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[Camel1965]

FrostWire 7.0.1 Build 328​

frostwire (7.0.1) stable; urgency=high
* Fixes bug where .torrent files were not saved in the user's torrent folder when starting a download from a search result
* Installer now removes old FrostWire 6 installation if present
* EDT freeze: LanguageUtils.getLocales()
* EDT freeze: Cache overlay background to eliminate EDT blocking in SlideControlsOverlay

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[Camel1965]

FrostWire 7.0.2​

• Fixes bug where seed counts disappeared from torrent search results wrapped in FileSearchResultUIWrapper
• Improves search result sorting prioritizing keywords, then seeds/popularity and avoiding irrelevant results on top
• Add VPN-Drop protection checkbox to status bar for quick toggle of BitTorrent pause when VPN is disconnected
• VPN-Drop protection setting changes and dialog dismissals now properly update status bar checkbox state
• Extract VPN-Drop protection logic to VPNDropGuard.applyVPNDropProtection() to avoid code duplication
• Cache VPN status in VPNDropGuard to avoid expensive VPNs.isVPNActive() system calls on setting changes
• All VPN-Drop protection operations use BackgroundQueuedExecutor to prevent EDT blocking
• VPN-Drop protection checkbox now compact with smaller font and clickable "VPN" link to info page
• Add VPN-Drop protection check when starting new torrent transfers from search results (button, context menu, and batch download)
• Ensure VPN-Drop guard dialog appears when attempting to start new torrent transfers without active VPN
• Add VPN-Drop protection check when opening torrent files (.torrent files and magnet links from pasted URLs)
• Fix: VPN-Drop guard dialog now properly appears when attempting to download torrents from search results
• Compact UI layout: VPN status indicator and VPN-Drop protection checkbox now use minimal spacing for cleaner appearance

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[Camel1965]

FrostWire 7.0.3 Build 330​

frostwire (7.0.3) stable; urgency=high
* Bound unbounded image/icon caches to prevent memory leaks
* Fix crash when pasting non-video URL into search bar
* Fix tray icon issues on Linux KDE Plasma (#845)
* Add I2P configuration infrastructure with UI settings panel support
* Register I2P settings panel in options dialog
* Fix I2PPaneItem return value for applyOptions
* Fix bug with Search Tools filter not working
* Fix search filter logic to make all filters work independently
* Fix wrong speed shown in peers tab by converting bytes/s to KB/s
* JDK 26 bundled
* Telluride build 44

-- FrostWire Team <contact@frostwire.com> Wed, 25 Mar 2026 13:45:00 -0600

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[Camel1965]

FrostWire 7.0.4 Build 331​

• Built-in MCP Server:
• FrostWire now ships with a built-in Model Context Protocol (MCP) server — a first for any BitTorrent client. This opens up FrostWire to the AI tooling ecosystem with 38 desktop tools across 8 categories, settings-pane controls, and client configuration support for:
• GitHub Copilot
• Codex
• Claude Desktop
• OpenCode
• Qwen
• ChatGPT Desktop
• AI agents can now interact with FrostWire's desktop functionality through a standardized protocol.
• Torrent Creation: Piece Sizes Up to 128 MB:
• The Torrent Creation Dialog now supports piece sizes up to 128 MB (previously capped at 4 MB). When creating a torrent, the dialog automatically recommends an optimal piece size based on your total content — targeting 1,000–3,000 pieces. This dramatically reduces RAM usage when seeding large files like 4K Linux ISOs.
• Per-Torrent Save Location:
• When selecting files to download from a torrent, the dialog now shows the current save folder with Change... and Reset to Default buttons. You can pick a custom download location for each individual torrent without changing your global default.
• Per-Torrent File Priority Control:
• The transfer detail Files tab now gives you full control over which files to download and how much bandwidth each gets:
• "Show skipped files" checkbox — persisted globally (default ON). Skipped files appear dimmed in gray with a Download button to resume them individually.
• Priority column — right-click any file to open an 8-level popup menu (from libtorrent's IGNORE to SEVEN). Adjust bandwidth allocation per file within a torrent without affecting the rest.
• All JNI calls for file metadata run on background threads, so the UI stays responsive even with torrents containing thousands of files.
• Restart Button Dialog:
• When you change settings that require a restart (language, theme, network mode), FrostWire now shows a "Restart Now" / "Restart Later" dialog instead of just a passive message. Clicking Restart Now gracefully shuts down and relaunches the app with the new settings applied.
• YouTube Playlists & Channels:
• Pasting a YouTube channel or playlist URL now opens Telluride playlist search mode. Playlist partial results also appear correctly in the Video tab.
• IP Filtering:
• The IP Filter settings pane is now fully wired to BTEngine — the clear and import buttons actually update the libtorrent ip_filter. The settings tab is no longer hidden.
• No More UI Freezes:
• This release tackles the root cause of UI freezes across FrostWire. We identified and fixed 24 EDT (Event Dispatch Thread) violations that were blocking the UI during file I/O, torrent parsing, JNI calls, and dialog creation.
• macOS Deadlock Fixes:
• Fixed a macOS EDT deadlock in FramedDialog where AppKit held awtLock during modal JDialog creation while EDT needed it for text rendering
• Changed APPLICATION_MODAL to MODELESS in CreateTorrentDialog, SendFileProgressDialog, and EditTrackerDialog to prevent nested modal dialog deadlocks
• Added pack() before setVisible(true) in SendFileProgressDialog, EditTrackerDialog, Options dialog, and About dialog to prevent macOS awtLock contention
• Off-EDT Operations:
• The following operations now run on background threads instead of blocking the UI:
• Theme loading at startup — Nimbus and FlatLaf Look-and-Feel initialization is now performed on the main thread before any Swing components exist, eliminating a consistent >2 second EDT freeze on every launch
• Language flag image preloading — all locale flag icons are loaded into the ResourceManager cache before the setup wizard opens, so JComboBox layout no longer triggers MediaTracker.waitForID() on the EDT during startup
• ApplicationHeader image preloading — header button background images are loaded on the main thread before MainFrame construction, preventing another MediaTracker.waitForID() stall
• IconManager initialization — moved from the EDT to the main thread during late startup tasks
• File launching via Desktop.open() — opening files with the OS default application now runs on a background thread, preventing X11 Desktop integration stalls on Linux when playing media
• Transfer detail panels (General, Trackers, Peers, Pieces) — all JNI data gathering is now off-EDT
• Native magnet URI generation — no longer blocks >2 seconds on large torrents
• Resume data generation during pause/resume — need_save_resume_data() no longer stalls transfer actions
• File progress computation — table painting no longer calls libtorrent file_progress() JNI on EDT
• File I/O and torrent parsing in library table initialization
• Directory scanning in library table updates
• Future.get() blocking in library table selection removal
• Recursive I/O guards added to DirectoryHolder.getFiles()
• Drag-and-drop file existence checks — no longer triggers file.exists() syscall on EDT
• File priority changes — all libtorrent filePriority() JNI calls run off-EDT via BackgroundQueuedExecutorService
• Stability & Crash Fixes:
• JNI Crash Prevention:
• We've hardened the app against macOS Java 21 font-layout JNI crashes caused by malformed Unicode content:
• Sanitize and de-HTML external text across search results, transfer names, locale labels, tooltips, and renderers
• Normalize library text before Swing/Nimbus measures it, stripping Unicode format/control glyphs
• Replace LineBreakMeasurer with JTextArea preferred-size calculation in tooltip UI
• Sanitize transfer detail table strings (Files, Peers, Trackers) before Swing paints them
• Added -Dsun.java2d.fontlayout=0 JVM argument to suppress JDK 21 SunLayoutEngine JNI warning spam during SynthComboBoxUI font layout on startup
• Other Critical Fixes:
• Audio extraction crash: After extracting audio from a video download, selecting the newly added file in the library table could crash with IllegalArgumentException: Row index out of range if the file hadn't been scanned yet. Added a bounds check to LimeJTable.setSelectedRow() to prevent this race condition.
• Library Audio/Video nodes empty: Clicking Audio or Video in the library tree showed no files even though the Default Save Folder displayed downloads correctly. Fixed three root causes: MediaTypeSavedFilesDirectoryHolder.getFiles() was hardcoded to return an empty array instead of the cached files; LibraryMediator.scanInternal() refused to add newly downloaded files to empty caches; and SearchByMediaTypeRunnable didn't fall back to the torrent data directory when DIRECTORIES_TO_INCLUDE was empty.
• Shutdown hang: Added 30s timeout to LifecycleManager shutdown latch to prevent indefinite hangs
• File size precision: BTDownload.getSize() return type changed from double to long — no more precision loss above 2GB
• Library showing 0.0KB: File metadata loading now wrapped in try-catch with proper cell invalidation after background load
• Library refresh (F5): Now properly re-sorts files after async lastModified load without flooding the resort executor
• Transfer detail stale data: TransferDetailGeneral now discards stale async metadata updates when switching transfers quickly
• Piece panel sync: TransferDetailPieces now ignores late selection updates so piece counts stay in sync with the selected transfer
• Settings failures: UI notification now fires when settings load/save fails
• YCCK JPEG fix: Color inversion corrected using Adobe APP14 marker Transform field
• CreateTorrentDialog: Bottom buttons now visible on first open without requiring manual resize
• Speed limit controls: Added download/upload speed limit adjustment buttons to TransferDetailGeneral
• First-view detail panel: The transfer detail panel now populates correctly on first view. A HierarchyListener detects when the Transfers tab becomes visible and triggers an initial selection update, fixing the empty detail panel bug on first open.
• Checkbox flicker eliminated: The "Show skipped files" checkbox no longer flickers or corrupts its saved setting when toggled. Fixed a race condition between the 1-second refresh timer and user-initiated clicks.
• Checkbox lag fixed: The "Show skipped files" checkbox now responds instantly. Checkbox-initiated updates moved from the shared single-threaded BackgroundQueuedExecutorService queue to a dedicated thread (matching Android's HIGH_PRIORITY pattern), eliminating double-queueing with the 1-second refresh timer that caused multi-second UI lag on busy transfers.
• Checkbox truly instant: The checkbox no longer re-fetches file metadata from libtorrent on every click. A cached holder list means toggling is a pure-EDT filter operation with zero JNI calls — the table updates in milliseconds even for torrents with thousands of files.
• Table refresh fixed: The Files tab now rebuilds its table with fresh data on every refresh instead of calling tableMediator.update(), which was a no-op for immutable pre-computed holder objects.
• Large torrent table freeze fixed: Replaced the per-row fireTableRowsInserted storm with a single bulk model replacement (setHolders) that fires fireTableDataChanged once. The EDT no longer freezes for seconds when updating a torrent with thousands of files.
• Torrent file listing optimized: BTDownload.getItems() no longer performs a redundant piece-checking loop on every call. For a torrent with 10,000 pieces, this eliminates 10,000 th.havePiece() JNI calls per refresh. The tracker is now initialized once and kept up-to-date by libtorrent alerts.
• Torrent switch fixed: Selecting a different transfer now correctly updates the Files tab. Replaced the broken target != btDownload guard with a monotonic sequence counter, so stale background completions are skipped without blocking legitimate torrent switches.
• Library tree missing files fixed: SearchByMediaTypeRunnable no longer skips disk search when the cache is non-empty. Files that existed on disk before startup (or in directories not covered by scanInternal) now appear correctly in Audio/Video tree nodes.
• Library path consistency fixed: FileUtils.listFiles() now returns absolute paths, ensuring cache deduplication and canonical path resolution work correctly across platforms.
• Priority popup themed: The priority popup menu now uses FrostWire's themed SkinMenuItem/SkinMenu components for consistent dark theme rendering.
• File progress refresh: File progress percentages now update correctly after priority changes — no more stale 0% displays.
• Settings Persistence:
• Tip of the Day: The "Show Tips at Startup" checkbox now saves immediately when toggled. Previously, the unchecked state could be lost if the app was force-quit before the normal exit save path ran.
• Setup wizard infinite loop fixed: The wizard now saves its completion state synchronously instead of asynchronously. Previously, force-killing the JVM (e.g., IDE stop button) before the background save task executed caused the wizard to run again on next startup, which in turn reset SHOW_TOTD=true every time.
• Setup wizard no longer resets tips unconditionally: The wizard only resets "Show Tips at Startup" on actual version updates, not when it appears for other reasons (intent window, associations, etc.).
• HexHivePanel Overhaul:
• The transfer Pieces panel (HexHivePanel) received a complete rendering overhaul:
• Fixes:
• Consistent hex tiling math with the fast flat-hex path for large swarms — no more overlapping piece cells
• Restored the 3D cube-shaded look while keeping corrected tiling math and off-EDT cached rendering
• Rows now wrap against the full viewport width — no more missing right-edge cubes
• No longer cancels queued renders before rasterization starts — prevents refresh starvation (blank panel)
• Coalesces rapid refresh requests through a single background render loop — 1-second detail updates no longer invalidate in-progress rendering
• Merges retained viewport batches using non-overlapping seam bands — no more moving white gaps between rendered cube rows
• Performance:
• Renders and publishes visible viewport cubes first — the Pieces tab paints quickly before the full scrollable bitmap finishes
• Tracks viewport movement and resizes — only renders the visible region plus directional lookahead margins instead of repainting thousands of off-screen cubes
• Retains a full-size backing bitmap and incrementally patches new viewport batches — previously drawn cubes stay visible when scrolling back
• Prioritizes a smaller visible-band render with directional buffer and shorter row batches — reduces transient blank patches while scrolling
• Search & Download Improvements:
• Tracker list refresh: Default tracker lists updated across desktop torrent creation, magnet URLs, and CreateTorrentDialog with current reliable public trackers (opentrackr, openbittorrent, stealth.si, exodus, torrent.eu.org, moeking, explodie, coppersurfer)
• SoundCloud search now excludes tracks not marked as downloadable — only shows content the platform explicitly allows for download
• Idope search updated to the new idope.pics domain and filters placeholder "No results returned" API responses
• MagnetDL search parser now accepts both raw JSON arrays and quoted JSON-array payloads
• SlideDownload now extracts .zip downloads with zip-slip protection
• PerformersHelper now filters hidden files alongside pad files in search results
• QuotedStringTokenizer now supports backslash quote escaping
• TorrentFileFilter display string now properly internationalized
• GloTorrents search engine removed (domain gtso.cc is parked and no longer functional)

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