hydrusnetwork/hydrus v691-future-01

Version 691 - Future Build 01

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Advanced Users Only!

This is a test build of v691. It has:

python updates--

• PySide6 moved from 6.10.3 to 6.11.2
• opencv-python-headless moved from 4.13.0.92 to 4.14.0.94
• pillow-heif moved from 1.4.0 to 1.8.1
• cbor moved from 6.1.3 to 6.1.5
• chardet moved from 7.4.3 to 7.7.0
• cryptography moved from 49.0.0 to 50.0.2
• lxml from 6.1.1 to 6.1.3
• numpy moved from 2.4.6 to 2.5.4
• pyopenssl moved from ``26.3.0to26.4.0`

new library--

• curl_cffi is now included by default, to help testing in built environments, at 0.16.3

build--

• pyinstaller moved from 6.18 to 6.22.3

test versions--

• PySide6 moved from 6.11.1 to 6.12.0

misc--

• ffmpeg updated from 8.1.2 to 9.0.2 on Windows
• ffmpeg updated from 2026-06-30 to 2026-10-21 on Linux
• updated the tldextract domain list from 2026-07-15 to 2026-10-20
• updated github actions in workflow scripts to latest stable versions

I do not know if this build will cause dll errors in a specific OS, so before I merge these updates into the normal release, I would like advanced users to simply try it out and see what happens.

So, if you would like to help me out:

• Extract it to your desktop or similar.
• Does it boot?
• Hit up help->about. Do you get any error popups about missing libraries?
• If mpv works in your real client, does it still work here?
• How do your images look? Any incorrect colours or static?
• Do you have any UI issues, particularly stuff like menu positioning on a multi-monitor setup?

If it works with no problems and you are feeling brave, please test it on an existing installation so we can see if there are dll merge/overwrite conflicts:

• Warning: Do not use the test extract you made earlier on your desktop to update! This extract has a new database in it, and if you were to, say, drag and drop it on your real build, you would overwrite your real database. Update just as you normally would.
• Update exactly as you normally would using the downloaded build.
• Does it boot ok?
• Hit up help->about. Do you get any error popups about missing libraries?
• If it does not boot ok, please do a clean install, as here: https://hydrusnetwork.github.io/hydrus/getting_started_installing.html#clean_installs
• If it still does not boot, rollback to your backup.

Let me know how you got on via email or discord or post on the release threads. I'd like to know your OS, too!

Thanks!