Patch shipped: v1.6.705 — Sixteen fixes from the support queue: WSL first-run freeze, seeded app logins, VPN forwarded port, Home Assistant 2026.9
Posted by Chris
These SparkBox updates are now available: v1.6.705 — Sixteen fixes from the support queue: WSL first-run freeze, seeded app logins, VPN forwarded port, Home Assistant 2026.9 - Windows: opening the SparkBox distro from the Start menu could freeze every SparkBox command behind the Linux first-run wizard. The installer, sparkbox up and doctor now disarm it. - Windows: a media drive mounted from a WSL terminal is now visible to Docker, so the media apps see your files. - Portainer and qBittorrent are now opened in the firewall like every other app, so LAN access no longer times out. - The admin login SparkBox creates for Sonarr, Radarr and Prowlarr now appears under Settings → Service Passwords and in the first-login popup, so turning "Trust my LAN" off never locks you out. - Doctor now recognises an Immich database that is up but rejecting Immich's password and points you at the one-command repair instead of calling it a crash-loop. - The OnlyOffice secret key is shown with your other passwords, and the Cloud guide covers the two Nextcloud settings that stop "Error while downloading the document file". - sudo sparkbox bootstrap-token no longer exits silently on a box that lost its token; it explains the state and names sudo sparkbox reset-password. The login screen gives the same recovery. - Installing an app from the dashboard no longer warns about a broken network or a missing media drive when both are fine. - The Moonfin plugin installs on any NAS without needing extra tools on the system. - When Sonarr or Radarr cannot tell which show or movie a finished download belongs to, the Media pipeline card sends you straight to Manual Import instead of suggesting a restart. - When an update is cut short because the box ran out of memory, the update screen says exactly that. - A box that cannot write its own history file no longer reports a phantom crash every ten minutes. - When your VPN hands SparkBox a forwarded port (ProtonVPN, PIA), qBittorrent now listens on that port automatically instead of staying firewalled. - Choosing Private Internet Access, Perfect Privacy or VPN Unlimited now connects instead of the VPN container looping on "provider name not active". - Home Assistant now ships the current 2026.9 release and upgrades existing installs in place, keeping your users, devices and history. If you maintain Home Assistant YAML by hand, check Home Assistant's breaking-change notes between 2024.12 and 2026.9. - Turning an app off with sudo sparkbox disable no longer hides the enabled-app list from the dashboard: afterwards Tom AI's built-in doctor used to stop halfway with no summary, and the ad-block stats read as nothing enabled. Existing installs are repaired on the next sudo sparkbox up. Update from the SparkBox dashboard, or run sudo sparkbox upgrade on your SparkBox host. If a problem remains after updating, submit a private support ticket or reply here. Include your SparkBox version and what you see; leave passwords and licence keys out.