V2026.4.9-beta released

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Last night was busy – three releases!

v2026.4.7-beta

This was the big one.

  • PhotoStructure can now install photo and video tooling (like ffmpeg and libheif) on your behalf. Docker users: visit the docker compose wizard (just load the page, it’ll remember what you typed last!) and fetch a new (much simpler) compose.yml.

  • Inline log and sync report viewers (with follow!) in the browser

  • Clickable lens tags in the asset info panel

  • The Sync page now shows live per-file transcode progress with ETAs

  • New welcome overlay for first-time users

  • Press ? anytime for keyboard shortcuts

  • Over 130 bug fixes (!!)

  • Docker moves to Debian 13 (trixie)

  • Hung ffmpegs are detected and recycled automatically–previously they were timing out after 10 minutes regardless of progress.

  • Support ffmpegThreads=0

  • Stricter fuzzy-date duplicate matching

  • bnameImageHash matching: RAW/JPEG and Google Takeout derivative pairs now match on basename + perceptual hash even when capture dates are unreliable

  • Window position remembered per monitor arrangement

  • Close-to-tray toggle in the View menu

  • web --reset CLI flag to clear caches and codec consent in one command

v2026.4.8-beta

  • macOS users without Homebrew no longer need to install it (or wait 30 minutes for xcode to decide to install command line tools) — PhotoStructure now uses Pixi to set up ffmpeg automatically, no admin password required.

  • Fixed spurious “Update Check Failed” dialogs on flaky networks

  • Fixed close button overlapping macOS traffic lights in the overlay

  • Fixed empty tags persisting after asset removal (inactive asset links)

  • Fixed busy-dots spinner rendering too small and not animating

  • Reduced noisy sync warnings for routine cleanup states

  • Fixed crash bugs in fs-metadata and @photostructure/sqlite

  • Fixed Azure Trusted Signing Tools installation in desktop CI

  • Excluded sqlite test extension from desktop RPM builds

v2026.4.9-beta

  • Quick follow-up: fixes header icon click targets (back, forward, sidebar toggle) that .8’s traffic-light fix accidentally shrank

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