Streamlink Files

• SECURITY: new minor release primarily for Streamlink's Windows / Linux AppImages builds, with brotli 1.2.1 (via uv.lock) (CVE-2026-111497)
• Fixed: --retry-streams and --retry-max in external/continuous HTTP output mode when re-fetching (#7165)
• Build: bumped pycryptodome version requirements to >=3.4.3,<5 (#7167)
• Tests: fixed race-conditions in HLS tests (#7174, #7176)

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🙏 Contributors

• 27: @bastimeyer
• 1: @SethurBlackcoat

🗒️ Full changelog

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Sethur <sethur.blackcoat@gmail.com> (1):
      cli: fix retries in ext./cont. HTTP output

bastimeyer <mail@bastimeyer.de> (27):
      docs: add back FreeBSD to install page
      tools: bump coverage to 7.16.2
      build: bump idna to 3.20
      build: bump build, packaging and pyproject-hooks
      build: bump transitive test dependencies
      build: bump cffi to 2.1.1
      build: bump pycparser to 3.11
      ci.github: remove old temp dependency wheels
      build: bump pycryptodome to 3.24.1
      build: bump pycryptodome to >=3.4.3,<5
      tools: bump ruff to 0.17.1
      tools: bump ty to 0.0.89 and fix issues
      ci.github: remove -dev suffix from 3.15 runners
      build: bump certifi to 2026.10.19
      build: bump pycryptodome to 4.1.0
      ci.github: add pycryptodome cp314t temp wheels
      tests.stream.hls: fix race in queue deadline tests
      build: bump brotli to 1.2.1
      ci.github: bump brotli 3.14t temp wheels to 1.2.1
      tests.stream.hls: rewrite reload time tests
      tools: bump ruff to 0.17.3
      chore: add ruff categories correctness+performance
      chore: add ruff category suspicious and fix issues
      chore: add ruff category style and fix issues
      tools: bump ty to 0.0.92 and fix issues
      build: bump brotlicffi to 1.2.1.0
      build: bump pytest to 9.2.0

dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> (4):
      build: bump setuptools to 84.2.1
      build: bump certifi to 2026.10.23
      build: bump pycryptodome to 4.2.0
      build: bump shtab to 1.13.0