In this fifth major release of SABnzbd, we included:
Smarter (and potentially faster) downloads with NNTP Pipelining and Direct Write.
Reliability gains from a reworked cache and safer processing.
A significant number of bug fixes and platform updates.
Features and bug fixes in 5.0.4
RSS feed modifications no longe require clicking Apply Filters.
Fixed RSS priority handling.
Server Test could block the queue.
Use reduced progress bar width in Compact layout.
Replaced unreliable directory access check.
Prevent crash in idle-jobs check.
Jobs with invalid date would show as Fetching.
Windows and macOS: Updated Python to 3.14.5 and Unrar to 7.22.
Features and bug fixes in 5.0.1, 5.0.2 and 5.0.3
Fetching NZB's failed on new installations.
Queue entries from older versions now load correctly after upgrading.
nzo_id now uses GUIDs to prevent duplicates.
Updating to 5.0 now succeeds even when duplicate nzo_id values exist.
URL fetching no longer crashes when duplicate jobs are present.
Default RSS priority is now applied correctly.
Duplicate filenames no longer cause queue stalls.
IPv6 binding now works correctly for the Web interface.
The On queue finish action now executes reliably.
Saving the post-processing queue no longer throws errors.
Directory creation now handles existing directories gracefully.
Windows and macOS: Updated Unrar to 7.21 and 7zip to 26.01.
New features in 5.0.0
Added support for NNTP Pipelining which eliminates idle waiting between
requests, significantly improving speeds on high-latency connections.
Read more here: https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/advanced/nntp-pipelining
New servers will have Articles per request set to 2 by default.
Existing servers need to be manually changed to use NNTP Pipelining.
Windows code signing is provided by SignPath.io using a SignPath Foundation certificate.
About
SABnzbd is an open-source cross-platform binary newsreader.
It simplifies the process of downloading from Usenet dramatically, thanks to its web-based
user interface and advanced built-in post-processing options that automatically verify, repair,
extract and clean up posts downloaded from Usenet.
(c) Copyright 2007-2026 by The SABnzbd-Team (sabnzbd.org)
In this fifth major release of SABnzbd, we included:
Smarter (and potentially faster) downloads with NNTP Pipelining and Direct Write.
Reliability gains from a reworked cache and safer processing.
A significant number of bug fixes and platform updates.
Features and bug fixes in 5.0.1, 5.0.2 and 5.0.3
Fetching NZB's failed on new installations.
Queue entries from older versions now load correctly after upgrading.
nzo_id now uses GUIDs to prevent duplicates.
Updating to 5.0 now succeeds even when duplicate nzo_id values exist.
URL fetching no longer crashes when duplicate jobs are present.
Default RSS priority is now applied correctly.
Duplicate filenames no longer cause queue stalls.
IPv6 binding now works correctly for the Web interface.
The On queue finish action now executes reliably.
Saving the post-processing queue no longer throws errors.
Directory creation now handles existing directories gracefully.
Windows and macOS: Updated Unrar to 7.21 and 7zip to 26.01.
New features in 5.0.0
Added support for NNTP Pipelining which eliminates idle waiting between
requests, significantly improving speeds on high-latency connections.
Read more here: https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/advanced/nntp-pipelining
New servers will have Articles per request set to 2 by default.
Existing servers need to be manually changed to use NNTP Pipelining.
Windows code signing is provided by SignPath.io using a SignPath Foundation certificate.
About
SABnzbd is an open-source cross-platform binary newsreader.
It simplifies the process of downloading from Usenet dramatically, thanks to its web-based
user interface and advanced built-in post-processing options that automatically verify, repair,
extract and clean up posts downloaded from Usenet.
(c) Copyright 2007-2026 by The SABnzbd-Team (sabnzbd.org)
In this fifth major release of SABnzbd, we included:
Smarter (and potentially faster) downloads with NNTP Pipelining and Direct Write.
Reliability gains from a reworked cache and safer processing.
A significant number of bug fixes and platform updates.
Features and bug fixes in 5.0.1 and 5.0.2
Queue entries from older versions now load correctly after upgrading.
nzo_id now uses GUIDs to prevent duplicates.
Updating to 5.0 now succeeds even when duplicate nzo_id values exist.
URL fetching no longer crashes when duplicate jobs are present.
Default RSS priority is now applied correctly.
Duplicate filenames no longer cause queue stalls.
IPv6 binding now works correctly for the Web interface.
The On queue finish action now executes reliably.
Saving the post-processing queue no longer throws errors.
Directory creation now handles existing directories gracefully.
Windows and macOS: Updated Unrar to 7.21 and 7zip to 26.01.
New features in 5.0.0
Added support for NNTP Pipelining which eliminates idle waiting between
requests, significantly improving speeds on high-latency connections.
Read more here: https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/advanced/nntp-pipelining
New servers will have Articles per request set to 2 by default.
Existing servers need to be manually changed to use NNTP Pipelining.
Windows code signing is provided by SignPath.io using a SignPath Foundation certificate.
About
SABnzbd is an open-source cross-platform binary newsreader.
It simplifies the process of downloading from Usenet dramatically, thanks to its web-based
user interface and advanced built-in post-processing options that automatically verify, repair,
extract and clean up posts downloaded from Usenet.
(c) Copyright 2007-2026 by The SABnzbd-Team (sabnzbd.org)
In this fifth major release of SABnzbd, we included:
Smarter (and potentially faster) downloads with NNTP Pipelining and Direct Write.
Reliability gains from a reworked cache and safer processing.
A significant number of bug fixes and platform updates.
Bug fixes in 5.0.1
Queued downloads from older versions did not load after updating.
New features in 5.0.0
Added support for NNTP Pipelining which eliminates idle waiting between
requests, significantly improving speeds on high-latency connections.
Read more here: https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/advanced/nntp-pipelining
New servers will have Articles per request set to 2 by default.
Existing servers need to be manually changed to use NNTP Pipelining.
Windows code signing is provided by SignPath.io using a SignPath Foundation certificate.
About
SABnzbd is an open-source cross-platform binary newsreader.
It simplifies the process of downloading from Usenet dramatically, thanks to its web-based
user interface and advanced built-in post-processing options that automatically verify, repair,
extract and clean up posts downloaded from Usenet.
(c) Copyright 2007-2026 by The SABnzbd-Team (sabnzbd.org)
In this fifth major release of SABnzbd, we included:
Smarter (and potentially faster) downloads with NNTP Pipelining and Direct Write.
Reliability gains from a reworked cache and safer processing.
A significant number of bug fixes and platform updates.
Please note the breaking changes described below!
New features in 5.0.0
Added support for NNTP Pipelining which eliminates idle waiting between
requests, significantly improving speeds on high-latency connections.
Read more here: https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/advanced/nntp-pipelining
New servers will have Articles per request set to 2 by default.
Existing servers need to be manually changed to use NNTP Pipelining.
Windows code signing is provided by SignPath.io using a SignPath Foundation certificate.
About
SABnzbd is an open-source cross-platform binary newsreader.
It simplifies the process of downloading from Usenet dramatically, thanks to its web-based
user interface and advanced built-in post-processing options that automatically verify, repair,
extract and clean up posts downloaded from Usenet.
(c) Copyright 2007-2026 by The SABnzbd-Team (sabnzbd.org)
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### [`v5.0.4`](https://github.com/sabnzbd/sabnzbd/releases/tag/5.0.4): SABnzbd 5.0.4
[Compare Source](https://github.com/sabnzbd/sabnzbd/compare/5.0.3...5.0.4)
# Release Notes - SABnzbd 5.0.4
In this fifth major release of SABnzbd, we included:
- Smarter (and potentially faster) downloads with NNTP Pipelining and Direct Write.
- Reliability gains from a reworked cache and safer processing.
- A significant number of bug fixes and platform updates.
#### Features and bug fixes in 5.0.4
- RSS feed modifications no longe require clicking `Apply Filters`.
- Fixed RSS priority handling.
- Server Test could block the queue.
- Use reduced progress bar width in Compact layout.
- Replaced unreliable directory access check.
- Prevent crash in idle-jobs check.
- Jobs with invalid date would show as `Fetching`.
- Windows and macOS: Updated Python to 3.14.5 and Unrar to 7.22.
#### Features and bug fixes in 5.0.1, 5.0.2 and 5.0.3
- Fetching NZB's failed on new installations.
- Queue entries from older versions now load correctly after upgrading.
- `nzo_id` now uses GUIDs to prevent duplicates.
- Updating to 5.0 now succeeds even when duplicate `nzo_id` values exist.
- URL fetching no longer crashes when duplicate jobs are present.
- Default RSS priority is now applied correctly.
- Duplicate filenames no longer cause queue stalls.
- IPv6 binding now works correctly for the Web interface.
- The `On queue finish` action now executes reliably.
- Saving the post-processing queue no longer throws errors.
- Directory creation now handles existing directories gracefully.
- Windows and macOS: Updated Unrar to 7.21 and 7zip to 26.01.
#### New features in 5.0.0
- Added support for NNTP Pipelining which eliminates idle waiting between
requests, significantly improving speeds on high-latency connections.
Read more here: <https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/advanced/nntp-pipelining>
New servers will have `Articles per request` set to `2` by default.
Existing servers need to be manually changed to use NNTP Pipelining.
- Implemented Direct Write to optimize assembly of downloaded files.
Read more here: <https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/advanced/direct-write>
- Post-processing scripts will always be executed, even for failed jobs.
Make sure to check the status of the job in your scripts!
- Removed Special setting `empty_postproc` as it is no longer needed.
- Complete redesign of article cache.
- Improved disk speed measurement in Status window.
- Reduced delays between jobs during post-processing.
- Improved handling of disks getting full.
- Diskspace check will now include Category-specific folders.
- If a download only contains `.nzb` files, the new downloads
will include the name of the original download.
- No longer show tracebacks in the browser, only in the logs.
- Dropped support for Python 3.8.
- Windows: Added Windows ARM (portable) release.
- Windows and macOS: Added HTML version of the Release Notes.
- Windows and macOS: Updated Python to 3.14.4, Unrar to 7.20,
par2cmdline-turbo to 1.4 and 7zip to 26.00.
#### Bug fixes in 5.0.0
- `Check before download` could get stuck or fail to reject.
- Several stability changes for the core download process.
- If only par2 files were missing, jobs could get incorrectly aborted.
- No error was shown in case NZB upload failed.
- Correct mobile layout if `Full Width` is enabled.
- Handle passwords that exceed Unrar's password limit.
- Aborted Direct Unpack could result in no files being unpacked.
- Encrypted RAR detection could sometimes fail.
- Unwanted extension check was unreliable on passworded downloads.
- No longer exclusively lock all directory operations.
- Improved handling of non-NFC unicode filenames.
- Sorting of files inside jobs was inconsistent.
- Linux: No longer break test-data in the release package.
- Windows: Tray icon disappears after Explorer restart.
- macOS: Slow to start on some network setups.
#### Changes to default settings for new installations in 5.0.0
- Default `Minimum Free Space for Temporary Download Folder` set to `500M`.
- Enabled `verify_xff_header` setting by default.
#### Upgrade notices
- You can directly upgrade from version 3.0.0 and newer.
- Upgrading from older versions will require performing a `Queue repair`.
- Downgrading from version 4.2.0 or newer to 3.7.2 or older will require
performing a `Queue repair` due to changes in the internal data format.
#### Known problems and solutions
- Read `ISSUES.txt` or <https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/introduction/known-issues>
#### Code Signing Policy
Windows code signing is provided by SignPath.io using a SignPath Foundation certificate.
#### About
SABnzbd is an open-source cross-platform binary newsreader.
It simplifies the process of downloading from Usenet dramatically, thanks to its web-based
user interface and advanced built-in post-processing options that automatically verify, repair,
extract and clean up posts downloaded from Usenet.
(c) Copyright 2007-2026 by The SABnzbd-Team (sabnzbd.org)
### [`v5.0.3`](https://github.com/sabnzbd/sabnzbd/releases/tag/5.0.3): SABnzbd 5.0.3
[Compare Source](https://github.com/sabnzbd/sabnzbd/compare/5.0.2...5.0.3)
# Release Notes - SABnzbd 5.0.3
In this fifth major release of SABnzbd, we included:
- Smarter (and potentially faster) downloads with NNTP Pipelining and Direct Write.
- Reliability gains from a reworked cache and safer processing.
- A significant number of bug fixes and platform updates.
#### Features and bug fixes in 5.0.1, 5.0.2 and 5.0.3
- Fetching NZB's failed on new installations.
- Queue entries from older versions now load correctly after upgrading.
- `nzo_id` now uses GUIDs to prevent duplicates.
- Updating to 5.0 now succeeds even when duplicate `nzo_id` values exist.
- URL fetching no longer crashes when duplicate jobs are present.
- Default RSS priority is now applied correctly.
- Duplicate filenames no longer cause queue stalls.
- IPv6 binding now works correctly for the Web interface.
- The `On queue finish` action now executes reliably.
- Saving the post-processing queue no longer throws errors.
- Directory creation now handles existing directories gracefully.
- Windows and macOS: Updated Unrar to 7.21 and 7zip to 26.01.
#### New features in 5.0.0
- Added support for NNTP Pipelining which eliminates idle waiting between
requests, significantly improving speeds on high-latency connections.
Read more here: <https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/advanced/nntp-pipelining>
New servers will have `Articles per request` set to `2` by default.
Existing servers need to be manually changed to use NNTP Pipelining.
- Implemented Direct Write to optimize assembly of downloaded files.
Read more here: <https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/advanced/direct-write>
- Post-processing scripts will always be executed, even for failed jobs.
Make sure to check the status of the job in your scripts!
- Removed Special setting `empty_postproc` as it is no longer needed.
- Complete redesign of article cache.
- Improved disk speed measurement in Status window.
- Reduced delays between jobs during post-processing.
- Improved handling of disks getting full.
- Diskspace check will now include Category-specific folders.
- If a download only contains `.nzb` files, the new downloads
will include the name of the original download.
- No longer show tracebacks in the browser, only in the logs.
- Dropped support for Python 3.8.
- Windows: Added Windows ARM (portable) release.
- Windows and macOS: Added HTML version of the Release Notes.
- Windows and macOS: Updated Python to 3.14.4, Unrar to 7.20,
par2cmdline-turbo to 1.4 and 7zip to 26.00.
#### Bug fixes in 5.0.0
- `Check before download` could get stuck or fail to reject.
- Several stability changes for the core download process.
- If only par2 files were missing, jobs could get incorrectly aborted.
- No error was shown in case NZB upload failed.
- Correct mobile layout if `Full Width` is enabled.
- Handle passwords that exceed Unrar's password limit.
- Aborted Direct Unpack could result in no files being unpacked.
- Encrypted RAR detection could sometimes fail.
- Unwanted extension check was unreliable on passworded downloads.
- No longer exclusively lock all directory operations.
- Improved handling of non-NFC unicode filenames.
- Sorting of files inside jobs was inconsistent.
- Linux: No longer break test-data in the release package.
- Windows: Tray icon disappears after Explorer restart.
- macOS: Slow to start on some network setups.
#### Changes to default settings for new installations in 5.0.0
- Default `Minimum Free Space for Temporary Download Folder` set to `500M`.
- Enabled `verify_xff_header` setting by default.
#### Upgrade notices
- You can directly upgrade from version 3.0.0 and newer.
- Upgrading from older versions will require performing a `Queue repair`.
- Downgrading from version 4.2.0 or newer to 3.7.2 or older will require
performing a `Queue repair` due to changes in the internal data format.
#### Known problems and solutions
- Read `ISSUES.txt` or <https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/introduction/known-issues>
#### Code Signing Policy
Windows code signing is provided by SignPath.io using a SignPath Foundation certificate.
#### About
SABnzbd is an open-source cross-platform binary newsreader.
It simplifies the process of downloading from Usenet dramatically, thanks to its web-based
user interface and advanced built-in post-processing options that automatically verify, repair,
extract and clean up posts downloaded from Usenet.
(c) Copyright 2007-2026 by The SABnzbd-Team (sabnzbd.org)
### [`v5.0.2`](https://github.com/sabnzbd/sabnzbd/releases/tag/5.0.2): SABnzbd 5.0.2
[Compare Source](https://github.com/sabnzbd/sabnzbd/compare/5.0.1...5.0.2)
# Release Notes - SABnzbd 5.0.2
In this fifth major release of SABnzbd, we included:
- Smarter (and potentially faster) downloads with NNTP Pipelining and Direct Write.
- Reliability gains from a reworked cache and safer processing.
- A significant number of bug fixes and platform updates.
#### Features and bug fixes in 5.0.1 and 5.0.2
- Queue entries from older versions now load correctly after upgrading.
- `nzo_id` now uses GUIDs to prevent duplicates.
- Updating to 5.0 now succeeds even when duplicate `nzo_id` values exist.
- URL fetching no longer crashes when duplicate jobs are present.
- Default RSS priority is now applied correctly.
- Duplicate filenames no longer cause queue stalls.
- IPv6 binding now works correctly for the Web interface.
- The `On queue finish` action now executes reliably.
- Saving the post-processing queue no longer throws errors.
- Directory creation now handles existing directories gracefully.
- Windows and macOS: Updated Unrar to 7.21 and 7zip to 26.01.
#### New features in 5.0.0
- Added support for NNTP Pipelining which eliminates idle waiting between
requests, significantly improving speeds on high-latency connections.
Read more here: <https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/advanced/nntp-pipelining>
New servers will have `Articles per request` set to `2` by default.
Existing servers need to be manually changed to use NNTP Pipelining.
- Implemented Direct Write to optimize assembly of downloaded files.
Read more here: <https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/advanced/direct-write>
- Post-processing scripts will always be executed, even for failed jobs.
Make sure to check the status of the job in your scripts!
- Removed Special setting `empty_postproc` as it is no longer needed.
- Complete redesign of article cache.
- Improved disk speed measurement in Status window.
- Reduced delays between jobs during post-processing.
- Improved handling of disks getting full.
- Diskspace check will now include Category-specific folders.
- If a download only contains `.nzb` files, the new downloads
will include the name of the original download.
- No longer show tracebacks in the browser, only in the logs.
- Dropped support for Python 3.8.
- Windows: Added Windows ARM (portable) release.
- Windows and macOS: Added HTML version of the Release Notes.
- Windows and macOS: Updated Python to 3.14.4, Unrar to 7.20,
par2cmdline-turbo to 1.4 and 7zip to 26.00.
#### Bug fixes in 5.0.0
- `Check before download` could get stuck or fail to reject.
- Several stability changes for the core download process.
- If only par2 files were missing, jobs could get incorrectly aborted.
- No error was shown in case NZB upload failed.
- Correct mobile layout if `Full Width` is enabled.
- Handle passwords that exceed Unrar's password limit.
- Aborted Direct Unpack could result in no files being unpacked.
- Encrypted RAR detection could sometimes fail.
- Unwanted extension check was unreliable on passworded downloads.
- No longer exclusively lock all directory operations.
- Improved handling of non-NFC unicode filenames.
- Sorting of files inside jobs was inconsistent.
- Linux: No longer break test-data in the release package.
- Windows: Tray icon disappears after Explorer restart.
- macOS: Slow to start on some network setups.
#### Changes to default settings for new installations in 5.0.0
- Default `Minimum Free Space for Temporary Download Folder` set to `500M`.
- Enabled `verify_xff_header` setting by default.
#### Upgrade notices
- You can directly upgrade from version 3.0.0 and newer.
- Upgrading from older versions will require performing a `Queue repair`.
- Downgrading from version 4.2.0 or newer to 3.7.2 or older will require
performing a `Queue repair` due to changes in the internal data format.
#### Known problems and solutions
- Read `ISSUES.txt` or <https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/introduction/known-issues>
#### Code Signing Policy
Windows code signing is provided by SignPath.io using a SignPath Foundation certificate.
#### About
SABnzbd is an open-source cross-platform binary newsreader.
It simplifies the process of downloading from Usenet dramatically, thanks to its web-based
user interface and advanced built-in post-processing options that automatically verify, repair,
extract and clean up posts downloaded from Usenet.
(c) Copyright 2007-2026 by The SABnzbd-Team (sabnzbd.org)
### [`v5.0.1`](https://github.com/sabnzbd/sabnzbd/releases/tag/5.0.1): SABnzbd 5.0.1
[Compare Source](https://github.com/sabnzbd/sabnzbd/compare/5.0.0...5.0.1)
# Release Notes - SABnzbd 5.0.1
In this fifth major release of SABnzbd, we included:
- Smarter (and potentially faster) downloads with NNTP Pipelining and Direct Write.
- Reliability gains from a reworked cache and safer processing.
- A significant number of bug fixes and platform updates.
#### Bug fixes in 5.0.1
- Queued downloads from older versions did not load after updating.
#### New features in 5.0.0
- Added support for NNTP Pipelining which eliminates idle waiting between
requests, significantly improving speeds on high-latency connections.
Read more here: <https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/advanced/nntp-pipelining>
New servers will have `Articles per request` set to `2` by default.
Existing servers need to be manually changed to use NNTP Pipelining.
- Implemented Direct Write to optimize assembly of downloaded files.
Read more here: <https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/advanced/direct-write>
- Post-processing scripts will always be executed, even for failed jobs.
Make sure to check the status of the job in your scripts!
- Removed Special setting `empty_postproc` as it is no longer needed.
- Complete redesign of article cache.
- Improved disk speed measurement in Status window.
- Reduced delays between jobs during post-processing.
- Improved handling of disks getting full.
- Diskspace check will now include Category-specific folders.
- If a download only contains `.nzb` files, the new downloads
will include the name of the original download.
- No longer show tracebacks in the browser, only in the logs.
- Dropped support for Python 3.8.
- Windows: Added Windows ARM (portable) release.
- Windows and macOS: Added HTML version of the Release Notes.
- Windows and macOS: Updated Python to 3.14.4, Unrar to 7.20,
par2cmdline-turbo to 1.4 and 7zip to 26.00.
#### Bug fixes in 5.0.0
- `Check before download` could get stuck or fail to reject.
- Several stability changes for the core download process.
- If only par2 files were missing, jobs could get incorrectly aborted.
- No error was shown in case NZB upload failed.
- Correct mobile layout if `Full Width` is enabled.
- Handle passwords that exceed Unrar's password limit.
- Aborted Direct Unpack could result in no files being unpacked.
- Encrypted RAR detection could sometimes fail.
- Unwanted extension check was unreliable on passworded downloads.
- No longer exclusively lock all directory operations.
- Improved handling of non-NFC unicode filenames.
- Sorting of files inside jobs was inconsistent.
- Linux: No longer break test-data in the release package.
- Windows: Tray icon disappears after Explorer restart.
- macOS: Slow to start on some network setups.
#### Changes to default settings for new installations in 5.0.0
- Default `Minimum Free Space for Temporary Download Folder` set to `500M`.
- Enabled `verify_xff_header` setting by default.
#### Upgrade notices
- You can directly upgrade from version 3.0.0 and newer.
- Upgrading from older versions will require performing a `Queue repair`.
- Downgrading from version 4.2.0 or newer to 3.7.2 or older will require
performing a `Queue repair` due to changes in the internal data format.
#### Known problems and solutions
- Read `ISSUES.txt` or <https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/introduction/known-issues>
#### Code Signing Policy
Windows code signing is provided by SignPath.io using a SignPath Foundation certificate.
#### About
SABnzbd is an open-source cross-platform binary newsreader.
It simplifies the process of downloading from Usenet dramatically, thanks to its web-based
user interface and advanced built-in post-processing options that automatically verify, repair,
extract and clean up posts downloaded from Usenet.
(c) Copyright 2007-2026 by The SABnzbd-Team (sabnzbd.org)
### [`v5.0.0`](https://github.com/sabnzbd/sabnzbd/releases/tag/5.0.0): SABnzbd 5.0.0
[Compare Source](https://github.com/sabnzbd/sabnzbd/compare/4.5.5...5.0.0)
# Release Notes - SABnzbd 5.0.0
In this fifth major release of SABnzbd, we included:
- Smarter (and potentially faster) downloads with NNTP Pipelining and Direct Write.
- Reliability gains from a reworked cache and safer processing.
- A significant number of bug fixes and platform updates.
Please note the breaking changes described below!
#### New features in 5.0.0
- Added support for NNTP Pipelining which eliminates idle waiting between
requests, significantly improving speeds on high-latency connections.
Read more here: <https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/advanced/nntp-pipelining>
New servers will have `Articles per request` set to `2` by default.
Existing servers need to be manually changed to use NNTP Pipelining.
- Implemented Direct Write to optimize assembly of downloaded files.
Read more here: <https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/advanced/direct-write>
- Post-processing scripts will always be executed, even for failed jobs.
Make sure to check the status of the job in your scripts!
- Removed Special setting `empty_postproc` as it is no longer needed.
- Complete redesign of article cache.
- Improved disk speed measurement in Status window.
- Reduced delays between jobs during post-processing.
- Improved handling of disks getting full.
- Diskspace check will now include Category-specific folders.
- If a download only contains `.nzb` files, the new downloads
will include the name of the original download.
- No longer show tracebacks in the browser, only in the logs.
- Dropped support for Python 3.8.
- Windows: Added Windows ARM (portable) release.
- Windows and macOS: Added HTML version of the Release Notes.
- Windows and macOS: Updated Python to 3.14.4, Unrar to 7.20,
par2cmdline-turbo to 1.4 and 7zip to 26.00.
#### Bug fixes in 5.0.0
- `Check before download` could get stuck or fail to reject.
- Several stability changes for the core download process.
- If only par2 files were missing, jobs could get incorrectly aborted.
- No error was shown in case NZB upload failed.
- Correct mobile layout if `Full Width` is enabled.
- Handle passwords that exceed Unrar's password limit.
- Aborted Direct Unpack could result in no files being unpacked.
- Encrypted RAR detection could sometimes fail.
- Unwanted extension check was unreliable on passworded downloads.
- No longer exclusively lock all directory operations.
- Improved handling of non-NFC unicode filenames.
- Sorting of files inside jobs was inconsistent.
- Linux: No longer break test-data in the release package.
- Windows: Tray icon disappears after Explorer restart.
- macOS: Slow to start on some network setups.
#### Changes to default settings for new installations in 5.0.0
- Default `Minimum Free Space for Temporary Download Folder` set to `500M`.
- Enabled `verify_xff_header` setting by default.
#### Upgrade notices
- You can directly upgrade from version 3.0.0 and newer.
- Upgrading from older versions will require performing a `Queue repair`.
- Downgrading from version 4.2.0 or newer to 3.7.2 or older will require
performing a `Queue repair` due to changes in the internal data format.
#### Known problems and solutions
- Read `ISSUES.txt` or <https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/introduction/known-issues>
#### Code Signing Policy
Windows code signing is provided by SignPath.io using a SignPath Foundation certificate.
#### About
SABnzbd is an open-source cross-platform binary newsreader.
It simplifies the process of downloading from Usenet dramatically, thanks to its web-based
user interface and advanced built-in post-processing options that automatically verify, repair,
extract and clean up posts downloaded from Usenet.
(c) Copyright 2007-2026 by The SABnzbd-Team (sabnzbd.org)
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4.5.5→5.0.4Release Notes
sabnzbd/sabnzbd (sabnzbd/sabnzbd)
v5.0.4: SABnzbd 5.0.4Compare Source
Release Notes - SABnzbd 5.0.4
In this fifth major release of SABnzbd, we included:
Features and bug fixes in 5.0.4
Apply Filters.Fetching.Features and bug fixes in 5.0.1, 5.0.2 and 5.0.3
nzo_idnow uses GUIDs to prevent duplicates.nzo_idvalues exist.On queue finishaction now executes reliably.New features in 5.0.0
requests, significantly improving speeds on high-latency connections.
Read more here: https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/advanced/nntp-pipelining
New servers will have
Articles per requestset to2by default.Existing servers need to be manually changed to use NNTP Pipelining.
Read more here: https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/advanced/direct-write
Make sure to check the status of the job in your scripts!
empty_postprocas it is no longer needed..nzbfiles, the new downloadswill include the name of the original download.
par2cmdline-turbo to 1.4 and 7zip to 26.00.
Bug fixes in 5.0.0
Check before downloadcould get stuck or fail to reject.Full Widthis enabled.Changes to default settings for new installations in 5.0.0
Minimum Free Space for Temporary Download Folderset to500M.verify_xff_headersetting by default.Upgrade notices
Queue repair.performing a
Queue repairdue to changes in the internal data format.Known problems and solutions
ISSUES.txtor https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/introduction/known-issuesCode Signing Policy
Windows code signing is provided by SignPath.io using a SignPath Foundation certificate.
About
SABnzbd is an open-source cross-platform binary newsreader.
It simplifies the process of downloading from Usenet dramatically, thanks to its web-based
user interface and advanced built-in post-processing options that automatically verify, repair,
extract and clean up posts downloaded from Usenet.
(c) Copyright 2007-2026 by The SABnzbd-Team (sabnzbd.org)
v5.0.3: SABnzbd 5.0.3Compare Source
Release Notes - SABnzbd 5.0.3
In this fifth major release of SABnzbd, we included:
Features and bug fixes in 5.0.1, 5.0.2 and 5.0.3
nzo_idnow uses GUIDs to prevent duplicates.nzo_idvalues exist.On queue finishaction now executes reliably.New features in 5.0.0
requests, significantly improving speeds on high-latency connections.
Read more here: https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/advanced/nntp-pipelining
New servers will have
Articles per requestset to2by default.Existing servers need to be manually changed to use NNTP Pipelining.
Read more here: https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/advanced/direct-write
Make sure to check the status of the job in your scripts!
empty_postprocas it is no longer needed..nzbfiles, the new downloadswill include the name of the original download.
par2cmdline-turbo to 1.4 and 7zip to 26.00.
Bug fixes in 5.0.0
Check before downloadcould get stuck or fail to reject.Full Widthis enabled.Changes to default settings for new installations in 5.0.0
Minimum Free Space for Temporary Download Folderset to500M.verify_xff_headersetting by default.Upgrade notices
Queue repair.performing a
Queue repairdue to changes in the internal data format.Known problems and solutions
ISSUES.txtor https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/introduction/known-issuesCode Signing Policy
Windows code signing is provided by SignPath.io using a SignPath Foundation certificate.
About
SABnzbd is an open-source cross-platform binary newsreader.
It simplifies the process of downloading from Usenet dramatically, thanks to its web-based
user interface and advanced built-in post-processing options that automatically verify, repair,
extract and clean up posts downloaded from Usenet.
(c) Copyright 2007-2026 by The SABnzbd-Team (sabnzbd.org)
v5.0.2: SABnzbd 5.0.2Compare Source
Release Notes - SABnzbd 5.0.2
In this fifth major release of SABnzbd, we included:
Features and bug fixes in 5.0.1 and 5.0.2
nzo_idnow uses GUIDs to prevent duplicates.nzo_idvalues exist.On queue finishaction now executes reliably.New features in 5.0.0
requests, significantly improving speeds on high-latency connections.
Read more here: https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/advanced/nntp-pipelining
New servers will have
Articles per requestset to2by default.Existing servers need to be manually changed to use NNTP Pipelining.
Read more here: https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/advanced/direct-write
Make sure to check the status of the job in your scripts!
empty_postprocas it is no longer needed..nzbfiles, the new downloadswill include the name of the original download.
par2cmdline-turbo to 1.4 and 7zip to 26.00.
Bug fixes in 5.0.0
Check before downloadcould get stuck or fail to reject.Full Widthis enabled.Changes to default settings for new installations in 5.0.0
Minimum Free Space for Temporary Download Folderset to500M.verify_xff_headersetting by default.Upgrade notices
Queue repair.performing a
Queue repairdue to changes in the internal data format.Known problems and solutions
ISSUES.txtor https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/introduction/known-issuesCode Signing Policy
Windows code signing is provided by SignPath.io using a SignPath Foundation certificate.
About
SABnzbd is an open-source cross-platform binary newsreader.
It simplifies the process of downloading from Usenet dramatically, thanks to its web-based
user interface and advanced built-in post-processing options that automatically verify, repair,
extract and clean up posts downloaded from Usenet.
(c) Copyright 2007-2026 by The SABnzbd-Team (sabnzbd.org)
v5.0.1: SABnzbd 5.0.1Compare Source
Release Notes - SABnzbd 5.0.1
In this fifth major release of SABnzbd, we included:
Bug fixes in 5.0.1
New features in 5.0.0
requests, significantly improving speeds on high-latency connections.
Read more here: https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/advanced/nntp-pipelining
New servers will have
Articles per requestset to2by default.Existing servers need to be manually changed to use NNTP Pipelining.
Read more here: https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/advanced/direct-write
Make sure to check the status of the job in your scripts!
empty_postprocas it is no longer needed..nzbfiles, the new downloadswill include the name of the original download.
par2cmdline-turbo to 1.4 and 7zip to 26.00.
Bug fixes in 5.0.0
Check before downloadcould get stuck or fail to reject.Full Widthis enabled.Changes to default settings for new installations in 5.0.0
Minimum Free Space for Temporary Download Folderset to500M.verify_xff_headersetting by default.Upgrade notices
Queue repair.performing a
Queue repairdue to changes in the internal data format.Known problems and solutions
ISSUES.txtor https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/introduction/known-issuesCode Signing Policy
Windows code signing is provided by SignPath.io using a SignPath Foundation certificate.
About
SABnzbd is an open-source cross-platform binary newsreader.
It simplifies the process of downloading from Usenet dramatically, thanks to its web-based
user interface and advanced built-in post-processing options that automatically verify, repair,
extract and clean up posts downloaded from Usenet.
(c) Copyright 2007-2026 by The SABnzbd-Team (sabnzbd.org)
v5.0.0: SABnzbd 5.0.0Compare Source
Release Notes - SABnzbd 5.0.0
In this fifth major release of SABnzbd, we included:
Please note the breaking changes described below!
New features in 5.0.0
requests, significantly improving speeds on high-latency connections.
Read more here: https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/advanced/nntp-pipelining
New servers will have
Articles per requestset to2by default.Existing servers need to be manually changed to use NNTP Pipelining.
Read more here: https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/advanced/direct-write
Make sure to check the status of the job in your scripts!
empty_postprocas it is no longer needed..nzbfiles, the new downloadswill include the name of the original download.
par2cmdline-turbo to 1.4 and 7zip to 26.00.
Bug fixes in 5.0.0
Check before downloadcould get stuck or fail to reject.Full Widthis enabled.Changes to default settings for new installations in 5.0.0
Minimum Free Space for Temporary Download Folderset to500M.verify_xff_headersetting by default.Upgrade notices
Queue repair.performing a
Queue repairdue to changes in the internal data format.Known problems and solutions
ISSUES.txtor https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/introduction/known-issuesCode Signing Policy
Windows code signing is provided by SignPath.io using a SignPath Foundation certificate.
About
SABnzbd is an open-source cross-platform binary newsreader.
It simplifies the process of downloading from Usenet dramatically, thanks to its web-based
user interface and advanced built-in post-processing options that automatically verify, repair,
extract and clean up posts downloaded from Usenet.
(c) Copyright 2007-2026 by The SABnzbd-Team (sabnzbd.org)
Configuration
📅 Schedule: (UTC)
🚦 Automerge: Disabled by config. Please merge this manually once you are satisfied.
♻ Rebasing: Whenever PR is behind base branch, or you tick the rebase/retry checkbox.
🔕 Ignore: Close this PR and you won't be reminded about this update again.
This PR has been generated by Mend Renovate.