# Calibre-Web 0.6.24 — V0.6.24 - Nicolette

- Product: Calibre-Web (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/calibre-web)
- Vendor: Calibre-Web
- Date: 2024-11-16
- Version: 0.6.24
- Original notes: https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web/releases/tag/0.6.24
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/calibre-web/releases/0.6.24

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- **added** — Extract metadata of audiofiles during upload (mp3, opus, ogg, ogv, aac, ac3, aiff, asf, flac, m4a, m4b)
- **changed** — Updated Pdf Viewer (pdf.js)
- **added** — Upload multiple book formats with progress and merge the corresponding metadata into the book on book edit page via drag and drop
- **added** — Add cookie prefix environment variable to config to enable storing user credentials for multiple instances on one server
- **added** — Implementation of sorting according to shelf
- **changed** — Improved contrast for epub reader headline in dark modes
- **changed** — Enable python3.12 compatibility with migration from iso639
- **changed** — Integrate the advocate project to simplify installations on newer python version (>3.9) on windows
- **changed** — Set number of decimals of series_index shown everywhere to 2 digits
- **changed** — Changed response code for opds download forbidden to 401 instead of 404 to improve anonymous browsing with guest has no download permission
- **added** — libmagic binary files are now installed automatically on windows to simplify installation
- **fixed** — Changed formatting of float values to print trailing zeros only if value ends with non-zero
- **fixed** — Fix for Kobo browser not downloading kepub files
- **fixed** — Fix for cover size during kobo sync
- **fixed** — Improved whitespace removal at start and end of strings for unicode whitespaces
- **fixed** — Shelf sort algorithm is now saved
- **fixed** — Music icon is now only visible once if more than one audio format available
- **fixed** — Fix for only last e-mail address is saved when specifying multiple e-reader mail addresses in user settings
- **fixed** — Fix to generate thumbnails on gdrive
- **fixed** — Fix for metadata search results with amazon and google returning nothing

**New features:**
* Extract metadata of audiofiles during upload (mp3, opus, ogg, ogv, aac, ac3, aiff, asf, flac, m4a, m4b)
* Updated Pdf Viewer (pdf.js)
* Upload (multiple) book formats with progress and merge the corresponding metadata into the book on book edit page (also via drag'n drop #2252)
* Add cookie prefix environment variable to config to enable storing user credentials for multiple indstances on one server
* Implementation of sorting according to shelf added (#3003)
* Improved contrast for epub reader headline in dark modes (#3145)
* Enable python3.12 compatability (Migrate from iso639)
* Integrate the advocate project to simlify installations on newer python version (>3.9) on windows
* Set number of decimals of series_index shown everywhere to 2 digits
* Changed response code to opds download forbidden to 401 instead of 404 for opds downloads (improves anonymous browsing with guest has no download permission)
* libmagic binary files are now installed automatically on windows to simplify installation on windows

**Bug Fixes:**
* Changed formating of float values. If value ends not with "0" tailing "0" are printed
* Fix for Kobo browser not downloading kepub files (#2990)
* Fix for cover size during kobo sync (#2523)
* Improved whitespace removal at start and end of strings for "unicode whitespaces"
* Shelf sort algorithm is now saved
* Music icon is now only visible once if more than one audio format available
* Fix for only last e-mail address is saved when specifying multiple e-reader mail addresses in user settings (#3130)
* Fix to generate thumbnails on gdrive
* Fix for metadata search results with amazon and google returning nothing
* Fix invalid database can not be saved for split library (#3131)
* Fix for Invalid cross-device link error during upload on very very(?) special drive configuration
* Fix Invalid amazon link for uk amazon store (#3151)
* Fix bookmarks button for safari browser (#3178)
* Fix Embedding metadata during convert not working on windows
* Fix Calibre convert parameters with spaces are not working (#3189)
* Import LDAP users from Microsoft Active Directory with special characters like "," and "[" is now working (#3186)
* Display error message if visiblity resticting custom column is not available and delete custom column related values on database change (#3190)