Set version for 5.0.2

Merge branch '5.0.x'
Update text files for 5.0.2
2026-09-08 11:44:34 -04:00 · 2026-05-14 20:17:24 +02:00 · 2026-05-14 20:16:56 +02:00 · 2026-05-14 20:16:11 +02:00 · 2026-05-14 20:11:26 +02:00 · 2026-05-08 11:08:06 +02:00
6 changed files with 38 additions and 15 deletions
@@ -1,8 +1,25 @@
-Release Notes - SABnzbd 5.0.0 Release Candidate 3
+Release Notes - SABnzbd 5.0.2
 =========================================================

-This is the third (and hopefully final) release candidate of version 5.0.
-Please note the breaking changes described below!
+In this fifth major release of SABnzbd, we included:
+
+* Smarter (and potentially faster) downloads with NNTP Pipelining and Direct Write.
+* Reliability gains from a reworked cache and safer processing.
+* A significant number of bug fixes and platform updates.
+
+## Features and bug fixes in 5.0.1 and 5.0.2
+
+* Queue entries from older versions now load correctly after upgrading.
+* `nzo_id` now uses GUIDs to prevent duplicates.
+* Updating to 5.0 now succeeds even when duplicate `nzo_id` values exist.
+* URL fetching no longer crashes when duplicate jobs are present.
+* Default RSS priority is now applied correctly.
+* Duplicate filenames no longer cause queue stalls.
+* IPv6 binding now works correctly for the Web interface.
+* The `On queue finish` action now executes reliably.
+* Saving the post-processing queue no longer throws errors.
+* Directory creation now handles existing directories gracefully.
+* Windows and macOS: Updated Unrar to 7.21 and 7zip to 26.01.

 ## New features in 5.0.0

@@ -10,6 +27,7 @@ Please note the breaking changes described below!
  requests, significantly improving speeds on high-latency connections.
  Read more here: https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/advanced/nntp-pipelining
  New servers will have `Articles per request` set to `2` by default.
+  Existing servers need to be manually changed to use NNTP Pipelining.
 * Implemented Direct Write to optimize assembly of downloaded files.
  Read more here: https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/advanced/direct-write
 * Post-processing scripts will always be executed, even for failed jobs.
@@ -17,16 +35,16 @@ Please note the breaking changes described below!
 * Removed Special setting `empty_postproc` as it is no longer needed.
 * Complete redesign of article cache.
 * Improved disk speed measurement in Status window.
-* Reduce delays between jobs during post-processing.
-* Improve handling of disks getting full.
-* Diskspace check will now included Category-specific folders.
-* If a download only has `.nzb` files inside, the new downloads
+* Reduced delays between jobs during post-processing.
+* Improved handling of disks getting full.
+* Diskspace check will now include Category-specific folders.
+* If a download only contains `.nzb` files, the new downloads
  will include the name of the original download.
 * No longer show tracebacks in the browser, only in the logs.
 * Dropped support for Python 3.8.
 * Windows: Added Windows ARM (portable) release.
 * Windows and macOS: Added HTML version of the Release Notes.
-* Windows and macOS: Update Python to 3.14.4, Unrar to 7.20,
+* Windows and macOS: Updated Python to 3.14.4, Unrar to 7.20,
  par2cmdline-turbo to 1.4 and 7zip to 26.00.

 ## Bug fixes in 5.0.0
@@ -39,11 +57,11 @@ Please note the breaking changes described below!
 * Handle passwords that exceed Unrar's password limit.
 * Aborted Direct Unpack could result in no files being unpacked.
 * Encrypted RAR detection could sometimes fail.
-* Unwanted Extension check was unreliable on passworded downloads.
+* Unwanted extension check was unreliable on passworded downloads.
 * No longer exclusively lock all directory operations.
 * Improved handling of non-NFC unicode filenames.
 * Sorting of files inside jobs was inconsistent.
-* Linux: No longer break test-data in release package.
+* Linux: No longer break test-data in the release package.
 * Windows: Tray icon disappears after Explorer restart.
 * macOS: Slow to start on some network setups.

@@ -52,7 +70,6 @@ Please note the breaking changes described below!
 * Default `Minimum Free Space for Temporary Download Folder` set to `500M`.
 * Enabled `verify_xff_header` setting by default.

-
 ## Upgrade notices

 * You can directly upgrade from version 3.0.0 and newer.
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@
  <url type="faq">https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/faq</url>
  <url type="contact">https://sabnzbd.org/live-chat.html</url>
  <releases>
+    <release version="5.0.2" date="2026-05-14" type="stable">
+      <url type="details">https://github.com/sabnzbd/sabnzbd/releases/tag/5.0.2</url>
+    </release>
+    <release version="5.0.1" date="2026-05-01" type="stable">
+      <url type="details">https://github.com/sabnzbd/sabnzbd/releases/tag/5.0.1</url>
+    </release>
    <release version="5.0.0" date="2026-05-01" type="stable">
      <url type="details">https://github.com/sabnzbd/sabnzbd/releases/tag/5.0.0</url>
    </release>
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ def delayed_startup_actions():

    # Do an extra purge of the history on startup to ensure timely removal on systems that
    # aren't on 24/7 and typically don't benefit from the daily scheduled call at midnight
-    database.scheduled_history_purge()
+    sabnzbd.database.scheduled_history_purge()

    # Start SSDP and Bonjour if SABnzbd isn't listening on localhost only
    if sabnzbd.cfg.enable_broadcast() and not misc.is_localhost(cfg.web_host()):
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ def get_memory() -> int:
            return mem_info["TotalPhys"]
        elif sabnzbd.MACOS:
            # Use system-call to extract total memory on macOS
-            system_output = run_command(["sysctl", "-n", "hw.memsize"]).strip()
+            return int(run_command(["sysctl", "-n", "hw.memsize"]).strip())
        else:
            try:
                with open("/proc/meminfo") as f:
@@ -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__ = "5.1.0-dev"
-__baseline__ = "unknown"
+__version__ = "5.0.2"
+__baseline__ = "1355f40a606ae252ff7fdfe7ff36553ea850aaa0"