# beets v2.6.2 — Release v2.6.2

- Product: beets (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/beets)
- Vendor: Adrian Sampson
- Date: 2026-02-22
- Version: v2.6.2
- Original notes: https://github.com/beetbox/beets/releases/tag/v2.6.2
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/beets/releases/v2.6.2
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

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- **fixed** — Bad Files Plugin: Fix number of found errors in log message
- **fixed** — MusicBrainz Plugin: Fix crash when release mediums lack the tracks key
- **fixed** — MusicBrainz Plugin: Fix fetching very large releases that have more than 500 tracks
- **fixed** — MusicBrainz Plugin: Fix search terms escaping
- **fixed** — MusicBrainz Plugin: Fix support for alias and tracks extra_tags
- **fixed** — MusicBrainz Pseudo-Release Plugin: Fix crash due to missing artist_credit field in the MusicBrainz API response
- **fixed** — ReplayGain Plugin: Avoid magic Windows prefix in calls to command backends, such as mp3gain
- **changed** — Lyrics Plugin: Disable tekstowo by default because it blocks the beets User-Agent

#### Bug fixes

- [Bad Files Plugin](https://beets.readthedocs.io/en/stable/plugins/badfiles.html): Fix number of found errors in log message
- [MusicBrainz Plugin](https://beets.readthedocs.io/en/stable/plugins/musicbrainz.html): Fix crash when release mediums lack the `tracks` key. :bug: (#6302)
- [MusicBrainz Plugin](https://beets.readthedocs.io/en/stable/plugins/musicbrainz.html): Fix fetching very large releases that have more than 500 tracks. :bug: (#6355)
- [MusicBrainz Plugin](https://beets.readthedocs.io/en/stable/plugins/musicbrainz.html): Fix search terms escaping. :bug: (#6347)
- [MusicBrainz Plugin](https://beets.readthedocs.io/en/stable/plugins/musicbrainz.html): Fix support for `alias` and `tracks` [extra_tags](https://beets.readthedocs.io/en/stable/plugins/musicbrainz.html#conf-extra_tags).
- [MusicBrainz Pseudo-Release Plugin](https://beets.readthedocs.io/en/stable/plugins/mbpseudo.html): Fix crash due to missing `artist_credit` field in the MusicBrainz API response. :bug: (#6339)
- [ReplayGain Plugin](https://beets.readthedocs.io/en/stable/plugins/replaygain.html): Avoid magic Windows prefix in calls to command backends, such as `mp3gain`. :bug: (#2946)

#### Other changes

- [Lyrics Plugin](https://beets.readthedocs.io/en/stable/plugins/lyrics.html): Disable `tekstowo` by default because it blocks the beets User-Agent.