github ankitects/anki 26.05b1
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What's Changed

New Installer

This release replaces the UV-based launcher introduced in 25.07 with a more standard installation process using Briefcase for packaging:

  • Anki no longer shows a terminal on install/update.
  • Installation no longer requires network access.
  • You can install updates using Tools>Check For Updates.
  • A standard MSI installer is provided for Windows.
  • A native Windows ARM64 build is now available. Audio playback/recording doesn't work, but this will be fixed in the next release.
  • The minimum supported Python version is now 3.10 (The official builds still ship Python 3.13).
  • Anki now ships with Qt 6.11
  • The Linux aarch64 build should work on glibc 2.35 or later.

FSRS/Scheduling changes

Other Notable Changes

  • Briefcase Installer by @andrewsanchez in #4629
  • 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
  • fix(Import): case-fold media filenames when checking uniqueness by @iamllama in #4435
  • 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 file 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

Developer Improvements

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
  • Document that add_deck requires refetching the deck to see its new ID by @jfly in #4760
  • 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

Launcher Improvements

Note: listed for documentation/crediting purposes. Launcher builds are not provided in this release

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