Audacity 4.0.2 Current
Released 2 Nov 2026
While we work hard to add new features and bring back missing ones in the upcoming 4.1, this patch release fixes many crashes and project corruption issues.
- Fixed project corruption when loading projects that contain empty clips #12544
- Fixed duplicate .aup4 extensions and errors when replacing projects during Save As #12123
- Fixed project corruption when copying between projects #12436
- Fixed incorrect pitch and clip loss when moving clips across tracks with different sample rates #12436
- Fixed a crash when opening projects with sample snapping enabled #12569
- Fixed a crash when selecting Repeat Last Effect after closing a project #12573
- Fixed a crash when the Split shortcut is not set #12595
- Fixed missing metadata in certain file formats and incorrect title and artist fields #12515
- Restored automatic saving during recording #12539
- Restored trim, clear selection, and zoom shortcuts. Added PgUp and PgDown timeline scrolling #12570
- Fixed NTSC frame snapping #12292
- Fixed point labels linking to adjacent labels and guidelines during label stretching #12181
- Fixed context menu access on collapsed clips #12205
- Improved playback latency from input meter display #12431
- Improved the status bar layout in narrow windows #12151
- Linux: Fixed File > Import returning no files (Thanks, jonata!)
- Fixed incorrect handling of CJK characters during text trimming (Thanks, xphenomenon!)
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