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@LubosD LubosD released this 30 Oct 19:10
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FatRat 1.3.2

Highlights

  • Browser extensions. We have publish browser extensions for Google Chrome and Firefox. These extensions require FatRat 1.3.2+.
  • fatrat-unpack. This plugin has been revived. It now uses libarchive to also handle 7z archives. The plugin is usable also in the web interface
  • Watch folders. A queue can now watch a folder. Dropped .torrent files, metalinks and link lists are added automatically. Set it from the desktop queue dialog, the web UI or the terminal UI. Queues report problems with their watch folder.
  • Documentation. There is a full set of documentation pages, linked from the website, README, man pages and web UI. It covers transfers, BitTorrent, RSS, the scheduler, extensions, the REST API, D-Bus, running on a server, the terminal interface and more.
  • Web UI. The web UI has keyboard shortcuts, a faster initial load, and an upgrade to Angular 22.
  • Bug fixes. About two dozen bugs are fixed across the core, BitTorrent, the server and the UIs.

New features

  • Keyboard shortcuts in the web UI. Toolbar actions and tabs have hotkeys. Press ? to show them, or use the Shortcuts button. Enter confirms dialogs, Ctrl/Cmd+Enter submits New Transfer and saves Transfer Properties, and Backspace deletes transfers. Letter hotkeys ignore Caps Lock and work with AltGr.
  • Browser extension setup. A new button in the web interface settings sets up the browser extension. The website has an install and connect page. Links passed as #add= open in the New Transfer dialog.
  • Web UI.
    • Add several local files (such as .torrent) at once in New Transfer.
    • Delete Queue action, and a New Queue button on mobile.
    • Speed Graphs are split into Transfer Speed and Queue Speed tabs.
    • A tidier toolbar, with a Docs link.
    • The task list opens when a task starts and closes when the last one ends.
  • Torrents.
    • Sequential download and first/last pieces first options.
    • The file list refreshes when magnet metadata arrives.
    • Resuming a transfer takes it out of upload mode.
    • The Create torrent dialog supports web seed editing and DHT nodes, and handles a cancelled save.
  • Metalink. Local metalink files are copied privately, so removing the original no longer breaks the transfer.
  • Server and packaging.
    • The deb packages ship systemd system and user units for the FatRat server.
    • New fatrat-dev package with the plugin headers for both Qt flavours.
    • AppStream metadata and icons rendered from the SVG logo.
  • Command line. fatrat-conf accepts -c/--config <file>, like fatrat.
  • D-Bus. New addTransfersChecked method returns the error string.
  • REST. Queues expose and validate their watch folder. Uploads of files no engine recognises get a no_matching_engine error. The OpenAPI spec now documents plugins, plugin repositories, tasks and transfer actions.
  • macOS. README and website have install instructions using the Homebrew tap.

Changes

  • New queues default to unlimited active transfers in the web UI and TUI.
  • New queues default to the platform's Downloads directory.
  • The clipboard monitor's default patterns also match https:// links.
  • The terminal UI's new RSS rules include repacks and exclude manual releases by default.
  • Resume acts per transfer in the web UI and TUI, like the desktop. Resume All only queues paused and failed transfers, and Stop All spares completed ones.
  • The desktop UI uses KiB/s, KiB and MiB consistently for the ×1024 units. Settings > Network now says that the line speed only scales the speed graphs.
  • The web UI switches from PrimeNG 22 to the MIT-licensed Optimus UI fork. Chart tabs and the settings dialog load on demand to shrink the initial bundle. It also uses a favicon rendered from the SVG logo.
  • The right-click on the tray icon no longer toggles the drop box.
  • The fatrat-tui(1) man page documents the keys from the real keymap and describes quitting correctly.
  • Updated translations, with all missing strings translated.

Bug fixes

Core and transfers

  • Retrying a transfer no longer loses the "has been working" flag before the failure is handled.
  • Moving a stopped plugin download's destination now moves the file.
  • The desktop New transfer dialog falls back to the queue or home directory for an empty destination.
  • Link adding was moved out of the REST handler into a shared TransferAdder. Links that fail to initialize no longer break collecting rejected links.

BitTorrent

  • The seed ratio check works for torrents with nothing downloaded.
  • The External IP setting is applied as libtorrent's announce_ip.
  • FatRat binds the first free port in the configured listen range.
  • A failed data move is logged and the destination reverts.
  • The unused IP filter loader is removed.

Scheduler and RSS

  • One-time scheduler actions run once, and each minute is handled once.
  • The scheduler dialog validates its input, and actions of deleted queues are dropped.
  • In RSS settings, Update applies the dialog's feeds first. The minimum interval is 1 minute.

Server, REST and security

  • A comma in the remote password no longer turns authentication off.
  • The HTTP service no longer pretends to listen with an invalid PEM or a busy port.
  • PATCH /transfers is all-or-nothing, also when setObject fails.
  • 401 responses carry the standard {error:{code,message}} body.
  • fatrat --user calls initgroups() only as root, and sets a default primary group and cleans up the pidfile.
  • Unknown -options no longer swallow the following argument.
  • The TUI's password file check also rejects group- or other-writable files.
  • genssl.sh uses a private mktemp directory instead of fixed /tmp names.
  • Raw TLS records from libcurl's debug callback are no longer logged.
  • The web UI and TUI say that any user name works for the web interface.
  • The systemd units use the correct settings path.

Python extensions

  • Fixed the update-check default and stale restart wording.

Build and platform

  • Large-file compatibility guards no longer key off an undefined POSIX_LINUX macro.
  • Fixed macOS build and test failures with optional features enabled.

Other UI

  • The web UI keeps links that arrive while a transfer is being added.
  • The About dialog scales its logo sensibly.
  • Watch folder problems are announced to screen readers, with a readable warning colour.

Under the hood

  • The web UI is upgraded to Angular 22.
  • New tests cover the watch folder scanner, service and queue storage.
  • The REST smoke test checks the 401 envelope and the 422 for an unrecognised upload.
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