Update text files for 4.5.4 Beta 1

Get Unrar 7.11 to users due to the CVE

README.mkd

@@ -1,7 +1,45 @@
-Release Notes - SABnzbd 4.5.0 Release Candidate 1
+Release Notes - SABnzbd 4.5.4 Beta 1
 =========================================================
 
-This is the first Release Candidate for the 4.5.0 release.
+## Bug fixes and changes in 4.5.4
+
+* Handle `S04 - 10` (anime) episode notation for Sorting and Duplicate Detection.
+* Active connections counter in Status window were not updated correctly.
+* Windows: Release is now signed using SignPath Foundation certificate.
+* Windows: Start SABnzbd directly from the installer.
+
+## Bug fixes and changes in 4.5.3
+
+* Remember if `Permanently delete` was previously checked.
+* All available IP-addresses will be included when selecting the fastest.
+* Pre-queue script rejected NZBs were sometimes reported as `URL Fetching failed`.
+* RSS `Next scan` time was not adjusted after manual `Read All Feeds Now`.
+* Prevent renaming of `.cbr` files during verification.
+* If `--disable-file-log` was enabled, `Show Logging` would crash.
+* API: Added `time_added`, timestamp of when the job was added to the queue.
+* API: History output could contain duplicate items.
+* Snap: Updated packages and changed build process for reliability.
+* macOS: Repair would fail on macOS 10.13 High Sierra.
+* Windows: Unable to start on Windows 8.
+* Windows: Updated Unrar to 7.13, which resolves CVE-2025-8088.
+
+## Bug fixes and changes in 4.5.2
+
+* Added Tab and Shift+Tab navigation to move between rename fields in queue.
+* Invalid cookies of other services could result in errors.
+* Internet Bandwidth test could be stuck in infinite loop.
+* RSS readout did not ignore torrent alternatives.
+* Prowl and Pushover settings did not load correctly.
+* Renamed `osx` to `macos` internally.
+* API: Removed `B` post-fix from `quota` and `left_quota` fields in `queue`.
+* Windows: Support more languages in the installer.
+* Windows and macOS: Updated par2cmdline-turbo to 1.3.0 and Unrar to 7.12.
+
+## Bug fixes and changes in 4.5.1
+
+* Correct platform detection on Linux.
+* The `From SxxEyy` RSS filters did not always work.
+* Windows and macOS: Update Unrar to 7.11.
 
 ## New features in 4.5.0
 

linux/org.sabnzbd.sabnzbd.appdata.xml

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   <url type="contact">https://sabnzbd.org/live-chat.html</url>
   <releases>
     <release version="4.5.4" date="2025-10-31" type="stable"/>
-    <release version="4.5.3" date="2025-08-31" type="stable"/>
+    <release version="4.5.3" date="2025-08-25" type="stable"/>
     <release version="4.5.2" date="2025-07-09" type="stable"/>
     <release version="4.5.1" date="2025-04-11" type="stable"/>
     <release version="4.5.0" date="2025-04-01" type="stable"/>

sabnzbd/version.py

@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 # You MUST use double quotes (so " and not ')
 # Do not forget to update the appdata file for every major release!
 
-__version__ = "4.6.0-dev"
+__version__ = "4.5.4Beta1"
 __baseline__ = "unknown"