v1.18.8

9001/copypartyv1.18.8Jul 31, 2025by 9001

AI Summary

Hotfix for the self-extracting executable (sfx) failing to start on certain Python versions.

Key Highlights

  • Fixes `copyparty-sfx.py` failing to start on specific Python versions

New Features

  • SFX startup fix

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 2025-07-28)

## recent important news

* [v1.18.7 (2025-07-30)](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/releases/tag/v1.18.7) **(PREVIOUS RELEASE)** fixed XSS in the recent-uploads page
* [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

## 🩹 bugfixes

* #354 fix `copyparty-sfx.py` failing to start on certain versions of python c17ce4892ecdb4e11437bc2785d132bd8100eaec

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