comet Release Notes

2.52.0 (2026-02-19)

Features

• add Stremio API prefix support in Kodi plugin and update settings (c6d5587)
• enhance admin and configuration session management with secure token handling and improved session validation (6c0e943)
• enhance session security and validation in configuration endpoints with improved token handling and error management (94a5af2)
• implement status video responses for debrid sync and playback errors, and add new status video assets (1ec5383)
• refactor authentication handling in CometNet UI (e104a74)
• refactor authentication handling in CometNet UI (f859926)
• update status video assets and enhance error handling in StremThru class (ba10378)

Bug Fixes

• add config route with prefix when configuration password is enabled (a9a3892)
• add validation to sanitize next URL in configuration endpoint to prevent backslashes (d64302c)
• enhance error handling in StremThru class for missing download links and update error type in generate_status_videos.py (0ebe670)
• improve type hinting for configuration parameters and enhance error logging in token persistence (3588754)
• update CONFIGURE_PAGE_PASSWORD default value to None for improved clarity in configuration settings (4ef1f2d)

2.50.0 (2026-02-11)

Features

• add parsed_matches_target utility and use it to centralize season/episode filtering logic (47b79ee)
• add tzdata package and set TZ environment variable to UTC (29ac052)
• add COMET_CLEAN_TRACKER setting to control tracker list display in Comet scraper (a35327b)
• add configurable reachability check settings including retries, delay, and timeout for improved connection handling (16f5df4)
• add Debrid Account Scraper feature description to README (4f4e351)
• add debug logging to _validate_torrent for various torrent validation failure conditions (bde663f)
• add DMM to supported scrapers and introduce DMM Ingester feature (68fa89d)
• add external reachability check for COMETNET_ADVERTISE_URL and introduce COMETNET_SKIP_REACHABILITY_CHECK for local testing (f8983c7)
• add HTTP request handling to the WebSocket server for graceful responses to non-WebSocket requests (4b0a187)
• add local torrent existence check to optimize gossip validation and enhance message re-propagation (8e04047)
• add logging for incoming connection handling in ConnectionManager to track extracted IPs (fe23a34)
• add max latency configuration and handling in CometNet to disconnect peers exceeding acceptable latency, enhancing network performance (39b5e1b)
• add method to reset discovery hysteresis in BackgroundScraperWorker for improved task management (2a97dda)
• add optional node alias to CometNet (9af324f)
• add periodic state save functionality to CometNetService with configurable interval (a209467)
• add persistence for the gossip engine's statistics (8e71ee2)
• add PostgreSQL-specific logic for refreshing scrape locks using RETURNING 1 to confirm update success (dd8f8de)
• add support for cached availability checks across multiple services (228cba0)
• add version information display and update checking functionality to the admin dashboard (d8c7aa8)
• allow _scrape_media_type to signal early termination and stop the scraping loop (b96fd1f)
• allow Kodi setup codes to be 6-16 characters long and update related prompts (1c5b963)
• apply reputation penalty when an invalid hex signature is encountered (e23d630)
• asynchronously validate manifests and canonicalize float values for signature stability, while improving shutdown handling and error logging (67083f2)
• cache public key representations, validate incoming info hashes, and generalize message sending to support raw bytes (6d74cef)
• canonicalize pool manifest timestamps to integers for signing to resolve float precision issues (67240ad)
• derive node_id from public key for PoolMember and update admin dashboard to display node IDs (bcd1b14)
• display current branch in the admin dashboard version information and visually refresh the version details section (4b8ad5f)
• display peer torrents received in the admin dashboard and include reputation data in peer information (1be6218)
• document CometNet P2P network and remove Nginx reverse proxy configuration from README (f66c0f2)
• enable standalone CometNet service to directly save discovered torrents to the database (9caab14)
• enhance admin dashboard with background scraper next cycle display and controls (c2ce896)
• enhance client IP retrieval in CometNetService by adding support for WebSocket requests (b9f3dfa)
• enhance COMETNET_ADVERTISE_URL validation with security checks for internal domains, private IPs, and port range, and improve reachability checks for public IPs (2da0020)
• enhance copyInviteLink function to use async clipboard API with fallback for insecure contexts (cce81ec)
• enhance cryptographic verification by adding public key loading and signature verification methods (5e0afc0)
• enhance debrid service to enrich torrent metadata from availability checks (1699808)
• enhance DebridService with file index coercion and parsed data merging (fe63e77)
• enhance formatting functions with customizable styles for components and streamline secret string handling in Kodi setup (3799022)
• enhance gossip statistics by adding repropagation tracking and updating dashboard labels (80cc495)
• enhance handshake logging in ConnectionManager for better debugging and error tracking (454817e)
• enhance info hash normalization with error handling and new format support (6b9b33d)
• enhance reachability check logic in check_advertise_url_reachability to handle hairpin NAT scenarios and improve logging for verification results (20226ae)
• enhance state loading to tolerate integrity hash mismatches (1fe70be)
• enhance system clock synchronization check to use multiple endpoints and provide detailed error reporting (9f51226)
• enhance WebSocket connection and handshake logging in ConnectionManager to improve debugging and error tracking (35f32d6)
• enhance WebSocket connection logging in CometNetService for improved client IP tracking (979a26e)
• filter episodes based on the retry status of their associated series item (0696166)
• implement a custom Kodi setup dialog with dedicated error alerts and expand the Kodi add-on documentation (526c6e2)
• implement a custom Kodi setup dialog with dedicated error alerts and expand the Kodi add-on documentation (6aaf39d)
• implement a Kodi repository build system, including a new Makefile, generation script, repository definition, and GitHub Actions workflow (cd2f6ab)
• implement and integrate pool member contribution tracking within the PoolStore and record contributions during gossip processing (f67b941)
• implement concurrent lock maintenance as a separate task to ensure continuous scraping and robustly handle lock loss (1172adf)
• implement debrid account torrent scraping (c36475b)
• implement dedicated crypto executor management in utils and shutdown procedure in CometNetService to enhance resource handling (a944efc)
• implement distributed locking for the background scraper and remove the background_scraper_progress table (1b9d8e1)
• implement functionality for users to leave CometNet pools with role-based restrictions (4081d11)
• implement mandatory and auto-generated COMETNET_API_KEY, and add auto-generation for ADMIN_DASHBOARD_PASSWORD and PROXY_DEBRID_STREAM_PASSWORD (29a8a5a)
• implement membership reconciliation in CometNetService and improve error logging in CometNetRelay (6cca3f4)
• implement message rate limiting and refactor message security validation into a dedicated module (0a75780)
• implement new pools management UI with filtering and search functionality in admin dashboard (12c4695)
• implement private network mode with HMAC authentication, status display, and enhanced logging (e154fc0)
• implement proactive distributed lock refreshing and add error handling for background tasks (c170fc6)
• implement queue-based backpressure and discovery pausing for the background scraper using watermarks (af664a7)
• implement queue-based backpressure and discovery pausing for the background scraper using watermarks (6eaff9c)
• implement resolution-based selection of info hashes for torrent streaming (1814efa)
• implement seadex scraper and fix anime media id parser (436de99)
• implement self-removal from pools by broadcasting a signed leave message and updating local cleanup logic (db15cd7)
• implement sharded and deduplicated filter parse cache (fab96ae)
• implement system clock synchronization check on CometNet startup with configurable tolerance and timeout (51a81e4)
• improve caching and scraping by supporting linked Kitsu and IMDb media IDs and refining season/episode parameters for debrid services (072dcab)
• improve client IP extraction in WebSocket connections by introducing get_client_ip_any function and updating connection handling in CometNetService and ConnectionManager (f2f5838)
• improve connection handling in ConnectionManager by closing duplicate connections and reusing existing ones (bd0a5f4)
• improve data canonicalization by sorting visited nodes and robustly handling dictionary keys, and add debug logging for signature verification (2c8b3f7)
• improve error handling in torrent title parsing (85fc456)
• improve error handling in torrent title parsing (42a93d4)
• improve Kodi integration with direct VideoInfoTag usage, robust setup, and refined stream info handling (a62dc06)
• increase default relay timeout and add specific handling for asyncio.TimeoutError during batch sends (f8819b1)
• init cometnet (748249e)
• introduce a dirty manifest tracking mechanism and flush_dirty_manifests method to batch manifest writes (b37ec8a)
• Introduce DMM ingester (19001ee)
• introduce Kodi addon with pairing service, setup utilities, and updated documentation (d27239d)
• introduce smart language detection by leveraging country-specific Trakt aliases (c413428)
• log private addresses announced by incoming peers and add a setting to prevent sharing private IPs during PEX (7160406)
• log specific timeout warnings for scraper exceptions instead of general ratelimiting messages. (311bfae)
• nekobt scraper (da28fc4)
• new background scraper (cebb785)
• optimize queue snapshot retrieval in BackgroundScraperWorker by consolidating database queries and normalizing discovery limits (dabbee5)
• record own contributions (a36a9d1)
• refactor HTTP client management and enhance caching mechanisms (4178cda)
• refactor HTTP client management and enhance caching mechanisms (efca5db)
• relax connection limits and overrepresentation checks for private IP addresses (a8cefbd)
• schedule debrid account sync tasks as background tasks when warm sync does not time out (577a83e)
• seadex anime only (e15125a)
• seadex anime only (9b36762)
• standardize database conflict handling and type checks with new constants, and add cometnet torrent existence batch check callback (f8e76e9)
• track and handle completion of debrid account sync background tasks (041a3ac)
• update canonicalization to preserve float precision and add signature verification debug logs (f1e871e)
• update Kodi integration with new configuration handling, improved manifest URL generation, and enhanced user prompts (43964ac)
• version and update checker (7c9842a)

Bug Fixes

• _save_manifest_async now returns a boolean, allowing flush_dirty_manifests to re-queue failed manifest saves (cfb648a)
• add HTTP status error handling to AnimeTosho and correct status attribute usage in Nyaa (b188eda)
• adjust background scraper cycle timing to account for missed cycles (39da5c5)
• broaden WebSocket noise error filtering (47b4657)
• chunk execute_many calls for SQLite to respect its parameter limit (2352aa6)
• cinemata no releaseInfo (5f1ca3e)
• correct tracker extraction logging for SeaDex scraper (44aa0d8)
• D (721fa0f)
• default name_query parameter to an empty string instead of None (49a7302)
• docker: add make to build dependencies for miniupnpc (2fcb2ef)
• docker: increase uv timeout to 300s to avoid network errors (dc98727)
• ensure default last_seen time is used when sorting keys in PublicKeyStore (b7bf69e)
• ensure proper cancellation of in-flight tasks in BackgroundScraperWorker during cancellation (5d4c5fd)
• ensure proper lock refresh handling and add read timeout for DMM hashlist downloads. (bbf2639)
• ensure proper shutdown and tracking of relay batch flush tasks and reorder README features (53b9c61)
• ensure season and episode checks in parsed_matches_target handle None values correctly (0a9ace9)
• ensure TorrentMetadata size is an integer and sort pool members by public key for deterministic serialization (5fe3307)
• exclude subscribed and member pools from the discover count calculation (37e7e6f)
• filter private IPs from PEX and warn on misconfiguration (7ee5b20)
• first search emptying itself when torrent cache ttl is -1 (9237b8c)
• fix _persist_kitsu_imdb_mapping method (40a8fc3)
• fix various memory leaks (3798971)
• fix volume on official docker compose (820ebf0)
• gracefully cancel and drain in-flight scraping tasks upon lock loss instead of abruptly stopping (2268e8f)
• gracefully handle UnicodeEncodeError during filename processing in DMM ingester (6e68a93)
• handle tracker extraction more robustly by ensuring it defaults to None when not present (7fd92bc)
• improve error handling for WebSocket connections with detailed logging (1c536c8)
• pin mediaflow-proxy dependency to version 2.4.1 for compatibility (a69a1df)
• pool join (c09a143)
• postgres (11aef0f)
• potential race can drop queued broadcasts during timeout shutdown (92aadf3)
• prevent CometNet from starting with multiple FastAPI workers in non-relay mode (a76a36a)
• prevent CometNet startup with private advertise URLs on public networks unless explicitly allowed (e6c8a4c)
• print full traceback for exceptions occurring during the scraping cycle (0bf3390)
• remove OR_IGNORE from the first_searches INSERT statement (390b452)
• remove ellipsis from truncated node ID displays in the admin dashboard (96e333d)
• remove signal handler (bad47c4)
• remove the update check interval and related logic to always perform an update check (9327826)
• suppress unsupported HTTP method HEAD errors from websockets logs using a new filter (de4cd80)
• tracker extraction result is discarded (9448806)
• update anime_entries insert query to handle conflicts by updating existing data (fa15430)
• update contribution recording logic in PoolStore to allow contributions to be recorded across all pools if no specific pool ID is provided, enhancing flexibility in member contribution tracking (2887a22)
• update lock expiration logic in DistributedLock to refresh based on current loop time (372efe2)

Performance Improvements

• convert key network discovery and cryptographic operations to asynchronous to prevent event loop blocking (73af287)
• offload CPU-bound cryptographic operations to an executor, optimize torrent batch processing, and cache public key data (6a9f9fd)
• remove torrent debrid service short-circuit (04386ed)

2.48.0 (2026-01-15)

Features

• add DATABASE_FORCE_IPV4_RESOLUTION setting and update logging (4b6c51a)
• add hostname resolution method to ReplicaAwareDatabase (81842ba)
• add manifest and configure page caching settings (6b9dbcd)
• add manifest and configure page caching settings (60c90bc)
• add support for downloading generic trackers at startup (4e701d8)
• enhance caching policies and improve manifest handling (463ab41)
• enhance caching policies and improve manifest handling (23ab2f4)
• enhance language settings and parsing functionality (430b630)
• implement IPv4 hostname resolution in ReplicaAwareDatabase (ddde28f)
• pin python version (566b28d)
• remove unused index (52609ad)
• update resolution options (212d874)
• update resolution options (53961ef)

Bug Fixes

• clear trackers list before downloading new data (d396007)
• correct formatting in README.md (8ff725d)
• correct typo in DATABASE_FORCE_IPV4_RESOLUTION comment in .env-sample (f80430d)
• handle 404 response in Peerflix scraper (7fa0c2b)
• preserve quality and languages from original parsed data in DebridService (3f93efb)
• set default max executor workers to 1 (e683637)

2.47.0 (2026-01-09)

Features

• add background and icon image assets (d9dceab)
• anime mapping disabler (1c0bf9b)
• enhance database indexing and improve torrent processing efficiency (add3813)
• fix a few useless things (1f29c4c)
• fix aiostreams null infoHash (880927c)
• fix slow anime mapper loading (67f7740)
• implement HTTP caching mechanism (35eab54)
• implement smart file selection algorithm and refine torrent record management for multi-episode content (479b5ae)
• kitsu offsets (4af9add)
• log http cache environment variables on startup (f6751e5)
• remove verbose logging from anime service (8cd1e0b)
• super mega powerful ultra anime mapper (7035b24)

Bug Fixes

• add check for existing info_hash in torrents before processing (06bbe9b)
• CachedJSONResponse overwrites body after init (72bb885)
• ETag caching broken by random manifest ID (e74c29f)
• fix wrong ranking order in p2p mode (d4d7e60)
• little opti (c7214f2)
• remove fake config from comet scraper (b5856b6)
• update asset URLs from ibb.co to GitHub raw content (77c9f04)

2.45.0 (2026-01-06)

Features

• add RTN_FILTER_DEBUG setting to enable verbose logging for torrent filtering rejections (b9cc11d)
• add RTN_FILTER_DEBUG setting to enable verbose logging for torrent filtering rejections (ddaafa2)
• allow configuration of ProcessPoolExecutor max workers with auto-detection and logging (c6c5c42)
• allow configuration of ProcessPoolExecutor max workers with auto-detection and logging (7e98d1f)
• introduce update_interval for torrent upsert logic and implement batched upsert for SQLite (6b83124)
• introduce configurable exponential backoff for 429 rate limit errors (b65c285)
• optimize PostgreSQL database operations by adding a covering index, enhancing debrid cache upserts with conditional updates, and refactoring torrent manager's advisory locking (3911533)
• switch from session-level to transaction-level PostgreSQL advisory locks for database cleanup and batched upserts (04dfd38)
• update BitMagnet scraper to use IMDb ID and media type for queries (3ef2d34)
• update BitMagnet scraper to use IMDb ID and media type for queries (f53c53b)

Bug Fixes

• add error handling for torrent title extraction and unreleased content in comet scraper (7db932f)
• correctly handle None values for season and episode parameters in API requests for bitmagnet (9b91793)
• preserve original traceback when re-raising exceptions (b1cf30b)
• remove 60-second minimum for live torrent cache update interval calculation (0b27e3c)
• remove early exit when torrent content is not digitally released (9137096)

Performance Improvements

• add idx_torrents_info_hash for improved lookup performance (b669b37)
• add index on torrents (info_hash, season) to optimize concurrent DELETE operations (980fe19)
• remove conditional check for empty sanitized_rows before execute_many database call (f1d3ea3)
• remove PostgreSQL covering index idx_torrents_covering for torrents table (4f0be0a)
• use non-blocking advisory locks and conditionally insert rows based on lock acquisition (fb47fa5)
• use non-blocking advisory locks and conditionally insert rows based on lock acquisition (60ff4be)

2.44.0 (2026-01-04)

Features

• add new scraper configurations and clarify the PROXY_ETHOS on_failure option in the sample environment file (4a34aad)
• add TorrentsDB scraper and remove redundant pass statements in other scrapers (f486247)
• add TorrentsDB scraper and remove redundant pass statements in other scrapers (c26140d)
• enable dynamic proxy configuration by allowing extra Pydantic settings fields and setting the default proxy ethos to 'always' (bbeafd7)
• enhance network manager with proxy hostname resolution for curl_cffi (65a7464)
• refactor live torrent caching to differentiate between displaying existing results and triggering new scrapes, and update default cache TTLs (7dde28d)
• refactor live torrent caching to differentiate between displaying existing results and triggering new scrapes, and update default cache TTLs (7af6d09)

Bug Fixes

• background scraper can't scrape tv shows (620dca3)

2.43.0 (2026-01-02)

Features

• add configurable PROXY_DEBRID_STREAM_INACTIVITY_THRESHOLD setting to enable and refine the cleanup of inactive debrid stream connections (cfc0eae)
• add configurable PROXY_DEBRID_STREAM_INACTIVITY_THRESHOLD setting to enable and refine the cleanup of inactive debrid stream connections (aef99f4)
• add configuration and UI option to sort cached and uncached stream results together (a472595)
• add configuration and UI option to sort cached and uncached stream results together (5fda0df)
• populate sortCachedUncachedTogether checkbox from settings (a5698b2)