# spacedrive 0.4.2 — Alpha 0.4.2
- Product: spacedrive (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/spacedrive)
- Vendor: spacedriveapp
- Date: 2024-08-18
- Version: 0.4.2
- Original notes: https://github.com/spacedriveapp/spacedrive/releases/tag/0.4.2
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/spacedrive/releases/0.4.2
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- **changed** — Spacedrive now runs on a more stable version of Tauri v2
- **changed** — Dimmed the text color on dark mode and increased the text size for keybinds
- **added** — Job Manager now shows progress when copying files
- **fixed** — Fixed a bug where pressing Esc would exit both the Quick Preview and app search simultaneously
- **fixed** — Fixed a bug causing zombie jobs to appear in the job manager
- **fixed** — Fixed a bug with PDF thumbnails failing to render
- **fixed** — Fixed a bug with opening Spacedrive on Debian Linux
- **fixed** — Fixed a bug preventing Spacedrive from launching
- **added** — Added additional Chinese translations
- **changed** — Updated Vite dependency to 5.2.0
- **removed** — Removed a number of unused code modules
- **changed** — Updated Expo SDK dependency to 51.0.28
This release brings UI improvements, package updates, platform migrations, and bug fixes to improve stability. More Chinese translations have also been added.
##### 🔧 Core Updates
* Spacedrive now runs on a more stable version of Tauri v2 - by [@Rocky43007](https://github.com/Rocky43007) in [#2654](https://github.com/spacedriveapp/spacedrive/pull/2654)
##### 🪐 App Updates
###### 🖥️ Desktop
* Dimmed the text color on dark mode and increased the text size for keybinds - by [@PineappleRind](https://github.com/PineappleRind) in [#2643](https://github.com/spacedriveapp/spacedrive/pull/2643)
(Before/After)
* Job Manager now shows progress when copying files - by [@matheus-consoli](https://github.com/matheus-consoli) in [#2538](https://github.com/spacedriveapp/spacedrive/pull/2538)
##### 🐞 Bug Fixes
###### 🖥️ Desktop
* Fixed a bug where pressing Esc would exit both the Quick Preview and app search simultaneously - by [@myung03](https://github.com/myung03) in [#2646](https://github.com/spacedriveapp/spacedrive/pull/2646)
* Fixed a bug causing "zombie" jobs to appear in the job manager - by [@myung03](https://github.com/myung03) in [#2653](https://github.com/spacedriveapp/spacedrive/pull/2653)
* Fixed a [bug](https://github.com/ajrcarey/pdfium-render/pull/155) with PDF thumbnails failing to render - by [@HeavenVolkoff](https://github.com/HeavenVolkoff) in [#2666](https://github.com/spacedriveapp/spacedrive/pull/2666)
* Fixed a [bug](https://github.com/spacedriveapp/spacedrive/issues/2647) with opening Spacedrive on Debian Linux - by [@HeavenVolkoff](https://github.com/HeavenVolkoff) in [#2648](https://github.com/spacedriveapp/spacedrive/pull/2648)
* [Fixed a bug preventing Spacedrive from launching](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/61fc6573-daba-4906-bebb-2004e59f1c4c) - by [@HeavenVolkoff](https://github.com/HeavenVolkoff) in [#2670](https://github.com/spacedriveapp/spacedrive/pull/2670)
##### 🛠️ General/Development Updates
* Added additional Chinese translations - by [@Lkhsss](https://github.com/Lkhsss) in [#2656](https://github.com/spacedriveapp/spacedrive/pull/2656)
* Updated the `Vite` dependency to 5.2.0 - by [@Rocky43007](https://github.com/Rocky43007) in [#2645](https://github.com/spacedriveapp/spacedrive/pull/2645)
* Removed a number of unused code modules - by [@fogodev](https://github.com/fogodev) ([#2660](https://github.com/spacedriveapp/spacedrive/pull/2660)) and [@HeavenVolkoff](https://github.com/HeavenVolkoff) ([#2662](https://github.com/spacedriveapp/spacedrive/pull/2662))
* Updated various build/release tools and server scripts - by [@HeavenVolkoff](https://github.com/HeavenVolkoff) in [#2642](https://github.com/spacedriveapp/spacedrive/pull/2642), [#2663](https://github.com/spacedriveapp/spacedrive/pull/2663), [#2668](https://github.com/spacedriveapp/spacedrive/pull/2668)
* Updated a number of Rust, Prisma, and Windows dependencies - by [@HeavenVolkoff](https://github.com/HeavenVolkoff) in [#2662](https://github.com/spacedriveapp/spacedrive/pull/2662), [#2663](https://github.com/spacedriveapp/spacedrive/pull/2663)
* Miscellaneous updates to documentation, code style, and version references - by [@iLynxcat](https://github.com/iLynxcat) ([#2639](https://github.com/spacedriveapp/spacedrive/pull/2639)) and [@HeavenVolkoff](https://github.com
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