934
Add just recipes for run, web-watch, rebuild-web, and clean, and add AGENTS.md by @fernandolins in #4943
Expand contributing guide with PR process and test requirements by @fernandolins in #4946
Prevent duplicate 'missing linked issue' comments on PR edits by @fernandolins in #4937
Use commit SHAs for GitHub Actions dependencies by @Luc-Mcgrady in #4916
Use PowerShell to run just commands on Windows by @abdnh in #4921
Exclude github-actions[bot] from contributor check by @abdnh in #4923

New Contributors

@Hannanilsenn made their first contribution in #4329
@eliasjlara made their first contribution in #4336
@tfpgh made their first contribution in #4333
@dspilleb made their first contribution in #4366
@matbe766 made their first contribution in #4354
@AmandaSternberg-creator made their first contribution in #4342
@arold0 made their first contribution in #4377
@nav1s made their first contribution in #4385
@ranjitodedra made their first contribution in #4396
@Eltaurus-Lt made their first contribution in #4407
@jariji made their first contribution in #4387
@Nechaiter made their first contribution in #4426
@SelfishPig made their first contribution in #4471
@bds124 made their first contribution in #4476
@tunamayo04 made their first contribution in #4463
@defkorean made their first contribution in #4501
@RolfMaster made their first contribution in #4514
@Yuukidiv made their first contribution in #4533
@JMannervik made their first contribution in #4430
@SecretX33 made their first contribution in #4478
@DanielPechersky made their first contribution in #4335
@MoamenAbdelsattar made their first contribution in #4428
@DaedalusIndigo made their first contribution in #4563
@miggazElquez made their first contribution in #4474
@oliolioli made their first contribution in #4570
@DaniSilvaCodes made their first contribution in #4466
@chrislongros made their first contribution in #4668
@CYPHER0041 made their first contribution in #4562
@maskady made their first contribution in #4651
@jfly made their first contribution in #4758
@barisayyildiz made their first contribution in #4610
@chiragjagga made their first contribution in #4837
@Tfc538 made their first contribution in #4845
@davidsauerwein made their first contribution in #4666
@timarnoldev made their first contribution in #4560

Full Changelog: 25.09.4...26.05