FrostWire 3.0.9 (Build 763) — Comprehensive Change Report

Release Date: October 27, 2025
Based on: FrostWire 2.x → 3.x transition (Android)

🧱 Architectural & Core Upgrades

Migration to jlibtorrent 2.0.12.5

• Full adoption of BitTorrent v2 protocol, including hybrid torrent support and BEP52 compliance.
• Hundreds of performance and stability fixes from upstream libtorrent RC_2_0 branch.
• C++20 standardization: all native builds now compiled with C++20 (C++2a on Windows/MinGW).
• Boost 1.88.0, OpenSSL 3.5.2, and SWIG 4.3.1 upgrades for improved compatibility and security.
• Android NDK r28c (16KB page support) → future-proofed for Android 14+ devices.
• JDK 17 build target with full JAVA_17 compatibility.
• Mavenized jlibtorrent packages (com.frostwire:jlibtorrent) for easier integration.

Key New Libtorrent (lt) Features

• Added async APIs:
  post_trackers(), post_status(), post_peer_info(), post_piece_availability(), post_file_progress(), etc.
• Enhanced torrent_handle with new overloads (get_resume_data(flags), add_piece(async)).
• New runtime checks for add_torrent_params::save_path validation.
• Major uTP performance improvements: reduced redundant ACKs, resends, and improved congestion control.
• Improved I/O subsystem: switched to memory-mapped files with better sparse region handling.
• Added stricter BEP compliance (filename validation, piece layers, IPv6 priority, I2P improvements).
• Async I/O improvements → better throughput and less thread contention.

⚙️ FrostWire App-Level Enhancements

New Features

• TorrentCSV and Knaben integrated as new torrent search performers.
• Incoming Port Range configuration (Settings > Torrent Settings > Port Range).
• Automatic seeding of finished HTTP downloads, replicating desktop seeding behavior.
• Ad-free experience: all 3rd-party ads and trackers removed.
  Only FrostWire support requests, VPN suggestions, and promotional downloads remain.
• Updated yt_dlp binary to 2025.09.26 for YouTube & media downloading.
• Distraction-free search mode enabled by default for cleaner UI.

Performance Optimizations

• Search sorting improved from O(n² log n) → O(n log n) complexity.
• Connection pooling unlocked via OkHttpClient reuse.
• Reduced GC pressure and CPU load in download and search pipelines.
• Fuzzy matching (PerformersHelper): optimized Levenshtein computation, 8.8× faster sanitization.
• I/O operations optimized with buffered streams — up to 96% CPU savings on syscalls.
• Regex eliminations in URL and string sanitizers for major allocation reductions.
• Threading refactors: removal of Thread.yield() and new Runnable task model in SearchManager.
• Logger, ThreadPool, and RecyclerView hot paths heavily optimized.
• Startup time reduced via deferred heavy initialization.
• Memory safety improvements with Bitmap.recycle() and inSampleSize scaling to prevent OOMs.

UI & UX

• Picasso replaced for Coil
• Crash and ANR resilience: multiple handler and dispatcher fixes in MusicPlaybackService.
• ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException handling for Android 14+.
• New concurrent-safe URL resolver (UrlUtils.getFastestMirrorDomain).
• Thread-safe WorkManager configuration to prevent JobScheduler alarm limit exceptions.
• Optimized music metadata cleanup and playlist handling in background.

🧠 Code Quality & Refactoring

• SearchManager rewritten to use modern Runnable task submission.
• Hashtable throttling replaced with lock-free ConcurrentHashMap.
• Removed deprecated APIs (setDrawingCacheEnabled, replaced with Canvas API).
• Consistent GPL v3.0 license headers across all source files.
• Modularized SWIG interface files for maintainability.
• Added prepare-macos.sh and improved build scripts (run-swig.sh, build-only, swig-only options).
• Enhanced exception handling, typed bitfields, and Boost error code wrapping in SWIG bindings.

🧩 Stability & Crash Fixes

• Fixed multiple ANRs in:
  • MusicPlaybackService.setDataSource
  • MusicPlaybackService.playFDs
  • Large result sorting
  • Picasso background handlers
• Fixed NullPointerExceptions in ImageFetcher and HandlerDispatcher.
• Fixed ClassCastException in SearchResultListAdapter.
• Fixed ConcurrentModificationException in Ssl$FWHostnameVerifier.
• Fixed ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException for Android 14+.
• Fixed thread leaks and race conditions in mirror resolution and image loading.
• Fixed context leaks and improved lifecycle handling in broadcast receivers.
• Fixed OOM risks via aggressive bitmap cleanup and sample downscaling.

🧰 Library & Dependency Upgrades

🔧 Libtorrent 2.0 Highlights (Technical Breakdown)

Major Improvements

• Disk I/O overhaul → memory-mapped files, reduced syscall overhead.
• uTP protocol refinements for stable low-latency streaming.
• Improved BEP compliance (BEP40, BEP52, IPv6).
• Added BitTorrent v2 torrent creation, validation, and mixed v1/v2 swarm handling.
• Resilient resume data loading/saving with new v2 formats.
• SOCKS5, I2P, DHT, proxy layers fixed and modernized.
• Improved DNS caching and error handling.
• Thread-safe piece picker, file_progress, and hash_picker fixes.
• Removed deprecated APIs: lazy_entry, save_state(), load_state(), bittyrant.
• Dropped iconv dependency, lighter build footprint.

I2P & Privacy

• Added I2P inbound/outbound length variance settings.
• Fixed I2P announce parsing and protocol quoting.
• Added mixed swarm control (I2P + clearnet).

🧾 Summary

FrostWire 3 marks a major modernization leap — moving to:

• BitTorrent v2 ecosystem,
• 16KB page-aware Android binaries,
• Ad-free user experience,
• Fully optimized search and transfer performance.

This release focuses heavily on speed, stability, and code hygiene:

• Native layer rewritten in C++20,
• App layer streamlined for Android 14+,
• Improved resource handling,
• Significant performance wins in networking, searching, and I/O.

FrostWire 3.0.8 Build 762
The most stable, efficient, and privacy-respecting FrostWire release to date.

FrostWire 3.0.9 build 763 OCT/27/2025

 - new:Dynamic SoundCloud client ID and app version fetching from remote server for uninterrupted service
 - new:Powered by jlibtorrent 2.0.12.5 with bittorrent v2 protocol support with hundreds of bug fixes and performance improvements
 - new:Knaben search performer, a new torrent search source
 - new:TorrentCSV search performer, a new torrent search source
 - new:Settings > Torrent Settings > Incoming Connection Port Range selection
 - new:Seed finished HTTP transfers if seeding is enabled (automatically creates torrent of finished download like on desktop)
 - new:No more third party ads or advertising tracking of any kind. Only frostwire support requests, vpn suggestions and promotional free downloads.
 - yt_dlp-2025.10.22
 - replaced:Picasso for Coil image loading library
 - removed:Torlock search performer (old site is down, new site is malicious)
 - removed:LimeTorrents search performer
 - freeze:ensure MusicUtils.removeFromPlaylist ContentResolver activity is in the background
 - freeze:sorting through too many results could cause an ANR when cleaning up titles
 - freeze:ANR in MusicPlaybackService.setDataSource
 - freeze:ANR in MusicPlaybackService.playFDs
 - fix:logic bug in PerformersHelper.countMatchedTokens(), matched tokens were not counted correctly
 - fix:ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException by adding foreground check and error handling
 - fix:Android 14+ ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException in MusicPlaybackService
 - fix:Android JobScheduler alarm limit exceeded crashes by configuring WorkManager
 - fix:ClassCastException in SearchResultListAdapter OnLinkClickListener
 - fix:HandlerDispatcher NullPointerException crashes in Picasso image loading (removed on build 760)
 - freeze:in playFDs
 - freeze:in MusicPlaybackService.setDataSource
 - crash:NPE in ImageFetcher.loadCurrentArtwork()
 - improvement:PerformersHelper.sanitize() 8.8x speed gains in title normalization by not using a regex and instead simple string replacements
 - improvement:Optimize stackBlur() with array pooling to reduce allocations
 - maintenance:Avoid possible context leak on EngineBroadcastReceiver
 - maintenance:all license headers are GPL 3.0
 - maintenance:archive.org search fixed
 - maintenance:Arc...

FrostWire 3.0.8 (Build 762) — Comprehensive Change Report

Release Date: October 20, 2025
Based on: FrostWire 2.x → 3.x transition (Android)

🧱 Architectural & Core Upgrades

Migration to jlibtorrent 2.0.12.5

• Full adoption of BitTorrent v2 protocol, including hybrid torrent support and BEP52 compliance.
• Hundreds of performance and stability fixes from upstream libtorrent RC_2_0 branch.
• C++20 standardization: all native builds now compiled with C++20 (C++2a on Windows/MinGW).
• Boost 1.88.0, OpenSSL 3.5.2, and SWIG 4.3.1 upgrades for improved compatibility and security.
• Android NDK r28c (16KB page support) → future-proofed for Android 14+ devices.
• JDK 17 build target with full JAVA_17 compatibility.
• Mavenized jlibtorrent packages (com.frostwire:jlibtorrent) for easier integration.

Key New Libtorrent (lt) Features

• Added async APIs:
  post_trackers(), post_status(), post_peer_info(), post_piece_availability(), post_file_progress(), etc.
• Enhanced torrent_handle with new overloads (get_resume_data(flags), add_piece(async)).
• New runtime checks for add_torrent_params::save_path validation.
• Major uTP performance improvements: reduced redundant ACKs, resends, and improved congestion control.
• Improved I/O subsystem: switched to memory-mapped files with better sparse region handling.
• Added stricter BEP compliance (filename validation, piece layers, IPv6 priority, I2P improvements).
• Async I/O improvements → better throughput and less thread contention.

⚙️ FrostWire App-Level Enhancements

New Features

• TorrentCSV and Knaben integrated as new torrent search performers.
• Incoming Port Range configuration (Settings > Torrent Settings > Port Range).
• Automatic seeding of finished HTTP downloads, replicating desktop seeding behavior.
• Ad-free experience: all 3rd-party ads and trackers removed.
  Only FrostWire support requests, VPN suggestions, and promotional downloads remain.
• Updated yt_dlp binary to 2025.09.26 for YouTube & media downloading.
• Distraction-free search mode enabled by default for cleaner UI.

Performance Optimizations

• Search sorting improved from O(n² log n) → O(n log n) complexity.
• Connection pooling unlocked via OkHttpClient reuse.
• Reduced GC pressure and CPU load in download and search pipelines.
• Fuzzy matching (PerformersHelper): optimized Levenshtein computation, 8.8× faster sanitization.
• I/O operations optimized with buffered streams — up to 96% CPU savings on syscalls.
• Regex eliminations in URL and string sanitizers for major allocation reductions.
• Threading refactors: removal of Thread.yield() and new Runnable task model in SearchManager.
• Logger, ThreadPool, and RecyclerView hot paths heavily optimized.
• Startup time reduced via deferred heavy initialization.
• Memory safety improvements with Bitmap.recycle() and inSampleSize scaling to prevent OOMs.

UI & UX

• Picasso replaced for Coil
• Crash and ANR resilience: multiple handler and dispatcher fixes in MusicPlaybackService.
• ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException handling for Android 14+.
• New concurrent-safe URL resolver (UrlUtils.getFastestMirrorDomain).
• Thread-safe WorkManager configuration to prevent JobScheduler alarm limit exceptions.
• Optimized music metadata cleanup and playlist handling in background.

🧠 Code Quality & Refactoring

• SearchManager rewritten to use modern Runnable task submission.
• Hashtable throttling replaced with lock-free ConcurrentHashMap.
• Removed deprecated APIs (setDrawingCacheEnabled, replaced with Canvas API).
• Consistent GPL v3.0 license headers across all source files.
• Modularized SWIG interface files for maintainability.
• Added prepare-macos.sh and improved build scripts (run-swig.sh, build-only, swig-only options).
• Enhanced exception handling, typed bitfields, and Boost error code wrapping in SWIG bindings.

🧩 Stability & Crash Fixes

• Fixed multiple ANRs in:
  • MusicPlaybackService.setDataSource
  • MusicPlaybackService.playFDs
  • Large result sorting
  • Picasso background handlers
• Fixed NullPointerExceptions in ImageFetcher and HandlerDispatcher.
• Fixed ClassCastException in SearchResultListAdapter.
• Fixed ConcurrentModificationException in Ssl$FWHostnameVerifier.
• Fixed ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException for Android 14+.
• Fixed thread leaks and race conditions in mirror resolution and image loading.
• Fixed context leaks and improved lifecycle handling in broadcast receivers.
• Fixed OOM risks via aggressive bitmap cleanup and sample downscaling.

🧰 Library & Dependency Upgrades

🔧 Libtorrent 2.0 Highlights (Technical Breakdown)

Major Improvements

• Disk I/O overhaul → memory-mapped files, reduced syscall overhead.
• uTP protocol refinements for stable low-latency streaming.
• Improved BEP compliance (BEP40, BEP52, IPv6).
• Added BitTorrent v2 torrent creation, validation, and mixed v1/v2 swarm handling.
• Resilient resume data loading/saving with new v2 formats.
• SOCKS5, I2P, DHT, proxy layers fixed and modernized.
• Improved DNS caching and error handling.
• Thread-safe piece picker, file_progress, and hash_picker fixes.
• Removed deprecated APIs: lazy_entry, save_state(), load_state(), bittyrant.
• Dropped iconv dependency, lighter build footprint.

I2P & Privacy

• Added I2P inbound/outbound length variance settings.
• Fixed I2P announce parsing and protocol quoting.
• Added mixed swarm control (I2P + clearnet).

🧾 Summary

FrostWire 3 marks a major modernization leap — moving to:

• BitTorrent v2 ecosystem,
• 16KB page-aware Android binaries,
• Ad-free user experience,
• Fully optimized search and transfer performance.

This release focuses heavily on speed, stability, and code hygiene:

• Native layer rewritten in C++20,
• App layer streamlined for Android 14+,
• Improved resource handling,
• Significant performance wins in networking, searching, and I/O.

FrostWire 3.0.8 Build 762
The most stable, efficient, and privacy-respecting FrostWire release to date.

FrostWire 3.0.8 build 762 OCT/20/2025

 - new:Dynamic SoundCloud client ID and app version fetching from remote server for uninterrupted service
 - new:Powered by jlibtorrent 2.0.12.5 with bittorrent v2 protocol support with hundreds of bug fixes and performance improvements
 - new:Knaben search performer, a new torrent search source
 - new:TorrentCSV search performer, a new torrent search source
 - new:Settings > Torrent Settings > Incoming Connection Port Range selection
 - new:Seed finished HTTP transfers if seeding is enabled (automatically creates torrent of finished download like on desktop)
 - new:No more third party ads or advertising tracking of any kind. Only frostwire support requests, vpn suggestions and promotional free downloads.
 - yt_dlp-2025.10.14
 - replaced:Picasso for Coil image loading library
 - removed:Torlock search performer (old site is down, new site is malicious)
 - removed:LimeTorrents search performer
 - freeze:ensure MusicUtils.removeFromPlaylist ContentResolver activity is in the background
 - freeze:sorting through too many results could cause an ANR when cleaning up titles
 - freeze:ANR in MusicPlaybackService.setDataSource
 - freeze:ANR in MusicPlaybackService.playFDs
 - fix:logic bug in PerformersHelper.countMatchedTokens(), matched tokens were not counted correctly
 - fix:ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException by adding foreground check and error handling
 - fix:Android 14+ ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException in MusicPlaybackService
 - fix:Android JobScheduler alarm limit exceeded crashes by configuring WorkManager
 - fix:ClassCastException in SearchResultListAdapter OnLinkClickListener
 - fix:HandlerDispatcher NullPointerException crashes in Picasso image loading (removed on build 760)
 - freeze:in playFDs
 - freeze:in MusicPlaybackService.setDataSource
 - crash:NPE in ImageFetcher.loadCurrentArtwork()
 - improvement:PerformersHelper.sanitize() 8.8x speed gains in title normalization by not using a regex and instead simple string replacements
 - improvement:Optimize stackBlur() with array pooling to reduce allocations
 - maintenance:Avoid possible context leak on EngineBroadcastReceiver
 - maintenance:all license headers are GPL 3.0
 - maintenance:archive.org search fixed
 - maintenance:Arc...

FrostWire 3.0.7 (Build 761) — Comprehensive Change Report

Release Date: October 16, 2025
Based on: FrostWire 2.x → 3.x transition (Android)

🧱 Architectural & Core Upgrades

Migration to jlibtorrent 2.0.12.5

• Full adoption of BitTorrent v2 protocol, including hybrid torrent support and BEP52 compliance.
• Hundreds of performance and stability fixes from upstream libtorrent RC_2_0 branch.
• C++20 standardization: all native builds now compiled with C++20 (C++2a on Windows/MinGW).
• Boost 1.88.0, OpenSSL 3.5.2, and SWIG 4.3.1 upgrades for improved compatibility and security.
• Android NDK r28c (16KB page support) → future-proofed for Android 14+ devices.
• JDK 17 build target with full JAVA_17 compatibility.
• Mavenized jlibtorrent packages (com.frostwire:jlibtorrent) for easier integration.

Key New Libtorrent (lt) Features

• Added async APIs:
  post_trackers(), post_status(), post_peer_info(), post_piece_availability(), post_file_progress(), etc.
• Enhanced torrent_handle with new overloads (get_resume_data(flags), add_piece(async)).
• New runtime checks for add_torrent_params::save_path validation.
• Major uTP performance improvements: reduced redundant ACKs, resends, and improved congestion control.
• Improved I/O subsystem: switched to memory-mapped files with better sparse region handling.
• Added stricter BEP compliance (filename validation, piece layers, IPv6 priority, I2P improvements).
• Async I/O improvements → better throughput and less thread contention.

⚙️ FrostWire App-Level Enhancements

New Features

• TorrentCSV and Knaben integrated as new torrent search performers.
• Incoming Port Range configuration (Settings > Torrent Settings > Port Range).
• Automatic seeding of finished HTTP downloads, replicating desktop seeding behavior.
• Ad-free experience: all 3rd-party ads and trackers removed.
  Only FrostWire support requests, VPN suggestions, and promotional downloads remain.
• Updated yt_dlp binary to 2025.09.26 for YouTube & media downloading.
• Distraction-free search mode enabled by default for cleaner UI.

Performance Optimizations

• Search sorting improved from O(n² log n) → O(n log n) complexity.
• Connection pooling unlocked via OkHttpClient reuse.
• Reduced GC pressure and CPU load in download and search pipelines.
• Fuzzy matching (PerformersHelper): optimized Levenshtein computation, 8.8× faster sanitization.
• I/O operations optimized with buffered streams — up to 96% CPU savings on syscalls.
• Regex eliminations in URL and string sanitizers for major allocation reductions.
• Threading refactors: removal of Thread.yield() and new Runnable task model in SearchManager.
• Logger, ThreadPool, and RecyclerView hot paths heavily optimized.
• Startup time reduced via deferred heavy initialization.
• Memory safety improvements with Bitmap.recycle() and inSampleSize scaling to prevent OOMs.

UI & UX

• Picasso replaced for Coil
• Crash and ANR resilience: multiple handler and dispatcher fixes in MusicPlaybackService.
• ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException handling for Android 14+.
• New concurrent-safe URL resolver (UrlUtils.getFastestMirrorDomain).
• Thread-safe WorkManager configuration to prevent JobScheduler alarm limit exceptions.
• Optimized music metadata cleanup and playlist handling in background.

🧠 Code Quality & Refactoring

• SearchManager rewritten to use modern Runnable task submission.
• Hashtable throttling replaced with lock-free ConcurrentHashMap.
• Removed deprecated APIs (setDrawingCacheEnabled, replaced with Canvas API).
• Consistent GPL v3.0 license headers across all source files.
• Modularized SWIG interface files for maintainability.
• Added prepare-macos.sh and improved build scripts (run-swig.sh, build-only, swig-only options).
• Enhanced exception handling, typed bitfields, and Boost error code wrapping in SWIG bindings.

🧩 Stability & Crash Fixes

• Fixed multiple ANRs in:
  • MusicPlaybackService.setDataSource
  • MusicPlaybackService.playFDs
  • Large result sorting
  • Picasso background handlers
• Fixed NullPointerExceptions in ImageFetcher and HandlerDispatcher.
• Fixed ClassCastException in SearchResultListAdapter.
• Fixed ConcurrentModificationException in Ssl$FWHostnameVerifier.
• Fixed ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException for Android 14+.
• Fixed thread leaks and race conditions in mirror resolution and image loading.
• Fixed context leaks and improved lifecycle handling in broadcast receivers.
• Fixed OOM risks via aggressive bitmap cleanup and sample downscaling.

🧰 Library & Dependency Upgrades

🔧 Libtorrent 2.0 Highlights (Technical Breakdown)

Major Improvements

• Disk I/O overhaul → memory-mapped files, reduced syscall overhead.
• uTP protocol refinements for stable low-latency streaming.
• Improved BEP compliance (BEP40, BEP52, IPv6).
• Added BitTorrent v2 torrent creation, validation, and mixed v1/v2 swarm handling.
• Resilient resume data loading/saving with new v2 formats.
• SOCKS5, I2P, DHT, proxy layers fixed and modernized.
• Improved DNS caching and error handling.
• Thread-safe piece picker, file_progress, and hash_picker fixes.
• Removed deprecated APIs: lazy_entry, save_state(), load_state(), bittyrant.
• Dropped iconv dependency, lighter build footprint.

I2P & Privacy

• Added I2P inbound/outbound length variance settings.
• Fixed I2P announce parsing and protocol quoting.
• Added mixed swarm control (I2P + clearnet).

🧾 Summary

FrostWire 3 marks a major modernization leap — moving to:

• BitTorrent v2 ecosystem,
• 16KB page-aware Android binaries,
• Ad-free user experience,
• Fully optimized search and transfer performance.

This release focuses heavily on speed, stability, and code hygiene:

• Native layer rewritten in C++20,
• App layer streamlined for Android 14+,
• Improved resource handling,
• Significant performance wins in networking, searching, and I/O.

FrostWire 3.0.7 Build 761
The most stable, efficient, and privacy-respecting FrostWire release to date.

FrostWire 3.0.7 build 761 OCT/16/2025

 - new:Powered by jlibtorrent 2.0.12.5 with bittorrent v2 protocol support with hundreds of bug fixes and performance improvements
 - new:Knaben search performer, a new torrent search source
 - new:TorrentCSV search performer, a new torrent search source
 - new:Settings > Torrent Settings > Incoming Connection Port Range selection
 - new:Seed finished HTTP transfers if seeding is enabled (automatically creates torrent of finished download like on desktop)
 - new:No more third party ads or advertising tracking of any kind. Only frostwire support requests, vpn suggestions and promotional free downloads.
 - yt_dlp-2025.10.14
 - replaced:Picasso for Coil image loading library
 - removed:Torlock search performer (old site is down, new site is malicious)
 - freeze:ensure MusicUtils.removeFromPlaylist ContentResolver activity is in the background
 - freeze:sorting through too many results could cause an ANR when cleaning up titles
 - freeze:ANR in MusicPlaybackService.setDataSource
 - freeze:ANR in MusicPlaybackService.playFDs
 - fix:logic bug in PerformersHelper.countMatchedTokens(), matched tokens were not counted correctly
 - fix:ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException by adding foreground check and error handling
 - fix:Android 14+ ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException in MusicPlaybackService
 - fix:Android JobScheduler alarm limit exceeded crashes by configuring WorkManager
 - fix:ClassCastException in SearchResultListAdapter OnLinkClickListener
 - fix:HandlerDispatcher NullPointerException crashes in Picasso image loading (removed on build 760)
 - freeze:in playFDs
 - freeze:in MusicPlaybackService.setDataSource
 - crash:NPE in ImageFetcher.loadCurrentArtwork()
 - improvement:PerformersHelper.sanitize() 8.8x speed gains in title normalization by not using a regex and instead simple string replacements
 - improvement:Optimize stackBlur() with array pooling to reduce allocations
 - maintenance:Avoid possible context leak on EngineBroadcastReceiver
 - maintenance:all license headers are GPL 3.0
 - maintenance:archive.org search fixed
 - maintenance:ArchiveorgSearchPerformer -> InternetArchiveSearchPerformer
 - maintenance:glotorrents search fixed
 - maintenance:idope search fixed
 - maintenance:...

What's Changed

• [android] Replace Picasso with Coil to eliminate HandlerDispatcher crashes by @Copilot in #1215

Full Changelog: frostwire-android-3.0.5-build-759...frostwire-android-3.0.6-build-760

FrostWire 3.0.6 (Build 760) — Comprehensive Change Report

Release Date: October 12, 2025
Based on: FrostWire 2.x → 3.x transition (Android)

🧱 Architectural & Core Upgrades

Migration to jlibtorrent 2.0.12.5

• Full adoption of BitTorrent v2 protocol, including hybrid torrent support and BEP52 compliance.
• Hundreds of performance and stability fixes from upstream libtorrent RC_2_0 branch.
• C++20 standardization: all native builds now compiled with C++20 (C++2a on Windows/MinGW).
• Boost 1.88.0, OpenSSL 3.5.2, and SWIG 4.3.1 upgrades for improved compatibility and security.
• Android NDK r28c (16KB page support) → future-proofed for Android 14+ devices.
• JDK 17 build target with full JAVA_17 compatibility.
• Mavenized jlibtorrent packages (com.frostwire:jlibtorrent) for easier integration.

Key New Libtorrent (lt) Features

• Added async APIs:
  post_trackers(), post_status(), post_peer_info(), post_piece_availability(), post_file_progress(), etc.
• Enhanced torrent_handle with new overloads (get_resume_data(flags), add_piece(async)).
• New runtime checks for add_torrent_params::save_path validation.
• Major uTP performance improvements: reduced redundant ACKs, resends, and improved congestion control.
• Improved I/O subsystem: switched to memory-mapped files with better sparse region handling.
• Added stricter BEP compliance (filename validation, piece layers, IPv6 priority, I2P improvements).
• Async I/O improvements → better throughput and less thread contention.

⚙️ FrostWire App-Level Enhancements

New Features

• TorrentCSV and Knaben integrated as new torrent search performers.
• Incoming Port Range configuration (Settings > Torrent Settings > Port Range).
• Automatic seeding of finished HTTP downloads, replicating desktop seeding behavior.
• Ad-free experience: all 3rd-party ads and trackers removed.
  Only FrostWire support requests, VPN suggestions, and promotional downloads remain.
• Updated yt_dlp binary to 2025.09.26 for YouTube & media downloading.
• Distraction-free search mode enabled by default for cleaner UI.

Performance Optimizations

• Search sorting improved from O(n² log n) → O(n log n) complexity.
• Connection pooling unlocked via OkHttpClient reuse.
• Reduced GC pressure and CPU load in download and search pipelines.
• Fuzzy matching (PerformersHelper): optimized Levenshtein computation, 8.8× faster sanitization.
• I/O operations optimized with buffered streams — up to 96% CPU savings on syscalls.
• Regex eliminations in URL and string sanitizers for major allocation reductions.
• Threading refactors: removal of Thread.yield() and new Runnable task model in SearchManager.
• Logger, ThreadPool, and RecyclerView hot paths heavily optimized.
• Startup time reduced via deferred heavy initialization.
• Memory safety improvements with Bitmap.recycle() and inSampleSize scaling to prevent OOMs.

UI & UX

• Picasso 3.0.0-alpha06 upgrade with custom ImageLoader refactor.
• Crash and ANR resilience: multiple handler and dispatcher fixes in MusicPlaybackService.
• ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException handling for Android 14+.
• New concurrent-safe URL resolver (UrlUtils.getFastestMirrorDomain).
• Thread-safe WorkManager configuration to prevent JobScheduler alarm limit exceptions.
• Optimized music metadata cleanup and playlist handling in background.

🧠 Code Quality & Refactoring

• SearchManager rewritten to use modern Runnable task submission.
• Hashtable throttling replaced with lock-free ConcurrentHashMap.
• Removed deprecated APIs (setDrawingCacheEnabled, replaced with Canvas API).
• Consistent GPL v3.0 license headers across all source files.
• Modularized SWIG interface files for maintainability.
• Added prepare-macos.sh and improved build scripts (run-swig.sh, build-only, swig-only options).
• Enhanced exception handling, typed bitfields, and Boost error code wrapping in SWIG bindings.

🧩 Stability & Crash Fixes

• Fixed multiple ANRs in:
  • MusicPlaybackService.setDataSource
  • MusicPlaybackService.playFDs
  • Large result sorting
  • Picasso background handlers
• Fixed NullPointerExceptions in ImageFetcher and HandlerDispatcher.
• Fixed ClassCastException in SearchResultListAdapter.
• Fixed ConcurrentModificationException in Ssl$FWHostnameVerifier.
• Fixed ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException for Android 14+.
• Fixed thread leaks and race conditions in mirror resolution and image loading.
• Fixed context leaks and improved lifecycle handling in broadcast receivers.
• Fixed OOM risks via aggressive bitmap cleanup and sample downscaling.

🧰 Library & Dependency Upgrades

🔧 Libtorrent 2.0 Highlights (Technical Breakdown)

Major Improvements

• Disk I/O overhaul → memory-mapped files, reduced syscall overhead.
• uTP protocol refinements for stable low-latency streaming.
• Improved BEP compliance (BEP40, BEP52, IPv6).
• Added BitTorrent v2 torrent creation, validation, and mixed v1/v2 swarm handling.
• Resilient resume data loading/saving with new v2 formats.
• SOCKS5, I2P, DHT, proxy layers fixed and modernized.
• Improved DNS caching and error handling.
• Thread-safe piece picker, file_progress, and hash_picker fixes.
• Removed deprecated APIs: lazy_entry, save_state(), load_state(), bittyrant.
• Dropped iconv dependency, lighter build footprint.

I2P & Privacy

• Added I2P inbound/outbound length variance settings.
• Fixed I2P announce parsing and protocol quoting.
• Added mixed swarm control (I2P + clearnet).

🧾 Summary

FrostWire 3 marks a major modernization leap — moving to:

• BitTorrent v2 ecosystem,
• 16KB page-aware Android binaries,
• Ad-free user experience,
• Fully optimized search and transfer performance.

This release focuses heavily on speed, stability, and code hygiene:

• Native layer rewritten in C++20,
• App layer streamlined for Android 14+,
• Improved resource handling,
• Significant performance wins in networking, searching, and I/O.

FrostWire 3.0.5 Build 759
The most stable, efficient, and privacy-respecting FrostWire release to date.

FrostWire 3.0.6 build 760 OCT/16/2025

- new:Powered by jlibtorrent 2.0.12.5 with bittorrent v2 protocol support with hundreds of bug fixes and performance improvements
 - new:Knaben search performer, a new torrent search source
 - new:TorrentCSV search performer, a new torrent search source
 - new:Settings > Torrent Settings > Incoming Connection Port Range selection
 - new:Seed finished HTTP transfers if seeding is enabled (automatically creates torrent of finished download like on desktop)
 - new:No more third party ads or advertising tracking of any kind. Only frostwire support requests, vpn suggestions and promotional free downloads.
 - yt_dlp-2025.09.26
 - replaced:Picasso for Coil image loading library
 - removed:Torlock search performer (old site is down, new site is malicious)
 - freeze:ensure MusicUtils.removeFromPlaylist ContentResolver activity is in the background
 - freeze:sorting through too many results could cause an ANR when cleaning up titles
 - freeze:ANR in MusicPlaybackService.setDataSource
 - freeze:ANR in MusicPlaybackService.playFDs
 - fix:logic bug in PerformersHelper.countMatchedTokens(), matched tokens were not counted correctly
 - fix:ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException by adding foreground check and error handling
 - fix:Android 14+ ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException in MusicPlaybackService
 - fix:Android JobScheduler alarm limit exceeded crashes by configuring WorkManager
 - fix:ClassCastException in SearchResultListAdapter OnLinkClickListener
 - fix:HandlerDispatcher NullPointerException crashes in Picasso image loading (removed on build 760)
 - freeze:in playFDs
 - freeze:in MusicPlaybackService.setDataSource
 - crash:NPE in ImageFetcher.loadCurrentArtwork()
 - improvement:PerformersHelper.sanitize() 8.8x speed gains in title normalization by not using a regex and instead simple string replacements
 - improvement:Optimize stackBlur() with array pooling to r...

FrostWire 3.0.5 (Build 759) — Comprehensive Change Report

Release Date: October 12, 2025
Based on: FrostWire 2.x → 3.x transition (Android)

🧱 Architectural & Core Upgrades

Migration to jlibtorrent 2.0.12.5

• Full adoption of BitTorrent v2 protocol, including hybrid torrent support and BEP52 compliance.
• Hundreds of performance and stability fixes from upstream libtorrent RC_2_0 branch.
• C++20 standardization: all native builds now compiled with C++20 (C++2a on Windows/MinGW).
• Boost 1.88.0, OpenSSL 3.5.2, and SWIG 4.3.1 upgrades for improved compatibility and security.
• Android NDK r28c (16KB page support) → future-proofed for Android 14+ devices.
• JDK 17 build target with full JAVA_17 compatibility.
• Mavenized jlibtorrent packages (com.frostwire:jlibtorrent) for easier integration.

Key New Libtorrent (lt) Features

• Added async APIs:
  post_trackers(), post_status(), post_peer_info(), post_piece_availability(), post_file_progress(), etc.
• Enhanced torrent_handle with new overloads (get_resume_data(flags), add_piece(async)).
• New runtime checks for add_torrent_params::save_path validation.
• Major uTP performance improvements: reduced redundant ACKs, resends, and improved congestion control.
• Improved I/O subsystem: switched to memory-mapped files with better sparse region handling.
• Added stricter BEP compliance (filename validation, piece layers, IPv6 priority, I2P improvements).
• Async I/O improvements → better throughput and less thread contention.

⚙️ FrostWire App-Level Enhancements

New Features

• TorrentCSV and Knaben integrated as new torrent search performers.
• Incoming Port Range configuration (Settings > Torrent Settings > Port Range).
• Automatic seeding of finished HTTP downloads, replicating desktop seeding behavior.
• Ad-free experience: all 3rd-party ads and trackers removed.
  Only FrostWire support requests, VPN suggestions, and promotional downloads remain.
• Updated yt_dlp binary to 2025.09.26 for YouTube & media downloading.
• Distraction-free search mode enabled by default for cleaner UI.

Performance Optimizations

• Search sorting improved from O(n² log n) → O(n log n) complexity.
• Connection pooling unlocked via OkHttpClient reuse.
• Reduced GC pressure and CPU load in download and search pipelines.
• Fuzzy matching (PerformersHelper): optimized Levenshtein computation, 8.8× faster sanitization.
• I/O operations optimized with buffered streams — up to 96% CPU savings on syscalls.
• Regex eliminations in URL and string sanitizers for major allocation reductions.
• Threading refactors: removal of Thread.yield() and new Runnable task model in SearchManager.
• Logger, ThreadPool, and RecyclerView hot paths heavily optimized.
• Startup time reduced via deferred heavy initialization.
• Memory safety improvements with Bitmap.recycle() and inSampleSize scaling to prevent OOMs.

UI & UX

• Picasso 3.0.0-alpha06 upgrade with custom ImageLoader refactor.
• Crash and ANR resilience: multiple handler and dispatcher fixes in MusicPlaybackService.
• ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException handling for Android 14+.
• New concurrent-safe URL resolver (UrlUtils.getFastestMirrorDomain).
• Thread-safe WorkManager configuration to prevent JobScheduler alarm limit exceptions.
• Optimized music metadata cleanup and playlist handling in background.

🧠 Code Quality & Refactoring

• SearchManager rewritten to use modern Runnable task submission.
• Hashtable throttling replaced with lock-free ConcurrentHashMap.
• Removed deprecated APIs (setDrawingCacheEnabled, replaced with Canvas API).
• Consistent GPL v3.0 license headers across all source files.
• Modularized SWIG interface files for maintainability.
• Added prepare-macos.sh and improved build scripts (run-swig.sh, build-only, swig-only options).
• Enhanced exception handling, typed bitfields, and Boost error code wrapping in SWIG bindings.

🧩 Stability & Crash Fixes

• Fixed multiple ANRs in:
  • MusicPlaybackService.setDataSource
  • MusicPlaybackService.playFDs
  • Large result sorting
  • Picasso background handlers
• Fixed NullPointerExceptions in ImageFetcher and HandlerDispatcher.
• Fixed ClassCastException in SearchResultListAdapter.
• Fixed ConcurrentModificationException in Ssl$FWHostnameVerifier.
• Fixed ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException for Android 14+.
• Fixed thread leaks and race conditions in mirror resolution and image loading.
• Fixed context leaks and improved lifecycle handling in broadcast receivers.
• Fixed OOM risks via aggressive bitmap cleanup and sample downscaling.

🧰 Library & Dependency Upgrades

🔧 Libtorrent 2.0 Highlights (Technical Breakdown)

Major Improvements

• Disk I/O overhaul → memory-mapped files, reduced syscall overhead.
• uTP protocol refinements for stable low-latency streaming.
• Improved BEP compliance (BEP40, BEP52, IPv6).
• Added BitTorrent v2 torrent creation, validation, and mixed v1/v2 swarm handling.
• Resilient resume data loading/saving with new v2 formats.
• SOCKS5, I2P, DHT, proxy layers fixed and modernized.
• Improved DNS caching and error handling.
• Thread-safe piece picker, file_progress, and hash_picker fixes.
• Removed deprecated APIs: lazy_entry, save_state(), load_state(), bittyrant.
• Dropped iconv dependency, lighter build footprint.

I2P & Privacy

• Added I2P inbound/outbound length variance settings.
• Fixed I2P announce parsing and protocol quoting.
• Added mixed swarm control (I2P + clearnet).

🧾 Summary

FrostWire 3 marks a major modernization leap — moving to:

• BitTorrent v2 ecosystem,
• 16KB page-aware Android binaries,
• Ad-free user experience,
• Fully optimized search and transfer performance.

This release focuses heavily on speed, stability, and code hygiene:

• Native layer rewritten in C++20,
• App layer streamlined for Android 14+,
• Improved resource handling,
• Significant performance wins in networking, searching, and I/O.

FrostWire 3.0.5 Build 759
The most stable, efficient, and privacy-respecting FrostWire release to date.

FrostWire 3.0.5 build 759 OCT/12/2025

 - new:Powered by jlibtorrent 2.0.12.5 with bittorrent v2 protocol support with hundreds of bug fixes and performance improvements
 - new:Knaben search performer, a new torrent search source
 - new:TorrentCSV search performer, a new torrent search source
 - new:Settings > Torrent Settings > Incoming Connection Port Range selection
 - new:Seed finished HTTP transfers if seeding is enabled (automatically creates torrent of finished download like on desktop)
 - new:No more third party ads or advertising tracking of any kind. Only frostwire support requests, vpn suggestions and promotional free downloads.
 - yt_dlp-2025.09.26
 - removed:Torlock search performer (old site is down, new site is malicious)
 - freeze:ensure MusicUtils.removeFromPlaylist ContentResolver activity is in the background
 - freeze:sorting through too many results could cause an ANR when cleaning up titles
 - freeze:ANR in MusicPlaybackService.setDataSource
 - freeze:ANR in MusicPlaybackService.playFDs
 - fix:logic bug in PerformersHelper.countMatchedTokens(), matched tokens were not counted correctly
 - fix:ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException by adding foreground check and error handling
 - fix:Android 14+ ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException in MusicPlaybackService
 - fix:Android JobScheduler alarm limit exceeded crashes by configuring WorkManager
 - fix:ClassCastException in SearchResultListAdapter OnLinkClickListener
 - fix:HandlerDispatcher NullPointerException crashes in Picasso image loading
 - freeze:in playFDs
 - freeze:in MusicPlaybackService.setDataSource
 - crash:NPE in ImageFetcher.loadCurrentArtwork()
 - improvement:PerformersHelper.sanitize() 8.8x speed gains in title normalization by not using a regex and instead simple string replacements
 - improvement:Optimize stackBlur() with array pooling to reduce allocations
 - maintenance:Avoid possible context leak on EngineBroadcastReceiver
 - maintenance:all license headers are GPL 3.0
 - maintenance:archive.org search fixed
 - maintenance:glotorrents search fixed
 - maintenance:idope search fixed
 - maintenance:magnetdl search fixed
 - maintenance:add BitmapFactory.inSampleSize to prevent OOM crashes
 - maintenance:Add Bitmap.recycle() to prevent native...

FrostWire 3.0.4 (Build 758) — Comprehensive Change Report

Release Date: October 11, 2025
Based on: FrostWire 2.x → 3.x transition (Android)

🧱 Architectural & Core Upgrades

Migration to jlibtorrent 2.0.12.5

• Full adoption of BitTorrent v2 protocol, including hybrid torrent support and BEP52 compliance.
• Hundreds of performance and stability fixes from upstream libtorrent RC_2_0 branch.
• C++20 standardization: all native builds now compiled with C++20 (C++2a on Windows/MinGW).
• Boost 1.88.0, OpenSSL 3.5.2, and SWIG 4.3.1 upgrades for improved compatibility and security.
• Android NDK r28c (16KB page support) → future-proofed for Android 14+ devices.
• JDK 17 build target with full JAVA_17 compatibility.
• Mavenized jlibtorrent packages (com.frostwire:jlibtorrent) for easier integration.

Key New Libtorrent (lt) Features

• Added async APIs:
  post_trackers(), post_status(), post_peer_info(), post_piece_availability(), post_file_progress(), etc.
• Enhanced torrent_handle with new overloads (get_resume_data(flags), add_piece(async)).
• New runtime checks for add_torrent_params::save_path validation.
• Major uTP performance improvements: reduced redundant ACKs, resends, and improved congestion control.
• Improved I/O subsystem: switched to memory-mapped files with better sparse region handling.
• Added stricter BEP compliance (filename validation, piece layers, IPv6 priority, I2P improvements).
• Async I/O improvements → better throughput and less thread contention.

⚙️ FrostWire App-Level Enhancements

New Features

• TorrentCSV and Knaben integrated as new torrent search performers.
• Incoming Port Range configuration (Settings > Torrent Settings > Port Range).
• Automatic seeding of finished HTTP downloads, replicating desktop seeding behavior.
• Ad-free experience: all 3rd-party ads and trackers removed.
  Only FrostWire support requests, VPN suggestions, and promotional downloads remain.
• Updated yt_dlp binary to 2025.09.26 for YouTube & media downloading.
• Distraction-free search mode enabled by default for cleaner UI.

Performance Optimizations

• Search sorting improved from O(n² log n) → O(n log n) complexity.
• Connection pooling unlocked via OkHttpClient reuse.
• Reduced GC pressure and CPU load in download and search pipelines.
• Fuzzy matching (PerformersHelper): optimized Levenshtein computation, 8.8× faster sanitization.
• I/O operations optimized with buffered streams — up to 96% CPU savings on syscalls.
• Regex eliminations in URL and string sanitizers for major allocation reductions.
• Threading refactors: removal of Thread.yield() and new Runnable task model in SearchManager.
• Logger, ThreadPool, and RecyclerView hot paths heavily optimized.
• Startup time reduced via deferred heavy initialization.
• Memory safety improvements with Bitmap.recycle() and inSampleSize scaling to prevent OOMs.

UI & UX

• Picasso 3.0.0-alpha06 upgrade with custom ImageLoader refactor.
• Crash and ANR resilience: multiple handler and dispatcher fixes in MusicPlaybackService.
• ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException handling for Android 14+.
• New concurrent-safe URL resolver (UrlUtils.getFastestMirrorDomain).
• Thread-safe WorkManager configuration to prevent JobScheduler alarm limit exceptions.
• Optimized music metadata cleanup and playlist handling in background.

🧠 Code Quality & Refactoring

• SearchManager rewritten to use modern Runnable task submission.
• Hashtable throttling replaced with lock-free ConcurrentHashMap.
• Removed deprecated APIs (setDrawingCacheEnabled, replaced with Canvas API).
• Consistent GPL v3.0 license headers across all source files.
• Modularized SWIG interface files for maintainability.
• Added prepare-macos.sh and improved build scripts (run-swig.sh, build-only, swig-only options).
• Enhanced exception handling, typed bitfields, and Boost error code wrapping in SWIG bindings.

🧩 Stability & Crash Fixes

• Fixed multiple ANRs in:
  • MusicPlaybackService.setDataSource
  • MusicPlaybackService.playFDs
  • Large result sorting
  • Picasso background handlers
• Fixed NullPointerExceptions in ImageFetcher and HandlerDispatcher.
• Fixed ClassCastException in SearchResultListAdapter.
• Fixed ConcurrentModificationException in Ssl$FWHostnameVerifier.
• Fixed ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException for Android 14+.
• Fixed thread leaks and race conditions in mirror resolution and image loading.
• Fixed context leaks and improved lifecycle handling in broadcast receivers.
• Fixed OOM risks via aggressive bitmap cleanup and sample downscaling.

🧰 Library & Dependency Upgrades

🔧 Libtorrent 2.0 Highlights (Technical Breakdown)

Major Improvements

• Disk I/O overhaul → memory-mapped files, reduced syscall overhead.
• uTP protocol refinements for stable low-latency streaming.
• Improved BEP compliance (BEP40, BEP52, IPv6).
• Added BitTorrent v2 torrent creation, validation, and mixed v1/v2 swarm handling.
• Resilient resume data loading/saving with new v2 formats.
• SOCKS5, I2P, DHT, proxy layers fixed and modernized.
• Improved DNS caching and error handling.
• Thread-safe piece picker, file_progress, and hash_picker fixes.
• Removed deprecated APIs: lazy_entry, save_state(), load_state(), bittyrant.
• Dropped iconv dependency, lighter build footprint.

I2P & Privacy

• Added I2P inbound/outbound length variance settings.
• Fixed I2P announce parsing and protocol quoting.
• Added mixed swarm control (I2P + clearnet).

🧾 Summary

FrostWire 3 marks a major modernization leap — moving to:

• BitTorrent v2 ecosystem,
• 16KB page-aware Android binaries,
• Ad-free user experience,
• Fully optimized search and transfer performance.

This release focuses heavily on speed, stability, and code hygiene:

• Native layer rewritten in C++20,
• App layer streamlined for Android 14+,
• Improved resource handling,
• Significant performance wins in networking, searching, and I/O.

FrostWire 3.0.4 Build 758
The most stable, efficient, and privacy-respecting FrostWire release to date.

FrostWire 3.0.4 build 758 OCT/11/2025

 - new:Powered by jlibtorrent 2.0.12.5 with bittorrent v2 protocol support with hundreds of bug fixes and performance improvements
 - new:Knaben search performer, a new torrent search source
 - new:TorrentCSV search performer, a new torrent search source
 - new:Settings > Torrent Settings > Incoming Connection Port Range selection
 - new:Seed finished HTTP transfers if seeding is enabled (automatically creates torrent of finished download like on desktop)
 - new:No more third party ads or advertising tracking of any kind. Only frostwire support requests, vpn suggestions and promotional free downloads.
 - yt_dlp-2025.09.26
 - removed:Torlock search performer (old site is down, new site is malicious)
 - freeze:ensure MusicUtils.removeFromPlaylist ContentResolver activity is in the background
 - freeze:sorting through too many results could cause an ANR when cleaning up titles
 - freeze:ANR in MusicPlaybackService.setDataSource
 - freeze:ANR in MusicPlaybackService.playFDs
 - fix:logic bug in PerformersHelper.countMatchedTokens(), matched tokens were not counted correctly
 - fix:ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException by adding foreground check and error handling
 - fix:Android 14+ ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException in MusicPlaybackService
 - fix:Android JobScheduler alarm limit exceeded crashes by configuring WorkManager
 - fix:ClassCastException in SearchResultListAdapter OnLinkClickListener
 - fix:HandlerDispatcher NullPointerException crashes in Picasso image loading
 - freeze:in playFDs
 - freeze:in MusicPlaybackService.setDataSource
 - crash:NPE in ImageFetcher.loadCurrentArtwork()
 - improvement:PerformersHelper.sanitize() 8.8x speed gains in title normalization by not using a regex and instead simple string replacements
 - improvement:Optimize stackBlur() with array pooling to reduce allocations
 - maintenance:Avoid possible context leak on EngineBroadcastReceiver
 - maintenance:all license headers are GPL 3.0
 - maintenance:archive.org search fixed
 - maintenance:glotorrents search fixed
 - maintenance:idope search fixed
 - maintenance:magnetdl search fixed
 - maintenance:add BitmapFactory.inSampleSize to prevent OOM crashes
 - maintenance:Add Bitmap.recycle() to prevent native...

FrostWire 3.0.3 build 757 OCT/04/2025

• new:Powered by jlibtorrent 2.0.12.5 with bittorrent v2 protocol support with hundreds of bug fixes and performance improvements
• new:Knaben search performer, a new torrent search source
• new:TorrentCSV search performer, a new torrent search source
• new:Settings > Torrent Settings > Incoming Connection Port Range selection
• new:Seed finished HTTP transfers if seeding is enabled (automatically creates torrent of finished download like on desktop)
• yt_dlp-2025.09.23
• removed:Torlock search performer (old site is down, new site is malicious)
• freeze:ensure MusicUtils.removeFromPlaylist ContentResolver activity is in the background
• freeze:sorting through too many results could cause an ANR when cleaning up titles
• freeze:ANR in MusicPlaybackService.setDataSource
• freeze:ANR in MusicPlaybackService.playFDs
• fix:logic bug in PerformersHelper.countMatchedTokens(), matched tokens were not counted correctly
• fix:ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException by adding foreground check and error handling
• fix:Android 14+ ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException in MusicPlaybackService
• fix:Android JobScheduler alarm limit exceeded crashes by configuring WorkManager
• fix:ClassCastException in SearchResultListAdapter OnLinkClickListener
• fix:HandlerDispatcher NullPointerException crashes in Picasso image loading
• freeze:in playFDs
• freeze:in MusicPlaybackService.setDataSource
• crash:NPE in ImageFetcher.loadCurrentArtwork()
• improvement:PerformersHelper.sanitize() 8.8x speed gains in title normalization by not using a regex and instead simple string replacements
• maintenance:Avoid possible context leak on EngineBroadcastReceiver
• maintenance:all license headers are GPL 3.0
• maintenance:archive.org search fixed
• maintenance:glotorrents search fixed
• maintenance:idope search fixed
• maintenance:magnetdl search fixed
• speed-up:reuse OkHttpClient instances to unlock connection pooling and reduce GC pressure
• speed-up:Replace global Hashtable throttling with lock-free ConcurrentHashMap in TaskThrottle
• speed-up:Cache torrent-search date parsers to eliminate per-result SimpleDateFormat allocations
• speed-up:Use buffered I/O for large transfers in OkHttpClientWrapper.save and ZipUtils.unzip. Up to 96% CPU savings in sys write calls, 30-50% reduction in CPU during I/O operations, search results should come out a lot faster
• crash:ConcurrentModificationException in Ssl$FWHostnameVerifier
• fix:Picasso HandlerDispatcher NullPointerException on network state changes when app is backgrounded by keeping Picasso alive instead of shutting down
• org.jetbrains:annotations:26.0.2-1
• androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.7.1
• androidx.browser:browser:1.9.0
• com.chaquo.python:gradle:16.1.0, now with linked 16KB mode compatible with android compile sdk 36
• org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:3.0.25
• com.squareup.picasso3:picasso:3.0.0-alpha06 and refactor of ImageLoader to use it
• com.google.gms:google-services:4.4.3
• com.google.firebase:firebase-crashlytics-gradle:3.0.6
• androidx.core:core:1.17.0
• androidx.exifinterface:exifinterface:1.4.1
• androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel-ktx:2.9.4
• com.google.android.material:material:1.13.0
• com.google.code.gson:gson:2.13.2
• com.google.re2j:re2j:1.8
• com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:5.1.0
• androidx.work:work-runtime-ktx:2.10.4
• com.google.firebase:firebase-bom:34.3.0
• com.applovin:applovin-sdk:13.4.0
• com.applovin.mediation:unityads-adapter:4.16.1.0
• Maintenance:all license headers are consistent with GPL 3.0
• jlibtorrent:libraries are now compiled with C++20 (ming/windows with C++2a which is the same)
• jlibtorrent:g++-9 upgraded to g++-11 for linux build
• jlibtorrent:new Sha256Hash::swig()
• jlibtorrent:new SessionManager::find(Sha256Hash) and SessionManager::find(TorrentInfo) methods
• jlibtorrent:built with android NDK r28c with 16K page size support
• Android 64-bit binaries are compiled to have 16KB max-page-size
• jlibtorrent:New com.frostwire:jlibtorrent- maven packages for easier integration with gradle/maven
• jlibtorrent:new torrent_handle::get_resume_data() : add_torrent_params
• jlibtorrent:new torrent_handle::get_resume_data(resume_data_flags_t flags) : add_torrent_params
• jlibtorrent:new settings_pack.int_types i2p_inbound_length_variance
• jlibtorrent:new settings_pack.int_types i2p_outbound_length_variance
• jlibtorrent:Jar built with JDK 17 - JAVA_17 compatibility
• jlibtorrentBoost 1.88.0 upgrade
• jlibtorrent:OpenSSL 3.5.2 upgrade (from 1.1.1t)
• jlibtorrent:Upgraded SWIG to 4.3.1
• jlibtorrent:Gradle 9.0.0
• dev: junit upgraded from 4.13.1 -> 4.13.2
• lt:add option to send host header in HTTP proxy CONNECT command
• lt:cache DNS failures for a shorter time
• lt:file_renamed_alert is always posted, regardless of alert mask
• lt:add feature to request resume data synchronously
• lt:don't leak file descriptors to child processes (O_CLOEXEC)
• lt:optimize the utp resend
• lt:optimize tracker announcements
• fix handling of invalid filenames
• add support for I2CP inbound.lengthVariance and outbound.lengthVariance tunnel settings
• lt: validate add_torrent_params::save_path at run-time
• lt: use stricter rules for what filenames are valid on Android
• lt: fix applying IP filter to DHT traffic (HanabishiRecca)
• lt: fix race condition when cancelling requests after becoming a seed
• lt: fix performance bug in the file pool, evicting MRU instead of LRU (HanabishiRecca)
• lt: fix bug where file_progress could sometimes be reported as >100%
• jlibtorrent:BDecodeNode: hasList, hasDict, hasString, hasInt, getList, getDict, getString, getInt
• lt:limit piece size in torrent creator
• lt:don't hint FADV_RANDOM on posix systems. May improve seeding performance
• lt:allow boost connect while checking resume data if no_verify_files flag is set
• lt:fix BEP-40 peer priority for IPv6
• lt:fix file pre-allocation when changing file priority (HanabishiRecca)
• jlibtorrent:SWIG interface files have been modularized for better maintainability and readability
• jlibtorrent:Added missing alert types
• jlibtorrent:Introduced typed_bitfield template
• jlibtorrent:Operator renaming for Java compatibility
• jlibtorrent:Included boost_system_error_code.i
• jlibtorrent:Added prepare-macos.sh script
• jlibtorrent:Updated run-swig.sh script
• jlibtorrent:Set TORRENT_ABI_VERSION=4
• jlibtorrent:Libtorrent updated to RC_2_0 (rev:2ab8fedabb7716947edc77958da6d0b5e1040df9)
• jlibtorrent:Android NDK r26d (LTS) upgrade (from r25c)
• jlibtorrent:Added --swig-only and --build-only options to swig/build scripts
• jlibtorrent:Added prepare-macos.sh script for macOS build setup
• jlibtorrent:Updated run-swig.sh script for improved SWIG processing
• jlibtorrent:Enhanced exception handling in SWIG interfaces
• jlibtorrent:Fixed issues in file_storage.hpp and ip_filter.hpp
• jlibtorrent:Adjusted build flags and macros for Boost and libtorrent compatibility
• jlibtorrent:Enabled SWIG directors for specific classes
• lt:fix uTP issue where closing the connection could corrupt the payload
• lt:apply DSCP/TOS to sockets before initiating the TCP connection
• lt:assume copy_file_range() exists on linux (unless old glibc)
• lt:fix issue where set_piece_deadline() did not correctly post read_piece_alert
• lt:fix integer overflow in piece picker
• lt:torrent_status::num_pieces counts pieces passed hash check, as documented
• lt:check settings_pack::max_out_request_queue before performance alert
• lt:allow on_unknown_torrent method in the absence of active torrents (new plugin feature added)
• lt:add feature to async_move_storage() to not move files
• lt:fix reject resume data if it contains mismatching info hashes
• lt:fix clear the candidate_cache when clear peer_list
• lt:fix missing python converter for dht::announce_flags_t
• lt:fix issue with web seed connections when they close and re-open
• lt:fallocate() not supported is not a fatal error
• lt:fix proxying of IPv6 connections via IPv4 proxy
• lt:treat CGNAT address range as local IPs
• lt:add stricter checking of piece layers when loading torrents
• lt:add stricter checking of v1 and v2 hashes being consistent
• lt:cache failed DNS lookups as well as successful ones
• lt:add an i2p torrent state to control interactions with clear swarms
• lt:fix i2p SAM protocol parsing of quoted messages
• lt:expose i2p peer destination in peer_info
• lt:fix i2p tracker announces
• lt:fix issue with read_piece() stopping torrent on pieces not yet downloaded
• lt:improve handling of allow_i2p_mixed setting to work for magnet links
• lt:fix web seed request for renamed single-file torrents
• lt:fix issue where web seeds could disappear from resume data
• lt:extend save_resume with additional conditional flags
• lt:fix issue with retrying trackers in tiers > 0
• lt:fix last_upload and last_download resume data fields to use posix time
• lt:improve error messages for no_connect_privileged_ports, by untangle it from the port filter
• lt:fix I2P issue introduced in 2.0.0
• lt:add async tracker status query, post_trackers()
• lt:add async torrent status query, post_status()
• lt:support loading version 2 of resume data format
• lt:fix issue with odd piece sizes
• lt:add async piece availability query, post_piece_availability()
• lt:add async download queue query, post_download_queue()
• lt:add async file_progress query, post_file_progress()
• lt:add async peer_info query, post_peer_info()
• lt:fix uTP streams timing out instead of closing cleanly
• lt:add write_torrent_file_buf() overload ...

FrostWire 3.0.2 build 756 OCT/03/2025

• new:Powered by jlibtorrent 2.0.12.5 with bittorrent v2 protocol support with hundreds of bug fixes and performance improvements
• new:Knaben search performer, a new torrent search source
• new:TorrentCSV search performer, a new torrent search source
• new:Settings > Torrent Settings > Incoming Connection Port Range selection
• new:Seed finished HTTP transfers if seeding is enabled (automatically creates torrent of finished download like on desktop)
• yt_dlp-2025.09.23
• removed:Torlock search performer (old site is down, new site is malicious)
• freeze:ensure MusicUtils.removeFromPlaylist ContentResolver activity is in the background
• freeze:sorting through too many results could cause an ANR when cleaning up titles
• freeze:ANR in MusicPlaybackService.setDataSource
• freeze:ANR in MusicPlaybackService.playFDs
• fix:logic bug in PerformersHelper.countMatchedTokens(), matched tokens were not counted correctly
• fix:ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException by adding foreground check and error handling
• fix:Android 14+ ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException in MusicPlaybackService
• fix:Android JobScheduler alarm limit exceeded crashes by configuring WorkManager
• fix:ClassCastException in SearchResultListAdapter OnLinkClickListener
• fix:HandlerDispatcher NullPointerException crashes in Picasso image loading
• freeze:in playFDs
• freeze:in MusicPlaybackService.setDataSource
• crash:NPE in ImageFetcher.loadCurrentArtwork()
• improvement:PerformersHelper.sanitize() 8.8x speed gains in title normalization by not using a regex and instead simple string replacements
• maintenance:Avoid possible context leak on EngineBroadcastReceiver
• maintenance:all license headers are GPL 3.0
• maintenance:archive.org search fixed
• maintenance:glotorrents search fixed
• maintenance:idope search fixed
• maintenance:magnetdl search fixed
• speed-up:reuse OkHttpClient instances to unlock connection pooling and reduce GC pressure
• speed-up:Replace global Hashtable throttling with lock-free ConcurrentHashMap in TaskThrottle
• speed-up:Cache torrent-search date parsers to eliminate per-result SimpleDateFormat allocations
• speed-up:Use buffered I/O for large transfers in OkHttpClientWrapper.save and ZipUtils.unzip. Up to 96% CPU savings in sys write calls, 30-50% reduction in CPU during I/O operations, search results should come out a lot faster
• crash:ConcurrentModificationException in Ssl$FWHostnameVerifier
• fix:Picasso HandlerDispatcher NullPointerException on network state changes when app is backgrounded by keeping Picasso alive instead of shutting down
• org.jetbrains:annotations:26.0.2-1
• androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.7.1
• androidx.browser:browser:1.9.0
• com.chaquo.python:gradle:16.1.0, now with linked 16KB mode compatible with android compile sdk 36
• org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:3.0.25
• com.squareup.picasso3:picasso:3.0.0-alpha06 and refactor of ImageLoader to use it
• com.google.gms:google-services:4.4.3
• com.google.firebase:firebase-crashlytics-gradle:3.0.6
• androidx.core:core:1.17.0
• androidx.exifinterface:exifinterface:1.4.1
• androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel-ktx:2.9.4
• com.google.android.material:material:1.13.0
• com.google.code.gson:gson:2.13.2
• com.google.re2j:re2j:1.8
• com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:5.1.0
• androidx.work:work-runtime-ktx:2.10.4
• com.google.firebase:firebase-bom:34.3.0
• com.applovin:applovin-sdk:13.4.0
• com.applovin.mediation:unityads-adapter:4.16.1.0
• Maintenance:all license headers are consistent with GPL 3.0
• jlibtorrent:libraries are now compiled with C++20 (ming/windows with C++2a which is the same)
• jlibtorrent:g++-9 upgraded to g++-11 for linux build
• jlibtorrent:new Sha256Hash::swig()
• jlibtorrent:new SessionManager::find(Sha256Hash) and SessionManager::find(TorrentInfo) methods
• jlibtorrent:built with android NDK r28c with 16K page size support
• Android 64-bit binaries are compiled to have 16KB max-page-size
• jlibtorrent:New com.frostwire:jlibtorrent- maven packages for easier integration with gradle/maven
• jlibtorrent:new torrent_handle::get_resume_data() : add_torrent_params
• jlibtorrent:new torrent_handle::get_resume_data(resume_data_flags_t flags) : add_torrent_params
• jlibtorrent:new settings_pack.int_types i2p_inbound_length_variance
• jlibtorrent:new settings_pack.int_types i2p_outbound_length_variance
• jlibtorrent:Jar built with JDK 17 - JAVA_17 compatibility
• jlibtorrentBoost 1.88.0 upgrade
• jlibtorrent:OpenSSL 3.5.2 upgrade (from 1.1.1t)
• jlibtorrent:Upgraded SWIG to 4.3.1
• jlibtorrent:Gradle 9.0.0
• dev: junit upgraded from 4.13.1 -> 4.13.2
• lt:add option to send host header in HTTP proxy CONNECT command
• lt:cache DNS failures for a shorter time
• lt:file_renamed_alert is always posted, regardless of alert mask
• lt:add feature to request resume data synchronously
• lt:don't leak file descriptors to child processes (O_CLOEXEC)
• lt:optimize the utp resend
• lt:optimize tracker announcements
• fix handling of invalid filenames
• add support for I2CP inbound.lengthVariance and outbound.lengthVariance tunnel settings
• lt: validate add_torrent_params::save_path at run-time
• lt: use stricter rules for what filenames are valid on Android
• lt: fix applying IP filter to DHT traffic (HanabishiRecca)
• lt: fix race condition when cancelling requests after becoming a seed
• lt: fix performance bug in the file pool, evicting MRU instead of LRU (HanabishiRecca)
• lt: fix bug where file_progress could sometimes be reported as >100%
• jlibtorrent:BDecodeNode: hasList, hasDict, hasString, hasInt, getList, getDict, getString, getInt
• lt:limit piece size in torrent creator
• lt:don't hint FADV_RANDOM on posix systems. May improve seeding performance
• lt:allow boost connect while checking resume data if no_verify_files flag is set
• lt:fix BEP-40 peer priority for IPv6
• lt:fix file pre-allocation when changing file priority (HanabishiRecca)
• jlibtorrent:SWIG interface files have been modularized for better maintainability and readability
• jlibtorrent:Added missing alert types
• jlibtorrent:Introduced typed_bitfield template
• jlibtorrent:Operator renaming for Java compatibility
• jlibtorrent:Included boost_system_error_code.i
• jlibtorrent:Added prepare-macos.sh script
• jlibtorrent:Updated run-swig.sh script
• jlibtorrent:Set TORRENT_ABI_VERSION=4
• jlibtorrent:Libtorrent updated to RC_2_0 (rev:2ab8fedabb7716947edc77958da6d0b5e1040df9)
• jlibtorrent:Android NDK r26d (LTS) upgrade (from r25c)
• jlibtorrent:Added --swig-only and --build-only options to swig/build scripts
• jlibtorrent:Added prepare-macos.sh script for macOS build setup
• jlibtorrent:Updated run-swig.sh script for improved SWIG processing
• jlibtorrent:Enhanced exception handling in SWIG interfaces
• jlibtorrent:Fixed issues in file_storage.hpp and ip_filter.hpp
• jlibtorrent:Adjusted build flags and macros for Boost and libtorrent compatibility
• jlibtorrent:Enabled SWIG directors for specific classes
• lt:fix uTP issue where closing the connection could corrupt the payload
• lt:apply DSCP/TOS to sockets before initiating the TCP connection
• lt:assume copy_file_range() exists on linux (unless old glibc)
• lt:fix issue where set_piece_deadline() did not correctly post read_piece_alert
• lt:fix integer overflow in piece picker
• lt:torrent_status::num_pieces counts pieces passed hash check, as documented
• lt:check settings_pack::max_out_request_queue before performance alert
• lt:allow on_unknown_torrent method in the absence of active torrents (new plugin feature added)
• lt:add feature to async_move_storage() to not move files
• lt:fix reject resume data if it contains mismatching info hashes
• lt:fix clear the candidate_cache when clear peer_list
• lt:fix missing python converter for dht::announce_flags_t
• lt:fix issue with web seed connections when they close and re-open
• lt:fallocate() not supported is not a fatal error
• lt:fix proxying of IPv6 connections via IPv4 proxy
• lt:treat CGNAT address range as local IPs
• lt:add stricter checking of piece layers when loading torrents
• lt:add stricter checking of v1 and v2 hashes being consistent
• lt:cache failed DNS lookups as well as successful ones
• lt:add an i2p torrent state to control interactions with clear swarms
• lt:fix i2p SAM protocol parsing of quoted messages
• lt:expose i2p peer destination in peer_info
• lt:fix i2p tracker announces
• lt:fix issue with read_piece() stopping torrent on pieces not yet downloaded
• lt:improve handling of allow_i2p_mixed setting to work for magnet links
• lt:fix web seed request for renamed single-file torrents
• lt:fix issue where web seeds could disappear from resume data
• lt:extend save_resume with additional conditional flags
• lt:fix issue with retrying trackers in tiers > 0
• lt:fix last_upload and last_download resume data fields to use posix time
• lt:improve error messages for no_connect_privileged_ports, by untangle it from the port filter
• lt:fix I2P issue introduced in 2.0.0
• lt:add async tracker status query, post_trackers()
• lt:add async torrent status query, post_status()
• lt:support loading version 2 of resume data format
• lt:fix issue with odd piece sizes
• lt:add async piece availability query, post_piece_availability()
• lt:add async download queue query, post_download_queue()
• lt:add async file_progress query, post_file_progress()
• lt:add async peer_info query, post_peer_info()
• lt:fix uTP streams timing out instead of closing cleanly
• lt:add write_torrent_file_buf() overload ...

FrostWire ORINOCO 3.0.0 build 754 SEP/28/2025

• new: Powered by jlibtorrent 2.0.12.5 with bittorrent v2 protocol support with hundreds of bug fixes and performance improvements
• new: Knaben search performer, a new torrent search source
• new: TorrentCSV search performer, a new torrent search source
• new: Settings > Torrent Settings > Incoming Connection Port Range selection
• new: Seed finished HTTP transfers if seeding is enabled (automatically creates torrent of finished download like on desktop)
• yt_dlp-2025.09.23
• removed: Torlock search performer (old site is down, new site is malicious)
• freeze: ensure MusicUtils.removeFromPlaylist ContentResolver activity is in the background
• freeze: sorting through too many results could cause an ANR when cleaning up titles
• freeze: ANR in MusicPlaybackService.setDataSource
• freeze: ANR in MusicPlaybackService.playFDs
• fix: logic bug in PerformersHelper.countMatchedTokens(), matched tokens were not counted correctly
• fix: ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException by adding foreground check and error handling
• fix: Android 14+ ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException in MusicPlaybackService
• fix: Android JobScheduler alarm limit exceeded crashes by configuring WorkManager
• fix: ClassCastException in SearchResultListAdapter OnLinkClickListener
• fix: HandlerDispatcher NullPointerException crashes in Picasso image loading
• freeze: in playFDs
• freeze in MusicPlaybackService.setDataSource
• crash: NPE in ImagfeFetcher.loadCurrentArtwork()
• improvement: PerformersHelper.sanitize() 8.8x speed gains in title normalization by not using a regex and instead simple string replacements
• Avoid possible context leak on EngineBroadcastReceiver
• maintenance: all license headers are GPL 3.0
• maintenance: archive.org search fixed
• maintenance: glotorrents search fixed
• org.jetbrains:annotations:26.0.2-1
• androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.7.1
• androidx.browser:browser:1.9.0
• com.chaquo.python:gradle:16.1.0, now with linked 16KB mode compatible with android compile sdk 36
• org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:3.0.25
• com.squareup.picasso3:picasso:3.0.0-alpha06 and refactor of ImageLoader to use it
• com.google.gms:google-services:4.4.3
• com.google.firebase:firebase-crashlytics-gradle:3.0.6
• androidx.core:core:1.17.0
• androidx.exifinterface:exifinterface:1.4.1
• androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel-ktx:2.9.4
• com.google.android.material:material:1.13.0
• com.google.code.gson:gson:2.13.2
• com.google.re2j:re2j:1.8
• com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:5.1.0
• androidx.work:work-runtime-ktx:2.10.4
• com.google.firebase:firebase-bom:34.3.0
• com.applovin:applovin-sdk:13.4.0
• com.applovin.mediation:unityads-adapter:4.16.1.0
• Maintenance:all license headers are consistent with GPL 3.0
• jlibtorrent:libraries are now compiled with C++20 (ming/windows with C++2a which is the same)
• jlibtorrent:g++-9 upgraded to g++-11 for linux build
• jlibtorrent:new Sha256Hash::swig()
• jlibtorrent:new SessionManager::find(Sha256Hash) and SessionManager::find(TorrentInfo) methods
• jlibtorrent:built with android NDK r28c with 16K page size support
• Android 64-bit binaries are compiled to have 16KB max-page-size
• jlibtorrent:New com.frostwire:jlibtorrent- maven packages for easier integration with gradle/maven
• jlibtorrent:new torrent_handle::get_resume_data() : add_torrent_params
• jlibtorrent:new torrent_handle::get_resume_data(resume_data_flags_t flags) : add_torrent_params
• jlibtorrent:new settings_pack.int_types i2p_inbound_length_variance
• jlibtorrent:new settings_pack.int_types i2p_outbound_length_variance
• jlibtorrent:Jar built with JDK 17 - JAVA_17 compatibility
• jlibtorrentBoost 1.88.0 upgrade
• jlibtorrent:OpenSSL 3.5.2 upgrade (from 1.1.1t)
• jlibtorrent:Upgraded SWIG to 4.3.1
• jlibtorrent:Gradle 9.0.0
• dev: junit upgraded from 4.13.1 -> 4.13.2
• lt:add option to send host header in HTTP proxy CONNECT command
• lt:cache DNS failures for a shorter time
• lt:file_renamed_alert is always posted, regardless of alert mask
• lt:add feature to request resume data synchronously
• lt:don't leak file descriptors to child processes (O_CLOEXEC)
• lt:optimize the utp resend
• lt:optimize tracker announcements
• fix handling of invalid filenames
• add support for I2CP inbound.lengthVariance and outbound.lengthVariance tunnel settings
• lt: validate add_torrent_params::save_path at run-time
• lt: use stricter rules for what filenames are valid on Android
• lt: fix applying IP filter to DHT traffic (HanabishiRecca)
• lt: fix race condition when cancelling requests after becoming a seed
• lt: fix performance bug in the file pool, evicting MRU instead of LRU (HanabishiRecca)
• lt: fix bug where file_progress could sometimes be reported as >100%
• jlibtorrent:BDecodeNode: hasList, hasDict, hasString, hasInt, getList, getDict, getString, getInt
• lt:limit piece size in torrent creator
• lt:don't hint FADV_RANDOM on posix systems. May improve seeding performance
• lt:allow boost connect while checking resume data if no_verify_files flag is set
• lt:fix BEP-40 peer priority for IPv6
• lt:fix file pre-allocation when changing file priority (HanabishiRecca)
• jlibtorrent:SWIG interface files have been modularized for better maintainability and readability
• jlibtorrent:Added missing alert types
• jlibtorrent:Introduced typed_bitfield template
• jlibtorrent:Operator renaming for Java compatibility
• jlibtorrent:Included boost_system_error_code.i
• jlibtorrent:Added prepare-macos.sh script
• jlibtorrent:Updated run-swig.sh script
• jlibtorrent:Set TORRENT_ABI_VERSION=4
• jlibtorrent:Libtorrent updated to RC_2_0 (rev:2ab8fedabb7716947edc77958da6d0b5e1040df9)
• jlibtorrent:Android NDK r26d (LTS) upgrade (from r25c)
• jlibtorrent:Added --swig-only and --build-only options to swig/build scripts
• jlibtorrent:Added prepare-macos.sh script for macOS build setup
• jlibtorrent:Updated run-swig.sh script for improved SWIG processing
• jlibtorrent:Enhanced exception handling in SWIG interfaces
• jlibtorrent:Fixed issues in file_storage.hpp and ip_filter.hpp
• jlibtorrent:Adjusted build flags and macros for Boost and libtorrent compatibility
• jlibtorrent:Enabled SWIG directors for specific classes
• lt:fix uTP issue where closing the connection could corrupt the payload
• lt:apply DSCP/TOS to sockets before initiating the TCP connection
• lt:assume copy_file_range() exists on linux (unless old glibc)
• lt:fix issue where set_piece_deadline() did not correctly post read_piece_alert
• lt:fix integer overflow in piece picker
• lt:torrent_status::num_pieces counts pieces passed hash check, as documented
• lt:check settings_pack::max_out_request_queue before performance alert
• lt:allow on_unknown_torrent method in the absence of active torrents (new plugin feature added)
• lt:add feature to async_move_storage() to not move files
• lt:fix reject resume data if it contains mismatching info hashes
• lt:fix clear the candidate_cache when clear peer_list
• lt:fix missing python converter for dht::announce_flags_t
• lt:fix issue with web seed connections when they close and re-open
• lt:fallocate() not supported is not a fatal error
• lt:fix proxying of IPv6 connections via IPv4 proxy
• lt:treat CGNAT address range as local IPs
• lt:add stricter checking of piece layers when loading torrents
• lt:add stricter checking of v1 and v2 hashes being consistent
• lt:cache failed DNS lookups as well as successful ones
• lt:add an i2p torrent state to control interactions with clear swarms
• lt:fix i2p SAM protocol parsing of quoted messages
• lt:expose i2p peer destination in peer_info
• lt:fix i2p tracker announces
• lt:fix issue with read_piece() stopping torrent on pieces not yet downloaded
• lt:improve handling of allow_i2p_mixed setting to work for magnet links
• lt:fix web seed request for renamed single-file torrents
• lt:fix issue where web seeds could disappear from resume data
• lt:extend save_resume with additional conditional flags
• lt:fix issue with retrying trackers in tiers > 0
• lt:fix last_upload and last_download resume data fields to use posix time
• lt:improve error messages for no_connect_privileged_ports, by untangle it from the port filter
• lt:fix I2P issue introduced in 2.0.0
• lt:add async tracker status query, post_trackers()
• lt:add async torrent status query, post_status()
• lt:support loading version 2 of resume data format
• lt:fix issue with odd piece sizes
• lt:add async piece availability query, post_piece_availability()
• lt:add async download queue query, post_download_queue()
• lt:add async file_progress query, post_file_progress()
• lt:add async peer_info query, post_peer_info()
• lt:fix uTP streams timing out instead of closing cleanly
• lt:add write_torrent_file_buf() overload for generating .torrent files
• lt:add create_torrent::generate_buf() function to generate into a buffer
• lt:fix copy_file when the file ends with a sparse region
• lt:uTP performance, fix packet loss when sending is stalled
• lt:fix trackers being stuck after session pause/resume
• lt:fix bug in hash_picker with empty files
• lt:uTP performance, prevent premature timeouts/resends
• lt:add option to not memory map files below a certain size
• lt:settings_pack now returns default values when queried for missing settings
• lt:fix copy_file fall-back when SEEK_HOL/SEEK_DATA is not supported
• lt:improve error reporting from file copy and move
• lt:tweak pad file placement to match reference implementation (tail-padding)
• lt:uTP performance, more lenient nagle's algorithm to always allow one outstanding u...

frostwire (6.14.0) stable; urgency=high

• Telluride Video Downloader build 38
• Filter out search results with no keyword matches, considers fuzzy matches
• New app_splash image
• FrostWire 6.14.0 build 326
• Make download button on slide panel transparent
• Black background behind author on slide controls overlay
• Don't paint search tabbed pane background on default theme either
• Settings button on status bar (StatusLine) now looks good
• Dark theme fixes for delete files dialog
• Dark theme for search tab headers, refactor checking what theme is on
• Robust runtime theme switch & readable dialogs in FlatLaf dark mode
• Ignore some exceptions while updating window hierarchy on theme change
• General UI cleanup
• Background color for main searchboxes fixed when focused
• Refine dark theme UI, panel and textfield backgrounds darker
• Icon brightening support and clean-up sweep
• LibraryExplorer Tree background is darker for dark theme, speaker icon is brightened
• TransferDetailGeneral: support dark theme backgrounds and text
• Make transfer-detail pieces & tables use dark theme background
• Dark theme: unify table, panel and toggle-button backgrounds
• Actions for transfers, library and search had icons brightened in dark mode
• Transfer seeding renderer icon brightened for dark mode
• Enhanced icon repainting capabilities for dark mode
• ThemeMediator: Improved handling of table row alternate colors
• DefaultTableBevelledCellRenderer: Don't paint border when not selected, removed useless isSelected property
• Source renderer fix
• Fix progress bar renderer to preserve row striping and selection highlights
• FWAbstractJPanelTableCellRenderer: Don't paint beveled border
• LibraryFilesTableMediator cleanup
• LibraryFilesTableDataLine cleanup
• MediaPlayerComponent cleanup, layout uses all vertical space available
• Dark theme polish: transparent media panels, dynamic separators, dark result background
• Add dark mode gradient colors for application header
• Dark-theme table polish – dynamic striping & renderer fixes
• ThemeMediator.loadDarkTheme(): define UIManager "Table.alternateRowColor" (15% darker than background).
• FWAbstractJPanelTableCellRenderer: use Look-and-Feel selection/alternate colours instead of hard-coded white; keep foreground in sync.
• SourceRenderer: make cell opaque and apply same dynamic row / selection colours.
• Basic theme switching working
• Updated changelog file
• Added script to open test reports

-- FrostWire Team contact@frostwire.com Tue, 13 May 2025 15:11:00 -0600