1.6.5
Changed 1
- Improve renegotiation in audioconvert when the graph rate changes and the resampler was disabled
Fixed 6
- Fix an issue in pw-filter where buffers could end up stuck on a port and the port becomes silent
- Improve ROC receiver start/stop and fix memory leaks
- Fix the midi buffer size in jack-tunnel
- Rate limit out-of-buffers errors
- Partially revert the line-out mute patch that was breaking things and leaving audio muted when plugging-unplugging jacks
- Fix potential crash in alsa when logging
Removed 1
- Remove the pipe filter from filter-graph as it is broken by design and a security nightmare
Security 1
- Add extra security checks and hardening fixes to pulse-server
PipeWire 1.6.5 (2026-05-13)
This is a bugfix release that is API and ABI compatible with the previous 1.6.x releases.
Highlights
- Fix muted output in some cases.
- Removed the pipe filter in filter-graph.
- More fixes and improvements.
PipeWire
- Fix an issue in pw-filter where it could end up in a loop where buffers are stuck on a port and the port becomes silent. (#5249)
Modules
- Improve ROC receiver start/stop, fixes memory leaks. (#5250)
- Remove the pipe filter from filter-graph, it's broken by design and a security nightmare.
- Fix the midi buffer size in jack-tunnel.
SPA
- Rate limit out-of-buffers errors. (#5249)
- Partially revert the line-out mute patch, it seems to break things and leave audio muted when plugging-unplugging jacks. (#5246)
- Improve renegotiation in audioconvert when the graph rate changes and the resampler was disabled. (#4933).
- Fix potential crash in alsa when logging.
Pulse-server
- A whole bunch of extra security checks and hardening fixes.