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Weekly Recap Sun, Aug 9, 2026 6 min read

A quieter week, but three patches you actually have to act on

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Privacy

  • uBlock Origin 1.73. Improve json-edit scriptlet - Revisit scriptlets' getExtraArgs implementation ---------- Commits to Master Since This Release How to Install the Developer
  • Vanadium 151.0.7922. Changes in version 151.0.7922.108.0: update to Chromium 151.0.7922.108
  • Yattee 2.0.0-beta.269. Add embedded audio/subtitle track selection for multi-track files Add loading external subtitle files for media-source playback Add view options to playlists list view Add search to playlists list view Show and label WebDAV/
  • Tuta 356.260805.0. - Improved sync performance - Shared mailboxes are now collapsible - Nested labels and unread mail counters on labels - General performance improvements Bugfixes - Fix LockedError while calling UpdateSessionKeyService - Fix ev
  • Invidious 2.20260804.1. Wrap-up This patch release fixes a regression in the OCI (container) build that omitted debug information, making it harder to diagnose issues in production
  • Bitwarden Server Version 2026.7.2. Removed feature flag for enforcing policies for accepted status members removed feature flag for pricing migrations Various under-the-hood improvements and minor shipit: Feature Development PM-38951 Add CreationDate to org user detail en
  • Tuta 356.260806.1. - Improved sync performance - Shared mailboxes are now collapsible - Nested labels and unread mail counters on labels - General performance improvements Bugfixes - Fix LockedError while calling UpdateSessionKeyService - Fix ev
  • Arti 2.5.1. Arti is our ongoing project to create a next-generation Tor implementation in Rust
  • Bitwarden iOS Authenticator 2026.7.1. Overview Various under-the-hood bug fixes and improvements shipit: Feature Development PM-40133 Add Send Controls policy support and AnyCodable array/dictionary decoding PM-38443 Add F
  • Nostr VPN 4.1.6. Reliability across every platform Reliability improvements and basic feature fixes across every platform
  • Signal Android 8.22.1. Now you can easily add an Android tablet as a linked device and bring your chats to the big screen

Self-hosting

  • N8n 2.34.0. 2.34.0 (2026-08-04) Bug Fixes ai-builder: Treat bound stored credentials as settled in setup analysis AWS Bedrock Chat Model Node: Enable TCP keepalive on Bedrock runtime connections core: Add incremental SSE response
  • authentik 2026.8.0-rc6. See stages/authenticator validate: fix intermittnetly failing throttling test (cherry-pick 24568 to version-2026.8)
  • n8n beta. 2.34.0 (2026-08-04) Bug Fixes ai-builder: Treat bound stored credentials as settled in setup analysis AWS Bedrock Chat Model Node: Enable TCP keepalive on Bedrock runtime connections core: Add incremental SSE response
  • Actual Budget 26.8.1. :link: View release notes Desktop releases Please note: Microsoft store updates can sometimes lag behind the main release couple of days while they verify the new version
  • DAVx5 4.5.19-ose. Bug fixes Backport from main: fix preemptive digest auth - Include correct tasks provider package in PRODID jtx Don't crash when main component is mis
  • Nextcloud Desktop 34.0.1. Prevent DiscoverySingleLocalDirectoryJob from hanging when target is file Eliminate O(N2) Realm work in large-folder enumeration

AI

  • llama.cpp b10270. Mtmd: support Qwen3-TTS (note: breaking change to llama-tts binary) convert text model main model load ok convert encoder ok speaker encoder loading ok speaker enc graph adapt vocab for backbone (with some tricks) add suppress tokens poc
  • Ollama 0.32.6. Qwen3.5 is faster on Apple GPUs: the MLX engine now uses the model's MTP head for speculative decoding automatically - /v1/chat/completions streaming now matches OpenAI's wire format: role only on the first chunk, finish reason on its
  • Cline CLI 3.0.51. Reasoning effort now applies consistently across providers instead of going through per-provider thinking overrides, including Ollama, and asking for reasoning to be off is respected everywhere (from SDK v0.0.71) - meta/muse-spark-1.2-
  • langchain-openai== 1.4.2. Changes since langchain-openai==1.4.1 release(openai): 1.4.2 handle ContextWindowExceededError
  • Cline 4.1.7. Added - Restore the "View Changes" button on completion rows, backed checkpoints, so you can review everything a task touched from the completion card

Nostr

  • Lightning.Pub 0.0.33. Breaking API changes (protobuf) - New message TxFeesReq ( sat per v byte or target conf oneof) for chain-fee estimation
  • Sprout Buzz Desktop 0.5.5. Desktop and shared changes - paste composer text without formatting ( ) - Revert "chore(release): release Buzz Desktop version 0.5.5" ( ) -
  • Amber 6.4.0. Redesign the multi-request approval screen with explicit Approve/Deny toggles per request and per group, replacing the select-and-confirm flow, with proper error responses for denied bunker requests - Add support for 113 mo

Bitcoin

  • Krux Version 26.08.0. This release tightens what the PSBT screens will show and sign, adds a vertical layout option for Stackbit 1248 backups, and replaces the pure-Python UR stack with the new uUR C module, so QR decoding is faster and uses less RAM
  • lnd 0.21.2-beta.rc1. Database Migrations This release introduces no new database migrations, but includes two important fixes to existing migration paths: The KV-to-SQL payment migration now handles historical routes containing an orphaned blinded total amou
  • Payjoin Dev Kit Release payjoin-cli 1.0.0-rc.2. Rc.8, whose check inputs not owned callback now identifies inputs instead of script
  • Payjoin Dev Kit Release 1.0.0-rc.7. This release changes how the receiver's ownership guard identifies a coin, so check inputs not owned now takes a closure over &OutPoint rather than &Script
  • Blink Mobile 3.0.21. Bug Fixes - Keep the pending deposit amount visible beside the balance - Hand a locked migration with no resumable state to support Features - Transaction history CSV download for non-custodial accounts
  • BitBoxApp 4.51.4. Bundle BitBox02 firmware version v9.26.5
  • Arkade TS SDK 0.4.55. HD swap keys and multi-key restore; Explain the listener slack col
  • Arkade TS SDK Boltz Swap 0.3.60. HD swap keys and multi-key restore; Explain the listener slack col
  • Ride The Lightning 0.15.10-beta. 0.15.10-beta is primarily a secret-hygiene release: it tightens how RTL handles and exposes authentication material, both in its own API responses and in the node log files users routinely share when asking for help
  • Trezor Suite 26.7.4. - Added support for Robinhood Chain network - Tron (TRX) staking is now available directly in Trezor Suite - Users can now cancel pending EVM transactions - Option added to view and edit nonce in the EVM send form - A new pr
The week in numbers
123Releases
6Security patches
161Sources tracked
129Stories tracked
41Featured
7Days covered
Stories by beat
AI47
Privacy39
Bitcoin21
Self-hosting15
Nostr6
Other1