v1.20.2

9001/copypartyv1.20.2Jan 19, 2026by 9001

AI Summary

Adds significant filesystem feature support including extended attributes (xattrs), range selection in grid view, and new volume configuration flags.

Key Highlights

Support for Linux extended attributes (xattrs) indexing and searching.
Range selection in grid view via click-and-drag.
New volume flags `nospawn` and `assert_root`.
Option to override domain for newly created shares and uploaded files.

New Features

xattrs indexing/searching
Grid view range selection
Rename and sharing options in right-click menu
Domain override options
`vol-nospawn`/`vol-or-crash` flags
`--flo` log format option
u2c timeout configuration

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 2025-09-07)

## 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

## 🧪 new features

* #1212, #1214 range-select in the grid-view by click-and-drag (thx @icxes!) 3e3228e0 72c59405
* #134 xattrs (linux extended file attributes) can now be indexed and searchable 8240ef61
* rightclick-menu:
  * #1184 add rename option (thx @stackxp!) 25a8b96f
  * #1216 add sharing options (thx @stackxp!) ffb25603
  * #1198, #1206 also works in the search-results view (thx @hackysphere!) 04f612ff d32704ed
* option to override the domain in certain links, so copyparty returns an external URL even if you're accessing it by a LAN address:
  * #1211 newly created shares 41d3bae9
  * #255 newly uploaded files d9255538
* new option `vol-nospawn` (volflag `nospawn`) to *not* automatically create the volume's folder on the server's HDD if it doesn't exist
* new option `vol-or-crash` (volflag `assert_root`) to intentionally crash on startup if a volume's folder doesn't already exist on the server HDD
* new option `--flo` to tweak the log-format used by the `-lo` option for logging to a file 826e84c8
* #1197 u2c ([commandline uploader](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/tree/hovudstraum/bin#u2cpy)): give up and crash if server is offline for longer than 3 minutes (configurable) 67c5d8da

## 🩹 bugfixes

* #1203 configured chmod/chown rules were not applied when a file was being deduped bef07720
* the `unlistc*` volflags could not be specified for single-file volumes 26648911
* the defensive renaming of uploaded readmes/logues would assume the default filenames, not considering the recently added option to customize these names c17c3be0
* #1191 the `ipu` option can once again be used to reject connections from certain IP-ranges caf831fc
  * this was a regression in v1.19.21 causing the server to crash on startup if such a config was attempted
* some empty folders could be created during startup in certain server-configs with nested volumes 4e67b467
* api: trying to `?ls` nested virtual folders could return an error 66750391
* ui/ux:
  * #1179 improve errormessage if audio transcoding fails 7357d46f
  * ensure a trailing slash when viewing a folder with the `h` permission; good for relative links in html-files

## 🔧 other changes

* #1193, #1194: NixOS improvements (thx @toast003!) 9d223d6c d5a8a34b
* truncate huge errormessages from ffmpeg so the log doesn't get flooded 3aebfabd
* ui/ux:
  * the `dl` button (to download selected files individually) now skips folders, since that never worked bc24604a
  * #1200 add html classes to make custom styling easier c46cd7f5
  * rephrase errormessages from `see serverlog` to `see fileserver log`
* docs:
  * mention in the readme that uploading files from a deeply nested folder using a webbrowser on Windows can fail because browsers don't handle the max-pathlen limitation of Windows optimally (not a copyparty-specific issue, but still hits us)

## 🌠 fun facts

* n/a; no fun has been had since [v1.20.0](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/releases/tag/v1.20.0)
  * (that's a lie btw, [sniffing the airwaves](https://a.ocv.me/pub/g/2026/01/PXL_20260117_192619830.jpg?cache) *is* pretty darn fun 😁)

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