# PeerTube v8.2.0

- Product: PeerTube (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/peertube)
- Vendor: Framasoft
- Date: 2026-05-27
- Version: v8.2.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/releases/tag/v8.2.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/peertube/releases/v8.2.0

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- **security** — Fix an important NGINX I/O issue when users download a video
- **removed** — Remove NodeJS 20 support, requiring upgrade to NodeJS 22 (>= 22.12)
- **removed** — iOS versions < 15.4 are not supported anymore
- **deprecated** — Public access of /api/v1/accounts API endpoint is deprecated for privacy reasons and will be behind admin/moderator auth access in PeerTube v9
- **added** — Add ability to transfer a video channel to another user of the same instance
- **added** — Add live DVR allowing users to seek within and pause the live
- **added** — Add ability to remove segments of a video in Studio
- **added** — Support Romanian and Korean languages in web client
- **added** — Add download.max_total_bytes_per_second and download.max_bytes_per_ip_per_second configuration keys to throttle video downloads
- **added** — Add ability to provide cookies to yt-dlp for YouTube imports
- **added** — Add video privacy tag for peertube_videos_total OTEL metric
- **added** — Allow admins to configure the default state of the Automatically publish a replay when your live ends option
- **added** — Add server plugin hooks filter:api.user.signup.requires-approval.result and filter:notifier.notification.enabled.result
- **added** — Add server plugin helper storageManager.deleteData(key: string)
- **added** — Add ability to flip the video horizontally in player
- **added** — Support podcast feed for playlists
- **added** — Add video download stats for video makers
- **changed** — Restore playback rates and manual video resolution choice between sessions in the same web browser
- **changed** — Increase the default refresh token lifetime oauth2.token_lifetime.refresh_token to 4 weeks instead of 2 weeks
- **changed** — Entire PeerTube configuration can be set using environment variables
- **changed** — prune-storage script can now be run without stopping PeerTube

Blog post: https://joinpeertube.org/news/release-8.2

###### SECURITY

  **Please read the [v8.1.8 IMPORTANT NOTES](https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/releases/tag/v8.1.8)**, which explain that the vulnerability fixed in v8.1.6 has been actively exploited

###### IMPORTANT NOTES

  * Follow [v8.1.0 IMPORTANT NOTES](https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/releases/tag/v8.1.0) if you upgrade from PeerTube <= v8.0.2
  * Remove NodeJS 20 support. Please upgrade to NodeJS 22 (>= 22.12) before upgrading PeerTube
  * The public access of `/api/v1/accounts` API endpoint is deprecated for privacy reasons and will be behind an admin/moderator auth access in PeerTube v9, planned for the end of 2027
  * iOS versions < 15.4 are not supported anymore

###### NGINX

 * Fix an important NGINX I/O issue when users download a video: https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/commit/5fa456e6e76af682d9f03be779d98b0779c4fbd3
 Please upgrade your NGINX configuration

###### Sysadmin

  * [prune-storage script](https://docs.joinpeertube.org/maintain/tools#prune-filesystem-object-storage) can now be run without stopping PeerTube
  * Add video `privacy` tag for `peertube_videos_total` OTEL metric

###### Configuration

*This section is not exhaustive*

 * Add `download.max_total_bytes_per_second` and `download.max_bytes_per_ip_per_second` configuration keys to throttle video downloads.
 These new keys help prevent instability when botnets download the entire PeerTube catalog
 * Add ability to provide cookies to `yt-dlp` [#7510](https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/pull/7510).
 See the documentation for more information: https://docs.joinpeertube.org/maintain/configuration#use-cookies-for-youtube-imports-when-needed
 * Increase the default refresh token lifetime `oauth2.token_lifetime.refresh_token` to `4 weeks` (instead of `2 weeks`)
 * Allow admins to configure the default state of the *Automatically publish a replay when your live ends* option [#7414](https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/pull/7414)

###### Docker

  * The entire PeerTube configuration can be set using environment variables.
  Keep in mind that environment variable configuration keys override web admin configuration

###### Plugins/Themes/Embed API

  * Add server plugin hooks (https://docs.joinpeertube.org/api/plugins):
    * `filter:api.user.signup.requires-approval.result`
    * `filter:notifier.notification.enabled.result`
  * Add a server plugin helper:
    * `storageManager.deleteData(key: string)`

###### Features

  * :tada: Add ability to transfer a video channel to another user of the same instance :tada:
  * :tada: Add live DVR allowing users to seek within and pause the live [#7396](https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/pull/7396) :tada:
  * :tada: Add ability to remove segments of a video in Studio :tada:
  * Support Romanian and Korean languages in web client
  * Improve video ownership change UX:
    * Better table UI in *My Videos* -> *More* -> *Ownership changes*. It also lists ownership change requests for users' videos
    * The video management page now includes a section to transfer ownership of a video and cancel a pending request
    * Add notifications when video ownership is requested/accepted/rejected
    * Add bulk actions to accept/reject an ownership change request
  * Player:
    * Restore playback rates and manual video resolution choice between sessions in the same web browser
    * Add ability to flip the video horizontally [#7478](https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/pull/7478)
	* Redesign loading spinner
  * Support podcast feed for playlists
  * Add video download stats for video makers [#7437](https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/pull/7437)
  * Improve global UX:
    * Introduce a new table filter component that is simpler to use
    * Default runner job route is the page that lists runner jobs
    * Clicking on a type/state tag automatically filters data for local/runner j

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