Release v1.16.5

🌟 What's New in v1.16.5

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fix: Kobo sync missing book covers (v1.16.4) (#2147) by @acx10
• Fix: User update fails when libraries are assigned (#2144) by @acx10

📖 Documentation

• Update pull request, feature request, and bug report templates (#2145) by @acx10

🐳 Docker Images

• Docker Hub: booklore/booklore:v1.16.5
• GitHub Container Registry: ghcr.io/booklore-app/booklore:v1.16.5

Full Changelog: v1.16.4...v1.16.5

Release v1.16.4

🌟 What's New in v1.16.4

This release introduces two important improvements for Kobo support:

• Fixes an issue where some users were unable to sync books to Kobo after updating to booklore v1.16.3
• Ensures that metadata updates in Booklore are correctly propagated to Kobo books, including cover images

✨ Enhancements

• Ensure Booklore metadata changes are reflected on Kobo books (#2140) by @acx10
• Improve robustness of book uploader error handling (#2130) by @acx10
• fix(ui): reorder metadata provider columns to 1st → 4th priority (#2139) by @balazs-szucs

🐛 Bug Fixes

• fix(recommendations): improve error handling for JSON conversion and return empty set on failure (#2137) by @balazs-szucs
• Fix: Ignore access denied when doing library scan instead of failing (fixes #1342) (#2122) by @halkeye

🛠️ Refactoring & Maintenance

• fix(metadata): add unit tests for task execution layer + fix permission validation logic (#2123) by @balazs-szucs
• Fix/auto add kobo shelf bookdrop (#2116) by @dcoffin88
• refactor(types): replace most usages of 'any' with 'unknown' and improve type safety across services and components (#2050) by @balazs-szucs

🐳 Docker Images

• Docker Hub: booklore/booklore:v1.16.4
• GitHub Container Registry: ghcr.io/booklore-app/booklore:v1.16.4

Full Changelog: v1.16.3...v1.16.4

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Release v1.16.3

🌟 What's New in v1.16.3

🚀 New Features

• feat(metadata): add endpoint and service for generating custom book covers for PDFs and CBX (#2108) by @balazs-szucs

✨ Enhancements

• Enhance EPUB reader navigation by adding tap zones for easier page control (#2092) by @acx10
• Add extended permissions for bulk metadata, reading progress, and read status actions (#2091) by @acx10
• fix(metadata): improve ComicInfo.xml detection and normalize fallback titles (#2080) by @balazs-szucs
• feat(library): improve detection of new files by using unique key and add tests for subpath handling (#2078) by @balazs-szucs
• fix(comicvine): handle API rate limiting by skipping requests and logging warning when limit is reached (#2076) by @balazs-szucs
• feat(viewer): add context-aware series collapse functionality (#2073) by @balazs-szucs
• fix: Bookdrop responsive UI (#2070) by @Muppetteer

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Assign newly created library to the creating user (#2110) by @acx10
• Fix inconsistent spacing and label display in reading heatmap chart (#2099) by @acx10
• Fix date inconsistencies in Favorite Days and Reading Session Timeline charts (#2096) by @acx10
• Fix: Deselect items when they are removed from current view in book browser (#2093) by @acx10
• Fix/kobo library snapshot (#2051) by @dcoffin88
• fix(opds): update mime type support for FB2 and CBX formats based on file extension (#2077) by @balazs-szucs
• fix(file-move): ensure library monitoring is restored after file move and update tests (#2057) by @balazs-szucs
• Fix: Editor now properly updates metadata and locked fields after edits (#2084) by @acx10

🛠️ Refactoring & Maintenance

• fix(filemove): improve handling of library monitoring during file moves and add tests for operation order (#2104) by @balazs-szucs
• refactor(api): modernize codebase with Java 21 idioms and improve null safety (#2106) by @balazs-szucs
• feat: Append volume to comic series when extracting cbx metadata (#2072) by @CharlieQLe
• refactor(pdf): update PDFBox usage for improved 3.x compatibility (#2079) by @balazs-szucs

🐳 Docker Images

• Docker Hub: booklore/booklore:v1.16.3
• GitHub Container Registry: ghcr.io/booklore-app/booklore:v1.16.3
• Full Changelog: v1.16.2...v1.16.3

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Release v1.16.2

🌟 What's New in v1.16.2

✨ Enhancements

• fix(ui): update tasks last run time to include timezone information (#2047) by @CounterClops
• feat(api): add healthcheck endpoint for monitoring health from Docker/Podman (#2024) by @davejlong
• fix(metadata): cover no longer fails to extract with invalid zip files (#2012) by @MightyHalfGinger
• fix(bookdrop): improve pattern extractor date extraction (#2032) by @CounterClops
• feat(cover-search): trigger search automatically when form is valid after autofill (#2035) by @balazs-szucs

🐛 Bug Fixes

• fix(upload): truncate long filenames to safe length while preserving extension for bookdrop and additional files (#2059) by @balazs-szucs
• fix(cbz): exclude macOS metadata and hidden files from image extraction (#2056) by @balazs-szucs
• fix(upload): preserve original filename as title when metadata extraction returns temp file name (#2053) by @balazs-szucs
• fix(metadata-viewer): show only allowed other actions and localize amazon link (#2031) by @xcashy
• fix(metadata): add null handling for MetadataRefreshService and improve default initialization in MetadataRefreshOptions (#2034) by @balazs-szucs

🛠️ Refactoring & Maintenance

• refactor(api): remove unused imports/fields, pre-compile regex patterns, use EnumMap for enum keys (#2036) by @balazs-szucs
• Refine telemetry (#2054) by @acx10
• Allow hash in file naming pattern (#2062) by @acx10

📖 Documentation

• Change the official domain from booklore.dev to booklore.org (#2046) by @acx10

🐳 Docker Images

• Docker Hub: booklore/booklore:v1.16.2
• GitHub Container Registry: ghcr.io/booklore-app/booklore:v1.16.2

Full Changelog: v1.16.1...v1.16.2

Release v1.16.1

🌟 What's New in v1.16.1

🚀 New Features

• Feat/lubimyczytac metadata provider (#2019) by @gajewsky
• Display paginated reading sessions in the book metadata view (#2003) by @acx10

✨ Enhancements

• Improve the SVG fetching and caching logic (#2011) by @acx10
• Fix(metadata): Improve handling of non-author creator roles (#1987) by @MightyHalfGinger
• Add more user-specific charts (#1991) by @acx10
• fix: when selecting a series, select all books from the series (#1979) by @farfromrefug
• fix(metadata): Use existing Goodreads ID for batch refresh instead of searching (#1973) by @cwar
• Add anonymous usage telemetry (#2026) by @acx10
• perf(cbz): optimize CBZ reading (#1980) by @balazs-szucs
• Fix: regenerate improvements (#1981) by @farfromrefug

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fix: Custom/Added icons not visible when assigning shelf (#2010) by @acx10
• fix(epub-metadata): properly decode URL-encoded cover image hrefs in EPUBs (#1983) by @balazs-szucs

🛠️ Refactoring & Maintenance

• refactor(api): improve file resource handling in book download and FB2 metadata extraction (#2018) by @balazs-szucs
• Refactor book service in BE and FE (#2013) by @acx10
• Disable nginx IPv6 listener when disabled on host (#1998) by @descensus
• test(util): expand and improve utility test coverage for BookUtils, FileUtils, PathPatternResolver, MetadataChangeDetector, and UserPermissionUtils (#1985) by @balazs-szucs
• fix: Prevent transaction rollback when cover download fails (#1971) by @cwar

🐳 Docker Images

• Docker Hub: booklore/booklore:v1.16.1
• GitHub Container Registry: ghcr.io/booklore-app/booklore:v1.16.1

Full Changelog: v1.16.0...v1.16.1

Release v1.16.0

🌟 What's New in v1.16.0

🚀 New Features

• Introduce reading session tracking with visual insights (#1957) by @acx10
• Introduce more granular permission controls and update the user management UI (#1965) by @acx10
• Enhance EPUB reader with new themes and UI improvements (#1948) by @acx10

✨ Enhancements

• feat(bookmark): improve bookmark feature by adding rename, note, color, priority functionalities (#1946) by @balazs-szucs
• Fix: Add missing kobo progress bar and stats (#1942) by @pedronave
• Fix/hardcover api key per user (#1943) by @boludo00

🐛 Bug Fixes

• fix(scans): prevent shelf associations from being cleared during metadata operations (#1947) by @balazs-szucs

🐳 Docker Images

• Docker Hub: booklore/booklore:v1.16.0
• GitHub Container Registry: ghcr.io/booklore-app/booklore:v1.16.0

Full Changelog: v1.15.0...v1.16.0

📸 Screenshots:

Release v1.15.0

🌟 What's New in v1.15.0

🚀 New Features

• feat: add additional cover art actions and settings (#1938) by @CounterClops
• feat(hardcover): sync Kobo reading progress to Hardcover (#1926) by @boludo00
• Add sequential next/previous book navigation from library, filtered, and search views (#1931) by @acx10
• feat(api, ui): add bookdrop bulk edit and metadata pattern extraction (#1846) by @CounterClops
• Add support for fb2 books (#1757) by @slonoed

✨ Enhancements

• feat: add library sync URL generation in KoboUrlBuilder (#1937) by @ripdog
• feat(opds): allow user to set sorting for opds feed in settings (#1824) by @WorldTeacher
• Feat/conversion CBX to EPUB compression configuration (#1844) by @thvardhan
• feat(opds): add series hierarchy (#1837) by @WorldTeacher

🎨 UI Tweaks

• fix: Bookdrop UI mobile support (#1911) by @Muppetteer
• fix: Consistent dialogs (#1842) by @Muppetteer

🐛 Bug Fixes

• fix: Library icon name bug (#1934) by @Muppetteer
• fix: bookdrop bulk actions not applying to uncached pages (#1928) by @CounterClops
• fix: file renaming with wrong extension (#1929) by @CounterClops
• fix(FileService): update User-Agent header for ComicVine to let the Parser through (#1880) by @balazs-szucs
• fix(ui): Force page reload on logout (#1870) by @Muppetteer

🛠️ Refactoring & Maintenance

• refactor(fb2, misc): Improve code quality, update to modern Java patterns, add reasonable initial values for StringBuilders (#1932) by @balazs-szucs

📦 Dependencies

• Upgrade Angular from v20 to v21 and update other dependencies (#1916) by @acx10
• chore(deps): bump docker/login-action from 2 to 3 (#1908) by @dependabot[bot]
• chore(deps): update actions/setup-java action to v5 (#1871) by @renovate[bot]
• chore(deps): update actions/upload-artifact action to v6 (#1872) by @renovate[bot]
• chore(deps): update actions/checkout action to v6 (#1869) by @renovate[bot]
• chore(deps): update dependency org.flywaydb:flyway-mysql to v11.19.0 (#1868) by @renovate[bot]
• chore(deps): update dependency org.apache.commons:commons-text to v1.15.0 (#1865) by @renovate[bot]
• chore(deps): update lscr.io/linuxserver/mariadb docker tag to v11.4.8 (#1862) by @renovate[bot]
• chore(deps): update dependency org.freemarker:freemarker to v2.3.34 (#1861) by @renovate[bot]
• chore(deps): update dependency org.assertj:assertj-core to v3.27.6 (#1859) by @renovate[bot]
• chore(deps): update dependency gradle to v8.14.3 (#1858) by @renovate[bot]

⚙️ CI/CD

• Add Flyway migration conflict detection in CI (#1888) by @acx10
• Speed up CI builds by introducing dependency caching (#1874) by @acx10
• Add Flyway migration version conflict check in GitHub Actions (#1863) by @acx10

🐳 Docker Images

• Docker Hub: booklore/booklore:v1.15.0
• GitHub Container Registry: ghcr.io/booklore-app/booklore:v1.15.0

Full Changelog: v1.14.1...v1.15.0

Release v1.14.1

🌟 What's New in v1.14.1

The v1.14.1 release is packed with lots upgrades, brand-new capabilities, and a long list of quality-of-life improvements. Here are the headline features you’ll notice right away:

1. Custom SVG Icons: Libraries, shelves, and magic shelves can now have fully custom SVG icons, giving users complete creative freedom and a far richer visual experience.
2. Personal Book Ratings: Ratings are now truly personal. Each user has their own individual rating for every book. (Thanks to @Muppetteer)
3. EPUB Reader Bookmarks: The EPUB reader now supports bookmarks, making it easier than ever to mark important passages and jump back to them later. (Thanks to @balazs-szucs)
4. Automatic Kobo Shelf Sync: Newly added books can now be automatically added to your Kobo shelf, no more manual syncing or missed additions. (Thanks to @armandocerna)
5. OPDS Author Hierarchy: OPDS feeds now offer a complete author hierarchy, letting you quickly explore and navigate books by your favorite authors. (Thanks to @shiggsy365)

🚀 New Features

• Add support for uploading and assigning custom SVG icons to libraries… (#1788) by @adityachandelgit
• Automatically add newly added books to Kobo shelf (#1826) by @adityachandelgit
• Per user personal ratings (#1820) by @Muppetteer
• Random sort option for libraries and shelves (#1817) by @Muppetteer
• feat(bookmark): implement bookmark management with CRUD operations (#1795) by @balazs-szucs
• Add authors hierarchy and series metadata to OPDS feed (#1777) by @shiggsy365

✨ Enhancements

• feat(search): Add denormalized search_text column for better book search (#1791) by @balazs-szucs
• Enable java remote debug on dev docker stack (#1808) by @Muppetteer
• fix(book-card): add menu toggle events and update styles for open state (#1813) by @balazs-szucs
• Allow uploading multiple SVG icons and render them directly as inline… (#1796) by @adityachandelgit
• fix(book-card): indicate collapse series number on the library tooltip (#1800) by @balazs-szucs
• Feat: Improve metadata edit UI (#1792) by @Muppetteer
• fix(epub): fix and improve cover image extraction from EPUB files (specifically support for: EPUB 3 specification) (#1773) by @balazs-szucs
• Add OIDC mobile redirect support for mobile apps (#1767) by @rmellmer
• Improve bookdrop UI (#1768) by @Muppetteer
• Feat: Hide empty filter categories from sidebar (#1759) by @Muppetteer

🐛 Bug Fixes

• fix(bookdrop): fix 'Select All' query logic and improve filename fallback for missing metadata (#1828) by @balazs-szucs
• Fix vertical overflow on metadata edit form dialog: part deux (#1816) by @Muppetteer
• Fix issues with library scans and file moves with a focus on SMB usage (#1744) by @CounterClops
• Fix vertical overflow on metadata edit form dialog (#1810) by @Muppetteer
• fix(metadata): Fix genre/category disappearing bug in metadata updates (#1807) by @balazs-szucs
• Fix: locking fields discards unsaved changes (#1799) by @Muppetteer
• fix(path): remove trailing dots from path components for Windows compatibility (#1786) by @balazs-szucs
• fix(bookdrop): improve file filtering to ignore .caltrash (calibre generated trash file) (#1785) by @balazs-szucs
• Fix: Assign Books to Shelves popup visually broken (#1783) by @adityachandelgit
• Fix: script error preventing clearing of multi-select fields (#1756) by @Muppetteer
• hotfix(auth): add missing EC algo for Authentik, manually increase timeout limit (#1747) by @balazs-szucs

🛠️ Refactoring & Maintenance

• refactor(api): minor QOL updates, code modernization (#1802) by @balazs-szucs
• delete broken (legacy?) github discussions link in contributing.md (#1805) by @JuergenFleiss
• docs: update license information from MIT to GPL-3.0 in CONTRIBUTING.md (#1803) by @balazs-szucs
• Add loader for long running operations (#1790) by @adityachandelgit
• Configureable delimiter for remote auth groups (#1782) by @aroberts
• Add missing field for Kobo OverDrive expiration check (#1774) by @jose-elias-alvarez
• fix(bookdrop): ignore dot and underscore files during monitoring (#1771) by @balazs-szucs

🐳 Docker Images

• Docker Hub: booklore/booklore:v1.14.0
• GitHub Container Registry: ghcr.io/booklore-app/booklore:v1.14.0

Full Changelog: v1.13.2...v1.14.0

📸 Screenshots:

Release v1.13.2

🌟 What's New in v1.13.2

🚀 New Features

• Add sort preference option for Magic Shelf names in the left sidebar (#1749) by @adityachandelgit
• Feature: filter mode preference (#1739) by @Muppetteer
• Add a user-facing option to enable or disable series view (#1748) by @adityachandelgit

✨ Enhancements

• fix(metadata): disable merging of moods and tags during metadata updates (#1743) by @balazs-szucs
• fix(epub): improve date parsing to support year-only formats and add tests (#1735) by @balazs-szucs
• feat(opds): Sort OPDS Feed by addedOn Desc (#1691) by @WorldTeacher
• refactor(metadata): consider locked, but empty or null metadata valid (#1729) by @balazs-szucs

🎨 UI Tweaks

• Visually indicate the active menu item in the left sidebar (#1738) by @adityachandelgit
• Align the layout to be consistent throughout all dialogs (#1737) by @adityachandelgit

🐛 Bug Fixes

• fix(amazon): improve localization of Amazon Parser (#1706) by @balazs-szucs
• Add filter mode to querystring (#1728) by @Muppetteer
• Fix race conditions between Bookdrop and Monitoring Service when importing multiple files (#1709) by @piffio
• Re-add "description" to epub metadata extraction (#1727) by @beedaddy

🐳 Docker Images

• Docker Hub: booklore/booklore:v1.13.2
• GitHub Container Registry: ghcr.io/booklore-app/booklore:v1.13.2

Full Changelog: v1.13.1...v1.13.2

Release v1.13.1

🌟 What's New in v1.13.1

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fix: Missing close button from dialogue window (#1717) by @adityachandelgit
• Fix: Date filter doesn't work very well (#1715) by @adityachandelgit
• Fix dev docker environment (#1713) by @Muppetteer

🐳 Docker Images

• Docker Hub: booklore/booklore:v1.13.1
• GitHub Container Registry: ghcr.io/booklore-app/booklore:v1.13.1

Full Changelog: v1.13.0...v1.13.1