v1.19.9

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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 2025-09-07)

## recent important news

* [v1.19.8 (2025-09-07)](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/releases/tag/v1.19.8) fixed [CVE-2025-58753](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/security/advisories/GHSA-pxvw-4w88-6x95) (a missing permission-check inside single-file shares)
* [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

* #781 case-sensitive behavior is now simulated on Windows/Macos/Fat32/NTFS 8b66874b 
  * avoids some of the scary issues associated with case-insensitive filesystems
  * unfortunately this is expensive and may be **noticeably slower in large folders;** disable the safeguard with `casechk: n` if you know you don't need it
* #789 case-insensitive search for unicode filenames/paths (thx @km-clay!) e2aa8fc1 ecd18adc
  * default-disabled because it is somewhat expensive; enable with global-option `srch-icase`
* [CB-1](https://codeberg.org/9001/copyparty/issues/1) add `--qr-stdout` and `--qr-stderr` to show qr-code even with `-q` d7887f3d

## 🩹 bugfixes

* #775 the basic-uploader didn't accept empty files 25749b4b
* opt-out from index.html with `?v` did not work as documented 3d09bec1 
* Windows: dedup could get rejected by the filesystem if the origin file had a timestamp from the cambrian era e09f3c9e
* webdav would incorrectly return an error for Depth:0 on an unmapped root 3a2381ff
* markdown-editor would waste another http roundtrip on certain documents 14b7e514
* `--help` didn't render if terminal was non-UTF8 3f454927

## 🔧 other changes

* #788 fixed a hotkey typo in the imageviewer (thx @tkroo!) 5c1a43c7
* #778 improved polish translation (thx @daimond113!) 52438bcc
* #798 debian: fixed an issue in the systemd script (thx @Beethoven-n, and congrats on commit number 4000!) dfd9e007
* media-tag `conductor` is no longer mapped to `circle` (album-artist) 9c9e4057
* "download-selection-as-zip" now produces a better filename, `sel-FOLDERNAME.zip` instead of `FIRSTFILE.zip` 8f587627
* detect and warn if IdP volumes are misconfigured in a particular way 83bd1974

## 🌠 fun facts

* the themesong of this release is [KO3 - Give it up?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8w_na7HAppU) because that's what the car mechanic got to enjoy when i forgot to unplug the flashdrive before handing in the shitbox for service

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