koel

v9.4.1 Feature

This release adds 2 notable features for engineering teams evaluating rollout.

Published 8d Media Servers

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Topics

audio laravel music music-player streaming vue

Summary

AI summary

Updates fix, feat, and chore across a mixed release.

Type	Severity	Summary	CVE
Feature	Medium	Browse media folders by public_id and mask upload-folder names Browse media folders by public_id and mask upload-folder names Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-26 Confidence: high	—
Feature	Low	Upgrade to Laravel 13 Upgrade to Laravel 13 Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-26 Confidence: high	—
Bugfix
Bugfix	Medium	Prune empty albums and artists at the end of every scan Prune empty albums and artists at the end of every scan Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-26 Confidence: high	—
Bugfix	Medium	Provision demo accounts as users and disable uploads in demo Provision demo accounts as users and disable uploads in demo Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-26 Confidence: high	—
Bugfix	Medium	Self‑heal image storage directory and surface missing dir in doctor Self‑heal image storage directory and surface missing dir in doctor Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-26 Confidence: high	—

Full changelog

docs: clarify release flow — publish before tagging downstream + dispatch escape hatch by @phanan in https://github.com/koel/koel/pull/2500
feat: upgrade to Laravel 13 by @phanan in https://github.com/koel/koel/pull/2501
feat: browse media folders by public_id and mask upload-folder names by @phanan in https://github.com/koel/koel/pull/2502
chore: gitignore the public/storage symlink by @phanan in https://github.com/koel/koel/pull/2503
docs: advertise WebDAV on the Koel Plus landing page by @phanan in https://github.com/koel/koel/pull/2504
fix: prune empty albums and artists at the end of every scan by @phanan in https://github.com/koel/koel/pull/2505
fix: provision demo accounts as users and disable uploads in demo by @phanan in https://github.com/koel/koel/pull/2508
refactor: make Network helper injectable so tests don't need internet by @phanan in https://github.com/koel/koel/pull/2506
fix: self-heal image storage directory and surface missing dir in doctor by @phanan in https://github.com/koel/koel/pull/2509

Full Changelog: https://github.com/koel/koel/compare/v9.4.0...v9.4.1

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