audiobookshelf Release Notes

Important: New authentication system was added in v2.26.0. See #4460 for details.

Fixed

• Bulk matching books with multiple of the same new author only applies author to one book by @TN-SKYC in #4766
• Debian package upgrades failing due to user "audiobookshelf" already exists #1617 by @Yetangitu in #4740
• Multi-select inputs allowing duplicate new items by @votex001 in #4649
• Audible & custom metadata providers allowing duplicate genres & tags #4634 (in #4927)

Updated

• API: Metadata match results return tags as an array of strings instead of a comma separated string (in #4927)

• Playlists are sorted alphabetically in playlist modal by @sir-wilhelm in #4906

• More strings translated

  • Arabic by @kfctatertot
  • Bulgarian by @lembata
  • Chinese (Simplified Han script) by @FiendFEARing
  • Finnish by @Napitauki @pHamala
  • German by @JBlond
  • Greek by @lambolighting
  • Hebrew by @mnavon
  • Italian by @66Bunz
  • Korean by @zardkim
  • Polish by @ahetek
  • Portuguese (Brazil) by @ljaksys
  • Slovenian by @thehijacker
  • Spanish by @kfctatertot @xlbrto

New Contributors

• @TN-SKYC made their first contribution in #4766
• @votex001 made their first contribution in #4649

Full Changelog: v2.31.0...v2.32.0

Added

• Turkish & Korean language option

Fixed

• Chapter editor: Play button is still shown next to chapters with invalid start times #4691
• Switching users does not refresh available libraries #4694
• Admin users unable to close sessions for other users #4746
• Custom metadata providers not showing in library edit modal #3820 by @mikiher in #4750
• HLS transcoding fails for AC3/EAC3 codecs #4798 by @Vito0912 in #4808
• UI/UX: Next/prev buttons not shown on item edit modal when opened using "Files" or "Match" context menu item #4718

Changed

• Increase default access & refresh token expirations. Refresh now 30 days & Access now 1 hour by @Vito0912 in #4756
• Enable OIDC auth auto redirect via query parameter ?autoLaunch=1 on login page by @Yetangitu in #4737
• Improve podcast RSS feed parser to handle feeds not wrapping html in CDATA #4757
• Update "Days in a row" stat to not require today by @jamerst in #4770
• Improved error handling for file system ensureDir by @mikiher in #4881
• UI/UX: Rephrase library watcher setting to "Automatically watch ..." #4095 by @mikiher in #4815
• UI/UX: Uploader shows progress indicator #895 by @Vito0912 in #4702
• API: New GET /search/providers endpoint to fetch all metadata providers by @mikiher in #4750
• More strings translated
  • Catalan by @celigabon
  • Chinese (Simplified Han script) by @FiendFEARing
  • Croatian by @biuklija @milotype
  • Czech by @Plazec @zendiik
  • Danish by @Andersborrits
  • Estonian by @alehandro112
  • Finnish by @pHamala @phewi
  • French by @dapitch666
  • German by @Blubberland @schoenfeldj @Vito0912 @B0rax
  • Hungarian by @ljaksys @ugyes
  • Italian by @burghy86
  • Korean by @zardkim
  • Lithuanian by @waipit
  • Polish by @pryszczoskor
  • Portuguese (Brazil) by @pmangro @nlqog @ljaksys
  • Romanian by @dinuzauri
  • Russian by @renesat
  • Slovenian by @thehijacker
  • Swedish by @3nm1 @Cotignac
  • Ukrainian by @maksim2005UKR

New Contributors

• @Yetangitu made their first contribution in #4737
• @jamerst made their first contribution in #4770

Full Changelog: v2.30.0...v2.31.0

Added

• Book cover search includes "Best" option (searches audible, google & fantlab) by @mikiher in #4716

Fixed

• OIDC invalid callback URL (incorrect protocol) #4609 by @Vito0912 in #4635
• MultiSelect causing web client to become unresponsive due to duplicate keys #4634 by @nichwall in #4636
• Podcast episodes being downloaded without an audio stream (in #4664)
• UI/UX: Chapter editor overflowing on smaller screen sizes #4652

Changed

• Book cover search is now async, streams results using websockets by @mikiher in #4716
• Decrease timeout to 10s (from 30s) on all metadata providers by @mikiher in #4716
• UI/UX: Chapter editor does not redirect back after saving changes or deleting all chapters #4650
• More strings translated
• Arabic by @Salmanegr
• Chinese (Simplified Han script) by @FiendFEARing
• Croatian by @biuklija @milotype
• Czech by @kuci-JK @petr-prikryl @Plazec @Losicek
• Finnish by @pHamala
• French by @lolly76
• German by @Vito0912 @pjope @B0rax
• Hungarian by @ugyes @Kabika82
• Norwegian Bokmål by @husjon @PSchaug
• Persian by @aghorbanmehr
• Polish by @satanowski @ahetek
• Portuguese (Brazil) by @jhonthan
• Romanian by @Hnatiucb @Emdisi00
• Russian by @GrakovNe @Devastator1979
• Slovak by @pecer
• Slovenian by @thehijacker
• Swedish by @Cotignac
• Turkish by @icutehunter @smilefate @oersen
• Ukrainian by @maksim2005UKR

Internal

• Add a script to build an uncompressed windows executable #2998 by @mikiher in #4729

Full Changelog: v2.29.0...v2.30.0

Important: New authentication system was added in v2.26.0. See #4460 for details.

Added

• Chapter editor tools/enhancements including bulk chapter import & more (see #4384) by @josh-vin in #4384
• Book library sort options for Progress: Started and Progress: Finished #4540 by @tagmeh in #4575

Fixed

• Initial page load failing to load library (on token refreshes) #4567 (in #4590)
• Library path folder browser not working on latest Windows 11 (replace wmic with powershell) #4531 by @sir-wilhelm in #4533
• Podcast itunes id not set on podcasts created from search and podcast matching #4614
• Book match tab last used provider saved in local storage being overriden by itunes when matching a podcast #4615
• Server listening log for ipv6 host by @renesat in #4595
• UI/UX: Podcast match author input not showing the current author value #4617

Changed

• Podcast episode download requests pass / in Accept header by @renesat in #4596
• Podcast episode downloads always embed meta tags (previously only mp3) (in #4598)
• Remove unnecessary token from HLS playlist files by @laxandrea in #4608
• UI/UX: Changed book library Progress Updated sort option label to Progress: Last Updated
• UI/UX: Replace SVG icons with material-symbols icon equivalents by @Toby222 in #4552
• UI/UX: Remove unnecessary success toast for podcast episode removed #4606
• More strings translated
  • Belarusian by @i-Nosferatu-i
  • Bulgarian by @jeliozver
  • Chinese (Simplified Han script) by @FiendFEARing
  • Croatian by @biuklija
  • Czech by @kuci-JK
  • Dutch by @matieke
  • German by @Vito0912 @Dalabad @Eragos @B0rax
  • Hungarian by @ugyes @Kabika82
  • Italian by @paolor72 @laxandrea
  • Russian by @renesat
  • Slovenian by @thehijacker
  • Spanish by @idojius86
  • Swedish by @Cotignac @MageSneaky
  • Vietnamese by @phamngocminhhang

New Contributors

• @laxandrea made their first contribution in #4608
• @renesat made their first contribution in #4596
• @sir-wilhelm made their first contribution in #4533
• @tagmeh made their first contribution in #4575

Full Changelog: v2.28.0...v2.29.0

Added

• Server setting to allow a whitelist of CORS origins by @Vito0912 in #4557

Fixed

• Server crash when transcode requests are made to the direct play endpoint #4555 (in #4565)
• OIDC auto-register still creating a user when groupclaim is invalid #4563
• OIDC callback URL validation

Changed

• More strings translated
• Belarusian by @i-Nosferatu-i
• Chinese (Simplified Han script) by @FiendFEARing
• Croatian by @biuklija
• Estonian by @alehandro112
• French by @ThoDon
• German by @Vito0912 @numerfolt @LaurinSorgend
• Hindi by @ashishwadekar
• Norwegian Bokmål by @Erbros
• Russian by @NickSkier
• Ukrainian by @Maksim2005UA2

Full Changelog: v2.27.0...v2.28.0

Important: New authentication system was added in v2.26.0. See #4460 for details.

Added

• Book library sort option for progress last updated #1215 (in #4542)
• Sepia theme in epub e-reader #4407 by @michaeldvinci in #4534

Fixed

• All e-reader devices visible to non-admin users #4529 (in #4530)
• UI/UX: Edit chapter page lookup modal showing incorrect duration when removing branding by @chriscam85 in #4551
• UI/UX: Cursor pointer for version in side rail by @FelixSche in #4528
• UI/UX: Sessions table overflowing horizontally on mobile

Changed

• UI/UX: Localized user stats heatmap tooltip #4550
• More strings translated
• Belarusian by @i-Nosferatu-i
• Chinese (Simplified Han script) by @FiendFEARing
• Danish by @MikkelOlesen
• Dutch by @RemcoSchrijver @Pepsicola1995
• German by @B0rax @Vito0912 @networksecurityvodoo
• Hebrew by @enosh
• Hungarian by @ugyes @Kabika82
• Russian by @GrakovNe
• Slovenian by @thehijacker
• Swedish by @Cotignac
• Ukrainian by @Maksim2005UA2

New Contributors

• @FelixSche made their first contribution in #4528
• @michaeldvinci made their first contribution in #4534
• @chriscam85 made their first contribution in #4551

Full Changelog: v2.26.3...v2.27.0

Important: New authentication system was added in v2.26.0. See #4460 for details.

Fixed

• Web client page load causing a token refresh #4509 (in #4510)

Changed

• Audible match results return match confidence score, shows in match results by @mikiher in #4319
• More strings translated
• Chinese (Simplified Han script) by @springsunx @FiendFEARing
• Croatian by @biuklija
• Czech by @kuci-JK
• Italian by @Prangel85
• Turkish by @SerhatGulasti
• Ukrainian by @Maksim2005UA2

Full Changelog: v2.26.1...v2.26.2

Important

Important: New authentication system was added in v2.26.0. See #4460 for details.

Fixed

• OIDC error when auto registering users #4485 (in #4486)
• ALLOW_CORS env variable not working #4497

Changed

• UI/UX: Localize listening time on sessions table (in #4493)
• UI/UX: Sessions modal shows username instead of user id #4496 (in #4503)
• UI/UX: Show deprecated warning message on legacy API token on user page (in #4503)
• API: /api/sessions and /api/users/:id/listening-sessions endpoints always return a user object on sessions (in #4503)

More strings translated

• Chinese (Simplified Han script) by @FiendFEARing
• Croatian by @biuklija
• German by @networksecurityvodoo
• Swedish by @Cotignac @Landrash
• Ukrainian by @Maksim2005UA2

Full Changelog

Full Changelog: v2.26.0...v2.26.1