digiKam 8.9.0 - Release date: 2026-03-xx

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NEW FEATURES:

Bundles component versions:

(*): Updated compared to previous digiKam release.

| Bundles       | Qt version | KDE version | OpenCV version | FFmpeg version | Heif version | ExifTool version | Exiv2 version |
|---------------|------------|-------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|------------------|---------------|
| Windows Qt5   | 5.15.17    | 5.116       | 4.11           | 7.1.1          | 1.20.2       | 13.40 (*)        | 0.25.5        |
| Windows Qt6   | 6.9.1      | 6.17.0      | 4.11           | 7.1.1          | 1.20.2       | 13.40 (*)        | 0.25.5        |
| AppImage Qt5  | 5.15.17    | 5.116       | 4.12           | 7.1.1          | 1.20.1       | 13.40 (*)        | 0.25.5        |
| AppImage Qt6  | 6.9.1      | 6.17.0      | 4.12           | 7.1.1          | 1.20.1       | 13.40 (*)        | 0.25.5        |
| macOS Qt5     | 5.15.15    | 5.116       | 4.12           | 7.1.1          | 1.19.8       | 13.40 (*)        | 0.25.5        |
| macOS Qt6     | 6.9.1      | 6.17.0      | 4.12           | 7.1.1          | 1.19.8       | 13.40 (*)        | 0.25.5        |

RawEngine      : Update internal Libraw to last 20251026 upstream.
AdvancedRename : New modifier "Date Format".


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BUGFIXES:

001 --> 510699 - Exported XML File does not contain Image Title.
002 --> 510715 - digiKam downloads AI files to user specific storage.
003 --> 497470 - XMP-mwg-rs Info not read & written to JPG exif info.
004 --> 510771 - Trying to open .cr2 file with DarkTable throws exception.
005 --> 510808 - In Export to Local Storage, if a Target Location does not exist, a confusing error message is shown.
006 --> 510824 - Missing Montenegro country in Metadata template editor (and outdated country code for Serbia).
007 --> 510837 - Thumbnail view shows only file name, although other items selected, e.g. digiKam Tags.
008 --> 510764 - Disable video autoplay.
009 --> 510878 - Image Quality scan - Preview images are blurred.
010 --> 510791 - Library scan stuck with JPG files.
011 --> 510951 - Timeline arrows don't work correctly.
012 --> 511092 - System display color profile is not used correctly.
013 --> 509534 - Monitor profile not settable when using appimage.
014 --> 510990 - iPhone 17 Pro Max Image won't Rotate.
015 --> 510364 - Batch renaming - Same date format in the file name for all images.
016 --> 511159 - Rejecting or ignoring faces writes to image metadata, causing unwanted file modifications.
017 --> 467560 - Keywords assigned by Synology Photos is written in XMP metadata but not recognized by digiKam.
018 --> 509374 - Rating is not stored to all filetypes.
019 --> 505484 - Exiftool not used - not recognized.
020 --> 496913 - ExifTool does not exists or exec permission is missing.
021 --> 407013 - Incorrectly parses GPS.
022 --> 490821 - digiKam fails to write tags/ratings to image files.
023 --> 485833 - Metadata is ignored while importing in 8.3.
024 --> 511221 - Failed to load image (tif +750MB).
025 --> 511184 - Crash when confirming a face suggestion when Exiv2 reads 0x0 image size.
026 --> 501834 - Scanning a Directory also reads top tree.
027 --> 511261 - HTML Gallery: Album Export Wizard does not refine the album selction with tags, labels and searches.
028 --> 511294 - digiKam 8.8 crashes with a segmentation fault on startup on a system running Cinnamon X11
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