Update text files for 5.0.2RC1

Closes #3388

README.mkd

@@ -1,8 +1,25 @@
-Release Notes - SABnzbd 5.0.0 Release Candidate 3
+Release Notes - SABnzbd 5.0.2 - Release Candidate 1
 =========================================================
 
-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.

linux/org.sabnzbd.sabnzbd.appdata.xml

@@ -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="2026-05-15" 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>

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__ = "5.1.0-dev"
+__version__ = "5.0.2RC1"
 __baseline__ = "unknown"