BZOD v0.5.0 — General Availability

Release Date: 2026-06-19

BZOD v0.5.0 is the largest release in project history and marks the transition from a single-user URL shortener into a production-ready multi-user platform with tenant isolation, administration tools, analytics, moderation, backups, auditing, and comprehensive validation coverage.

Key Highlights

Multi-User Architecture with strong tenant isolation
Global Slug Namespace with ownership tracking
New Administration Portal for user management and moderation
User Self-Service Portal with dedicated dashboards
Enhanced Analytics with per-user and platform-wide views
Comprehensive Backup & Recovery tooling
Upgrade Framework with automated migration validation
90+ Automated Tests covering multi-user scenarios, upgrades, and disaster recovery

Multi-User Architecture

BZOD now supports multiple isolated users on a single deployment.

Key capabilities:

Per-user content and analytics databases
User quotas and status management
User sessions and API tokens
Strong tenant isolation enforcement

Each user's data is strictly separated.

Administration Portal

New administrative dashboards include:

User Management

Create, delete, enable, disable users
Password resets and quota management

Moderation Tools

Flag, disable, or re-enable content
Moderation history

Session & Audit Management

View and revoke sessions
Full audit viewer

Backup Management

Create, restore, and download backups

User Self-Service Portal

Standard users now have dedicated dashboards for:

Profile & password management
Link and landing page management
QR code generation
Personal analytics
API token management

Security & Reliability

Improved authentication and authorization
Enhanced CSRF, SQL injection, and path traversal protection
SQLite WAL mode with better transaction handling
Comprehensive backup & recovery with rollback protection

Testing & Validation

Passed:

90+ automated tests
Full multi-user validation
Upgrade path verification
Backup/Restore + Disaster recovery tests
Security regression tests
Concurrency and WAL recovery tests

Breaking Changes

The internal storage model has changed significantly to support multi-user operation.

Administrators upgrading from v0.4.x should review:

UPGRADE.md
MULTI_USER.md
BACKUP_RESTORE.md

Get Started

One-command installation:

curl -fsSL https://bzo.in/deploy.sh | sudo bash

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