v4.2.6-hotfix

Due to the search bug, it's highly recommended to upgrade to this release. It also contains additional performance and stability improvements.

What's Changed

• material-design: Download ubuntu and roboto font by @TrimmingFool in #2566
• webui: Suspend quick search when selecting All by @TrimmingFool in #2564
• webui: Fix slow table update on label selection by @TrimmingFool in #2563
• utf8: Assume utf8 w/o php-mbstring by @TrimmingFool in #2565

Change description

• Cache fonts for material design theme to improve performance. Thanks @TrimmingFool.
• Fix more bugs with quick search introduced in ruTorrent v4.2. Thanks @TrimmingFool.
• Resolve a slow table update when selecting a label by syncing the dom. Thanks @TrimmingFool.
• Resolve error by not calling php-mbstring if function is not available. Thanks @TrimmingFool.

Full Changelog: v4.2.5...v4.2.6

v4.2.5-hotfix

It's crucial to upgrade to resolve a regression with the search feature in ruTorrent v4.2.3.

What's Changed

• Fix quick search and label size option by @TrimmingFool in #2558

Change Description

• Resolved search feature regression with v4.2.3, where a JavaScript error is triggered when searching for torrents.
• Resolved view panel bug with v4.2 where the label size feature does not respect the settings in the format menu.

Full Changelog: v4.2.4...v4.2.5

v4.2.4-hotfix

This hotfix resolves a critical regression with ruTorrent v4.2.3 when adding a new torrent. It's crucial to upgrade. Full Changelog: v4.2.3...v4.2.4

v4.2.3-hotfix

Development Note

It's highly recommended to upgrade for the latest stability improvements. Support for ruTorrent v4.1 will be dropped in the near future. ruTorrent v4.2 has been tested for a few weeks by a large userbase. All known regressions are resolved. It's now more stable and high performing than it's predecessor. ruTorrent v4.1 is inferior at this point time.

What's Changed

• tree-view: Rewrite updateCustomLabels by @TrimmingFool in #2552
• context-menu: Fix label selection by @TrimmingFool in #2554

Change Description

• This hotfix resolves multiple regressions with parent and child labels introduced in version 4.2

Full Changelog: v4.2.2...v4.2.3

v4.2.2-hotfix

This hotfix resolves a regression with the autotools plugin, when moving torrents on completion. It's recommended to upgrade. Full Changelog: v4.2.1...v4.2.2

v4.2.1-hotfix

This a critical hotfix release. It's highly recommended to upgrade, if you're using ruTorrent v4.2.

What's Changed

• lang: Load scripts after theUILang has loaded by @TrimmingFool in #2545
• Resize webui when changing h-splitter by @stickz in 6dbe6c7
• Change port checker api back to yougetsignal by @stickz in c7e523a
• Fix plugin versions for v4.2 by @stickz in 32db41d

Change Description

• Fixed a regression with the Safari web browser causing ruTorrent v4.2 to fail to load. Thanks @TrimmingFool.
• Fixed a regression causing the torrent view panel not to resize, when the h-splitter on the category list is moved by @stickz.
• Changed back to YouGetSignal API for open port checker due to issues with the PortChecker API not working in all situations by @stickz.
• Bumped plugin versions to match the ruTorrent v4.2 release by @stickz.

Full Changelog: v4.2.0...v4.2.1

v4.2.0-stable

ruTorrent Development Note

We are pleased to announce ruTorrent v4.2 will now be marked as stable. This is anther major milestone in ruTorrent development. We will be supporting ruTorrent v4.1 for a while longer. It's not required to upgrade yet, unless you want the latest bleeding edge improvements.

What's Changed

• Improve performance of webui and sort table by @TrimmingFool in #2469
• Material design fixes by @TrimmingFool in #2522
• Scroll table fixes by @TrimmingFool in #2524
• webui: Add quick search by @TrimmingFool in #2525
• style: Darken cover for dark themes by @TrimmingFool in #2523
• webui: Avoid unnecessary label text update by @TrimmingFool in #2533
• index: Cleanup html and translations by @TrimmingFool in #2534
• webui: Add Views panel by @TrimmingFool in #2535
• style: Add button hover indication by @TrimmingFool in #2538
• Fix status bar overflow & min width on mobile by @stickz in 4206060
• Upgrade to jQuery 3.7 by @stickz in 048f792
• Fix UTF8 encoding bug with labels by @stickz in cdec481

Performance Improvements

• Greatly improved WebUI performance using asynchronous background task for torrent information updates. Thanks @TrimmingFool.
• Upgraded jQuery from v3.6 to v3.7 to improve performance of appending objects to the DOM by @stickz.

New Features

• Added a new WebUI views feature where different labels or torrents can now be grouped together to form a single "view". This increases the flexibly of ruTorrent to display customized groups of torrents, without having to rework labels. Thanks @TrimmingFool.
• Improved quick search implementation. Press keydown to search immediately or enter to add the search tag by @TrimmingFool.
• Added dark loading screen feature for dark themes by @TrimmingFool.

Bug Fixes

• Resolved status bar overflow on mobile devices by hiding and condensing information as the screen width shrinks by @stickz.
• Added min width to category list to prevent resizing to value where text flows off the screen by @stickz.
• Hide the search bar when the screen width is too small, to prevent menu items from breaking by @stickz.
• Fixed a UTF8 encoding bug with the autotools plugin by @stickz.
• Cleaned up some deprecated features in the index.html by @TrimmingFool.
• Fixed multiple bugs and display issues with the Material Design theme by @TrimmingFool.

Full Changelog: v4.1.8...v4.2.0

v4.1.8-hotfix

ruTorrent Development Update

The development cycle and testing phase of ruTorrent v4.2 has been extended to incorporate more features and bug fixes. Here anther hotfix release, while we patiently wait for the next leap forward!

We're on hotfix number eight so far. ruTorrent v4.1 is faster, more stable and more reliable than it has ever been in the history of the project. Special thanks to all our issue reporters and contributors. The web client frontend would not be where it is today without you!

What's Changed

• Change default portchecker from yougetsignal to portchecker @Rathorian in #2540
• Fix announce URLs bug with retrackers plugin by @dguskovv in #2541

Change Description

• This hotfix changes the default port checker API from YouGetSignal to PortChecker. YouGetSignal was offline for over a week and users could not use the open port checker feature. We hope the PortChecker API will be more reliable.
• This hotfix resolves a bug with the retrackers plugin, where announce URLs can not be removed from torrents. Special thanks to @dguskovv.

New Contributors

• @Rathorian made their first contribution in #2540
• @dguskovv made their first contribution in #2541

Full Changelog: v4.1.7...v4.1.8

v4.1.7-hotfix

ruTorrent Development Update

This is the last release for v4.1. It contains additional stability and ease of usage improvements. It's recommended to upgrade.

• The testing phase for v4.2 will began shortly. v4.2 is a performance release which contains asynchronous web interface updates, with the implementation of a background task. It also fixes some styling issues and resolves status bar overflow on mobile devices.

What's Changed

• Fixed multiple bugs with Material Design theme by @TrimmingFool in #2522
• Decrease loading screen brightness to remove blinding effect by @stickz in 09cbecc
• Fix adding new torrents with reverse proxy by @stickz in 7860b9e

Full Changelog: v4.1.6...v4.1.7

v4.1.6-hotfix

It's recommended to upgrade to this release for additional stability and ease of usage improvements.

• The fast resume feature is fixed when adding torrents.
• The search bar no longer requires the user to click search or press enter twice to display results.
• Brazilian Portuguese and European Portuguese are now both supported.

What's Changed

• Add pt-PT translations by @Frias in #2503 Syntax fixed by @SimonAfek in #2505
• extsearch: Fix fast resume by @ml-1 in #2511
• Fix double click requirement for searches by @stickz in 26e0537, e0dd134

New Contributors

• @Frias made their first contribution in #2503
• @SimonAfek made their first contribution in #2505
• @ml-1 made their first contribution in #2511

Full Changelog: v4.1.5...v4.1.6