v1.16.19

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did you know that every song named `GHOST` is a banger? it's true! [ghost](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoUAwC4yiAw) // [ghost](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKKar5SS29E) // [ghost](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFSFlgm_tsw)

* read-only demo server at https://a.ocv.me/pub/demo/
* [docker image](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/tree/hovudstraum/scripts/docker) ╱ [similar software](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/blob/hovudstraum/docs/versus.md) ╱ [client testbed](https://cd.ocv.me/b/)

there is a [discord server](https://discord.gg/25J8CdTT6G) with an `@everyone` in case of future important updates, such as [vulnerabilities](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/security) (most recently 2025-02-25)

## recent important news

* [v1.16.15 (2025-02-25)](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/releases/tag/v1.16.15) fixed low-severity xss when uploading maliciously-named files
* [v1.15.0 (2024-09-08)](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/releases/tag/v1.15.0) changed upload deduplication to be default-disabled
* [v1.14.3 (2024-08-30)](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/releases/tag/v1.14.3) fixed a bug that was introduced in v1.13.8 (2024-08-13); this bug could lead to **data loss** -- see the v1.14.3 release-notes for details

## 🧪 new features

* option to store markdown backups out-of-volume fc883418
  * the default is still a subfolder named `.hist` next to the markdown file
  * `--md-hist v` puts them in the volume's hist-folder instead
  * `--md-hist n` disables markdown-backups entirely
* #149 option to store the volume sqlite databases at a custom locations outside the hist-folder e1b9ac63
  * new option `--dbpath` works like `--hist` but it only moves the database file, not the thumbnails
  * they can be combined, in which case `--hist` is applied to thumbnails, `--dbpath` to the db
  * useful when you're squeezing every last drop of performance out of your filesystem (see the issue)
* actively prevent sharing certain databases (sessions/shares) between multiple copyparty instances acfaacbd
  * an errormessage was added to explain some different alternatives for doing this safely
    * for example by setting `XDG_CONFIG_HOME` which now works on all platforms b17ccc38

## 🩹 bugfixes

* #151 mkdir did not work in locations outside the volume root (via symlinks) 2b50fc20
* improve the ui feedback when trying to play an audio file which failed to transcode f9954bc4
  * also helps with server-filesystem issues, including image-thumbs

## 🔧 other changes

* #152 custom fonts are also applied to textboxes and buttons (thx @thaddeuskkr) d450f615
* be more careful with the shares-db 8e0364ef
* be less careful with the sessions-db 8e0364ef
* update deps c0becc64
  * web: dompurify
  * copyparty.exe: python 3.12.10
* rephrase `-j0` warning on windows to also mention that Microsoft Defender will freak out c0becc64
* #149 add [a script](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/tree/hovudstraum/contrib#zfs-tunepy) to optimize the sqlite databases for storage on zfs 4f397b9b
* block `GoogleOther` (another recalcitrant bot) from zip-downloads c2034f7b
* rephrase `-j0` warning on windows to also mention that Microsoft Defender will freak out c0becc64
* update [contributing.md](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/blob/hovudstraum/CONTRIBUTING.md) with a section regarding LLM/AI-written code cec3bee0
* the [helptext](https://ocv.me/copyparty/helptext.html) will also be uploaded to each github release from now on, [permalink](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/releases/latest/download/helptext.html)
* add review from ixbt forums b383c08c

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## ⚠️ not the [latest version](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/releases/latest/)!