Patch shipped: v1.6.230 — a smoother first hour + a healthier app catalog
Posted by tomspark
The last big batch from the top-to-bottom review: Setup is friendlier. SparkBox now checks your media folders are actually writable (the 1 reason downloads don't save) and either fixes it or explains exactly how to in plain English; it detects your timezone instead of defaulting to UTC; apps that are still booting show a "Starting (1-2 min)" spinner instead of vanishing; and after setup you get a "first steps" card instead of a blank screen. VPN setup now catches a mis-pasted key before it can take your stack down, and there's an Advanced section for custom VPN providers. Your app passwords got their own Settings tab with reveal + copy buttons. Lidarr (music) and Bazarr (subtitles) now configure themselves automatically like the rest of the stack — they used to start up empty. New guides for Backups, Metrics, Monitoring, and Tdarr. And we added Syncthing — keep folders in sync across your devices — which was the most-requested missing app. Get it with: sudo sparkbox update That wraps a big week of fixes and upgrades. Thanks for all the reports — keep 'em coming.