sabnzbd - SABnzbd 2.3.3 RC 1

Published by Safihre over 6 years ago

Release Notes - SABnzbd 2.3.3 RC 1

Changes since 2.3.3 Beta 1

SABYenc updated to 3.3.4 to fix (more) false-positive CRC errors
Failed URL fetches also trigger post-processing script (if configured)
Added option to disable "X-Frame-Options" HTTP-header
Added option to set maximum URL fetch retries

Changes since 2.3.2

Introduce and enforce "host_whitelist" to reject DNS Rebinding attacks.
If you access SABnzbd from a non-standard URL, you will need to add
the hostname. More info: https://sabnzbd.org/hostname-check
SABYenc updated to 3.3.3 to fix false-positive CRC errors
SSL-Ciphers can now be set per-server
Added "X-Frame-Options" HTTP-header to prevent click-jacking
Added "httpOnly" HTTP-header to prevent script cookie access
Added "ignore_empty_files" option to not warn on empty files in NZB
Indicate that SMPL-skin is no longer supported
Removed undocumented "callback" option from API calls
macOS: 64bit version of unrar instead of 32bit
Windows: Set process priority of external processes (unpack/repair)
Windows: Default external process priority increased to "Normal"

Bugfixes since 2.3.2

NZB's can be added via command-line but this was not shown in "--help"
Language-change via API would not only change language after restart
Correctly indicate that 99 is maximum server priority
Only show SSL-warning if it was actually tested
Media files with "password" in filename were detected as encrypted
Servers that could not be DNS-resolved could block the queue
Detect '502 Byte limit exceeded' as payment problem
Server load-balancing setting was ignored when testing server
Windows: MultiPar checksum errors during repair would result in crash
Windows: Update 7zip to 18.01

sabnzbd - SABnzbd 2.3.3 Beta 1

Published by Safihre over 6 years ago

Release Notes - SABnzbd 2.3.3 Beta 1

Changes since 2.3.2

Introduce and enforce "host_whitelist" to reject DNS Rebinding attacks.
If you access SABnzbd from a non-standard URL, you will need to add
the hostname. More info: https://sabnzbd.org/hostname-check
SABYenc updated to 3.3.3 to fix false-positive CRC errors
SSL-Ciphers can now be set per-server
Added "X-Frame-Options" HTTP-header to prevent click-jacking
Added "httpOnly" HTTP-header to prevent script cookie access
Added "ignore_empty_files" option to not warn on empty files in NZB
Indicate that SMPL-skin is no longer supported
Removed undocumented "callback" option from API calls
macOS: 64bit version of unrar instead of 32bit
Windows: Set process priority of external processes (unpack/repair)
Windows: Default external process priority increased to "Normal"

Bugfixes since 2.3.2

NZB's can be added via command-line but this was not shown in "--help"
Language-change via API would not only change language after restart
Correctly indicate that 99 is maximum server priority
Only show SSL-warning if it was actually tested
Media files with "password" in filename were detected as encrypted
Servers that could not be DNS-resolved could block the queue
Detect '502 Byte limit exceeded' as payment problem
Server load-balancing setting was ignored when testing server
Windows: MultiPar checksum errors during repair would result in crash
Windows: Update 7zip to 18.01

sabnzbd - SABnzbd 2.3.2

Published by Safihre almost 7 years ago

Release Notes - SABnzbd 2.3.2

Changes since 2.3.1

SABYenc updated to 3.3.2 to fix rare crash during downloading
Minor updates of SABYenc (such as 3.3.2) are no longer mandatory
Article Cache is automatically set to 25% of system memory, if no
custom value was set. Maximum set by auto-detect is 1GB
Simplify Config pages by hiding Advanced Settings
Added option '%dn' to Date Sorting to rename files as job name
Added 'Job Name as Folder Name' as Sorting Preset for de-obfuscation
Server usage graphs are now linked to make comparing servers easier
URLs that fail to fetch due to server errors will only be retried 10x
Delay between URL retries increases when not specified by server
First article of each file is downloaded first to identify filenames
Jobs finished by Direct Unpack will be post-processed first
If available, 7zip will be used instead of unzip
Job password entered by user is always shown in History
Password is also extracted from filename in case of custom job name
Add per-day download-statistics to 'server_stats' API-call
Added Hebrew date-time texts

Bugfixes since 2.3.1

Dropped connections could result in stalled downloads
Pre-queue scripts would fail to run
Pre-queue script output was not always parsed correctly
Notifications were always sent for 'Default' category
'History Retention' also checked on start of program
macOS: Restore full compatibility with macOS 10.11
Windows: Unpacking could fail due to paths not being quoted
Windows: All input parameters to scripts are now quoted
Windows: Complete folder in root of drive could crash post-processing
Windows: Automatically correct 'Extra Par2 Parameters' for MultiPar
Windows: Prevent potential pause/unpause loop after tray icon click

Upgrading from 2.2.x and older

Finish queue
Stop SABnzbd
Install new version
Start SABnzbd

Upgrade notices

When upgrading from 2.2.0 or older the queue will be converted. Job order,
settings and data will be preserved, but all jobs will be unpaused and
URL's that did not finish fetching before the upgrade will be lost.
The organization of the download queue is different from 0.7.x releases.
This version will not see the 0.7.x queue, but you can restore the jobs
by going to Status page and using Queue Repair.

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.

sabnzbd - SABnzbd 2.3.2 RC 2

Published by Safihre almost 7 years ago

Release Notes - SABnzbd 2.3.2 RC 2

Changes since 2.3.2 RC 1

Simplify Config pages by hiding Advanced Settings
Automatically set Article Cache to 25% of system memory (max. 1GB)
Added Hebrew date-time texts
Added option '%dn' to Date Sorting to rename files as job name
Added 'Job Name as Folder Name' as Sorting Preset for de-obfuscation
Add per-day download-statistics to 'server_stats' API-call
Having 'Download all par2' enabled would result in disappearing jobs
Pre-queue scripts would fail to run

Changes since 2.3.1

SABYenc updated to 3.3.2 to fix rare crash during downloading
Minor updates of SABYenc (such as 3.3.2) are no longer mandatory
Server usage graphs are now linked to make comparing servers easier
First article of each file is downloaded first to identify filenames
Jobs finished by Direct Unpack will be post-processed first
URLs that fail to fetch due to server errors will only be retried 10x
Delay between URL retries increases when not specified by server
Job password entered by user is always shown in History
If available, 7zip will be used instead of unzip

Bugfixes since 2.3.1

Dropped connections could result in stalled downloads
Pre-queue script output was not always parsed correctly
Notifications were always send for 'Default' category
'History Retention' also checked on start of program
macOS: Restore compatibility with macOS 10.11.6 on some systems
Windows: Unpacking could fail due to paths not being quoted
Windows: Complete folder in root of drive could crash post-processing
Windows: Automatically correct 'Extra Par2 Parameters' for MultiPar
Windows: Prevent potential pause/unpause loop after tray icon click

sabnzbd - SABnzbd 2.3.2 RC 1

Published by Safihre almost 7 years ago

Release Notes - SABnzbd 2.3.2 RC 1

Changes since 2.3.1

SABYenc updated to 3.3.2 to fix rare crash during downloading
Minor updates of SABYenc (such as 3.3.2) are no longer mandatory
Server usage graphs are now linked to make comparing servers easier
First article of each file is downloaded first to identify filenames
Jobs finished by Direct Unpack will be post-processed first
URLs that fail to fetch due to server errors will only be retried 10x
Delay between URL retries increases when not specified by server
Job password entered by user is always shown in History
If available, 7zip will be used instead of unzip

Bugfixes since 2.3.1

Dropped connections could result in stalled downloads
Pre-queue script output was not always parsed correctly
Notifications were always send for 'Default' category
'History Retention' also checked on start of program
macOS: Restore compatibility with macOS 10.11.6 on some systems
Windows: Unpacking could fail due to paths not being quoted
Windows: Complete folder in root of drive could crash post-processing
Windows: Automatically correct 'Extra Par2 Parameters' for MultiPar
Windows: Prevent potential pause/unpause loop after tray icon click

sabnzbd - SABnzbd 2.3.1

Published by Safihre almost 7 years ago

Release Notes - SABnzbd 2.3.1

Changes since 2.3.0

Added post-processing script Deobfuscate.py (in "scripts" folder)
which can automatically process "rename.par2" after unpacking
or rename the largest file in the folder to the job's name
Maximum Article Cache size increased to 4GB on 64 bit systems
New servers will have timeout of 60 seconds instead of 120
Last output of a running script is shown in history
Paths to par2, unrar, unzip and 7zip are passed to scripts
Path to gzipped NZB file of job is passed to scripts
Windows: Single click on tray icon pauses/unpauses queue

Bugfixes since 2.3.0

Abort Direct Unpack if not progressing 2 minutes after download
Direct Unpacker could crash on some downloads
Added measures to prevent "Failed to import" errors
Downloader could crash during first few seconds after start
Saving errors of renames-file prevented
More verbose logging of creating and deleting files
Remove ".par2" at end of job name, could cause failure of repair
Fix racing-condition for files coming in after a job finishes
When re-adding a job, the time left was not calculated
Priority of category was ignored when adding new job
Server information in Status window was not always updated
Always show Direct Unpack status on smaller screens
Correctly adapt date and time display to local time zone
Category folders cannot be sub-folders of Temporary Download Folder
Email notifications could not be limited to categories
Testing email notifications did not work
Added "with" to list of lowercase words in titles for Sorting
"From SxxEyy" RSS filter did not always work
Show clearly that RSS "From Show SxxEyy" is an "Accept"-type filter
Sorting failed when "Ignore folders inside archives" was enabled
Always send "failure_url" to post-processing scripts
Decoding of articles no longer logged by default to reduce logging
Windows: Remove incompatible "Extra Par2 Parameters" for MultiPar
Windows: Special filenames could cause failures during unpack
Windows: Message box is shown in case of fatal startup error
Windows: Unpacking to network shares could fail
macOS: Added Safari pinned tab icon

In case of "Article DB missing/empty" errors, enable +Debug logging
and report here: https://github.com/sabnzbd/sabnzbd/issues/952

Upgrading from 2.2.x and older

Finish queue
Stop SABnzbd
Install new version
Start SABnzbd

Upgrade notices

When upgrading from 2.2.0 or older the queue will be converted. Job order,
settings and data will be preserved, but all jobs will be unpaused and
URL's that did not finish fetching before the upgrade will be lost.
The organization of the download queue is different from 0.7.x releases.
This version will not see the 0.7.x queue, but you can restore the jobs
by going to Status page and using Queue Repair.

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.

sabnzbd - SABnzbd 2.3.1 RC 2

Published by Safihre almost 7 years ago

Release Notes - SABnzbd 2.3.1 RC 2

Changes since 2.3.0

Added post-processing script Deobfuscate.py (in "scripts" folder)
which can automatically process "rename.par2" after unpacking
or rename the largest file in the folder to the download name
Maximum Article Cache size increased to 4GB on 64 bit systems
Paths to par2, unrar, unzip and 7zip are passed to scripts
Path to gzipped NZB file of job is now passed to scripts
Windows: Single click on tray icon pauses/unpauses queue

Bugfixes since 2.3.0

Abort Direct Unpack if no progress for 2 minutes after download
Added measures to prevent "Failed to import" errors
Downloader could crash during first few seconds
Saving errors of renames-file prevented
Remove ".par2" at end of job name, could cause failure of repair
When re-adding a job, the time left was not calculated
Priority of category was ignored when adding new job
Server information in Status window was not updated
Always show Direct Unpack status
Correctly adapt date and time display to local time zone
Category folders cannot be sub-folders of Temporary Download Folder
Email notifications could not be limited to categories
Testing email notifications did not function
Added "with" to list of lowercase words in titles for Sorting
"From SxxEyy" RSS filter did not always work
Show clearly that RSS "From Show SxxEyy" is an Accept-type filter
Sorting failed when "Ignore folders inside archives" was enabled
Always send failure_url to post-processing scripts
Windows: Special filenames could cause failures during unpack
Windows: Message box is shown in case of fatal startup error
Windows: Unpacking to network shares could fail
macOS: Added Safari pinned tab icon

In case of "Article DB missing/empty" errors, enable +Debug logging
and report here: https://github.com/sabnzbd/sabnzbd/issues/952

sabnzbd - SABnzbd 2.3.1 RC 1

Published by Safihre about 7 years ago

Release Notes - SABnzbd 2.3.1 RC 1

Bugfixes since 2.3.1 Beta 1

Changing priorities when jobs were being added could cause freeze
Post-processing scripts could fail to run
Always send failure_url to post-processing scripts
Saving errors of renames-file prevented
Downloader could crash during first few seconds
Testing email notifications did not function
Email notifications could not be limited to categories
Show that RSS 'From Show SxxEyy' is an Accept-type filter
Category folders cannot be sub-folders of Temporary Download Folder
macOS: Added Safari pinned tab icon

In case of 'Article DB missing/empty' errors, enable +Debug logging
and report here: https://github.com/sabnzbd/sabnzbd/issues/952

Changes since 2.3.0

Added post-processing script Deobfuscate.py ("scripts" folder) which
can be used to automatically process "rename.par2" after unpacking
or rename the largest file in the folder to the download name
Paths to par2, unrar, unzip and 7zip are passed to scripts
Windows: Single click on tray icon pauses/unpauses queue

Bugfixes since 2.3.0

Abort Direct Unpack if no progress for 2 minutes after download
Added measures to prevent "Failed to import" errors
Remove ".par2" at end of job name, could cause failure of repair
When re-adding a job, the time left was not calculated
Priority of category was ignored when adding new job
Sorting failed when "Ignore folders inside archives" was enabled
Added "with" to list of lowercase words in titles for Sorting
"From SxxEyy" RSS filter did not always work
Server information in Status window was not updated
Correctly adapt date and time display to local time zone
Windows: Special filenames could cause failures during unpack
Windows: Message box is shown in case of fatal startup error
Windows: Unpacking to network shares could fail

sabnzbd - SABnzbd 2.3.1 Beta 1

Published by Safihre about 7 years ago

Release Notes - SABnzbd 2.3.1 Beta 1

Changes since 2.3.0

Added post-processing script Deobfuscate.py (scripts folder) which
can be used to automatically process rename.par2 after unpacking
or rename the largest file in the folder to the download name
Paths to par2, unrar, unzip and 7zip are passed to scripts
Windows: Single click on tray icon pauses/unpauses queue

Bugfixes since 2.3.0

Abort Direct Unpack if no progress for 2 minutes after download
Added measures to prevent "Failed to import" errors
Remove ".par2" at end of job name, could cause failure of repair
When re-adding a job, the time left was not calculated
Priority of category was ignored when adding new job
Sorting failed when "Ignore folders inside archives" was enabled
Added "with" to list of lowercase words in titles for Sorting
"From SxxEyy" RSS filter did not always work
Server information in Status window was not updated
Correctly adapt date and time display to local time zone
Windows: Special filenames could cause failures during unpack
Windows: Message box is shown in case of fatal startup error
Windows: Unpacking to network shares could fail

sabnzbd - SABnzbd 2.3.0

Published by Safihre about 7 years ago

Release Notes - SABnzbd 2.3.0

SABYenc updated

Improved download performance 10-15% on CPU limited devices
by optimizations and by removing redundant article verification.
Linux/NAS: Update of SABYenc to version 3.3.1 is required.
Update your package or see https://sabnzbd.org/sabyenc
Windows/macOS: Update is included in the installers.

Changes since 2.2.1

Option to limit Servers to specific Categories removed
Improved par2 handling and obfuscated files detection
Duplicate filenames in NZB's no longer rejected by default
Set custom URL instead of /sabnzbd/ (in Config > Specials)
Article-state (which servers are tried) is preserved after restart
Auto disconnect (if enabled) only after verification of last item
Slight performance improvement when fetching RSS-feeds
Job title from RSS-feed is shown for URLs being grabbed
URL grabbing can now be individually paused
Scheduler can pause/unpause jobs in specific category
Series Duplicate Checker can allow PROPER/REAL/REPACK versions
Refresh-icon in Glitter when refresh rate is above 2 seconds
Different icon for downloads with Force priority
Show progress during verification of extra files
All dates and times are now time zone independent
API: 'missing' field removed from 'queue', use 'mbmissing'
API: 'warnings' method now returns array for better handling
macOS: Bundled new OpenSSL version with support for TLSv1.2
macOS: No longer linked to system certificate store
macOS and Windows: Installers include Mozilla CA certificates

Bugfixes since 2.2.1

Reduce CPU usage with multiple servers
Fix yet another potential stalling issue
Remove Timeout tracebacks
Handle locked history database better
Only warn if number of actual passwords is larger than 30
Unexpected behavior when diskspace becomes critically low
Retried jobs would show incorrect download progress
Password file was loaded from disk excessively
API: Correct listing of downloaded and queued files in 'get_files'
API: Number of bytes missing and downloaded could be slightly off
API: Jobs with Force priority should always have status 'Downloading'
MacOS: Direct Unpack could hang in case of special characters in names
Windows: Unpack could fail if started instantly after previous one
Windows: Download with many par2 sets could get listed as failed

Upgrading from 2.2.x and older

Finish queue
Stop SABnzbd
Install new version
Start SABnzbd

Upgrade notices

When upgrading from 2.1.0 or older the queue will be converted. Job order,
settings and data will be preserved, but all jobs will be unpaused and
URL's that did not finish fetching before the upgrade will be lost.
The organization of the download queue is different from 0.7.x releases.
This version will not see the 0.7.x queue, but you can restore the jobs
by going to Status page and using Queue Repair.

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.

sabnzbd - SABnzbd 2.3.0 RC 2

Published by Safihre about 7 years ago

Release Notes - SABnzbd 2.3.0 RC 2

Changes since 2.3.0 RC 1

Improved download performance 10-15% on CPU limited devices
by removing redundant article verification.
Linux: Update of SABYenc to version 3.1.1 is required.
Password file was loaded from disk excessively

Changes since 2.2.1

Option to limit Servers to specific Categories removed
Improved par2 handling and obfuscated files detection
Duplicate filenames in NZB's no longer rejected by default
Set custom URL instead of /sabnzbd/ (in Config > Specials)
Article-state (which servers are tried) is preserved after restart
Auto disconnect (if enabled) only after verification of last item
Slight performance improvement when fetching RSS-feeds
RSS-feed title is shown for URLs being grabbed
URL grabbing can now be individually paused
Scheduler can pause/unpause jobs in specific category
Series Duplicate Checker can allow PROPER/REAL/REPACK versions
Refresh-icon in Glitter when refresh rate is above 2 seconds
Different icon for downloads with Force priority
Show progress during verification of extra files
All dates and times are now time zone independent
API: 'missing' field removed from 'queue', use 'mbmissing'
API: 'warnings' method now returns array for better handling
macOS: Bundled new OpenSSL version with support for TLSv1.2
macOS: No longer linked to system certificate store
macOS and Windows: Installers include Mozilla CA certificates

Bugfixes since 2.2.1

Reduce CPU usage with multiple servers
Fix yet another potential stalling issue
Remove Timeout tracebacks
Only warn if number of actual passwords is larger than 30
Unexpected behavior when diskspace becomes critically low
Retried jobs would show incorrect download progress
API: Correct listing of downloaded and queued files in 'get_files'
API: Number of bytes missing and downloaded could be slightly off
API: Jobs with Force priority should always have status 'Downloading'
MacOS: Direct Unpack could hang in case of special characters in names
Windows: Download with many par2 sets could get listed as failed

Upgrading from 2.1.x and older

Finish queue
Stop SABnzbd
Install new version
Start SABnzbd

Upgrade notices

When upgrading from 2.1.0 or older the queue will be converted. Job order,
settings and data will be preserved, but all jobs will be unpaused and
URL's that did not finish fetching before the upgrade will be lost.
The organization of the download queue is different from 0.7.x releases.
This version will not see the 0.7.x queue, but you can restore the jobs
by going to Status page and using Queue Repair.

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.

sabnzbd - SABnzbd 2.3.0 RC 1

Published by Safihre about 7 years ago

Release Notes - SABnzbd 2.3.0 RC 1

Changes since 2.2.1

Option to limit Servers to specific Categories removed
Improved par2 handling and obfuscated files detection
Duplicate filenames in NZB's no longer rejected by default
Set custom URL instead of /sabnzbd/ (in Config > Specials)
Article-state (which servers are tried) is preserved after restart
Auto disconnect (if enabled) only after verification of last item
Slight performance improvement when fetching RSS-feeds
RSS-feed title is shown for URLs being grabbed
URL grabbing can now be individually paused
Scheduler can pause/unpause jobs in specific category
Series Duplicate Checker can allow PROPER/REAL/REPACK versions
Refresh-icon in Glitter when refresh rate is above 2 seconds
Different icon for downloads with Force priority
Show progress during verification of extra files
All dates and times are now time zone independent
API: 'missing' field removed from 'queue', use 'mbmissing'
API: 'warnings' method now returns array for better handling
macOS: Bundled new OpenSSL version with support for TLSv1.2
macOS: No longer linked to system certificate store
macOS and Windows: Installers include Mozilla CA certificates

Bugfixes since 2.2.1

Reduce CPU usage with multiple servers
Fix yet another potential stalling issue
Remove Timeout tracebacks
Only warn if number of actual passwords is larger than 30
Unexpected behavior when diskspace becomes critically low
Retried jobs would show incorrect download progress
API: Correct listing of downloaded and queued files in 'get_files'
API: Number of bytes missing and downloaded could be slightly off
API: Jobs with Force priority should always have status 'Downloading'
MacOS: Direct Unpack could hang in case of special characters in names
Windows: Download with many par2 sets could get listed as failed

Upgrading from 2.1.x and older

Finish queue
Stop SABnzbd
Install new version
Start SABnzbd

Upgrade notices

When upgrading from 2.1.0 or older the queue will be converted. Job order,
settings and data will be preserved, but all jobs will be unpaused and
URL's that did not finish fetching before the upgrade will be lost.
The organization of the download queue is different from 0.7.x releases.
This version will not see the 0.7.x queue, but you can restore the jobs
by going to Status page and using Queue Repair.

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.

sabnzbd - SABnzbd 2.3.0 Alpha 2

Published by Safihre about 7 years ago

Release Notes - SABnzbd 2.3.0 Alpha 2

Changes and bugfixes since 2.3.0 Alpha 1

Specials Config page could not be loaded
Crash when adding new jobs
Further stalling-detection improvements
Crash when a job was set to only Download
Display of download progress and missing data improved
Retried jobs would show incorrect download progress
Different icon for downloads with Force priority
Show progress during verification of extra files
API: 'missing' field removed, use 'mbmissing'

Changes since 2.2.1

Option to limit Servers to specific Categories removed
Improved par2 handling and obfuscated files detection
Duplicate filenames in NZB's no longer rejected by default
Set custom URL instead of /sabnzbd/ (in Config > Specials)
Article-state (which servers are tried) is preserved after restart
Auto disconnect (if enabled) only after verification of last item
Slight performance improvement when fetching RSS-feeds
RSS-feed title is shown for URLs being grabbed
URL grabbing can now be individually paused
Scheduler can pause/unpause jobs in specific category
Series Duplicate Checker can allow PROPER/REAL/REPACK versions
Refresh-icon in Glitter when refresh rate is above 2 seconds
macOS: Bundled new OpenSSL version with support for TLSv1.2
macOS: No longer linked to system certificate store
macOS and Windows: Installers include Mozilla CA certificates

Bugfixes since 2.2.1

Reduce CPU usage with multiple servers
Fix yet another potential stalling issue
Remove Timeout tracebacks
Only warn if number of actual passwords is larger than 30
Unexpected behavior when diskspace becomes critically low
MacOS: Direct Unpack could hang in case of special charters in names
API: Correct listing of downloaded and queued files in get_files
API: Jobs with Force priority should always have status 'Downloading'

Upgrading from 2.1.x and older

Finish queue
Stop SABnzbd
Install new version
Start SABnzbd

Upgrade notices

When upgrading from 2.1.0 or older the queue will be converted. Job order,
settings and data will be preserved, but all jobs will be unpaused and
URL's that did not finish fetching before the upgrade will be lost.
The organization of the download queue is different from 0.7.x releases.
This version will not see the 0.7.x queue, but you can restore the jobs
by going to Status page and using Queue Repair.

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.

sabnzbd - SABnzbd 2.3.0 Alpha 1

Published by Safihre about 7 years ago

Release Notes - SABnzbd 2.3.0 Alpha 1

Changes since 2.2.1

Option to limit Servers to specific Categories removed
Improved par2 handling and obfuscated files detection
Duplicate filenames in NZB's no longer rejected by default
Set custom URL instead of /sabnzbd/ (in Config > Specials)
Article-state (which servers are tried) is preserved after restart
Auto disconnect (if enabled) only after verification of last item
Slight performance improvement when fetching RSS-feeds
RSS-feed title is shown for URLs being grabbed
URL grabbing can now be individually paused
Scheduler can pause/unpause jobs in specific category
Series Duplicate Checker can allow PROPER/REAL/REPACK versions
Refresh-icon in Glitter when refresh rate is above 2 seconds
macOS: Bundled new OpenSSL version with support for TLSv1.2
macOS: No longer linked to system certificate store
macOS and Windows: Installers include Mozilla CA certificates

Bugfixes since 2.2.1

Reduce CPU usage with multiple servers
Fix yet another potential stalling issue
Remove Timeout tracebacks
Only warn if number of actual passwords is larger than 30
Unexpected behavior when diskspace becomes critically low
MacOS: Direct Unpack could hang in case of special charters in names
API: Correct listing of downloaded and queued files in get_files
API: Jobs with Force priority should always have status 'Downloading'

Upgrading from 2.1.x and older

Finish queue
Stop SABnzbd
Install new version
Start SABnzbd

Upgrade notices

When upgrading from 2.1.0 or older the queue will be converted. Job order,
settings and data will be preserved, but all jobs will be unpaused and
URL's that did not finish fetching before the upgrade will be lost.
The organization of the download queue is different from 0.7.x releases.
This version will not see the 0.7.x queue, but you can restore the jobs
by going to Status page and using Queue Repair.

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.

sabnzbd - SABnzbd 2.2.1

Published by Safihre about 7 years ago

Release Notes - SABnzbd 2.2.1

Changes since 2.2.0

Allow up to 5 bad articles for jobs with no or little par2
Only auto-disconnect after first run of verification
Warning is shown when password-file is too large
Failure of recursive unpacking no longer fails whole job
Failure of unpacking of duplicate RAR no longer fails whole job

Bugfixes since 2.2.0

Some users were experiencing downloads or pre-check being stuck at 99%
Fixed RarFile error during unpacking
Remove email addresses settings from log export
Block server longer on 'Download limit exceeded' errors
Windows: If repair renamed a job the correct renamed file was deleted
Windows: Unpacking of downloads with many archives could fail
macOS: Adding jobs could fail without any error

Release Notes - SABnzbd 2.2.0

NOTE: Due to changes in this release, the queue will be converted when 2.2.0
is started for the first time. Job order, settings and data will be
preserved, but all jobs will be unpaused and URLs that did not finish
fetching before the upgrade will be lost!

Changes since 2.1.0

Direct Unpack: Jobs will start unpacking during the download, reduces
post-processing time but requires capable hard drive. Only works for jobs that
do not need repair. Will be enabled if your incomplete folder-speed > 40MB/s
Reduced memory usage, especially with larger queues
Graphical overview of server-usage on Servers page
Notifications can now be limited to certain Categories
Removed 5 second delay between fetching URLs
Each item in the Queue and File list now has Move to Top/Bottom buttons
Add option to only tag a duplicate job without pausing or removing it
New option "History Retention" to automatically purge jobs from History
Jobs outside server retention are processed faster
Obfuscated filenames are renamed during downloading, if possible
Disk-space is now checked before writing files
Add "Retry All Failed" button to Glitter
Smoother animations in Firefox (disabled previously due to FF high-CPU usage)
Show missing articles in MB instead of number of articles
Better indication of verification process before and after repair
Remove video and audio rating icons from Queue
Show vote buttons instead of video and audio rating buttons in History
If enabled, replace dots in filenames also when there are spaces already
Handling of par2 files made more robust
All par2 files are only downloaded when enabled, not on enable_par_cleanup
Update GNTP bindings to 1.0.3
max_art_opt and replace_illegal moved from Switches to Specials
Removed Specials par2_multicore and allow_streaming
Windows: Full unicode support when calling repair and unpack
Windows: Move enable_multipar to Specials
Windows: MultiPar verification of a job is skipped after blocks are fetched
Windows & macOS: removed par2cmdline in favor of par2tbb/MultiPar
Windows & macOS: Updated WinRAR to 5.5.0

Bugfixes since 2.1.0

Shutdown/suspend did not work on some Linux systems
Standby/Hibernate was not working on Windows
Deleting a job could result in write errors
Display warning if "Extra par2 parameters" turn out to be wrong
RSS URLs with commas in the URL were broken
Fixed some "Saving failed" errors
Fixed crashing URLGrabber
Jobs with renamed files are now correctly handled when using Retry
Disk-space readings could be updated incorrectly
Correct redirect after enabling HTTPS in the Config
Fix race-condition in Post-processing
History would not always show latest changes
Convert HTML in error messages
In some cases not all RAR-sets were unpacked
Fixed unicode error during Sorting
Faulty pynotify could stop shutdown
Categories with ' in them could result in SQL errors
Special characters like []!* in filenames could break repair
Wizard was always accessible, even with username and password set
Correct value in "Speed" Extra History Column
Not all texts were shown in the selected Language
Various CSS fixes in Glitter and the Config
Catch "error 0" when using HTTPS on some Linux platforms
Warning is shown when many files with duplicate filenames are discarded
Improve zeroconf/bonjour by sending HTTPS setting and auto-discover of IP
Windows: Fix error in MultiPar-code when first par2-file was damaged
macOS: Catch "Protocol wrong type for socket" errors

Translations

Added Hebrew translation by ION IL, many other languages updated.

Depreciation notices

Option to limit Servers to specific Categories is now scheduled
to be removed in the next release.

Upgrading from 2.1.x and older

Finish queue
Stop SABnzbd
Install new version
Start SABnzbd

Upgrade notices

Due to changes in this release, the queue will be converted when 2.2.x
is started for the first time. Job order, settings and data will be
preserved, but all jobs will be unpaused and URLs that did not finish
fetching before the upgrade will be lost!
The organization of the download queue is different from 0.7.x releases.
This version will not see the old queue, but you restore the jobs by going
to Status page and use Queue Repair.

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.

sabnzbd - SABnzbd 2.2.1 RC 2

Published by Safihre about 7 years ago

Release Notes - SABnzbd 2.2.1 Release Candidate 2

Bugfixes since 2.2.0

Some users were experiencing downloads or pre-check being stuck at 99%
Allow up to 5 bad articles for jobs with no or little par2
Fixed RarFile error during unpacking
Unpacking of many archives could fail
Warn user when password-file is too large
Remove email addresses settings from log export
Block server longer on 'Download limit exceeded' errors
Only auto-disconnect after first run of verification

Upgrading from 2.1.x and older

Finish queue
Stop SABnzbd
Install new version
Start SABnzbd

Upgrade notices

Due to changes in this release, the queue will be converted when 2.2.x
is started for the first time. Job order, settings and data will be
preserved, but all jobs will be unpaused and URLs that did not finish
fetching before the upgrade will be lost!
The organization of the download queue is different from 0.7.x releases.
This version will not see the old queue, but you restore the jobs by going
to Status page and use Queue Repair.

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.

sabnzbd - SABnzbd 2.2.1 RC 1

Published by Safihre about 7 years ago

Release Notes - SABnzbd 2.2.1 Release Candidate 1

Bugfixes since 2.2.0

Some users were experiencing downloads being stuck at 99%

Upgrading from 2.1.x and older

Finish queue
Stop SABnzbd
Install new version
Start SABnzbd

Upgrade notices

Due to changes in this release, the queue will be converted when 2.2.x
is started for the first time. Job order, settings and data will be
preserved, but all jobs will be unpaused and URLs that did not finish
fetching before the upgrade will be lost!
The organization of the download queue is different from 0.7.x releases.
This version will not see the old queue, but you restore the jobs by going
to Status page and use Queue Repair.

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.

sabnzbd - SABnzbd 2.2.0

Published by Safihre about 7 years ago

Release Notes - SABnzbd 2.2.0

NOTE: Due to changes in this release, the queue will be converted when 2.2.0
is started for the first time. Job order, settings and data will be
preserved, but all jobs will be unpaused and URLs that did not finish
fetching before the upgrade will be lost!

Changes since 2.1.0

Direct Unpack: Jobs will start unpacking during the download, reduces
post-processing time but requires capable hard drive. Only works for jobs that
do not need repair. Will be enabled if your incomplete folder-speed > 40MB/s
Reduced memory usage, especially with larger queues
Graphical overview of server-usage on Servers page
Notifications can now be limited to certain Categories
Removed 5 second delay between fetching URLs
Each item in the Queue and File list now has Move to Top/Bottom buttons
Add option to only tag a duplicate job without pausing or removing it
New option "History Retention" to automatically purge jobs from History
Jobs outside server retention are processed faster
Obfuscated filenames are renamed during downloading, if possible
Disk-space is now checked before writing files
Add "Retry All Failed" button to Glitter
Smoother animations in Firefox (disabled previously due to FF high-CPU usage)
Show missing articles in MB instead of number of articles
Better indication of verification process before and after repair
Remove video and audio rating icons from Queue
Show vote buttons instead of video and audio rating buttons in History
If enabled, replace dots in filenames also when there are spaces already
Handling of par2 files made more robust
All par2 files are only downloaded when enabled, not on enable_par_cleanup
Update GNTP bindings to 1.0.3
max_art_opt and replace_illegal moved from Switches to Specials
Removed Specials par2_multicore and allow_streaming
Windows: Full unicode support when calling repair and unpack
Windows: Move enable_multipar to Specials
Windows: MultiPar verification of a job is skipped after blocks are fetched
Windows & macOS: removed par2cmdline in favor of par2tbb/MultiPar
Windows & macOS: Updated WinRAR to 5.5.0

Bugfixes since 2.1.0

Shutdown/suspend did not work on some Linux systems
Standby/Hibernate was not working on Windows
Deleting a job could result in write errors
Display warning if "Extra par2 parameters" turn out to be wrong
RSS URLs with commas in the URL were broken
Fixed some "Saving failed" errors
Fixed crashing URLGrabber
Jobs with renamed files are now correctly handled when using Retry
Disk-space readings could be updated incorrectly
Correct redirect after enabling HTTPS in the Config
Fix race-condition in Post-processing
History would not always show latest changes
Convert HTML in error messages
In some cases not all RAR-sets were unpacked
Fixed unicode error during Sorting
Faulty pynotify could stop shutdown
Categories with ' in them could result in SQL errors
Special characters like []!* in filenames could break repair
Wizard was always accessible, even with username and password set
Correct value in "Speed" Extra History Column
Not all texts were shown in the selected Language
Various CSS fixes in Glitter and the Config
Catch "error 0" when using HTTPS on some Linux platforms
Warning is shown when many files with duplicate filenames are discarded
Improve zeroconf/bonjour by sending HTTPS setting and auto-discover of IP
Windows: Fix error in MultiPar-code when first par2-file was damaged
macOS: Catch "Protocol wrong type for socket" errors

Translations

Added Hebrew translation by ION IL, many other languages updated.

Depreciation notices

Option to limit Servers to specific Categories is now scheduled
to be removed in the next release.

Upgrading from 2.1.x and older

Finish queue
Stop SABnzbd
Install new version
Start SABnzbd

Upgrade notices

The organization of the download queue is different from 0.7.x releases.
This version will not see the old queue, but you restore the jobs by going
to Status page and use Queue Repair.

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.

sabnzbd - SABnzbd 2.2.0 RC 3

Published by Safihre about 7 years ago

Changes since 2.2.0 Release Candidate 2

Handling of par2 files made more robust
Standby/Hibernate was not working on Windows
Server graphs did not work in all time zones

Changes since 2.2.0 Release Candidate 1

Not all RAR files were correctly removed for encrypted downloads
Better indication of verification process before and after repair
All par2 files are only downloaded when enabled, not on enable_par_cleanup
Disk-space is now checked before writing files
Server usage graphs did not always list all available months
Warning is shown when many files with duplicate filenames are discarded
Special characters like []!* in filenames could break repair
In some cases not all RAR-sets were unpacked
Categories with ' in them could result in SQL errors
Faulty pynotify could stop shutdown
Various CSS fixes in Glitter and the Config
macOS: Really catch "Protocol wrong type for socket" errors

NOTE: Option to limit Servers to specific Categories is now scheduled
to be removed in the next release.

sabnzbd - SABnzbd 2.2.0 RC 2

Published by Safihre about 7 years ago

Release Notes - SABnzbd 2.2.0 Release Candidate 2

NOTE: Due to changes in this release, the queue will be converted when 2.2.0
is started for the first time. Job order, settings and data will be
preserved, but all jobs will be unpaused and URLs that did not finish
fetching before the upgrade will be lost!

Changes since 2.2.0 Release Candidate 1

Not all RAR files were correctly removed for encrypted downloads
Better indication of verification process before and after repair
All par2 files are only downloaded when enabled, not on enable_par_cleanup
Disk-space is now checked before writing files
Server usage graphs did not always list all available months
Warning is shown when many files with duplicate filenames are discarded
Special characters like []!* in filenames could break repair
In some cases not all RAR-sets were unpacked
Categories with ' in them could result in SQL errors
Faulty pynotify could stop shutdown
Various CSS fixes in Glitter and the Config
macOS: Really catch "Protocol wrong type for socket" errors
NOTE: Option to limit Servers to specific Categories is now scheduled
to be removed in the next release.

Changes since 2.1.0

Direct Unpack: Jobs will start unpacking during the download, reduces
post-processing time but requires capable hard drive. Only works for jobs that
do not need repair. Will be enabled if your incomplete folder-speed > 40MB/s
Reduced memory usage, especially with larger queues
Graphical overview of server-usage on Servers page
Notifications can now be limited to certain Categories
Removed 5 second delay between fetching URLs
Each item in the Queue and File list now has Move to Top/Bottom buttons
Add option to only tag a duplicate job without pausing or removing it
New option "History Retention" to automatically purge jobs from History
Jobs outside server retention are processed faster
Obfuscated filenames are renamed during downloading, if possible
Add "Retry All Failed" button to Glitter
Smoother animations in Firefox (disabled previously due to FF high-CPU usage)
Show missing articles in MB instead of number of articles
Correct value in "Speed" Extra History Column
Remove video and audio rating icons from Queue
Show vote buttons instead of video and audio rating buttons in History
If enabled, replace dots in filenames also when there are spaces already
Update GNTP bindings to 1.0.3
max_art_opt and replace_illegal moved from Switches to Specials
Removed Specials par2_multicore and allow_streaming
Windows: Full unicode support when calling repair and unpack
Windows: Move enable_MultiPar to Specials
Windows: MultiPar verification of a job is skipped after blocks are fetched
Windows & macOS: removed par2cmdline in favor of par2tbb/MultiPar

Bugfixes since 2.1.0

Shutdown/suspend did not work on some Linux systems
Deleting a job could result in write errors
Display warning if "Extra par2 parameters" turn out to be wrong
RSS URLs with commas in the URL were broken
Fixed some "Saving failed" errors
Fixed crashing URLGrabber
Jobs with renamed files are now correctly handled when using Retry
Disk-space readings could be updated incorrectly
Correct redirect after enabling HTTPS in the Config
Fix race-condition in Post-processing
History would not always show latest changes
Convert HTML in error messages
Fixed unicode error during Sorting
Wizard was always accessible, even with username and password set
Not all texts were shown in the selected Language
Catch "error 0" when using HTTPS on some Linux platforms
Improve zeroconf/bonjour by sending HTTPS setting and auto-discover of IP
Windows: Fix error in MultiPar-code when first par2-file was damaged
macOS: Catch "Protocol wrong type for socket" errors

Translations

Added Hebrew translation by ION IL, many other languages updated.

Upgrading from 0.7.x and older

Finish queue
Stop SABnzbd
Install new version
Start SABnzbd

Upgrade notices

The organization of the download queue is different from 0.7.x releases.
This version will not see the old queue, but you restore the jobs by going
to Status page and use Queue Repair.

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.