v1.17.0

9001/copypartyv1.17.0Apr 26, 2025by 9001

AI Summary

A feature release that adds M3U playlist support and improves compatibility with Internet Explorer 11.

Key Highlights

Support for creating and playing M3U/M3U8 playlists.
Improved support for Internet Explorer 11.
Password-hasher CLI can now run while another instance is active.

New Features

M3U playlist creation and playback support

Full Release Notes

<img src="https://github.com/9001/copyparty/raw/hovudstraum/docs/logo.svg" width="250" align="right"/>

* 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

* [m3u playlists](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/#playlists) 897f9d32 ad200f2b 4195762d fff45552
  * create and play m3u / m3u8 files

## 🩹 bugfixes

* improve support for ie11 (yes, internet explorer 11) 3090c748 95157d02
* now possible to launch the password-hasher cli while another instance is running dbfc899d
  * in preparation of #157 / #159

## 🔧 other changes

* make better decisions when running in a VM with less than 1 GiB RAM dc3b7a27

## 🌠 fun facts

* this release contains code written [less than 1masl](https://a.ocv.me/pub/g/nerd-stuff/PXL_20250425_170037812.jpg) and was gonna be named [hash again](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twUFbqyul_M) since it was originally just the password-hasher fix, but then kipun suggested adding playlist support (thx kipun)
* [donations](https://github.com/9001/) are now also possible through github -- good alternative to paypal (y)
  * and thanks a lot for the support (and kind words therein) so far, appreciate it :>

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