# DuckStation patch notes

> A fast, accurate PlayStation 1 emulator.

- Vendor: Stenzek
- Category: Games
- Platforms: Desktop
- Official site: https://www.duckstation.org
- Tracked by: What's New (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/duckstation)
- Harvested from: GitHub (stenzek/duckstation)
- Entries below: 9 (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.

## Releases

### preview — Latest Preview Build

- Date: 2026-08-06
- Version: preview
- Original notes: https://github.com/stenzek/duckstation/releases/tag/preview
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/duckstation/releases/preview
- Labels: Pre-release; preview; Platforms: Desktop

- **fixed** — Fix compiling

##### Commits
- Fix compiling again ([Stenzek](https://github.com/stenzek/duckstation/commit/8778034bf2a2e350865e068ec3806f2e2efce8c0))

### v0.1-11580

- Date: 2026-07-08
- Version: v0.1-11580
- Original notes: https://github.com/stenzek/duckstation/releases/tag/v0.1-11580
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/duckstation/releases/v0.1-11580
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

- **fixed** — Make CopyFilePath() atomic in FileSystem
- **fixed** — Fix incorrect effect in save state selector in FullscreenUI
- **fixed** — Fix incorrect layout in ProgressDialog in FullscreenUI
- **added** — Add image verification to FullscreenUI
- **added** — Add easing to ProgressDialog bar in FullscreenUI
- **added** — Add CardRadioButton to Qt
- **added** — Add interface and view types to setup wizard
- **added** — Add animation to setup wizard
- **fixed** — Fix path in update-and-edit-english.bat script
- **fixed** — Don't save window position when hidden in Qt
- **fixed** — Fix transition glitch when loading with no states in FullscreenUI
- **changed** — Use .org as insertion point in assembly codes for Cheats
- **added** — Support branch labels in assembly codes in Cheats
- **fixed** — Fix incorrect nullopt return in Cheats
- **fixed** — Fix incorrect bitmask for 32-bit option values in Cheats
- **fixed** — Fix styling of input string dialogs in FullscreenUI
- **added** — Add custom title and disc set title and serial editing in FullscreenUI
- **added** — Accept '.org 0x12345678' and '0x12345678:' to set pc in Cheats
- **fixed** — Fix overlap in modal progress with empty status text in FullscreenUI
- **fixed** — Cancel search when pressing Esc in Qt

##### Commits
- abf946c88 Update ukrainian translation (#3762)
- c80552f1c Ukrainian translation v2 (#3764)
- ab30d1da5 FileSystem: Make CopyFilePath() atomic
- acfd60ea5 Deps: Update to 20260702
- 7be44a41c FullscreenUI: Fix incorrect effect in save state selector
- 4c39eac52 FullscreenUI: Fix incorrect layout in ProgressDialog
- 3441574be CDImage: Add some more helper functions
- c3af062bf Qt: Move image verification logic to GameDatabase
- c05726a48 FullscreenUI: Add image verification
- 685b2f7d2 FullscreenUI: Add easing to ProgressDialog bar
- 4bc8ace9b Qt: Add CardRadioButton
- 866d23042 Qt: Add interface and view types to setup wizard
- f31d99e77 Qt: Add animation to setup wizard
- 7316cce3d Qt: Fix path in update-and-edit-english.bat script
- bb3fede3f Qt: Update English plural translations
- 9c1500f1a Qt: Add pause menu hotkey to setup wizard
- 6d7163c54 Qt: Remove note about renderer from setup wizard
- d9106576f Qt: Don't save window position when hidden
- 5dd559c15 FullscreenUI: Fix transition glitch when loading with no states
- fce1b1e30 Cheats: Use .org as insertion point in assembly codes
- 7bed00d02 Cheats: Support branch labels in assembly codes
- 36a85ffbf Cheats: Expand test coverage
- 7c9351278 Cheats: Fix incorrect nullopt return
- e79eb42f7 Cheats: Fix incorrect bitmask for 32-bit option values
- 46efde0b1 Qt: Respect SH_Widget_Animation_Duration style hint
- bf1801cb2 Qt: Add missing singular forms to English "translation"
- f9cf0db0b FullscreenUI: Fix styling of input string dialogs
- 4616c8513 FullscreenUI: Add custom title/disc set title/serial editing
- a6d24175d FullscreenUI: Make game summary more compact
- a0a4159c8 FullscreenUI: Fix overlap in modal progress with empty status text
- 3968606be GameDatabase: Don't leave verify status text empty
- e2a654715 FullscreenUI: Switch to list page on settings open from game list
- 4f51c2dcb Qt: Warn when upscaling is enabled without PGXP
- 0c87b0726 Cheats: Accept ".org 0x12345678" and "0x12345678:" to set pc
- c8e6dc5c6 Qt: Add settings-window class to setup wizard
- c0074b9b5 Qt: Use item view for game list directories
- 82518c5b0 Scripts: Extend translation validation/linters
- 083592488 Qt: Update ja and zh-CN translations
- d79464128 Qt: Slightly increase settings category size
- 584999e3f Qt: Give proper names to widgets in setup wizard
- 79c08b648 Qt: Remove multiple sources of truth for supported formats
- 5d4661310 Achievements: Centralize profile URL building
- fb994670e Qt: Match achievements login between settings/setup wizard
- 674af5152 Scripts: Relax rich-text checks in the translation validator
- 90c96dc94 Qt: Fix a decent number of strings missing from lupdate
- c46a1dc53 CI: Only validate changed translation files on PR
- 3d544d4ed Qt: Fix upscaling warning always showing in setup wizard
- 7d4b97d19 Qt: Fix missing translation of default update channel
- 12df0cd11 Qt: Fix duplicate message context in debugger error
- c2f8d3298 MediaCapture: Mark missing translatable strings
- dd6354143 AudioStream: Fix backend name not translating
- 2cf04c92a Qt: Remove duplicate translation strings
- 982a35e6e Qt: Cancel search when pressing Esc (#3767)
- 7dde4794b Update Spain translation (#3768)
- bc057d9f7 Qt: Restore focus frame on QLineEdit with macOS native theme (#3771)
- fa19df308 Update qttranslations.inl (#3772)
- 2b1de6278 Qt: Fix empty gamesettings ini being saved on close
- 7651d288b Qt: Use simpler text widgets in cover downloader and game summary (#3773)
- 6194f08a9 Achievements: Always identify game on startup
- 59247c84b Achievements: Move game hash calculation to system
- eeda898c2 Achievements: Separate login and progress requests
- 43294ac04 FullscreenUI: Avoid unnecessary mutex lock
- aa6b3777a GameDatabase: Make track hashes private
- 6931f890b GameDatabase: Fix revision not showing after verification
- e7f2f101c Qt: Fix inverted delayed show condition in QtAsyncTaskW

_[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://github.com/stenzek/duckstation/releases/tag/v0.1-11580]_

### v0.1-11515

- Date: 2026-06-29
- Version: v0.1-11515
- Original notes: https://github.com/stenzek/duckstation/releases/tag/v0.1-11515
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/duckstation/releases/v0.1-11515
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

- **changed** — Bump rcheevos dependency to 9ade739
- **added** — Add game list functions to rc_client in rcheevos
- **changed** — Use C99 to build rcheevos
- **added** — Add SQLite helpers and dynamic loading utilities
- **changed** — Update seed hash database for achievements
- **changed** — Swap achievements to sqlite-backed storage
- **changed** — Move achievement pinning to database
- **fixed** — Fix crash in database updates on unknown media change
- **changed** — Do not update game database on disc change
- **changed** — Bump LLVM to version 22
- **changed** — Display reason why rewind is unavailable in hotkeys
- **added** — Add disable texture and vertex lighting debug options to GPU
- **added** — Add 'Select Next Slot and Save State' hotkey
- **changed** — Disable global save states by default
- **fixed** — Fix keyboard navigation in game list after searching
- **added** — Add reset option to directory selector in FullscreenUI
- **fixed** — Fix setting reset wiping out user preferences
- **fixed** — Fix global states always showing in menu in FullscreenUI
- **added** — Add complete Ukrainian translation for Qt interface
- **added** — Add Scanline Modern 4x2 adaptive retro filter shader
- **fixed** — Fix scanline flicker caused by precision drift at boundaries

##### Commits
- 498921157 dep/rcheevos: Bump to 9ade739
- 63caefb96 dep/rcheevos: Add game list functions to rc_client
- 2f3067ab4 CMake: Use C99 to build rcheevos
- eae17a4d7 Util: Add SQLite helpers and dynamic loading
- 1230c8398 Achievements: Update seed hash database
- 98ec05550 Achievements: Swap to sqlite-backed storage
- cfde5bf5c Achievements: Move achievement pinning to database
- e9bd041e2 Achievements: Add missing DB load check in a couple of places
- cd7d35cf7 SQLiteHelpers: Fix load failure on Windows
- 3260ba807 Deps: Update to 20260614
- a05171d08 Achievements: Fix crash in database updates on unknown media change
- 1cce275db Achievements: Don't update game database on disc change
- cdce0f7a3 CI: Bump to LLVM 22
- a3dbace1a Hotkeys: Display reason why rewind is unavailable
- 4144c1e09 GPU: Eliminate redundant type comparions in FillDrawCommand()
- 77fe65995 GPU: Inline draw mode into state struct
- 15ad0024d TimingEvent: Use const char* for name instead of string_view
- d22950c57 GPU: Add disable texture/vertex lighting debug options
- 9fe36d9c0 Misc: Reduce unnecessary struct padding
- 31c218360 Qt: Use atomic for auto close flag
- 4c698e735 Qt: Add menu item to refresh achievement database
- f7ce14e81 ZipHelpers: Move to util project and source file
- 97ae01391 Hotkeys: Add 'Select Next Slot and Save State'
- 9d0eec772 Qt: Disable global save states by default
- 64f0689b6 Qt: Remove unused signal in SettingsWindow
- 0dd6e5cef Qt: Disable tab key navigation on game list (#3752)
- c712c7b29 Qt: Fix keyboard navigation in game list after searching (#3753)
- 8f6b1b630 FullscreenUI: Add reset option to directory selector
- ef8a1fcee Core: Fix setting reset wiping out user preferences
- c0a8d9dac FullscreenUI: Fix global states always showing in menu
- b19347eed Add complete Ukrainian translation for Qt interface (#3754)
- cd0c961ec Qt: Add Ukrainian translation to list
- a64851a1f HTTPDownloader: Remove redunadant request \casts
- 6357732c8 feat(shader): add Scanline Modern 4x2 adaptive retro filter (#3755)
- 39cb9af98 update spanish translation (#3756)
- e6694d1e2 Fix scanline flicker caused by precision drift at boundaries (#3758)
- 553b133b9 Spanish (Spain) translation update 2026/06/22
- 5828adfed Qt: Normalize x in es-ES translation
- cd7b4e535 Qt: Remove placeholder text from a bunch of ui files
- 5be86a0f3 Qt: Remove redundant translation strings in capture settings
- 99498ad0c MSBuild: Flag ts files as correct type
- ba6ae234b Qt: Rework speed controls to be less confusing
- 6dd972a38 FullscreenUI: Add zoom/slide transition effects
- 1ffee7175 Qt: Fix unused variable warning
- b43807a2b CPU: Add MIPS assembler
- efed642cf Qt: Add 'Patch Instruction' and 'Nop Instruction' to debugger
- 34df972d8 Cheats: Add 'Assembly' code type
- b1106392b Qt: Use fixed-width font for cheat code editor
- 17f54f1a2 Qt: Fix missing styling of QPlainTextEdit
- b4834b982 CPU: Add targeted icache invalidation
- 74fac973e Cheats: Invalidate icache when writing (likely) assembly codes
- 91273f2b3 CPU: Eliminate default branch in icache fill
- 487a16193 FullscreenUI: Add a couple of missing transition effects
- 7d002d352 FullscreenUI: Fix a couple of issues with modal progress
- ef84883dd Sockets: Fix incorrect WSAStartup() call
- 90c70407c VideoThread: Fix debug assertion tripping in single-threaded mode
- 032d89447 Qt: Update redump hash lookup URL
- c22c1cbc4 Settings: Load config for all memory cards
- 75be5531a Qt: Add configuration of multitap memory cards
- 352bb0d7f Qt: Move save state backup setting to memory card page
- eccc1e054 FullscreenUI: Add start-in-big-picture-mode option
- 4a9776541 Qt: Tidy up main() function
- 73967c5c4 InputManager: Fix cloning multitap profiles
- 9e4ef8bd6 System: Only use fast forward volume for >1 speed
- e409f884d Settings: Remove unused function
- 57a77b433 GameList: Force refresh when starting disc change
- ad705e7d8 Qt:

_[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://github.com/stenzek/duckstation/releases/tag/v0.1-11515]_

### v0.1-11443

- Date: 2026-06-28
- Version: v0.1-11443
- Original notes: https://github.com/stenzek/duckstation/releases/tag/v0.1-11443
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/duckstation/releases/v0.1-11443
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

- **changed** — Make verify serial mismatch message clearer
- **fixed** — CDROM DisableReadSpeed() never having any effect
- **added** — CDROM manual control of lid state
- **added** — CDROM show effective read speed in debug window
- **changed** — CPU use table lookup for mfc0
- **fixed** — GameList race condition when refreshing from two sources
- **fixed** — Achievements hardcore toggle not showing summary
- **changed** — Controller make center a distinct value
- **fixed** — Qt white-on-light icon colours in Classic Windows theme
- **fixed** — Qt initial icon colours in native theme
- **fixed** — CDROM rare case of command event loss with states
- **fixed** — System clear memory save states on reset
- **changed** — Qt round round texcoords only applies to 3D
- **changed** — Settings don't copy advanced/hidden settings to game
- **changed** — Qt suffix unavailable audio and video devices
- **added** — FullscreenUI add search to game list
- **added** — FullscreenUI use InputTextWithIcon() for achievements login
- **fixed** — FullscreenUI input text colour in light theme
- **fixed** — CPU flipped operands on PGXP shifts in recompiler
- **changed** — Qt use 'Global' instead of 'Default' for inherited spinners

##### Commits
- 2b1a6cf2b Qt: More appropriate icon for "Search on Redump" button
- a90182445 Qt: Improve icon consistency
- 15d8f68d3 Merge pull request #3747 from Pesa/overlap
- 00149a5be Qt: Disable buttons if controller port is empty (#3748)
- 2f0cd4d4c DiscDB: Remove duplicate entries for some multi-disc games
- 8dd88aad2 Qt: Make verify serial mismatch message clearer
- e21bf74f2 Qt: Replace most _L1 usage with _s
- 22ee4c076 CMake: Build with immediate binding/full relro
- e23bc84bb Achievements: Always prefetch game badge before achievement badges
- 02a41fa06 GameDB: Add metadata to `King's Field 3 - Pilot Style` (#3749)
- 8ac294d4f CDROM: Fix DisableReadSpeed() never having any effect
- 2c6ac7d4f CDROM: Add manual control of lid state
- 1d71915fb CDROM: Show effective read speed in debug window
- 18f581ef9 CPU: Use ternary in CPU::WriteRegDelayed()
- 667e1147a CPU: Add branch hints to interpreter dispatch
- 2b5baa1b8 CPU: Add more branch hints to interpreter
- 0b700d1b8 GTE: Eliminate bounds check in dispatcher
- 2f8e9a851 MSBuild: Enable strict aliasing for clang
- c660f8532 CPU: Use table lookup for mfc0
- 1f7fcb8c9 GameList: Fix race condition when refreshing from two sources
- 134f17239 Achievements: Don't tear down persistent state on enable toggle
- 8bf9562c3 Achievements: Fix hardcore toggle not showing summary
- 944beca2c Achievements: Populate saved credentials in ProcessStartup()
- cae25968f Achievements: Move init functions to private header
- 1e6a006bd Controller: Make center a distinct value
- 24fb22acf Controller: Move helper functions into their own file
- 0ec7d2bd4 Misc: Remove redundant static qualifier from force-inline functions
- 37878497b Qt: Disable labels for controller setting descriptions
- 2a32d7014 Qt: Fix white-on-light icon colours in Classic Windows theme
- c1adcb5a4 Qt: Fix initial icon colours in native theme
- a4e3afcdd Release MMPX Advanced v3.2: Optimize and Clean (#3750)
- f228b009c CDROM: Hopefully fix rare case of command event loss with states
- 0e0ef21d0 System: Clear memory save states on reset
- 09008bb3a Qt: Round round texcoords only applies to 3D
- ba08a6f70 Qt: Hide FSUI theme and font settings from game properties (#3751)
- 770cc586f Settings: Don't copy advanced/hidden settings to game
- a7a5faeb1 Qt: Fix warning in graphicssettingswidget.cpp
- 76ca9b15d Qt: Suffix unavailable audio and video devices
- fa167cab8 FullscreenUI: Add InputTextWithIcon()
- b3e8543ba FullscreenUI: Make ResetFocusHere() return a boolean
- 632aab3a0 FullscreenUI: Use InputTextWithIcon() for achievements login
- 1c89c6436 FullscreenUI: Add search to game list
- ce14eefd5 ObjectArchive: Swap to HTTPCache log channel
- 3a9856660 FullscreenUI: Fix input text text colour in light theme
- 6efef5b66 GameDB: PGXP-CPU for Digimon World 2
- c1a9d78e7 RegTest: Fix crash on startup
- c20a5c752 CPU: Copy entire value for zero shift cases
- c8064e75d CPU: Fix flipped operands on PGXP shifts in recompiler
- 0b4dfcd04 Settings: Remove unused field
- b7b31ef97 Qt: Use 'Global' instead of 'Default' for inherited spinners
- 2c527f4f2 Qt: Add reset buttons for tolerance/depth threshold
- 7d1996827 Qt: Fix memory leaks in SVG helpers

### v0.1-11391

- Date: 2026-05-30
- Version: v0.1-11391
- Original notes: https://github.com/stenzek/duckstation/releases/tag/v0.1-11391
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/duckstation/releases/v0.1-11391
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

- **changed** — Optimize scanline-modern-ex.fx shader
- **changed** — Optimize scanline-modern shader
- **fixed** — GameDB: Various fixes
- **added** — GameDB: Add disc set for Persona 2 - Eternal Punishment (USA)
- **fixed** — Don't draw OSD messages with zero opacity
- **added** — CDImageCCD: Support loading ccd+img without sub
- **changed** — GameDB: Decrease cdromMaxReadSpeedupCycles for Resident Evil 2
- **fixed** — AudioStream: Reset staging buffer position
- **changed** — GameDB: Force Round Texture Coordinates for Lego Island 2
- **fixed** — CDROM: Fix incorrect stat response in test command
- **fixed** — DMA: Enforce read-only bits in OTC channel control
- **fixed** — GPU: Fix incorrect bitmask for command primitives
- **fixed** — Achievements: Fix game not loading after token-expired late login
- **fixed** — Timers: Correctly handle sync mode 0/3 for timer 2
- **added** — Bus: Add option for enabling PCSX expansion region
- **fixed** — FullscreenUI: Fix adapter list not updating on renderer change
- **added** — Qt: Expose debugger and exit in toolbar
- **added** — Qt: Add monochrome icon theme
- **fixed** — MediaCapture: Fix Media Foundation refusing to load
- **added** — FullscreenUI: Add images to controller settings

##### Commits
- b0c277b10 optimization scanline-modern-ex.fx (#3733)
- 717424209 GameDB: Various fixes (#3734)
- 8dad651a2 GameDB: Add disc set for `Persona 2 - Eternal Punishment (USA)` (#3735)
- 023c0823d Qt: Update French translation by Corrigo
- ecc46d2d4 Qt: Don't draw OSD messages with zero opacity
- 12450a1e0 CDImageCCD: Support loading ccd+img without sub
- 6b5086900 Atualização Português do Brasil (#3737)
- c71fdd60a GameDB: Decrease cdromMaxReadSpeedupCycles for Resident Evil 2 (#3736)
- ee2530647 AudioStream: Reset staging buffer position (#3738)
- faa37fd9c CI: Bump Xcode to 26.4 (#3713)
- f6da96077 CI: Bump dependencies to 20260512
- 7e98f1717 GameDB: Force Round Texture Coordinates for Lego Island 2
- dfc894c88 AudioStream: Tidy up more state reset
- 7b6316189 FullscreenUI: Fix unused variable warning
- 33663c5ea Qt: Work around broken build in latest MSVC versions
- e1d9414ec Qt: Make binding tooltips/multi-window localisable
- a2a12da4b GPUDevice: Pack local state in struct
- 22a3302fa DynamicLibrary: Add symbol resolution helpers
- 7ee8fbc42 DiscordPresence: Use ResolveSymbols()
- 16d1dcb84 GPUDevice: Use ResolveSymbols()
- 4c89ddb00 VulkanDevice: Use ResolveSymbols()
- ad70cffd9 MediaCapture: Use ResolveSymbols()
- 59a3e09fa MediaCapture: Eliminate global load mutex
- 2225d366b GPUDevice: Pack shaderc/spirv-cross function pointers together
- 1758f43d9 ImGuiManager: Use 1/255 as opacity threshold
- 32af8280b optimization scanline-modern shader (#3742)
- 74cca15c2 Atualização Português do Brasil (#3741)
- 833dd2c9b Update Russian translation (#3740)
- dc5c5b7c3 GameDB: A few more fixes (#3739)
- 77ecf9939 MSBuild: Enable segment heap via vsprops
- 2307ad9b0 CMake: Drop Win32/MSVC specific paths. Use MSBuild.
- 5e57ff57d CDROM: Fix incorrect stat response in test command
- 1c936c496 DMA: Enforce read-only bits in OTC channel control
- fc72f17a5 CI: Drop unused input (#3743)
- 8f818af6d GPU/HW: Remove unnecessary reference to backend in texture cache
- f484af5f4 GPU: Merge gpu.cpp and gpu_commands.cpp
- b123c8e2b GPU: Convert frontend to namespace
- 4e0374ef8 GPU: Slightly faster path for DMA writes
- 3dd7497f6 GPU: Use InlineFIFOQueue
- d89476ad2 GPU: Fix incorrect bitmask for command primitives
- e6b938af3 CDROM: Fix incorrect date in comment
- f2e629f7e Achievements: Fix game not loading after token-expired late login
- cdb26ee7b ImGuiManager: Return wants_keyboard for all generic inputs
- 590605b8d FullscreenUI: Don't override existing window in PauseAndOpenMenuFromCoreThread()
- e903ff716 HTTPCache: Remove downloader mutex
- cf62df552 HTTPCache: Notify host when downloader is active
- 5b446d702 HTTPDownloader: Add owner tracking to requests
- 2091cb101 HTTPDownloader: Don't poll requests when cancelling
- 6e5877634 Achievements: Use request owner for waiting for server calls
- de8f42733 Qt: Avoid double cancellation in updater
- 8ae5c854e Qt: Add AsyncHTTPRequest class
- fc8446de6 Qt: Use main HTTP downloader for updater
- 29ba624f2 HTTPDownloader: Convert to namespace
- d7464e295 Spanish (Spain) translation update (#3744)
- 2467a7b1b Timers: Correctly handle sync mode 0/3 for timer 2
- 8347d1de9 Bus: Add option for enabling PCSX expansion region
- fab306cc7 FullscreenUI: Fix adapter list not updating on renderer change
- 83a1b0c45 Deps: Update to 20260526
- 2f4aafd0d Qt: Expose debugger and exit in toolbar
- d7c2e7785 Qt: Minimize controller SVGs
- 68da2ea9f Qt: Add monochrome icon theme
- 4cf5f38a8 Qt: Add ThemeSVGIconEngine to replace use of Qt SVG
- d58bfaacf Qt: Add more monochrome icons
- 6fccb181d Qt: Remove separate colour icon SVGs
- 65394a2b9 Qt: Remove unused PNG icons
- 49f5f38c4 Qt: Don't use QIcon::fromTheme()
- 538a82ad4 Qt: Set isMask property on menu bar action icons on MacOS
- 891ae3d9e ImGuiOverlays: Don't draw outline on status indicators
- 9e39295f0 Qt: Add icon to empty game list page
- f0ee83489 FullscreenUI: Optimiz

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### v0.1-11295

- Date: 2026-05-10
- Version: v0.1-11295
- Original notes: https://github.com/stenzek/duckstation/releases/tag/v0.1-11295
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/duckstation/releases/v0.1-11295
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

- **fixed** — GPU/TextureCache: Dump textures to first disc directory
- **fixed** — Qt: Fix themed slider disabled state
- **fixed** — PostProcessing/Slang: Skip over C-style comments in preset files
- **added** — PostProcessing/Slang: Support parsing simple/reference presets
- **fixed** — Qt: Fix postfx shader list with multiple nesting levels
- **fixed** — GPU/HW: Fix rare VRAM corruption after state load
- **fixed** — OpenGLDevice: Fix various issues in stream buffer
- **fixed** — OpenGLDevice: Disable PBOs completely on NVIDIA
- **fixed** — CDROM: Fix off-by-one error
- **fixed** — FullscreenUI: Always reset transition before executing it
- **fixed** — FullscreenUI: Fix fade transition on game exit
- **fixed** — DMA: Fix DICR register write mask
- **fixed** — MDEC: Fix incorrect halfword tracking for some commands
- **fixed** — Pad: Fix device_index with multitap 2 active
- **fixed** — SPU: Fix inverted volume level in voice register read
- **fixed** — SPU: Fix incorrect DMA overread handling
- **fixed** — MemoryCard: Fix incorrect ACK at end of read
- **fixed** — MemoryCard: Fix incorrect output byte at end of write
- **fixed** — MemoryCard: Fix incorrect state/ack at end of ID read
- **fixed** — Timers: Interrupt request should be cleared after mode write

##### Commits
- 3f502579f GPU/TextureCache: Dump textures to first disc directory
- 23d79f8a5 Qt: Fix themed slider disabled state
- 45460b906 PostProcessing/Slang: Skip over C-style comments in preset files
- ae44fa6f7 PostProcessing/Slang: Support parsing simple/reference presets
- 495141ab5 Qt: Fix postfx shader list with multiple nesting levels
- 8bb8fdd20 Update gpu_hw_shadergen.cpp (#3728)
- 558973f20 GPU/HW: Fix rare VRAM corruption after state load
- 0d60433e9 GameDB: Otona no Asobi again
- 4d95bb34e OpenGLDevice: Fix various issues in stream buffer
- bbffe729a OpenGLDevice: Disable PBOs completely on NVIDIA
- c7027a272 CDROM: Fix off-by-one error
- c2041702d FullscreenUI: Always reset transition before executing it
- 650c60e9e FullscreenUI: Fix fade transition on game exit
- 73a74b359 System: Remove unnecessary state function
- a94a90f34 CPU: Fix some unlikely-to-be-triggered issues
- 566ef446d DMA: Fix DICR register write mask
- ac7aa0d9f GPU: Fix incorrect debug log message
- 5823a0103 MDEC: Fix incorrect halfword tracking for some commands
- cfcfd8f86 CPU/Recompiler: Various minor error fixes
- 4780bfa35 Pad: Fix incorrect log message
- 50b545c36 Pad: Fix device_index with multitap 2 active
- ba7b5cdef SPU: Fix a couple of log and debug window fields
- acb546b87 SPU: Fix inverted volume level in voice register read
- 0c41d8131 SPU: Fix incorrect DMA overread handling
- 0b4b9a102 MemoryCard: Fix incorrect ACK at end of read
- bde74c54d MemoryCard: Fix incorrect output byte at end of write
- d85dcdb5f MemoryCard: Fix incorrect state/ack at end of ID read
- 6bd6a8d12 Timers: Interrupt request should be cleared after mode write
- 03a61b7ce Timers: Fix repeated IRQs possibly scheduling late
- 8601189df Bus: Fix incorrect logging of EXP1 memory timing
- 0eb8db8d2 Bus: Fix incorrect region pointer for RAMMirror3
- 077f23450 Bus: Fix error propagation in InjectExecutable()
- 2734a1bf1 Bus: Fix incorrect write mask for EXP1/EXP2 base
- ebe6af96c GTE: INTPL should be 8 cycles
- d80c5b9c3 VideoPresenter: Fix incorrect UVs for Rotate180 case
- 0016ef0e7 VideoPresenter: Fix incorrect changed flag when reloading overlay
- cc662e69b VideoThread: Fix dead code in VideoThreadEntryPoint()
- 2c1894709 VideoThread: Fix incorrect command size
- 3535455f4 ImGuiOverlays: Remove unused macro
- fa38d4f3f ImGuiOverlays: Fix incorrect capture box height
- 2d4259e17 ImGuiOverlays: Fix incorrect frame time calculation
- da339e477 MemoryScanner: Set changed flag in RemoveEntryByDescription()
- 63f5a6a5b SoundEffectManager: Fix buffer overallocation in upmix/shift path
- 66ddcae05 Justifier: Remove unused function
- 16ceae8bc Justifier: Last byte shouldn't ACK
- da7a2ccbd PlayStationMouse: Fix X sensitivity being used for Y
- c9c76453a InterruptController: Fix incorrect branch hint
- 17bea4719 AudioStream: Fix backend names not being translated on lookup
- 274d87ef1 CubebAudioStream: Fix a few logging errors
- f40a3c85f SDLAudioStream: Fix inconsistent start API usage
- 692e7ce03 WAVReader: Fix non-s16 handling in SeekToFrame()
- cac0eac05 GameList: Remove unused function
- 7b802e6b8 GameList: Fix incorrect constants in played time parsing
- 9a440652b GameDatabase: Fix incorrect log messages
- 3d43cfa42 GameDatabase: Fix setting wrong settings object
- 385ee9d30 GameDatabase: Add missing flush check for SaveToCache()
- 40b68939e System: Fix video capture args being read incorrectly
- 66702bc71 System: Fix some incorrect error messages
- ccfa0f493 System: Remove a couple of redundant comparisons
- 21f683555 CDImagePPF: Fix possible overpatching on spanning sectors
- 08015f192 CDImagePPF: Fix possible integer underflow in short files
- efc623c98 CDImagePBP: Fix error propagation in SwitchSubImage()
- 32f816304 CDImageMDS: Fix use of 32-bit fseek()
- 4a24d2930 CDImageDevice: Fix incorrectly formatted log messages
- 4e1cdd5d8 CDImageCue: Fix inconsistent size in ECMTrackFileInterface::

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### v0.1-11108

- Date: 2026-04-26
- Version: v0.1-11108
- Original notes: https://github.com/stenzek/duckstation/releases/tag/v0.1-11108
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/duckstation/releases/v0.1-11108
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

- **added** — Add RA SVG icon variant for achievements
- **added** — Add menu dropdown widgets to FullscreenUI
- **added** — Add icon type to OSD message in ImGuiManager
- **added** — Add LockedPtr to Common utilities
- **added** — Add OptionalWithStatus to Common utilities
- **added** — Add AppendUTF8ToWideString() to StringUtil
- **added** — Support sending additional headers in HTTPDownloader
- **added** — Support setting timeout per-request in HTTPDownloader
- **added** — Add OpenTemporaryCFile() to FileSystem
- **added** — Add ObjectArchive class to Util
- **added** — Add HTTPCache module to Util
- **added** — Add AsyncPixmapLoader class to Qt
- **added** — Support loading images from URLs with caching in FullscreenUI
- **added** — Add web cache section to advanced settings in Qt
- **added** — Add VideoThreadAsyncBufferCallCommand to VideoThread
- **added** — Add Azerbaijani translation
- **added** — Add manifest for binary in Qt
- **changed** — Use dropdown menus in FullscreenUI settings
- **changed** — Use HTTPCache downloader for achievements, game list, and Qt DownloadFile()
- **changed** — Reorganize Qt settings with debug settings in own category and directories moved to appropriate pages
- **changed** — Use HTTP cache instead of loose files for achievements
- **changed** — Increase HTTPDownloader poll interval to 16ms
- **changed** — Set prefetch badges to default on in settings
- **changed** — Rename MMPX Enhanced 3.0 to Quality
- **changed** — Rename game icon to game badge in achievements
- **fixed** — Fix oversized command allocation in ImGuiOverlays
- **fixed** — Fix possible video thread corruption on rewind
- **fixed** — Fix menu scrolling in FullscreenUI with single choice dialog open
- **fixed** — Fix start point in memory card settings in FullscreenUI
- **fixed** — Fix focus loss opening game properties in FullscreenUI
- **fixed** — Fix corrupted blur background on loading screen in FullscreenUI
- **fixed** — Fix tooltip in Qt
- **fixed** — Fix path in create-update-and-edit-language.bat
- **fixed** — Fix backend leak on VideoThread creation failure
- **fixed** — Fix open error not propagating in MemoryCard
- **removed** — Remove GetHTTPUserAgent() from Core
- **removed** — Remove duplicated string in FullscreenUI
- **removed** — Remove CancellableChanged() from ProgressCallback in Common
- **removed** — Remove RunOnBackend() from VideoThread
- **removed** — Remove ShouldLoadAchievementsProgress() from GameList

##### Commits
- 3f52ebe01 gitignore: Add CLion generated directory
- 99acb8fb1 ThirdParty/SmallVector: Add missing include
- 9275e1ad7 Achievements: Add RA SVG icon variant
- a4c53a905 FullscreenUI: Add menu dropdown widgets
- 911fe99f8 FullscreenUI: Use dropdown menus in settings
- 121ae17a3 FullscreenUI: Remove duplicated string
- aeeb592a2 FullscreenUI: Disable achievement icon download if unavailable
- c4481f536 GameDB: Max speedup cycles for Monster Rancher 2 and some other fixes (#3712)
- 79387759b ImGuiManager: Add icon type to OSD message
- 513643adb Common: Add LockedPtr
- d731a6567 Common: Add OptionalWithStatus
- 79576be41 StringUtil: Add AppendUTF8ToWideString()
- 821cab5a5 HTTPDownloader: Support sending additional headers
- 7d24e64e5 HTTPDownloader: Support setting timeout per-request
- 574be46fe HTTPDownloader: Increase poll interval to 16ms
- ee1fb3529 FileSystem: Add OpenTemporaryCFile()
- 331571b38 Util: Add ObjectArchive class
- 1690c6949 Util: Add HTTPCache module
- 1c407c58d Achievements: Use HTTPCache's downloader
- 80b93d3e0 GameList: Use HTTPCache downloader
- 1260891e4 Qt: Use HTTPCache downloader for DownloadFile()
- d618413c5 Qt: Add AsyncPixmapLoader class
- 2f3e30ea0 Core: Remove GetHTTPUserAgent()
- 10a8f5e19 FullscreenUI: Support loading images from URLs with caching
- 32ab1b70f Achievements: Use HTTP cache instead of loose files
- df47c9f53 Qt: Move debug settings into its own category
- e3423e1a5 Qt: Move save states directory to memory card page
- d140fbf8b Qt: Move screenshot/capture directories to Capture Settings
- 5d8bad2c8 Qt: Style textures directory selector same as others
- 3b98973f1 Qt: Move remaining folders to advanced settings
- b05e7ce52 Qt: Add web cache section to advanced
- 3d6af6b4f GameDB: F1 games
- 1e591babc FullscreenUI: Keep choice over dropdown for larger lists
- e7361775f FullscreenUI: Add missing settings
- c8a56a96b Qt: Adjust touchpad tooltip text
- 76cda3180 Qt: Remove old achievement images directory on startup
- 2c52ff011 Settings: Prefetch badges should default to on
- 05efaaec2 Atualização Português do Brasil (#3715)
- 336f3b632 ImGuiOverlays: Fix oversized command allocation
- 4c032c0fb Common: Remove CancellableChanged() from ProgressCallback
- 05d470be1 VideoThread: Add VideoThreadAsyncBufferCallCommand
- 0033212b2 Qt: Don't read g_main_window on core thread
- d8afa5bdc Host: Remove unused LoadSettings() callback
- de57f47bd System: Fix possible video thread corruption on rewind
- 8b5e89f30 Qt: Clarify no data loss from cache cleanup
- f5d8fbd70 VideoThread: Remove RunOnBackend()
- 57a3dc407 FullscreenUI: Don't show fullscreen resolution when unsupported
- ee13585a2 FullscreenUI: Fix menu scrolling with single choice dialog open
- cfa62cab8 FullscreenUI: Fix start point in memory card settings
- 2aa3606fe FullscreenUI: Fix focus loss opening game properties
- 5a60e3707 FullscreenUI: Apply resolution change immediately
- 423e5fd62 FullscreenUI: Always place summary under title
- eb52ba363 FullscreenUI: Highlight menu item when dropdown open
- c9a7bf742 FullscreenUI: Prefetch two rows of covers in grid view
- fc017569b GameList: Only use lookup achievements icons if logged in
- 8682b4f41 Qt: Add Azerbaijani translation
- 7bcafb44f Qt: Fix tooltip
- d8bfa411d MMPXEnhanced v3.0 (#3717)
- f3220f106 GPU/HW: Rename MMPX Enhanced 3.0 to Quality
- 50023dcde FullscreenUI: Fix corrupted blur background on loading screen
- e3f6b4822 GameDB: Sol Divide does not support analog (#3716)
- d3b174ab4 FullscreenUI: Disable postfx in loading screen
- b3157ffe9 Qt: Fix path in create-update-and-edit-language.bat
- 70589b1f9 VideoThread: Fix backend leak on creation failure
- fa4a3eadd Achievements: Cache whether we have saved credentials
- 724c114cd MMPX Enhanced Lite (#3718)
- d8e11b54a Qt: Add manifest for binary
- 0eed1d93f Qt: Improve icon consistency
- a2cffcf5e Qt: Fix accidential QObject translation conte

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### v0.1-11026

- Date: 2026-04-11
- Version: v0.1-11026
- Original notes: https://github.com/stenzek/duckstation/releases/tag/v0.1-11026
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/duckstation/releases/v0.1-11026
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

- **removed** — Remove GetDisplayNameFromPath() from FileSystem
- **changed** — Update dependencies to 20260404
- **changed** — Update SDL Game Controller DB
- **fixed** — Don't display empty pinned achievements without progress
- **changed** — Allow unpinning of achievements with empty progress
- **changed** — Store pinned achievements sorted
- **added** — Display a warning when spectator/encore mode is enabled in achievements
- **changed** — Disable encore mode when spectator enabled in achievements
- **fixed** — Fix invalid pause menu with external shutdown in achievements view
- **fixed** — Fix background blur drawn twice in FullscreenUI
- **fixed** — Disable restorable cheats before saving state
- **fixed** — Reapply restorable codes after state load
- **fixed** — Don't blur empty background in loading screen
- **fixed** — Fix runtime error on oversized log message in rcheevos
- **added** — Supply error message for non-HTTP client errors in achievements
- **fixed** — Fix non-English descriptions in Error class
- **fixed** — Fix InputBindingWidget tooltip in Qt
- **added** — Add missing includes to compress_helpers.h

##### Commits
- bdd796c6d FileSystem: Remove GetDisplayNameFromPath()
- ed7261d9e Atualização Português do Brasil (#3708)
- bbd36606d Cheats: Drop extern from declarations
- cd539c0cf Deps: Update to 20260404
- 699922a37 Data: Update SDL Game Controller DB
- 653b0e39e Achievements: Don't display empty pinned achievements without progress
- 8161d6597 Achievements: Allow unpinning of achievements with empty progress
- 58b309fec Achievements: Store pinned achievements sorted
- 48a403b8a Achievements: Display a warning when spectator/encore mode is enabled
- 89d7579e5 Achievements: Disable encore mode when spectator enabled
- 41205d2d2 FullscreenUI: Fix invalid pause menu with external shutdown in achievements view
- ce83fa5f5 FullscreenUI: Fix background blur drawn twice
- bf3ae80dd ImGuiManager: Remove redundant texture bind
- aecd1a64f Cheats: Disable restorable cheats before saving state
- 1d119ba18 Cheats: Reapply restorable codes after state load
- ac06a86a3 Qt: Remove unnecessary startup semaphore
- f1ae5b8bb CI:  update actions/upload-artifact (#3709)
- 3004aa35e CI: Don't double-archive builds
- 7659a70c1 Common: Get rid of multiple virtuals in ProgressCallback
- a447846ac Qt: Remove gamelistrefreshthread.cpp/h
- 0cc6bde71 FullscreenUI: Don't blur empty background in loading screen
- dff49fddc dep/rcheevos: Fix runtime error on oversized log message
- a6f7ff684 Achievements: Supply error message for non-HTTP client errors
- 9f7c5467b Common: Fix non-English descriptions in Error class
- 69b10bb0a README: Update VC runtime link
- d001c8f80 Qt: Fix InputBindingWidget tooltip (#3710)
- 7f5d9c081 Qt: Fix conversion warning
- 5e7be496a Util: Add missing includes to compress_helpers.h

### v0.1-10998

- Date: 2026-04-03
- Version: v0.1-10998
- Original notes: https://github.com/stenzek/duckstation/releases/tag/v0.1-10998
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/duckstation/releases/v0.1-10998
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

- **changed** — Qt slider colour adjusted in Dark Ocean theme
- **changed** — Qt uses saveAndReloadGameSettings() instead of manual save
- **changed** — Qt warns when changing renderer for the first time
- **changed** — ImGui updated to 3a26b64
- **added** — FullscreenUI outline renderer added
- **changed** — ImGuiOverlays uses outline text for OSD
- **changed** — FullscreenUI menu border appearance improved
- **changed** — Qt uses QScreen for refresh rate queries
- **changed** — QueryRefreshRateForWindow() removed from WindowInfo
- **changed** — Qt responds to QScreen refresh rate changes
- **changed** — Bundled ffmpeg headers updated to 8.1.0
- **changed** — ImGuiOverlays adds blur background to save state selector
- **changed** — Qt game list settings appearance improved
- **changed** — Qt tree view borders rounded
- **fixed** — FullscreenUI submenu icon colours fixed in light themes
- **added** — FullscreenUI PopupHighlight colour added
- **fixed** — FullscreenUI text shadow disabled in light themes
- **changed** — FullscreenUI light theme background alpha adjusted
- **fixed** — FullscreenUI settings navbar icon fixed in light theme
- **fixed** — FullscreenUI OSD message background fixed when guest display is off

##### Commits
- c339e6727 Qt: Tweak slider colour in Dark Ocean theme
- 28c34feeb Qt: Use saveAndReloadGameSettings() instead of manual save
- efa974193 Qt: Warn when changing renderer for the first time
- 0f7eed06c dep/imgui: Update to 3a26b64
- 805dce4ad FullscreenUI: Add outline renderer
- aebca6a95 ImGuiOverlays: Use outline text for OSD
- a7f2edd95 FullscreenUI: Make menu border slightly less ugly
- 13ab70f47 Qt: Use QScreen for refresh rate queries
- 7485d7ce8 WindowInfo: Remove QueryRefreshRateForWindow()
- 125c3ec70 Qt: Respond to QScreen refresh rate changes
- 773fe4b88 Spanish (Spain) translation update (#3706)
- 4e353ea00 Deps: Update bundled ffmpeg headers to 8.1.0
- 459a6fcfe Deps: Update to 20260328
- ffb33c281 Atualização Português do Brasil (#3707)
- 9eaa6735c ImGuiOverlays: Add blur background to save state selector
- 819781705 Qt: Make game list settings slightly less ugly
- f512f493c Qt: Round borders on tree views
- 34c957e8f FullscreenUI: Fix submenu icon colours in light themes
- cd6ab843f FullscreenUI: Add PopupHighlight colour
- a081ecfdb FullscreenUI: Disable text shadow in light themes
- 383331ddb FullscreenUI: Adjust light theme background alpha
- ac88e7938 FullscreenUI: Fix settings navbar icon in light theme
- 9b0a4ec55 FullscreenUI: Fix OSD message background when guest display off