1.6.1

NEWS

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+# PipeWire 1.6.1 (2026-03-09)
+
+This is a bugfix release that is API and ABI compatible with the previous
+1.6.x releases.
+
+## Highlights
+  - Fix socket activation, which could cause a failure to start PipeWire in
+    some setups.
+  - Fix crashes in many JACK apps when nodes/ports are quickly added/removed
+    such as when there are notifications (like when changing the volume in
+    KDE).
+  - Fix playback of encoded formats in pw-cat again.
+  - Some other smaller fixes and improvements.
+
+## Modules
+  - Fix socket activation. (#5140)
+  - Remove node.link-group from driver nodes.
+
+## SPA
+  - Fix the libcamera stop sequence.
+
+## JACK
+  - Never return NULL from jack_port_by_id(). (#3512)
+
+## GStreamer
+  - Improve the timestamps on buffers.
+
+## Tools
+  - Fix playback of encoded formats. (#5155)
+
+Older versions:
+
 # PipeWire 1.6.0 (2026-02-19)
 
 This is the 1.6 release that is API and ABI compatible with previous
@@ -95,8 +127,6 @@ the 1.4 release last year, including:
   - Add some more options to pw-cat to list supported containers
     and formats. (#5117)
 
-Older versions:
-
 # PipeWire 1.5.85 (2026-01-19)
 
 This is the fifth and hopefully last 1.6 release candidate that

meson.build

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 project('pipewire', ['c' ],
-  version : '1.6.0',
+  version : '1.6.1',
   license : [ 'MIT', 'LGPL-2.1-or-later', 'GPL-2.0-only' ],
   meson_version : '>= 0.61.1',
   default_options : [ 'warning_level=3',