chore(release): prepare Firelink 1.4.0

Document the Torrent and Properties release, align desktop version metadata, and pin the published Companion 2.2.0.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,53 @@ All notable changes to Firelink will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [1.4.0] - 2026-08-27
+
+This release adds built-in Torrent downloads and a dedicated Properties window, while making regular downloads, browser handoffs, and cross-platform packages more dependable.
+
+### New features
+
+- **Torrent downloads**
+  - Add `.torrent` files and magnet links from the Add window, file associations, `magnet:` links, and Firelink Companion.
+  - Resolve remote metadata before enqueueing and safely reuse validated Torrent metadata.
+  - Select files, prioritize pieces, preallocate or allocate as needed, verify existing data, remove unselected files safely, and add per-file web seeds.
+  - Manage trackers and exclusions, tracker timing, DHT/IPv6/PEX/LPD discovery, encryption, peer limits, network identity, and resource limits.
+  - View file progress, piece availability, connected and listed peers, seeders, upload totals and speed, and the info hash.
+  - Set upload limits, seed time or ratio, stop timeout, concurrent seed slots, and move Torrent data to a new location.
+  - Use a dedicated Torrents category with pause, resume, retry, redownload, and safe cleanup.
+- **Download and Torrent Properties windows**
+  - Open a selected download in its own window with overview, transfer, and advanced controls.
+  - Use Torrent tabs for file selection, trackers, peers, options, and live diagnostics.
+  - Edit supported settings while a transfer is active, including speed, connections, Torrent upload and peer limits, seeding, verification, allocation, and encryption.
+  - Inspect allocation, exact progress, resume failures, destinations, and current diagnostics; copy long URLs or paths and export magnet links where available.
+  - Keep the window size during the app session while the window follows the current theme and locale.
+- **Adaptive mirror selection**
+  - Optionally use recent transfer performance to choose among multiple mirrors. Mirror statistics stay private on this device.
+- **Transfer and layout visibility**
+  - Show the file-allocation phase while a normal download prepares its destination.
+  - Remember the main-window size and position and the Folders collapse preference between launches.
+
+### Improvements
+
+- Improve normal-download recovery across restarts, stale transfers, redirects, mirrors, connection-pool slowdowns, retries, and resume operations without saved credentials.
+- Improve media recovery and resume messaging, preserve exact progress at the end of a transfer, and restore adaptive YouTube formats. This responds to the interrupted-YouTube-download report in [#36](https://github.com/nimbold/Firelink/issues/36).
+- Make browser and deep-link inputs arrive in order, keep magnet clipboard handoffs usable, and make Add-window destination and metadata validation clearer.
+- Improve the download table, sidebar, Add window, Settings, RTL keyboard navigation, and accessibility behavior at narrow window sizes.
+- Add clear guidance for the macOS first-launch security warning and safe approval steps, responding to [#34](https://github.com/nimbold/Firelink/issues/34).
+- Refresh bundled engines and dependencies, resume interrupted engine downloads safely, and strengthen package, release, and cross-platform verification.
+
+### Fixes
+
+- Retry affected transfers through the system resolver when a VPN or network tunnel leaves aria2 unable to resolve a host, addressing [#35](https://github.com/nimbold/Firelink/issues/35).
+- Prevent late or duplicate lifecycle events from reviving, removing, or misreporting a download after a newer action has already won.
+- Keep replacement, removal, and pre-admission cleanup from leaving stale queue entries, partial files, or misleading progress behind.
+- Keep completed, paused, failed, and retrying downloads authoritative while allocation and progress updates arrive asynchronously.
+- Make scheduled actions, speed limits, logs, persisted settings, and browser credentials safer when several changes happen close together.
+
+### Compatibility
+
+- Use [Firelink Companion `2.2.0`](https://github.com/nimbold/Firelink-Extension/releases/tag/v2.2.0), or the [latest Companion release](https://github.com/nimbold/Firelink-Extension/releases/latest), with Firelink `1.4.0`.
+
 ## [1.3.1] - 2026-07-30
 
 This hotfix improves filename handling, localized display details, and release reliability across platforms.

README.md

@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ It uses a Rust and Tauri backend with a React and TypeScript interface. Required
 
 ## Status
 
-Firelink `1.3.1` is the latest desktop release.
+Firelink `1.4.0` is the latest desktop release.
 
-It is paired with [the latest Firelink Companion release, `2.1.0`](https://github.com/nimbold/Firelink-Extension/releases/tag/v2.1.0). The Companion did not change for this hotfix.
+Use [the latest Firelink Companion release, `2.2.0`](https://github.com/nimbold/Firelink-Extension/releases/tag/v2.2.0) with Firelink. The Companion is maintained in the [Firelink-Extension repository](https://github.com/nimbold/Firelink-Extension).
 
 The project is actively maintained. See the [changelog](CHANGELOG.md) for release history and current work.
 
@@ -40,8 +40,12 @@ Translations are available for English, Simplified Chinese, Hebrew, Persian, Ukr
 
 - Segmented HTTP and HTTPS downloads with retries, speed limits, and connection controls.
 - Media and playlist downloads through yt-dlp, FFmpeg, and Deno.
+- BitTorrent downloads from `.torrent` files, magnet links, and browser handoff, with file selection, web seeds, seeding, and live diagnostics.
+- Standalone Download and Torrent Properties windows with live controls, transfer details, and safe Torrent relocation.
+- Adaptive mirror selection for multi-source downloads.
 - An Add window for metadata, duplicate handling, save locations, and download options.
 - Persistent queues with pause, resume, retry, redownload, and scheduling.
+- Visible allocation and resume status with clearer transfer diagnostics.
 - Live speed and connection controls for active downloads.
 - A customizable download table with sorting, column selection, reordering, and bulk actions.
 - File organization with categories, default folders, and per-download locations.
@@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ Only use these steps for Firelink downloaded from the [official GitHub release p
 
 ## Browser integration
 
-[Firelink Companion `2.1.0`](https://github.com/nimbold/Firelink-Extension/releases/tag/v2.1.0) connects browser downloads, links, and media pages to Firelink. Use the latest Companion release with the latest Firelink release; no extension update is needed for Firelink `1.3.1`.
+[Firelink Companion `2.2.0`](https://github.com/nimbold/Firelink-Extension/releases/tag/v2.2.0) connects browser downloads, links, media pages, magnets, and Torrent metadata to Firelink. Use the [latest Companion release](https://github.com/nimbold/Firelink-Extension/releases/latest) with the [latest Firelink release](https://github.com/nimbold/Firelink/releases/latest).
 
 Captured links open Firelink's Add window for review before they are started or queued.
 

package-lock.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "firelink",
-  "version": "1.3.1",
+  "version": "1.4.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "firelink",
-      "version": "1.3.1",
+      "version": "1.4.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@fontsource-variable/inter": "^5.3.0",

package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "firelink",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "1.3.1",
+  "version": "1.4.0",
   "description": "A fast cross-platform desktop download manager powered by Rust, Tauri, React, aria2, and yt-dlp.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/nimbold/Firelink",

src-tauri/Cargo.lock

@@ -1395,7 +1395,7 @@ checksum = "d45db016d36b838f563236e9193d0ee6ce38f3f68b6c94e914b4929c96bbb890"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "firelink"
-version = "1.3.1"
+version = "1.4.0"
 dependencies = [
  "apple-native-keyring-store",
  "async-trait",

src-tauri/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "firelink"
-version = "1.3.1"
+version = "1.4.0"
 description = "A fast cross-platform desktop download manager powered by Rust and Tauri"
 authors = ["NimBold"]
 edition = "2021"

src-tauri/tauri.conf.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://schema.tauri.app/config/2",
   "productName": "Firelink",
-  "version": "1.3.1",
+  "version": "1.4.0",
   "identifier": "com.nimbold.firelink",
   "build": {
     "beforeDevCommand": "node scripts/stage-engines.js && npm run dev",

src/components/SettingsView.tsx

@@ -1636,7 +1636,7 @@ runEngineChecks(false);
                   value={settings.torrentPeerIdPrefix}
                   label={t($ => $.settings.network.torrentPeerIdPrefix)}
                   description={t($ => $.settings.network.torrentPeerIdPrefixDescription)}
-                  placeholder="-FL-1-3-1-"
+                  placeholder="-FL-1-4-0-"
                   maxLength={20}
                   onCommit={settings.setTorrentPeerIdPrefix}
                   onError={showTorrentNetworkInputError}
@@ -1646,7 +1646,7 @@ runEngineChecks(false);
                   value={settings.torrentPeerAgent}
                   label={t($ => $.settings.network.torrentPeerAgent)}
                   description={t($ => $.settings.network.torrentPeerAgentDescription)}
-                  placeholder="Firelink/1.3.1"
+                  placeholder="Firelink/1.4.0"
                   maxLength={128}
                   onCommit={settings.setTorrentPeerAgent}
                   onError={showTorrentNetworkInputError}