Release Notes - SABnzbd 4.2.0 Beta 1

Changes since 4.1.0

• Duplicate detection workflow was overhauled:
  Series Duplicate Detection was replaced by
  Smart Duplicate Detection that can also detect Movie
  and Daily Show duplicates. Additionally, duplicates will
  also be detected if they are still in the queue.
  See: https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/duplicate-detection
• Numerous smaller performance improvements were made.
• Reduced recursive unpacking to 2 levels, instead of 5.
• Server IP-address selection was optimized.
• The On queue finish script is now set in Switches.
• Stricter check if Complete Folder is inside Download Folder.
• Windows: Reduced size of installer.
• Windows/macOS: Updated to Python 3.12.

Bugfixes since 4.1.0

• Multi-select in the queue was broken for some users.
• Prevent crash during saving of configuration.
• If weblogging was enabled, output was also written to regular log.
• Removing a failed download from the history could break active downloads.

Upgrade notices

• Direct upgrade is possible from version 3.0.0 and newer.
  Upgrading from older versions will require Queue repair.
• Downgrading from version 4.2.0 or newer to 3.7.2 or older will
  require Queue repair due to changes in the internal data format.

Known problems and solutions

• Read the file "ISSUES.txt"

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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