# MusicBrainz Picard changelog

> The official MusicBrainz music tagger.

- Vendor: MetaBrainz
- Category: Media
- Platforms: Desktop
- Official site: https://picard.musicbrainz.org
- Tracked by: What's New (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/musicbrainz-picard)
- Harvested from: GitHub (metabrainz/picard)
- Entries below: 25 (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

### 3.0.0b7 — MusicBrainz Picard 3.0.0b7

- Date: 2026-07-16
- Version: 3.0.0b7
- Original notes: https://github.com/metabrainz/picard/releases/tag/release-3.0.0b7
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/musicbrainz-picard/releases/3.0.0b7
- Labels: Pre-release; Platforms: Desktop

- **fixed** — Config upgrade hooks do not update profile overrides for value transforms
- **fixed** — Encoding error when saving file metadata
- **fixed** — Enums are not stored as values in option profiles
- **fixed** — Cover art provider plugin option pages cannot have profile highlights
- **fixed** — Enabling track title translation always uses the recording title
- **fixed** — Cannot go back to main app window after viewing About Picard
- **fixed** — PICARD_PLUGIN_REGISTRY_URL environment variable ignored when official registry cache exists
- **fixed** — Plugin boolean options show up in quick settings but are not usable as such
- **fixed** — Profile highlights broken if same option name is used by different plugins
- **fixed** — Crash when refreshing collections list
- **fixed** — Exception when reading SYLT tag with newline
- **added** — Add _artistcomment and _albumartistcomment variables
- **added** — Support TOML-based exportable and importable profiles
- **added** — Add Cyanrip log support
- **changed** — Standardize artist name variations by default
- **changed** — Add wizard illustration to first run information dialog and setup wizard
- **changed** — Automatic update check should be opt-in
- **changed** — Replace picard-plugins with picard-cli subcommand architecture
- **added** — Add a picard-cli plugins compile-ui command
- **added** — Allow starting the setup wizard again from the help menu
- **added** — Add a plugin v3 extension point to register a custom CD ripping log parser

*Please refer to the [download page](https://picard.musicbrainz.org/downloads/) for official download locations.*

###### Bugfixes
- [PICARD-3330](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3330) - Config upgrade hooks do not update profile overrides for value transforms
- [PICARD-3331](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3331) - Encoding error when saving file metadata
- [PICARD-3332](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3332) - Enums are not stored as values in option profiles
- [PICARD-3333](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3333) - Cover art provider plugin option pages cannot have profile highlights
- [PICARD-3334](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3334) - Enabling track title translation always uses the recording title
- [PICARD-3336](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3336) - Can not go back to main app window after viewing Picard > About Picard
- [PICARD-3338](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3338) - `PICARD_PLUGIN_REGISTRY_URL` env var ignored when official registry cache exists
- [PICARD-3339](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3339) - Plugin boolean options show up in quick settings, but are not usable as such
- [PICARD-3342](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3342) - Profile highlights broken if same option name is used by different plugins
- [PICARD-3344](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3344) - Crash when refreshing collections list
- [PICARD-3345](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3345) - Exception when reading `SYLT` tag with newline

###### New Feature
- [PICARD-30](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-30) - Add `_artistcomment` and `_albumartistcomment` variables
- [PICARD-3328](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3328) - Support TOML-based exportable/importable profiles
- [PICARD-3346](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3346) - Cyanrip log support

###### Improvements
- [PICARD-2673](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2673) - Standardize artist name variations by default
- [PICARD-2845](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2845) - Add wizard illustration to first run information dialog and setup wizard
- [PICARD-2999](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2999) - Automatic update check should be opt-in
- [PICARD-3335](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3335) - Replace `picard-plugins` with `picard-cli` subcommand architecture
- [PICARD-3337](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3337) - Add a `picard-cli plugins compile-ui` command
- [PICARD-3343](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3343) - Allow starting the setup wizard again from the help menu
- [PICARD-3347](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3347) - Add a plugin v3 extension point to register a custom CD ripping log parser


#

### 3.0.0b5 — MusicBrainz Picard 3.0.0b5

- Date: 2026-06-30
- Version: 3.0.0b5
- Original notes: https://github.com/metabrainz/picard/releases/tag/release-3.0.0b5
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/musicbrainz-picard/releases/3.0.0b5
- Labels: Pre-release; Platforms: Desktop

- **fixed** — Fix wrong matching to already loaded release
- **fixed** — Fix no stable sort order for cover art saved to ID3
- **fixed** — Fix macOS system locale detection failure
- **fixed** — Fix releases on PyPI lacking source distribution
- **fixed** — Fix MBID auto-loading and auto-analyze not working after loading session with no auto-matching on load enabled
- **changed** — Consider track number when matching files to AcoustID results
- **added** — Support reading duration from 3GP files (.m4a)
- **changed** — Make user-collections retrieval optional, similar to genres and ratings
- **added** — Add ISRC and ISWC to pre-defined columns
- **changed** — Allow focusing Log View dialog while Options dialog is open
- **changed** — Simplify file naming script UI and remove duplication
- **changed** — Unify Options menu toggle actions into configurable Quick settings
- **added** — Support executing local non-git plugins
- **added** — Add docstrings to PluginApi methods
- **added** — Add support for profiles for plugin options and pages
- **added** — Provide a way to configure profiles for this page in Attached Profiles dialog
- **added** — Allow changing the string collator with the PICARD_COLLATOR environment variable

*Please refer to the [download page](https://picard.musicbrainz.org/downloads/) for official download locations.*

###### Bugfixes

- [PICARD-507](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-507) - Wrong matching to already loaded release
- [PICARD-1696](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-1696) - No stable sort order for cover art saved to ID3
- [PICARD-3308](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3308) - macOS: System locale detection fails
- [PICARD-3326](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3326) - The releases on PyPI lack the source distribution
- [PICARD-3327](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3327) - MBID auto-loading and auto-analyze do not work after loading session with "No auto-matching on load" enabled

###### Improvements

- [PICARD-3080](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3080) - Consider track no. when matching files to AcoustID results
- [PICARD-3092](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3092) - Support reading duration from 3GP files (.m4a)
- [PICARD-3138](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3138) - Make user-collections retrieval optional, similar to genres and ratings
- [PICARD-3270](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3270) - Add ISRC and ISWC to pre-defined columns
- [PICARD-3302](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3302) - Allow focusing Log View dialog while Options dialog is open
- [PICARD-3306](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3306) - File naming script UI is overly complex and duplicated
- [PICARD-3309](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3309) - Unify Options menu toggle actions into configurable Quick settings
- [PICARD-3313](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3313) - Support executing local non-git plugins
- [PICARD-3314](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3314) - Add docstrings to `PluginApi` methods
- [PICARD-3315](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3315) - Add support for profiles for plugin options and pages
- [PICARD-3318](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3318) - Attached Profiles dialog should provide a way to configure profiles for this page
- [PICARD-3329](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3329) - Allow changing the string collator with the `PICARD_COLLATOR` environment variable


#

### 3.0.0b4 — MusicBrainz Picard 3.0.0b4

- Date: 2026-05-31
- Version: 3.0.0b4
- Original notes: https://github.com/metabrainz/picard/releases/tag/release-3.0.0b4
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/musicbrainz-picard/releases/3.0.0b4
- Labels: Pre-release; Platforms: Desktop

- **fixed** — Application no longer fails to launch on macOS with "Expected an instance of Tagger" error
- **fixed** — Visual glitch in log viewer for multi-line output
- **fixed** — picard-plugins no longer fails to launch with "Expected an instance of Tagger" error
- **added** — Add syntax highlighting to Log Detail dialog

*Please refer to the [download page](https://picard.musicbrainz.org/downloads/) for official download locations.*

###### Bugfixes
- [PICARD-3300](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3300) - Fails to launch on macOS: "Expected an instance of Tagger"
- [PICARD-3301](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3301) - Visual glitch in log viewer for multi line output
- [PICARD-3304](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3304) - picard-plugins fails to launch with "Expected an instance of Tagger"

###### Improvements
- [PICARD-3303](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3303) - Add syntax highlighting to Log Detail dialog


#

### 3.0.0b3 — MusicBrainz Picard 3.0.0b3

- Date: 2026-05-29
- Version: 3.0.0b3
- Original notes: https://github.com/metabrainz/picard/releases/tag/release-3.0.0b3
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/musicbrainz-picard/releases/3.0.0b3
- Labels: Pre-release; Platforms: Desktop

- **fixed** — Log view becomes unresponsive on long list
- **fixed** — Custom column %_musicbrainz_discids% or %compilation% only displays value on track level
- **fixed** — Preferred Releases always saved in alphabetic order
- **fixed** — tagger.remove_album crashes inside register_album_metadata_processor handler
- **fixed** — Translation locale selection does not sort locales by UI language
- **fixed** — macOS app claims to support macOS 11.0, but minimum supported version for Qt 6.11 is macOS 13.0
- **fixed** — Never replace selected cover image types ignored
- **fixed** — Crash after removing last item in standalone recordings
- **fixed** — Default optical drive always used regardless of which drive is selected in Lookup CD drop down
- **fixed** — Cover art to be saved as external files has no types and comments set
- **fixed** — Non-front CAA cover art images replace front cover
- **fixed** — Cover art column does not update for tracks
- **fixed** — Improve UI responsiveness during scan of many files
- **fixed** — Context menu is missing Expand all, Collapse all and Select all entries
- **fixed** — Built-in player prevents file write access
- **fixed** — Never replace cover image options only run on image loading
- **fixed** — Track loses original cover art when file gets removed
- **fixed** — Cover art Show more details failing after clustering
- **added** — Use artist aliases to find a more appropriate artist sort name for the artist credit
- **changed** — Improve matching and lookup by utilizing barcode
- **changed** — Make using artist sortname for translation optional, disabled by default

*Please refer to the [download page](https://picard.musicbrainz.org/downloads/) for official download locations.*

###### Bugfixes
- [PICARD-2376](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2376) - Log view becomes unresponsive on long list
- [PICARD-3194](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3194) - Custom column `%_musicbrainz_discids%` or `%compilation%` only displays value on track level
- [PICARD-3256](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3256) - Preferred Releases always saved in alphabetic order
- [PICARD-3258](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3258) - `tagger.remove_album` crashes inside `register_album_metadata_processor` handler
- [PICARD-3265](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3265) - Translation locale selection does not sort locales by UI language
- [PICARD-3267](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3267) - macOS app claims to support macOS 11.0, but minimum supported version for Qt 6.11 is macOS 13.0
- [PICARD-3272](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3272) - "Never replace selected cover image types" ignored
- [PICARD-3274](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3274) - Crash after removing last item in standalone recordings
- [PICARD-3275](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3275) - Default optical drive always used regardless of which drive is selected in Lookup CD drop down
- [PICARD-3277](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3277) - Cover art to be saved as external files has no types and comments set
- [PICARD-3278](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3278) - Non-front CAA cover art images replace front cover
- [PICARD-3279](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3279) - Cover art column does not update for tracks
- [PICARD-3281](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3281) - Improve UI responsiveness during scan of many files
- [PICARD-3287](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3287) - Context menu is missing "Expand all", "Collapse all" and "Select all" entries
- [PICARD-3290](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3290) - Built-in player prevents file write access
- [PICARD-3294](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3294) - "Never replace cover image" options only run on image loading
- [PICARD-3295](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3295) - Track loses original cover art when file gets removed
- [PICARD-3297](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3297) - Cover art "Show more details" failing after clustering

###### New Features
- [PICARD-2197](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2197) - Use artist aliases to find a more appropriate artist sort name for the artist credit

###### Improvements
- [PICARD-2867](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2867) - Improve matching and lookup by utilizing barcode
- [PICARD-3163](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3163) - Make using artist sortname for translation optional, disabled by default
- [PICARD-3261](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3261) - Simplify Unicode characters when saving tags with non-Unicode character set
- [PICARD-3262](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3262) - New `picard-plugins --init` command to initialize a new plugin directory
- [PICARD-3264](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3264) - Improved alias selection for artist, album and track translations
- [PICARD-3269](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3269) - Make ISWCs available as `%_iswc%` variable
- [PICARD-3283](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3283) - Add stop button for pending network requests
- [PICARD-3284](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3284) - Improve release matching with tiered scoring and identifier support
- [PICARD-3285](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3285) - Add a button to clear the network cache
- [PICARD-3286](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3286) - Log View dialog: performance is

_[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://github.com/metabrainz/picard/releases/tag/release-3.0.0b3]_

### 3.0.0b1 — MusicBrainz Picard 3.0.0b1

- Date: 2026-04-23
- Version: 3.0.0b1
- Original notes: https://github.com/metabrainz/picard/releases/tag/release-3.0.0b1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/musicbrainz-picard/releases/3.0.0b1
- Labels: Pre-release; Platforms: Desktop

- **fixed** — PyJWT requirement relaxed to allow broader version compatibility and reduce distro packaging impacts
- **fixed** — AppStream metadata validation failure due to changed FAQ URL
- **fixed** — Pasting text values into multiple tracks now works correctly
- **fixed** — Plugin data can now be removed on Windows
- **fixed** — Genre tag no longer changes on every reload when multiple genres have equal vote counts
- **fixed** — Tags are now suggested in Edit Tag dialog
- **added** — Submit listens to ListenBrainz using Picard
- **added** — Support Simplified Chinese to Traditional Chinese plugin in official builds
- **added** — Wizard/configuration tutorial on first run
- **changed** — Detect FLAC unsyncedlyrics tag
- **changed** — Map syncedlyrics to WM/Lyrics_Synchronised for ASF
- **changed** — Fix word-wrap issue regarding the network cache size option setting
- **added** — Plugins v3 MANIFEST now supports report_bugs_to field

*Please refer to the [download page](https://picard.musicbrainz.org/downloads/) for official download locations.*

###### Bugfixes
- [PICARD-3236](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3236) - PyJWT~=2.12 requirement too strict and impacts distro packaging
- [PICARD-3237](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3237) - AppStream metadata validation fails due to changed FAQ URL
- [PICARD-3238](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3238) - No longer able to paste text value into multiple tracks
- [PICARD-3239](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3239) - Picard can not remove plugin data on Windows
- [PICARD-3246](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3246) - Genre tag changes on every reload when multiple genres have equal vote counts
- [PICARD-3249](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3249) - Tags not suggested in Edit Tag dialog

###### New Features
- [PICARD-2982](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2982) - Submit Listens to ListenBrainz using Picard
- [PICARD-3250](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3250) - Support Simplified Chinese to Traditional Chinese plugin in official builds

###### Improvements
- [PICARD-292](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-292) - Wizard/configuration tutorial on first run
- [PICARD-3199](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3199) - Detect FLAC `unsyncedlyrics` tag
- [PICARD-3240](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3240) - Map `syncedlyrics` to `WM/Lyrics_Synchronised` for ASF
- [PICARD-3244](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3244) - Fix word-wrap issue regarding the network cache size option setting
- [PICARD-3254](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3254) - Plugins v3 MANIFEST: add support for `report_bugs_to` field

###### Tasks
- [PICARD-3243](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3243) - Documentation: Add note about unnecessary spaces in script functions
- [PICARD-3247](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3247) - Update snap build for Picard 3 with Qt6


#

### 3.0.0a4 — MusicBrainz Picard 3.0.0a4

- Date: 2026-03-20
- Version: 3.0.0a4
- Original notes: https://github.com/metabrainz/picard/releases/tag/release-3.0.0a4
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/musicbrainz-picard/releases/3.0.0a4
- Labels: Pre-release; Platforms: Desktop

- **fixed** — Restore defaults does not work properly when profile is enabled
- **fixed** — PyQt6-Qt6 dependency breaks Linux distro environments
- **fixed** — fpcalc error message in options stays red even after selecting a valid fpcalc
- **fixed** — itunes_cddb_1 should map to COMM:iTunes_CDDB_1 in ID3
- **fixed** — macOS: SSL CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED loading plugins registry
- **fixed** — is_local_path incorrectly handles Windows drive-relative paths (C:repo)
- **fixed** — Cover art not displayed
- **fixed** — Image processing filters (e.g. ignore smaller images) are ignored for local files
- **fixed** — Picard tries to remove a file from cluster twice, raising an exception
- **fixed** — Dark theme detection for GNOME can fail
- **fixed** — Guessing track number and title from filename fails with "index out of range"
- **fixed** — Deleting totaldiscs also removes discnumber from ASF tags
- **fixed** — Columns being added are not visible
- **fixed** — Fingerprint column shows text overlapping the icon
- **added** — Add musicbrainz_composerid tag
- **added** — Provide option for automatically checking for available plugin updates
- **added** — Allow plugins to add blocking album tasks
- **changed** — Qt's toolbar extension button (overflow arrow) uses a dark icon that is almost invisible on dark backgrounds

*Please refer to the [download page](https://picard.musicbrainz.org/downloads/) for official download locations.*

###### Bugfixes
- [PICARD-3189](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3189) - Restore defaults does not work properly when profile is enabled
- [PICARD-3204](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3204) - PyQt6-Qt6 dependency breaks Linux distro environments
- [PICARD-3205](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3205) - fpcalc error message in options stays red even after selecting a valid fpcalc
- [PICARD-3206](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3206) - `itunes_cddb_1` should map to `COMM:iTunes_CDDB_1` in ID3
- [PICARD-3211](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3211) - macOS: SSL CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED loading plugins registry
- [PICARD-3213](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3213) - `is_local_path` incorrectly handles Windows drive-relative paths (C:repo)
- [PICARD-3219](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3219) - Cover art not displayed
- [PICARD-3220](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3220) - Image processing filters (e.g. ignore smaller images) are ignored for local files
- [PICARD-3221](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3221) - Picard tries to remove a file from cluster twice, raising an exception
- [PICARD-3227](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3227) - Dark theme detection for GNOME can fail
- [PICARD-3229](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3229) - Guessing track number and title from filename fails with "index out of range"
- [PICARD-3230](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3230) - Deleting totaldiscs also removes discnumber from ASF tags
- [PICARD-3234](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3234) - Columns being added are not visible
- [PICARD-3235](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3235) - Fingerprint column shows text overlapping the icon

###### New Features
- [PICARD-2383](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2383) - Add `musicbrainz_composerid` tag
- [PICARD-3216](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3216) - Provide option for automatically checking for available plugin updates
- [PICARD-3223](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3223) - Allow plugins to add blocking album tasks

###### Improvements
- [PICARD-3212](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3212) - Qt's toolbar extension button (overflow arrow) uses a dark icon that is almost invisible on dark backgrounds
- [PICARD-3231](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3231) - Improve plugin blacklist implementation and associated tests
- [PICARD-3232](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3232) - Review and improve plugins registry redirects code and tests

###### Tasks
- [PICARD-2859](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2859) - Update documentation for profile highlight color options
- [PICARD-2860](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2860) - Update documentation for new command line options for additional debug output
- [PICARD-2861](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2861) - Update documentation for new network cache size option setting
- [PICARD-2862](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2862) - Update documentation for new date sanitization settings
- [PICARD-2877](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2877) - Update documentation for revised Options > Advanced > Maintenance page
- [PICARD-3136](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3136) - Update documentation for ReadTheDocs support options
- [PICARD-3217](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3217) - Document automatic plugin update checking
- [PICARD-3200](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3200) - Clarify documentation “Understanding Acoustic Fingerprinting and AcoustIDs”
- [PICARD-3233](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3233) - Redirect documentation URL from GitHub Pages to ReadTheDocs

#

### 3.0.0a3 — MusicBrainz Picard 3.0.0a3

- Date: 2026-02-25
- Version: 3.0.0a3
- Original notes: https://github.com/metabrainz/picard/releases/tag/release-3.0.0a3
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/musicbrainz-picard/releases/3.0.0a3
- Labels: Pre-release; Platforms: Desktop

- **fixed** — Fix crash when copying from the first column of the metadata view
- **fixed** — Fix crash when converting configuration file
- **fixed** — Fix macOS Dock icon and menus not appearing
- **fixed** — Fix persisted main view columns settings breaking when default column changes
- **fixed** — Fix failure to launch when there is a global libssl installed
- **fixed** — Fix restore defaults on one settings page restoring defaults on all pages
- **fixed** — Fix wrong disc ID calculation for SCSI TOCs that contain a trailing data track
- **added** — Support disc ID lookup from itunes_cddb_1 tag
- **added** — Add filename and directory as pre-defined columns
- **changed** — Allow adding Lookup CD log file action to toolbar

*Please refer to the [download page](https://picard.musicbrainz.org/downloads/) for official download locations.*

###### Bugfixes
- [PICARD-3191](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3191) - Crash when copying from the first column of the metadata view
- [PICARD-3192](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3192) - Crash when converting configuration file
- [PICARD-3195](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3195) - macOS: No Dock icon or menus
- [PICARD-3196](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3196) - Persisted main view columns settings easily break if default column change
- [PICARD-3197](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3197) - Fails to launch when there's a global libssl installed
- [PICARD-3198](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3198) - Restore defaults on one page restores the defaults on all pages
- [PICARD-3202](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3202) - Wrong disc ID calculation for SCSI TOCs that contain a trailing data track

###### New Features
- [PICARD-2892](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2892) - Support disc ID lookup from `itunes_cddb_1` tag

###### Improvements
- [PICARD-2670](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2670) - Add filename and directory as pre-defined columns
- [PICARD-3203](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3203) - Allow adding "Lookup CD log file" action to toolbar


#

### 3.0.0a2 — MusicBrainz Picard 3.0.0a2

- Date: 2026-02-10
- Version: 3.0.0a2
- Original notes: https://github.com/metabrainz/picard/releases/tag/release-3.0.0a2
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/musicbrainz-picard/releases/3.0.0a2
- Labels: Pre-release; Platforms: Desktop

- **fixed** — macOS: New user dialog breaks application menu
- **fixed** — Sorting columns does not work on Apple M2
- **fixed** — Exception if custom columns list is empty
- **fixed** — Collection menu does not show labels and checked state
- **fixed** — Image processing is changing JPEG quality even without any processors running
- **fixed** — Cover processing setting enabled when it should be disabled
- **fixed** — File sizes not shown if clear existing tags is active
- **fixed** — Lookup in Browser not working for album cluster
- **fixed** — Using keep original cover art on an album does reset the cover for children, but not the album itself
- **security** — Built-in server must not serve CORS request with invalid origin
- **fixed** — Without pygit2 the plugin page shows an error message
- **fixed** — Crash on network errors when searching from the search bar
- **added** — Make JPEG quality configurable in image processing settings
- **added** — Add the cover processing settings to the profile manager
- **added** — Add config upgrade hook to update usage of $matchedtracks()

###### Bugfixes
- [PICARD-2833](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2833) - macOS: "New user" dialog breaks application menu
- [PICARD-3116](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3116) - Sorting columns does not work on Apple M2
- [PICARD-3173](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3173) - Exception if custom columns list is empty
- [PICARD-3174](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3174) - Collection menu does not show labels and checked state
- [PICARD-3176](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3176) - Image processing is changing JPEG quality even without any processors running
- [PICARD-3178](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3178) - Cover processing setting enabled when it should be disabled
- [PICARD-3181](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3181) - File sizes not shown if "clear existing tags" is active
- [PICARD-3182](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3182) - Lookup in Browser not working for album cluster
- [PICARD-3184](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3184) - Using "keep original cover art" on an album does reset the cover for children, but not the album itself
- [PICARD-3185](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3185) - Built-in server must not serve CORS request with invalid origin
- [PICARD-3186](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3186) - Without pygit2 the plugin page shows an error message
- [PICARD-3190](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3190) - Crash on network errors when searching from the search bar

###### Improvements
- [PICARD-3177](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3177) - Make JPEG quality configurable in image processing settings
- [PICARD-3179](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3179) - Add the cover processing settings to the profile manager
- [PICARD-3187](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3187) - Add config upgrade hook to update usage of `$matchedtracks()`

### 3.0.0a1 — MusicBrainz Picard 3.0.0a1

- Date: 2026-01-27
- Version: 3.0.0a1
- Original notes: https://github.com/metabrainz/picard/releases/tag/release-3.0.0a1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/musicbrainz-picard/releases/3.0.0a1
- Labels: Pre-release; Platforms: Desktop

- **fixed** — Plugin body no longer gets executed when Picard starts if the plugin is disabled
- **fixed** — Allow uninstalling plugins that cannot be loaded
- **fixed** — Windows: File currently played in internal player can now be saved
- **fixed** — Picard installed via pip can now find locales
- **changed** — Clarify the meaning of Open in Player
- **fixed** — On GNOME Wayland the file chooser dialog is now transient to the main window
- **fixed** — Wrong configuration and plugins path opened/shown in MSIX install
- **fixed** — Extremely small font in dialogs and toolbar on Windows with display scaling
- **fixed** — File info now updates after saving
- **fixed** — macOS: Multi directory selection dialog now allows access to external drives
- **fixed** — Switching option profiles now updates menu items
- **fixed** — Picard no longer returns non-zero when loading files on the command line
- **fixed** — Barcode now shown in other versions context menu
- **fixed** — Cover art cells are now updated when displayed after Search dialog resize
- **fixed** — Prevent crash in cover art when scan triggers recursion beyond Python limits
- **fixed** — macOS: Chosen starting directory is now used in file browser
- **fixed** — Can now scroll up while dragging items on Wayland
- **fixed** — Disabled format plugins will no longer be used
- **added** — Support for internal search and filter of the main two panes
- **added** — Add cover art processing to the plugins API

###### Bugfixes
- [PICARD-428](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-428) - Plugins body gets executed when picard starts, even if plugin is disabled
- [PICARD-1498](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-1498) - Allow uninstalling plugins that cannot be loaded
- [PICARD-1616](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-1616) - Windows: File currently played in internal player cannot be saved
- [PICARD-2003](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2003) - Picard installed via pip cannot find locales
- [PICARD-2657](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2657) - "Open in Player" unclear in meaning
- [PICARD-2675](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2675) - On GNOME Wayland the file chooser dialog is not transient to the main window
- [PICARD-2678](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2678) - Wrong configuration and plugins path opened/shown in MSIX install
- [PICARD-2782](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2782) - Extremely small font in dialogs and toolbar on Windows with display scaling
- [PICARD-2826](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2826) - After saving the file info does not update
- [PICARD-2829](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2829) - macOS: multi directory selection dialog does not allow access to external drives
- [PICARD-2847](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2847) - Switching option profiles does not update menu items
- [PICARD-2857](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2857) - Picard returns non-zero when loading files on the command line
- [PICARD-2863](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2863) - Barcode sometimes not shown in "other versions" context menu
- [PICARD-2873](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2873) - Cover art cells aren't updated when displayed after Search dialog resize
- [PICARD-2878](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2878) - Crash in cover art when scan triggers recursion beyond python limits (e.g. 1000)
- [PICARD-2879](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2879) - macOS: Chosen starting directory might not be used in file browser
- [PICARD-2954](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2954) - Cannot scroll up while dragging items on Wayland
- [PICARD-2990](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2990) - Disabled format plugins will still be used
- [PICARD-3016](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3016) - Logging relative path broken on Windows with Python 3.13
- [PICARD-3019](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3019) - Switching option profiles in application menu is not persisted and does not update menu quick options
- [PICARD-3029](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3029) - Deleted Record Label field from m4a file persists in file
- [PICARD-3038](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3038) - edittagdialog.py:271: IndexError: list assignment index out of range (dumped core)
- [PICARD-3043](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3043) - Impossible to delete `performer` tag in ID3
- [PICARD-3045](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3045) - Copying the value of "length" tag crashes if multiple files are selected
- [PICARD-3056](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3056) - Picard crashes and closes if cover art is not provided in the file picker
- [PICARD-3065](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3065) - `$rsearch` fails if matching pattern contains a group that didn't match
- [PICARD-3067](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3067) - Dot remaining in title after track number parsing
- [PICARD-3073](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3073) - Album covers download is inconsistent in search results dialog
- [PICARD-3074](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3074) - Problem editing search text in search results dialog
- [PICARD-3081](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3081) - On Windows, artist named "NUL." causes "Move Files" to

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### 2.13.3 — MusicBrainz Picard 2.13.3

- Date: 2025-02-17
- Version: 2.13.3
- Original notes: https://github.com/metabrainz/picard/releases/tag/release-2.13.3
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/musicbrainz-picard/releases/2.13.3
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

*Please refer to the [download page](https://picard.musicbrainz.org/downloads/) for official download locations.*

##### Bugfixes
- [PICARD-2909](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2909) - libopus fails to read METADATA_BLOCK_PICTURE without bit depth set
- [PICARD-3034](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3034) - Windows: SSL errors if conflicting libssl is installed system wide

### 2.13.2 — MusicBrainz Picard 2.13.2

- Date: 2025-02-07
- Version: 2.13.2
- Original notes: https://github.com/metabrainz/picard/releases/tag/release-2.13.2
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/musicbrainz-picard/releases/2.13.2
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

*Please refer to the [download page](https://picard.musicbrainz.org/downloads/) for official download locations.*

##### Bugfixes
- [PICARD-3030](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3030) - Crash when right-clicking on multi-selection of new tag values

### 2.13.1 — MusicBrainz Picard 2.13.1

- Date: 2025-02-05
- Version: 2.13.1
- Original notes: https://github.com/metabrainz/picard/releases/tag/release-2.13.1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/musicbrainz-picard/releases/2.13.1
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

*Please refer to the [download page](https://picard.musicbrainz.org/downloads/) for official download locations.*

##### Bugfixes
- [PICARD-2989](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2989) - Endless recursion when reading settings after script editor dialog was opened
- [PICARD-2991](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2991) - File naming options inaccessible on permission errors to target path
- [PICARD-3000](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3000) - Children's Music is shown as "Children'S Music" in Picard
- [PICARD-3001](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3001) - Picard requires charset-normalizer < 3.4.0
- [PICARD-3008](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3008) - Poorly formatted `date` tags crash Picard with uncaught Overflow Exception
- [PICARD-3012](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3012) - Wrong disc numbers when submitting release
- [PICARD-3013](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3013) - Case only renaming broken on case-insensitive filesystems
- [PICARD-3014](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3014) - Sorting on macOS does not sort empty values as expected

##### Tasks
- [PICARD-3002](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3002) - Update Windows code signing certificate
- [PICARD-3018](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3018) - Drop support for Python 3.7
- [PICARD-3022](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3022) - Support Python 3.13
- [PICARD-3027](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3027) - Fix PyPI packaging task

##### Improvements
- [PICARD-736](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-736) - Avoid manual copying of authentication token
- [PICARD-2882](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2882) - Support PKCE for OAuth2 authorization
- [PICARD-2886](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2886) - OAuth2: Implement token revocation on the server
- [PICARD-3021](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-3021) - Add context menu action to metadata box to merge original and new values

### 2.13.1a1 — MusicBrainz Picard 2.13.1a1

- Date: 2025-02-04
- Version: 2.13.1a1
- Original notes: https://github.com/metabrainz/picard/releases/tag/release-2.13.1a1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/musicbrainz-picard/releases/2.13.1a1
- Labels: Pre-release; Platforms: Desktop

*Please refer to the [download page](https://picard.musicbrainz.org/downloads/) for official download locations.*

### 2.12.3 — MusicBrainz Picard 2.12.3

- Date: 2024-09-04
- Version: 2.12.3
- Original notes: https://github.com/metabrainz/picard/releases/tag/release-2.12.3
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/musicbrainz-picard/releases/2.12.3
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

*Please refer to the [download page](https://picard.musicbrainz.org/downloads/) for official download locations.*

##### Bugfixes
- [PICARD-2958](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2958) - Hovering over unmatched files shows a tooltip with the PO translation file header for the active locale
- [PICARD-2960](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2960) - Replacement for directory separators can itself be set to a directory separator

### 2.12.2 — MusicBrainz Picard 2.12.2

- Date: 2024-08-27
- Version: 2.12.2
- Original notes: https://github.com/metabrainz/picard/releases/tag/release-2.12.2
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/musicbrainz-picard/releases/2.12.2
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

*Please refer to the [download page](https://picard.musicbrainz.org/downloads/) for official download locations.*

##### Bugfixes
- [PICARD-2953](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2953) - Windows: Incorrect sort order in list views and search result

### 2.12.1 — MusicBrainz Picard 2.12.1

- Date: 2024-08-13
- Version: 2.12.1
- Original notes: https://github.com/metabrainz/picard/releases/tag/release-2.12.1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/musicbrainz-picard/releases/2.12.1
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

*Please refer to the [download page](https://picard.musicbrainz.org/downloads/) for official download locations.*

##### Bugfixes
- [PICARD-2914](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2914) - macOS: Crash when opening options with Spanish UI
- [PICARD-2939](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2939) - Crash when loading release with genre filters resulting in empty genre list
- [PICARD-2940](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2940) - Possible bug with locking in `Metadata.__iter__`
- [PICARD-2946](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2946) - Fix display length value in AppStream metadata

### 2.12 — MusicBrainz Picard 2.12

- Date: 2024-06-27
- Version: 2.12
- Original notes: https://github.com/metabrainz/picard/releases/tag/release-2.12
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/musicbrainz-picard/releases/2.12
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

*Please refer to the [download page](https://picard.musicbrainz.org/downloads/) for official download locations.*

##### Bugfixes
- [PICARD-2468](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2468) - Unexpected behavior of MP3 comment tags when language isn't set
- [PICARD-2846](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2846) - macOS package `MusicBrainz-Picard-2.11-macOS-10.12.dmg` is not compatible with macOS 10.12 and 10.13
- [PICARD-2850](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2850) - `%_filename%` tag displays as "_mp3" in preview
- [PICARD-2866](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2866) - Non-genre tag added as genre for standalone recording
- [PICARD-2868](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2868) - Picard crashes after selecting track search result
- [PICARD-2880](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2880) - Non-integer rate limit delay causes crashes
- [PICARD-2883](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2883) - Tooltip explaining match icon missing when there are multiple candidates
- [PICARD-2885](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2885) - Special file error icons for permission and not found errors are not being used
- [PICARD-2891](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2891) - Dragging matched files from right pane to clusters does not use original metadata
- [PICARD-2895](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2895) - Picard crashes on Windows with Deezer plugin enabled
- [PICARD-2901](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2901) - Pressing Shift+Alt+A (Add tag) raises an exception when there's nothing to edit
- [PICARD-2910](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2910) - AttributeError: 'ScriptEditorDialog' object has no attribute 'unsaved_changes_confirmation'.
- [PICARD-2918](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2918) - Crash when quitting Picard after saving large number of files
- [PICARD-2919](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2919) - "Unrecognized image data" error when fetching GIF Cover Art

##### Improvements
- [PICARD-2716](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2716) - Accept encodings other than UTF-8 when opening CD extraction logs
- [PICARD-2896](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2896) - Support .ogx extension for Ogg container
- [PICARD-2935](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2935) - Improve results of genre filter options

### 2.11 — MusicBrainz Picard 2.11

- Date: 2024-01-25
- Version: 2.11
- Original notes: https://github.com/metabrainz/picard/releases/tag/release-2.11
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/musicbrainz-picard/releases/2.11
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

*Please refer to the [download page](https://picard.musicbrainz.org/downloads/) for official download locations.*

##### Bugfixes
- [PICARD-2819](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2819) - Track/release relationship settings not being respected as described

### 2.11.0rc1 — MusicBrainz Picard 2.11.0rc1

- Date: 2024-01-11
- Version: 2.11.0rc1
- Original notes: https://github.com/metabrainz/picard/releases/tag/release-2.11.0rc1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/musicbrainz-picard/releases/2.11.0rc1
- Labels: Pre-release; Platforms: Desktop

*Please refer to the [download page](https://picard.musicbrainz.org/downloads/) for official download locations.*

##### Bugfixes
- [PICARD-2602](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2602) - macOS: Spaces not visible between items after comma use
- [PICARD-2780](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2780) - Weighting search results does match non-video tracks incorrectly
- [PICARD-2781](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2781) - Weighting search results does apply extremely low matching if a release on MB has no release types at all
- [PICARD-2791](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2791) - Navigation tree in options dialog can be completely hidden
- [PICARD-2792](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2792) - Unlinked AcoustID results are preferred over results with metadata
- [PICARD-2805](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2805) - Metadata comparison for recordings raises exception if length is None
- [PICARD-2814](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2814) - Error loading files with invalid / unknown ID3 cover art type

##### Improvements
- [PICARD-2584](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2584) - Handle AcoustID missing metadata
- [PICARD-2777](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2777) - Options indicate that enabling track relationships automatically includes release relationships
- [PICARD-2795](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2795) - Display currently selected verbosity in log view verbosity selection
- [PICARD-2813](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2813) - AcoustID lookup on recoverable decoding errors

### 2.10 — MusicBrainz Picard 2.10

- Date: 2023-10-12
- Version: 2.10
- Original notes: https://github.com/metabrainz/picard/releases/tag/release-2.10
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/musicbrainz-picard/releases/2.10
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

*Please refer to the [download page](https://picard.musicbrainz.org/downloads/) for official download locations.*

##### Bugfixes
- [PICARD-2768](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2768) - Series relationships are not loaded for standalone recordings
- [PICARD-2774](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2774) - Error: 255 is not a valid Id3ImageType
- [PICARD-2775](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2775) - Disable Qt WebP plugin for Windows and macOS binary builds to mitigate libwebp vulnerability ([CVE-2023-4863](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j7hp-h8jx-5ppr))
- [PICARD-2776](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2776) - Track metadata compare ignores video flag check if there is no release

##### Improvements
- [PICARD-2769](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2769) - If a tag got unset by scripting display a file's original tag value in the columns

### 2.10.0rc1 — MusicBrainz Picard 2.10.0rc1

- Date: 2023-09-26
- Version: 2.10.0rc1
- Original notes: https://github.com/metabrainz/picard/releases/tag/release-2.10.0rc1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/musicbrainz-picard/releases/2.10.0rc1
- Labels: Pre-release; Platforms: Desktop

##### Bugfixes
- [PICARD-2748](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2748) - KeyError when saving options with removed profile
- [PICARD-2749](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2749) - Python 3.12: AttributeError: 'PathFinder' object has no attribute 'find_module'
- [PICARD-2751](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2751) - The plugin system uses deprecated APIs, incompatible with Python 3.12
- [PICARD-2754](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2754) - Picard crashes in non-existing working directory on start
- [PICARD-2756](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2756) - Windows long path support does not work for network drives
- [PICARD-2762](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2762) - Linux packaged version does not show the "check for new plugins" option setting
- [PICARD-2764](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2764) - Attached profiles dialog does not display on option sub-pages

##### New Features
- [PICARD-2757](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2757) - Add command-line option `--audit` making use of `sys.addaudithook()`

##### Tasks
- [PICARD-2690](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2690) - Move locale name translations into separate translation resource
- [PICARD-2731](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2731) - Move translations to Weblate

##### Improvements
- [PICARD-1377](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-1377) - New icons for plugin options
- [PICARD-2717](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2717) - Starting a second instance with no commands should change to the running instance
- [PICARD-2740](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2740) - Improve SSL error logging
- [PICARD-2746](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2746) - Localize XDG desktop file
- [PICARD-2760](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2760) - Windows: Timestamp the code signed packages

### 2.9.2 — MusicBrainz Picard 2.9.2

- Date: 2023-09-12
- Version: 2.9.2
- Original notes: https://github.com/metabrainz/picard/releases/tag/release-2.9.2
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/musicbrainz-picard/releases/2.9.2
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

##### Bugfixes
- [PICARD-2700](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2700) - Content of series variables gets duplicated on each refresh
- [PICARD-2712](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2712) - "00" is always stripped from DATE tag on save
- [PICARD-2722](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2722) - Windows version can crash on exit and prevent restart of Picard
- [PICARD-2724](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2724) - Crash in track search dialog if artist name translation is enabled
- [PICARD-2733](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2733) - Crash when saving files with UI language set to Finnish
- [PICARD-2736](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2736) - Windows: SSL errors if conflicting libssl is installed system wide

##### Tasks
- [PICARD-2752](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2752) - Include resource/images in source archive

##### Improvements
- [PICARD-2720](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2720) - Linux: Allow opening new instance via XDG desktop entry application action

### 2.9.1 — MusicBrainz Picard 2.9.1

- Date: 2023-08-16
- Version: 2.9.1
- Original notes: https://github.com/metabrainz/picard/releases/tag/release-2.9.1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/musicbrainz-picard/releases/2.9.1
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

##### Bugfixes
- [PICARD-2186](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2186) - Windows installer fails to detect already running instance
- [PICARD-2688](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2688) - Windows: Portable version crashes when launched with `-h`
- [PICARD-2692](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2692) - Windows: Crash on startup after upgrade from 2.8 to 2.9
- [PICARD-2693](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2693) - Windows installer allows canceling the uninstaller
- [PICARD-2694](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2694) - Crash when re-opening options after closing without closing the scripting documentation dialog
- [PICARD-2695](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2695) - Crash in script editor when showing tooltips for some Unicode character codes
- [PICARD-2696](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2696) - Windows: Shift dragging files into Picard deletes the files on the filesystem
- [PICARD-2697](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2697) - Options "Restore Defaults" does not restore all defaults
- [PICARD-2698](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2698) - Windows: Permanent high CPU usage
- [PICARD-2710](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2710) - Files are not getting loaded on systems with 2 or less CPUs
- [PICARD-2713](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2713) - Stand alone instance mode does not work
- [PICARD-2714](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2714) - Windows: Portable installs should run as separate instances
- [PICARD-2718](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2718) - File selector for ripping log files does not show *.log files with the "All supported log files" filter

##### New Features
- [PICARD-1815](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-1815) - Notification on plugin updates available
- [PICARD-2705](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2705) - Provide the new audio director relationship as tag

##### Improvements
- [PICARD-2691](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2691) - Provide code signed source archives

### 2.9 — MusicBrainz Picard 2.9

- Date: 2023-07-26
- Version: 2.9
- Original notes: https://github.com/metabrainz/picard/releases/tag/release-2.9
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/musicbrainz-picard/releases/2.9
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

##### Bugfixes
- [PICARD-2011](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2011) - "RuntimeError: dictionary changed size during iteration" in metadatabox
- [PICARD-2685](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2685) - Moving files between tracks looses AcoustID fingerprint and ReplayGain tags
- [PICARD-2689](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2689) - If the first dragged element is not visible an empty rectangle is shown during drag

##### Improvements
- [PICARD-2680](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2680) - Modal first use and file save confirmation dialogs
- [PICARD-2681](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2681) - Revise wording of first use and file save confirmation dialogs

### 2.9.0b3 — MusicBrainz Picard 2.9.0b3

- Date: 2023-07-06
- Version: 2.9.0b3
- Original notes: https://github.com/metabrainz/picard/releases/tag/release-2.9.0b3
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/musicbrainz-picard/releases/2.9.0b3
- Labels: Pre-release; Platforms: Desktop

##### Bugfixes
- [PICARD-2658](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2658) - macOS 10.12 build is not responding after launch, no UI shown
- [PICARD-2659](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2659) - Picard 2.9.0b2 stuck in login loop if MusicBrainz server port is not set to 443
- [PICARD-2660](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2660) - RecursionError: maximum recursion depth exceeded while calling a Python object
- [PICARD-2668](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2668) - On application crash the main process does not exist, waits for interprocess communication pipe threads
- [PICARD-2669](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2669) - File status icon sometimes shows wrong status

##### Improvements
- [PICARD-2662](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2662) - Give better user message with corrupted file
- [PICARD-2665](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2665) - Ignoring artist credits shouldn't be default behavior
- [PICARD-2671](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2671) - Show a first run information dialog
- [PICARD-2676](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2676) - Show a file save confirmation dialog
- [PICARD-2679](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2679) - "Open folder" does not work on Snap install