# Audiobookshelf v2.32.0

- Product: Audiobookshelf (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/audiobookshelf)
- Vendor: advplyr
- Date: 2025-12-21
- Version: v2.32.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases/tag/v2.32.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/audiobookshelf/releases/v2.32.0

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- **fixed** — Bulk matching books with multiple of the same new author now applies author to all books instead of only one
- **fixed** — Debian package upgrades failing due to user "audiobookshelf" already exists
- **fixed** — Multi-select inputs allowing duplicate new items
- **fixed** — Audible and custom metadata providers allowing duplicate genres and tags
- **changed** — API metadata match results now return tags as an array of strings instead of a comma separated string
- **changed** — Playlists are sorted alphabetically in playlist modal

###### Important: New authentication system was added in [v2.26.0](https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases/tag/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
* @TN-SKYC made their first contribution in https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/pull/4766
* @votex001 made their first contribution in https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/pull/4649

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