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Velocity5.0

PVR and library manager for TV series

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Sonarr is in pure maintenance mode — six releases, not one feature.

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◆Current state
Six point releases in this window and none of them carries a feature. The changes are an ordering fix so free space is not checked when another specification has already failed, unexpected database language values normalized to Unknown, basic auth repaired for qBittorrent, and a Jellyfin and Emby connection test with a new Jellyfin auth header. One release ships with no changelog entry at all.
◆Where it's heading
This is a mature application on a stable branch, and the work is reactive: download clients and media servers change upstream, integrations break, Sonarr repairs them. The qBittorrent basic auth fix appearing on both the 4.0.18 and 4.0.19 lines shows a project deliberately keeping a maintenance branch alive rather than pushing everyone forward.
◆Prediction
Nothing in these entries points to a feature cycle. Expect the same pattern — small point releases tracking upstream changes in download clients and media servers — to continue.

◆Recent moves

  1. 9d ago

    Skip free space check when an earlier specification fails

    Skips the free space check when an earlier specification has already failed, avoiding needless work during import decisions. A small efficiency correction, invisible to users.

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  2. 15d ago

    Point release 4.0.19.2997 with no listed changes

    A point release published with no changelog entries — a build increment rather than a change users can act on.

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  3. 24d ago

    Jellyfin and Emby connection test, new Jellyfin auth header

    Adds a connection test for Jellyfin and Emby and a new Jellyfin auth header, keeping the media server integration working against upstream authentication changes. The most substantive item in the window, which says a lot about the window.

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  4. 25d ago

    Unexpected stored languages now treated as Unknown

    Unexpected language values stored in the database are now treated as Unknown rather than causing problems downstream. Defensive data handling.

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  5. 1mo ago

    Basic auth fixed for qBittorrent

    Repairs basic auth against qBittorrent, a download client integration break. Reactive maintenance of the kind that dominates this feed.

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  6. 1mo ago

    qBittorrent basic auth fix backported to 4.0.18

    The same qBittorrent basic auth fix delivered on the 4.0.18 branch. One change, two releases — evidence of a parallel maintenance line rather than separate work.

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