====== Zotero Version History ======

Changes in released versions of Zotero 9.0 are documented on this page. To follow development, see the [[https://github.com/zotero/zotero/commits/|commit log on GitHub]]. More recent changes may be available in a [[beta_builds|beta build]].

===== Changes in 9.0.1 (April 21, 2026) =====

  * Read Aloud improvements
    * Toggle Read Aloud when pressing R or L key on keyboard
    * Fixed potential failure starting reading
    * Dismiss sentence-annotation popup by clicking outside of it
    * Handle output device disconnection on Windows
  * Fixed context menu sometimes not working after plugin removal
  * Fixed failure to load items at startup with some databases
  * Fixed "{$version}" sometimes showing in post-upgrade banner
  * Fixed word processor plugin error after citing and then deleting an Audio Recording, Presentation, or Video Recording item
  * Preserve entered text when pasting into item tags field
  * Fixed link to related item sometimes not working
  * Added an icon for the Relate Items menu option
  * Fixed tag swatches showing in wrong order for selected item rows
  * Fixed plugin default preferences not getting updated after a plugin update
  * Reader: Fixed display of HTML emails exported from Thunderbird

===== Changes in 9.0 (April 10, 2026) =====

**See the [[/blog/zotero-9|Zotero 9 announcement]] for more details.**

  * **Read Aloud**
    * Listen to PDFs, EPUBs, and webpage snapshots with high-quality, natural-sounding voices
    * Annotate the last sentence with a single click or H/U on keyboard
    * Last reading position is saved and synced across devices
    * Start reading from any paragraph by clicking in the left margin while Read Aloud is activated
  * **"Recently Read" collection**
    * New virtual collection in each library showing items you've read recently, synced across devices
    * "Last Read" column available in all views
    * "Attachment Last Read" search condition
  * **Insert annotations directly into word processor documents**
    * New "Add Annotation" button in word processor plugins lets you insert annotations directly into your document with active Zotero citations
  * **"Added By" and "Modified By" for group libraries**
    * View the group members who added and/or last edited items
    * Shown in item pane, and can be added as columns in the items list
  * **Per-group file renaming settings**
    * Group admins can configure file-renaming templates for each group library
  * **Performance improvements**
    * Reduced startup memory usage by ~20%
    * Detect external local attachment changes during sync without scanning all files
    * Avoid repeated checks for remotely missing files during sync
    * [Mac] Use APFS cloning for file copies, including automatic database backups, to save potentially hundreds of megabytes or gigabytes of local disk space
  * **Web-based login flow**
    * Log in to your Zotero account via the browser instead of entering credentials in the app
    * Allows use of password managers
    * Allows for two-factor authentication (currently [[https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/comment/510383/#Comment_510383|testable]]; available by default soon)
  * Improved RTF Scan
    * Support for citations with extended and non-Latin characters in authors and titles
    * Support for additional quotation mark styles
    * Support for citations with title but no author
    * Support for documents with multiple character encodings
  * Reader changes
    * Improved theme handling for scanned PDFs
    * Support for fixed-layout EPUBs
    * Don't apply dark-mode styling to printed PDFs
  * Items list improvements
    * "+"/"-" keys now expand/collapse all rows one level at a time
    * Added Director as fallback for Creator for Video Recording items
    * Fixed Title column not being recoverable when hidden by a plugin
  * Added "Citation Key" column to items list
  * Search by citation key in search bar ("Title, Creator, Year" mode) and citation dialog
  * "View Online" button for PMID/PMCID to open PubMed and PubMed Central directly from the item pane
  * Fixed "Rename File to Match Parent Item" button sometimes not appearing
  * Don't merge trashed attachments
  * Improved keyboard navigation in drop-down menus
  * Exclude ©, ®, and ™ from emoji detection
  * Show account email addresses in sync settings
  * Various other improvements and bug fixes


===== Older Changes =====

[[8.0_changelog|View the 8.0 changelog]]