ampache

v7.9.4 Feature

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Ampache 7.9.4 introduces popularity-weighted search ranking for albums, artists, and songs. The release fixes catalog sync limits, permission validation timing, API function naming, and hardens mkdir permissions to 0775.

Why it matters: Search weighting improves result ranking across albums, artists, and songs. Bug fixes in catalog sync, permissions, and API address core gaps. Permission hardening reduces overpermissioning. Test new search features in dev.

Summary

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Updates 7.9.4, https://ampache.org/docs/information/which-zip, and cleanup across a mixed release.

Changes in this release

Type	Severity	Summary	CVE
Feature
Feature	Medium	Add popularity weight columns to media tables in database 794004. Add popularity weight columns to media tables in database 794004. Source: granite4.1:8b-q6_K@2026-05-21 Confidence: high	—
Feature	Medium	Introduce `weight_song`, `weight_album`, and `weight_artist` search rules for Album, Artist, Podcast, Podcast_Episode, and Song searches. Introduce `weight_song`, `weight_album`, and `weight_artist` search rules for Album, Artist, Podcast, Podcast_Episode, and Song searches. Source: granite4.1:8b-q6_K@2026-05-21 Confidence: high	—
Feature	Medium	Add `my_flagged_song`, `my_flagged_album`, and `my_flagged_artist` to Album, Artist, and Song searches. Add `my_flagged_song`, `my_flagged_album`, and `my_flagged_artist` to Album, Artist, and Song searches. Source: granite4.1:8b-q6_K@2026-05-21 Confidence: high	—
Feature	Medium	Include all rating rules in `podcast` and `podcast_episode` searches. Include all rating rules in `podcast` and `podcast_episode` searches. Source: granite4.1:8b-q6_K@2026-05-21 Confidence: high	—
Feature	Medium	Add `coverArt` for radio stations in Subsonic API. Add `coverArt` for radio stations in Subsonic API. Source: granite4.1:8b-q6_K@2026-05-21 Confidence: high	—
Feature	Medium	Add more information to move and rename command output in CLI. Add more information to move and rename command output in CLI. Source: granite4.1:8b-q6_K@2026-05-21 Confidence: high	—
Feature	Medium	Allow REST calls to block GET requests for sensitive API6 calls (e.g., `register`). Allow REST calls to block GET requests for sensitive API6 calls (e.g., `register`). Source: granite4.1:8b-q6_K@2026-05-21 Confidence: high	—
Feature	Medium	Provide translations updated to 2026-05-20. Provide translations updated to 2026-05-20. Source: granite4.1:8b-q6_K@2026-05-21 Confidence: low	—
Feature	Medium	Sort header bar searches by popularity weights. Sort header bar searches by popularity weights. Source: granite4.1:8b-q6_K@2026-05-21 Confidence: low	—
Feature	Medium	Fix orphan album disk objects to be unique and update from tags. Fix orphan album disk objects to be unique and update from tags. Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-05-21-audit Confidence: low	—
Feature	Medium	Prevent moving, renaming, or deleting upload folders when not owning all content. Prevent moving, renaming, or deleting upload folders when not owning all content. Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-05-21-audit Confidence: low	—
Feature	Medium	Add missing typing on Search class. Add missing typing on Search class. Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-05-21-audit Confidence: low	—
Feature	Medium	Update documentation for searches. Update documentation for searches. Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-05-21-audit Confidence: low	—
Feature	Medium	Add additional aliases to search rules for different rule names. Add additional aliases to search rules for different rule names. Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-05-21-audit Confidence: low	—
Deprecation	Medium	PHP-CS-Fixer v4.0 deprecations addressed. PHP-CS-Fixer v4.0 deprecations addressed. Source: granite4.1:8b-q6_K@2026-05-21 Confidence: low	—
Bugfix
Bugfix	Medium	Catalog sync now respects podcast download limits. Catalog sync now respects podcast download limits. Source: granite4.1:8b-q6_K@2026-05-21 Confidence: high	—
Bugfix	Medium	Enable folder creation when using default `.htaccess` (now public). Enable folder creation when using default `.htaccess` (now public). Source: granite4.1:8b-q6_K@2026-05-21 Confidence: high	—
Bugfix	Medium	Include collaboration in Playlist browse functionality. Include collaboration in Playlist browse functionality. Source: granite4.1:8b-q6_K@2026-05-21 Confidence: high	—
Bugfix	Medium	Fix orphaned uploads to allow changes from tag updates. Fix orphaned uploads to allow changes from tag updates. Source: granite4.1:8b-q6_K@2026-05-21 Confidence: high	—
Bugfix	Medium	Correctly display orphaned albums with User catalog filters. Correctly display orphaned albums with User catalog filters. Source: granite4.1:8b-q6_K@2026-05-21 Confidence: high	—
Bugfix	Medium	Resolve PHP-CS-Fixer v4.0 deprecations. Resolve PHP-CS-Fixer v4.0 deprecations. Source: granite4.1:8b-q6_K@2026-05-21 Confidence: high	—
Bugfix	Medium	Fix `podcast_update` function name in API6. Fix `podcast_update` function name in API6. Source: granite4.1:8b-q6_K@2026-05-21 Confidence: low	—
Bugfix	Medium	Decode HTML for Song lyrics on output in API5 and API6. Decode HTML for Song lyrics on output in API5 and API6. Source: granite4.1:8b-q6_K@2026-05-21 Confidence: low	—
Bugfix	Medium	Ajax FS validates current user earlier to fix permission issues. Ajax FS validates current user earlier to fix permission issues. Source: granite4.1:8b-q6_K@2026-05-21 Confidence: low	—
Bugfix	Medium	Fail installation if `upload_subdir` enabled but folder creation fails. Fail installation if `upload_subdir` enabled but folder creation fails. Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-05-21-audit Confidence: low	—
Bugfix	Medium	Fix CLI `cleanup:sortSongs` to stop after processing a single folder. Fix CLI `cleanup:sortSongs` to stop after processing a single folder. Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-05-21-audit Confidence: low	—
Bugfix	Medium	Resolve search errors for `other_user` and `unrated` queries. Resolve search errors for `other_user` and `unrated` queries. Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-05-21-audit Confidence: low	—
Bugfix	Medium	Apply missing joins in certain searches. Apply missing joins in certain searches. Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-05-21-audit Confidence: low	—
Bugfix	Medium	Fix Playlist `owner` search functionality. Fix Playlist `owner` search functionality. Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-05-21-audit Confidence: low	—
Bugfix	Medium	Include collaboration data in Playlist search results. Include collaboration data in Playlist search results. Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-05-21-audit Confidence: low	—
Bugfix	Low	Strip HTML tags from item lyrics in Subsonic output. Strip HTML tags from item lyrics in Subsonic output. Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-05-21-audit Confidence: low	—
Refactor	Medium	Assign 0775 permissions on mkdir calls instead of PHP default 0777. Assign 0775 permissions on mkdir calls instead of PHP default 0777. Source: granite4.1:8b-q6_K@2026-05-21 Confidence: low	—
Refactor	Low	Remove path printing from FileSystem output. Remove path printing from FileSystem output. Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-05-21-audit Confidence: low	—

Full changelog

7.9.4

php8.5
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Ampache 7.9.4

Many new search enhancements, documentation updates and fixes.

Media weight is calculated based on ratings, flags, play and skip counts.

This allows you to order and search and sort by server popularity

Work on cleaning up API6 has started as I look to begin Ampache 8

Added (7.9.4)

Translations 2026-05-20
Database 794004
- Add popularity weight columns to media tables
- Fix up Orphan Album Disk objects to be unique and update from tags
Don't people move/rename/delete upload folders when you don't own all the content
Missing typing on Search class
Documentation updates for searches
CLI
- Add more information to move and rename command output
Search
- Add additional aliases to catch different rule names
- Add my_flagged_song, my_flagged_album and my_flagged_artist to Album, Artist and Song searches
- Add weight_song, weight_album and weight_artist to Album, Artist Podcast, Podcast_Episode and Song searches
- Add all rating rules to podcast and podcast_episode searches
Subsonic
- Add coverArt for radio stations

Changed (7.9.4)

Sort header bar searches by popularity weights
Remove path printing from FileSystem output
Fail if upload_subdir is enabled but can't create the folder
Assign 0775 permissions on mkdir calls (PHP default is 0777)

Fixed (7.9.4)

Catalog sync would not respect podcast download limits
Ajax FS not looking for current user early enough to validate
Could not create a folder when using default .htaccess (not enabled by default)
Missing collaboration in Playlist browses
Public .htaccess for creating folders in upload pages
PHP-CS-Fixer v4.0 deprecations
Orphaned uploads would never be able to change from an orphan album object
Display of Orphaned albums when using User catalog filters
Tag updates for Orphaned albums would not change when updated from tags
Checks for Catalog 0 with Album and AlbumDisk check functions
CLI
- cleanup:sortSongs was not stopping after using single folder
- run:updateCatalogFile better file checks and error warnings
Search
- Errors on other_user unrated searches
- Joins on some searches not applied
- Playlist owner search
- Missing collaboration in Playlist search
Subsonic
- Don't show HTML tags being for item lyrics

API 6.9.1 Build 14

This version is being released for Ampache7 only

To ensure that there are no issues with clients checking for single int versions
we will keep on 6.9.x and resume build number versioning until Ampache 8

Added (691014)

API6
- Allow REST calls to block GET requests for sensitive calls (e.g. register)

Changed (691014)

API6
- Make filter optional for podcast_episodes
- Add song for id in playlist_add to match playlist_add_song
- Fallback to bookmark on empty type in bookmark_delete
- Decode HTML for Song lyrics on output
API5
- Decode HTML for Song lyrics on output

Fixed (691014)

API6
- Bad podcast_update function name
- REST rewrite rules

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