Release Notes - SABnzbd 5.1.0 Beta 2

This is the third beta release of version 5.1.
We will probably add (a few) new features in upcoming testing releases,
but we already wanted to share the current improvements with you!

New features in 5.1.0

Refreshed the interface.
When Retrying a job, only the actually missing articles are tried again.
This only works for jobs downloaded in 5.1.0 (or newer).
RSS-items are now stored in the database instead of on disk.
Downloaded RSS-items are cleared from RSS-database after 3 days.
Add support for filename and path pattern matching to the Cleanup List.
Allow job setting changes directly from Extra queue columns.
Added support for unpacking .tar files during post-processing.
Improved anonymization of the logs when using Show Logging.
New Servers will default to 16 connections instead of 8.
Use media duration as part of Ignore Samples detection.
Parsing of header-encrypted RAR's will use significantly less resources.
Removed redundant INSTALL.txt file.
Dropped support for Python 3.9.
Windows and macOS: Updated Python to 3.14.6, Unrar to 7.23 and 7zip to 26.02.

Bug fixes in 5.1.0

Prevent incorrect warnings about non-writeable directories.
Files unrelated to job could get removed by the Cleanup List logic.
Prevent path traversal in orphaned job API's.
Disk Full errors from unrar were not handled gracefully during unpacking.
Memory leak could occur during article decoding.
Windows: Uninstall would not remove Settings or Windows Service.
Windows: Warn for OS-limit if more than 1024 connections are configured.
macOS: AppleDouble files could result in failures in Moving stage.
macOS: Restarting the application resulted in Terminal window.

Upgrade notices

You can directly upgrade from version 3.0.0 and newer.
Upgrading from older versions will require performing a Queue repair.
Downgrading from version 4.2.0 or newer to 3.7.2 or older will require
performing a Queue repair due to changes in the internal data format.

Known problems and solutions

Read ISSUES.txt or https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/introduction/known-issues

Code Signing Policy

Windows code signing is provided by SignPath.io using a SignPath Foundation certificate.

About

SABnzbd is an open-source cross-platform binary newsreader.
It simplifies the process of downloading from Usenet dramatically, thanks to its web-based
user interface and advanced built-in post-processing options that automatically verify, repair,
extract and clean up posts downloaded from Usenet.

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