# Prowlarr v2.6.0.5494 — 2.6.0.5494

- Product: Prowlarr (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/prowlarr)
- Vendor: Prowlarr
- Date: 2026-07-26
- Version: v2.6.0.5494
- Original notes: https://github.com/Prowlarr/Prowlarr/releases/tag/v2.6.0.5494
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/prowlarr/releases/v2.6.0.5494
- Labels: Pre-release; Platforms: Desktop

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- **fixed** — HTTP Basic Auth credentials with non-ASCII characters
- **fixed** — Prevent NullRef when categories are missing from the request body for download clients

*To receive further Pre-Release updates for a non-docker installation, please change the branch to **develop**. (Settings -> General (Show Advanced Settings) -> Updates -> Branch)*

**If you are using docker you will need to update the container image.  *Do not attempt to update Prowlarr within an existing docker container.***

##### Changes:

* bc65f177e364ad0e9bad3046f691b2e29e8dcfb0 Fixed: HTTP Basic Auth credentials with non-ASCII characters (#2749)
* 8be82bbae192ea01c7c22e335791851bff10893a Bump to 2.6.0
* 9344288d811378f69ffa37496929e4f8c463f261 Prevent NullRef when categories are missing from the request body for download clients

This list of changes was [auto generated](https://dev.azure.com/Prowlarr/a958e221-aeac-4b0e-a862-d8ffe1df4b09/_release?releaseId=247&_a=release-summary).