4.0.6

Transmission 4.0.6

This is a bugfix-only release. Everyone's feedback on 4.0.x has been very helpful -- thanks for all the suggestions, bug reports, and pull requests!

What's New in 4.0.6

All Platforms

• Improved parsing HTTP tracker announce response. (#6223)
• Fixed 4.0.0 bug that caused some user scripts to have an invalid TR_TORRENT_TRACKERS environment variable. (#6434)
• Fixed 4.0.0 bug where alt-speed-enabled had no effect in settings.json. (#6483)
• Fixed 4.0.0 bug where the GTK client's "Use authentication" option was not saved between's sessions. (#6514)
• Fixed 4.0.0 bug where the filename for single-file torrents aren't sanitized. (#6846)

macOS Client

• Fix: Sparkle support for handling beta version updates. (#5263)
• Fixed app unable to start when having many torrents and TimeMachine enabled. (#6523)
• Fix: Sparkle Version Comparator. (#6623)

Qt Client

• Fixed 4.0.0 bug where piece size description text and slider state in torrent creation dialog are not always up-to-date. (#6516)

GTK Client

• Fixed build when compiling with GTKMM 4. (#6393)
• Added developer name to metainfo files. (#6598)
• Added the launchable desktop-id to metainfo files. (#6779)
• Fixed build when compiling on BSD. (#6812)

Web Client

• Fixed a 4.0.0 bug where the infinite ratio symbol was displayed incorrectly in the WebUI. (#6491, #6500)
• Fixed layout issue in speed display. (#6570)
• General UI improvement related to filterbar and fixes download/upload speed info wrap. (#6761)

Daemon

• Fixed a couple of logging issues. (#6463)

Everything Else

• Updated flatpak release metainfo. (#6357)
• Fixed libtransmission build on very old cmake versions. (#6418)
• UTP peer connections follow user-defined speed limits better now. (#6551)
• Only use a single concurrent queue for timeMachineExclude instead of one queue per torrent (#6523). (#6558)
• Fixed 4.0.5 bug where svg and png icons in the WebUI might not be displayed. (#6563)
• Fixed 4.0.0 bug where alt-speed-enabled had no effect in settings.json. (#6564)
• Fixed 4.0.0 bugs where some RPC methods don't put torrents in recently-active anymore. (#6565)
• Improved parsing HTTP tracker announce response. (#6567)
• Fixed compatibility with clang-format 18. (#6690)
• Fixed build when compiling with mbedtls 3.x . (#6823)

Thank You!

Last but certainly not least, a big Thank You to these people who contributed to this release:

Contributions to All Platforms:

• @tearfur (Yat Ho):
  • Improved parsing HTTP tracker announce response. (#6223)
  • Fix: add check for EWOULDBLOCK. (#6350)
  • Fixed 4.0.0 bug where alt-speed-enabled had no effect in settings.json. (#6483)
  • Fixed 4.0.0 bug where the GTK client's "Use authentication" option was not saved between's sessions. (#6514)
  • Fixed 4.0.0 bug where the filename for single-file torrents aren't sanitized. (#6846)

Contributions to macOS Client:

• @nevack (Dzmitry Neviadomski):
  • Code review. (#5263, #6523)
• @zorgiepoo (Zorg):
  • Code review. (#5263)

Contributions to GTK Client:

• @brad0 (Brad Smith):
  • Fixed build when compiling on BSD. (#6812)
• @wjt (Will Thompson):
  • Added developer name to metainfo files. (#6598)
  • Added launchable tag to metainfo files. (#6720)
  • Added the launchable desktop-id to metainfo files. (#6779)

Contributions to Web Client:

• @Rukario:
  • General UI improvement related to filterbar and fixes download/upload speed info wrap. (#6761)
• @tearfur (Yat Ho):
  • Code review. (#6570, #6761)
  • Fixed a 4.0.0 bug where the infinite ratio symbol was displayed incorrectly in the WebUI. (#6491, #6500)
• @tessus (Helmut K. C. Tessarek):
  • Fixed layout issue in speed display. (#6570)

Contributions to Everything Else:

• @nevack (Dzmitry Neviadomski):
  • Code review. (#6418)
• @orangepizza:
  • Fixed build when compiling with mbedtls 3.x . (#6823)
• @tearfur (Yat Ho):
  • UTP peer connections follow user-defined speed limits better now. (#6551)
  • Fixed 4.0.5 bug where svg and png icons in the WebUI might not be displayed. (#6563)
  • Fixed 4.0.0 bug where alt-speed-enabled had no effect in settings.json. (#6564)
  • Fixed 4.0.0 bugs where some RPC methods don't put torrents in recently-active anymore. (#6565)
  • Fix: add check for EWOULDBLOCK (#6350). (#6566)
  • Improved parsing HTTP tracker announce response. (#6567)
• @wjt (Will Thompson):
  • Updated flatpak release metainfo. (#6357)