# libretorrent changelog

> Free and Open Source, full-featured torrent client for Android. Mirror: https://github.com/proninyaroslav/libretorrent

- Vendor: proninyaroslav
- Category: Productivity
- Official site: https://gitlab.com/proninyaroslav/libretorrent
- Tracked by: What's New (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/libretorrent)
- Harvested from: GitHub (proninyaroslav/libretorrent)
- Entries below: 10 (newest first)

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## Releases

### 4.1.1

- Date: 2026-07-24
- Version: 4.1.1
- Original notes: https://github.com/proninyaroslav/libretorrent/releases/tag/4.1.1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/libretorrent/releases/4.1.1

- **changed** — Temporarily downgrade libtorrent4j to maintain support for Android 8.1 and below

Temporarily downgrade libtorrent4j to maintain support for Android 8.1 and below

### 4.1

- Date: 2026-07-14
- Version: 4.1
- Original notes: https://github.com/proninyaroslav/libretorrent/releases/tag/4.1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/libretorrent/releases/4.1

- **added** — Language selection setting, independent of the system language
- **added** — Torrent content files search, filtering and sorting
- **added** — Require proxy for all connections kill switch option
- **changed** — Improved theme switching
- **changed** — Accessibility improvements
- **changed** — Delete torrent dialog now remembers the checkbox state across restarts
- **security** — Fixed SSRF (CWE-918) in torrent/feed URL fetching
- **fixed** — Fixed invisible files in public folders on Play flavor's file picker
- **fixed** — Fixed shutdown getting stuck or double-triggered
- **fixed** — Fixed layout jitter on tablets
- **fixed** — Fixed files list items ellipsize
- **fixed** — Fixed selecting multiple torrents when searching
- **fixed** — Fixed crash with non-standard system default battery percentage in settings
- **fixed** — Fixed without tags filter
- **fixed** — Fixed tracker status check condition
- **fixed** — Fixed opening torrent files from the system dialog
- **fixed** — Fixed crash getting a custom attribute in Dynamic Theme
- **fixed** — Restore trackers and metadata when adding torrents in libtorrent 2.x

* Added:
    - Language selection setting, independent of the system language
    - Torrent content files search, filtering and sorting
    - "Require proxy for all connections" kill switch option
    - Improved theme switching
    - Accessibility improvements
    - Delete torrent dialog now remembers the checkbox state across restarts
* Bugfixes:
    - Fixed SSRF (CWE-918) in torrent/feed URL fetching
    - Fixed invisible files in public folders on Play flavor's file picker
    - Fixed shutdown getting stuck or double-triggered
    - Fixed layout jitter on tablets
    - Fixed files list items ellipsize
    - Fixed selecting multiple torrents when searching
    - Fixed crash with non-standard system default battery percentage in settings
    - Fixed "without tags" filter
    - Fixed tracker status check condition
    - Fixed opening torrent files from the system dialog
    - Fixed crash getting a custom attribute in Dynamic Theme
    - Restore trackers and metadata when adding torrents in libtorrent 2.x
* Updated translations
* Upgraded dependencies and AGP

### 4.0.1

- Date: 2025-08-12
- Version: 4.0.1
- Original notes: https://github.com/proninyaroslav/libretorrent/releases/tag/4.0.1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/libretorrent/releases/4.0.1

Fix crash on startup and on the settings page

### 4.0

- Date: 2025-08-11
- Version: 4.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/proninyaroslav/libretorrent/releases/tag/4.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/libretorrent/releases/4.0

- **changed** — Implement Material 3 (Material You) design
- **added** — Support for Android 15
- **changed** — Optimize app size
- **changed** — Disable validate HTTPS tracker by default
- **changed** — Update libtorren4j to version 2.1.0-36

* Material 3 (Material You) design
* Android 15 support
* App size optimizing
* Disable validate HTTPS tracker by default
* Minor fixes and improvements
* Updating translations
* libtorren4j version is 2.1.0-36

### 3.6

- Date: 2025-01-25
- Version: 3.6
- Original notes: https://github.com/proninyaroslav/libretorrent/releases/tag/3.6
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/libretorrent/releases/3.6

- **fixed** — Merging trackers when adding torrent duplicate works again
- **changed** — Upgrade libtorrent4j version

* Merging trackers when adding torrent duplicate works again
* Upgrade libtorrent4j version
* Minor fixes

### 3.6-beta01

- Date: 2024-10-15
- Version: 3.6-beta01
- Original notes: https://github.com/proninyaroslav/libretorrent/releases/tag/3.6-beta01
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/libretorrent/releases/3.6-beta01
- Labels: Pre-release

- **changed** — Migrated to jlibtorrent 2.0 library
- **removed** — Displaying tracker errors
- **removed** — Displaying availability and relevance value

Migration to [jlibtorrent 2.0](https://github.com/frostwire/frostwire-jlibtorrent/releases/tag/release%2F2.0.11.0) library was performed in test mode.

What doesn't work properly yet:
- Displaying tracker errors
- Displaying availability and relevance value

I ask those who decided to join the beta test to carefully test the app and report any bug fixes or the appearance of new errors.

### 3.5.2

- Date: 2024-09-15
- Version: 3.5.2
- Original notes: https://github.com/proninyaroslav/libretorrent/releases/tag/3.5.2
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/libretorrent/releases/3.5.2

- **changed** — Divide the encryption option into separate ones for incoming and outgoing connections
- **fixed** — Fix a bug where disabling the option to encrypt incoming or outgoing connections did not actually change the settings in some cases

* The encryption option is divided into separate ones for incoming and outgoing connections
* Fixed a bug where disabling the option to encrypt incoming or outgoing connections did not actually change the settings in some cases

### 3.5.1

- Date: 2024-07-31
- Version: 3.5.1
- Original notes: https://github.com/proninyaroslav/libretorrent/releases/tag/3.5.1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/libretorrent/releases/3.5.1

- **added** — Option to create V1/V2/hybrid torrents
- **added** — Ability to go to any folder by path in the file manager
- **changed** — Split APK support for F-Droid
- **fixed** — Display of dialog if permission is already granted

* Added the option to create V1/V2/hybrid torrents
* Added the ability to go to any folder by path in the file manager
* Split APK support for F-Droid
* Fixed display of dialog if permission is already granted

### 3.5

- Date: 2024-07-27
- Version: 3.5
- Original notes: https://github.com/proninyaroslav/libretorrent/releases/tag/3.5
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/libretorrent/releases/3.5

- **added** — Android 14 support
- **added** — POSIX Disk IO option in the settings to solve downloading problems on some Android file systems like exFAT on SD cards
- **added** — New translations and updated current translations
- **fixed** — Various bug fixes

**Warning:** Merging trackers when adding torrent duplicate is temporarily disabled due to an error in a third-party library.

* Android 14 support
* POSIX Disk IO option in the settings. This should solve the downloading problem on some Android file systems, for example exFAT on SD cards.
* New translations and updated current
* Bugfixes

### 3.5-beta01

- Date: 2022-03-06
- Version: 3.5-beta01
- Original notes: https://github.com/proninyaroslav/libretorrent/releases/tag/3.5-beta01
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/libretorrent/releases/3.5-beta01
- Labels: Pre-release

- **changed** — POSIX Disk IO is enabled by default instead of mmap to improve compatibility with certain Android file systems such as exFAT on SD cards

Experimentally, POSIX Disk IO is enabled by default instead of mmap. This should solve the downloading problem on some Android file systems, for example exFAT on SD cards. Report any errors detected.