Version 7.8.0

src/content/docs/docs/getting-started/releases.md

@@ -11,6 +11,35 @@ sidebar:
 
 ## Version 7
 
+### v7.8.0
+
+Released on August 29th, 2026
+
+#### Dropping support for ordering by Descriptions
+
+This release comes with two nice changes. First, we are improving the support for title ordering. In the past we had to either use:
+lexicographical ordering which was applied in the database or natural ordering which was applied on the server side.
+The latter combined with pagination would often produce unexpected results. This is now fixed: every title is split internally into two parts: the prefix and the numbering.
+For example `My photo 1` will have `My photo` as the prefix and `1` as the numbering. The prefix is ordered lexicographically and the numbering is ordered numerically.
+This allows to have a better ordering of titles with numbers and remove the need to prefix them with zeros.
+With this change we are also dropping the sort by description. Configurations with this setting are migrated to sort by title.
+
+The second change, which has been requested for a long while is the writing of tags and information back into the image.
+This functionality is accessible in Image Processing in Expert mode.
+It is disabled by default (as it modifies the originals) and requires exiftool to be installed to work.
+Do note that only the raw/original files will be modified, and that the change is not retro-active: pre-existing images will not be modified: only new updates will be persisted.
+
+* `new` #4677 : Dropping description sorting, merging natural and lexicographic by @ildyria.
+* `new` #4678 : Saving metadata (tags, rating etc) into photos when editing by @ildyria.
+* `new` #4665 : Show inline error for wrong album password instead of opening login by @matthewbolding.
+* `fix` #4668 : AWS crash fix by @ildyria.
+* `fix` #4675 : Improve wording on upload modal by @ildyria.
+
+#### New Contributors
+* @matthewbolding made their first contribution in https://github.com/LycheeOrg/Lychee/pull/4665
+
+
+
 ### v7.7.5
 
 Released on August 23rd, 2026
@@ -731,7 +760,7 @@ One test instance database supports more than 3 million size variants and 400,00
 * `new` 3984 : Add ordering by stars, add rating smart albums by @ildyria.
   > We added the possibility to order photos by their star rating. We also added a few new smart albums:
   > 1 stars, 2 stars, 3+ stars, 4+ stars, 5 stars, Best pictures.
-  > The later is only available to the Supporter Edition users. It allows to select the X best rated photos
+  > The latter is only available to the Supporter Edition users. It allows to select the X best rated photos
   > where X is configurable in the gallery settings.
 * `klo` 3985 : Speed-up space computation, at the cost no data from Unsorted by @ildyria.
   > To improve the speed of Lychee, we changed the way we compute the used space.

src/data/releases.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ export interface Release {
 
 // Release data extracted from releases.md
 export const releases: Release[] = [
+  { version: 'v7.8.0', date: 'Aug 29, 2026', title: 'Dropping ordering by Descriptions', type: 'enhancement', highlights: ['Improved support for title ordering', 'Dropped sort by description', 'Metadata persistence in photos files'] },
   { version: 'v7.7.5', date: 'Aug 23, 2026', title: 'Fixes', type: 'bugfix', highlights: ['Fixes overflow on album size computation', 'fixes timezone confusion while saving dates'] },
   { version: 'v7.7.4', date: 'Aug 19, 2026', title: 'Fixes', type: 'security', highlights: ['Fix video frame detection', 'Fix security issue'] },
   { version: 'v7.7.3', date: 'Aug 15, 2026', title: 'Fixes', type: 'security', highlights: ['Small QoL improvements', 'Minor bug fixes'] },