FPP 9.3 Released!

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FPP 9.3 Released!

This release is primarily to address crashes and other bugs found in FPP 9.2. Every crash report from 9.2 was examined to identify crash hot spots and fixes put in place when possible. Users are strongly encouraged to upgrade as this release addresses a bunch of common problems.

NOTE: The OS level has changed slightly from 2025-09. There were some security patches to the base OS that were incorporated. Updating the OS level is optional, but encouraged.

Enhancements

• Allow plugins to optionally monitor their settings for changes so they can update themselves at runtime instead of requiring fppd restart. (plugins will need updates to use this)
• Update FSEQFile to not load large variable headers into memory until needed/requested
• Developers: Use gold/mold linkers if they are installed, faster builds

Bug Fixes (since 9.2)

• Fix crash if output is recreated while a sub-overlay model is using it
• Fix ethtool information display for persistent net interface names
• Fix temperature in header to respect localization settings for F vs C
• Fix some issues with panelSize setting after upgrade from 8.x
• Prevent some configuration of GPIO pins that are being used by capes
• Fix some issues that may prevent eeprom signings
• Fix for UDP sending Ping announcements for inactive network interfaces
• Fix to prevent git development branches as showing as new releases
• Fix BBShiftString starting wrong PRU on BBB, fixes K128 issues
• Fix more issues with flashing to Beaglebone Black RevD 16GB eMMC
• Fix some issues with backups to remote FPP instances
• Fix crash if Start Playlist command is used without an index parameter or without specificing the playlist
• Fix crash with overly large custom models (limit the size)
• Fix some crashes with Panels with Pi Panel Hats with invalid configuration
• Fix crash if custom overlay models have spaces instead of numbers or blanks
• Fix crash if GPIO input pin cannot be configured as an input
• Attempt to detect if BBB PRU cannot be started and display a "Please Reboot" warning instead of crashing
• Fix crash if FPP Command json has a "null" instead of an empty string
• Fix crash if using "fpp -g" to set GPIO pin without first using -G to set it to output
• Fix crash if UDP outputs are reloaded while some slow/offline controllers had flipped to "curl" for monitoring
• Fix crash generating stats if model overlays file is too large
• Fix crash if Falcon v5 receiver status packet cannot be properly parsed/processed
• Fix crash if uploading a new fseq file if that sequence is playing (prevent the upload)

Installation Instructions
If you have a system running 9.x, you can go to the FPP about page (about.php) and click on the "Manual Update" button. At that point, a big green "Upgrade" bar should appear on the main status page. Click on that to start the update process. It may take a long time to upgrade. Likely 5-10 minutes. You will need to reboot after the upgrade is complete to finish the upgrade process.
For users of FPP 8.x or older, due to incompatibilities with the underlying libraries, an "OS Level" upgrade is required.

• Re-image - you can backup your 8.x configuration, create a new image, and restore the configuration.
• In-place upgrade - This requires you to have the latest FPP 7.5 or newer and all updates already running on the device. On the "About" page in FPP, there is an "Upgrade OS" choice selection where the appropriate 9.3_2025-11 image can be selected. FPP will automatically download the fppos file and install the upgrade. It will take a LONG time. When done, it should reboot into 9.3. At that point, go to the Uploads tab of the FPP File Manager and delete the fppos file.

NOTE: In SOME cases, the reboot will fail due to library replacement. In that case, a power cycle may be required to get it back up and running.

IMAGES CAN BE DOWNLOADED FROM:
https://github.com/FalconChristmas/fpp/releases/tag/9.3