v1.19.0

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* 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 2025-07-30)

## recent important news

* [v1.18.9 (2025-08-01)](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/releases/tag/v1.18.9) fixed [CVE-2025-54796](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/security/advisories/GHSA-5662-2rj7-f2v6) (Denial-of-Service)
* [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

* #511 login with username and password (not just password) can now optionally be enabled with `--usernames` 346515cc
  * if you have enabled password hashing (`ah-alg: argon2` or similar) then you will need to hash your passwords again after enabling usernames, hashing them as `username:password:`
* #468 add Greek translation (thx @chamdim!) 50f46187 392abd06
* #471 add Czech translation (thx @kubakubakuba!) c9556583
* #515 support systemd socket acivation (thx @mati1210!) 9b9d2a92
* #523 add QR-code to the connectpage bcc3b156
* #513 optional EOL-conversion for texteditor 8b31ed88
* controlpanel refresh-button now toggles automatic refresh 7ae84dea

## 🩹 bugfixes

* fix stuck uploads when the up2k database (`e2d`) is not enabled 4a043568
  * if more than 60'000 files were uploaded and there were several dupes of some files, they could get stuck and never upload
  * upload performance is improved remarkably by enabling `e2d` so such huge uploads non-e2d had not been tested in a long time 
* #467 #470 fix ui-crash when exporting links of all uploaded files to clipboard (thx @geekalaa!) 0df1901f
* #487 fix ui-crash when the location url-part is `//` 0f55a1ae
* fix viewing `.MD` files (8a0746c6)

## 🔧 other changes

* when a reverse-proxy is detected, force explicit configuration of `--rproxy` to obtain correct client IP 3f8cb7e8
  * a bit inconvenient, but helps prevent potentially-dangerous misconfiguration
  * the necessary configuration changes are explained in the serverlog (you can't miss it)
  * thanks to @person4268 for pointing out that there was room for improvements!
* failed login attempts now only log a sha512 hash of the provided password
  * to see login-attempts with incorrect passwords as plaintext like before, `log-badpwd: 1`
* #502 add systemd user services and templated services (thx @icxes!) 34d98e99
* #475 improve helptext for multivalue global-options c2ac57a2
* #475 add [chungus.conf](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/blob/hovudstraum/docs/chungus.conf), massive extensive nonsensical demo config b664ebb0
* try to detect proxies with incorrect caching behavior 9e980bb5
* recent-uploads now support ie9 a57f7cc2
* languages and themes are now dropdowns a9ee4f24
* copyparty.exe: upgrade python to 3.13.6 a98360f2
* introduce [copyparty-en.py](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/releases/latest/download/copyparty-en.py), english-only edition of copyparty-sfx.py to save space 33497e6b

## 🗿 known issues 

* the `copyparty.pyz` in this release is english-only, and does not include the translations -- they got lost in transit while adjusting the buildscripts to make `copyparty-en.py`

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