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Self-hosted audiobook and podcast server

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Security behavior changed
v2.35.1 Bug fix
Auth

Server crash fixes

Security behavior changed
v2.35.0 New feature
Auth

Access token refresh grace period

v2.34.0 Maintenance
Notable features
  • Japanese language support and Japan podcast search region
  • Autocomplete attributes on login and setup fields for password manager support
  • SSRF filtering on podcast downloads and access control enforcement on batch APIs
Full changelog

Important: New authentication system was added in v2.26.0. See https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/discussions/4460 for details.

Added

  • Japanese language and Japan as podcast search region by @na3shkw in #5211
  • Autocomplete attributes on login and setup fields for password manager support by @meek2100 in #5089

Fixed

  • Recent episodes not updating from cache when media progress changes in #5159
  • Error logging when a podcast's auto-download schedule has an invalid cron expression

Changed

  • Public media item shares: use start time passed in query parameter for existing sessions by @pjkottke in #5163
  • Podcast episode downloads use SSRF filtering on the HTTP request (matches other external requests)
  • Podcast create and update validate the auto-download schedule cron expression and sanitizes the HTML description
  • Playlists, collections, and library item batch API routes enforce library and per-item access
  • More strings translated
    • Belarusian by @pavel-miniutka
    • Hungarian by @ugyes
    • Japanese by @na3shkw

Internal

  • ApiCacheManager test coverage for recent-episodes cache invalidation

New Contributors

  • @pjkottke made their first contribution in https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/pull/5163
  • @meek2100 made their first contribution in https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/pull/5089
  • @na3shkw made their first contribution in https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/pull/5211

Full Changelog: https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/compare/v2.33.2...v2.34.0

v2.33.2 Breaking risk
Security fixes
  • Path traversal vulnerability in filesystem path-exists endpoint
Notable features
  • Matroska audiobooks with Opus codec now play in web client
  • Share player respects library cover aspect ratio setting
  • Podcast episode subtitles from RSS feeds now sanitized for HTML
Full changelog

Important: New authentication system was added in v2.26.0. See https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/discussions/4460 for details.

Fixed

  • Matroska audiobooks (.mka) with the Opus codec failing to play in web client by @rktjmp in #5115
  • UI/UX: Share player not using libraries cover aspect ratio setting
  • Backup uploads leaving temporary files behind when the uploaded file failed validation
  • Path traversal check on the filesystem path-exists endpoint not handling all edge cases

Changed

  • Bulk download endpoint now ensures all requested items belong to the library being requested
  • Backup load and upload now validate the backup details entry exists and is within a reasonable size limit
  • Podcast create endpoint validates that the podcast path is inside the selected library folder
  • Author and library item cover image endpoints now clamp width/height query params to a maximum of 4096
  • Podcast episode subtitles parsed from RSS feeds are now sanitized for HTML
  • author_updated/author_added socket events emitted when updating authors in the book details edit modal by @mikiher in #5158
  • item_removed socket event payload now includes libraryId so clients can ignore events for other libraries by @mikiher in #5160
  • More strings translated
    • Belarusian by @pavel-miniutka
    • Bulgarian by @lembata
    • German by @JBlond @LaurinSorgend
    • Italian by @tizio04
    • Russian by @Hopelite @vmakeev
    • Spanish by @cyphra

New Contributors

  • @rktjmp made their first contribution in https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/pull/5115

Full Changelog: https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/compare/v2.33.1...v2.33.2

v2.33.1 Bug fix

Fixed API key permission enforcement and improved HTML sanitization for security hardening.

v2.33.0 Security relevant
Security fixes
  • IDOR vulnerabilities in listening sessions, media progress, and bookmarks
Notable features
  • Database indexes for faster queries
  • Improved cache invalidation

Beta — feedback welcome: [email protected]