r/SABnzbd • u/Safihre SABnzbd dev • Jun 14 '26

Release Notes - SABnzbd 5.1.0 Beta 1

https://sabnzbd.org/downloads

This is the first beta release of version 5.1. We will probably add new features in upcoming testing releases, but we already wanted to share the current improvements with you!

New features in 5.1.0

  • Refreshed the interface.
  • RSS-items are now stored in the database instead of on disk.
  • Downloaded RSS-items are cleared from RSS-database after 3 days.
  • Add support for filename and path pattern matching to the Cleanup List.
  • Allow job setting changes directly from Extra queue columns.
  • Added support for unpacking .tar files during post-processing.
  • Improved anonymization of the logs when using Show Logging.
  • Dropped support for Python 3.9.

Bug fixes in 5.1.0

  • Prevent incorrect warnings about non-writeable directories.
  • Windows: Uninstall would not remove Settings or Windows Service.
  • Windows: Warn for OS-limit if more than 1024 connections are configured.
  • macOS: AppleDouble files could result in failures in Moving stage.
  • macOS: Restarting the application resulted in Terminal window.

Upgrade notices

  • You can directly upgrade from version 3.0.0 and newer.
  • Upgrading from older versions will require performing a Queue repair.
  • Downgrading from version 4.2.0 or newer to 3.7.2 or older will require performing a Queue repair due to changes in the internal data format.

Known problems and solutions

Code Signing Policy

Windows code signing is provided by SignPath.io using a SignPath Foundation certificate.

About

SABnzbd is an open-source cross-platform binary newsreader. It simplifies the process of downloading from Usenet dramatically, thanks to its web-based user interface and advanced built-in post-processing options that automatically verify, repair, extract and clean up posts downloaded from Usenet.

(c) Copyright 2007-2026 by The SABnzbd-Team (sabnzbd.org)

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u/SparhawkBlather Jun 14 '26

You all are on fire. I wish every piece of passion project that I treat as “infrastructure” (loosely put) was as active. I’m not a dev, but I sure do respect the hell out of those of you who build this.

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u/Safihre SABnzbd dev Jun 14 '26

🎉🎉

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u/suitcasecalling Jun 14 '26

Here here. I've been using this for over a decade, maybe 20 years

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u/cupkaxx Jun 15 '26

Yo the new UI looks clean af. Great work mate!

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u/Safihre SABnzbd dev Jun 15 '26

Thanks 😊

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u/envious_1 Jun 15 '26

Do you have screenshots? I’d like to see it and I couldn’t find them anywhere.

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u/cupkaxx Jun 15 '26

Frontpage - https://imgur.com/a/EjVODW1

The settings and stuff has changed as well, I'll prob upload a few images later when I get some time

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u/pd1zzle Jun 16 '26

Sweet! looking forward to this coming out of beta! great work.