v4.6.1

nektos/actv4.6.1Jul 20, 2026by alyssaxuu

AI Summary

This maintenance release fixes critical recording issues on Windows, specifically addressing hardware encoder failures and watchdog false positives that caused recordings to stop prematurely.

Key Highlights

Fixed recordings failing to start on Windows hardware encoder
Fixed recordings stopping early due to watchdog false positive
Fixed false 'Can't load your recording' message

New Features

Hardware encoder fix
Watchdog false positive fix
Recording load error message fix

Full Release Notes

- Fixed recordings failing to start on some Windows machines due to a hardware encoder problem.
- Fixed recordings automatically stopping a few seconds after starting on slower machines, from a watchdog false positive.
- Fixed the "Can't load your recording" message appearing over recordings that were actually fine, including after cancelling the screen picker.