# Bazarr changelog

> Downloads and manages subtitles for the libraries Sonarr and Radarr maintain.

- Vendor: Bazarr
- Category: Media
- Platforms: Desktop
- Official site: https://www.bazarr.media
- Tracked by: What's New (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/bazarr)
- Harvested from: GitHub (morpheus65535/bazarr)
- Entries below: 12 (newest first)

What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog.

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## Releases

### v1.6.1-beta.20

- Date: 2026-08-10
- Version: v1.6.1-beta.20
- Original notes: https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/releases/tag/v1.6.1-beta.20
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/bazarr/releases/v1.6.1-beta.20
- Labels: Pre-release; Platforms: Desktop

- **fixed** — Fix hdbits provider support for Swedish (se) language mapping
- **added** — Add audio language column to SeriesView
- **changed** — Improve backend logic for parsing audio languages from episodes when retrieving series data and audio_language is empty

From newest to oldest:
- Fixed hdbits provider support for Swedish ("se") language mapping. #3507 [f9746ed](https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/commit/f9746ed42faa7bce8654181eacabe60c5c1a46b8)
- Added audio language column to SeriesView and improved backend logic for parsing audio languages from episodes when retrieving series data, and audio_language is empty. [c14fcda](https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/commit/c14fcda917d8752f6695b2b96d88d9c00989a75c)

### v1.6.1-beta.19

- Date: 2026-08-08
- Version: v1.6.1-beta.19
- Original notes: https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/releases/tag/v1.6.1-beta.19
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/bazarr/releases/v1.6.1-beta.19
- Labels: Pre-release; Platforms: Desktop

- **fixed** — Brazilian Portuguese detection on animetosho_xyz
- **added** — Translation of embedded subtitles and original-format preservation

From newest to oldest:
- Fixed Brazilian Portuguese detection on animetosho_xyz [5be026c](https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/commit/5be026c07559e9ee00b9daad3fdf5a468c01a99b)
- Added translation of embedded subtitles and original-format preservation [b1868e6](https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/commit/b1868e6ba4cd0124b49db4766ddccd385a592908)

### v1.6.1-beta.18

- Date: 2026-08-06
- Version: v1.6.1-beta.18
- Original notes: https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/releases/tag/v1.6.1-beta.18
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/bazarr/releases/v1.6.1-beta.18
- Labels: Pre-release; Platforms: Desktop

- **fixed** — Fixed table pagination

From newest to oldest:
- Fixed table pagination [5d5af66](https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/commit/5d5af6690d7dd343afc12368af5073567faff70a)

### v1.6.1-beta.17

- Date: 2026-08-05
- Version: v1.6.1-beta.17
- Original notes: https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/releases/tag/v1.6.1-beta.17
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/bazarr/releases/v1.6.1-beta.17
- Labels: Pre-release; Platforms: Desktop

- **added** — Add poster view
- **added** — Add alert when leaving with unsaved changes
- **fixed** — Fix animetosho Brazilian Portuguese detection
- **fixed** — Fix Google translator baking errors into subtitles and silently swallowing per-line failures
- **fixed** — Fix mislabelling of Persian subtitles as hearing-impaired and improve log file redaction
- **fixed** — Fix subdl provider discarding season packs and mislabelling hearing-impaired subtitles

From newest to oldest:
- Added poster view [#3487](https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/pull/3487)
- Fixed animetosho Brazilian Portuguese detection [3c9bce9](https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/commit/3c9bce9f5515ab5629a65ebde21df8eeaa08387b)
- Fixed Google translator baking errors into subtitles and silently swallowing per-line failures [00ff172](https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/commit/00ff1724a1c1ad4fcd45c082537177186f28791f)
- Fixed mislabelling of Persian subtitles as hearing-impaired and improved log file redaction [5f8b6b2](https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/commit/5f8b6b22304cdafd8c7c74c6de0994eb5dc0f054)
- Fixed subdl provider discarding season packs and mislabelling hearing-impaired subtitles [cd703a4](https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/commit/cd703a469f3130b355fdca1099d2a3fcb9d9289d)
- Added alert when leaving with unsaved changes [2e27b0a](https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/commit/2e27b0a281b7e924dacfc7e27a0e51b6b7738ee3)

### v1.6.1-beta.16

- Date: 2026-08-04
- Version: v1.6.1-beta.16
- Original notes: https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/releases/tag/v1.6.1-beta.16
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/bazarr/releases/v1.6.1-beta.16
- Labels: Pre-release; Platforms: Desktop

- **added** — Add preview subtitle modal
- **changed** — Improve Lingarr title management for movie translation
- **security** — Refine session handling in form-based authentication to improve security and code consistency

From newest to oldest:
- Added preview subtitle modal [#3478](https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/pull/3478)
- Improved Lingarr title management for movie translation [34982f8](https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/commit/34982f89775d87b0ff918b613c6da9ddef80d3f2)
- Refined session handling in form-based authentication to improve security and code consistency. [e79e37d](https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/commit/e79e37d64070596f4e7f35908f8a8de78cb7313a)

### v1.6.1-beta.15

- Date: 2026-08-03
- Version: v1.6.1-beta.15
- Original notes: https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/releases/tag/v1.6.1-beta.15
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/bazarr/releases/v1.6.1-beta.15
- Labels: Pre-release; Platforms: Desktop

- **fixed** — Fixed subsource being throttled for one hour when its API reports a reset delay of seconds
- **changed** — Updated subliminal_patch's user-agent list with externally sourced values

From newest to oldest:
- Fixed subsource being throttled for one hour when its API reports a reset delay of seconds [6cf215c](https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/commit/6cf215cd409de2bed641005d2ea1ff2a087f208e)
- Updated subliminal_patch's user-agent list with externally sourced values. #3474 [42f9f09](https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/commit/42f9f09e45437879b5ede596c8fbe4a85c4b4589)

### v1.6.1-beta.14

- Date: 2026-08-02
- Version: v1.6.1-beta.14
- Original notes: https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/releases/tag/v1.6.1-beta.14
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/bazarr/releases/v1.6.1-beta.14
- Labels: Pre-release; Platforms: Desktop

- **changed** — Refactored AnimeSubInfo provider search logic to improve handling of episode patterns, alternative titles, and movie titles

From newest to oldest:
- Refactored AnimeSubInfo provider search logic to improve handling of episode patterns, alternative titles, and movie titles. #3130 [218a518](https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/commit/218a5181a1aa50c52e51e7447617f69f9f6a3b13)

### v1.6.1-beta.13

- Date: 2026-08-01
- Version: v1.6.1-beta.13
- Original notes: https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/releases/tag/v1.6.1-beta.13
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/bazarr/releases/v1.6.1-beta.13
- Labels: Pre-release; Platforms: Desktop

- **fixed** — Fix two point fit frozen modal

From newest to oldest:
- Fixed two point fit frozen modal [db94ccc](https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/commit/db94ccc9a312f69e45979436b004defc00fa262d)

### v1.6.1-beta.12

- Date: 2026-07-31
- Version: v1.6.1-beta.12
- Original notes: https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/releases/tag/v1.6.1-beta.12
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/bazarr/releases/v1.6.1-beta.12
- Labels: Pre-release; Platforms: Desktop

- **added** — Persist sidebar theme switch

From newest to oldest:
- Persist sidebar theme switch [#3476](https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/pull/3476)

### v1.6.1-beta.11

- Date: 2026-07-30
- Version: v1.6.1-beta.11
- Original notes: https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/releases/tag/v1.6.1-beta.11
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/bazarr/releases/v1.6.1-beta.11
- Labels: Pre-release; Platforms: Desktop

- **added** — Randomized User-Agent header to PrijevodiOnline provider session initialization

From newest to oldest:
- Added randomized User-Agent header to PrijevodiOnline provider session initialization. #3474 [07a3032](https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/commit/07a303214991e1b9d28f44df403608572d00a788)

### v1.6.1-beta.10

- Date: 2026-07-29
- Version: v1.6.1-beta.10
- Original notes: https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/releases/tag/v1.6.1-beta.10
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/bazarr/releases/v1.6.1-beta.10
- Labels: Pre-release; Platforms: Desktop

- **security** — Fixed URL validation in series and movie image proxy endpoints to prevent SSRF attacks by validating URL schemes and verifying domain matching
- **fixed** — Fixed throttled_count never decaying, leaving providers with no retries after their first throttle
- **changed** — Enhanced AvistazNetworkSubtitle with caching and added results in manual search
- **added** — Added randomized User-Agent header to TVsubtitles provider session initialization

From newest to oldest:
- Fixed URL validation in series and movie image proxy endpoints to prevent SSRF attacks by validating URL schemes and verifying domain matching. [5fc3343](https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/commit/5fc33435cdd3aa56f0990f9d50b788af3c450a73)
- Fixed `throttled_count` never decaying, leaving providers with no retries after their first throttle [0775346](https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/commit/0775346f0f423b2fa4737097de4aad2b669fda34)
- Enhanced AvistazNetworkSubtitle with caching and added results in manual search [2a6b658](https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/commit/2a6b658a305ef4ec5f3c233fd3fb5d2c081e3a8c)
- Added randomized User-Agent header to TVsubtitles provider session initialization. #3470 [cda6a1e](https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/commit/cda6a1e08ae339b93cd8884a0c827361a6a929e9)

### v1.6.0

- Date: 2026-07-04
- Version: v1.6.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/releases/tag/v1.6.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/bazarr/releases/v1.6.0
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

- **security** — Refactored postprocessing function to handle subprocess invocation differently on Windows and Unix, ensuring path safety and avoiding OS command injection
- **fixed** — Fixed UNC path handling in pp_replace by replacing re.sub string substitutions with lambda functions to prevent escape sequence misinterpretation
- **changed** — Refactored SubDL provider by simplifying retry logic and improving error handling for rate limits and 404 responses
- **removed** — Removed RateLimiting mixin from TimeoutSession in subliminal_patch HTTP module since it was interfering with providers' custom rate-limiting implementations
- **fixed** — Improved audio languages detection when the returned value is a string instead of a language object
- **fixed** — Fixed RegieLive.ro subtitle downloads and added better error handling
- **removed** — Removed Podnapisi provider and all associated files, settings, and dependencies since it is no longer online
- **changed** — Refactored LegendasNet provider to centralize API response handling using checked method, improved error handling, added retry logic for invalid access tokens, and streamlined HTTP status code validation
- **changed** — Enhanced error handling in Gestdown provider by adding specific handling for JSONDecodeError and KeyError in API responses
- **fixed** — Fixed embedded Chinese subtitle language detection
- **changed** — Refactored SubDL provider to introduce centralized API response handling via checked method, improved exception handling, added GMT midnight limit reset logic, and adjusted retry mechanisms
- **added** — Added Bayflix and Vladoon Bulgarian subtitles providers
- **added** — Added the ability to configure base config file path from an environment variable
- **changed** — Improved subf2m provider to fall back to IMDB id search when localized movie title finds nothing
- **changed** — Updated cookie field descriptions for AvistaZ and CinemaZ providers settings to clarify required input format
- **added** — Added progress tracking to subtitle sync job and integrated ffsubsync's progress handler for real-time updates to the job queue
- **added** — Added SSL verification disabling functionality for all providers to circumvent strict SSL policy enforced by some operating systems
- **fixed** — Fixed job manager timestamp to let the browser deal with time zone
- **fixed** — Fixed automatic syncing settings definition at runtime
- **security** — Refactored subtitle post-processing to use shlex.split for safer subprocess invocation and replaced _escape with _double_quotes for cleaner variable substitution logic

From newest to oldest:
- Refactored `postprocessing` function to handle subprocess invocation differently on Windows and Unix, ensuring path safety and avoiding OS command injection. Added comprehensive unit tests for both platforms to ensure behavior correctness. #3413 [5dd736c](https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/commit/5dd736c398a18e7584fc7fa9a35d76871f948d44)
- Fixed UNC path handling in `pp_replace` by replacing `re.sub` string substitutions with lambda functions to prevent escape sequence misinterpretation. #3413 [4217a9b](https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/commit/4217a9b4b585ce73510eeb5cfb2b956e27c98c73)
- Refactored SubDL provider by simplifying retry logic and improving error handling for rate limits and 404 responses. [047b915](https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/commit/047b915d9da44b1c658bd3ce6957937742f77afe)
- Removed RateLimiting mixin from TimeoutSession in subliminal_patch HTTP module since it was interfering with providers' custom rate-limiting implementations. [7343b1d](https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/commit/7343b1d15a094649ce4602dd1cb131f539246730)
- Improved audio languages detection when the returned value is a string instead of a language object [e677246](https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/commit/e677246e57b80e81823266226b95a754b2b22fc2)
- Fixed RegieLive.ro subtitle downloads, and added better error handling [3b8094f](https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/commit/3b8094fce778e28da8858e2695ab5698d131e8e3)
- Removed Podnapisi provider and all associated files, settings, and dependencies across Bazarr since it is no longer online. [7d43815](https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/commit/7d438153f20de85a8be899c8c1d7ae35b178e8c7)
- Refactored LegendasNet provider to centralize API response handling using `checked` method; improved error handling, added retry logic for invalid access tokens, and streamlined HTTP status code validation. #3263 [9959c99](https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/commit/9959c99b9375247d00efbab3820a021ed01b5cf9)
- Enhanced error handling in Gestdown provider by adding specific handling for `JSONDecodeError` and `KeyError` in API responses. #3365 [7c52af1](https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/commit/7c52af1114b3989f74a36d81ee3fc234ca72716e)
- Fixed embedded Chinese subtitle language detection [04bd7b6](https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/commit/04bd7b6446308d47df64a9375722f0f384e4f581)
- Refactored SubDL provider to introduce centralized API response handling via `checked` method; improved exception handling, added GMT midnight limit reset logic, and adjusted retry mechanisms. #3398 [14250a3](https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/commit/14250a336a5bc4ea6a2f340d71a83155a6c2c71a)
- Added Bayflix and Vladoon Bulgarian subtitles providers [f5c9ecb](https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/commit/f5c9ecb0e0bab6b5a3f179662bf427069ae7b5e4)
- Added the ability to configure base config file path from an environment variable [3c3d410](https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/commit/3c3d410f56114e0768d69036de36b535b816d025)
- Improved subf2m privider to fall back to IMDB id search when localized movie title finds nothing [17778f7](https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/commit/17778f745bee1334a34b789fe999c5833f0283b5)
- Updated cookie field descriptions for AvistaZ and CinemaZ providers settings to clarify required input format. #2797 [d41d563](https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/commit/d41d56309505747df71ad9bfd48e24058806d43f)
- Added progress tracking to subtitle sync job and integrated ffsubsync's progress handler for real-time updates to the job queue. [aaceda5](https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/commit/aaceda5b8e16d241a0d19357e209dc2f6341cc5b)
- Updated multiple vendored modules [7ed6608](https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/commit/7ed6608567d733ef8ee0efd4fa06d25c3a7e4850)
- Added SSL verification disabling functionality for all providers to circumvent strict SSL policy enforced by some operating systems. #3365 [927e423](https:

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