Nicotine+

Corrections

• Fixed file transfers not starting

Issues closed on GitHub

• Downloads stuck on Queued (#3320)

[!CAUTION] File transfers never start in this release. Use 3.3.10 instead.

• Fixed a crash when rescanning shared files in some cases
• Fixed column widths not being remembered for certain columns
• Improved readability of long file paths in File Properties dialog
• Fixed minor inconsistencies in the GUI

Issues closed on GitHub

• Diacritics starting names are in wrong order (at the end of the list) - languages drop-down menu (#3295)
• Setting the width of the columns is not remembered (#3296)
• Can't boot after deleting app and reinstalling it (#3308)

Changes

• Added isolated mode (nicotine --isolated) for standalone environments (e.g. Docker containers)
• Added Czech translation (thank you @slrslr)
• Added Tamil translation (thank you @TamilNeram)
• Optimized reading of large chat logs
• Optimized upload queue position requests
• Show number of scanned folders while rescanning shares
• Skip unit tests requiring network connection by default

Corrections

• Fixed a crash when closing font chooser dialogs in older GTK 4 versions
• Fixed broken tray icons in the Flatpak package
• Fixed incorrect download folder names in rare cases
• Fixed RTL text direction being used with LTR languages
• Fixed libadwaita being enabled by accident in Budgie desktop environment
• Windows: Fixed a crash on systems with outdated Vulkan drivers
• Windows: Fixed a crash on systems with Proxifier enabled
• Windows: Fixed main window minimizing when closing dialogs
• Windows: Fixed broken window size when restoring from tray
• macOS: Fixed a crash on startup with Apple Silicon build

Issues closed on GitHub

• Slowness when uploading large amount of files (#3199)
• App told me to report this. (#3218)
• Nicotine 3.3.7 issue with Sonoma 14.7.2 : impossible to start app ! (#3227)
• Closing the lil Wishlist window minimizes the entire app (#3230)
• Remember and restore window size and position when opening an application from the tray (#3236)
• Progress indication when (re-)scanning shares (#3246)
• Czech language translation status (#3248)
• removed_parent_folders should only remove first occurence (#3255)
• Crash after update to newer version and found that older versions also crash now (#3265)
• The only valid location for the SVG icon on Linux is /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps (#3273)
• UI layout with text direction Right-to-Left (#3285)

Changes

• Grey out ignored usernames in room user lists
• Automatically reconnect to the server when changing listening port
• Always show number of upload slots on user profiles
• Windows: Update Python from 3.11 to 3.12
• macOS: Drop support for macOS Monterey due to reaching EOL

Corrections

• Fixed a crash when using file choosers in plugin settings
• Fixed a crash when upgrading from Nicotine+ 1.4.1 and earlier
• Fixed broken upload stats caused by Soulseek NS clients resuming >2 GB downloads
• Fixed an issue where picking an emoji would clear existing text
• Improved file transfer speeds in some cases
• Windows: Reverted switch to Clang environment due to rare crashes

Issues closed on GitHub

• Banned and ignored users indicators (#2100)
• Allow N+ to update Port without restarting (#2704)
• Incorrect processing of passwords with special characters (#3156)
• 3.3.5 has same bug latest Test clients have about upload showing wrong upload (#3162)
• Cannot update nicotine+ (#3167)
• 3.3.6 crashes on launch on macOS due to broken rendering (#3172)
• GTK4-based app crashes with: TypeError: No means to translate argument or return value for 'GdkButtonEvent' (#3176)
• I get this error when i try to run Nicotine+ (#3175)
• A lot of dump files (gdbus) (#3181)
• Filechooser.py Window' object has no attribute 'widget' (#3182)
• [3.3.7.dev1] Windows Nightly builds libgcc_s_seh-1.dll is missing (#3183)
• [Bug]: Transfer Statistics Total Uploaded Size jumps to 32 EiB (#3185)
• Picking an emoji clears text in chat entry, rather than being appended to it (#3197)
• User logs off but items in queue slowly tick away from saying queued to logged off (#3209)
• Nicotine+ not working on Windows 10 since v3.3.6 (#3210)

WINDOWS USERS: The installer format has changed in Nicotine+ 3.2.0. If you are upgrading from Nicotine+ 3.1.1 or earlier, please uninstall Nicotine+ first (this will not remove your existing settings).

Changes

• Hide picture view when no user profile picture is present
• GTK 4: Stop using old GL renderer
• Windows: Reduced package size by switching to MSYS2's Clang environment

Corrections

• Important: Don't delete other unrelated files from incomplete download folder
• Fixed a crash when editing and removing list rows in some cases
• Fixed a regression where arrow keys no longer selected items in comboboxes
• Minor fixes related to the tray icon implementation
• GTK 3: Fixed an issue where the chat text entry could disappear
• macOS: Fixed an issue where opening files and links no longer worked
• macOS: Fixed a few keyboard shortcuts that no longer worked

Issues closed on GitHub

• 'Open in File Manager' does not work on 3.3.5 in macOS Monterey (#3143)
• Issues with selecting text on 3.3.5 in macOS Monterey (#3144)
• Horizontal adjustment of user profile (#2865)
• Files deleted on quit (#3152)
• the window does not close automatically and gets in the way (#3157)

[!CAUTION] CONTAINS BUG CAUSING DATA LOSS. DO NOT USE THIS VERSION!

Changes

• Added /plugin reload subcommand for reloading a plugin
• Added arrow key shortcuts to collapse/expand tree rows
• Added a toggle for private room invitations to 'Chats' preferences
• List all room members not currently joined in a private room
• Incomplete files are now deleted when removing the download from the UI
• Improvements to transfer speed accuracy in the UI
• Grey out transfer rows with 'User logged off' status
• Quitting from the tray menu asks for confirmation while uploads are active
• Handle invalid password in Setup Assistant instead of opening the Preferences dialog
• Large performance improvement when listing search results or adding transfers
• Reduced memory and storage space used by the IP2Location database
• macOS and Windows: Require GTK 4 unless NICOTINE_GTK_VERSION=3 env variable is set

Corrections

• Fixed a rare crash related to peer connections
• Fixed a rare crash when selecting a folder in the file chooser dialog
• Fixed a possible memory error when reading data from a peer connection
• Fixed issues related to downloads getting stuck when failing
• Fixed issues related to transfer rows expanding when not supposed to
• Fixed an issue where banning a user's IP did not remove their uploads
• Fixed an issue where uploads would not start immediately in some cases
• Fixed an issue where popovers could not be closed in some cases
• Fixed an issue where some wishlist searches stopped working after closing their tabs
• Fixed an issue where an auto-forwarded listening port would close when saving preferences
• Fixed an issue where toggling search history did not update the history dropdown
• Various accessibility fixes related to scrolling, text views and entry widgets
• Various smaller fixes related to the Soulseek protocol implementation
• Windows: Fixed an issue where the tray icon was visible despite being disabled
• Windows: Fixed an issue where window prevented auto-hidden taskbar from showing
• Windows: Fixed invalid list sort order with certain system locales
• macOS: Fixed a crash when using Spanish system locale
• macOS: Fixed an issue where window could not be restored after running in background
• macOS: Fixed Ctrl-clicking not opening the context menu
• macOS: Added a few missing keyboard shortcuts
• GTK 3: Fixed a crash when pressing "Run in Background" in the confirmation dialog

Issues closed on GitHub

• Nicotine+ can't be launched from network drive on Windows (#1843)
• Really varied upload speeds (#2219)
• Right click with control click doesn't work on mac with trackpad (#2724)
• Bad user experience with Windows-like buttons on Nicotine 3.3.0 (#2880)
• Downloads stuck on 'Queued' (#2926)
• User rows expanding when collapse all enabled (#2969)
• Connection closed and other connectivity problems (#2978)
• Crash on Mac OS Monterey 12.7.5 (Intel) - Nicotine+ Version: 3.3.5.dev1 (#3016)
• "Ok" on Network Closes Port (#3020)
• Python Memory Error (#3022)
• nowplaying - other should decode bytes (#3039)
• Newly started downloads will open a collapsed thread? (#3044)
• Crash on MBP Ventura 13.6.7 (#3045)
• Sorting order of files is broken because of characters not in current codepage (#3052)
• Adding SMB share on linux results in critical error (#3056)
• Crash, build 8 July (#3057)
• Arrow key shortcuts to expand/collapse groups (#3060)
• Nicotine+ crashing when trying to browse public shares (on MacOS 15 Public Beta) (#3063)
• Bug at the last update Version: 3.3.5.dev2 (#3067)
• "end" key works incorrectly at the "uploads" tab. (#3068)
• Upload I/O error: cannot fit 'int' into an offset-sized integer (#3077)
• critic error on 3.3.4 (#3080)
• Client closes after PC waking from sleep (#3082)
• Files are not shared (#3083)
• Sudden Crash when loading text in the search bar (#3087)
• Input history scroll (#3106)
• Files get downloaded twice (#3107)
• App window not showing up with Wayland/NVidia (#3108)
• Nicotine+ crashes on Mac when browsing for buddy shares via Shares menu (#3110)
• Leave "Wishlist" windows open/active after initiating a search & Easier method to initiate search (#3114)
• crash after download try (#3119)
• Wishlist result notification is emitted even when disabled (#3123)
• Crash while running on background (#3130)
• Cannot browse another user's files in MacOS 15.0 (24A335) (#3134)
• Wrong hotkeys on mac. Should be Cmd instead of Ctrl (#3139)

WINDOWS USERS: The installer format has changed in Nicotine+ 3.2.0. If you are upgrading from Nicotine+ 3.1.1 or earlier, please uninstall Nicotine+ first (this will not remove your existing settings).

Corrections

• Fixed "Format codes" link not opening in the preferred browser
• Windows: Fixed regression in scrolling performance

Issues closed on GitHub

• Scrolling performance suddenly abysmal (again) (#3000)
• Can't access "Format Codes" link in settings through left mouse click on 3.3.3 (#3001)
• Sometimes, Nicotine+ (3.3.3) window doesn't open on top when other windows already opened full screen on the desktop. (#3002)

WINDOWS USERS: The installer format has changed in Nicotine+ 3.2.0. If you are upgrading from Nicotine+ 3.1.1 or earlier, please uninstall Nicotine+ first (this will not remove your existing settings).

Changes

• Performance improvements when searching for common files
• Improved search result matching for non-Latin languages
• Minor accessibility improvements
• Updated translations
• GTK 3: Restored X11 tray icon implementation for compatibility with older systems

Corrections

• Fixed a rare crash when changing grouping mode in transfer tabs
• Fixed a rare crash when closing Browse Shares tab
• Fixed a rare crash when initializing an upload
• Fixed a rare crash when double-clicking a download
• Fixed an issue where passwords were not remembered after changing them
• Fixed an issue where number of shared files was only updated on startup (regression in 3.3.2)
• Fixed an issue where transfers displayed incorrect "User logged off" status in some cases
• Fixed an issue where chat history entry completion no longer worked
• Fixed an issue where UPnP did not work on MikroTik routers
• Fixed missing button labels in certain dialogs
• Fixed some small memory leaks
• Avoid selecting new transfers while tab is active
• Remember selected folder when refreshing local shares
• Windows: Fixed Alt+1-9 tab shortcuts interfering with Alt codes
• Windows: Fixed window not minimizing when clicking task bar icon
• Windows: Fixed title bar buttons requiring two clicks to activate
• Snap: Fixed an issue where the file chooser displayed the wrong initial folder
• Snap: Fixed an issue where folders shared from external drives were unavailable after remounting
• Termux: Fixed an issue where connecting to the server failed

Issues closed on GitHub

• Bad user experience with Windows-like buttons on Nicotine 3.3.0 (#2880)
• Auto-selection of new transfers (#2901)
• Nicotine+ 3.3.2 displays user as logged off while the transfers are active (#2909)
• No icon in taskbar when running in background (#2928)
• Set 'Finished' status instead of 'Filtered' for finished transfers in case the directory had files matching download filtering pattern (#2932)
• Refresh Files button not working (#2937)
• Nictotine Hard fail trying to get pointer (#2943)
• 3.3.2 - System Tray Icons Don't Appear (#2944)
• Sudden crash (#2950)
• bug on checking transfers (#2953)
• UPnP: Failed to forward external port 2234: HTTP Error 500: Internal Server Error (#2955)
• 0 Shares on Profile (#2956)
• Crash when double clicking download row (#2961)
• Nicotine+ 3.3.2 permission denied to port 2234 on Fedora 39 (#2968)
• This option is doesn't work on Nicotine+ 3.3.3 rc2 (#2969)
• Num lock state is inverted (#2977)
• Random crash (#2982)
• Found another bug (#2988)
• Arbitrary Critical Error (#2996)

WINDOWS USERS: The installer format has changed in Nicotine+ 3.2.0. If you are upgrading from Nicotine+ 3.1.1 or earlier, please uninstall Nicotine+ first (this will not remove your existing settings).

Corrections

• Fixed a crash when adding transfers while in ungrouped mode
• Fixed an issue where dialog message labels were not read by screen readers
• Snap: Fixed screen reader detection for enabling GTK 3

WINDOWS USERS: The installer format has changed in Nicotine+ 3.2.0. If you are upgrading from Nicotine+ 3.1.1 or earlier, please uninstall Nicotine+ first (this will not remove your existing settings).

Changes

• Added function to manually search a wishlist item
• Exclude the Synology "#snapshot" and "#recycle" folders from Shares (thank you @toineenzo)
• Improved performance when loading transfers on startup
• Implemented server code 160 (Excluded Search Phrases)
• macOS: update visual style of window controls to resemble native apps

Corrections

• Important: Fixed critical error crash at startup on rejected login (regression in 3.3.0)
• Avoid a rare crash (log a FIXME error) when clearing a transfer not present in list
• Fixed a crash when using up/down arrow keys in empty combo box widget
• Fixed an issue that prevented the Now Playing Sender plugin from working
• Fixed an issue that prevented the /away command from working
• Fixed an issue connecting to certain distributed peers
• Fixed broken scrolling in font chooser on GTK 4
• Fixed an issue where private chat messages did not load in rare cases
• Fixed an issue where retrying an upload did not start it immediately
• Fixed an issue where the chat room tab order was incorrect after restarting
• Removed a keyboard focus trap during tab navigation
• Linux: Fixed an issue where binding to a virtual private network interface did not work
• Windows: Fixed an issue with flickering/invisible window when maximized with auto-hide taskbar
• Windows: Fixed an issue where the file manager/audio player window was hidden
• Windows: Fixed an issue downloading files containing control characters in the path
• Windows: Fixed an issue where reverse file paths did not work for older downloads
• macOS: Fixed an issue where Nicotine+ did not launch on Monterey systems (thank you @thep50)
• macOS: Fixed an issue where window was not maximized on startup
• macOS: Added missing keyboard shortcuts for text entries/views

Issues closed on GitHub

• Nicotine+ crashes on startup - BufferError (#2850)
• Failure to launch 3.3.0 on Mac (#2852)
• Implement server code 160 (#2854)
• Unable to resize window in Mac Silicon app (#2857)
• Nicotine 3.3.0 Flickering when changing tabs (#2859)
• "Open in File Manager" not working on Windows (#2860)
• 3.3.0: does not connect to server via tun0 (vpn) (#2861)
• Issue selecting text on macOS Monterey (#2862)
• Retry on uploads no longer works (#2864)
• Interest recommendations (#2866)
• Crash after clearing download folder with 1 file in it (#2869)
• Bug Crash (#2872)
• Cannot save file error (#2888)