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+# Transmission 4.0.5
+
+This is a bugfix-only release. Everyone's feedback on 4.0.x has been very helpful -- thanks for all the suggestions, bug reports, and pull requests!
+
+## What's New in 4.0.5
+
+### Highlights
+
+* Fixed `4.0.0` bug where the `IP address` field in UDP announces were not encoded in network byte order. [[BEP-15](https://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0015.html)]. ([#6132](https://github.com/transmission/transmission/pull/6132))
+* Fixed a bug that incorrectly escaped JSON strings in some locales. ([#6005](https://github.com/transmission/transmission/pull/6005), [#6133](https://github.com/transmission/transmission/pull/6133))
+* Fixed `4.0.4` decreased download speeds for people who set a low upload bandwidth limit. ([#6134](https://github.com/transmission/transmission/pull/6134))
+
+### All Platforms
+
+* Fixed bug that prevented editing trackers on magnet links. ([#5957](https://github.com/transmission/transmission/pull/5957))
+* Fixed HTTP tracker announces and scrapes sometimes failing after adding a torrent file by HTTPS URL. ([#5969](https://github.com/transmission/transmission/pull/5969))
+* In RPC responses, change the default sort order of torrents to match Transmission 3.00. ([#5604](https://github.com/transmission/transmission/pull/5604))
+* Fixed `tr_sys_path_copy()` behavior on some Synology Devices. ([#5974](https://github.com/transmission/transmission/pull/5974))
+
+### macOS Client
+
+* Support Sonoma when building from sources. ([#6016](https://github.com/transmission/transmission/pull/6016), [#6051](https://github.com/transmission/transmission/pull/6051))
+* Fixed early truncation of long group names in groups list. ([#6104](https://github.com/transmission/transmission/pull/6104))
+
+### Qt Client
+
+* Fix: only append `.added` suffix to watchdir files. ([#5705](https://github.com/transmission/transmission/pull/5705))
+
+### GTK Client
+
+* Fixed crash when opening torrent file from "Recently used" section in GTK 4. ([#6131](https://github.com/transmission/transmission/pull/6131), [#6142](https://github.com/transmission/transmission/pull/6142))
+
+## Thank You!
+
+Last but certainly not least, a big ***Thank You*** to these people who contributed to this release:
+
+### Contributions to All Platforms:
+
+* @chantzish:
+  * Fixed bug that prevented editing trackers on magnet links. ([#5957](https://github.com/transmission/transmission/pull/5957))
+* @hgy59:
+  * Fixed tr_sys_path_copy in file-posix.cc for some Synology Devices (#5966). ([#5974](https://github.com/transmission/transmission/pull/5974))
+* @tearfur ([Yat Ho](https://github.com/tearfur)):
+  * Code review. ([#5974](https://github.com/transmission/transmission/pull/5974))
+  * Fixed HTTP tracker announces and scrapes sometimes failing after adding a torrent file by HTTPS URL. ([#5969](https://github.com/transmission/transmission/pull/5969))
+  * Fixed a bug where Transmission is incorrectly escaping JSON strings in some locales. ([#6005](https://github.com/transmission/transmission/pull/6005), [#6133](https://github.com/transmission/transmission/pull/6133))
+  * Fixed `4.0.4` decreased download speeds for people who set a low upload bandwidth limit. ([#6082](https://github.com/transmission/transmission/pull/6082), [#6134](https://github.com/transmission/transmission/pull/6134))
+  * Fixed `4.0.0` bug where the `IP address` field in UDP announces are not encoded in network byte order. [[BEP-15](https://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0015.html)]. ([#6126](https://github.com/transmission/transmission/pull/6126), [#6132](https://github.com/transmission/transmission/pull/6132))
+  * Fix: formatting cmdline help message. ([#6174](https://github.com/transmission/transmission/pull/6174))
+
+### Contributions to macOS Client:
+
+* @nevack ([Dzmitry Neviadomski](https://github.com/nevack)):
+  * Code review. ([#6104](https://github.com/transmission/transmission/pull/6104))
+* @sweetppro ([SweetPPro](https://github.com/sweetppro)):
+  * Code review. ([#6016](https://github.com/transmission/transmission/pull/6016), [#6051](https://github.com/transmission/transmission/pull/6051))
+
+### Contributions to GTK Client:
+
+* @nevack ([Dzmitry Neviadomski](https://github.com/nevack)):
+  * Fixed crash when opening torrent file from "Recently used" section in GTK 4. ([#6131](https://github.com/transmission/transmission/pull/6131), [#6142](https://github.com/transmission/transmission/pull/6142), [#6144](https://github.com/transmission/transmission/pull/6144))
+