# Audiobookshelf v2.35.0

- Product: Audiobookshelf (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/audiobookshelf)
- Vendor: advplyr
- Date: 2026-05-17
- Version: v2.35.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases/tag/v2.35.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/audiobookshelf/releases/v2.35.0

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- **added** — Access token refresh grace period to reduce frequent re-login requirements
- **fixed** — Listening sessions from Android app showing device name as Abs iOS
- **fixed** — RSS feeds serving m4b files with incorrect Content-Type
- **changed** — Book and podcast descriptions from audio files are sanitized
- **changed** — cancel_scan and set_log_listener socket events validate account type and log level

###### 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.

###### 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
* @brandonfhall made their first contribution in https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/pull/5221

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