v0.8.7-beta

gtsteffaniak/filebrowserv0.8.7-betaSep 22, 2025by gtsteffaniak

AI Summary

This is a bug fix release for filebrowser v0.8.7-beta that addresses multiple authentication issues (OIDC loops, CloudFlare challenges, 2FA problems), fixes directory indexing bugs when disableIndexing is true, and adds JSON logging format support. The release also increases the file size limit for metadata retrieval from 50MB to 300MB.

Key Highlights

JSON logging format support added
Fixed OIDC authentication issues including loops with expired tokens and CloudFlare Bot Fight challenges with Authentik
Fixed 2FA issues - cannot be disabled by non-admin users and login functionality
Fixed directories appearing empty when disableIndexing is true
Increased file metadata retrieval size limit from 50MB to 300MB

New Features

JSON logging format support

Full Release Notes

## What's Changed

 **New Features**:
 - json logging format support

 **Notes**:
 - increased overall file size limit to retrieve metadata from 50MB to 300MB #1234
 - document previews don't show up as folder previews.

 **BugFixes**:
 - Fix directories empty issue when disableIndexing is true #1249
 - OIDC to Authentik behind CloudFlare with Bot Fight turned on triggers a JS challenge #1165
 - OIDC Auth - loop with expired token #995
 - We lost the ability for download all? #1250
 - Directories are all empty when disableIndexing is true #1248
 - Access Management: issues on the shared folder when there's a sub folder #1208
 - user preferences for individual preview file types not getting respected (disable/enable office,image,video)
 - High server load when browsing folders with .mkv files #1259
 - 2FA can not be disabled with non-admin user #1244
 - 2FA not working on login #1243
 - Thumbnails of .m4a, .flac, and .opus are not displaying #1234
 - creating files/folders with same name overwrite each other #1242

## New Contributors
* @xMarkos made their first contribution in https://github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/pull/1251
* @zhzy0077 made their first contribution in https://github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/pull/1249

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/pull/1276