v2.4.3

Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDFv2.4.3Jan 31, 2026by Frooodle

AI Summary

Major desktop fixes including versioning display, support for recursive watched folders, and performance improvements for the page editor.

Key Highlights

Correctly displays separate versions for desktop and server.
Support for recursive watched folders and multiple directories.
Improved page editor performance and UI.
Fixed frontend error screen appearing during SSO.

New Features

Display frontend/backend versions separately
Support multiple pipeline watch directories
Page editor performance and UI improvements
Desktop login expiry fix and CORS fixes

Full Release Notes

Big desktop release today, full of fixes as well as other changes!
- Correctly show desktop and server versioning separately 
- Support for watched folders to be recursive and multiple directories to be defined
- Desktop login expiry fix
- Desktop self-host connection improvements (self-sign fixes and others)
- Page editor performance and UI improvements 
- frontend error screen appearing during SSO fix
- Desktop CORS fixes

## What's Changed
### Enhancements
* feat(settings): display frontend/backend versions and warn on client-server mismatch by @Ludy87 in https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/pull/5571
* Support multiple pipeline watch directories and configurable pipeline base path by @Frooodle in https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/pull/5545
### Minor Enhancements
* Stop type checking TypeScript files that won't be run by @jbrunton96 in https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/pull/5607
* Fixed missing AuthnRequest bug by @DarioGii in https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/pull/5606
* Update links to Docs by @numanair in https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/pull/5611
* fix(frontend): prevent hydration errors in admin security form and improve autofill support by @Ludy87 in https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/pull/5613
* fix(auth): align token refresh handling with updated backend response by @Ludy87 in https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/pull/5609
* always allow tauri cors by @Frooodle in https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/pull/5616
* Bug/pageeditor virtualisation by @reecebrowne in https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/pull/5614
* Stop attempting to refresh Spring tokens in desktop by @Frooodle in https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/pull/5610
### Other Changes
* Update Python dependencies in requirements files by @Ludy87 in https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/pull/5627
* Pin GitHub Actions and add runner hardening by @Ludy87 in https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/pull/5628

## New Contributors
* @numanair made their first contribution in https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/pull/5611

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/compare/v2.4.2...v2.4.3