v1.20.6

9001/copypartyv1.20.6Jan 31, 2026by 9001

AI Summary

Bugfix release resolving a reverse proxy compatibility issue and enabling the get permission button when creating shares.

Key Highlights

Fixed safeguard blocking requests from reverse proxies adding X-Forwarded-HTTP-Version
Enabled get permission button when creating shares (#1264)

New Features

Get permission option for shares
Reverse proxy compatibility 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 2025-09-07)

## 🧪 new features

* #1264 now possible to grant the `get` permission when creating a share 95b827f1
  * the button was already there, but until now it did nothing

## 🩹 bugfixes

* a safeguard (24141b49) added in [v1.20.5](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/releases/tag/v1.20.5) was too strict and would block requests from certain reverseproxies, specifically anything that adds `X-Forwarded-HTTP-Version` 72224d29

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