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v8.0.0

27 Sep 07:42
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We would like to introduce you to our new Tribler generation, the 8 series. Our main goals are to provide you with faster anonymous download speeds and a smaller Tribler installation size. The biggest change is that Tribler now has a web GUI (saving roughly 400 MB of your drive space).

A lot changed between the 7 and 8 series and this could lead to some instability. We hope to hear from you if you encounter any bugs in this pre-release.

With this pre-release, we also say goodbye to our previous developers and maintainers of the 7 series: @kozlovsky, @drew2a and @xoriole. We wish them the best of luck in their future endeavors!

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xoriole, kozlovsky, and drew2a
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v7.14.0

24 Apr 15:01
@kozlovsky kozlovsky
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v7.14.0

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What's Changed

  • This release introduces grouping similar search results into nice bundles to help users see similar torrents.
  • Some critical issues were fixed, like total connectivity loss or slow database queries.
  • The Mac version is now signed, which makes Mac installation easier.

Some users experience CoreConnectTimeoutError when starting Tribler with a large number of downloads. When a user sends an error report, it includes only minimal information by default, making it hard to detect the actual reason for the error. If you experience a repeating error like CoreConnectTimeoutError, we'd like to ask you to install the debug version of binaries (Tribler_7.14.0-debug_x64.exe). The debug version tracks the stack state of the Tribler Core process and is able to see where exactly it freezes. This additional information is not sensitive and does not reveal any details about the user; it only shows what instructions the Tribler Core process executes at the moment of the timeout.

On Windows, the Microsoft Defender antivirus sometimes falsely alarms about the Tribler binaries. This false alarm is caused by how cx_freeze makes binaries. We are working on it; in the meantime, it is possible to overcome alarms manually in the Virus & threat protection dashboard.

New features

Bugfixes

  • UDP server stops accepting datagrams from any clients after a single client disconnects by @kozlovsky in #7972
  • Process manager should not attempt to unlink the processes database file in case of OperationalError by @kozlovsky in #7932
  • Fix "ValueError: Can redirect only to HTTP or HTTPS" in query_http_uri by @kozlovsky in #7947
  • Close database connections after exiting from the db_session to avoid access violation by @kozlovsky in #7945
  • Fix slow database queries by using partial index idx_torrentstate__last_check__partial by @kozlovsky in #7955
  • Fix coroutine stack tracking by @kozlovsky in #7962
  • Add a sentry tag for the program file architecture (32-bit or 64-bit) by @kozlovsky
  • Fix Sentry report corruption by SentryScrubber by @kozlovsky in #7966

Build process improvements

Full Changelog: v7.13.3...v7.14.0

Contributors

xoriole, kozlovsky, and drew2a
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v7.14.0-RC1

22 Apr 03:14
@kozlovsky kozlovsky
v7.14.0-RC1
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v7.14.0-RC1 Pre-release
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What's Changed

  • This release introduces grouping similar search results into nice bundles to help users see similar torrents.
  • Some critical issues were fixed, like total connectivity loss or slow database queries.
  • The Mac version is now signed, which makes Mac installation easier.

Some users experience CoreConnectTimeoutError when starting Tribler with a large number of downloads. When a user sends an error report, it includes only minimal information by default, making it hard to detect the actual reason for the error. If you experience a repeating error like CoreConnectTimeoutError, we'd like to ask you to install the debug version of binaries. The debug version tracks the stack state of the Tribler Core process and is able to see where exactly it freezes. This additional information is not sensitive and does not reveal any details about the user; it only shows what instructions the Tribler Core process executes at the moment of the timeout.

On Windows, the Microsoft Defender antivirus sometimes falsely alarms about the Tribler binaries. This false alarm is caused by how cx_freeze makes binaries. We are working on it; in the meantime, it is possible to overcome alarms manually in the Virus & threat protection dashboard.

New features

Bugfixes

  • UDP server stops accepting datagrams from any clients after a single client disconnects by @kozlovsky in #7972
  • Process manager should not attempt to unlink the processes database file in case of OperationalError by @kozlovsky in #7932
  • Fix "ValueError: Can redirect only to HTTP or HTTPS" in query_http_uri by @kozlovsky in #7947
  • Close database connections after exiting from the db_session to avoid access violation by @kozlovsky in #7945
  • Fix slow database queries by using partial index idx_torrentstate__last_check__partial by @kozlovsky in #7955
  • Fix coroutine stack tracking by @kozlovsky in #7962
  • Add a sentry tag for the program file architecture (32-bit or 64-bit) by @kozlovsky
  • Fix Sentry report corruption by SentryScrubber by @kozlovsky in #7966

Build process improvements

Full Changelog: v7.13.3...v7.14.0-RC1

Contributors

xoriole, kozlovsky, and drew2a
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v7.13.3

13 Mar 13:42
@kozlovsky kozlovsky
v7.13.3
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v7.13.3

Overview

This is a bug-fix release with an important fix for a Windows bug that occasionally results in a crash.

If you're using Tribler 7.13.2 on Windows, we recommend you upgrade to this release.

What's Changed

Full Changelog: v7.13.2...v7.13.3

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xoriole, kozlovsky, and drew2a
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v7.13.2

27 Feb 15:20
@xoriole xoriole
v7.13.2
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v7.13.2

Overview

This release is a bug-fix release with an important fix for a Windows bug which occasionally results in a crash. If you're using Tribler 7.13.1 on Windows, we recommend you upgrade to this release.

What's Changed

  • Fix network name is no longer available error on 7.13 by @xoriole in #7912

Full Changelog: v7.13.1...v7.13.2

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v7.13.1

24 Dec 16:12
@kozlovsky kozlovsky
v7.13.1
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v7.13.1

Overview

We are excited to announce Tribler 7.13.1, a bugfix release that notably enhances the stability of Tribler, especially during startup. This update addresses several critical issues, including problems related to Tribler startup, database corruption, and various other bugs. Our team has worked diligently to ensure a smoother and more reliable experience for our users.

Startup stability fixes

  • #7603: Use the filelock library to determine the primary process by @kozlovsky in #7660
  • Use dedicated exit codes when another primary GUI/Core process is running by @kozlovsky in #7746
  • #7592: Fix Core crash caused by TimeoutError when REST HTTP server is starting by @kozlovsky in #7617
  • #7641: Fix TypeError in StartDownloadDialog during Tribler UI startup by @drew2a in #7662

Database Integrity

  • #5252: Handle the database corruption error by regenerating the corrupted database on the fly by @kozlovsky in #7628

General stability fixes

Localization robustness

  • #7599: Fix TypeError when the translated string does not have the correct number of positional parameters by @kozlovsky in #7615

Enhanced error reporting

  • Add the reason for the OperationalError: unable to open database file when opening processes.sqlite by @kozlovsky in #7612
  • Add Tribler Config to the sentry event by @drew2a in #7665
  • Show correct stack trace for CoreCrashedError. by @drew2a #7713 (Implemented in #7722)

Note: Some antivirus software falsely flags the Windows 32-bit version of Tribler. When investigating the issue, we found that the Python builder we use (PyInstaller) is being flagged even for a simple Hello World program. So, your antivirus might flag Tribler as malware if you're using the 32-bit version. Therefore, we suggest you use the 64-bit version if you can.

Full Changelog: v7.13.0...v7.13.1

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kozlovsky, qstokkink, and 2 other contributors
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v7.13.1-RC2

06 Dec 10:55
@kozlovsky kozlovsky
v7.13.1-RC2
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Overview

We are excited to announce Tribler 7.13.1-RC2, a bugfix release that notably enhances the stability of Tribler, especially during startup. This update addresses several critical issues, including problems related to Tribler startup, database corruption, and various other bugs. Our team has worked diligently to ensure a smoother and more reliable experience for our users.

What's Changed since RC1:

  • Use the default event loop on Windows by @qstokkink in #7677
  • Use dedicated exit codes when another primary GUI/Core process is running by @kozlovsky in #7746
  • Reconnect to the Core in case of EventReqestManager disconnection by @kozlovsky in #7747

Startup stability fixes

Database Integrity

  • #5252: Handle the database corruption error by regenerating the corrupted database on the fly by @kozlovsky in #7628

General stability fixes

Localization robustness

  • #7599: Fix TypeError when the translated string does not have the correct number of positional parameters by @kozlovsky in #7615

Enhanced error reporting

  • Add the reason for the OperationalError: unable to open database file when opening processes.sqlite by @kozlovsky in #7612
  • Add Tribler Config to the sentry event by @drew2a in #7665
  • Show correct stack trace for CoreCrashedError. by @drew2a #7713 (Implemented in #7722)

Full Changelog: v7.13.1-RC1...v7.13.1-RC2

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v7.13.1-RC1

27 Nov 13:51
@kozlovsky kozlovsky
v7.13.1-RC1
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Overview

We are excited to announce Tribler 7.13.1-RC1, a bugfix release that notably enhances the stability of Tribler, especially during startup. This update addresses several critical issues, including problems related to Tribler startup, database corruption, and various other bugs. Our team has worked diligently to ensure a smoother and more reliable experience for our users.

Startup stability fixes

Database Integrity

  • #5252: Handle the database corruption error by regenerating the corrupted database on the fly by @kozlovsky in #7628

General stability fixes

Localization robustness

  • #7599: Fix TypeError when the translated string does not have the correct number of positional parameters by @kozlovsky in #7615

Enhanced error reporting

  • Add the reason for the OperationalError: unable to open database file when opening processes.sqlite by @kozlovsky in #7612
  • Add Tribler Config to the sentry event by @drew2a in #7665
  • Show correct stack trace for CoreCrashedError. by @drew2a #7713 (Implemented in #7722)

Full Changelog: v7.13.0...v7.13.1-RC1

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kozlovsky, egbertbouman, and drew2a
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v7.13.0

24 Aug 13:07
@kozlovsky kozlovsky
v7.13.0
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v7.13.0

Overview

We're ecstatic to introduce the latest version of Tribler, packed with exciting features and significant enhancements! Here's a rundown of the most notable changes:

Instant search with superior result quality:

  • Experience lightning-fast local search queries, now 100x faster than in the previous release (because of broken feature) (#7166);
  • Enjoy real-time, remote results from other peers as they appear instantly (#7025);
  • Benefit from an advanced ranking algorithm that considers multiple factors, such as title structure, creation date, and the number of seeders/leechers (#7025);
  • Discover similar results for known content categories, now conveniently grouped for an improved UI experience.

We're confident that you'll love the revamped search experience. As more peers upgrade to the new version, the distributed search will deliver even higher-quality results with the enhanced ranking system!

With these updates, Tribler is gradually evolving into a decentralized search engine, rivaling the speed of YouTube's video search.

Introducing the Knowledge Component: A Leap Towards Decentralized Search Excellence

Google's power resides in its PageRank algorithm. Creating a decentralized alternative to Big Tech has proven challenging, but with this release, we take another small step on this journey. Our ultimate goal is to achieve self-organizing trust, the fundamental building block for a decentralized PageRank system. The concrete use-case we aim to address is collective decision-making in the peer-to-peer world, such as determining whether Justin Bieber is gay.

Is Justin Bieber gay?

Explore the details of this scientifically serious issue related to trust, spam, and crowdsourcing. For the record, we believe Justin Bieber's music is neither Black Metal nor gay. We consider this an exemplary use-case for Tribler's zero-trust architecture to solve. Our distributed trust ledger has been under incremental development since before Bitcoin. We have not yet deployed our decentralized reputation and trust framework, as our MeritRank algorithm is still not ready for production. However, we have upgraded the BitTorrent tag-based metadata enrichment from pure text labels into the KnowledgeComponent (#7070). As a test, we offer semantic clustering within Tribler when searching for "Ubuntu," providing cleaner search results and filtering duplicates.

No other peer-to-peer project, such as IPFS, Mojo Nation, or Freenet, has ever cracked semantic search. With the KnowledgeComponent, we take another challenging step towards a Google-quality search engine. It signifies a move towards semantics, a search engine that understands your preferences and helps you discover content without interference from lawyers or governments.

Creative Commons licensed promotional picture:

Enhanced Torrent Health: Accurate Sharing Between Peers

Tribler peers exchange information about torrent popularity, allowing torrents with a substantial number of seeders to appear on the "Popular" page and receive priority in search results. We identified several critical bugs (#7295) in the previous algorithm, causing invalid torrent health records to spread across the network and skew the results on the "Popular" page. These bugs have now been fixed, and the gossiping algorithm has been optimized for efficient sharing of popular torrents (#6950).

Improved Stability for a Smoother Experience

This release of Tribler is set to be the most stable in recent times. Our development team has successfully identified and resolved numerous obscure bugs that previously led to crashes and freezes. We're confident that this version of Tribler will impress you with its enhanced stability and reliability.

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v7.13.0-RC4

16 Aug 12:48
@kozlovsky kozlovsky
v7.13.0-RC4
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v7.13.0-RC4 Pre-release
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Overview

We're ecstatic to introduce the latest version of Tribler, packed with exciting features and significant enhancements! Here's a rundown of the most notable changes:

Instant search with superior result quality:

  • Experience lightning-fast local search queries, now 100x faster than in the previous release (because of broken feature) (#7166);
  • Enjoy real-time, remote results from other peers as they appear instantly (#7025);
  • Benefit from an advanced ranking algorithm that considers multiple factors, such as title structure, creation date, and the number of seeders/leechers (#7025);
  • Discover similar results for known content categories, now conveniently grouped for an improved UI experience.

We're confident that you'll love the revamped search experience. As more peers upgrade to the new version, the distributed search will deliver even higher-quality results with the enhanced ranking system!

With these updates, Tribler is gradually evolving into a decentralized search engine, rivaling the speed of YouTube's video search.

Introducing the Knowledge Component: A Leap Towards Decentralized Search Excellence

Google's power resides in its PageRank algorithm. Creating a decentralized alternative to Big Tech has proven challenging, but with this release, we take another small step on this journey. Our ultimate goal is to achieve self-organizing trust, the fundamental building block for a decentralized PageRank system. The concrete use-case we aim to address is collective decision-making in the peer-to-peer world, such as determining whether Justin Bieber is gay.

Is Justin Bieber gay?

Explore the details of this scientifically serious issue related to trust, spam, and crowdsourcing. For the record, we believe Justin Bieber's music is neither Black Metal nor gay. We consider this an exemplary use-case for Tribler's zero-trust architecture to solve. Our distributed trust ledger has been under incremental development since before Bitcoin. We have not yet deployed our decentralized reputation and trust framework, as our MeritRank algorithm is still not ready for production. However, we have upgraded the BitTorrent tag-based metadata enrichment from pure text labels into the KnowledgeComponent (#7070). As a test, we offer semantic clustering within Tribler when searching for "Ubuntu," providing cleaner search results and filtering duplicates.

No other peer-to-peer project, such as IPFS, Mojo Nation, or Freenet, has ever cracked semantic search. With the KnowledgeComponent, we take another challenging step towards a Google-quality search engine. It signifies a move towards semantics, a search engine that understands your preferences and helps you discover content without interference from lawyers or governments.

Creative Commons licensed promotional picture:

Enhanced Torrent Health: Accurate Sharing Between Peers

Tribler peers exchange information about torrent popularity, allowing torrents with a substantial number of seeders to appear on the "Popular" page and receive priority in search results. We identified several critical bugs (#7295) in the previous algorithm, causing invalid torrent health records to spread across the network and skew the results on the "Popular" page. These bugs have now been fixed, and the gossiping algorithm has been optimized for efficient sharing of popular torrents (#6950).

Improved Stability for a Smoother Experience

This release of Tribler is set to be the most stable in recent times. Our development team has successfully identified and resolved numerous obscure bugs that previously led to crashes and freezes. We're confident that this version of Tribler will impress you with its enhanced stability and reliability.

Get paid to work on Tribler and earn a phd?

See open position: PhD Decentralised Machine Learning

  • Challenge: Developing and building a fully decentralised video search engine.
  • Change: Eliminating the need for servers when developing machine learning.
  • Impact: Safe machine learning benefiting billions of users.

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