November 7, 2025

Tixati version 3.39 is now available. The following changes have been made:

• added new seed protocol selection window
• added protocol v3 to address SHA-1 vulnerabilities in original v1 protocol
• added protocol v3.1 to allow creation of private torrents that can't be DHT scraped
• separate I2P session for transfers and channels that are I2P-only vs I2P+Internet
• transfer now forces peer-ID change and disconnect of all peers when switching between I2P-only and I2P+Internet
• full rewrite of DHT implementation
• completely separate DHT table and peer DB for I2P-only transfers and channels
• much faster DHT searching
• improved DHT table maintenance routines and refill procedures
• more reliable and faster DHT table recovery after internet disconnections
• several fixes to IPv6 hole punching in torrent peers
• improved tracker activation timing within tiered groups
• fixed tracker announce retry behavior when switching between I2P and Internet
• enhanced HTTP tracker request headers when client spoofing
• complete review and minor fixes to ut_pex and ut_holepunch extension implementation
• added new magnet link options in Settings > Transfers > Magnet Links
• updated channel link display formatting functions to handle magnet links with v3.1 hashes
• channel gathering procedures and UI reworked to use separate I2P-only session when necessary
• added local interface options Any and Disabled in Settings > Network > Connections
• added options for secondary I2P-only session keys and rotation interval in Settings > I2P
• added button to force complete session reset to Settings > I2P
• showing DHT offline status in main top bar by using red icon for DHT button
• new narrow window compact-mode list views for DHT tables, peer DB, and searches
• more background retries before showing incoming port bind error dialog
• fixed several minor problems with event logging when using a language translation file
• fixed problems with peer online status indicators when using a language translation file
• fixed minor tree/list view sorting problems on some Linux systems when dealing with invalid UTF-8 names
• completely eliminated the use of gdk_pixbuf_loader on Linux systems
• fixed minor problems when loading duplicate magnet links for unresolved transfers
• updated IP location tables
• several other minor fixes throughout the UI

Work continues in several more areas of the program.  Another release will be posted soon.

Thanks for using Tixati!