Release Notes - SABnzbd 4.5.4
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## Bug fixes and changes in 4.5.4

### New Features
* History details now includes option to mark job as `Completed`.
* `Quota` notifications available for all notification services.
  - Sends alerts at 75%, 90%, and 100% quota usage.
* Multi-Operations now supports Move to Top/Bottom.
* New `outgoing_nntp_ip` option to bind outgoing NNTP connections to specific IP address.

### Improvements
* Setup wizard now requires successful Server Test before proceeding.
* Anime episode notation `S04 - 10` now supported for Sorting and Duplicate Detection.
* Multi-Operations: Play/Resume button unselects on second click for better usability.
* Unrar now handles renaming of invalid characters on Windows filesystem.
* Switched from vendored `sabnzbd.rarfile` module to `rarfile>=4.2`.
* Warning displayed when removing all Orphaned jobs (clears Temporary Download folder).

### Bug Fixes
* Active connections counter in Status window now updates correctly.
* Job setting changes during URL-grabbing no longer ignored.
* Incomplete `.par2` file parsing no longer leaves files behind.
* `Local IPv4 address` now detectable when using Socks5 proxy.
* Server configuration changes no longer show `Failure` message during page reload.

### Platform-Specific
* Linux: `Make Windows compatible` automatically enabled when needed.
* Windows: Executables are now signed using SignPath Foundation certificate.
* Windows: Can now start SABnzbd directly from installer.
* Windows and macOS: Binaries now use Python 3.14.

## Bug fixes and changes in 4.5.3

* Remember if `Permanently delete` was previously checked.
* All available IP-addresses will be included when selecting the fastest.
* Pre-queue script rejected NZBs were sometimes reported as `URL Fetching failed`.
* RSS `Next scan` time was not adjusted after manual `Read All Feeds Now`.
* Prevent renaming of `.cbr` files during verification.
* If `--disable-file-log` was enabled, `Show Logging` would crash.
* API: Added `time_added`, timestamp of when the job was added to the queue.
* API: History output could contain duplicate items.
* Snap: Updated packages and changed build process for reliability.
* macOS: Repair would fail on macOS 10.13 High Sierra.
* Windows: Unable to start on Windows 8.
* Windows: Updated Unrar to 7.13, which resolves CVE-2025-8088.

## Bug fixes and changes in 4.5.2

* Added Tab and Shift+Tab navigation to move between rename fields in queue.
* Invalid cookies of other services could result in errors.
* Internet Bandwidth test could be stuck in infinite loop.
* RSS readout did not ignore torrent alternatives.
* Prowl and Pushover settings did not load correctly.
* Renamed `osx` to `macos` internally.
* API: Removed `B` post-fix from `quota` and `left_quota` fields in `queue`.
* Windows: Support more languages in the installer.
* Windows and macOS: Updated par2cmdline-turbo to 1.3.0 and Unrar to 7.12.

## Bug fixes and changes in 4.5.1

* Correct platform detection on Linux.
* The `From SxxEyy` RSS filters did not always work.
* Windows and macOS: Update Unrar to 7.11.

## New features in 4.5.0

* Improved failure detection by downloading additional par2 files right away.
* Added more diagnostic information about the system.
* Use XFF headers for login validation if `verify_xff_header` is enabled.
* Added Turkish translation (by @cardpuncher).
* Added `unrar_parameters` option to supply custom Unrar parameters.
* Windows: Removed MultiPar support.
* Windows and macOS: Updated Python to 3.13.2, 7zip to 24.09,
  Unrar to 7.10 and par2cmdline-turbo to 1.2.0.

## Bug fixes since 4.4.0

* Handle filenames that exceed maximum filesystem lengths.
* Directly decompress gzip responses when retrieving NZB's.

## Upgrade notices

* Direct upgrade supported from version 3.0.0 and newer.
* Older versions require performing a `Queue repair` after upgrading.

## Known problems and solutions

* Read `ISSUES.txt` or https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/introduction/known-issues

## Code Signing Policy

Windows code signing is provided by SignPath.io using a SignPath Foundation certificate.

## About

SABnzbd is an open-source cross-platform binary newsreader.
It simplifies the process of downloading from Usenet dramatically, thanks to its web-based
user interface and advanced built-in post-processing options that automatically verify, repair,
extract and clean up posts downloaded from Usenet.

(c) Copyright 2007-2025 by The SABnzbd-Team (sabnzbd.org)
