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Zaparoo Core v2.7.1 released

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wizzo
wizzo
Lead Developer

Zaparoo Core v2.7.1 is now available! This is a minor release addressing bugs reported in v2.7.0. Thank you asturur and philips who both contributed fixes to this release.

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Known Issues​

  • On Batocera, there was an issue reported where the virtual gamepad used by **input.gamepad was conflicting with some emulators and stopping physical controllers from working. I've decided to disable it completely by default on this platform until we can work out a safer way to have it on. If you still want it, you can re-enable it with the new config option mentioned below.
  • Also on Batocera, it was reported that the EmulationStation launch API (which we use to launch games) does not trigger the screensaver to stop, which would result in a soft lock on the next game launch. This is a bug in Batocera itself, a patch has been submitted upstream by asturur but won't be available until Batocera 43 at the soonest. As a workaround, you must disable the screensaver in Batocera settings.
  • On MiSTer, there were a few reports of Core crashing/hanging while updating the media database. I wasn't able to reproduce this myself but some improvements have been made to the update process in this release that may help. If you continue to have issues, please reach out on Discord or GitHub.

New Features​

  • Virtual gamepad config option: A new gamepad_enabled config option lets you enable/disable the virtual gamepad device
  • PN532 improvements: Tag writing now retries multiple times on failure and verifies written data, along with general stability and error handling improvements
  • Health check endpoint: A new GET /health endpoint makes it easier to check if the service is running (thanks asturur)

Bug Fixes​

  • Fixed build issues on Mac ARM64 (thanks asturur)
  • Fixed MIME type handling for Web UI assets (thanks philips)
  • Rate limiting now only applies to the API, not the Web UI static assets
  • Fixed daily usage and remaining time calculations for playtime limits
  • Added missing N64 .v64 extension for MiSTer
  • Fixed playtime limits not working correctly when re-enabling after being disabled
  • Database operations are now much more conservative with memory usage
  • Fixed API POST transport not working
  • Fixed allowed origin bug for API requests
  • Includes a new Web UI version with asset path fixes

Thanks to everyone who reported issues since v2.7.0!