Kavita

v0.9.0.2 Breaking

This release includes breaking changes for platform teams planning a safe upgrade.

Published 20d Media Servers

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Release v0.9.0.2 of Kavita fixes multiple UI and functionality bugs including bookmarks loading, series/chapter rating accuracy, external link scoping, and search reliability with year metadata.

Why it matters: Deploy v0.9.0.2 to resolve critical user‑facing defects: bookmarks failing to load, ratings incorrectly returning zero, mis‑scoped external links, and unreliable year‑based searches.

Summary

AI summary

Fixed bookmarks not loading and series/chapter rating always returning 0.

Changes in this release

Type	Severity	Summary	CVE
Bugfix
Bugfix	Medium	Fixed reading list detail tab not having tabs wired up. Fixed reading list detail tab not having tabs wired up. Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-21 Confidence: high	—
Bugfix	Medium	Fixed series/chapter rating always returning 0 if you had rated it. Fixed series/chapter rating always returning 0 if you had rated it. Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-21 Confidence: high	—
Bugfix	Medium	Fixed bookmarks not loading. Fixed bookmarks not loading. Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-21 Confidence: high	—
Bugfix	Medium	Fixed text & image bookmarks being switched. Fixed text & image bookmarks being switched. Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-21 Confidence: high	—
Bugfix	Medium	Fixed long chapter names causing wrapping in activity overview. Fixed long chapter names causing wrapping in activity overview. Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-21 Confidence: high	—
Bugfix	Medium	Fixed epub bookmarks not loading. Fixed epub bookmarks not loading. Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-21 Confidence: high	—
Bugfix	Medium	Fixed people not being removed from series if chapter metadata has none. Fixed people not being removed from series if chapter metadata has none. Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-21 Confidence: high	—
Bugfix	Medium	Fixed series not being added to a collection under some circumstances. Fixed series not being added to a collection under some circumstances. Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-21 Confidence: high	—
Bugfix	Medium	Fixed early reloading causing double K+ plus calls when matching on the series page. Fixed early reloading causing double K+ plus calls when matching on the series page. Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-21 Confidence: high	—
Bugfix	Medium	Fixed annotations duplicating & swallowing text under some circumstances. Fixed annotations duplicating & swallowing text under some circumstances. Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-21 Confidence: high	—
Bugfix	Medium	Fixed annotations not being shown under specific circumstances. Fixed annotations not being shown under specific circumstances. Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-21 Confidence: high	—
Bugfix	Medium	Fixed external links containing sometimes being scoped out of a book. Fixed external links containing sometimes being scoped out of a book. Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-21 Confidence: high	—
Bugfix	Medium	Fixed search being unreliable when searching with year metadata. Fixed search being unreliable when searching with year metadata. Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-21 Confidence: high	—
Refactor	Low	OIDC validation no longer requires super safe urls. OIDC validation no longer requires super safe urls. Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-05-22-audit Confidence: low	—

Full changelog

All users are strongly advised to update immediately. Full details will be published later.

Changed

Changed: OIDC validation no longer requires super safe urls.

Fixed

Fixed: Fixed reading list detail tab not having tabs wired up.
Fixed: Fixed series/chapter rating always returning 0 if you had rated it.
Fixed: Fixed bookmarks not loading.
Fixed: Fixed text & image bookmarks being switched.
Fixed: Fixed long chapter names causing wrapping in activity overview.
Fixed: Fixed epub bookmarks not loading.
Fixed: Fixed text & image bookmarks being switched.
Fixed: Fixed long chapter names causing wrapping in activity overview.
Fixed: Fixed people not being removed from series if chapter metadata has none.
Fixed: Fixed series not being added to a collection under some circumstances.
Fixed: Fixed early reloading causing double K+ plus calls when matching on the series page.
Fixed: Fixed annotations duplicating & swallowing text under some circumstances.
Fixed: Fixed annotations not being shown under specific circumstances.
Fixed: Fixed external links containing sometimes being scoped out of a book.
Fixed: Fixed search being unreliable when searching with year metadata.

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