qBittorrent v4.6.0 Release

Sun Oct 22th 2023

qBittorrent v4.6.0 was released today with a lot of new features and bug fixes. Here are some of the most notable changes for end users:

Features:

• Added experimental I2P support
• Provided a UI editor for the default theme
• Made various UI theming improvements
• Implemented a torrent tags editing dialog
• Revamped the “Watched folder options” and “Automated RSS downloader” dialogs
• Allowed the use of another icons in dark mode
• Allowed adding new torrents to the queue top
• Allowed filtering the torrent list by save path
• Exposed the ‘socket send/receive buffer size’ options
• Exposed the ‘max torrent file size’ setting
• Exposed the ‘bdecode limits’ settings
• Added options to adjust the behavior of merging trackers to an existing torrent
• Added an option to stop seeding when a torrent has been inactive
• Allowed the use of a proxy per subsystem
• Expanded the scope of the “Proxy hostname lookup” option
• Added a shortcut for the “Ban peer permanently” function
• Added an option to auto hide zero status filters
• Allowed disabling confirmation of Pause/Resume All
• Added an alternative shortcut CTRL+E for CTRL+F
• Showed filtered port numbers in logs
• Added a button to copy library versions to the clipboard

Bug fixes:

• Ensured ongoing storage moving jobs will be completed when shutting down
• Refactored many areas to call non UI blocking code
• Made various improvements to the SQLite backend
• Improved startup window state handling
• Used the tray icon from the system theme only if the option is set
• Inhibited system sleep while torrents are moving
• Used the hostname instead of domain name in the tracker filter list
• Visually validated the input path in the torrent creator dialog
• Disabled symlink resolving in the Torrent creator
• Changed the default value for file pool size and stop tracker timeout settings
• Logged when duplicate torrents are being added
• Inhibited suspend instead of screen idle
• Ensured the file name is valid when exporting torrents
• Opened “Save path” if the torrent has no metadata
• Prevented a torrent from starting unexpectedly in an edge case with a magnet
• Made the “Add new torrent” dialog more ergonomic

WebUI:

• Added a log viewer
• Allowed specifying the session cookie name in the WebAPI
• Improved sync API performance
• Added filelog settings
• Added multi-file renaming
• Added an “Add to top of queue” option
• Implemented subcategories
• Set “SameSite=None” if CSRF Protection is disabled
• Showed only hosts in the tracker filter list
• Set Connection status and Speed limits tooltips
• Set Cross Origin Opener Policy to same-origin
• Fixed the response for the HTTP HEAD method
• Preserved the network interfaces when the connection is down
• Added an “Add Tags” field for RSS rules
• Fixed a missing error icon

RSS:

• Added a “Rename rule” button to the RSS Downloader
• Allowed editing the RSS feed URL
• Allowed assigning priority to an RSS download rule

Search:

• Used python isolate mode
• Bumped the python version minimum requirement to 3.7.0

Other:

• Enabled DBUS cmake option on FreeBSD
• Made numerous code improvements and refactorings

For more information, please see the official changelog: https://www.qbittorrent.org/news.