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A self-hosted audiobook and podcast server with apps for every device.

Latest v2.36.0 · by advplyrWebsiteadvplyr/audiobookshelf

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10 releases since Dec 1, 2025

Changelog

v2.36.0

Added 7
  • Logout all devices button on account page
  • Auth sessions table on account page with ability to logout of individual sessions
  • API: New GET endpoints /api/me/progress, /api/me/bookmarks, /api/me/bookmarks/:libraryItemId
  • API: New endpoint GET /api/me/sessions to get all auth sessions
  • API: New endpoint DELETE /api/me/sessions/:id to delete an auth session
  • New socket event authors_num_books_updated is emitted during a scan when author book count changes
  • Socket event author_added is now emitted during scans
Changed 6
  • Changing user password invalidates all auth sessions
  • Extend refresh token grace period to 10 minutes and allow REFRESH_TOKEN_GRACE_PERIOD env variable override
  • API: Add all minified fields to expanded library item JSON
  • API: Server settings now include timeZone for server timezone
  • API: /logout endpoint now supports ?allDevices=1 query param to delete all other sessions and rotate current
  • Update outdated help links for new docs site
Fixed 5
  • Weak protocol validation for OIDC post-login callback URL
  • User delete endpoint allowing for root account deletion
  • API and websocket authentication allowing refresh tokens
  • Bulk library item download endpoint not checking access on individual items
  • Manual podcast episode match not setting the enclosure url
Important: New authentication system was added in v2.26.0. See https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/discussions/4460 for details.
Added
  • Logout all devices button on account page (in #5395)
  • Auth sessions table on account page w/ ability to logout of individual sessions (in #5400)
Fixed
  • Weak protocol validation for OIDC post-login callback URL by @mikiher in #5386
  • User delete endpoint allowing for root account deletion by @mikiher in #5370
  • API and websocket authentication allowing refresh tokens by @mikiher in #5387
  • Bulk library item download endpoint not checking access on individual items by @mikiher in #5388
  • Manual podcast episode match not setting the enclosure url #5317 by @mikiher in #5318
Updated
  • Changing user password invalidates all auth sessions (in #5393)
  • Extend refresh token grace period to 10 minutes and allow REFRESH_TOKEN_GRACE_PERIOD env variable override #5281 by @DanielAshley in #5376
  • API: New GET endpoints /api/me/progress, /api/me/bookmarks, /api/me/bookmarks/:libraryItemId by @Vito0912 in #5363
  • API: Add all minified fields to expanded library item JSON by @mikiher in #5341
  • API: Server settings now include timeZone for server timezone (for giving accurate cron job next schedule date)
  • API: /logout endpoint now supports ?allDevices=1 query param to delete all other sessions and rotate current (in #5395)
  • API: New endpoint GET /api/me/sessions to get all auth sessions (in #5400 and #5405)
  • API: New endpoint DELETE /api/me/sessions/:id to delete an auth session (in #5405)
  • New socket event authors_num_books_updated is emitted during a scan when author book count changes by @mikiher in #5354
  • Socket event author_added is now emitted during scans by @mikiher in #5354
  • UI/UX: Update outdated help links for new docs site by @francisrath in #5336
  • More strings translated
    • Chinese (Simplified Han script) by @FiendFEARing
    • Danish by @MikkelOlesen @hhjuhl
    • Greek by @no1ta
    • Icelandic by @axelbjornsson
    • Portuguese (Brazil) by @AgenteGabrielofc
    • Tamil by @TamilNeram
Internal
  • Read AllowedDevOrigins from dev.js into ALLOWED_DEV_ORIGINS env var by @mikiher in #5291
  • Setup internal-api file upload passthrough for next.js by @mikiher in #5325
  • Readme update about frontend rewrite by @nichwall in #5407
New Contributors

Full Changelog: https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/compare/v2.35.1...v2.36.0

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v2.35.1

Fixed 4
  • Duplicate refresh tokens across sessions can cause unexpected logout
  • Server crash when renaming an author to another author when they are both on the same book
  • Server crash when invalid metadata.json is scanned
  • Sequelize user queries to use direct case-insensitive username/email matching
Important: New authentication system was added in v2.26.0. See https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/discussions/4460 for details.
Fixed
  • Duplicate refresh tokens across sessions can cause unexpected logout #5253 by @nichwall in #5255
  • Server crash when renaming an author to another author when they are both on the same book #5247 by @nichwall in #5256
  • Server crash when invalid metadata.json is scanned in #5268
  • Sequelize user queries to use direct case-insensitive username/email matching

Full Changelog: https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/compare/v2.35.0...v2.35.1

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v2.35.0

Added 1
  • Access token refresh grace period to reduce frequent re-login requirements
Changed 2
  • Book and podcast descriptions from audio files are sanitized
  • cancel_scan and set_log_listener socket events validate account type and log level
Fixed 2
  • Listening sessions from Android app showing device name as Abs iOS
  • RSS feeds serving m4b files with incorrect Content-Type
Important: New authentication system was added in v2.26.0. See https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/discussions/4460 for details.
Added
  • Access token refresh grace period (fixes frequently needing to re-login) #4630 by @nichwall in #5004
Fixed
  • Listening sessions from Android app showing device name as Abs iOS
  • RSS feeds serving m4b files with incorrect Content-Type #5041 by @brandonfhall in #5221
Changed
  • Book & podcast descriptions from audio files are sanitized
  • cancel_scan and set_log_listener socket events validate account type and log level
  • More strings translated
    • Belarusian by @pavel-miniutka
    • Polish by @TheMatrixan
New Contributors

Full Changelog: https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/compare/v2.34.0...v2.35.0

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v2.34.0

Added 2
  • Japanese language and Japan as podcast search region
  • Autocomplete attributes on login and setup fields for password manager support
Changed 5
  • Public media item shares use start time passed in query parameter for existing sessions
  • Podcast episode downloads use SSRF filtering on the HTTP request
  • Podcast create and update validate the auto-download schedule cron expression and sanitize the HTML description
  • Playlists, collections, and library item batch API routes enforce library and per-item access
  • More strings translated in Belarusian, Hungarian, and Japanese
Fixed 2
  • Recent episodes not updating from cache when media progress changes
  • Error logging when a podcast's auto-download schedule has an invalid cron expression
Important: New authentication system was added in v2.26.0. See https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/discussions/4460 for details.
Added
  • Japanese language and Japan as podcast search region by @na3shkw in #5211
  • Autocomplete attributes on login and setup fields for password manager support by @meek2100 in #5089
Fixed
  • Recent episodes not updating from cache when media progress changes in #5159
  • Error logging when a podcast's auto-download schedule has an invalid cron expression
Changed
  • Public media item shares: use start time passed in query parameter for existing sessions by @pjkottke in #5163
  • Podcast episode downloads use SSRF filtering on the HTTP request (matches other external requests)
  • Podcast create and update validate the auto-download schedule cron expression and sanitizes the HTML description
  • Playlists, collections, and library item batch API routes enforce library and per-item access
  • More strings translated
    • Belarusian by @pavel-miniutka
    • Hungarian by @ugyes
    • Japanese by @na3shkw
Internal
  • ApiCacheManager test coverage for recent-episodes cache invalidation
New Contributors

Full Changelog: https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/compare/v2.33.2...v2.34.0

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v2.33.2

Changed 7
  • Bulk download endpoint now ensures all requested items belong to the library being requested
  • Backup load and upload now validate the backup details entry exists and is within a reasonable size limit
  • Podcast create endpoint validates that the podcast path is inside the selected library folder
  • Author and library item cover image endpoints now clamp width/height query params to a maximum of 4096
  • Podcast episode subtitles parsed from RSS feeds are now sanitized for HTML
  • author_updated and author_added socket events are now emitted when updating authors in the book details edit modal
  • item_removed socket event payload now includes libraryId so clients can ignore events for other libraries
Fixed 4
  • Matroska audiobooks (.mka) with the Opus codec failing to play in web client
  • Share player not using libraries cover aspect ratio setting
  • Backup uploads leaving temporary files behind when the uploaded file failed validation
  • Path traversal check on the filesystem path-exists endpoint not handling all edge cases
Important: New authentication system was added in v2.26.0. See https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/discussions/4460 for details.
Fixed
  • Matroska audiobooks (.mka) with the Opus codec failing to play in web client by @rktjmp in #5115
  • UI/UX: Share player not using libraries cover aspect ratio setting
  • Backup uploads leaving temporary files behind when the uploaded file failed validation
  • Path traversal check on the filesystem path-exists endpoint not handling all edge cases
Changed
  • Bulk download endpoint now ensures all requested items belong to the library being requested
  • Backup load and upload now validate the backup details entry exists and is within a reasonable size limit
  • Podcast create endpoint validates that the podcast path is inside the selected library folder
  • Author and library item cover image endpoints now clamp width/height query params to a maximum of 4096
  • Podcast episode subtitles parsed from RSS feeds are now sanitized for HTML
  • author_updated/author_added socket events emitted when updating authors in the book details edit modal by @mikiher in #5158
  • item_removed socket event payload now includes libraryId so clients can ignore events for other libraries by @mikiher in #5160
  • More strings translated
    • Belarusian by @pavel-miniutka
    • Bulgarian by @lembata
    • German by @JBlond @LaurinSorgend
    • Italian by @tizio04
    • Russian by @Hopelite @vmakeev
    • Spanish by @cyphra
New Contributors

Full Changelog: https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/compare/v2.33.1...v2.33.2

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v2.33.1

Changed 2
  • Podcast episode update endpoint sanitizes HTML for subtitle
  • Playlist and collection create/update endpoints strip HTML tags from name
Fixed 1
  • API Keys not respecting user enabled/disabled flag
Important: New authentication system was added in v2.26.0. See https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/discussions/4460 for details.
Fixed
  • API Keys not respecting user enabled/disabled flag
Changed
  • Podcast episode update endpoint sanitizes HTML for subtitle
  • Playlist & collection create/update endpoints strip HTML tags from name
  • More strings translated
    • Belarusian by @pavel-miniutka
    • German by @fabianjuelich
    • Spanish by @cyphra

Full Changelog: https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/compare/v2.33.0...v2.33.1

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v2.33.0

Added 3
  • Slovak language option
  • Belarusian language option
  • Database indexes for discover query performance
Changed 6
  • Improved personalized shelves performance by parallelizing shelf queries and reducing search payload size
  • Improved API cache invalidation for high-churn models such as sessions and media progress
  • Improved subtitle parsing to account for bare colon in title
  • Sanitize session DeviceInfo clientDeviceInfo fields
  • Sanitize server settings authLoginCustomMessage on save and load
  • Display localized and styled text for selected filter
Fixed 6
  • Server crash filtering by decade with collapsed series
  • Server crash on /me/progress/:libraryItemId/:episodeId? when episodeId is not passed in for a podcast library item
  • Updating author name merging with same name authors in a different library
  • Home page check current user from socket event when updating hide from continue listening
  • Match tab click to use current value incorrect title attribute
  • Aria-label for jump backward button
Security 1
  • Fix IDOR vulnerabilities in listening sessions, media progress, and bookmark endpoints
Important: New authentication system was added in v2.26.0. See https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/discussions/4460 for details.
Added
  • Slovak language option by @belpe in #5077
  • Belarusian language option by @pavel-miniutka in #5071
  • Database indexes for discover query performance by @kevingatera in #5073
Fixed
  • IDOR vulnerabilities in listening sessions, media progress, and bookmark endpoints #5062 by @mandreko in #5063
  • Server crash filtering by decade with collapsed series
  • Server crash on /me/progress/:libraryItemId/:episodeId? when episodeId is not passed in for a podcast library item #5058
  • Updating author name merging with same name authors in a different library #4628
  • Home page check current user from socket event when updating hide from continue listening
  • UI/UX: Match tab "click to use current value" incorrect title attribute
  • UI/UX: Aria-label for jump backward button by @KiwiHour in #4973
Changed
  • Improved personalized shelves performance by parallelizing shelf queries and reducing search payload size by @kevingatera in #5073
  • Improved API cache invalidation for high-churn models (sessions, media progress) by @kevingatera in #5073
  • Improved subtitle parsing to account for bare colon in title by @kctdfh in #5036
  • Sanitize session DeviceInfo clientDeviceInfo fields
  • Sanitize server settings authLoginCustomMessage on save and load
  • Fix OpenAPI spec description by @openam in #5042
  • UI/UX: Display localized/styled text for selected filter by @sir-wilhelm in #4952
  • More strings translated
    • Belarusian by @pavel-miniutka
    • Catalan by @enboig
    • Chinese (Simplified Han script) by @FiendFEARing
    • Czech by @Plazec
    • Danish by @xxzp3
    • French by @dapitch666
    • German by @ShaikaJar @Maxklos @B0rax
    • Greek by @lambolighting
    • Hebrew by @enosh
    • Hungarian by @Kabika82 @ugyes
    • Japanese by @litoma
    • Lithuanian by @mantas3
    • Norwegian Bokmål by @Torstein-Eide @soteland
    • Polish by @Jarsey45
    • Portuguese (Brazil) by @lribeiro
    • Romanian by @hac3ru
    • Slovak by @goozi12345 @pecer
    • Slovenian by @thehijacker
    • Swedish by @Cotignac @karlbe
New Contributors

Full Changelog: https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/compare/v2.32.1...v2.33.0

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v2.32.1

Fixed 1
  • Server crash matching with Audible provider
Important: New authentication system was added in v2.26.0. See https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/discussions/4460 for details.
Fixed
  • Server crash matching with Audible provider #4931
Updated
  • More strings translated
    • Finnish by @pHamala
    • Polish by @MarcinKlejna
    • Russian by @renesat
    • Swedish by @bittin

Full Changelog: https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/compare/v2.32.0...v2.32.1

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v2.32.0

Changed 2
  • API metadata match results now return tags as an array of strings instead of a comma separated string
  • Playlists are sorted alphabetically in playlist modal
Fixed 4
  • Bulk matching books with multiple of the same new author now applies author to all books instead of only one
  • Debian package upgrades failing due to user "audiobookshelf" already exists
  • Multi-select inputs allowing duplicate new items
  • Audible and custom metadata providers allowing duplicate genres and tags
Important: New authentication system was added in v2.26.0. See https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/discussions/4460 for details.
Fixed
  • Bulk matching books with multiple of the same new author only applies author to one book by @TN-SKYC in #4766
  • Debian package upgrades failing due to user "audiobookshelf" already exists #1617 by @Yetangitu in #4740
  • Multi-select inputs allowing duplicate new items by @votex001 in #4649
  • Audible & custom metadata providers allowing duplicate genres & tags #4634 (in #4927)
Updated
  • API: Metadata match results return tags as an array of strings instead of a comma separated string (in #4927)
  • Playlists are sorted alphabetically in playlist modal by @sir-wilhelm in #4906
  • More strings translated
    • Arabic by @kfctatertot
    • Bulgarian by @lembata
    • Chinese (Simplified Han script) by @FiendFEARing
    • Finnish by @Napitauki @pHamala
    • German by @JBlond
    • Greek by @lambolighting
    • Hebrew by @mnavon
    • Italian by @66Bunz
    • Korean by @zardkim
    • Polish by @ahetek
    • Portuguese (Brazil) by @ljaksys
    • Slovenian by @thehijacker
    • Spanish by @kfctatertot @xlbrto
New Contributors

Full Changelog: https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/compare/v2.31.0...v2.32.0

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v2.31.0

Added 2
  • Turkish and Korean language options
  • New GET /search/providers endpoint to fetch all metadata providers
Changed 7
  • Increase default access token expiration to 1 hour and refresh token expiration to 30 days
  • Enable OIDC auth auto redirect via query parameter ?autoLaunch=1 on login page
  • Improve podcast RSS feed parser to handle feeds not wrapping html in CDATA
  • Update Days in a row stat to not require today
  • Improve error handling for file system ensureDir
  • Rephrase library watcher setting to Automatically watch
  • Uploader shows progress indicator
Fixed 6
  • Chapter editor play button is still shown next to chapters with invalid start times
  • Switching users does not refresh available libraries
  • Admin users unable to close sessions for other users
  • Custom metadata providers not showing in library edit modal
  • HLS transcoding fails for AC3/EAC3 codecs
  • Next/prev buttons not shown on item edit modal when opened using Files or Match context menu item
Important: New authentication system was added in v2.26.0. See https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/discussions/4460 for details.
Added
  • Turkish & Korean language option
Fixed
  • Chapter editor: Play button is still shown next to chapters with invalid start times #4691
  • Switching users does not refresh available libraries #4694
  • Admin users unable to close sessions for other users #4746
  • Custom metadata providers not showing in library edit modal #3820 by @mikiher in #4750
  • HLS transcoding fails for AC3/EAC3 codecs #4798 by @Vito0912 in #4808
  • UI/UX: Next/prev buttons not shown on item edit modal when opened using "Files" or "Match" context menu item #4718
Changed
  • Increase default access & refresh token expirations. Refresh now 30 days & Access now 1 hour by @Vito0912 in #4756
  • Enable OIDC auth auto redirect via query parameter ?autoLaunch=1 on login page by @Yetangitu in #4737
  • Improve podcast RSS feed parser to handle feeds not wrapping html in CDATA #4757
  • Update "Days in a row" stat to not require today by @jamerst in #4770
  • Improved error handling for file system ensureDir by @mikiher in #4881
  • UI/UX: Rephrase library watcher setting to "Automatically watch ..." #4095 by @mikiher in #4815
  • UI/UX: Uploader shows progress indicator #895 by @Vito0912 in #4702
  • API: New GET /search/providers endpoint to fetch all metadata providers by @mikiher in #4750
  • More strings translated
    • Catalan by @celigabon
    • Chinese (Simplified Han script) by @FiendFEARing
    • Croatian by @biuklija @milotype
    • Czech by @Plazec @zendiik
    • Danish by @Andersborrits
    • Estonian by @alehandro112
    • Finnish by @pHamala @phewi
    • French by @dapitch666
    • German by @Blubberland @schoenfeldj @Vito0912 @B0rax
    • Hungarian by @ljaksys @ugyes
    • Italian by @burghy86
    • Korean by @zardkim
    • Lithuanian by @waipit
    • Polish by @pryszczoskor
    • Portuguese (Brazil) by @pmangro @nlqog @ljaksys
    • Romanian by @dinuzauri
    • Russian by @renesat
    • Slovenian by @thehijacker
    • Swedish by @3nm1 @Cotignac
    • Ukrainian by @maksim2005UKR
New Contributors

Full Changelog: https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/compare/v2.30.0...v2.31.0

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