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Due to the many new features, enhancements and bug fixes, this is one of those updates that took longer to release. Before upgrading, please read the full release notes and note that this release does not yet include support for user roles other than Admin, as we need to specify, create and test each new role before we can release it. Once this is done, we will also provide additional user management documentation.

We've generated missing translations with the help of DeepL and Google Translate. Native speakers are invited to help us improve those if needed. A special thank you to everyone who contributed!

Breaking Changes

• In order to improve security and compatibility, the default Docker image is now based on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish) instead of Debian 12 (Bookworm). The entrypoint script has been updated to preserve group permissions required for hardware transcoding.
• Session and user management have been re-implemented. If you are upgrading from a preview build, you must run the photoprism users reset --yes command in a terminal after the upgrade to recreate the new database tables so that they are compatible with the stable version. This will not affect your pictures or albums.
• Upgrading from the last stable version should work without any problems. However, if you have already created additional accounts with the previously offered unofficial multi-user support, you will notice that only the main admin account is migrated automatically. Run photoprism users legacy in a terminal to display the legacy accounts so you can migrate them manually if needed.
• Sharing link visitors can now see the picture locations in the regular album view and optionally on a map after clicking the link. Based on user feedback, we may add settings to hide the locations for enhanced privacy.
• We recommend performing a full rescan after the upgrade to take advantage of new search filters and sort options.
• Indexing is also necessary to find and view HEIC, DNG, and AVIF images that were previously unsupported or had errors. In some cases with incorrectly converted images, it may be necessary to recreate the JPEG sidecar files by running the photoprism convert -f command in a terminal before starting the rescan. To regenerate your thumbnails, run photoprism thumbs -f.

What's new?

• Auth: Session and user management have been re-implemented
• Auth: API has been improved to prevent unnecessary re-logins
• Auth: User interface routes have been prefixed with /library
• UX: Scroll position is restored again when navigating back
• UX: Loading screen and mobile toolbar menu have been redesigned
• UX: Improved user interface styles for RTL languages
• Search: Added city:... and state:... to filter by location details
• Search: Results can now also be sorted by "File Size" and "Video Duration"
• Albums: Added breadcrumbs to navigate back on large screens
• Albums: Deselected labels are ignored when adding photos by label
• HEIC: Added support for Sony's .HIF file extension
• HEIC: Updated heif-convert tool to fix conversion problems
• AVIF: Added support for the AV1 Image File Format
• RAW: Upgraded Darktable from v3.8.1 to v4.0.1 (AMD64 only)
• ProRAW: JPEGs embedded in .DNG files can be searched and viewed
• Videos: Added VAAPI hardware AVC encoder support
• Index: Delayed RAW file format check to improve indexing performance
• Import: Selection of a source folder with dots in its name is now possible
• Import: Related original names are indexed in addition to the main filename
• Settings: Services cannot be managed in public mode to increase security
• Backups: Worker no longer recreates all album YAML files on every run
• Metadata: Added more place names with known countries
• Metadata: Default to UTC when reading time from XMP file
• Config: Increased default resolution limit from 100 to 150 MP
• Config: imprint info text option has been renamed to legal-info
• SQLite: Added busy timeout preset to reduce locking errors when indexing
• MariaDB: Startup fails with an error message if an unsupported version is used
• Docker: Default image is based on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)
• Docker: Switched from gosu to setpriv in entrypoint.sh script
• Security: New files are created without execution permission
• Security: Go has been upgraded to v1.19.2, which includes security fixes
• Translations: Added Persian
• Translations: Updated Chinese, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Spanish, and many more

With this update you get all the latest translations contributed by our community, mobile navigation enhancements, upgraded dependencies and, as usual, fixes for recently discovered issues. Thanks to everyone involved!

What's new?

• UX: Mobile toolbar menu has been redesigned and expanded
• UX: Improved search result and Gemstone theme styles
• Search: Known file extensions are stripped from name:... filter string
• Library: Indexing will be aborted if the originals folder is empty
• Videos: Local time is extracted from DateTimeOriginal if possible
• Albums: All pictures are shown if "Private" has been disabled in Settings
• Thumbs: photoprism thumbs command regenerates thumbnails of sidecar files
• Docker: Permissions of original media files are no longer updated on startup
• Build: Go has been upgraded to v1.19, which includes fixes and enhancements
• Build: NodeJS has been upgraded from v16 to v18
• Translations: Added Catalan, Finnish, Ukrainian, and Slovene

Screenshots

Mobile Toolbar Navigation Open

Mobile Toolbar Navigation Closed

Fixes the activation of public mode with PHOTOPRISM_AUTH_MODE instead of PHOTOPRISM_PUBLIC.

What's new?

• Auth: Activate public mode via PHOTOPRISM_AUTH_MODE="public"

Includes indexing, metadata, and authentication improvements, as well as updated translations.

What's new?

• Library: Added support for indexing and importing symbolically linked files
• Thumbs: Creating redundant JPEG files is skipped to save disk space
• Zip: Improved file system rights detection and temporary file handling
• Metadata: Creation time is extracted from DateTimeCreated, if available
• Metadata: Unknown values are ignored when parsing timestamps
• Purge: Fixed SQL error when the photo ID of a file is missing
• Cleanup: Improved logging when deleting related sidecar files
• Config: Added PHOTOPRISM_AUTH_MODE option to select authentication mode
• Config: Improved inline docs in docker-compose.yml examples
• Build: Updated Go to v1.18.4, which includes a number of security and compiler fixes
• Translations: Added Greek

Breaking Changes

• Config: PHOTOPRISM_AUTH has been removed in favor of PHOTOPRISM_AUTH_MODE
• Config: PHOTOPRISM_PUBLIC has been deprecated in favor of PHOTOPRISM_AUTH_MODE

With this update, you'll enjoy a much faster and smoother scrolling experience as well as direct streaming of OGV, VP8, VP9, AV1, WebM and HEVC videos if they do not exceed the configured bitrate limit. Special thanks to Heiko Mathes and Andre Carrera for their contributions!

What is new?

• UX: Much faster and smoother scrolling experience in albums and search results
• Videos: Direct streaming of OGV, VP8, VP9, AV1, WebM, and HEVC where supported
• Videos: Fixed incorrect frame rate when using NVIDIA hardware transcoding
• Sharing: Fixed the spacing of the top navigation toolbar on small screens
• RAW: Display actual dimensions as Exif metadata can be wrong, e.g. for .NEF files
• WebDAV: Endpoints have been disabled in public mode as they cannot be used
• API: Maximum number of search results has been increased to 100,000 files
• CLI: Config command also lists disable-webdav and http-compression
• Documentation: Added notes about manual session invalidation and other known issues
• Translations: Updated Arabic, Dutch, Polish, Japanese, Chinese, French, German, and Italian

This update features updated translations as well as fixes for recently discovered issues.

What is new?

• Albums: A deleted album is restored when trying to add a new album with the same name
• WebDAV: Added support for auto indexing/importing in a sub-directory on a shared domain
• Translations: Updated Arabic, Czech, Korean, and Norwegian Bokmål

A small but important update that includes translations to Arabic, a migration fix for MariaDB, and many updated dependencies.

What is new?

• Security: Upgraded Go to v1.18.3, which includes TLS and validation fixes
• MariaDB: Removed migration that could corrupt photo descriptions in the index
• Translations: Added Arabic, updated Danish and Polish

This update includes translations that were recently contributed via translate.photoprism.app. Missing translations were added by us using DeepL and Google Translate. Native speakers are invited to help improve those if needed. Thank you very much!

What is new?

• UX: Mobile toolbar menu has been redesigned and made accessible in public mode
• Themes: Gemstone and Raspberry have been updated

Mobile Navigation Toolbar Submenu

Gemstone Theme

You are welcome to play with our public demo. Be careful not to upload any private pictures!

This update improves navigation fonts and mobile submenu colors for light themes. We are also working to establish PhotoPrism+ as the name for our community membership and associated benefits. For this, sponsorship information in the app, on our website, on GitHub Sponsors and Patreon is gradually being updated.

What is new?

• UX: Fixed light theme colors of mobile navigation submenu
• UX: Splash screen has been updated and no longer depends on admin theme

Navigation Submenu

Available options depend on the features enabled in the app config and user settings.

Splash Screen

If JavaScript is disabled, a hint is displayed at the bottom.

This service release fixes potential issues with our new Debian 12-based Docker image that shipped with the last update. These may have prevented users from deploying it without making changes to their environment. In our ongoing effort to improve usability and performance, we have also implemented a number of UX/UI optimizations, such as using the default operating system font instead of Google's Roboto.

What is new?

• UX: Added submenu to mobile navigation toolbar
• UX: Updated splash screen information and animation
• UX: Numerous translations have been added and updated
• UX: Improved UI styles for right-to-left languages
• Auth: Short initial passwords are permitted again to avoid login problems
• Logs: Repeated log messages are omitted to prevent feedback loops
• Logs: Trace and debug messages are no longer displayed in the UI to avoid information leaks and reduce websocket communication overhead
• Search: mono:true filter now omits files with unknown chroma
• Docker: Removed incorrect permission check for storage folder on startup
• Docker: Supported User and Group ID ranges have been documented

Thank you to everyone who helped with testing, signed up as a sponsor, or contributed in other ways! We appreciate it very much.