SparkBox patches — Sun Oct 25, 2026
Posted by Chris
SparkBox releases shipped on Sun Oct 25, 2026 (UTC), in order, newest at the bottom. This thread is updated as releases land during the day. Update from the SparkBox dashboard, or run sudo sparkbox upgrade on your SparkBox host. Legend boxes get every release the day it ships; free boxes get it after it has run there for a week. If a problem remains after updating, submit a private support ticket or reply below with the app name, what you expected, and what happened instead. Earlier days: Wed Oct 21, 2026 · Tue Oct 20, 2026 · Mon Oct 19, 2026 · Sun Oct 18, 2026 · Sat Oct 17, 2026 · Fri Oct 16, 2026 · Thu Oct 15, 2026 v1.7.5 — The Jellyfin app is ready to use right after install - The Jellyfin app (the one you install on its own, not the Media stack's) is ready to use right after install. Your Jellyfin password is in Settings → Service Passwords. - If you already set up the Jellyfin app yourself, SparkBox leaves it exactly as it is and does not list a login for it. - When SparkBox makes an app's login during an update, it now stops only that app, never the other apps that run beside it. - On a box with a public internet address, Plex now opens only once it is linked to your Plex account; until then SparkBox shows the window to link it. - Dashboard 3: the home page now says "Welcome to your box." - Jellyfin: when Jellyfin keeps restarting because its database is damaged and it has no saved copy to put back, sudo sparkbox repair-jellyfin-db media --start-over now starts it fresh in one step. Its old folder is kept aside and your movies and shows are not touched; make a new Jellyfin admin account right after. - Jellyfin: resetting the Jellyfin password from the dashboard or Tom AI now works on a box whose network address changed (it used to say Jellyfin could not be reached while Jellyfin was running). - Stopping SparkBox now also clears the Jellyfin playback scratch space older versions left behind, so the disk gets that room back. - Local AI: after removing Local AI's data and installing it again, Open WebUI now opens its setup page instead of a ‘Backend Required’ error in a browser that was signed in before. Still on 1.7.4 or older? Clear this site's cookies for port 8090, or use a private window. - Local AI: on a box without a graphics card the AI may now use all but one of your processor's cores instead of two, so answers come much sooner (set OLLAMACPUS to choose your own limit). - Installing or updating no longer freezes for many minutes on the dashboard's package download when one connection to the download server hangs; it tries again by itself. - Installing on an Arch Linux or Fedora PC that already has Docker no longer calls it an unsupported NAS or tells you to forward ports. - Windows: asking Tom AI about an app that won't open on this PC now tells Tom it is the Windows PC itself, so it checks the Windows causes. - Windows: the checkup no longer tells you to change Windows' firewall when an app is simply not answering; it says when the cause is only likely, and which line tests from Windows itself. - Vaultwarden: open the web vault at https://your-box-address:8223 — on the plain http address the vault would not let you create an account. Your browser warns once about the box's own certificate: choose Advanced, then continue. - V2/V3 dashboards: Settings → Network now has Custom domains (it opens the setup in the classic dashboard just for this), and the Vaultwarden HTTPS guide points there. - Dashboard: Settings → Passwords now shows the login of an app you just installed without refreshing the page. - Paperless-ngx and Remote Access VPN: installing from My apps no longer insists you fill in optional boxes (Paperless's own-domain address, the VPN panel password) — leave them blank and click Save & install. - SearXNG: the app description now says plainly that search engines see your home internet connection (they never see your browser, cookies or a search history). - Cloud Storage: the first-time setup page now has SparkBox's own database already filled in, so you only choose your admin name and password (it used to suggest a slower built-in database). - VPN: when a WireGuard connection keeps restarting, the checkup now measures your connection and tells you the exact packet size to set, instead of a list of numbers to try. - Fixed: using Nginx Proxy Manager for the dashboard gave a 502; the target is now sb-dashboard. - Fixed: on Arch Linux the installer stopped early with no token. - sudo sparkbox up, update and restart no longer stop early without a word when Navidrome is running but was never set up, or when Jellyfin, Emby, Audiobookshelf or Navidrome keeps restarting. They carry on, and a Navidrome nobody set up gets its SparkBox login as intended.