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Summary
AI summaryUpdates ✨ What's New, 🖱️ Better drag-and-drop, and 🔊 Reader fix across a mixed release.
Changes in this release
| Type | Severity | Summary | CVE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feature | Medium |
Converts .docx uploads to PDF as part of a single step with timeout handling. Converts .docx uploads to PDF as part of a single step with timeout handling. Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-05 Confidence: high |
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| Feature | Low |
Shows proper drag preview for document dragging in gallery and list layouts. Shows proper drag preview for document dragging in gallery and list layouts. Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-05 Confidence: high |
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| Feature | Low |
Avoids redundant work by reusing already‑converted documents during uploads. Avoids redundant work by reusing already‑converted documents during uploads. Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-05 Confidence: low |
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| Performance | Low |
Moves PDF parsing and playback‑readiness tracking to background workers with versioning. Moves PDF parsing and playback‑readiness tracking to background workers with versioning. Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-05 Confidence: high |
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| Bugfix | Medium |
Fixes document preview/thumbnail generation in Docker deployments. Fixes document preview/thumbnail generation in Docker deployments. Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-05 Confidence: high |
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| Bugfix | Medium |
Improves document upload reliability across all file types. Improves document upload reliability across all file types. Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-05 Confidence: low |
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| Bugfix | Low |
Prevents duplicate parse jobs from being queued for the same document. Prevents duplicate parse jobs from being queued for the same document. Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-05 Confidence: high |
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| Bugfix | Low |
Resets text‑to‑speech playback and text selection when switching documents. Resets text‑to‑speech playback and text selection when switching documents. Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-05 Confidence: high |
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Full changelog
✨ What's New
🐳 Document previews fixed in Docker
- Fixed document preview/thumbnail generation in Docker deployments, which had stopped working because the PDF engine couldn't find its bundled fonts at runtime. Previews now render again out of the box.
⬆️ Smoother, more reliable uploads
- Rebuilt the document upload flow to be more reliable across all file types.
- Word document (.docx) uploads now convert to PDF as part of a single upload step, with a timeout so a stuck conversion fails cleanly instead of hanging.
- Avoided redundant work by reusing already-converted documents.
🖱️ Better drag-and-drop
- Dragging documents (into folders and between views) now shows a proper drag preview in both gallery and list layouts.
🧩 More dependable PDF parsing
- Moved PDF parsing and playback-readiness tracking to the background worker, with versioning so documents are automatically re-parsed when the parser improves.
- Prevented duplicate parse jobs from being queued for the same document.
🔊 Reader fix
- Text-to-speech playback and text selection now reset immediately when you switch documents, instead of carrying over from the previous one.
Full Changelog: https://github.com/richardr1126/openreader/compare/v4.1.1...v4.1.2
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