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#ListenBrainzServerUpdate, v-2026-09-02.0 A score of performance improvements to LB Radio, the history files importer and to reduce internal database and API usage, leaving more resources to handle increased traffic. + an important change to User Agent requirements. -a github.com/metabrainz/l...

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ListenBrainz

@listenbrainz.org

2 Sept

Important: To avoid being blocked, all software using our API must now provide a descriptive user-agent header as described in listenbrainz.readthedocs.io/en Please also make sure to respect our rate limits and respond to 429 responses accordingly.

listenbrainz.readthedocs.ioListenBrainz documentation — ListenBrainz 0.1.0 documentation

ListenBrainz

@listenbrainz.org

2 Sept

As explained in our recent blog post, while fighting illegitimate traffic, some apps may get caught in the crossfire and get their users' IPs temporarily banned. User Agent strings allow us to let your app's traffic pass through the noise - thank you 🙇 -a blog.metabrainz.org/2026/08/24/b...

blog.metabrainz.orgAugust 24, 2026 – MetaBrainz Blog