changelog

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v2.06 2024.1.18
GUI Improve: Improve the task log list to prevent lagging when displaying a
large number of logs
GUI Improve: In expert mode, add the piece cache list and the long-term seeding
cache list to the left fav bar
GUI Improve: In expert mode, add the piece cache size, the long-term seeding
cache size in the flow graph and the disk write buffer size
GUI Improve: New advanced options in expert mode:
bittorrent.cache.piece_cache_min_size_mb，bittorrent.cache.ltseed_cache_min_size_mb
GUI Improve: new advanced options:
network.enable_dl_limit_for_large_writing_buffer,
network.large_writing_buffer_enter_size_mb,
network.large_writing_buffer_leave_size_mb
GUI Improve: Add a info tip icon to the disk cache page of the options dialog
GUI Improve: The health of BT tasks in seeding state counts unconnected seeds
GUI Improve: When adding a magnet link task, holding down the Ctrl key will not
display the new task dialog box and will directly create the task using default
parameters
GUI Bugfix: The help link to the support us page of the options window is
broken
GUI Bugfix: If English is not included in the UI language list of macOS, the UI
language fo BitComet cannot be switched to a non-English language
Core Improve: When the disk cache reaches its maximum limit and the allocation
of reading cache fails, the data is read based on the upload request size, and the
entire piece data is no longer read from the disk at once
Core Improve: Optimize long-term seed disk cache to avoid reading too much data
from the disk at once
GUI Improve: When the disk write buffer is too large, change from task speed
limit to global speed limit

v2.05 2023.11.28
GUI Improve: The traffic graph displays the disk read and write speed
GUI Improve: Added advanced options related to disk write cache too large
prompts：ui.disk_writing_buffer_warning 以及 ui.disk_writing_buffer_warning_size_mb
GUI Improve: Each task can be individually set in the properties dialog box to
enable proxies
GUI Improve: After selecting multiple tasks, the right-click menu allows you to
batch set whether to enable proxies
GUI Improve: New proxy server option: Use proxy to connect to CometID
GUI Improve: Handle the situation of cloud service not started in the AppBind
Dialog
GUI Bugfix: Batch download dialog sorting fails
GUI Bugfix: Install package of v2.04 didn't copy app icon file for toast
notification of Win 10/11 action center
GUI Bugfix: When sorting the task list by the number of BT task seeds, the
program crashes in some cases
GUI Bugfix: After deleting the RSS feed, the corresponding download filter
should also be deleted
Core Improve: Torrent History, Share，Collection list and RSS Torrents list
support torrent files in v2 and hybrid format. DHT Torrents and Tracker Torrents
list cannot support it due to protocol limit.
Core Improve: Change the HTTP task stop operation to asynchronous mode and add
a new task status of 'Stopping' to avoid interface lag caused by saving cached data
Core Improve: You can use the right-click menu to move downloaded files while
the task is running, which will automatically pause the task and resume the task
after the move is completed
 Core Bugfix: When importing and exporting tasks across platforms, the file path
separator is not automatically converted
Core Bugfix: Cannot save items acquired from BitComet task list RSS Feed.

v2.04 2023.10.15
GUI Improve: Added alert that the disk write cache is too large
GUI Improve: The remaining size of BT tasks in the task list, task summary, and
task disk information no longer includes the size of the piece boundary padding
area
GUI Improve: Add the Clear All command to the user name drop-down list in the
Passport login window
GUI Improve: The Global option adds an option to automatically move all files
in subdirectories after the task is completed
GUI Improve: Improved Fluent-style skin icon coloring
GUI Improve: When a single BT task is selected in the task list, the copy
infohash command in the right-click menu is grayed out according to the torrent
file version
GUI Improve: add advanced options log.bt_peer in Expert Mode for beta version.
View the peer log from the right-click menu of the peer list.
GUI Improve: For torrent files of v2 or hybrid format, the peer list status
column displays the piece hash download progress
GUI Improve: The file list shows the piece layer hash status for Torrent v2
task
GUI Improve: Display app icon in toast notification of Win 10/11 action center
GUI Bugfix: When the instant version uses a configuration file in the APP_DATA
directory, the Fluent skin fails to load
Core Improve: For torrent files of v2 or hybrid format, increase the queue
length of hash requests
Core Bugfix: Improved compatibility for parsing hybrid torrent files, handling
cases where the last file is a padding file
Core Bugfix: The Hybrid torrent task does not accept connections from tasks
created by infohash v2
Core Bugfix: After the Hybrid torrent task is created using infohash v2, the
metadata download fails
Core Bugfix: The torrent v2 task should not initiate download from long-term
seeds and eMule sources before obtaining the piece layer hashes

v2.03 2023.8.22
GUI Improve: The Remote Download page of the Options window allows you to set
the RSS feed password to access the local task list
GUI Improve: The torrent maker window displays the number of files the task
contains
GUI Improve: Change the size of the BT task in the task list, task summary, and
task disk information to the total file size without file boundary padding
GUI Improve: Optimized the behavior of automatically hiding tabs when switching
tasks when "Always show all tabs" is not selected in the Tab bar in the lower right
panel
GUI Improve: The server list of HTTP tasks and the tracker list of BT tasks are
always displayed in the same position as the tab bar in the lower right corner
GUI Improve: The Connections list of HTTP tasks and the Peers list of BT tasks
are always displayed in the same position as the Tab bar in the lower right corner
GUI Improve: support usernames and passwords in HTTP links of RSS feeds
GUI Improve: In the option, the eMule TCP and UDP listening port can be set
separately
GUI Bugfix: When the tracker list is all selected, the right-click menu Update
Tracker command is grayed out
Core Improve: Ignore .DS_Store files when making torrent files

v2.02 2023.8.9
 GUI Improve: The right-click context menu when selecting multiple tasks can set
the task speed limit in batches
GUI Improve: Added option: When updating the tracker list from a URL, merge or
replace the original tracker list
GUI Improve: New option to move all files in the directory when move a task to
new folder
GUI Improve: After you click to enlarge the task screenshot, you can toggle
whether it is displayed in full screen
GUI Improve: The Global Options window automatically remembers the window size
GUI Improve: Adds the option to not prompt again for the dialog of moving task
download files to the directory associated with the tag displayed when adding a tag
to a task
GUI Improve: Improved peer list freeze status prompt
GUI Bugfix: After setting tag for tasks, there is a problem refreshing the list
of tags in the toolbar and left pane
GUI Bugfix: When "Tray Balloon" is not enabled, the task completion message in
the notification list is empty
GUI Bugfix: When BT task seeding, the peer list does not display the user's
upload speed
GUI Bugfix: Individual translation errors
Core Bugfix: When move a task folder, undownloaded tasks cannot be moved to a
different directory with the same drive letter

v2.01 2023.6.16
GUI Improve: New Option in BT Task of Option Window: Delete torrent file after
adding task
GUI Improve: Add a scroll bar to the page on the right side of the options
window
GUI Improve: Floating window supports dragging and dropping infohash to
initiate BT download
GUI Improve: Add a notification prompt window in the bottom right corner of the
main window, and display performance limit prompts when running 32-bit programs on
a 64 bit system
GUI Improve: display performance limit prompts when running 32-bit programs on
a 64 bit system
GUI Improve: Fluent style icons, can be enabled by Skins submenu of View menu
(thanks to Aira Sakuranomiya)
GUI Improve: improve the batch download dialog box to prevent stuttering when
displaying a large number of links
GUI Improve: support multiple lines of input when adding a peer to a BT task
GUI Bugfix: enhance the accuracy of clipboard recognition for infohash
GUI Bugfix: Fix local recorded cometID score data error
GUI Bugfix: When copying a task link, there is an extra line break at the end
GUI Bugfix: misjudgment of file association check
Core Improve: Add advanced settings: ui.preview_program_detection After
disabling, use the system default program to open video files
Core Improve: Add task list rss feed to webui in expert mode
Core Improve: When moving task download folder, the Torrent file in the folder
is also moved
Core Bugfix: if enabled moving files after download complete, the sound prompt
for task complete fails
Core Bugfix: supports FUSE-rclone partitions

v2.00 2023.5.15
GUI Improve: the clipboard monitoring feature supports Infohash string
recognition
GUI Improve: when monitoring links in the clipboard, malformed magnet links are
ignored
 GUI Improve: a prompt is displayed when the number of online devices for the
same account reaches the limit
GUI Improve: new advanced setting network.enable_open_dns
GUI Improve: in the RSS page of Options window, the delete button is replaced
with an add button for RSS list
GUI Improve: in the RSS page of Options window, double-click the RSS list to
open the editing window
GUI Improve: the x2 high-scoring images are always loaded when the DPI scale is
greater than 100%
GUI Improve: supports 64MB piece size when making torrents
GUI Improve: command line parameters can specify the piece size when making a
torrent file
GUI Improve: when making torrent files in silent mode with command-line
arguments, the default trackers are used
GUI Improve: display a introduction window when click the Subscriber tag in the
passport pane
GUI Improve: display Support Us page of Options window when click the Supporter
tag in the passport pane
GUI Improve: list grid lines are not displayed in dark mode
GUI Improve: improved pane splitter color in dark mode
GUI Bugfix: RSS sidebar reverts to borderless display style
GUI Bugfix: in the absence of any tasks, the status bar will still show
preparing for long-term seeding
GUI Bugfix: the disk write statistics in the remote download web interface are
displayed incorrectly
Core Improve: when exchange the magnet links, the proportion of content from
Torrent Collection has increased
Core Improve: supports FUSE-rclone partitions
Core Bugfix: an error occurred when moving the downloaded file in the tasks in
which only part of files are selected to download
Core Bugfix: program cannot start in Windows XP

v1.99 2023.4.5
GUI Improve: Add dark mode, follow system settings by default, can be switched
in the main window view menu (requires Win10 1809 or later)
GUI Improve: Task snapshots and task comments changed to WebView2 (requires
Win7 or later, needs install necessary component for early Windows versions)
GUI Improve: The CometID pane in the left bottom corner changed to WebView2
GUI Improve: Add advanced option system.disable_edge_backend
GUI Improve: Add "submit snapshot" to context menu of task list in expert mode
GUI Bugfix: Task snapshots not shown for magnet links
GUI Bugfix: After clicking on the magnet link in the browser to start the main
comet program, the main window becomes unresponsive
GUI Bugfix: When DPI is selected for 150% scaling, the toolbar's icons do not
display correctly
GUI Bugfix: When dragging a URL from a browser page to a floating window, there
is an additional underscore character at the end of the URL
Core Improve: Task snapshots and task comments switched to new transport
protocol
Core Improve: Add local cache to task screenshots to avoid re-downloading each
time when they are displayed
Core Improve: the cloud service for remote connection now available for all
CometID users
Core Bugfix: The UDP tracker cache data is not cleaned up in time, causing the
program to freeze when exiting
Core Bugfix: When the RSS Auto Downloader keyword is empty, downloads should be
allowed
Core Bugfix: The downloaded file will not be deleted when deletes BT task
immediately after moving the downloaded files
 Core Bugfix: For a single-file BT task, the movement of the downloaded file
will fail if the task is not completed
Core Bugfix: After an HTTP task stops downloading due to insufficient disk
space, the downloaded files are not deleted when the task is deleted
Core Bugfix: No progress is displayed when moving files across partitions for
HTTP task
Core Bugfix: The RSS auto-update interval setting does not take effect
Core Bugfix: fix incorrect reconnection algorithm when updating CometID score
info

v1.98 2022.12.8
GUI Improve: Remember whether to add to blacklist when remove torrent entries
GUI Bugfix: The status of UDP port in the global statistics is inaccurate
Core Bugfix: When the long-term upload cache is insufficient, the program may
crash

v1.97 2022.11.22
GUI Improve: RSS automatic download filter supports regular expressions
GUI Improve: The status icon when the task is moving is changed from orange to
blue
GUI Improve: Improve the speed of batch adding tasks
GUI Improve: Save torrent list auto refresh option
GUI Improve: When deleting an entry from the torrent list, you can choose to
add its infohash to the blocklist
GUI Improve: Settings menu from torrent list toolbar can clear infohash
blocklist
GUI Improve: Infohash blocklist can be selected when importing and exporting
backup files
GUI Improve: The statistics page shows the length of the torrent list infohash
blocklist
GUI Improve: The maximum number of torrent lists supports customization
Core Bugfix: When the long-term upload cache is insufficient, the program may
crash

v1.96 2022.11.15
GUI Improve: when multiple BT tasks are selected in the task list, the right-
click menu adds a command for batch setting long-term seeding
GUI Improve: add cache statistics reset command to the right-click menu of the
statistics list
GUI Improve: associate the bc_bak file, double click to display the data import
dialog
GUI Improve: new advanced option: ui.file_size_prefix, set unit prefixes of
file size to a multiple of 1000 or 1024 (keep 1024 for memory size)
GUI Improve: the maximum length of task tag has been changed from 30 characters
to 50 characters
GUI Improve: new advanced option:
network.max_connecting_connections_per_tracker with default value 6
GUI Improve: add background tasks icons to the status bar, including torrent
list loading, importing, and long-term seed preparation
GUI Improve: exit the program when the background task of torrent list import
is not completed, and a prompt dialog box will be displayed
GUI Improve: in expert mode, the statistics page shows the number of HTTP
trackers that are initiating connections
GUI Improve: in expert mode, the statistics page displays the message queue
length
GUI Improve: add options menu to the search box in task list and torrent list,
supports regular expressions
GUI Improve: supports regular expressions in blocklist of Torrent Collection
GUI Improve: updates the packages files of browser extension for Chrome and
Edge in tools folder, fixes the problem that the onDeterminingFilename interface
may conflict with other extensions
GUI Improve: peer list of BT task no longer shows eMule sources for files that
are forbidden to download
GUI Bugfix: input focus should not be set when task completes
GUI Bugfix: when command line parameters --silent --url used together, BC links
of HTTP type are not supported
GUI Bugfix: when RSS auto download creates tasks, the function of adding the
RSS feed title as a tag fails
GUI Bugfix: after RSS auto download creates tasks, the number of tasks on the
left fav bar is not refreshed
GUI Bugfix: when a large number of tasks are started and stopped, the message
processing time of UI refresh is long and network transmission is delayed
Core Improve: optimize the long-term seeding disk caching strategy, improve the
hit rate, and reduce the number of disk reads
Core Improve: supports filtering and sorting the task list for Remote
Connection from Android APP
Core Improve: save the setting file regularly and record the cumulative upload
and download amount
Core Improve: when the disk writing buffer of BT task is too large, the
download request will no longer be suspended. Instead, the task will automatically
limit the speed when the available memory is insufficient.
Core Bugfix: exiting the program when a large number of tasks are running will
delay for a long time
Core Bugfix: fix the issue that the uTP initiation mode option when manually
adding peer and the advanced option utp_after_holepunch didn't work
Core Bugfix: when separate_sources_for_failed_piece is enabled, after the piece
hash verification fails, the entire piece cannot be re-downloaded separately from
long-term seeds in some cases

v1.95 2022.10.17
GUI Improve: new command in context menu of RSS list: Rename feed
GUI Improve: enhance RSS download filter in Option dialog: rename and set task
tag for each feed
GUI Improve: after enable the expert mode, the BT task peer list shows the uTP
MTU size
GUI Improve: new advanced option: bittorrent.private_torrent_peer_hole_punch,
supports UDP port hole_punch for private torrent without PEX
GUI Improve: CPU usage of long-term seeding thread can be displayed in flow
graph
GUI Improve: at program startup, maximized window possibly not restored on the
monitor when it was last exited
GUI Improve: the max value of network.max_udp_pkt_per_sec changed to 1000000
from 10000
GUI Improve: display CPU usage and storage usage in Statistics list
GUI Improve: web interface of remote download shows the full statistics list
GUI Improve: change moving files for stopped task to asynchronous operation in
background thread
GUI Improve: the BT disk cache and long-term upload cache limit in option
window increased to 1TB for 64-bit version
GUI Improve: the peer status in the BT task peer list shows the failure count
of TCP, uTP, and UDP hole punching respectively.
GUI Bugfix: main window close button set to minimize to tray sometimes fails
Core Improve: automatically adjust the MTU size after uTP connection
established
Core Improve: when connecting to uTP peers, prefer to use the previously
connected remote port
Core Improve: BT task sends the PEX message as soon as possible after
connecting to a peer
 Core Improve: when advanced option bittorrent.utp_after_holepunch is set to
auto, initiate uTP connection first, then try UDP hole punching after failure
Core Bugfix: disconnect websocket connections when timeout
Core Bugfix: data verify error for web seed downloading if there are files of
the same size in the BT task

v1.94 2022.9.11
New Feature: support the cloud service for remote connection, to let BitComet
Mobile APP connects to the desktop edition of BitComet behind NAT/Firewall with
end-to-end encryption. (requires BitComet Mobile App v1.8.0)
GUI Improve: select direct mode or cloud service mode when bind APP with QR
code
GUI Improve: merge devices dialog into bind App dialog
GUI Improve: support multiple selection and rename in devices dialog
GUI Improve: display status icon of cloud service for remote connection in
bottom status bar
GUI Improve: add option to enable cloud service for remote connection in Option
window
Core Bugfix: websocket disconnect by remote not handled correctly

v1.93 2022.8.22
GUI Improve: new advanced option: torrent_share.metadata_log_retention_period
GUI Bugfix: memory usage details display problem in Statistics list
Core Improve: optimize sqlite data loading speed for torrent lists
Core Bugfix: fix the issue of downloading the metadata of a magnet link from
RSS torrent list while downloading the metadata of a DHT torrent with the same
infohash
Core Bugfix: the torrent list is easy to freeze and crash when sorting by
comments, screenshots, or popular
Core Bugfix: enhanced torrent list sqlite database operation stability
Core Bugfix: The operation may fail when creating a long path file

v1.92 2022.7.18
GUI Improve: add toolbar to the Graph pane. Add torrent list data to memory
usage graph
GUI Improve: set the main window to foreground if BitComet already running when
open BitComet from browser extension
GUI Improve: when install Firefox extension in installer, open the plugin web
in Firefox even if it's not the default browser
GUI Improve: add task logs, metadata download and reserved regions to memory
usage graph
GUI Improve: save the options of flow graphs
GUI Improve: add the size of reserved memory regions to Statistics pane
GUI Improve: new advanced option: bittorrent.multi_peers_same_ip, allow
multiple peers connected from same IP by default
GUI Improve: refine the reason why the peer is banned
GUI Improve: optimize the operation of BT tasks with huge number of files
GUI Bugfix: should not show the task finish notification if the tray ballon
disabled in the context menu of tray icon
Core Improve: improve program crash error reporting
Core Bugfix: when the number of metadata caches is large, the number of
downloaded metadata displayed in the left favorites is inaccurate
Core Bugfix: when DHT is turned off, the task stops early when downloading the
metadata of magnet link only from the peers returned from trackers

v1.91 2022.7.4
GUI Improve: new option in HTTP task properties dialog: send custom HTTP
headers to mirror addresses
GUI Improve: new option in add HTTP task page of Remote Download: send custom
HTTP headers to mirror addresses
GUI Improve: add RSS feeds option in export and import dialog
GUI Improve: display metadata cache info in Statistics pane
GUI Improve: supports custom_headers_for_mirrors parameter in BC link
GUI Improve: new peers banned reason in the BT task peer list: connection_limit
GUI Improve: new button in integration page of Option dialog: Install Edge
Extension
GUI Bugfix: the file list below the torrent list supports non-utf8 encoded non-
standard torrent files
GUI Bugfix: snapshot icon should be displayed in torrent list for all torrents
knowing infohash
GUI Bugfix: the metadata status in torrent list is not always accurate
GUI Bugfix: during the sorting of the torrent list, setting search keywords has
no effect
GUI Bugfix: after adding a task, the selected status of the task tag in the
left favorites bar is lost
Core Improve: remove the passkey parameter in tracker URL when save private
torrent from Magnet Link to Torrent History
Core Improve: new BitComet Extension for Edge
Core Improve: update BitComet Extension for Firefox
Core Improve: reduce the waiting time to initiate a connection after receiving
a new peer
Core Improve: when copying the magnet link of a private torrent, remove the
passkey parameter in the tracker link
Core Bugfix: abnormal data may cause memory access violation in IP2Location
module

v1.90 2022.6.12
GUI Improve: file names in torrent can be renamed in task properties dialog
when task stopped
GUI Improve: file names in torrent can be renamed in file list pane when task
stopped
GUI Improve: add advanced option: http.max_mirror_count
GUI Improve: add advanced option: ui.show_all_tasks_after_add_task
GUI Improve: the file list below torrent list supports torrent v2
GUI Improve: when display the files below torrent list, auto update missing
information for this torrent
GUI Bugfix: when the peer list is sorted by client type, the banned peers have
no effect
GUI Bugfix: there is a a blank line in the save directory drop-down box of BT
task properties dialog
Core Improve: limit the length of data received from the HTTP tracker
Core Bugfix: some information not updated for RSS torrents
Core Bugfix: improve stability of downloading from Long-Term Seeds

v1.89 2022.6.1
GUI Improve: support multiple update URLs for trackerslist in Tracker page of
option window
GUI Improve: torrent size estimation supports torrent v2
GUI Improve: improve the condition to show the enable DHT prompt for magnet URI
GUI Improve: add file switch buttons in snapshot page
GUI Bugfix: should not display the task properties dialog after creating a new
torrent file
Core Improve: improve crash report
Core Bugfix: bug when downloading torrent v2 larger than 4GB
Core Bugfix: advanced option bittorrent.enable_v1_upgrade_to_v2 does not work

v1.88 2022.5.24
GUI Improve: add format option in torrent maker dialog, including v1, v2 and
hybrid format
GUI Improve: display Infohash v1 and Infohash v2 separately in BitTorrent task
summary pane
GUI Improve: display the number of piece hashes obtained for torrent v2
GUI Improve: display the protocol version of BitTorrent peers in the peer list
of BT task
GUI Improve: add advanced option: bittorrent.enable_v1_upgrade_to_v2, to allow
peer protocol upgrade for hybrid torrent
GUI Improve: copy the infohash v1, v2 and name of BT task from context menu
GUI Improve: supports mirror, user_agent and cookie parameters in BC link
GUI Bugfix: always using default save folder for magnet URI if torrent can be
found in Torrent History
GUI Bugfix: do not select the URL text when displays the task Properties dialog
of HTTP task
GUI Bugfix: the TAB key doesn't works with the save folder edit box in task
Properties dialog
GUI Bugfix: handle the case of taskbar on top of screen when restore main
window position
GUI Bugfix: the restored main window position is invalid after secondary
monitor removed
Core Improve: support creating torrent of v2 format, which includes metadata of
v2, and the piece hashes of v2
Core Improve: support creating torrent of hybrid format, which includes
metadata of v1 & v2, and the piece hashes of v2
Core Improve: when exporting torrent from BT task of v2 format, a full v2
torrent file will be exported if all piece hashes of v2 are obtained, or a compact
torrent file will be exported which only contains metadata
Core Improve: support open torrent of v2 format and hybrid format, in which the
piece hashes of v2 are optional
Core Improve: support download the magnet URI of v2 format and hybrid format,
whose metadata size are much smaller than magnet URI of v1 format
Core Improve: support hash request commands of BitTorrent v2 protocol in peer
connections, to download the piece hashes of v2 format and the leaf hashes of file
hash tree
Core Improve: support upgrade the peer connections to BitTorrent v2 protocol
for hybrid torrent
Core Improve: when the leaf hashes of file hash tree are obtained, the file
data can be verified in 16KB blocks
Core Bugfix: can't handle the Content-Disposition HTTP response header if
filename and filename* attributes appear together
Core Bugfix: can not fetch Cookies from Chrome and Edge of new version

v1.87 2022.3.27
GUI Improve: add super seed option to task list right-click menu
GUI Improve: add copy Infohash command to task list right-click menu
GUI Improve: add context menu with copy command to the task summary pane
GUI Improve: added a sequential download mode option to the Download Order page
of the BitTorrent task properties dialog
GUI Improve: new proxy server option: enable proxy server for RSS feeds
GUI Improve: when no port listening, the port status in the lower right corner
of the main window is changed from "not detected" to "not listening"
GUI Improve: if the task list is sorted, display a prompt to cancel the sorting
first when using the shortcut keys to adjust the download order
GUI Improve: add translation of RSS update time
GUI Improve: the language menu item displays the native language name for each
language
GUI Improve: after selecting the user group title such as "Connected" in the BT
task peer list, you can directly ban or delete all users in the group
GUI Improve: peers which are banned in the BT task peer list will display the
reason for the ban
GUI Improve: add advanced option: torrent_share.load_lists_at_startup
GUI Improve: add advanced option: bittorrent.separate_sources_for_failed_piece
GUI Improve: update Chrome extension file in install package
GUI Bugfix: The background color of the input box in some dialog boxes is
abnormal
GUI Bugfix: after modifies the save directory in the HTTP task properties
dialog several times, the disk space is displayed in the wrong color
GUI Bugfix: zero size file in the file list below torrent list should not be
shown as a directory
Core Improve: after the downloaded piece has an error in the hash check, try to
re-download the entire piece from different peers
Core Improve: support GBK encoding when parsing RSS XML data
Core Improve: if the parameters submitted from remote download are incomplete,
use the default save path and number of connections
Core Bugfix: SNI should not be sent when the HTTPS connection hostname is an IP
address
Core Bugfix: In some cases, the magnet URI task fails to complete the metadata
download
Core Bugfix: the connections to web seed for HTTP resume detection are not
closed in time

v1.86 2022.2.28
GUI Improve: display task tags in left favorites bar
GUI Improve: add copy LAN IP command to the context menu of listen port detect
light
GUI Improve: new proxy options: use proxy for HTTP, webpage or other network
traffic
GUI Improve: specify file save name, User-Agent, Cookie and mirror URLs when
adding HTTP task in remote download webpage
GUI Improve: new advanced option: task.stop_task_after_get_metadata
GUI Bugfix: folder choose button not work in BitTorrent task properties dialog
while downloading metadata
GUI Bugfix: full URL of mirror servers added by user for HTTP task not
displayed in Servers pane
GUI Bugfix: RSS update countdown log info displayed repeatedly
GUI Bugfix: settings of global download/upload speed limit displayed
incorrectly in remote download webpage
Core Bugfix: metadata request not sent to incoming peers sometimes when
downloading magnet URI
Core Bugfix: program may crash if super seeding enabled

v1.85 2022.1.18
GUI Improve: display my download progress as a super seed in peer list if super
seeding enabled
GUI Improve: remember the last peer address added to peer list manually
GUI Improve: add web_seed category in the connection detail list in Statistics
pane
GUI Improve: add option of sorting for memory detail info in the context menu
of Statistics pane
GUI Improve: improve the Dump Memory Info command in help menu if expert mode
enabled
GUI Improve: Chrome extension will choose correct main program edition either
of x64/x86 from non-install folder
GUI Improve: server list of HTTP/FTP task will display the number of active
connections
GUI Improve: add remove button for RSS auto-downloader filters
Core Improve: optimize the super seed piece selection algorithm, transmit the
most rare block first
 Core Improve: decrease the CPU usage for the DHT network
Core Improve: do not pre-allocate disk cache for HTTP task
Core Bugfix: the size of TCP transfer buffer in Statistics pane is incomplete
Core Bugfix: failed to allocate piece cache for uploading if the disk cache of
BT task reaches max value
Core Bugfix: failed to download files from root directory of FTP server
Core Bugfix: HTTP/FTP task should stop only when all connections failed

v1.84 2021.11.29
GUI Improve: save the list header width and order of flat list and tree list of
files separately
GUI Improve: the cache size of HTTP task in Statistics pane is divided into
receiving cache and disk writing cache
GUI Improve: display the TCP transfer buffer size in statistics pane, and sort
the memory size list by size
GUI Improve: allow to use the clipboard keyboard shortcuts in embedded web
pages
GUI Improve: display the number of opened files of BT task in Summary if expert
mode enabled
GUI Improve: rename the Task Statistics dialog in context menu for multiple
tasks to Disk Info dialog, also available for single task now
GUI Improve: display the detail info for the number of TCP connections in
Statistics pane
GUI Bugfix: sometimes the piece size display in Torrent Maker dialog is
incorrect if auto piece size is chosen
Core Improve: the trigger condition of download rate auto-limit for HTTP task
changed from the size of disk flushing size to size of available memory size
Core Improve: the redirect URL in remote download web page is changed to
relative path, to support reverse proxy
Core Improve: add a new DHT bootstrap node
Core Bugfix: program may crash when downloading metadata

v1.83 2021.11.20
GUI Improve: allow to modify download URL of HTTP task when task stopped
GUI Improve: add User-Agent and Cookie settings in HTTP task properties dialog
GUI Improve: new advanced option: http.auto_import_cookie
GUI Improve: the limit of HTTP connection cache size changed to 32MB in Option
Dialog
GUI Improve: new Torrent Exchange page in Option Dialog
GUI Improve: new setting of custom save folder for torrent cache files in
Torrent Exchange page of Option Dialog
GUI Improve: new setting of save in multi-level directories for torrent cache
files in Torrent Exchange page of Option Dialog
GUI Improve: show status indication in toolbar of torrent list when filtering
or sorting
GUI Improve: new option for Torrent Collect and RSS Torrents: Only show
torrents with metadata
GUI Improve: show the memory size used for file list and metadata download in
Statistics pane
GUI Improve: improve check-box display in file list when scaling in unequal
multiples of DPI
GUI Improve: tag toolbar supports auto-wrap
GUI Improve: auto resize the width of file-name column in the file list of BT
task properties dialog
GUI Improve: the Chrome extension supports capture the file download invoked by
JavaScript
GUI Improve: Capture download file option in Chrome extension no longer
affected by the main program
GUI Bugfix: the Chrome extension can not get correct referrer URL when download
links from Downloads Tab of Chrome
GUI Bugfix: fix refresh issues in task Summary pane
GUI Bugfix: do not show the UDP upload rate limit for long-term seeding if not
enabled in Statistics pane
GUI Bugfix: do not reset the size of BT task properties dialog after metadata
downloaded
GUI Bugfix: the text in the headers of file list not refreshed after switch UI
language
GUI Bugfix: status bar will display incorrect DHT state if DHT disabled while
DHT startup delay enabled
Core Improve: offer peer version info with Mac of Android suffix to other
BitTorrent peers
Core Improve: try to retrieve cookie info from Chrome/Edge browser when
download HTTP URL directly
Core Improve: support the filename* attribute in Content-Disposition info of
HTTP response headers
Core Improve: user can suspend all active tasks and manually resumes them after
program restart
Core Improve: decrease the CPU usage of torrent list when no sort applied
Core Improve: reduce the UI lag when operate the BT tasks with large number of
files
Core Improve: reduce CPU usage for adding torrent records to torrent list
Core Bugfix: disk boost service is not invoked for HTTP task when the setting
of allocate space before downloading disabled
Core Bugfix: key word filter for torrent list works incorrectly for non-Latin
characters
Core Bugfix: program crash if export backup file while torrent list is loading
from database file
Core Bugfix: when search mirror for HTTP task enabled, download may still
failed after changing original URL
Core Bugfix: memory not released after metadata download finished in some cases
Core Bugfix: the disk boost service set file size incorrectly in some cases

v1.82 2021.10.26
GUI Improve: add HTTP servers pane below the task list
GUI Improve: the Files pane can display the downloaded file of HTTP task now
GUI Improve: improve the switching relationship for panes below the task list
when switching between BT task and HTTP task
GUI Improve: display updating status in RSS list pane in the left of main
window
GUI Improve: display the size of all files and the size of file boundary
padding in tooltip of task size in BT task summary pane
GUI Improve: decode UTF8 failure info received from HTTP tracker
GUI Improve: display icons in menu of macOS edition
GUI Improve: hide notifications automatically after 5 seconds in macOS edition
GUI Bugfix: mistaken of uTP packets recv number in the Statistics pane
GUI Bugfix: the tooltip display incorrectly after the header of peer list
reordered
GUI Bugfix: the size of selected files in BT task dialog is incorrect for tree
list
GUI Bugfix: failed to load passport pane under Windows 11 in certain case
Core Bugfix: the mirror URL added manually not used when restart HTTP task, if
the option of search for mirror is disabled
Core Bugfix: fix error handling for IPv6 UDP trackers
Core Bugfix: improve the stability of DHT modular
Core Bugfix: improve the stability of hash calculating for BitTorrent task

v1.81 2021.10.1
GUI Improve: add blocklist for Torrent Collection. Blocking keywords can be
added from menu of setting button in toolbar
GUI Improve: display tooltip for headers of peer list
GUI Improve: new setting in Advanced Options: task.add_to_top add new task to
the top of download list
GUI Bugfix: program version definition mistake in v1.80
Core Bugfix: fix bugs in task disk space cleanup
Core Bugfix: improve stability of uTP transfer

v1.80 2021.9.23
GUI Improve: new setting in Advanced Options: network.dns_query_thread_count
and network.dns_query_cache_ttl
GUI Improve: new setting in Advanced Options: bittorrent.peer_dual_ip whether
connect to the peer's IPv4/IPv6 address reported by itself
GUI Improve: change the default value of advanced options
bittorrent.utp_after_holepunch to auto, initiate uTP directly after try UDP hole
punching
GUI Improve: add Connect Pending state for HTTP/UDP/WSS trackers
GUI Improve: display connecting timeout info of UDP trackers
GUI Improve: display the number of received peers from PEX in peer list
GUI Bugfix: the protocol info in peer list is inaccurate sometimes
GUI Bugfix: mistaken in help info of NAT type detect dialog
Core Improve: query DNS using multiple threads
Core Improve: support binding IP address for UDP transfer
Core Improve: filter invalid peer IP returned from Tracker
Core Improve: fix reconnect issue of second request packet to UDP tracker
Core Improve: support implied_port parameter in DHT protocol to help improve
uTP transport via NAT
Core Improve: use UDP source port instead of listening port for uTP peers when
sending peer list through PEX
Core Improve: optimize the number of uTP packet resend to improve UDP hole
punching
Core Improve: CPU usage of UDP transfer in graph pane includes DHT and uTP
threads
Core Bugfix: improve timeout handle of hole punching
Core Bugfix: improve stability of uTP transfer
Core Bugfix: timeout process missing for stop event of WSS tracker
Core Bugfix: incoming uTP connections should be excluded for TCP listening port
forwards status detection

v1.79 2021.8.25
GUI Improve: add NAT type detect dialog in Tools menu
GUI Improved: support Windows 11
GUI Bugfix: cached info not cleared when detect port status again in the green
light state
GUI Bugfix: can not input IPv6 address in Add Peer dialog due to the length
limit
GUI Bugfix: should not display the number of Long-Term Seeds for private task
in task list
Core Improve: support NAT type detection for UDP packets
Core Bugfix: should not connect to the peer's IPv4/IPv6 address reported by
itself if PEX disabled for the task
Core Bugfix: handle the case of folder name contains tailing space in torrent
file
Core Bugfix: handle the case of file name contains emoji characters in torrent
file
Core Bugfix: improve stability of uTP transfer
Core Improve: support uTP protocol in macOS edition
Core Bugfix: message handle bug when displaying modal dialog in macOS edition
Core Bugfix: UPnP crash when Remote Download enabled in macOS edition
 Core Bugfix: IPv6 TCP port not listening in macOS edition
Core Bugfix: failed to send UDP packet after change listening port in macOS
edition

v1.78 2021.7.27
GUI Improve: new setting in Options Dialog: enable uTP for peer connection.
Disabled by default.
GUI Improve: new setting in Advanced Options: bittorrent.peer_hole_punch.
Enabled by default.
GUI Improve: new setting in Advanced Options: bittorrent.utp_after_holepunch.
Enabled by default.
GUI Improve: display uTP status, protocol, encryption and flags in peer list of
BitTorrent tasks
GUI Improve: add uTP initiation options in Add Peer Dialog
GUI Improve: add sub menu of uTP initiation mode in context menu of peer list
of BitTorrent tasks
GUI Improve: display uTP packets info in Statistics pane
GUI Improve: display piece size when auto size selected in torrent maker dialog
GUI Improve: supports Ctrl+A in tracker list of BitTorrent task and Tracker
Torrent list
GUI Improve: add command in context menu of tracker list: remove all
unreachable trackers
GUI Bugfix: the tracker list of Tracker Torrent list can not sort by status
GUI Bugfix: piece index in file list is incorrect for zero size files
GUI Bugfix: display app exception of Windows Firewall in Statistics pane
GUI Bugfix: hide proxy setting page in Option dialog in macOS edition
Core Improve: supports connecting to other BitTorrent peers using uTP protocol
Core Improve: supports UDP hole punch via other BitTorrent peers to establish
uTP connections
Core Improve: prevent Sonic Studio 3 DLL injection, enhance program stability
Core Bugfix: the total size of Long-Tern Seeding not loaded correctly when
program starts
Core Bugfix: support UDP transfer via IPv6 in macOS edition

v1.77 2021.5.3
GUI Improve: add file list to the bottom of torrent list, displaying the
content of metadata
GUI Improve: display task remove info in Global Logs when Export mode enabled
GUI Improve: add memory usage details about metadata buffer size
GUI Improve: check Windows firewall rules when program starts, display fix
notification if not allowed
GUI Improve: add empty input check for magnet URI dialog
GUI Bugfix: number of tasks in tag toolbar not refreshed after task added or
removed
GUI Bugfix: the video preview icon not displayed for HTTP task in certain case
Core Bugfix: fix the UDP sending thread stuck after changing listening port
Core Bugfix: program may crash if torrent containing incorrect piece-alignment
padding files
Core Bugfix: program may crash due to unsupported IPv6 address

v1.76 2021.4.8
GUI Improve: new Tracker Torrents list displays Magnet URI fetched from tracker
scrape
GUI Improve: tracker scrape URL can be added to the tracker list below tracker
torrents list with the context menu
GUI Improve: add copy IP and port command to the context menu of peer list
GUI Improve: display loading progress for torrent lists
GUI Improve: display Time Received info in torrent list
GUI Improve: display memory used by torrent list in Statistics page
 GUI Improve: do not switch to all task list when add new task from RSS feeds
automatically
GUI Improve: display progress of folder in file list of BitTorrent task
GUI Improve: support xs parameter in magnet URI for specifying the URL of
torrent file
GUI Improve: display the time left of Long-Term Seeds querying in Tracker list
of BitTorrent task
GUI Improve: add "Downloads\BitComet" to default download folders for new
installation
GUI Bugfix: the metadata icon not refreshed in time after metadata downloaded
GUI Bugfix: fix sort bug for title column of DHT and Tracker torrent list
GUI Bugfix: do not ask to enable DHT network when batch download torrents with
torrent download URL
GUI Bugfix: the option of max item count of torrents list can not set to 100000
GUI Bugfix: when the floating window is enlarged, the ordinate display is
abnormal in some cases
Core Improve: support arm64 instruction set for Apple M1 in Mac edition
Core Improve: support fetch torrent infohash list from HTTP/HTTPS tracker
scrape URL or stats page
Core Improve: support fetch torrent infohash list from WS/WSS tracker with
scrape action
Core Improve: improve parsing speed for JSON data
Core Improve: improve compatibility with MiniUPnPd/2.2.0
Core Improve: upgrade OpenSSL to v1.1.1k
Core Improve: enable BitTorrent encryption protocol by default
Core Bugfix: BitTorrent task can not finish downloading if torrent containing
incorrect piece-alignment padding files
Core Bugfix: BitTorrent task will scan files to calculate hash after starting
even if Long-Term Seeds and eMule plugin not enabled
Core Bugfix: upnp.exe invoked repeatedly in system with multiple networks
Core Bugfix: can not handle long packet of websocket
Core Bugfix: network.tcp_connection_timeout break long connection of websocket
Core Bugfix: remove .piece_part.bc! when remove tasks without deleting
downloaded files

v1.75 2021.2.18
GUI Improve: add Display Score History item in CometID menu
GUI Improve: display CometID score update info in Global Log pane if expert
mode enabled
GUI Improve: add an icon to the download metadata item in the content menu of
torrent list
GUI Improve: support any DPI scale in Windows edition
GUI Improve: support open iso files after task downloaded
GUI Improve: add UDP packets rate info in Statistics page
GUI Improve: improve text in Add Peer dialog of BitTorrent task
GUI Improve: display file count and alignment in summary pane of BitTorrent
task
GUI Improve: display piece index of files in file list of BitTorrent task
GUI Improve: support WS/WSS trackers in TrackerList of Option dialog
GUI Improve: support globle hotkey for hide/unhide main window in Mac edition
GUI Improve: improve initial size of Option window in Mac edition
GUI Bugfix: grid line in download list not shown when enabled from View menu
GUI Bugfix: do not create shortcut in start menu in systems other than Windows
10
GUI Bugfix: the prompt of existing in Torrent History not displayed if re-
download Magnet link after task deleted
GUI Bugfix: Windows Library folder not handled in task batch download dialog
from torrent list
GUI Bugfix: display tracker return 0 peer in status column of tracker list
 Core Improve: the CometID score renewal cycle is shortened from one day to no
more than one hour
Core Improve: store CometID score daily history in local file
Core Improve: improve database access performance
Core Bugfix: program may crash if error occurs when loading data from database
Core Bugfix: program may crash if force quit when task properties window
display in Mac edition

v1.74 2021.1.15
GUI Improve: display number of Long-Term Seeds in task list
GUI Improve: add the detection and repair of improper disk boost service
permissions
GUI Improve: new advanced option: bittorrent.enable_lsd
GUI Improve: add listening port, remote port and peer source columns in Peer
list of BitTorrent task
GUI Improve: display LSD status info in Tracker list of BitTorrent task
GUI Improve: display LSD listening port status in Statistics page
GUI Improve: display listening port forwards status for Remote Download in
Statistics page
GUI Improve: display detailed network speed info of protocol payload in
Statistics page
GUI Improve: display host name of Web Seed in peer list
GUI Improve: display system notification when task download finish in Mac
edition
GUI Bugfix: invalid path prompt when import/export tasks and settings in Mac
edition
Core Improve: support Local Service Discovery, to search BT peers in local
network using UDP multicast
Core Improve: support ws parameter in Magnet URI, to add web seed
Core Improve: upgrade OpenSSL to v1.1.1i
Core Improve: decrease CPU usage in Mac edition
Core Bugfix: fail to preview video files of huge size
Core Bugfix: fix bugs when auto add a suffix to default saving file/folder name
automatically for BitTorrent task
Core Bugfix: fix bug in auto-rename when re-download HTTP tasks
Core Bugfix: When detect UDP listen port forwards status, UDP packets from
local network should be ignored

v1.73 2020.11.27
GUI Improve: new Replace Trackers command in context menu of task list, when
multiple BitTorrent tasks selected
GUI Improve: new Update Tracker command in context menu of tracker list
GUI Improve: advanced option to enable UDP Tracker support:
bittorrent.udp_tracker
GUI Improve: display TCP/UDP Upload Speed and Cache Size in Long-Term Seeding
list for Export Mode
GUI Improve: support sorting items in Long-Term Seeding list for Export Mode
GUI Improve: display Total Row in Long-Term Seeding list for Export Mode
GUI Improve: auto add a suffix to default saving file/folder name automatically
for BitTorrent task only when creating tasks quietly
GUI Improve: display DHT announce list in Export Mode
GUI Improve: add a new limit of MAX 100000 for torrent list
GUI Bugfix: torrent size estimation error in torrent make dialog if only single
file selected
GUI Bugfix: when batch download multiple torrents with metadata in torrent
list, the task will be created one by one
GUI Bugfix: the listen port setting in Remote Download option page should not
be disabled if web interface disabled and APP interface enabled
GUI Bugfix: fix mistake of query file size in HTTP task properties window
 GUI Bugfix: fix mistake of torrent list statusbar refresh
Core Improve: support WS/WSS Trackers (WebTorrent is unsupported yet)
Core Improve: use worker thread to read files for Long-Term Seeding to reduce
UI lag
Core Improve: use worker thread to read files for video file remote playback in
APP
Core Improve: optimization for Long-Term Seeding with torrents containing a lot
of files
Core Improve: improve torrent list loading, reduce UI lag
Core Improve: support downloading metadata directly in Add New Task window in
Android APP
Core Improve: support selecting part of files in torrent to download in Android
APP
Core Improve: support download files from finished task in desktop version in
computer to Android APP in mobile phone
Core Improve: improve sqlite save operation, reduce disk drive activity
Core Bugfix: files are not deleted when removing tasks which haven't been
started yet
Core Bugfix: avoid send duplicate UDP request to DHT nodes
Core Bugfix: cache not released after disable Long-Term Seeding
Core Bugfix: program crash when creating torrent file, if DHT disabled or
pending startup
Core Bugfix: fix bug in auto-rename for the task with duplicated save folder
when creating BitTorrent task in batch
Core Bugfix: program cannot start in Windows XP
Core Bugfix: task queue operation incorrectly if task progress dropped from
100% due to file missing detection

v1.72 2020.10.21
GUI Improve: add a suffix to default saving file/folder name automatically for
BitTorrent task if a file/folder has the same name exists
GUI Improve: stop time-out counting when click any option check-box in
duplicate files prompt dialog for BitTorrent task
GUI Improve: auto switch unit for upload/download size in peer list of
BitTorrent task
GUI Improve: display memory info in graph pane
GUI Improve: auto layout positions of legends in graph pane
GUI Improve: torrent size estimation handle the piece-alignment option in
torrent make dialog
GUI Improve: remove advanced option dht.udp_sessions_threshold, add new
advanced option dht.udp_send_queue_threshold
GUI Improve: display number of dropped DHT requires
GUI Improve: show CPU usage in flow graph in macOS version
GUI Bugfix: fix crash when click download eMule plugin button in Option window
GUI Bugfix: creation date in task summary not refreshed after metadata
downloaded for BitTorrent task
GUI Bugfix: metadata icon in torrent list not refreshed after metadata
downloaded
Core Improve: use worker thread for Long-Term Seeding to reduce UI lag
Core Improve: add support of Long-Term Seeding for files smaller than 1MB
Core Improve: when UDP send queue threshold of DHT reached, incoming DHT
requires are dropped
Core Improve: able to identify Shareaza client
Core Bugfix: task queue operation incorrectly if choose seeding directly using
exist files after opening torrent
Core Bugfix: if the DHT network startup delay is enabled, the auto-started
tasks will not announce to DHT any more
Core Bugfix: crash when DNS querying
v1.71 2020.9.7
GUI Improve: add new advanced option: ui.copy_magnet_with_tracker
GUI Improve: add new advanced option: dht.startup_delay_sec
GUI Improve: add new advanced option: dht.udp_sessions_threshold
GUI Improve: add Long-Term Seeding list to left channel list when expert_mode
enabled
GUI Improve: display number of files for Long-Term Seeding in flow graph
GUI Improve: display number of DHT nodes and sessions by type in flow graph
GUI Improve: display CPU usage in flow graph
GUI Improve: display flow graph pane under torrent list also
GUI Improve: display UDP sending queue length for separate category in
Statistics pane
GUI Improve: display number of DNS cache in Statistics pane
GUI Improve: tracker list supports sorting
GUI Improve: do not switch to download list after add new BitTorrent task from
RSS page
GUI Improve: display banned peers of BitTorrent task in separate group
GUI Bugfix: binding IP address in advanced option can not be modified
GUI Bugfix: update time of RSS feeds not changed after manual refresh
GUI Bugfix: tooltip displayed incorrectly when the column order of peer list
adjusted
Core Improve: UDP sending queue changed to multiple queues
Core Improve: prevent Sonic Studio 3 DLL injection, enhance program stability
Core Improve: BitTorrent task start Long-Term Seeding automatically if become
100% completed after hash checking
Core Improve: add cache for DNS query
Core Improve: UDP Tracker connect will retry later if length of sending queue
reached limit
Core Improve: reduce unnecessary DHT transmission if reached the threshold of
UDP sessions
Core Improve: increase the priority of connection for passport login
Core Bugfix: empty folder left after moving downloaded files for finished task

v1.70 2020.8.9
GUI Improve: add option to start seeding after generating torrent file
GUI Improve: advanced option system.show_debug_info renamed to
system.enable_expert_mode
GUI Improve: add DHT network node list to left channel list when expert_mode
enabled
GUI Improve: add flow graph for download speed, upload speed, DHT transfer
GUI Improve: display location code if no location image in peer list
GUI Improve: Add HTTP download in batch window support paste HTTP URL list
GUI Improve: "Remember my settings" in Auto Shutdown menu changed to "Remember
Shutdown Condition"
GUI Bugfix: number of Torrent History not refreshed after generating torrent
file
GUI Bugfix: peer download progress not displayed in peer list
GUI Bugfix: IP location icon display bug when using 150% DPI
GUI Bugfix: download speed display bug in floating window
GUI Bugfix: binding IP address in advanced option can not be set to unassigned
Core Bugfix: data save failure due to zero-size file in torrent
Core Bugfix: program may crash when downloading pieces containing file boundary
in v1.69
Core Bugfix: initial seeding option can not be saved due to asynchronous
modification operation of BT task properties (v1.68 - 1.69)

v1.69 2020.7.8
GUI Improve: display Mobile APP traffic in the info-tips of upload size and
upload speed in task summary pane
 GUI Improve: display detailed failure info of download torrent in BT task log
pane
GUI Improve: display IP location in peer list of BitTorrent task
GUI Bugfix: the main window should not be restored by relaunch program if
entered lock mode while the main window minimized
GUI Bugfix: can't change the default download directory for a task tag in the
Option window
GUI Bugfix: handle the situation of LAN IP is the same with WAN IP in Remote
Download page of Options window
Core Improve: improve error handling after piece hash check failure of BT task
Core Improve: part of the file operation is moved to the worker thread to
reduce UI freeze
Core Improve: improve torrent share data processing and reduce UI freeze
Core Improve: supports brotli compress for HTTP Tracker, torrent download and
visit RSS feeds
Core Improve: apply advanced option http.user_agent to all HTTP connections
besides HTTP file download
Core Improve: remove HTTP request header: Pragma/Cache-Control: no-cache
Core Bugfix: occasionally crash when starting BT task asynchronously

v1.68.1 2020.6.28 (macOS)

GUI Bugfix: disk space display error in task properties dialog in Mac edition
GUI Bugfix: check box display error in file list of BT tasks in Mac edition

v1.68 2020.6.15
GUI Improve: add Bind App button for BitComet Android edition in toolbar and
tools menu
GUI Improve: add enable BitComet App option in Remote Download page of Options
window
GUI Improve: add Bind App button in Remote Download page of Options window
GUI Improve: add Devices button in Remote Download page of Options window
GUI Improve: add force HTTPS option in Remote Download page of Options window
GUI Improve: display Remote Download info in Statistics pane
GUI Improve: allow piece alignment option when creating private torrent file
GUI Improve: new advanced option: system.process_io_priority
GUI Improve: display long-term seeds info in Tracker list
GUI Improve: add auto refresh option in torrent list toolbar
GUI Improve: add refresh button in torrent list toolbar
GUI Improve: keep selection state of focused item in torrent list when auto
refresh
GUI Improve: filter RSS torrent list by RSS feed name
GUI Improve: new option in RSS torrent list: auto download meta-data
GUI Improve: new option in torrent collect list: auto download meta-data
GUI Improve: keep multiple selection in torrent list when auto-refresh disabled
GUI Improve: new column in torrent list: has metadata
GUI Improve: display Long-Term Seeding info in Summary pane when
system.show_debug_info turned on
GUI Improve: remember show/hide state of task tags toolbar when program restart
GUI Improve: display UDP transfer info in Statistics pane
GUI Improve: display DNS failure info of UDP transfer in Statistics pane
GUI Bugfix: sort bug for first column of torrent list
GUI Bugfix: the downloaded icon in torrent list does not refresh in time
GUI Bugfix: Option window may display incorrectly when opened for second time
in Mac edition
GUI Bugfix: program may crash when drag and drop multiple HTTP links to main
windows or floating window
Core Improve: selecting files to download for BitTorrent task changes to
asynchronous operation, to reduce the UI lag
Core Improve: clean up unfinished files for BitTorrent task changes to
asynchronous operation, to reduce the UI lag
Core Improve: when sharing torrents in Torrent Exchange, give higher priority
to the torrents whose content have been downloaded
Core Improve: assign padding attribute to padding files according to BEP47 when
creating torrent file
Core Improve: handling padding file attribute when opening torrent file
Core Improve: enhance security for Remote Download
Core Improve: supports view task info from BitComet Android edition
Core Improve: supports add, start, stop task from BitComet Android edition
Core Improve: supports play completed mp4, mkv video files from BitComet
Android edition
Core Improve: do not retry within 1 minute after DNS failure for UDP transfer
Core Bugfix: the piece containing file boundary can not be downloaded in
individual cases

v1.67 2020.5.6
GUI Improve: new command in context menu of task list: search online for the
task name
GUI Improve: new global option: save the torrent file to download folder
GUI Improve: display the number of DHT torrents with metadata in left channel
pane if show torrents with metadata option enabled
GUI Improve: reduce UI lag of BitTorrent task properties dialog when use
network folder as download folder
GUI Improve: new command in context menu of torrent list: search online for the
torrent name
GUI Improve: new advanced option: system.check_bcagent, disable check OCX
control status for browser extensions at startup
GUI Improve: new settings in tasks page of option window: start queued task if
the download speed of slowest task is lower than
GUI Improve: display UPNP port mapping info in global log
GUI Bugfix: the upload limit can not be set to 1, 2, 3...9MB/s in Option dialog
GUI Bugfix: magnet URI tasks not displayed in Uncompleted task list after
program restart
Core Improve: the format of data file of torrent history list changed from xml
to sqlite, conversation will be performed automatically when program launch
Core Improve: improve algorithm of removing items in torrent list, reduce UI
lag
Core Improve: increase sorting speed for snapshot and post column in torrent
list
Core Improve: improve algorithm of long-term seeding, reduce UI lag
Core Improve: starting BT task changes to asynchronous operation, to reduce the
UI lag
Core Improve: reduce process time for stopping BT task
Core Improve: reduce process time for removing BT tasks without deleting
downloaded files
Core Improve: reduce UI lag due to long-term seeding
Core Bugfix: BT task may stop unexpectedly due to file not found if yellow
blocks appear in piece map
Core Bugfix: program may crash when sorting torrent list
Core Bugfix: disk boost service not utilized when allocate disk space before
downloading option disabled
Core Bugfix: metadata download task not removed when removing items in torrent
list

v1.66 2020.4.13
GUI Improve: improve icons in toolbar and download list for HiDPI display
GUI Improve: add settings button in toolbar of torrent list
GUI Improve: new option for DHT torrents: Only show torrents with metadata
GUI Improve: add Feed Name in RSS torrent list
 GUI Improve: display number of piece in torrent maker dialog
GUI Improve: display metadata downloading info in Statistics pane
GUI Improve: do not display listen port of peer if unknown for BT peers
GUI Improve: "Preview Download Mode" renamed to "Sequential Download Mode" in
context menu of BT task
GUI Improve: add Compact Database command in settings menu of torrent list
GUI Improve: new advanced option: bittorrent.dht_torrent_refresh_interval, 5
sec as default to decrease disk activity time
GUI Improve: new advanced option: system.compact_memory_interval
GUI Improve: display configuration file folder in Global Log pane
GUI Improve: display Long-Term Seeding status in Statistics Pane
GUI Improve: add copy command to context menu of settings list in advanced
option page
GUI Improve: improve HiDPI support for Batch download dialog
GUI Improve: new option in Proxy setting page: DNS query using proxy server
GUI Improve: add unit choice for Speed limit in Option dialog
GUI Improve: support add batch-download by drag and drop multiple URL links to
floating window or main window
GUI Improve: support add batch-download by clipboard monitor
GUI Improve: new advanced option: bittorrent.hash_check_for_ltseed
GUI Improve: add memory usage details about process heap size and disk write
buffer size
GUI Improve: new settings in advanced option page to select IP address to bind
to when initiate a connection
GUI Improve: show pending DNS number in Statistics pane
GUI Bugfix: the number of torrents in the left channel list is not refreshed in
time
GUI Bugfix: sort bug for first column of Torrent History list
GUI Bugfix: task summary panel text alignment
GUI Bugfix: level progress display error when progress is 0% in the lower left
corner
GUI Bugfix: incorrect configuration file folder used in certain case
GUI Bugfix: UI lag when select all by Ctrl+A in torrent list
Core Improve: DHT Tracker use worker thread to reduce the UI lag
Core Improve: support initiate a connection using preferred network adapter if
multiple network adapters exist in system
Core Improve: support IPv6 connection through SOCKS5 proxy server
Core Improve: support UTF8 BOM when improve URL list from text file in Batch
download dialog
Core Improve: support extract URL links containing Chinese characters from html
page segment dropped to BitComet from web page
Core Improve: improve memory allocation, decrease memory usage for UDP buffer
and log buffer
Core Improve: optimize UDP packet sending efficiency，default value of
network.max_udp_pkt_per_sec changed to 1000 from 500
Core Improve: avoid program crash caused by IE component damage
Core Improve: improve Preview download mode for BT task
Core Improve: reduce memory usage when downloading metadata for DHT torrent
list
Core Bugfix: the global option "allocation disk space before download" works
even when disabled
Core Bugfix: empty files should not be created when performs hash-check
Core Bugfix: connection error retry issue when download from long-term seed
Core Bugfix: fix speed limit deviation
Core Bugfix: "Sequential Download Mode" does not work if "Optimize download
strategy for preview" disabled in Option dialog

v1.65 2020.3.16
GUI Improve: Display left time in torrent making dialog
 GUI Improve: add more items to backup in Import/Export dialog from File menu
GUI Improve: display torrent creation time and RSS article publication time in
Summary page of torrent list separately
GUI Improve: the publish time in torrent list changed from torrent creation
time to RSS article publication time
GUI Improve: add new commands to context menu of RSS list: Copy title
GUI Improve: the publish time in torrent list can be updated by click Reload
command in context menu of RSS torrent node in Channel list
GUI Improve: improve port mapping error message
GUI Improve: the start time of task renamed to added time
GUI Improve: LT Seed number in file list of BT task changed to
"connected/total"
GUI Improve: new advanced option to set HTTP retry max number and interval for
downloading torrent in BT task
GUI Improve: new advanced option: network.tcp_connection_timeout
GUI Improve: new advanced option: bittorrent.max_connections_per_ltseed
GUI Improve: default setting of UDP packets sent per second changed from 100 to
500 in advanced option page
GUI Improve: display task logs about downloading torrent file from HTTP link
for BT task
GUI Improve: add memory usage details in Statistics pane
GUI Bugfix: task delete button in toolbar should not be grayed out when task is
running
Core Improve: support import and export Torrent History, Torrent Exchange, RSS
Torrents, DHT Torrents via backup file
Core Improve: improve DNS resolution for UDP packet to prevent sending
congestion
Core Improve: add error retry for BT task when downloading torrent file from
HTTP link
Core Improve: add TCP connecting timeout for automatic disconnection
Core Bugfix: after one file downloaded from a LT Seed, no requests for
downloading other file are sent
Core Bugfix: out of memory due to huge number of peer requests to running BT
task
Core Bugfix: while proxy server enabled, the program may crash when exiting
Core Bugfix: the max TCP connection setting should be cons considered when
initiating a long-term download connection
Core Bugfix: fix improper operation in executable file name safety checking

v1.64 2020.1.13
GUI Improve: add new advanced option: Use toast notifications in action center
under Windows 10 (Need to create shortcut in start menu)
GUI Improve: the max connection number for HTTP download task changed from 20
to 200 in HTTP task properties window
GUI Improve: the max default connection number for HTTP download task changed
from 20 to 200 in option window
GUI Improve: show notification when the paging file is too small for memory
allocation
GUI Improve: add info-tip for peer count, health and share ratio column in task
download list
GUI Improve: improve display for HiDPI
GUI Bugfix: the display name parameter in the magnetic link caused the default
save name of the downloaded file to be incorrect
GUI Bugfix: issues on sorting torrent list by snapshot or comments
GUI Bugfix: the speed graph not cleared after perform disk cleanup for HTTP
task
GUI Bugfix: the queuing state icon not displayed if the task is in error state
GUI Bugfix: the function of sorting by task state not working for queuing tasks
Core Improve: enhanced the ability of HTTP download tasks to detect server
support for download resume
Core Improve: reduce memory usage for torrent metadata download
Core Improve: improve video file snapshot, support thumbnail, decrease loading
time
Core Improve: disable extra disk writing verify to decrease disk usage
Core Bugfix: if auto file moving launched after hash check when BitTorrent
download finished, the files been moved will bot be removed
Core Bugfix: HTTP download should stop immediately after failure of creating
file
Core Bugfix: program may crash at exit

v1.63 2019.12.20
GUI Improve: new RSS Torrents list in Torrent Exchange, to collect torrent info
from RSS feeds
GUI Improve: new DHT Torrents list in Torrent Exchange, to collect torrent info
in peer request from DHT network
GUI Improve: add Download Metadata command to context menu of torrent list, to
obtain torrent meta-data without creating download task
GUI Improve: add Logs pane to torrent list, to display logs when obtaining
torrent meta-data
GUI Improve: decrease displaying time of waiting state when loading web page of
task comments and snapshots
GUI Improve: new settings in Proxy option page: do not use proxy for long-term
seeding and port forward detection
GUI Improve: display RSS update logs when advanced option
system.show_debug_info enabled
GUI Improve: new option in context menu of DHT torrents in left channel pane:
auto download meta-data
GUI Improve: new advanced options: Max number of concurrent downloading meta-
data, Timeout seconds of downloading meta-data
GUI Bugfix: the default connection number in HTTP batch download window changed
from 1 to the setting value in Option window
GUI Bugfix: the speed graph not cleared after perform disk cleanup for
BitTorrent task
GUI Bugfix: when click the blank area in piece map scroll bar out of the thumb,
page up or page down not triggered.
GUI Bugfix: the status bar of main window flickers when refresh
Core Improve: improve identification code of BitTorrent client name and version
Core Improve: do not detect IPv6 port forward status if global IPv6 address not
found in system
Core Bugfix: fix moving operations of configuration files when switch
use_app_data advanced option
Core Bugfix: program may crash when force stop tasks in stopping state
Core Bugfix: the option of clear Torrent Collection list at program exit does
not work
Core Bugfix: the passkey parameter in tracker URL for private torrent should
not be removed for non-MagnetURI torrents received from RSS feed
Core Bugfix: if no data received from RSS feed, the reconnection will not be
preformed in certain case
Core Bugfix: if the torrent turned out private after meta-data received, no
trackers should be added automatically from trackers-list

v1.62 2019.11.26
GUI Improve: a new option to seed using existing files when create task by
torrent file, check piece hash until uploading the piece
GUI Improve: improve refresh algorithm of piece map to decrease CPU usage
GUI Improve: display a piece in yellow if the piece is unchecked in the piece
map pane of BitTorrent task
GUI Improve: improve display refreshing code of torrent share list, reduce the
UI lag when display large amounts of torrents
GUI Improve: a new prompt to choose download one by one or in batches when
select multiple magnet links in torrent share list
GUI Improve: add tooltip to display peer_id when mouse hover on client name of
peer list
GUI Improve: the default allowed max size of torrent file changed from 10MB to
20MB, and a new advanced option added: bittorrent.max_torrent_size_mb
GUI Improve: boss key renamed to lock / unlock main window hot-key. password
will be needed when unlock if startup password is set.
GUI Improve: new advanced option: bittorrent.anti_leech_banned_peer_ids
GUI Improve: new advanced option: bittorrent.anti_leech_private_torrent,
disabled by default
GUI Improve: show notification when out of memory
GUI Improve: Task disk space cleanup can only be invoked when task stopped
Core Improve: BT stop changes to asynchronous operation with new task Stopping
state, to reduce the UI lag when stopping tasks
Core Improve: improve processing flow to reduce the UI lag when task finishes
downloading
Core Improve: improve processing flow to reduce the UI lag when deleting
running tasks
Core Improve: discard cache data in running BitTorrent tasks when quit BitComet
to reduce the UI lag
Core Improve: improve processing flow of task start to reduce the UI lag
Core Improve: improve processing flow of task progress auto save to reduce the
UI lag
Core Improve: the format of data file of torrent share list changed from xml to
sqlite, conversation will be performed automatically when program launch
Core Improve: reduce the memory consume for loading torrent share list, to
avoid program crash due to large amounts of torrents
Core Improve: use worker thread to save data file of torrent share list
incrementally, to avoid UI lag caused by saving data file at program exit
Core Improve: decrease CPU usage when uploading in high speed
Core Improve: increase the max allowed length of request queue for BitTorrent
task
Core Improve: update BitTorrent client identification code for Tixati
Core Improve: support retrieve peer client name and version from extension
protocol, on the basis of the identification from peer_id
Core Improve: auto fix mistaken creation date format in torrent file
Core Bugfix: when completed task list selected in left pane, Magnet tasks
downloading meta data should not be displayed
Core Bugfix: fix data error from uploading disk cache in rare cases

v1.61 2019.11.14
GUI Improve: improve filter for auto torrent download from RSS feed
GUI Improve: do not display unknown as name for tasks created from HTTP URL of
torrent file
GUI Improve: new command in context menu of RSS article list: copy torrent link
GUI Improve: show tooltip when mouse hover on status column of peer list
GUI Improve: check disk boost service when program starts, display fix
notification if not installed
GUI Improve: task finish popup changed to toast notification of Action Center
in Windows 10
GUI Improve: auto update interval of RSS feed changed to the shorter one of
user setting and feed setting
GUI Improve: add new setting bittorrent.anti_leech_banned_ports in Advanced
page of Options window
GUI Improve: The option window automatically adjusts the window size according
to the minimum size of the page when switching pages
GUI Improve: add search options box in Advanced page of Options window
 GUI Bugfix: the setting of max number of RSS article works incorrectly
GUI Bugfix: refresh task properties dialog after meta-data downloaded right
away
GUI Bugfix: fix display problem of floating window with HiDPI scale
GUI Bugfix: remove obsoleted option: display task properties dialog after meta-
data downloaded for Magnet link
GUI Bugfix: publisher info not displayed in BitTorrent task properties dialog
GUI Bugfix: copy RSS feed URL will get RSS feed web-page URL
Core Improve: Improve compatibility with XML file formats returned by RSS feeds
Core Improve: for the option that start a new task from waiting queue when
total download speed lower than setting value, also stop a slowest task at the same
time
Core Improve: switch to IE11 render mode for RSS web-page in Window 10
Core Bugfix: The Magnet link task addition time is changed from the time of
torrent file downloaded to the time of task created.
Core Bugfix: problem about the auto refresh interval for RSS feeds

v1.60 2019.10.17
GUI Improve: add new command to File menu: add torrents from RSS feed
GUI Improve: add RSS page in Option window, to configure RSS feed auto refresh
and RSS torrent auto download
GUI Improve: new setting in RSS page of Option window: add tag to task using
feed title when auto download torrent from RSS feed
GUI Improve: new setting in RSS page of Option window: pause download when auto
download torrent from RSS feed
GUI Improve: new setting in RSS page of Option window: filters for RSS torrent
auto download
GUI Improve: add new commands to context menu of RSS list: Copy RSS feed URL,
Open page in Browser
GUI Improve: able to download torrents using multiple-selection in RSS article
list
GUI Improve: add toolbar to web page pane of RSS article
GUI Improve: new column in task list: number of task files
GUI Improve: improve display speed of opening Option windows
GUI Improve: support copy text in multiple lines of Statistics pane
Core Improve: add RSS feed auto refresh and RSS torrent auto download function
Core Improve: display corresponding RSS article title in task log when add
torrent from RSS feed
Core Improve: improve disk reading cache for BitTorrent uploading, decrease UI
lag
Core Bugfix: fix memory leakage when connecting to trackers using HTTPS
protocol
Core Bugfix: fix bug in task merging when one task downloaded a torrent from
HTTP having the same infohash as another task

v1.59 2019.9.17
GUI Improved: revert task remove window, add Cleanup command to task context
menu
GUI Improved: improve Torrent Share list refresh
GUI Improved: the max value of advanced setting
network.max_connecting_connections changed from 1000 to 10000
GUI Improved: add advanced option log.tracker_limit to set the max number of
logs for tracker
GUI Improved: add advanced option log.task_limit to set the max number of logs
for task
GUI Improved: add Clear Log command to context menu of Tracker list, available
when system.show_debug_info enabled
GUI Improved: add Clear Log command to context menu of task log list, available
when system.show_debug_info enabled
 GUI Improved: display number of pending TCP connections in Statistics pane
GUI Improved: add indicator for private torrent in summary pane of BitTorrent
task
Core Improve: improve memory allocation strategy, decrease memory fragment
Core Improve: decrease interval of creating new TCP connections, and increase
network throughput
Core Improve: remove passkey parameter from tracker URL for private torrent
received from Magnet Link
Core Improve: active Long-Term seeding after task downloading finished
immediately
Core Improve: do not retry when failed to send STOP action to tracker
Core Bugfix: improve peer connection request algorithm, avoid new added peers
not been connected for a long time

v1.58 2019.7.6
GUI Improved: support 32MB piece size when creating torrent file, and show
estimated size of torrent
GUI Improved: add fit column size command in context menu of list view header
GUI Improved: add 2 new options in task remove window: delete unfinished
download files only, delete all downloaded files
GUI Improved: display torrent creator info in task summary page
GUI Improved: improve floating window display for HiDPI
GUI Improved: allow up to 10 new task windows to be displayed simultaneously
GUI Improved: display flag for registered BitComet users of IPv6 in peers list
of BitTorrent task
GUI Improved: display tracker returned leechers amount in tracker list of
BitTorrent task
GUI Bugfix: display issue of item group fold/unfold in Statistics pane
GUI Bugfix: max upload rate per BitTorrent task in Option window does not take
effect immediately when changed
GUI Bugfix: Long-Term seeding upload speed not displayed in tooltip of
BitTorrent task summary pane when task stopped
Core Improve: improve peer connection request algorithm: assign high priority
for new added peers, and cleanup dead peers with failures
Core Improve: enable Long-Term seeding immediately after new torrent created
Core Improve: max allowed connection interval of tracker changed to 120 minutes
Core Improve: add advanced option: bittorrent.save_connected_peers_only
Core Bugfix: when select part of files in torrent to download, the left size
sent to tracker should include all uncompleted files
Core Bugfix: the upload, download size in first announce to tracker is
incorrect when task restart after stop
Core Bugfix: announcement not sent to tracker when task restart immediately
after stop
Core Bugfix: no DHT nodes should be written into torrent when DHT Network
option unselected in torrent maker window
Core Bugfix: connection error after first announce to HTTPS tracker
Core Bugfix: HTTP download fails when URL contains IPv6 address host
Core Bugfix: improve stability of Long-Term Seeding disk cache

v1.57 2019.5.8
GUI Improved: choose only KB/s or MB/s as speed unit automatically, excluding
B/s
GUI Improved: do not allow reentrancy of new task creating window to avoid
stack overflow
GUI Bugfix: program may crash at exit triggered by Windows
shutdown/restart/logoff
Core Improve: support TLS v1.3 for HTTPS
Core Improve: support Server Name Indication for multiple domains hosted HTTPS
sever
 Core Bugfix: Long-Term Seeding does not work for certain torrents

v1.56 2019.3.13
GUI Bugfix: mistake in UI translations
Core Bugfix: disk cache setting for Long-Term Seeding does not take effect
Core Bugfix: improve stability of Long-Term Seeding
Core Bugfix: Long-Term Seeding does not work in pure IPv6 network
Core Bugfix: after all trackers in private torrent been replaced, no tracker
will be connected when task downloading

v1.55 2019.1.14
GUI Improved: add new task categories "Uncompleted" and more in left Channel
pane, which can be switch by context menu
GUI Improved: add RSS feeds in left Channel pane
GUI Improved: Statistics pane displays listening port status of IPv4, IPv6,
TCP, UDP separately
GUI Improved: Trackers pane displays peer number from PEX
GUI Improved: Peers pane displays downloaded and uploaded size of disconnected
peers
GUI Improved: new Long-Term Seeding disk cache setting in Option window
GUI Improved: Statistics pane displays disk cache info of BitTorrent transfer,
HTTP download and Long-Term Seeding separately
GUI Improved: choose KB/s or MB/s as speed unit automatically
GUI Improved: when sort task by time, display tasks of unknown time as earliest
GUI Improved: identify video file type of .webm and .ogv
GUI Bugfix: toolbar display incorrectly after change Windows UI theme
GUI Bugfix: tooltip of task summary will show up even when window not in
foreground
GUI Bugfix: occasionally crash when display popup window of task download
progress
Core Improve: support Long-Term Seeding in IPv6 network
Core Improve: optimize the disk cache for Long-Term Seeding
Core Improve: add UDP incoming status detect for listening port
Core Improve: report IPv4, IPv6 address to other peer in dual-stack network, to
establish double way connections
Core Bugfix: decrease UI lag when executable file download finished
Core Bugfix: too many tracker connections when multiple BitTorrent tasks
download at the same time
Core Bugfix: improve stability of Long-Term Seeding

v1.54 2018.12.6
GUI Improved: add log out action when all task finished
GUI Improved: increase disk cache max limit for 64 bits system
GUI Improved: add option to disable peer exchange globally in advanced page of
Option window
GUI Improved: update translations
GUI Bugfix: crash when remove task if file list pane tab reordered
GUI Bugfix: should not use index.html as default file name if no name found in
Magnet URI dragged from web page
Core Improve: decrease disk cache size when page file insufficient
Core Bugfix: incoming connection should be disconnected immediately when
invalid encryption BitTorrent protocol detected

v1.53 2018.10.26
GUI Improved: support add BitTorrent task using 32-byte Base32 encoded infohash
of magnet link directly in "Open torrent from URL" dialaog
GUI Improved: increase maximum text length of input box in "Open torrent from
URL" dialaog
GUI Improved: add resize ability to "Open torrent from URL" dialaog
 GUI Improved: improve support for high-DPI monitor of statistic information
dialog of multiple tasks
GUI Changed: remove VIP Acceleration page from Channels in left pane
GUI Changed: remove VIP Acceleration tab from BitTorrent task properties dialog
GUI Bugfix: dialog display will be deferred while high-speed downloading
Core Improve: the max value of network.max_connecting_connections in advanced
options changed from 200 to 1000
Core Bugfix: the default value of network.start_connect_interval_ms in
advanced options changed from 200 to 100
Core Improve: support IPv6 address when detecting listening port status
Core Changed: remove VIP Acceleration and Anonymous Download for BitTorrent
task

v1.52 2018.7.18
GUI Improved: HTTP(S)/FTP download support IPv6 URL link
GUI Improved: Peer list and Tracker list support display IPv6 address
GUI Improved: IPv6 address of LAN/WAN displayed in Statistics pane
GUI Improved: DHT network node info of IPv4 and IPv6 displayed in Statistics
pane
GUI Improved: add SHA256 checksum verification to HTTP task properties dialog
GUI Improved: add DNS resolve error info for UDP Tracker
GUI Improved: upgrade UI text translation website
https://bbcomet.com/projects/bitcomet/
GUI Bugfix: unable to add HTTPS URL as Web Seed in torrent file maker window
GUI Bugfix: errors when displaying new version upgrade window
Core Improve: support IPv6 network (Windows XP SP1 or later required)
Core Improve: support IPv6 HTTP Tracker
Core Improve: support IPv6 UDP Tracker
Core Improve: support IPv6 DHT Tracker
Core Improve: allow upload pieces containing file boundary when part of files
in torrent selected for download
Core Bugfix: data not saved into piece_part file correctly in a few particular
situations when part of files in torrent selected for download

v1.51 2018.6.12
GUI Improved: new settings in Tracker page of option window, automatically add
trackers when start BitTorrent download
GUI Improved: new settings in Tracker page of option window, automatically
update trackers list every day
GUI Improved: increase max value for global rate limit, task rate limit and
scheduler rate limit from 9999kB/s to 100MB/s
GUI Improved: improve support for high-DPI monitor
GUI Bugfix: unsupport download torrent file from HTTPS link
GUI Bugfix: remove P2PCache function from Advanced page of Option window, which
was out-of-service for a long time
Core Improve: improve download speed stability of BitTorrent downloading
Core Improve: increase max download speed of single connection of BitTorrent
downloading
Core Improve: refine Crash Report program
Core Bugfix: fix problems when exit program while high-speed downloading

v1.50 2018.5.3
GUI Improved: the file list in BitTorrent task properties dialog can switch
between simple list and tree list
GUI Bugfix: background color of URL input box displayed incorrectly when create
new HTTP task
GUI Bugfix: speed graph displayed incorrectly when high speed downloading
Core Improve: refine Crash Report program
Core Improve: update BitTorrent client identification code
 Core Bugfix: certain file name displayed incorrectly in BitTorrent task

v1.49 2018.2.6
GUI Improved: improve context menu of Torrent History list, Torrent Share list
and Torrent Collection list
GUI Improved: add Transmission to allowed client list in Option window
GUI Improved: improve support for high-DPI monitor
GUI Bugfix: order disordered when collapse or expand sorted file list of
BitTorrent task
GUI Bugfix: when open directory of a file in sub-directory from the file list
of BitTorrent task, incorrect directory opened
Core Improve: update BitTorrent client identification code
Core Improve: decrease piece_part file size for BitTorrent task with only part
files selected to download

v1.48 2017.12.28
GUI Improved: enhance webpage security
GUI Improved: minor UI improvement

v1.47 2017.8.28
GUI Improved: minor UI improvement

v1.46 2017.7.6
GUI Improved: enhance webpage security
Core Improve: improve HTTPS download ability

v1.45 2017.1.17
GUI Improved: support login account using email
GUI Improved: client IP address moved from status bar to context menu
GUI Bugfix: task size not displayed when opening torrent

v1.44 2016.11.11
GUI Bugfix: dialog layout mistake in high-DPI monitor
GUI Bugfix: the column width of some list not saved properly

v1.43 2016.10.19
GUI Bugfix: the setting of download part of files in torrent may lost after
BitComet restart
GUI Bugfix: fix icon display in high-DPI monitor

v1.42 2016.07.04
GUI Improved: improve support for high-DPI monitor

v1.41 2016.05.24
GUI Improved: display Batch Download window when open multiple torrent files in
File Explorer
GUI Improved: merge 32bit/64bit editions into one install package
Core Improve: increase default disk cache limit from 50 MB to half of total
memory, up to 1GB
Core Improve: add peer software version recognition

v1.40 2015.09.06
GUI Improved: support Windows 10
GUI Bugfix: Torrent make dialog not displayed when drag-n-drop files to the
web-view pane in main window
Core Bugfix: when delete download task and its files together, sometimes
certain sub-directories are not removed

v1.39 2015.06.29
 GUI Bugfix: fix the expired code signing certificate

v1.38 2015.03.30
GUI Improved: add open-folder button in download finish pop-up window
GUI Improved: display download speed and progress together when floating window
re-sized large enough
GUI Improved: change the option of auto-stop seeding time from minutes to day-
hour-minute
GUI Bugfix: fix the floating window display problem when using multiple
monitors
Core Improve: improve file read/write performance, reduce UI stuck
Core Improve: support ReFS disk volume
Core Improve: support Chrome browser extension
Core Bugfix: the minimize value of network.max_connecting_connections in
advanced options changed to 8
Core Bugfix: fix bugs in IE extension

v1.37 2013.12.31
GUI Improved: add download speed/progress graph in task summary pane
GUI Improved: add download size in total, upload size in total, torrent create
time in task list, hidden by default
GUI Improved: display new finished tasks in bold
GUI Improved: display proxy server connection errors in task log
GUI Improved: after hash checking, mark the banned and removed files in piece
map as empty
GUI Improved: improve the operation of open file, open folder and invoke anti-
virus software, avoid UI not response
GUI Improved: add new language: Kurdish
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug of missing file extension name when start download by
Magnet URI
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug of not keeping selection state when switch between
task list and torrent exchange list
GUI Bugfix: install package supports Windows 8.1
Core Improve: improve Firefox extension to support multiple Firefox versions
Core Bugfix: fix the bug in Firefox extension that unable to start BitComet
from Save As dialog
Core Bugfix: fix the bug of the save folder of HTTP/FTP file is not set to the
desired one from remote download webpage

v1.36 2013.05.02
GUI Bugfix: program crash occasionally when delete task
Core Improve: support Firefox 20

v1.35 2013.02.19
GUI Improved: show the "Saving data" tip when shut down computer while BitComet
running (Vista or later)
GUI Improved: max seeding time changes from 1000min to 99999min. max share
ratio changes from 2000% to 9999%
GUI Improved: do not show right-bottom corner popup tips by default
GUI Improved: changes some text in UI
Core Improve: support Firefox 18
Other Change: switch to new translation site: www.bbcomet.com

v1.33 2012.09.18
GUI Improved: improve Remote Download web page
GUI Bugfix: the torrent file creation time in UTC is not displayed correctly
GUI Bugfix: support jump list of taskbar in Windows 8
Core Improve: support Firefox 15
Core Improve: add queuing state to VIP Acceleration, which can be canceled
anytime while queuing or preparing.
Core Bugfix: cannot finish hash check for torrents with 16MB piece size
Core Bugfix: the proxy settings cannot be saved when the IE proxy setting is
empty

v1.33 2012.07.31
GUI Improved: update comment info in torrent list when torrent comment page
loaded
GUI Improved: remember export folder when selecting multiple tasks to save
torrent files
GUI Improved: store the settings of Socks and HTTP proxy server separately
GUI Bugfix: after clear all in Torrent Collection list, the corresponding
number in left Fav bar not cleared
GUI Bugfix: remove the space at the beginning of the first column in each
line of Tracker list
GUI Bugfix: in BitTorrent task properties dialog, the selection size is
always 0 when the folder collapsed
GUI Bugfix: certain language names displayed in Tools menu incorrectly
GUI Bugfix: using Tab key to navigate among panels of main window
Core Improve: support Firefox 14
Core Bugfix: program crashes when connect to proxy server with authentication
info

v1.32 2012.03.13
GUI Improved: improve the snapshot icon display in task list
GUI Improved: when resize the main window, keep the width of left fav bar
unchanged
GUI Improved: when load a URL list file to do a batch download, show a message
if duplicated URLs detected
GUI Bugfix: after sort task list, the sort state will not be restored when
program restart
GUI Bugfix: when download a Magnet URI, the default save folder is not filled
in the new task dialog
GUI Bugfix: when multiple URL links are selected in IE9 web page, they cannot
be drag&drop to the floating window
GUI Bugfix: the sort state of task list will be broken when modify the task
filter
GUI Bugfix: if the multiple-monitor configuration of Windows changed during
program running, some dialog will be displayed in invalid position
GUI Bugfix: when multiple tasks are selected, the refresh of task number in
status bar will flicker
GUI Bugfix: fix the program icon of 256x256
Core Improve: support Firefox 10
Core Bugfix: program may crash if failed to load detail file of any task

v1.31 2011.12.12
GUI Improved: save the heights of task list pane and Torrent History pane
separately
GUI Improved: keep the tasks which occur downloading error together when sort
task list by state
GUI Improved: add confirm dialog when restore the display of hidden torrents in
Peer Share list
GUI Bugfix: Auto-Shutdown at specified time does not work
GUI Bugfix: open URL using system default browser instead of IE
GUI Bugfix: torrent file icon should not use the program icon
GUI Bugfix: when adding new Torrent, all files will be downloaded instead of
only selected
GUI Bugfix: task position in the task list should not be changed when press
Home/End
 GUI Bugfix: the setting of View - Task list - Show filter does not work when
program starts
Core Bugfix: handle torrent file not using UTF-8 encoding

v1.30 2011.11.11
GUI Improved: cleaned up and improved a lot of code, reduce program size
GUI Improved: add VIP download list button in task list toolbar
GUI Improved: do not allow hide the title column of task list
GUI Improved: new command in View menu: Find Task (Ctrl+F)
GUI Improved: switch file list to Simple List or Tree List, from context menu
GUI Improved: display the tree list of files correctly when the files in
Torrent are not sorted by directories
Core Improve: support Firefox 7
Core Improve: the file size limit of Torrent changed to 10MB
Core Improve: support torrents whose piece size is not the integral multiple of
16 KB

v1.29 2011.09.23
GUI Improved: display prompt message when UI no response while writing
piece_part file
GUI Improved: new option in advance page of BitTorrent task properties dialog:
Bypass task seeding rules, keeps active
GUI Improved: change the health value of task displayed on the right of
availability graph in task summary to the availability value
GUI Improved: display the download size/rate from VIP Acceleration in the
tooltip of task summary
GUI Improved: after click the prompt balloon of task finish, the corresponding
task will be highlighted in the list
GUI Bugfix: task list failed to sort by download/upload size
GUI Bugfix: tracker setting not saved after remove a tracker from the context
menu of tracker list
Core Improve: Web seeding supports HTTP servers which do not accept range
request
Core Improve: improve connection request algorithm, decrease unnecessary
connection number
Core Improve: disable eMule plugin for Anonymous Download
Core Improve: support Firefox 6
Core Bugfix: BitTorrent download containing too many files can not launch VIP
Acceleration
Core Bugfix: failed to auto-shutdown after all download finished if any queued
seeding task exists

v1.28 2011.06.28
GUI Improved: move VIP Acceleration window into BitTorrent task properties
dialog
GUI Improved: new option in VIP Acceleration tab of BitTorrent task properties
dialog: Anonymous Download
GUI Improved: add Anonymous Download state to VIP icon in task list
GUI Improved: bookmark list in left favorites bar recovered
GUI Improved: remember the position and size of task properties dialog
GUI Improved: add Folder and Private columns in task list, hidden by default
GUI Improved: display a balloon tip when accessing network share folder leads
to UI no response
GUI Improved: 32/64 bit editions use separate install packages
GUI Improved: auto update identify 32/64 bit editions correctly
GUI Improved: the language list uses the language names provided by Windows
GUI Improved: add icons to the main menu and context menu of floating window
GUI Improved: display a balloon tip when launch a new instance of BitComet
while another is exiting
 GUI Improved: the default action of minimize button of main window changed to
minimize to task bar under Win 7
GUI Improved: remove the AutoRefresh option in Torrent Collection toolbar. new
torrents are appended to the bottom directly
GUI Improved: when the display number of Torrent Collection list reaches max
value, a info bar will be displayed
GUI Improved: add Remove command to Torrent Collection list
GUI Improved: decrease start-up delay of Torrent Collection by loading torrents
information asynchronously
GUI Improved: display a balloon tip when sorting the list of Torrent Collection
leads to UI no response
GUI Improved: add a icon for "Properties" in the context menu of task list
GUI Improved: improve the thumbnail task list for system tray icon and floating
window when mouse hovering
GUI Improved: add "reset to default layout" the context menu of detailed tabs
of Torrent Share and Torrent History
GUI Improved: the option of "show detailed info" in View menu works for Torrent
Share and Torrent History
GUI Improved: display free memory of BitComet process in Statistics pane
GUI Bugfix: disable task operation buttons in toolbar when display VIP
download list
GUI Bugfix: the setting of show toolbar and show status bar in View menu not
remembered
GUI Bugfix: failed to read cookie from Firefox 4 when add HTTP download
GUI Bugfix: support saving files larger than 4G in volume of HFS+/HFSJ/HFSX
GUI Bugfix: v1.27 failed to start under Win2000
GUI Bugfix: the text of weekday in Schedule setting page misplace in certain
display setting condition
GUI Bugfix: batch adding torrents have Chinese file name will fail under
English Windows XP
Core Improve: support Anonymous Download for tasks enabled VIP Acceleration,
preventing any direct connection to trackers or BitTorrent peers
Core Improve: update BitTorrent client identification code
Core Bugfix: memory access violation leading to program crash

v1.27 2011.04.22
GUI Improved: display Batch Download window when drag&drop multiple torrent
files to main window or floating window
GUI Improved: remove the drop-down menu from the delete button in toolbar of
Torrent History or Torrent Share list
GUI Improved: add "Show Detailed Info" option in View menu
GUI Improved: new setting in option dialog: add to Torrent Share when opening
torrent
GUI Improved: display translation text of "Day" and "Hour" in task left time
GUI Improved: display recovered and dropped data size by hash-checking in task
log list
GUI Improved: display used memory size in Statistics pane
GUI Improved: new setting in Advanced Option page: max number of UDP packets
sent per second
GUI Improved: display upload/download speed in the left of main window's title
bar
GUI Improved: display more accurate error info when opening Magnet URI of
unsupported types
GUI Improved: display preview window of task downloading progress when mouse
hovers on floating window or system tray icon
GUI Improved: display Batch Download window when open multiple torrent files
from File menu
GUI Improved: display confirm window if tasks need hash-check when started
GUI Improved: add new global option: display hash-check confirm window
 GUI Improved: enhance video file capture ability of Firefox extension
GUI Improved: max cache size in global options page up to 16 GB under 64-bit
system
GUI Improved: display download/upload size of this session in Statistics pane
GUI Improved: drop-down menu of remove button in toolbar is removed. click
remove button with shift key can remove download task and files together
GUI Improved: decrease the context menu level of floating window and system
tray icon
GUI Improved: available space can be displayed correctly even if the save
folder is a symbol link to other volume
GUI Improved: improve the crash report program
GUI Improved: new task list of VIP Downloads
GUI Improved: "delete task and files" removed from task context menu. click
"delete task" menu command with shift key to delete download task and files
together.
GUI Improved: support context menu of IE 9 to download using BitComet
GUI Improved: modify the size of BT task properties dialog, compatible with
1024x600 resolution
GUI Improved: display navigation pane of Windows Explorer when open task
download folder under Windows XP
GUI Improved: the text of task status in summary pane can't be displayed
completely when it's too long
GUI Improved: new button in toolbar: add Magnet URI
GUI Improved: BitComet video download extension for Firefox supports Firefox 4
GUI Improved: BitComet plugin for Firefox supports Firefox 4
GUI Improved: un-installation program will notify running BitComet to exit
GUI Changed: update check for popular software removed totally
GUI Changed: remove the "Don't show again" option in task remove confirm
window
GUI Bugfix: "Open Forum" button in toolbar become invalid when file list is
showing
GUI Bugfix: after remote connection established, the network status light
turns green, but the tooltip of the light and the listening port status in
Statistics pane not refreshed
GUI Bugfix: in v1.26, certain settings in Proxy page can't be saved
GUI Bugfix: in v1.26, unable to create new tag from Task Tag option page
GUI Bugfix: in v1.26, the seed number not displayed in task summary pane
GUI Bugfix: the option "add to Torrent Share when opening torrent" doesn't
work
GUI Bugfix: when mouse hovers on the system tray icon, the preview window of
task downloading progress displayed in incorrect position
GUI Bugfix: the detail info windows of download/upload size in task summary
pane couldn't be able to shown up after program running for a long time
GUI Bugfix: the task state icon displayed as warning if only download part of
files of a BitTorrent and choose "Download Later"
GUI Bugfix: after increase text size of Windows (DPI setting), the layouts of
certain windows went wrong
GUI Bugfix: the function of shutdown computer after all task download
finished ignores tasks in queue
Core Improve: native support for 64-bit system
Core Improve: read file in working thread after disk cache of BitComet used up,
to avoid UI responding slowly while high-speed seeding
Core Improve: slow down download speed when disk writing speed can not catch
up, to avoid UI responding slowly while high-speed downloading
Core Improve: improve uploading queue handing, to boost uploading speed in LAN
Core Improve: if the the download drive not accessible when task starts, hash-
check will be skipped to avoid download progress be reset
Core Bugfix: stop and restart BT task containing 0 size files will lead to
unnecessary hash-checking
 Core Bugfix: drop incoming peers whose listening port is unknown when their
connection disconnected
Core Bugfix: files not closed after task stopped as disk space full, making
those files locked for moving or removing
Core Bugfix: if only select part of files in a BitTorrent download, the task
progress may fall back after hash-checking
Core Bugfix: when the setting of allocate space before downloading enabled,
only the space of the first 50 files is allocated
Core Bugfix: if the save folder is a junction of directory, the download will
fail
Core Bugfix: download rate limit for single BT task not applied to downloading
from Long-Term Seeds

v1.26 2011.01.27
GUI Improved: improve text information displayed in VIP acceleration dialog
GUI Improved: improve progress bar of disk space in task properties dialog
GUI Improved: new setting in advanced option page to enable/disable auto hash
check after downloaded file changed
GUI Improved: new setting in advanced option page to enable/disable disk boost
service (only Vista and later)
GUI Improved: display the status of disk boost service in statistical tab (only
Vista and later)
GUI Improved: tasks in queue will be displayed in Active task list
GUI Improved: improve re-connection timers displayed in tracker list
GUI Improved: do not display torrent downloading prompt dialog when open a
magnet link
GUI Improved: improve GUI font when choosing Traditional Chinese in non-
Traditional Chinese Windows
GUI Improved: simplify torrent status icon in torrent history and torrent share
list
GUI Improved: do not fix the width of date column in torrent history and
torrent share list
GUI Improved: improve display refreshing code of torrent history and torrent
share list, reduce CPU usage
GUI Improved: display the default command in context menu of torrent history
and torrent share list as bold
GUI Improved: new command in context menu of Torrent Collect list: Add to
Torrent Share
GUI Improved: add openbittorrent and publicbt as default trackers when creating
torrents
GUI Improved: green light appears after incoming connection established from a
remote peer
GUI Improved: add large icon of 256*256 for Vista/Win7
GUI Improved: add new column to Torrent History list: private torrent
GUI Improved: do not lock the width of preview column in task list
GUI Improved: display total download time in task summary tab
GUI Improved: display the number of days in case of downloading left time is
more than 24 hours
GUI Improved: check downloaded files at program startup, and display warning
icon on task if file missing. It can be disabled in advanced option page.
GUI Changed: Long-Time Seeding renamed to Long-Term Seeding
GUI Bugfix: the downloaded size in task statistical dialog when selecting
multiple tasks is invalid
GUI Bugfix: when mouse cursor hovering on system tray icon in XP, the task
running info balloon can not be shown
GUI Bugfix: the delete button in toolbar grayed out when pressing Ctrl to
select multiple items in Torrent History and Torrent Share
GUI Bugfix: in the global option dialog, the max value of cache size for each
connection of HTTP download should be 2MB
 GUI Bugfix: after torrent downloaded for Magnet URI, the hidden options in
advanced page of task properties dialog is not shown right away
GUI Bugfix: the error message of failure to listen on UDP port is not
accurate
Core Improve: using disk boost service to create large files when start
downloading, to speed up disk operation, avoid UI no response (only Vista and
later)
Core Improve: improve kernel to reduce CPU usage for UI refreshing when
downloading BitTorrent task
Core Improve: connect to one only tracker at a time when downloading private
torrent, and clear all peers when switching tracker
Core Improve: improve crash report program
Core Improve: improve transport interval of peer exchange
Core Improve: use worker thread to process socket message, thereby reduce
message handling in UI thread
Core Bugfix: do not connect to tracker when remove a tracker from tracker list
(thanks to kluelos)
Core Bugfix: when listening port disabled in option dialog, program will dead-
loop when exit

v1.25 2010.12.08
GUI Improved: new global option: customize actions of mouse double-click on
task list
GUI Improved: show log of trackers from tracker list
GUI Improved: display progress bar of disk space in task properties dialog
GUI Improved: add Torrent History button to toolbar of task list
GUI Improved: add task list button to toolbars of Torrent History ad Torrent
Share
GUI Improved: remember sort state of task list after program restart
GUI Improved: new icon for Torrent History
GUI Improved: VIP Acceleration can be canceled if a task can not complete for a
long time
GUI Bugfix: UNC path can not be set as default download folder in option
dialog
Core Bugfix: improve kernel stability
Core Bugfix: improve stability of BHO

v1.24 2010.11.11
GUI Improved: add "VIP Accelerate" for BitTorrent download, enable from the VIP
icon in task list
GUI Improved: new global settings: move downloaded files to specified folder
after task finished
GUI Improved: add task filter on the top of task list, filter tasks by states,
tags and keywords
GUI Improved: move task tag list from the favorites bar at left to the task
filter bar above task list
GUI Improved: add keyboard shortcut Ctrl+F to find task
GUI Improved: show batch download dialog when open multiple magnet links using
Ctrl+U
GUI Improved: change the text of preview/open in task list to icon
GUI Improved: remove the upper limit of the peer number displayed in peer list
of BitTorrent task and display all
GUI Improved: display a yellow warning icon for tasks that failed to
move/rename files after download finished
GUI Improved: improve the "Search ED2K links" dialog launched from the file
list of BitTorrent task
GUI Improved: add thumbnail picture for task bar button in Windows 7, to
display downloading task information
GUI Improved: display download progress on task bar button in Windows 7
 GUI Improved: add frequent used operations to context menu of task bar button
in Windows 7
GUI Improved: new global settings to specify main window action when program
starts, minimized or closed
GUI Improved: new option for auto-shutdown, to action once or forever
GUI Improved: OpenDir, Properties and Delete buttons in toolbar available when
switched to Torrent History list
Core Improve: support "VIP Accelerate" for BitTorrent download
Core Improve: keep original creator name of torrent file when save torrent as
Core Bugfix: connect to peers returned from DHT network using encryption
protocol by force (thanks to Ori)
Core Bugfix: VideoSnapshot.exe can not exit normally when processing abnormal
video files
Core Bugfix: change the limit of disk cache up to 2GB

v1.23 2010.08.31
GUI Improved: add Summary tab to Torrent History and Torrent Share list
GUI Improved: open Torrent from URL dialog supports multiple URLs
GUI Improved: export all torrents in one time by selecting multiple tasks in
task list, Torrent History or Torrent Share list
GUI Improved: display "click to add" in file list when BitTorrent task missing
ED2K links
GUI Improved: add Snapshot and Comment tab to Torrent History and Torrent Share
list
GUI Improved: new command in context menu of Torrent History: "add to task
list"
GUI Improved: support import unfinished download files with any extension name
GUI Improved: new advanced option: allow preview program to open files of any
type from file list (thanks to greywizard)
GUI Improved: enhance video file capture ability of Firefox extension
GUI Change: CometPassport renamed to CometID
GUI Bugfix: percent of score bar for CometID level up displays invalid for
level 50+ (v1.22)
GUI Bugfix: after modifying save path in task properties dialog and selecting
moving files, the downloaded files are copied to new folder, not moved
GUI Bugfix: no beeps after download completed (v1.22)
GUI Bugfix: after changing torrent file encoding in task properties dialog,
the task name in Torrent History is not refreshed
GUI Bugfix: cannot send crash report under XP
GUI Bugfix: after switched to Torrent History, some buttons in toolbar should
disabled
Core Improve: supports HTTP 301/302 redirecting for Web Seed
Core Improve: eMule plugin Xtreme Mod upgraded to v8.0 (eMule v0.50a)
Core Improve: after error code received from Tracker, increase retry interval
and re-connect later
Core Improve: increase priority of HTTP tracker connection
Core Improve: improve piece request algorithm for BitTorrent task, reduce CPU
usage
Core Bugfix: if BitTorrent task containing multiple files, multiple eMule
plugin will be launched incorrectly(v0.50a)
Core Bugfix: failed to generate Crash Report in Vista/Win7 (v1.22)
Core Bugfix: upload task number limit works incorrectly when there are any
task whose torrent not downloaded yet
Core Bugfix: perform hash-check if file changed or missing when start
BitTorrent task
Core Bugfix: FTP download did not handle the error of disconnect by server
unexpectedly
Core Bugfix: FTP download failed to resume download from certain FTP servers
Core Bugfix: fix DNS query function
v1.22 2010.06.30
GUI Improved: improve IE context menu display effect under Vista/Win7
GUI Bugfix: tab key response incorrectly in Torrent Maker dialog
Core Improve: improve compatibility of UDP transmission modular with third-
party software
Core Improve: eMule plugin upgraded to v0.50a
Core Bugfix: failed to fetch cookie info from Firefox 3.0 and above when HTTP
downloading
Core Bugfix: failed to save DHT nodes file when program exiting in some
situation
Core Bugfix: fix DNS query function
Core Improve: do not reset task progress to 0% when disk drive
inaccessible(e.g. flash disk unplugged)
Core Bugfix: fail to save task list when use_app_data == false under
Vista/win7 (v1.21)
Core Bugfix: improve kernel stability

v1.21 2010.05.28
GUI Improved: support open magnet URI with multiple tracker parameters
GUI Improved: include multiple tracker parameters when copy magnet URI from
BitTorrent task
GUI Improved: download installation package of new version in background
automatically if enabled
GUI Improved: support SHA1 verification for downloaded file in HTTP task
properties dialog
GUI Improved: display confirmation dialog when choose re-download HTTP task
GUI Improved: improve icons in context menu of task list
GUI Improved: rename "Web Interface" to "Remote Download" in Option dialog
GUI Improved: username, password and referrer can be specified when add HTTP
download in Remote Download web page
GUI Improved: add log list for HTTP task connections in Remote Download web
page
GUI Improved: add start/stop operations in task info web page of Remote
Download
GUI Improved: Firefox extension supports capture .hlv video file
GUI Improved: when using multiple user accounts of Windows, each user has
individual task list and program settings
GUI Bugfix: share ratios of BitTorrent tasks are displayed incorrectly when
program just started
GUI Bugfix: displaying tooltip in toolbar may lead to crash
Core Improve: support file path longer than 260 characters
Core Improve: remove LUA scripts support for intelligent rename of HTTP
download
Core Improve: update BitTorrent client identification code
Core Bugfix: fail to download HTTP URL containing single quotes

v1.20 2010.03.25
GUI Improved: new command in file menu: "Import Unfinished Download", supports
BitComet, uTorrent, Xunlei
GUI Improved: start download from torrent infohash directly in "Open torrent
from URL" dialog
GUI Improved: drag & drop task names to rearrange task list(when task list not
sorted)
GUI Improved: BT task summary tab: show BT task pieces number; show down/upload
speed/size detail info in tooltip when mouse hovers on them
GUI Improved: BT task peer list: new command "Friend Upload Slot" in the
context menu, for only one IP at the same time
GUI Improved: BT task tracker list: show seeds, peers, downloaded number
returned from tracker
GUI Improved: BT task file list: sort file names in the same order as Windows
Explorer(thanks to RadioNoise)
GUI Improved: display snapshots tab in new BT task dialog when open torrent
file
GUI Improved: modify the size of BT task properties dialog, compatible with
1024x600 resolution
GUI Improved: for finished BT task, "search for Long-Time Seeds" displayed as
"enable Long-Time Seeding", "search for eMule sources" as "enable upload to eMule
sources" in task properties dialog
GUI Improved: new global option: maximum number of concurrent seeding
BitTorrent tasks
GUI Improved: new global option: Don't use proxy for tracker/peer connections
GUI Improved: new global option: specify separated listen port for Web UI
GUI Improved: supports Occitan language(see lang\HowTo-Translate.txt)
GUI Improved: when using remote desktop, disable highlight the row on which
mouse hovers in file list, peer list and tracker list
GUI Improved: improve compatibility of install package with Vista/Win7
GUI Bugfix: tailing space in tracker address leads to connection failure
GUI Bugfix: can't start BitTorrent download when drag&drop a Magnet URI text
to floating window
Core Improve: use UTF-8 encoding when making torrent file by default for all
language versions of Windows
Core Improve: improve algorithm, reduce CPU usage of DHT modular, avoid GUI
blocked
Core Improve: improve algorithm, reduce CPU usage of Long-Time Seeds download
modular, avoid GUI blocked
Core Improve: support HTTPS tracker
Core Bugfix: after Scheduler stopped all tasks, the option of "Auto start task
when download rate less than specified rate" will still start tasks
Core Bugfix: after BT task stopped, corresponding DHT connections didn't stop
totally
Core Bugfix: invalid DHT packet may lead to program crash(thanks to Pierre
Nogu��s)
Core Bugfix: task list backup file from v1.19 can't be imported by itself

v1.19 2010.02.21
GUI Improved: Torrent maker dialog changed to modeless window
GUI Improved: supports edit Tracker URL for Magnet URI task before torrent
downloaded
GUI Improved: new command in Tools menu: enable eMule plugin, show/hide plugin
window
GUI Improved: support set task tags in BT/HTTP task properties dialog
GUI Improved: move downloaded files to tag associated folder optionally when
add task tag using task context menu
GUI Improved: supports switch input focus to list control inside task tabs by
Tab key
GUI Improved: add icons to task context menu
GUI Improved: display "not supported" in ed2k link field of file list for
private torrents
GUI Improved: new setting in advanced page of option dialog:
system.show_debug_info
GUI Bugfix: can't drag&drop download links to floating windows from IE8 in
Win7
GUI Bugfix: the save path edit-box in BT/HTTP task properties dialog doesn't
support mouse wheel
GUI Bugfix: Web interface doesn't support to download Magnet URI
GUI Bugfix: the last task in task list doesn't get refreshed in some
situation
 Core Improve: support BitTorrent Extension Protocol of peer exchange,
compatible with BitTorrent mainline
Core Improve: new eMule plugin (based on Xtreme 7.2 mod)
Core Bugfix: after removing tasks without removing files, the Long-Time
Seeding for these files won't stop immediately
Core Bugfix: after disable LT Seeding in option dialog, running tasks won't
stop downloading from Long-Time Seeding immediately

v1.18 2010.01.20
GUI Improved: display the properties of multiple tasks will show a task
statistics dialog
GUI Improved: drag&drop a Magnet URI or HTTP URL to main window of BitComet
will launch a download
GUI Improved: add legend to the piece map tab of task
GUI Improved: new setting in advanced page of option dialog:
system.use_app_data, detailed info refer to wiki
GUI Improved: display error message when failed to load/save task list xml file
GUI Improved: new command in context menu of tracker list: add tracker
GUI Improved: new setting in connection page of option dialog: randomize port
each start
GUI Improved: display "added date" in torrent history, and hide "snapshots",
"comments", "rating", "popular" by default
GUI Improved: display translator info in about dialog
GUI Improved: enhance BHO, display BitComet icon in context menu of IE8
GUI Improved: enhance video downloader extension for Firefox, display captured
files in Tools menu besides in context menu
GUI Improved: new setting in BT task page of option dialog: display task
properties dialog after torrent downloaded from Magnet URI
GUI Improved: display batch download dialog when multiple torrents selected to
download in Torrent Exchange
GUI Bugfix: when shutdown scheduled at specified time, shutdown will still be
launched when all download finished
GUI Bugfix: error occurred when non-admin user try to modify IE integration
setting under Vista/Win7
GUI Bugfix: task properties dialog displayed incorrectly for right-to-left
languages, e.g. Arabic and Hebrew
GUI Bugfix: the setting of shutdown at specified time does not take effect at
first time
Core Improve: save bak files for task list xml file up to 7 copies
Core Improve: update BitTorrent client identification code
Core Improve: the BT tasks which haven't downloaded torrent will not enter the
task queue
Core Bugfix: enhance the stability of UDP transport
Core Bugfix: enhance the stability of HTTP proxy connection

v1.17 2009.12.28
GUI Improved: support download Magnet URI when click "Open Torrent from URL"
from file menu
GUI Improved: change "copy BC link" in context menu of task list, Torrent
History and Torrent Exchange to "Copy Magnet URI"
GUI Improved: new auto-shutdown condition: shutdown at specified time
GUI Improved: display information of every connection to the same server in
connection tab of HTTP task
GUI Improved: add context menu to BT task file list header, to select columns
to display
GUI Improved: display the preview buttons of files in BT task file list
according to each file's downloading progress
GUI Improved: support mouse wheel in task summary
GUI Improved: remove "Task Content" tab
 GUI Improved: highlight the row on which mouse hovers in file list, peer list
and tracker list
GUI Improved: rename "Super-Seeding" to "Initial-Seeding" in BT task properties
dialog
GUI Improved: display local-language name of every language in Tools menu,
besides theirs English name
GUI Improved: remove es_ar language due to the limit in launchpad.net, and add
Uighur
GUI Improved: rename Torrent Archive under Torrent Share to Torrent Share under
Torrent Exchange, and add Torrent History in addition
GUI Improved: display introduction page when click Torrent Exchange in left fav
tree
GUI Improved: new option in BT task page of options dialog: add to Torrent
History when open .torrent file
GUI Improved: new option in BT task page of options dialog: list of BitTorrent
clients allowed connecting to
GUI Improved: new option in Integration page of options dialog: associate with
Magnet URI
GUI Improved: option to restart program immediately when send crash report
GUI Improved: when opening video file, use the player program configured in
advanced option
GUI Bugfix: fix many spell mistakes in GUI (thanks to greywizard)
GUI Bugfix: cannot input Web Seed address longer than one row of the input
edit-box
Core Improve: support BitTorrent Extension Protocol of metadata exchange,
compatible with BitTorrent mainline
Core Improve: support BitTorrent Extension Protocol of report DHT port,
compatible with BitTorrent mainline
Core Bugfix: display file failed to create in task log when start new BT task
in certain situation
Core Bugfix: can not open torrent file containing multi-files, in which the
name field ends with space

v1.16 2009.11.10
GUI Improved: add "Task Tags" page to Options dialog, default download folder
for each tag can be set here.
GUI Improved: improve "Directories" page in Options dialog, task tags for each
candidate download directory can be set here.
GUI Improved: set task tag and default download folder for new task
automatically according to file extension name.
GUI Improved: improve drop list of save folder in task properties dialog,
display candidate download directories and corresponding tags
GUI Improved: add "Set as Default Directory" button in BT task properties
dialog
GUI Improved: add "Super Seeding" option in advanced page of BT task properties
dialog
GUI Improved: add BT task log list
GUI Improved: add preview/open button in BT task file list
GUI Improved: display user group info in peer list of BT task in blue
Core Improve: support Super Seeding for BT task (for initial seeding server
only)
Core Improve: improve preview download mode for BT task
Core Improve: improve connection algorithm of Long-Time seed
Core Bugfix: save task list failed in Vista/Win7 64bit
Core Bugfix: data in first/last piece of file may not be saved properly when
select part of files in BT task to download
Core Bugfix: failed to remove torrent file with read-only attribute in program
data folder when remove BT task
v1.15 2009.09.25
GUI Improved: task information panel lists change to task information tabs,
support drag & drop and context menu
GUI Improved: redesign "Task Summary" tab
GUI Improved: task "Recommend" page changes to "Start Page" tab
GUI Improved: hide unnecessary task tabs when no task selected or task stopped
GUI Improved: add "Network Setting Wizard" to "Network" page in Option dialog
GUI Improved: improve context menu of status bar, add "port mapping again" and
"help"
GUI Improved: add download/upload limit setting to context menu of floating
window and system tray icon
GUI Improved: show "ED2K link" in file list of BT task
GUI Improved: highlight the current time block in scheduler setting page
GUI Bugfix: password not cleared when change user name in CometPassport sign
in dialog
GUI Bugfix: pieces status and upload speed of eMule plugin display
incorrectly in peer list
Core Improve: eMule plugin upgraded to v0.49c
Core Improve: improve connection algorithm of Long-Time seed for high-speed
network
Core Improve: "Start all seeding" from context menu of floating window do not
start tasks with file missing
Core Improve: improve DNS query
Core Improve: update task finish time when BT task download finished again
after selecting more files to download
Core Bugfix: EVENT_COMPLETE should be sent to tracker only when all files in
BT task downloaded, not only selected (v1.13 and v1.14)
Core Bugfix: connection number too small after some files in BT task finished
Core Bugfix: UPNP modular can not exit normally sometimes
Core Bugfix: task should enter in queue if when started during stopped time of
schedule
Core Bugfix: remove port mapping of eMule plugin when program exiting

v1.14 2009.07.31
GUI Improved: support Web Seed when make torrent file
GUI Improved: support modify Web Seed list in BT task properties dialog
GUI Improved: display download/upload rate of user group in peer list of BT
task
GUI Improved: display downloading piece position in peer list of BT task
GUI Improved: display balloon on system tray icon when disk busy leading to GUI
losing response
GUI Improved: new appearance option: minimize when program start
GUI Improved: add loading page to bookmark in left fav bar
GUI Improved: loading torrent collection list from xml file in working thread,
avoid GUI freezing
GUI Improved: decrease the delay switching to torrent collection list from task
list
GUI Improved: add new command in context menu of floating window: start
uploading all
GUI Improved: change the BitComet icon in system tray to grey when program
exiting
GUI Improved: new setting in connection panel of option dialog: Alternate max
upload rate when not downloading
GUI Improved: statistics panel displays current download rate limit and upload
rate limit
GUI Improved: individual max concurrent downloading task numbers for BT tasks
and HTTP tasks in option dialog
GUI Improved: new "Force" option for BT task protocol encryption in option
dialog
 GUI Improved: new setting in Long-Time Seeding panel of option dialog: Auto
upload rate control
GUI Improved: statistics panel displays current upload rate limit of long-time
seeding
GUI Improved: BitComet not responding dialog will be closed automatically after
GUI resumed
GUI Bugfix: can't add HTTP Tracker whose port is 80 in BT task properties
dialog
GUI Bugfix: if task selection state changed before task delete dialog
displayed, the task will be deleted may not be the originally selected
Core Improve: BT task supports downloading from Web Seed, compatible with
BitTorrent mainline
Core Improve: decrease CPU usage of DHT modular
Core Improve: ban the peers from the specified IP even they changed peer ID
Core Improve: improve connection algorithm for UDP download from Long-Time seed
Core Improve: send no-retry instruction to remote UDP peers when exiting
Core Improve: improve connection algorithm for BT uploading
Core Improve: give BT upload connection higher priority when auto upload rate
control of long-time seeding enabled
Core Bugfix: max simultaneous half-open TCP connection number in advanced
option page does not take effect
Core Bugfix: making torrent file may fail if there're too many files in the
specified folder

v1.13 2009.06.22
GUI Improved: add "Uploading" queue to the left fav bar
GUI Improved: BT task file list in properties dialog and right-bottom pane
changes to tree list for directory structure
GUI Improved: BT task file list in properties dialog and right-bottom pane
support sorting
GUI Improved: add new commands to context menu of BT task file list:
expand/collapse folders
GUI Improved: add check box to BT task file list pane for each file and folder,
to switch download it or not
GUI Improved: add connection status icon for each peer in BT task peer list
GUI Improved: add "new peer" command to context menu of BT task peer list
GUI Improved: BT task peer list displays prompt string when frozen by
ScrollLock
GUI Improved: support only export selected tasks into backup file
GUI Improved: support import tasks from backup file and merge them into task
list
GUI Improved: select whether import global program settings while import tasks
from backup file
GUI Improved: language list in Tools menu changes to a 2-level sub menu
GUI Improved: add loading page to task content, Snapshot, Comment and Recommend
pane
GUI Improved: do not clear rate graph in floating window when stop all tasks
GUI Improved: do not show the message of missing BitCometAgent.dll when program
start
GUI Improved: optimize reconnect time after Comet Passport sign in failed
GUI Improved: add support for several new languages (see lang\HowTo-
Translate.txt)
GUI Bugfix: when open a GB2312 encoding torrent file in traditional Chinese
Windows, the task name and publish info displays incorrectly after change character
encoding
GUI Bugfix: TCP, UDP mode setting of Long-Time seeding in advanced options
can not be saved
GUI Bugfix: restore the torrent archive list which removed in v1.12
GUI Bugfix: if select none of files in BT task to download, the task progress
will display incorrectly when program start next time
Core Improve: improve taskname.piece_part.bc! file structure, which used to
save file boundary data for BT task, therefore decreased memory usage
Core Improve: BT task Anti-Leech setting changes to three levels: "disable",
""auto", "strict"
Core Improve: improve network modular code, avoid program losing response when
download in high speed
Core Improve: add disk cache for UDP Long-Time seeding, 50MB max
Core Improve: set the thread priority of UDP Long-Time seeding below normal
Core Bugfix: memory leak in UDP uploading modular of Long-Time seeding
Core Bugfix: too many memory and CPU used when Long-Time seeding in high speed
using UDP

v1.12 2009.05.18
GUI Improved: remove torrent share list in simplified Chinese version

v1.11 2009.04.28
GUI Improved: elevation is not needed to associate torrent file in Windows
Vista
GUI Improved: save to My Document in HTTP batch download dialog is supported
GUI Improved: the client version and transfer mode of Long-Time Seeding peer is
displayed in peer list of BT task
GUI Improved: add piece error column in peer list of BT task, hidden by default
GUI Improved: display connection time of Long-Time Seed in peer list of BT task
GUI Bugfix: when using multi-monitor, BitComet do not restore window position
to the monitor last exit from.
GUI Bugfix: can't sort peer list by the cols that in the right of any hidden
column
Core Improve: support the UDP transfer mode of Long-Time Seeding, can be
enabled in advanced options
Core Improve: support test UDP port in WAN/LAN ip detector
Core Improve: stop connect to a peer that send too many error pieces
Core Improve: improve connection algorithm for Long-Time seeding
Core Improve: improve the compatibility to the old versions of eMule plugin,
support v1.06 and later
Core Improve: delete Thumbs.db when remove task downloaded files
Core Improve: set taskname.piece_part.bc! as hidden file, avoiding deleted
accidentally
Core Improve: update BitTorrent client identification code
Core Bugfix: program crash when using proxy server
Core Bugfix: user and password setting for proxy server do not work
Core Bugfix: making torrent file fail if containing empty sub-folders
Core Bugfix: invalid local IP displayed in statistics pane
Core Bugfix: publish date of very few torrent display incorrect in torrent
collection list

v1.10 2009.03.09
GUI Improved: add task search box in toolbar, which can be enable from View
menu
GUI Improved: add a button in HTTP task properties dialog to set current
download folder as default
GUI Improved: improve the file type filter in BT task properties dialog
GUI Improved: improve the auto shutdown function in Tools menu
GUI Improved: show item number count in HTTP batch download dialog
GUI Improved: new command in context menu of task archive list: show torrent
file properties dialog
GUI Improved: show task index and total count in floating window when it's
large enough
GUI Improved: new setting in advance page of option dialog: User-Agent string
for all HTTP task
GUI Improved: add support for several new languages (see lang\HowTo-
Translate.txt)
GUI Improved: do not switch to task list after download a torrent file from
torrent collection list
GUI Bugfix: download several torrents from torrent collection list and
display their task properties dialog at the same time may cause program no response
GUI Bugfix: files large than 4GB can be downloaded to volume using exFAT
Core Improve: improve file boundary data save for BT task
Core Improve: enhance virus protect auto-config
Core Improve: HTTP download task support redirection to relative path
Core Bugfix: authentication information is not send to server in very few
situations of HTTP redirection
Core Bugfix: private BT task will search peers in DHT network in very few
situations
Core Bugfix: uploading of Long-Time seeding is unstable

v1.09 2009.01.20
Core Bugfix: certain BT task may occur progress error caused by saving file
boundary data when task stop

v1.08 2009.01.18
GUI Improved: add filter by file type to file list in BT task properties dialog
GUI Improved: display torrent create software and create date display BT task
properties dialog
GUI Improved: support to add mirror URL manually in HTTP task properties dialog
GUI Improved: move the option of "power off or standby after download finish"
from option dialog to Tools menu
GUI Improved: remove toolkit VistaTcpPatch.exe, merged into main program
GUI Improved: open torrent file directly if existed in torrent archive when
open BC link
GUI Improved: show task archive and torrent collection immediately after
program startup, without pending load
GUI Improved: improve the item number info in status bar when filter the
torrent archive and torrent collection
GUI Improved: append new torrent to the bottom of torrent archive or torrent
collection list
GUI Improved: remove old torrent from the top of torrent collection list, when
the torrent number reaches the max number
GUI Improved: new download status icon in torrent archive list, to indicate the
task download finished
GUI Improved: add "open save folder" command to the context menu of torrent
archive list, available after task download finished
GUI Improved: add "Unhide all" command to the context menu of torrent
collection list
GUI Improved: hit Del to delete selected items in torrent archive list, or
block selected items in torrent collection list
GUI Bugfix: when the item in torrent archive or torrent collection has no
snapshot, click the empty snapshot icon area will open invalid webpage
Core Improve: improve connection algorithm for Long-Time seeding
Core Improve: improve file boundary data save for BT task
Core Improve: ignore thumbs.db when making torrent file
Core Bugfix: download failed from certain video website
Core Bugfix: user name and password info filled in HTTP task don't take effect
if reference page not filled

v1.07 2008.12.03
GUI Improved: add tags to task by context menu (support multi-selection)
GUI Improved: filter tasks by tag from favorites list
 GUI Improved: new option in task setting panel of option dialog: add tag to new
task by download file type
GUI Improved: display task tags and public date for BT task in summary pane
GUI Improved: display task tags for HTTP task in summary pane
GUI Improved: add "Apply" button to option dialog
GUI Improved: new option in Web Interface setting panel of option dialog:
display prompt window for web interface operation
GUI Improved: show prompt window when open a torrent file that already existed
in torrent archive list
GUI Improved: when modify the save path of an existed BT/HTTP task, show a
prompt to choose whether to move downloaded files to new save path
GUI Improved: when modify BT/HTTP task save path, show the path auto-complete
drop list
GUI Improved: when the width of file list in BT task properties dialog is not
enough for file name, try to display the head and tail part of the filename, with
the middle part as ellipsis
GUI Improved: when switch task lists, task tags or torrent share list from
favorites list, remember the scroll bar position and task selections before switch
GUI Improved: add context menu to BitComet passport and DHT area in main status
bar
GUI Improved: when click comment or snapshot icon in task list, display them
below task list, instead of open a browser window
GUI Improved: add support for 10 new languages
GUI Bugfix: program crash when display task delete confirm dialog under
Win98/2K
Core Improved: Web Interface support create new task from BC link
Core Improved: When create a task that already existed, Web Interface will
displays an webpage link to the existed task
Core Improved: eMule plugin can download file boundary data for BT task, where
one piece containing multi files
Core Improved: create bak file when save task list to downloads.xml
Core Bugfix: error data received in file boundary piece makes task download
can not finish

v1.06 2008.11.12
GUI Improved: rearrange main menu, "tools" changes to "software", "options"
changes to "tools"
GUI Improved: add submenu to select default save directory in tools menu
GUI Improved: improve directory setting panel in option dialog. double click to
set default save directory
GUI Improved: new Web Interface setting panel in option dialog
GUI Improved: add MD5 verify pane to HTTP/FTP task properties dialog
GUI Improved: downloaded files can be moved to candidate directory from context
menu of task list
GUI Improved: add downloaded size and uploaded size columns in task list
(hidden by default)
GUI Improved: remove Flv player from install package
GUI Improved: improve Long-Time seeding display in peer list
GUI Bugfix: fix some translation errors.
Core Improved: new Web Interface modular, to remote BitComet from web browser
(disabled by default)
Core Improved: improve Long-Time Seeding module
Core Improved: increase first-time loading speed of torrent share list
Core Improved: limit download rate for HTTP task automatically when download
speeding larger than disk writing speed, to avoid wasting too many memory for disk
cache
Core Improved: update eMule plugin to v0.49b
Core Bugfix: UI may response slowly when downloading BT task in high speed
Core Bugfix: program crash after install IE8 beta
v1.05 2008.10.10
GUI Improved: split save location of BT task into 2 parts: save path and
filename for single-file task, save path and subfolder for multi-files task.
GUI Improved: when add new BT task, start now/start later combo box changes to
2 buttons below in the dialog
GUI Improved: remove "set as default" button in BT and HTTP/FTP task properties
dialog. Save path of new task will be added into candidate directory list in option
dialog automatically.
GUI Improved: new candidate directory list in option dialog. The directories in
list can be pick up easily when add new task.
GUI Improved: rewrite batch HTTP/FTP download dialog and download all dialog.
They are merged into a new designed batch download dialog, which is more
convenient.
GUI Improved: new site password manager for HTTP/FTP download. Username &
password will be filled automatically when add new task if existed. This can be
enabled in option dialog.
GUI Improved: in torrent maker dialog, network type combo list changes into
private torrent check box and add DHT nodes check box.
GUI Improved: after popular software update checking, updated softwares will be
list under tools menu in main window.
GUI Improved: show an error message box when click [play] on a finished task,
while the downloaded file has been deleted.
GUI Bugfix: under Windows Vista, search box in toolbar displays incorrectly
after switch search type
Core Improved: UI language files change from .xml format to .mo format, which
are more universal and can be concurrent translated in
https://translations.launchpad.net/bitcomet
Core Bugfix: under Windows Vista, BitComet will lost task list if running
under administrator privilege
Core Bugfix: if the HTTP task stopped because the file locked by other
program, data integrality can not be guaranteed when resume downloading.
Core Bugfix: in few situations, the BT task finish progress is 100% after hash
checking, but the file finish progresses are not displayed as 100%
Core Bugfix: if a BT task has been specified file download order, program will
lose respond when switch a file to be download or not.

v1.04 2008.8.22
GUI Improved: "my shared torrent list" turns into "torrent archive". all
downloaded torrent files will be saved there.
GUI Improved: add filter edit box to torrent archive list.
GUI Improved: remove deleted task list. when delete BT task, its torrent file
can be kept in torrent archive
GUI Improved: new option: clear peer sharing torrent list when program exits.
enabled by default.
GUI Improved: new option: standby, hibernate, restart or shutdown computer when
all task downloaded and stopped
GUI Improved: new command in Tools menu: check for BitComet updates
GUI Improved: improve Long-Time Seeding download rate display in peer list
GUI Improved: displays play button in task list after download audio file, like
mp3, wma
GUI Bugfix: open file from file list will fail, after rename BT task and
restart BitComet
GUI Bugfix: when make torrent file in v1.03, files in sub-directories will not
be added into torrent
GUI Bugfix: when main window is not wide enough, the search box in toolbar will
display in invalid position
GUI Bugfix: total downloaded/uploaded bytes in statistics list will be clear in
some situation since v1.02
 Core Improved: all opened torrent files will be saved to archive folder

v1.03 2008.7.17
GUI Improved: redesign preferences dialog, improve option layout
GUI Improved: new advanced option: User-agent sent to HTTP tracker
GUI Improved: new advanced option to adjust Anti-Leech rules
GUI Improved: new advanced option to config file path of video player
GUI Improved: improve connection number display in task list for HTTP/FTP task
GUI Improved: add left size column to task list (hidden by default)
GUI Improved: add context menu to BT task peer list header, to select columns
to display
GUI Improved: BT task peer list support group display
GUI Improved: freeze BT task peer list when ScrollLock turned on
GUI Improved: HTTP task properties dialog will display free disk space of save
location
GUI Improved: BitComet not responding dialog can be disabled
GUI Improved: BitComet don't hide already running eMule plugin window when
startup
GUI Improved: remove task category management
GUI Improved: remove history task list
GUI Improved: remove video file preview window, launch external video player
instead
GUI Improved: remove BitComet resource browser from install package
GUI Bugfix: Firefox extension can download flv file from Firefox cache
Core Improved: remove NAT Traversal via UDP, to improve TCP transfer efficiency
Core Improved: improve TCP half-open patch for Windows XP SP3
Core Bugfix: after a file in BT task download finished, disconnect
corresponding Long-Time Seeding connection immediately
Core Bugfix: the pieces containing file boundary data of BT task will be
downloaded repeatedly in some situation
Core Bugfix: BitComet does not save the BT tasks created by BC link when
program exit

v1.02 2008.6.3
GUI Improved: task category will display "empty" when not set
GUI Improved: whether to search for mirrors when add new HTTP task can be set
as default setting
GUI Improved: new option for preview window: keep aspect ratio of video
GUI Improved: new switch button in toolbar of preview window: skip undownloaded
range or waiting for buffering
GUI Improved: BitComet resource browser (CometBrowser.exe) will exit
immediately after close all its window
GUI Improved: remove server mode option in advanced network settings
GUI Bugfix: user name and password in HTTP/FTP task properties dialog do not
take effect
Core Improved: Long-Time Seeding can download file boundary data for BT task,
where one piece containing multi files
Core Improved: when select part files of a BT task to download, the file
boundary data will be saved in taskname.piece_part.bc!
Core Improved: enhance virus protect auto-config
Core Improved: support TCP half-open patch for Windows XP SP3
Core Improved: Firefox extension support Firefox 3.0
Core Bugfix: error occurs when connect to certain trackers: "Tracker Return
Zero Length Response"
Core Bugfix: EVENT_COMPLETE should be sent to tracker only when all files in BT
task downloaded, not only selected
Core Bugfix: HTTP download task do not reconnect server after connection
disconnected by server
Core Bugfix: HTTP download task do not drop invalid data from out-of-date
mirror server, lead to redownload after hash check failure

v1.01 2008.5.5
GUI Improved: new option in advanced connection settings of preferences dialog:
Enable Anti-Leech
GUI Improved: Firefox extension add download video files command to context
menu of web page
Core Improved: after enable Anti-Leech, connections which transfer little data
during a long time will be disconnected
Core Improved: enhance video file preview, support avi, rmvb, wmv, mpg, flv,
ogm, mkv, mp4 files

v1.00 2008.3.24
GUI Improved: move "add torrent to my sharing" check box in BT task properties
dialog to Advanced page
GUI Improved: new command in Tools menu: check software update
GUI Improved: new command in context menu of Peer list: Remove peer
GUI Improved: new command in context menu of Tracker list: Remove tracker
GUI Improved: Firefox extension add download video files command to Tools menu,
which can capture video files in webpage.
GUI Bugfix: pause and resume preview video file will lead to exit full-screen
mode
GUI Bugfix: Refresh button in toolbar of BitComet resource browser does not
work
Core Improved: update TCP half open limit modification for Windows Vista
Core Bugfix: Long-Time Seeding does not stop when Scheduler pause all download
Core Bugfix: BitComet resource browser cannot download video files embedded in
webpage after install IE7

v0.99 2008.2.1
GUI Improved: check software update in system automatically, can be enable in
option dialog
GUI Improved: new Firefox extension, support download file using BitComet
GUI Improved: new option in advanced setting page: query task comment and
snapshot info automatically
GUI Improved: when browse the save location folder of task, do not open new
window if this folder has already been opened
GUI Improved: add time interval setting to context menu of floating window
GUI Bugfix: BC link of BT task displayed as error link in HTTP task properties
dialog
GUI Bugfix: failed to verify login password at BitComet startup will lead to
crash
Core Improved: increase connection speed of downloading torrent file in BC
link, and querying HTTP file size
Core Bugfix: preview in full screen mode for more than twice do not work
properly under Windows Vista

v0.98 2008.1.8
GUI Improved: start downloading torrent file while show the task properties
dialog of new opened BC link
GUI Improved: search box in toolbar remains in the same row of the toolbar
buttons when resize main window
GUI Improved: HTTP task properties dialog support query file size and server
resume-supported ability for HTTP/FTP link with password authentication
GUI Improved: improve display effect of peer download status bar in BT task
peer list
GUI Improved: BT task peer list support sorting
GUI Improved: BT task peer list display download status bar of each peer
GUI Improved: HTTP task connection list display download status bar of each
source
GUI Improved: new command in HTTP task context menu: Verify MD5 checksum
GUI Bugfix: ESC key do not work in download all links dialog
GUI Bugfix: task remains in queue after deleted into recycle bin
Core Improved: improve HTTP task download algorithm to avoid download speed
decrease near finish
Core Improved: HTTP task support redirect to FTP url
Core Bugfix: preview unfinished HTTP task may cause program crash
Core Bugfix: tasks which disable Long-Time Seeding download should not upload
for Long-Time Seeding
Core Bugfix: tasks in recycle bin should not upload for Long-Time
Seeding(persistent seeding)

v0.97 2007.12.07
GUI Improved: improve BC link support when download all links from web page
GUI Improved: add overwrite prompt when save torrent file of a BT task to
another location
GUI Improved: new command in Tools menu: Show eMule plugin
GUI Bugfix: after sort URL list in download all links dialog, the downloaded
links do not match the selected links
GUI Bugfix: torrent file association icon cannot display
GUI Bugfix: install package compatible with Windows Vista
GUI Bugfix: invalid input prompt for save location in BT/HTTP task properties
dialog
GUI Bugfix: status bar language not changed after switch UI language
Core Bugfix: program may crash when download HTTP file from redirected server
Core Bugfix: task added at eMule plugin startup will not be created
successfully
Core Bugfix: cannot connect to certain tracker that forbid web browser
connection
Core Bugfix: v0.96 cannot load configuration file BitComet.xml in Windows
Vista/2K

v0.96 2007.11.07
GUI Bugfix: bugs in install package script
Core Bugfix: cannot query file size of FTP link containing non-English
character in FTP task properties dialog
Core Bugfix: HTTP connection logs do not display in version 0.95
Core Improved: main program compressed, decrease loading time

v0.95 2007.11.05
GUI Improved: new hotkey Ctrl+B for HTTP/FTP batch download
GUI Improved: remove search bar below favorites list
GUI Improved: remove recommend window
GUI Improved: if download rate in user list of BT task less than 1K, display it
as "<1 kB/s"
GUI Improved: display "play" button in task list for flv and swf file when it
download finished
GUI Improved: hot key Ctrl+R in add download group dialog will fill max value
of wildcard automatically
GUI Improved: BT task share ratio includes Long-Time Seeding uploaded size
GUI Bugfix: icons in task log display incorrectly in Windows Vista
GUI Bugfix: task auto stop function can not work if this task has been
previewed
GUI Bugfix: Scheduler will not refresh task list after pause all task
GUI Bugfix: user name and password info is not imported from captured FTP URL
link
GUI Bugfix: the option of search for more users to speed up download in HTTP
task properties dialog does not work
 Core Improved: improve preview download mode of BT task, decrease CPU usage
Core Improved: eMule plugin can handle ED2K link opened from IE
Core Improved: when BitComet creates task in eMule plugin, the task category of
new task will be set to _bitcomet_imported
Core Improved: when BitComet downloads BT task from eMule plugin, if the same
file already exists in plugin's download queue, downloaded data will be imported
Core Bugfix: .bc! file is not removed occasionally when download very small
HTTP files
Core Bugfix: unable to download zero byte HTTP file
Core Bugfix: private torrent didn't disable persistent seeding

v0.94 2007.10.08
GUI Improved: new function in context menu of BT task file list: search ED2K
link for selected file
GUI Improved: enable Windows open file security warning for downloaded
executable files
GUI Improved: new option in preferences dialog: Login BitComet Passport
Automatically
GUI Improved: hide notify window of start downloading torrent file immediately
after download finished
GUI Improved: support query file size and server resume-supported ability for
BC link in HTTP task properties dialog
GUI Improved: launch BitComet resource browser to capture video file when click
"download video" in IE context menu
GUI Improved: add Accelerate Keys page to Help menu
GUI Improved: remove horizontal scroll-bar of fav list and task info pane list
GUI Bugfix: tasks in queue will not start automatically at next time of
BitComet launch
GUI Bugfix: task list and file list do not refresh after rename task
GUI Bugfix: get invalid BC link when copy BC link from FTP task
GUI Bugfix: the display effect of resizing floating window is not correct under
Windows Vista
GUI Bugfix: zero-size BT task will display in downloading list all the time
Core Improved: eMule plugin supports searching ED2K link for selected file of
BT task, to help BitComet download from ED network
Core Improved: new toolbar button in BitComet resource browser to capture flv
video files in webpage and download them
Core Improved: HTTP task decrease download rate automatically when disk writing
speed much lower than downloading rate
Core Bugfix: HTTP task will download file repeatedly in some special situation
of hash check failure
Core Bugfix: the file name and sub-directory name in torrent file is invalid
when make torrent of an entire disk from root directory
Core Bugfix: in-queue task number may get wrong if select to download remainder
files of a BT task after part files of which download finished
Core Bugfix: eMule plugin window appears incorrectly sometimes
Core Bugfix: preview download mode does not work correctly sometimes
Core Bugfix: play button does not display in task list after download video
file from HTTP server without resume-supported ability

v0.93 2007.9.10
Core Improved: improve the stability of persistent seeding

v0.92 2007.8.31
GUI Improved: task list sorting by task name use pronunciation order
GUI Improved: add "toolkit" menu to download software correlated with BitComet
GUI Improved: the global max upload rate in preferences dialog must larger than
10kB/s
GUI Improved: the notice window of free disk space insufficiency will not close
until user click
GUI Improved: improved torrent file maker dialog layout, supporting dialog
resize
GUI Improved: display file type icons in file list of BT task
GUI Improved: display connection time in peer list of BT task
GUI Improved: HTTP/FTP task support hash check (only support certain files)
GUI Bugfix: bug in sorting my shared torrent list by whether shared
GUI Bugfix: torrent file association error in Windows Vista
GUI Bugfix: downloaded file is not selected correctly when view task save
folder in Windows Vista
GUI Bugfix: the right and bottom edge of torrent file maker dialog and BT task
properties dialog is not displayed correctly in Windows Vista
GUI Bugfix: RealMediaSplitter.ax registration failed in Windows Vista, result
in fail to preview rmvb file
GUI Bugfix: available space size in BT task properties dialog displayed in red
color mistakenly, not considering task downloaded size
GUI Bugfix: the option of replace wildcard "(*)" to letters does not work in
add HTTP download group dialog
GUI Bugfix: fail to set torrent file create date when add it to my shared
torrent list from new BT task dialog
Core Improved: add "preview download mode" in BT task context menu, supporting
download pieces in sequence
Core Improved: eMule plugin support sending crash report
Core Bugfix: new BT task will stop downloading due to nonexistent disk error in
some situation
Core Bugfix: default TCP half open limit in Windows Vista is displayed as 0.
it's 10 actually

v0.91 2007.7.19
GUI Improved: double click un-downloaded torrent file in my shared torrent list
to start download it
GUI Improved: restore option: add .bc! file extension to unfinished file
GUI Improved: new function in context menu of BT task file list: search ED2K
link for selected file
GUI Improved: add real-time sort to task list. enable it from View menu
GUI Improved: new operation in context menu of peer shared torrent list: "add
to my share list"
GUI Improved: new status icon for BT task downloading torrent file in task list
GUI Improved: add torrent publish date info to torrent share list
GUI Improved: right click torrent share list header to choose displayed column
GUI Improved: a notifier window will display after add a BC link task
GUI Improved: add file category combo list to torrent share list toolbar
GUI Improved: support multi key words in peer shared torrent list filter,
separated by space
GUI Improved: torrent file name in torrent share list will be displayed in
infotip when mouse hover on it if too long
GUI Improved: specify ED2K link from context menu in file list of BT task, to
help ED plugin search ED download resource
GUI Improved: when double click .bc! file, prompt to open the unfinished file
using the program associated with the original file without .bc! suffix
GUI Improved: right click toolbar of main window to choose displayed buttons,
or using View/Toolbar/Buttons menu
GUI Improved: enable auto adjust column width from View/Tasklist menu
GUI Improved: when HTTP/FTP task connection failed, detail error and retry info
will be displayed in connection log
GUI Improved: add HTTP/FTP task error retry interval time option in preferences
dialog
GUI Improved: restore allocate disk space before downloading option in
preferences dialog
 GUI Improved: display upload rate and left time in task list by default
GUI Improved: when available space of save location in BT task properties
dialog is not enough, the available space size is displayed in red color
GUI Improved: add copy IP address to context menu of status bar in main window
GUI Improved: display task size, progress and preview button in history task
list by default
GUI Bugfix: the order of tasks in queue does not match the order in tasklist
when start all task from context menu of floating window
GUI Bugfix: the task number in fav list does not refresh when move task to a
new category using context menu of tasklist
GUI Bugfix: the wildcard "(*)" does not work in add HTTP/FTP download group
dialog
GUI Bugfix: the HTTP/FTP task in queue failed to stop when double click it in
tasklist
GUI Bugfix: the wildcard "(*)" does not work in add HTTP/FTP download group
dialog for FTP links
GUI Bugfix: when click cancel button of BT task properties dialog after torrent
file downloaded from BC link, the BT task will not be removed
GUI Bugfix: unable to handle non-English character in publisher URL of BT task
Core Improved: support persistent seeding to seed finished torrents in
background automatically without starting the task
Core Improved: support uploading rate limit for all persistent seeding, tweak
in preferences dialog
Core Improved: support customize file download order for BT task, in BT task
properties dialog
Core Improved: support patch TCP half-open limit in Windows Vista
Core Bugfix: program will lose respond for a while to flush disk cache when
high-speed downloading HTTP/FTP file from LAN
Core Bugfix: ED plugin will upload invalid data in some situation
Core Bugfix: scheduler failed to resume download after stop tasks for 2 hour or
longer
Core Bugfix: unfinished tasks will not auto-start at program startup if
BitComet is not closed normally

v0.90 2007.6.19
GUI Improved: add search for eDonkey download source option in BT task
properties dialog
GUI Improved: add ED download plugin configuration page in preferences dialog
GUI Improved: display download rate from HTTP/FTP sources and ED sources in BT
task summary pane
GUI Improved: snapshot info for each item in task list and torrent share list
changed to a clickable icon
GUI Improved: tasks remain selected after sort task list
GUI Improved: new context menu for my shared torrent and peer shared torrent in
fav list
GUI Improved: decrease CPU usage for shared torrent list refresh
GUI Improved: new search icon for each item in shared torrent list
GUI Improved: prompt information will be displayed when shared torrent list is
empty
GUI Improved: add "copy BC link" to context menu of shared torrent list, with
hotkey Ctrl+C
GUI Improved: add "clear all" to context menu of peer shared torrent list
GUI Improved: new option in View menu to show search box in toolbar
GUI Improved: shutdown computer after download finish works for HTTP task now
GUI Improved: text in info bar and status bar of review window change to multi-
language string
GUI Improved: the last task will be selected when BitComet startup
GUI Improved: minimize to system tray by close button or minimize button can be
configured in preferences dialog
 GUI Improved: a prompt window will popup if BitComet detected that the TCP
half-open limit of windows is too small at startup
GUI Improved: new state of "detecting" for WAN/LAN ip detector in status bar
GUI Improved: HTTP task connection list move to the up of task log
GUI Improved: the auto-start order for queued task keeps the same to display
order of sorted task list
GUI Bugfix: preview window fail to refresh when switch UI language
GUI Bugfix: "pause all active task" in context menu of floating window does not
work
GUI Bugfix: program exit confirm when task running do not count up uploading
tasks
GUI Bugfix: unable to click task comment, snapshot and voting for items of
10001th and below in shared torrent list
GUI Bugfix: redownload HTTP task will lose task list sort order
Core Improved: BT task support downloading from eDonkey network (ED plugin for
BitComet is required)
Core Improved: BT task support uploading to eDonkey network
Core Improved: add eDonkey network listen port to Windows Firewall and UPNP NAT
device when program startup
Core Improved: disable NAT Traversal via UDP automatically for WAN IP user, to
improve TCP transfer efficiency
Core Bugfix: auto stop running BT task using a invalid condition mismatch to
user settings
Core Bugfix: program will lose respond for a while to flush disk cache when
downloading huge HTTP/FTP file under Win2003 64bit

v0.89 2007.5.31
GUI Improved: add "Hide this" to context menu of peer shared torrent list, no
longer display the selected torrent files
GUI Improved: add "copy title" to context menu of peer shared torrent list,
copy the title of selected torrent file to clipboard
GUI Improved: double click downloaded torrent file in peer shared torrent list
to view corresponding task in task list
GUI Improved: new icon in my shared torrent file list to show the shared, but
not downloaded torrent file
GUI Improved: peer shared torrent list will only refresh once when typing
continuously in the filter edit box
GUI Improved: items in peer shared torrent list will keep selected when auto-
refresh
GUI Improved: no torrent file will be displayed in shared torrent list in
torrent file share disabled in preferences dialog
GUI Improved: the default number to show in the shared torrent list is set to
"unlimit"
GUI Improved: new option of socket start interval(ms) in preferences dialog
GUI Bugfix: upload rate displays text error in task list if max upload rate of
task is set
GUI Bugfix: operation to torrent will be misplaced after set filter to peer
shared torrent list
GUI Bugfix: task number in history task list is not refreshed upon 0 clock at
midnight
GUI Bugfix: "Open BC link" in file menu does not work if task summary pane is
current active window
Core Bugfix: Share ratio of BT task is always 0 if only uploading without any
downloading

v0.88 2007.5.24
GUI Improved: add an option to verify login password at program startup in
preferences dialog
GUI Improved: add default task related info pane option in preferences dialog
 GUI Improved: add an option to set BitComet as default IE download tool in
preferences dialog
GUI Improved: add an option to enable torrent share in preferences dialog
GUI Improved: open BCTP link dialog replaced by open BC link dialog, which can
create HTTP/FTP/BT task from BC link
GUI Improved: add "copy BC link to clipboard" command to task list context
menu, with hotkey Ctrl+C
GUI Improved: add snapshot number column in task list
GUI Improved: add tooltip to display detail task status info when mouse hover
on task icon in task list
GUI Improved: add tooltip to display upload rate, left time, health when mouse
hover on download rate, progress, seed number
GUI Improved: upload rate, left time, health will not display in task list by
default (can be shown in View menu)
GUI Improved: when task stopped, task can be renamed even if task is not
completed
GUI Improved: double click to download torrent file in peer shared torrent list
GUI Improved: add popular column in peer shared torrent list
GUI Improved: new icon and tooltip to designate whether the torrent has been
downloaded or shared by me in peer shared torrent list
GUI Improved: add auto-refresh checkbox in toolbar of peer shared torrent list
GUI Improved: add share-all checkbox in toolbar of my shared torrent list
GUI Improved: improve statistic pane display effect
GUI Improved: add save file already exist check when open torrent file to
create new BT task
GUI Improved: able to save files to UNC path of shared folder in network during
HTTP/BT downloading
GUI Improved: add warning prompt if save file large than 4GB to non-NTFS volume
when create HTTP/BT task
GUI Improved: add balloon prompt on disk full error during HTTP/BT downloading
GUI Improved: add prompt dialog to close program and send error report when
program is not responding
GUI Improved: add context menu to WAN IP detect light in status bar of main
window
GUI Improved: remove some infrequent options in preferences dialog
GUI Improved: floating window remember its position and size automatically
GUI Bugfix: unfinished tasks will not auto-start at program startup if BitComet
is not closed normally before shut down computer
GUI Bugfix: average download rate in task summary pane is cleared after BT task
stopped
GUI Bugfix: comment number and snapshot number in shared torrent list is not
refreshed in time
GUI Bugfix: operation to torrent will be misplaced after sort shared torrent
list
GUI Bugfix: text in toolbar of shared torrent list and passport pane is
displayed incorrectly after switch display resolution
GUI Bugfix: refresh of peer shared torrents list lead to high CPU usage
Core Bugfix: program crash in some condition

v0.87 2007.5.7
GUI Improved: add an option in BT task properties dialog to add this torrent
file to my shared torrent list
GUI Improved: add "view task" command to the context menu of my shared torrent
list
GUI Improved: add a filter in the toolbar of peer shared torrent list
GUI Improved: display peer shared torrent file number in peer shared node of
fav list
GUI Improved: add an option to enable BT task search for HTTP/FTP download
source in preferences dialog
 GUI Improved: add commands to import/export task list and global settings under
file menu
GUI Improved: add "rename task" function in context menu of task list
GUI Improved: detail error information will be displayed in tooltip when mouse
cursor hover on the red-cross icon of a task which encounters error like disk full
GUI Improved: task rating information will be displayed in tooltip when mouse
cursor hover on comment region of the task list
GUI Improved: add hotkey Ctrl+Home/End to move selected tasks to the top/bottom
of task list
GUI Improved: support scroll information in all panes on which the mouse cursor
is hovering by rolling mouse wheel
GUI Improved: add an option in preferences dialog to enable submit video file
snapshot after task download finish
GUI Improved: add an option in preferences dialog to enable protection against
ARP cheating attack from LAN
GUI Improved: new designed BitComet resource browser to accelerate open web
page from BitComet
GUI Improved: improve displayed information layout in task summary pane
GUI Improved: add "minimize to system tray" to system menu of BitComet button
in windows taskbar
GUI Improved: delete file check box in task delete dialog is displayed in red
color
GUI Bugfix: View/download list/Columns menu does not work after switch UI
language
GUI Bugfix: all tasks will be displayed as in queue if enabled auto-start task
when download rate below specified value
GUI Bugfix: all tasks displayed in task list will be removed if launch clear
recycle bin in recycle bin context menu even they are not in recycle bin
Core Bugfix: fix a bug sometimes lead to memory leakage
Core Bugfix: handle some BT task with zero-size file incorrectly

v0.86 2007.4.4
GUI Improved: new torrent share function: click my shared or peer shared in fav
list to manage shared torrents
GUI Improved: add option to calculate ED2K link for each file in torrent make
dialog
GUI Improved: add preset button to choose preset save folder in BT task
properties dialog
GUI Improved: add option to download from the mirror when the source url can't
be connected in HTTP task properties dialog
GUI Improved: remove movie info related staffs from torrent make dialog and BT
task properties dialog
GUI Improved: add mark highlight button and filter popup menu to download all
links dialog
GUI Improved: add server mode option to preferences dialog, which support more
connections but can't set precise rate
GUI Improved: improve search box in toolbar of main window
GUI Improved: if choose to open URL inside BitComet, new web window will open,
without effect to main window
GUI Improved: after a torrent file downloaded by http task, the BT download
will start automatically
GUI Improved: HTTP/FTP resources number for BT task is displayed in file list
GUI Improved: add hotkey PageUp/PageDown, Ctrl+Left/Right and Alt+Left/Right
for preview window to seek 10 sec, 30 sec and 120 sec
GUI Improved: buffered time length is display in status bar when preview
GUI Improved: when close BT/HTTP task properties dialog, save folder and
filename is verified to be valid
GUI Bugfix: ban IP menu in peer list of BT task do not work sometimes
GUI Bugfix: avoid system entering suspend/sleeping mode do not work in Windows
Vista
GUI Bugfix: left time in task list is not correct if task size is too large or
download rate is too low
Core Improved: new torrent share function, to download torrent files from peers
Core Improved: support HTTPS download
Core Improved: support download FTP resource for BT task
Core Improved: improve SHA1 algorithm, decrease CPU usage
Core Improved: improve NAT Traversal via UDP component, decrease CPU usage
Core Bugfix: upnp.exe launch fail in Windows 2000

v0.85 2007.3.19
GUI Improved: new option in torrent maker dialog to enable large file(>1MB)
align to piece boundary
GUI Improved: new option in torrent maker dialog to allow user search for
HTTP/FTP resources when BT downloading
GUI Improved: new option in BT task properties dialog to enable search for
HTTP/FTP resources for BT task files
GUI Improved: new history task filter in fav list, in which tasks displayed in
the order of download finish date
GUI Improved: improve task delete dialog, able to remove downloaded files while
keep task record in recycle bin
GUI Improved: new option in preferences dialog to enable BT task access
P2PCache server (need ISP support)
GUI Improved: task created date and finish date are displayed in task summary
GUI Improved: improve task piece graph, support page up/down using mouse wheel
GUI Improved: new recommend side-bar which can be toggled in view menu
GUI Improved: BitComet main window minimize to windows taskbar, and system tray
icon always displays
GUI Improved: if the task name/publisher name in task list is too long to
display, it will be displayed in tooltip
GUI Improved: new search toolbar in the top of BitComet passport view
GUI Improved: improve the clipboard monitor, only capture url links of specific
files type
GUI Improved: add support for Maxthon browser
GUI Improved: unhide the option of browse url in BitComet
GUI Improved: downloaded file will be selected when open task save folder
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that some HTTP download fail due to missing cookie info
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that hash check of multi BT tasks not running in queue
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that move to other location command in task context
menu does not work
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that some particular language can not be input to IE
edit control when BHO loaded
Core Improved: add P2SP download function to BT task, able to search for
HTTP/FTP resources to accelerate download
Core Improved: add large file(>1MB) align to piece boundary function to torrent
maker and BT download module
Core Bugfix: fix the bug that may lead to crash when download HTTP task using
P2P connection
Core Bugfix: fix the bug that may lead to crash when an error UDP packet
received
Core Bugfix: fix the bug that downloaded file may save fail if unsupported
character in current code-page occurred in torrent file
Core Bugfix: fix the bug about GZIP decode in HTTP 1.0
Core Bugfix: fix the bug that the task created from BCTP link is not properly
saved if torrent had not downloaded.
Core Bugfix: fix the bug that unable to connect to some FTP server

v0.84 2007.2.8
GUI Improved: new task piece graph for both BT and HTTP, displaying detail file
piece downloading state
GUI Improved: enhanced video codec version detection for preview. the extra
video codec check wizard is removed.
GUI Improved: add clipboard monitor, which can be enabled in floating window
context menu
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that fail to open torrent file during preview
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that the UPNP operation results are not displayed in
statistics view
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that the floating window is not hide when hit boss key
Core Bugfix: fix the bug that the uploading rate is too low in some situation
Core Bugfix: fix the bug in the decode of GZIP data returned from HTTP server

v0.83 2007.2.4
GUI Improved: add option in HTTP task properties dialog to enable P2P http
download
GUI Improved: add hot key Ctrl+R in add HTTP task group dialog, to replace
selected text in url to wildcard "(*)"
GUI Improved: refer page url is filled to new http task when drag URL from IE
to floating window
GUI Improved: new network rate graph of the floating window in large size
GUI Improved: improve the IE context menu for BitComet, add sub menu to
download particular objects in the webpage
GUI Improved: add comment and preview/play column in task list
GUI Improved: WAN IP and network connection status is displayed in status bar
of the main window, showing if the listen port is reachable to public domain peers
GUI Improved: enhance the RSS list display function
GUI Improved: add options in preferences dialog to enable network connection
status auto check
GUI Improved: add options in preferences dialog to enable task statistical info
submitting
GUI Improved: add "download link" to context menu of Firefox
GUI Improved: Hide the option of browse url in BitComet
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that "save torrent as" in task context menu will save
other task's torrent file if category is selected in fav list
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug of the sort operation in task list
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that the URL link name is not displayed in the
selection dialog of downloading all links
GUI Bugfix: fix the display bug of floating window in Windows Vista
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that the task list is not refreshed after cancel the
operation of add HTTP task group
GUI Bugfix: fix the display bug of the HTTP task info window when switching
selected task
Core Improved: add P2P download function to HTTP task, able to search more
peers to speed up downloading
Core Improved: reconstruction NAT Traversal via UDP using encryption
connections
Core Improved: improve the robustness of video file preview. the crash of video
codec will not terminate BitComet main program
Core Bugfix: fix the bug that HTTP download resume will fail if the web server
is rebooted

v0.82 2007.1.19
GUI Improved: add sound prompt when task download finish, which can be
configured in preferences dialog
GUI Improved: improve the context menu of floating window and system tray icon
GUI Improved: processing progress dialog will be displayed when add http task
group
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that the task start order is not correct if reduce task
queue length while the queue is not empty
 GUI Bugfix: fix the bug of version 0.81 that program can not run under win98/me
Core Improved: the NAT port mapping and Windows Firewall operation is moved to
a separated toolkit program, therefore the CPU usage of main program decrease
Core Bugfix: fix the bug that the preview window will lose response if click
stop button while preview video file of BT task

v0.81 2006.12.27
GUI Improved: new floating window to display running status, supporting
drag&drop of links in webpage and files to start download
GUI Improved: add new function of auto query file size and server resume-
supported ability when add new HTTP task, which can be configured in preferences
dialog
GUI Improved: the task number of a task queue is displayed in the favorites
list
GUI Improved: new icons for HTTP task states in task list
GUI Improved: link count is displayed in add HTTP task group dialog
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that URL can not be opened from BitComet if Firefox is
set to be default browser
Core Improved: new function of auto recycle memory, which can be configured in
preferences dialog
Core Improved: compatible to Windows Vista, able to download HTTP links from
IE7

v0.80 2006.12.15
GUI Improved: new designed HTTP properties dialog layout
GUI Improved: start preview video file while http downloading from toolbar
button or task context menu
GUI Improved: support display URL with non-English UTF-8 characters correctly
in English version Windows
GUI Improved: display "Minimize to tray" in task-bar context menu of BitComet
if enabled
GUI Improved: new setting of "Optimize download strategy for preview" in Task
setting page of preferences dialog
GUI Improved: add move file to desktop and to My Document function in task
context menu
GUI Improved: after downloaded torrent file using BitComet, the torrent task
properties dialog is displayed immediately
GUI Improved: toolkit FlvPlayer support running under Windows 2003 now
GUI Improved: toolkit FlvPlayer is able to seek while playing for most flv
files now
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that the description info in HTTP properties dialog not
been saved after user modified
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that the number of selected urls in url selection
dialog not refreshed after applied filter
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that BitComet not able to launch FlvPlayer to play
downloaded flv file in whose path has space character
Core Improved: HTTP download task support video file preview, etc. play video
file during downloading
Core Improved: support to download URL with non-English UTF-8 characters in
English version Windows
Core Improved: able to change HTTP connection number during task running
Core Bugfix: fix the bug that the program will lose response when decrease max
downloading task number while any task running

v0.79 2006.11.30
GUI Improved: improve the performance of task list in task catalog switch
action
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug in 0.78 that the program will crash when due to refresh
task log start BT task
 Core Bugfix: improve the process of some non-standard HTTP protocol packet

v0.78 2006.11.29
GUI Improved: change the display font in Statistics View to monospaced font
GUI Improved: improve the task delete confirm dialog
GUI Improved: add a button to rename download file by several rules in HTTP
task properties dialog
GUI Improved: new proxy setting page in preferences dialog
GUI Improved: now can select which columns to display in task list by right
click task list header
GUI Improved: now can import Flash files (.swf) when select download all links
or download videos in webpage
GUI Improved: change the default operation for close button on main window to
minimize main window
GUI Bugfix: fix the focus switch order when press Tab key in the HTTP task
properties dialog
GUI Bugfix: fix the problem that the redownload button does not work when
import a new task but a exist task with the same URL is detected
GUI Bugfix: fix the problem that the download left time is displayed as zero
when download rate is zero
Core Improved: add support for connection via HTTP, SOCK4, SOCK5 proxy server
Core Improved: enhance the function of download videos in webpage, optimize for
mainstream video websites
Core Improved: improved Rmvb file version and Real codec version detection
algorithm, avoid most crash when play rmvb files
Core Bugfix: fix the problem that unable to download file from certain FTP
server

v0.77 2006.11.18
GUI Improved: add recycle bin to place tasks deleted temporarily
GUI Improved: add toolbar button, task list context menu item and Delete hot-
key to delete task to recycle bin
GUI Improved: add the function to capture http/ftp file download in IE
GUI Improved: add a setting to specify the file types to be captured when IE
downloads file in in preferences dialog
GUI Improved: add "Download Videos using BitComet" command in IE context menu
as a option
GUI Improved: adjust position of splitters automatically when resizing main
window to keep optimal layout
GUI Improved: display translated text in status-bar in the language of user
chosen when mouse hover in the toolbar
GUI Improved: display the number of imported urls in the selection dialog of
download all links in webpage
GUI Improved: new toolkit: FlvPlayer
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that the task list is cleared and not displayed after
switch UI language
Core Improved: add the function of searching mirror site automatically for HTTP
download task
Core Improved: add the function of download video files in webpage
Core Bugfix: fix the bug that the program may crash when only download partial
files in a BT task

v0.76 2006.11.7
GUI Improved: add Scheduler setting page in preferences dialog to adjust
bandwidth depending time
GUI Improved: add max/min upload rate per task settings in BT task page of
preferences dialog
GUI Improved: add New HTTP/FTP download button in toolbar
GUI Improved: the total task number and selected task number are displayed in
status bar of main window
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that the BitComet main window is not active sometimes
when download url from IE
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that the function of avoid system entering suspend mode
still works even when no task is running
Core Improved: improve memory allocation strategy, avoid huge physical memory
usage when program running for a long time
Core Bugfix: fix the bug that in 0.75 sometimes the file is not downloaded
entirely when task finish

v0.75 2006.10.24
GUI Improved: add HTTP/FTP download in file menu
GUI Improved: add HTTP/FTP download settings page in preferences dialog
GUI Improved: add "Download using BitComet" command in IE context menu as a
option
GUI Improved: switch to downloading task list automatically if downloaded task
list is being showed when add new task
GUI Improved: the translator's name is able to be set in language file edit
dialog
GUI Improved: add clear button in torrent info search page of task properties
dialog
GUI Improved: the TCP half open limit is up to 500 in preferences dialog
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug in 0.74 that non-executable file can not be opened in
file list
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug of a display mistake of the balloon tooltip when task
download finish
Core Improved: add HTTP/FTP multi-connection download function
Core Improved: add HTTP/FTP multi-connection download disk cache function
Core Bugfix: fix the bug in 0.74 that in rare situation program will crash due
to file operation

v0.74 2006.10.14
GUI Improved: add default settings of view size and list col width for common
screen resolutions
GUI Improved: change default setting to open webpage using IE, and hide browse
button in toolbar
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that in 0.73 an explorer window will be opened when
task finish if the virus scan program path setting is incorrect
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that task list every 5 minutes auto-save function does
not work
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that "Task File Move to" -> "Other Location" function
only applied to first task when multi tasks are selected
Core Bugfix: fix the bug that in 0.73 sometimes the file is not downloaded
entirely when task finish

v0.73 2006.9.25
GUI Improved: add the function to scan virus upon download finish
GUI Improved: add a prompt to scan virus when open executable file
GUI Improved: add scan virus to task list and file list context menu
GUI Improved: add scan virus setting page in Preferences dialog
GUI Improved: add language translate editor dialog to option menu
GUI Improved: add the function to move task downloaded files to corresponding
folder when change task catalog
GUI Improved: add catalog setting to BT task properties dialog
GUI Improved: add upload/download speed limit settings to advanced page of BT
task properties dialog
GUI Improved: add a option to hide confirm dialog when open BCTP link from IE
GUI Improved: remove Caps LockNum Lock and ScrollLock status display in main
window's status-bar
 GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that the disk available space is displayed error in BT
task properties dialog
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that the default TCP half-open number setting is too
small in Windows2003
Core Improved: add specific task upload/download speed limit function
Core Bugfix: fix the bug of high CPU usage when enable upload/download speed
limit

v0.72 2006.9.16
GUI Improved: add the function to move task downloaded files to corresponding
folder when change task catalog
GUI Improved: improve task list display speed
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that the publisher's webpage may be opened incorrectly
when selecting multi-task using mouse
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug in version 0.71 that the UPNP gateway NAT port mapping
function does not work
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug in version 0.71 that the task download rate in balloon
tip is not displayed correctly when main window is minimized
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug in version 0.71 that the balloon tip will not display
when task download finish and main window is minimized
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug in version 0.71 that stop task while playing video may
cause program crash

v0.71 2006.9.2
GUI Improved: Add "Move file to..." function to task list context menu
GUI Improved: Add task catalog manage functions to "download completed" task
queue context menu in favorites list
GUI Improved: Add task catalog set and locate functions to task list context
menu
GUI Improved: Improve task list display algorithm, decrease CPU usage
GUI Improved: Add Half-Open TCPIP connection limitation modification for
Windows XP SP2, in Preferences dialog
GUI Improved: redesign "task automatic stop" settings in Preferences dialog
GUI Improved: remove task pause, resume operation
GUI Improved: remove "Global Log" window, in which the information displayed is
merged into "Statistics" window
GUI Improved: Improved crash report program, send crash report to server
directly instead of using email
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that the BCTP link is not displayed correctly if opened
from internal browser in BitComet
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that the music in webpage of video play window does not
stopped after video play starts
Core Improved: no longer depends on MSXML3, no need to install MSXML3 in
windows 98
Core Improved: improved file piece request algorithm, increase the launch speed
of online video play
Core Improved: more program run-time error can be detected by the crash report
Core change: Chat, Proxy, NAT Traversal via UDP, IP block rules is removed
temporarily
Core Improved: kernel code reconstruction

v0.70 2006.6.24
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that the program can not run in certain OS due to
mistaken compile option

v0.69 2006.6.23
GUI Improved: download status information will be displayed in preview window
info-bar when preview is buffering
GUI Improved: BitComet Forum URL is updated
 GUI Bugfix: controls in Task Property Dialog will reposition correctly when
resizing the dialog
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that the spin buttons of min/max upload rate edit-box
in Task Property Dialog do not work
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that the peer list doesn't display any peer in very
occasional situation
GUI Bugfix: be able to handle BCTP link opened from Firefox properly
Core Improved: improve preview buffer schedule algorithm, start buffer if data
in buffer pool less than 50%, resume play if full
Core Improved: improve piece request algorithm when preview, decrease the
chance of buffering
Core Improved: improve error detection of video decoder when start preview
Core Bugfix: fix the bug that the video and audio sometimes become asynchronous
caused by preview buffering
Core Bugfix: fix the bug that the program may crash when parsing some non-
standard HTTP protocol packet

v0.68 2006.5.29
GUI Bugfix: fix the problem that the option "Do not prompt when add new task"
doesn't work
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that the program may crash when display some non-
standard rss item
Core Improved: improve selected file download algorithm, decrease the
possibility to re-download file boundary data
Core Bugfix: fix the bug that the program may crash when parsing some non-
standard HTTP protocol packet
Core Bugfix: fix the bug that the program may crash when parsing some non-
standard encryption protocol packet

v0.67 2006.5.10
GUI Bugfix: fix the incorrect prompt text when open torrent file failed
GUI Bugfix: change PayPal picture auto-update period to one day
GUI Bugfix: improve the detecting algorithm of Real file decoder in Video Codec
Check Wizard
Core Improved: enhanced ICF/UPNP port mapping operation
Core Bugfix: fix the bug that the program may crash when received incorrect
packet

v0.66 2006.4.27
Core Improved: more program run-time error can be detected by the crash report
Core Bugfix: fix the bug that the sometimes program will crash when display
chat message

v0.65 2006.4.25
GUI Improved: add IE favorites list
GUI Improved: add a new function to update the PayPal picture in left tree list
from BitComet.com site
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that the Goto button on address bar doesn't work
properly
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that the program will crash if any torrent file is
opened with the "Can't listen to port" dialog displayed
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that the program will crash when loading some non-
standard rss xml
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug in version 0.64 that the torrent maker dialog doesn't
display the tracker url entered last time
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug in version 0.64 that the task property dialog can not
be opened when the task is paused
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that the media file playback will pause when preview
window is minimized
 GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that the text on switch buttons of channel, search and
IE fav doesn't change when language switched
Core Improved: add a new function to add a listening port of Windows Firewall
in Windows XP SP2
Core Improved: connect to the previous peers immediately when restarting a task
Core Bugfix: fix the bug in version 0.64 that the function to ban user
temporarily doesn't work

v0.64 2006.4.10
GUI Improved: the optional IE toolbar is removed
GUI Improved: able to read RSS feed
GUI Bugfix: chat user list is removed temporarily
Core Bugfix: fix the bug that the play button doesn't work after click stop
button in task preview window
Core Bugfix: fix the bug that unable to seek continuous when preview avi/rm
file

v0.63 2006.3.4
GUI Improved: fix the bug that sometimes torrent file can't be open properly
after downloaded in BitComet embedded browser
Core Improved: Remove the old protocol header encryption, add new protocol
encryption compatible with Azureus and uTorrent

v0.62 2006.2.14
GUI Improved: add the ability to fetch remote channel xml file and display its
items in favourite bar
GUI Improved: adjust the toolbar position of embedded browser
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that sometimes the embedded browser can't handle BCTP
link properly
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that sometimes the task name displayed as the http link
of torrent file
GUI Bugfix: fix the bug that sometimes the task status displayed as failed
after DHT torrent download finished successfully
Core Improved: user favourite data file changed from .\fav\my_fav.xml to .\
Favourite.xml
Core Bugfix: fix possible crash when exit program while hashing
Core Bugfix: fix possible crash when detects WMP version at BitComet startup
Core Bugfix: fix possible memory access violation when remove task after DHT
torrent file download finished

v0.61 2006.1.10
GUI Improved: enhance BCTP link command to lunch preview window
GUI Improved: support xp themes in the embedded browser
GUI Improved: no longer popup script error message in the embedded browser
GUI Bugfix: Possible buffer overflow when opening URL link using external
browser. (Thanks Fortinet Security Research)
GUI Bugfix: the clip board can work in some user interface
Core Improved: support wmv/asf file in the preview window
Core Bugfix: fix the bug that DHT is added for the 'private' torrent after task
begins
Core Bugfix: fix the bug that UDP port mapping is not released when BitComet
exit

v0.60 2005.9.8
GUI Improved: new toolkit: BitComet Video Codec Check Wizard
GUI Improved: add open BCTP/HTTP link command in file menu
GUI Improved: add BCTP link page in Task Property Dialog
GUI Improved: add Boss-key choice option
GUI Improved: add Disable torrent file download dialog option
 GUI Improved: add Display task delete confirm dialog option
GUI Improved: add piece size 2/4/8MB choice when making torrent
GUI Improved: open web link in internal browse of BitComet
GUI Bugfix: fix mistake delete when multi-selection after torrent list sort
GUI Bugfix: fix the win2k auto shutdown issue
Core Improved: add video file preview when downloading
Core Improved: add Torrent download from DHT network using BCTP link
Core Improved: add protocol header encrypt option
Core Improved: add Always using NAT Traversal via UDP option

v0.59 2005.6.8
GUI Improved: add Search button to search torrent in torrent website
GUI Improved: remove the drop-down menu of the Web button
GUI Improved: open all links using user default browser
GUI Improved: add three network mode when creating .torrent file
GUI Improved: add a light in the status bar indicate the DHT Network status
GUI Bugfix: fixed typing issue regarding the speed input box
Core Improved: add DHT Network support, BitComet become trackerless
Core Improved: add UDP port mapping in ICF/UPNP
Core Improved: support 'private' key in torrent
Core Improved: support 'private' key in tracker response
Core Bugfix: fix UPNP problem in v0.57, v0.58

v0.58 2005.5.6
GUI Improved: add Hash-check thread priority as an option
GUI Improved: add "Remove task only" confirmation
GUI Bugfix: disable file location change for paused tasks
GUI Bugfix: can not auto shutdown computer when desktop is locked
GUI Bugfix: the auto-stopped task can not upload
GUI Bugfix: fix the win98/me auto shutdown issue
GUI Bugfix: fix the dde regarding file association
Core Improved: add task option: peer info exchange enable
Core Bugfix: UDP tracker DNS resolve can cause stop response for 2s
Core Bugfix: fix the issue when one UDP tracker in a tracker group can not
connect
Core Bugfix: continue download at startup can not work if crashed last time
Core Bugfix: fix one crash issue when connections are unstable

v0.57 2005.3.5
GUI Improved: add boss key: Alt+`
GUI Improved: embedded web view was improved
GUI Improved: Task Property Dialog can be resized or maximized now
GUI Improved: option to disable the prompt window when adding torrent
GUI Improved: enable multi-selection when open torrent files
GUI Improved: task list now support sort
GUI Improved: add seeding task catalog
GUI Bugfix: fix the copy paste problem in embedded IE
GUI Bugfix: never prevent windows from entering suspend mode if the computer is
running on batteries (Thanks B. Larg)
GUI Bugfix: Save location reset to default upon changing encoding method.
(Thanks ericbo)
GUI Bugfix: Incorrect time left if more than 24 hours (Thanks u1ookingatme)
GUI Bugfix: the max value of half-opened tcp can't be changed to smaller value
Core Bugfix: fix a upload selection bug which may affect download speed
Core Bugfix: auto stop may not work if enable auto checking after finished
Core Bugfix: possibly fix the tracker download reporting bug happens in TB, etc
Core Bugfix: fixed NAT Traversal rate can not be accurately limited
Core Bugfix: Can not create directory when change priority for running task
(Thanks maxbkk)
 Core Bugfix: IP rules do not effect in NAT Traversal connections(Thanks tianle)
Core Bugfix: add new task waiting queue, close bc, the file priority
lost(Thanks hdll)
Core Bugfix: Hash Checking queue does not work (Thanks njiayu)
Core Bugfix: UDP tracker retry interval keeps to be 10s

v0.56 2004.9.23
GUI Bugfix: stop update peer list if select two peers and click the left or the
top list (Thanks gjr)
GUI Bugfix: change the system time may cause gui buffer overrun (Thanks baul)
Core Improved: auto detect the max value of half-opened tcp for patched
tcpip.sys in XP SP2
Core Improved: improve the efficient of NAT Traversal again
Core Bugfix: fix some compatible issue with ipfilter.dat in eMule(Thanks
Soorpher)
Core Bugfix: may crash when exit while having queued hashing tasks(Thanks the
crash report by Chi Yeong Teoh)
Core Bugfix: fixed a serious issue that NAT Traversal will occupy all the
upload bandwidth (Thanks friends @ TB)

v0.55 2004.9.9
GUI Improved: torrent maker can auto-detect the best piece-size now
GUI Improved: do not check version for more than once in one day
GUI Bugfix: tray icon shows up when change the lock of the tray area (Thanks
xl)
GUI Bugfix: fix possible crash when closing
GUI Bugfix: the issue of adding task by command line do nothing(Thanks Yu
BOYTHERE)
GUI Bugfix: may crash in splitter (Thanks the crash report by Cytech-May &
Punkrawk)
Core Improved: add auto stop task when share ratio reach specific value, auto
shut down the computer
Core Improved: improve the efficient of NAT passthrough (incompatible with
0.53)
Core Improved: add Max Simultaneous TCP connection attempts to option, better
works with XP SP2
Core Bugfix: fix the issue that min seeding rate also applies to download task
Core Bugfix: move on to next tracker slowly if no peers returned.
Core Bugfix: fix the issue that it will not stop connecting to tracker after
task stopped
Core Bugfix: may crash because of thread conflict when writing the edge of
files(Thanks the crash report by wluck)
Core Bugfix: may crash when exit while having queued tasks(Thanks the crash
report by Asem Mohamed)
Core Bugfix: may crash when calculate the rate(Thanks the crash report by
trudy)
Core Bugfix: fix some crash caused by overflow (Thanks the crash report by
Huang Kan)
Core Bugfix: fix too short timeout disconnect issue with AZ and Official Seed

v0.54 2004.8.21
GUI Improved: global & per task 3KB/s upload rules ( Thanks DreadWingKnight )
GUI Improved: multi selection when ban ip ( Thanks CH )
GUI Improved: torrent file save as in task list
Core Improved: NAT passthrough by UDP! (still in experimental)
Core Improved: add crash reporter to release version
Core Improved: connect to UDP tracker first in the same group
Core Improved: support http tracker: 'key' flag ( Thanks neooff )
Core Improved: support the new UDP Tracker protocol ( v2 )
 Core Improved: torrent strings fix the utf8 encoding problems with Azureus
( Thanks Henrique Vianna )
Core Changes: remove default backup tracker ( Thanks x )
Core Bugfix: may can't create torrent contains >4G files
Core Bugfix: fully support multitracker spec, support server groups ( Thanks
DreadWingKnight )
Core Bugfix: strange http HOST problem in nipponsei.levillage.org ( Thanks
AndyGod )
Core Bugfix: http redirection bug, fix connection problem in TorrentBits.org
( Thanks HiTechOutlaw )
Core Bugfix: fix connection problem in bt.edwardk.info ( Thanks fftfelix)
Core Bugfix: no longer skip the empty directories when making torrent ( Thanks
5Q heaven )

v0.53 2004.6.15
GUI Bugfix: fixed lots of gui crash problems
GUI Improved: tweak the column layout (Thanks stisev)
GUI Improved: display seeds numbers connected in the recent 10 minutes
GUI Improved: able to add task as paused
GUI Improved: send crash report is supported for all beta version
GUI Improved: auto add seeding task as paused after .torrent is made
GUI Improved: should runs more smooth for those download rate exceed 1MB/s -
2MB/s (Great thanks to GHOSTOPOST)
GUI Improved: avoid gui blink for non-XP os
GUI Improved: global pause/resume from the system tray (Thanks Assmongrel)
GUI Improved: avoid system entering power suspend mode when task is running
GUI Improved: command line add params: /? /s /m /tray /output <file>
GUI Improved: able to edit backup tracker in the options
GUI Changes: listening port now allow full range : 1 - 65535
Core Improved: limit the tcp connecting rate to 4 new connection per second
Core Improved: add default minimize upload rate, avoid zero rate seeding
Core Improved: add chatting support, support PM as well, support chat room
torrent
Core Improved: a few queue behavior improvement, and pause all bugfix (Thanks
Kameraman)
Core Improved: able to Hash check again when the download task finished.
Core Improved: avoid upload to only several best peers, cause download drops
when upload is slow. (<100k/s)
Core Improved: avoid download task donot need to upload but all the seeding
task has no upload at all. (Thanks ulion)
Core Improved: change the frequency requesting tracker, decrease the burden of
trackers. (Thanks ulion)
Core Improved: able to ban user temporarily for 5 minutes, 1 hour, or 24 hours.
Core Improved: able to block IP permanently defined by ipfilter.dat (compatible
with eMule)(Thanks Adam Thirnis)
Core Improved: detect peer who send bad data, and auto temporarily block it for
5 minutes
Core Bugfix: do not work correctly with tracker in compact mode
Core Bugfix: "allocate before download" won't allocate immediately ( thanks
windy)
Core Bugfix: forget to load the default tracker when tracker-list existed
( thanks Henry)
Core Bugfix: UPnP may can't work with some hardware router ( thanks btchina for
the financial support to buy one )
Core Bugfix: UPnP may can't find service ( thanks BK->NEW() )
Core Bugfix: can't release port mapping when exit
Core Bugfix: remove .xml file, hash checking, start will hash-checking again
(Thanks lqbn)
Core Bugfix: incorrectly handle the files gap, may fix the hashchecking loop
bug
Core Bugfix: auto start new task if download rate below can't work
Core Bugfix: avoid too large disk cache crash BitComet in low memory conditions
Core Bugfix: the small file next to the big one may be 100% but zero data until
the big one is finished. (Thanks c-j-z)
Core Bugfix(critical): mistake the timeout interval in BitTorrent
specification,
only 1 minute timeout cause possible disconnect with
seed using official client (Thanks ulion)
Core Bugfix(critical): potential download a corrupt file
Core Bugfix(critical): do not response tracker NAT checking, so that won't be
listed in tracker. ( happen again :( )

v0.52 2004.4.23
GUI Changes: move language selection to menu
GUI Improved: remember list column order
GUI Improved: task status add status icon: connecting peers
GUI Improved: able to force start a queued task by start it again (Thanks
fan_chenwen)
GUI Improved: new task is now at the bottom (Thanks Kameraman)
GUI Improved: able to auto run task when BitComet startup (Thanks Kameraman)
GUI Bugfix: Max Simultaneous Download Tasks changes won't be reflected upon the
tasks immediately(Thanks windy)
GUI Bugfix: Toolbar will disappear next time if minimize BitComet to tray and
close it.(Thanks Terence Tam)
GUI Bugfix: torrent encoding doesn't effect save location and comment.(Thanks
kkj, Kameraman)
GUI Bugfix: minimize to taskbar and enable exit prompt cause confirm dialog
can't be displayed(Thanks charlesyc)
GUI Bugfix: zero length file progress is always zero percent(Thanks Kameraman)
Core Improved: try to reserve disk space when downloading, almost zero disk
fragment
Core Bugfix: rate measurement algorithm changed, should be more accurate but
consume a bit more resource
Core Bugfix: hashing cause peers cache lost (Thanks Kameraman)
Core Bugfix: removing task incl files may delete all download directory, incl
other files
Core Bugfix: hashing may crash at the end, and the task may can't be started
Core Bugfix: task minimize upload rate may cant work

v0.51 2004.4.13
GUI Improved: tray icon display balloon notification when task finished
GUI Bugfix: wrong displace position for task specific upload limits.(Thanks
charlesyc)
GUI Bugfix: crash when click OpenDir or Property for empty task.(Thanks xChiNa)
GUI Bugfix: disk driver free space may be wrong at first. (Thanks spcat2000,
happyfa97)
Core Improved: able to change torrent encoding code page when adding task
Core Improved: task queue sequence is the same as displayed, top task first
Core Bugfix: fixed no response when too many files in one torrent(e.g. >1000
files) in v0.50
Core Bugfix: should not scan when seeding (Thanks Windforce)
Core Bugfix: when seeding, should not open file for writing (Thanks
coolsnowwolf)
Core Bugfix: forget to save peers info when task is stopped
Core Bugfix: start task more than once cause problems (Thanks windy)

v0.50 2004.4.8
GUI Improved: remember toolbar status
 GUI Improved: thanks to SiC & Orochi for the graph design, much more pretty now
GUI Bugfix: in file dialog, right-click the driver and click Property will
crash (Thanks to littlefoxes)
GUI Bugfix: can't remember window positions (Thanks to KELVEN13)
Core Improved: remove support for slots.xml, able to config in the option
dialog
Core Improved: publisher information extension
Core Improved: able to set different upload limits for every task
Core Improved: add a simple queue system
Core Improved: add support for {hash} tracker url (idea by IH@isohunt)
Core Improved: file level priority control
Core Improved: remove upload download ratio limits in the config dialog.
Core Improved: file allocation in blocks and won't block gui and also decrease
the disk fragment
Core Bugfix: random listening port won't larger than 32767, avoid route problem
(thanks to Xing Zhanfeng)
Core Bugfix: total upload and download statistics overflow if larger than 2G
(thanks to wpeng)
Core Bugfix: sometimes can't work with gzip tracker, get decode error (thanks
to ihf)
Core Bugfix: lost percentage when it resumes downloads by BitTorrent 3.3 or
above.

v0.49 2004.3.3
GUI Improved: if file changed, prompt dialog : check / ignore / cancel
GUI Improved: Ctrl+Delete remove task including files
GUI Bugfix: possibly fix the crash when restoring from system tray
Core Improved: optimize pieces manager again
Core Improved: optimize choke picker for slow connections
Core Improved: able to auto resize the cache according to the speed, set
default max cache size to 50M
Core Improved: Auto config XP Internet Connection Sharing and Firewall
(ICS/ICF)
Core Improved: when use proxy only for trackers, send HTTP GET rather than HTTP
Connect
Core Bugfix: cache size calculate may overflow when the physical memory is
getting lower
Core Bugfix: send event=stopped to tracker when program exited (Thanks to
ulion)
Core Bugfix: load same torrent make it vanish (Thanks to bigjumbo)
Core Bugfix: UPnP always failed with DSL router/ICS (Thanks to wxhere ~_~)
Core Bugfix: may crash when cache is empty
Core Bugfix: possible to receive only part of the HTTP response, cause tracker
decode failure.

v0.48 2004.2.18
Torrent Maker Bugfix: won't add announce-list if only one tracker address
GUI Improved: remember the favourite site choice last time
GUI Improved: prompt before remove task and delete all downloaded files
GUI Improved: peer-list sorted by ip
GUI Bugfix: won't prompt when hash checking
GUI Bugfix: always remember proxy server and port. (Thanks to wxhere)
Core Improved: consider connection stable after 3 minutes elapsed
Core Bugfix(critical): can't connect any peers when seeding
Core Bugfix(critical): do not response tracker NAT checking header, so that
won't be listed in some tracker. (Thanks to stanhopea)

v0.47 2004.2.17
withdraw the release, skip it.
v0.46 2004.2.14
GUI Bugfix: total length incorrect if larger than 4G. (Thanks to Zergling)
Core Bugfix(critical): lots of pieces failed in SHA check, cause by disk cache
bug.

v0.45 2004.2.13
GUI Improved: great change in Language File, almost all string can be
translated and part of the information format could be customized by edit language
xml file.
GUI Improved: remove task, or remove task include downloaded files
GUI Improved: An option in the toolbar to toggle ON/OFF the panel list on the
left of the Main window. (Thanks to seto_2003)
GUI Improved: Add toolbar, add right menu for selecting in the Torrent Property
dialog
GUI Improved: ctrl+<arrow up> for "job move up" ; ctrl+<arrow down> for "job
move down" (Thanks to xsintill)
GUI Improved: change "completed" to "progress", indicates the download progress
of selected files
GUI Bugfix: The other two tree-view won't flicking now. (Thanks to seto_2003)
GUI Bugfix: in tray mode, listen for a full mouse click before popping up.
(Thanks to Keen314 )
Core Improved: add a torrent maker, support utf-8 and multi-tracker
Core Improved: intelligent upload slots control, auto optimize for different
connection speed (config in slots.xml)
Core Improved: correctly handle disk full and disk i/o error
Core Improved: delete those files didn't even download a byte when remove the
task
Core Improved: optimize socket by delay sending HAVE message
Core Improved: optimize piece manager
Core Improved: optimize disk cache swap algorithm, avoid small cache shaking.
Core Improved: optimize disk cache memory manage, and is now able to set the
minimize and maximize size.
Core Improved: able to change download selection when task is running
Core Improved: if file changed before resume, tell user.
Core Improved: support socks4, socks5, http/https proxy
Core Bugfix: Dead incoming peers in the peerlist can't be cleared
Core Bugfix: Torrent with the same file name will make the download list make
mistake (Thanks to spcat2000)
Core Bugfix: when add one torrent twice and click OK in the second time, zero
the process of it (Thanks to zeng777)
Core Bugfix: add port to tracker http request header "Host", fix problem with
some proxy (Thanks to linxiaolegend)
Core Bugfix: when unselect small file in the end of filelist, the next big file
won't finish for ever
Core Bugfix: no longer add .bc! extension for zero length file
Core Bugfix(critical): possible to send invalid REQUEST every few minutes,
cause disconnection from other peer

v0.44 2004.1.9
GUI Improved: able to identify BitSpirit, BitTorrent Plus
GUI Changed: auto update checker server changed to update.BitComet.com
GUI Changed: remove listening port above 1024 restriction (Thanks to Ano
Nymous)
GUI Fix: auto update checker misunderstand the version number
Core Improved: add peer connecting number statistics and limits
Core BugFix(critical): fixed a bug in peer connecting limits, negative number
cause it won't connect peers any more
Core BugFix(critical): security verification during peer communication
v0.43 2004.1.5
Setup Package: Merge two package (unicode & MBCS) into one
GUI Improved: Remember Main window position (Thanks to Liu Wei)
GUI Improved: one click active window in tray icon mode (Thanks to lurenyi)
GUI Changed: mix upload limits is 20kB/s, and download rate no more than 8
times of uploads
GUI BugFix: 100% CPU when UPnP operation (startup and exit)
GUI BugFix: Fix IE shell open file not found bug if have sharezaa installed
previously
GUI BugFix: "donot ask again" in confirm exit may cause problem, removed
temporarily
Core Improve: optimize for some heavy trackers if they have more than one
listening port
Core Improve: able to disable disk read cache now
Core Improve: decrease one memory copy in uploading and downloading, less cpu
usage theoretically
Core Improve: do not allocate cache when checking complete
Core BugFix: Upload and Download rate control more smoothly, still not perfect
though (Thanks to Vulpes)
Core BugFix: try to open normal file (not .bc! file) first when save location
changed
Core BugFix(tiny): in statistics, download from XXX peers not accurate
Core BugFix(critical): fixed a bug that made .bc!.bc! extension if multi-file
download, and also can't resume correctly.
Core BugFix(critical): unselect small file may broke neighbor file corrupt and
may cause runtime exception and exit if it is the first file (Thanks to GDIMk)

v0.42 2004.1.1
Add unicode build, fix some encoding bug under 2K/XP
GUI Improved: property diag more pretty
GUI Improved: avoid torrent list flicking under windows XP
GUI Improved: prompt exit only if there are running tasks
GUI Improved: auto version update checker
Core Improved: add Torrent Health statistics
Core Improved: Support Unicode torrent format extension
Core Improved: Option to add .bc! extension for unfinished files
Core Improved: one session per ip when seeding
Core Improved: flush file when saving status file
Core Improved: no longer stop response when doing the hash check
Core Improved: auto portmapping via UPnP, but local firewall still need to be
manually config
Core Improved: accelerate hash check when resuming other client's downloads
Core Improved: support Tracker 301, fix cant connection bug for some trackers
Core Improved: torrent file path security checking
Core BugFix: Fix "download file length bigger than expected", ask for a choice
now
Core BugFix: fix a bug that send zero port to tracker in no-listening mode
Core BugFix: fix a bug that can't resume torrent which contents only one file
in a folder
Core BugFix(critical): Fixed: "unselect file A -> download -> stop -> select
file A -> download" may cause runtime exception exit

v0.41 2003.12.07
Core Improved: better support for download selection changes
Core Improved: save peer which have a listening port in status file
GUI Improved: add progress bar indicate complete ratio (looks very ugly I
think)
GUI Improved: add message box when exit BitComet
 GUI Improved: add Right Menu Key support in torrent list
GUI BugFix: add a torrent, delete, then can't add it again
Core BugFix(critical): stay at 99% bug maybe fixed this time

v0.40 2003.11.27
Known bug: when only download selected files, never stop if cache size is set
to zero;
or it is still possible to have some duplicated download in those
gap pieces.
It doesn't matter too much... just waste a little bandwidth.
GUI Improved: add Ctrl+A, Alt+ENTER short key for torrent list
Core BugFix: incompletion in gap piece when add new download file which was
banned before
Core BugFix: won't resize cache buffer when it is set to zero
Core BugFix(critical): Fix 100% but uncompleted bug caused by cache/piece
manage

v0.39 2003.11.26
Core Improved: save connected peer info for a quick restart
Core Improved: save partial download piece info in statusfile
GUI Improved: able to associate .torrent at run time, restore it when close
client
GUI Improved: no longer write view size into registry, saved in style.xml
instead
GUI BugFix: select all item when delete the bottom torrent entry
GUI BugFix: correctly display status(download/resume/seeding) for torrent
property dialog
GUI BugFix: no longer lost icon when taskbar recreated
Core BugFix: Fix exception occurred when multi-tracker torrent stopping
Core BugFix(critical): Fix piece pick bug which make it downloaded 120% - 200%
sized data
Core BugFix(critical): Fix piece cache bug which caused a lots of failed piece

v0.38 2003.11.22
New Name: Change the name to "BitComet"
NewFeature: multi tracker supported
NewFeature: able to download selected files
NewFeature: no scanning seeding
Improved: global upload/download speed limits
Improved: optimize the piece picker, much more less CPU usage
Improved: pieces read/write cache, much better disk performance
Improved: rudely disconnect slow peers
Improved: torrent cache now using relative path
Improved: changed socket frame class, now support sock4, sock5 and http1.1
proxy
Improved: GUI interface more usable
BugFix: some problem about the connection with new version Shadow's Exp
BugFix: can't pause
BugFix: continue to connect tracker after failed 20 times now
BugFix: upload & download bytes wrong when reporting to tracker
BugFix(critical): passed pieces sum error when bitfield is initiating

v0.37 2003.10 - 2003.11

Great changes, skip it.

v0.361 2003.10.10
BugFix: "create empty document" error if download files > 2G

v0.36 2003.09.20
 Improved: overall u/d speed in tray icon
Improved: use utf-8 style file if system supported
Bugfix: keep choosing different port every time when start program if it is set
to zero
Bugfix: check the file again when restarted downloading
BufFix(critical): found that the Run Time Error in Win2k(or below) was cause by
the exception of: _variant_t(unsigned __int64 ui8Src) throw(); when saving xml

v0.35 2003.09.19
Add: traditional Chinese language
Add: pick a random port button
Improved: socket write buffer max length
BugFix: a few bugfix about the multilanguage interface
BugFix: disconnect if error occurs when reading file, won't send garbage
BugFix: do not save download queue
BufFix(critical): fixed the huge memory leak caused by forgetting to release
when handing xml file. Now, the memory is quite low, but cpu usage a bit high,
though

v0.34 2003.09.16
Add: multi language support, auto selection
Add: save upload bytes in status file
Add: tracker http request add Host: item
Improve: change MSXML4 to MSXML3
Improve: 10 times upload speed for one peer for the first 3M upload or if the
uploaded bytes of that peer is greater than downloaded bytes + 3M from me
Improve: isallpassed() cache, may reduce cpu usage a little
Improve: set upload zero means do not limits
BugFix: do not prompt when can't find status file during deleting

v0.33 2003.09.10
Add: remember view window column size
Add: enable drag and drop
Add: start/stop/pause/resume selected torrents
Add: max connected peer limits
Improved: put torrent popup menu into style.xml
BugFix: delete torrent cause error

v0.32 2003.09.08
Add: peer ip exchange protocol extension 09 00, 09 01, 09 02
Improved: newly added torrent on the top
Improved: open file as read only when seeding
BugFix: assume bitfield is already received when peer reconnected
BugFix: skip tracker announce when retry sometimes

v0.31 2003.09.06
Add: tracker retry interval time table, from short(30s) to long(5m)
Add: socks5 proxy now fully supported (auth, tracker)
Improved: when a piece failed sha1 check, mark the error

v0.30 2003.09.05
Add: global download speed limit
Add: simple socks5(no auth) support for peer connection
Improved: tidy the code of storage
Improved: longer the tracker retry interval & set the max retry to 20
BugFix: lost the last character of url when 302 redirecting

v0.29 2003.09.03
Add: global download speed limit
 Improved: bnbt tracker now supported, found the diff between python tracker,
http 1.0 res header \n & \r\n
Improved: rewrite piece picker, now pick the piece that is owned by the least
peers
BugFix: support http 302 redirect
BugFix: spend more than one hour to find a memory leak when loading torrent
status file

v0.28 2003.08.31 1st Public Version

Add: make a msi of MSXML4 & make a Setup by Innon Setup Compiler
Add: All Chinese
Add: Minimize to system tray
Bugfix: bug in deleting torrent in torrent list
Bugfix: complete percent now display OK
Bugfix(serious): always return true no matter SHA check succeed or failed

v0.27 2003.08.30
Bugfix(critical): goes wrong when doing bitfiled get in HEX

v0.26 2003.08.30
Add: Torrent list & status display column item names are now at style.xml
Add: Pause & Resume action supported
Bugfix: Large file display the wrong complete ratio
Bugfix: tracker connection status display
Bugfix(critical): socket fatal error after handshake failed then reconnecting

v0.25 2003.08.29
Add: Peer Log Property Diag
Add: version number added in peer version display
Improve: download slice picker
Bugfix: tracker connection failed won't retry
Bugfix: upload / download should not count the disconnected peers

v0.24 2003.08.26
Change: HTTP connection shift from WININET to socket, (consider WINHTTP5 later
maybe)
Bugfix: one peer multi sockets

v0.23 2003.08.25
Change: Timer block was removed
Bugfix: file length check error in rawread()

v0.22 2003.08.24
Add: peer communication log, double click the peer
Bugfix(Critical): upload piece char* -> string

v0.21 2003.08.23
Bugfix(Critical): crush when delete socket

v0.20 2003.08.18
Bugfix(Critical): Timer event is called anytime, cause odd error. (e.g. delete
element when iterating) global timer blocking is added.

v0.19 2003.08.16
Add: Max announce intervals
Add: global upload speed control & peer up/down ratio
Add: passive mode
Add: peer software version recognize
Bugfix(Critical): doesn't send INTEREST before download
 Bugfix: null msg dead loop

v0.18 2003.08.15
Add: torrent cache option
Add: seeds/peers display
Add: random port
BugFix: Should not delete element when iterating a map (PeerMap)
BugFix(Critical): send the wrong protocol header for incoming connections
BugFix(Critical): when comparing, CString treat both strings as null-terminate
strings, substitute with std:string

v0.17 2003.08.14
Add: Peer speed estimate, choke & interest info
BugFix: stop download do not delete socket
BugFix: keep announce when stopped
BugFix: Socket error when exist, caused by calling shutdown at a invalid socket
handle
BugFix: Exist download won't do checking

v0.16 2003.08.12(first beta release)

Remaining time info is added
Single instance running....try many examples, found a working solution at
microsoft at last.. ft
Lots of bugfix...

v0.15 2003.08.11
New icon designed by FallenAngel
Register itself for .torrent & mime
Properties dialog is added, though ugly
Lots of bugfix and improvement, all forget

v0.14 2003.08.10
BugFix: when delete torrent it won't completely delete data

v0.13 2003.08.08
Show complete radio of every file
Multi torrent management
BugFix: hex2bin & bin2hex error
BugFix: peer disconnect will not change the status of peer

v0.12 2003.08.07
ability to choose download location
bitfield cache bug fixed

v0.11 2003.08.06
first published version