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Prowlarr

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Velocity5.0

Indexer manager for the arr media automation stack

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Prowlarr 2.6 ships active bi-weekly patches as the indexer management layer for the *arr ecosystem.

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◆Current state
Prowlarr is on its 2.6 release series, shipping patch releases approximately every one to two weeks. The releases contain targeted fixes for indexer compatibility, authentication handling, and protocol-level bugs (HTTP Basic Auth, Happy Eyeballs logging). As the indexer proxy for Sonarr, Radarr, Lidarr and related tools, Prowlarr's changes are largely operational fixes that improve the reliability of its centralized indexer management.
◆Where it's heading
The release cadence is consistent and the scope is narrow — Prowlarr ships when bugs are fixed, not on a feature roadmap schedule. The 2.6.0 version bump is recent (July 26), suggesting a feature addition drove the minor version increment, but the subsequent patches return to pure maintenance. No major capability expansion is signaled in the recent changelog window.
◆Prediction
Prowlarr will continue its reactive patch cadence as indexer compatibility issues surface. A 2.7.x release with new indexer support or protocol improvements is the most likely next feature milestone, following the same pattern as 2.5→2.6.

◆Recent moves

  1. 10d ago

    Prowlarr 2.6.4 patch

    2.6.4 is the most recent patch in the 2.6 series, continuing the bi-weekly maintenance cadence with targeted indexer compatibility fixes.

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  2. 15d ago

    Prowlarr 2.6.3 patch

    2.6.3 ships routine fixes in the ongoing 2.6 maintenance cycle.

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  3. 24d ago

    Prowlarr 2.6.2 patch

    2.6.2 continues maintenance on the 2.6 branch, consistent with the project's reactive patch cadence.

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  4. 1mo ago

    Prowlarr 2.6.1 patch

    2.6.1 ships the first post-release patch for 2.6, addressing early compatibility issues discovered after the minor version release.

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  5. 1mo ago

    Prowlarr 2.6.0: HTTP Basic Auth fix

    2.6.0 marks the minor version increment with an HTTP Basic Auth credentials fix — signaling at least one compatibility or correctness change significant enough to warrant a new minor version rather than a patch.

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  6. 1mo ago

    Prowlarr 2.5.2 patch

    2.5.2.5491 is a late patch on the previous minor series, shipped four days before 2.6.0 as part of the transition between minor versions.

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