v1.5.0-stable

gtsteffaniak/filebrowserv1.5.0-stableJul 21, 2026by gtsteffaniak

AI Summary

A major stable release introducing a basic HTML viewer, enhanced search capabilities, and significant PWA improvements, alongside various bug fixes for sharing and authentication flows.

Key Highlights

Introduced a basic HTML viewer with relative reference support.
Enhanced search with lazy matching and UI options for case sensitivity.
Improved Progressive Web App (PWA) with install prompts, camera/video capture, and Web Share API integration.
Added optional browser notifications for background file operations.

New Features

Basic HTML viewer
Pinned files in shares
Lazy search matching
PWA install prompt restoration
Camera/video upload support
Web Share API integration
Background operation notifications

Full Release Notes

## What's Changed

 **New Features**:
 - Added basic html viewer with relative reference support (#2522)
 - Shares can have pinned files, requires a user to have edit access to share (#2522)
 - Enhanced search
   - now uses "lazy" match by default. (#2509)
   - added missing `case sensitive` option in the UI
 - Progressive Web App (PWA) improvements
   - restored install prompt with sidebar install button (#2086)
   - camera and video capture buttons on upload (mobile-friendly `capture` inputs)
   - send files to other apps via the Web Share API (`Send to app` in the context menu)
 - App notifications for file operations (#2478)
   - optional browser notifications when uploads, chunked downloads, move/copy, or failures finish while the tab is in the background
   - single on/off toggle in Notifications settings, stored in browser local storage

 **Notes**:
 - [docker] upgraded ffmpeg version 8.1 to 8.1.2

 **BugFixes**:
 - Fixed OnlyOffice reopening an older editor state after a document is modified (#2633) (#2578).
 - Cannot "Reset and generate new two-factor code" to reset the TOTP for a user (#2399) (#2641).
 - fix upload shares with password (#2589) (#2573)
 - fix token when returning from preview on shares with pass (#2588) (#2465)
 - fix share undefined url after editing (#2567) (#2523)
 - fixed PWA manifest `scope` and `id` so install works when the app is served under a base URL
 - installing a public share as a PWA now opens the share URL instead of the site root (#2302)

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/compare/v1.4.0-stable...v1.5.0-stable