diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_file_health.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci_file_health.yaml
index bfad2f3ffd5c..fb5cb44e69d2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_file_health.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_file_health.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
           curl \
             -L \
             -o "${{ runner.temp }}/pandoc.tar.gz" \
-            "https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/releases/download/3.4/pandoc-3.4-linux-amd64.tar.gz"
+            "https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/releases/download/3.6/pandoc-3.6-linux-amd64.tar.gz"
           tar -xf "${{ runner.temp }}/pandoc.tar.gz" -C "${{ github.workspace }}/.."
           mv "${{ github.workspace }}/.."/pandoc-* "${{ env.pandoc_path }}"
           # run pandoc
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_macos.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci_macos.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 85bda25b6d8e..000000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_macos.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,149 +0,0 @@
-name: CI - macOS
-
-on: [pull_request, push]
-
-permissions:
-  actions: write
-
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
-  cancel-in-progress: ${{ github.head_ref != '' }}
-
-jobs:
-  ci:
-    name: Build
-    runs-on: macos-latest
-
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        libt_version: ["2.0.10", "1.2.19"]
-        qbt_gui: ["GUI=ON", "GUI=OFF"]
-        qt_version: ["6.7.0"]
-
-    env:
-      boost_path: "${{ github.workspace }}/../boost"
-      libtorrent_path: "${{ github.workspace }}/../libtorrent"
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        uses: Wandalen/wretry.action@v3
-        env:
-           HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALLED_DEPENDENTS_CHECK: 1
-           HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_CLEANUP: 1
-        with:
-          attempt_delay: 20000
-          attempt_limit: 6
-          command: |
-            brew update > /dev/null
-            brew install \
-              cmake ninja \
-              openssl@3 zlib
-
-      - name: Setup ccache
-        uses: Chocobo1/setup-ccache-action@v1
-        with:
-          store_cache: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
-          update_packager_index: false
-          ccache_options: |
-            max_size=2G
-
-      - name: Install boost
-        env:
-          BOOST_MAJOR_VERSION: "1"
-          BOOST_MINOR_VERSION: "86"
-          BOOST_PATCH_VERSION: "0"
-        run: |
-          boost_url="https://boostorg.jfrog.io/artifactory/main/release/${{ env.BOOST_MAJOR_VERSION }}.${{ env.BOOST_MINOR_VERSION }}.${{ env.BOOST_PATCH_VERSION }}/source/boost_${{ env.BOOST_MAJOR_VERSION }}_${{ env.BOOST_MINOR_VERSION }}_${{ env.BOOST_PATCH_VERSION }}.tar.gz"
-          boost_url2="https://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/${{ env.BOOST_MAJOR_VERSION }}.${{ env.BOOST_MINOR_VERSION }}.${{ env.BOOST_PATCH_VERSION }}/boost_${{ env.BOOST_MAJOR_VERSION }}_${{ env.BOOST_MINOR_VERSION }}_${{ env.BOOST_PATCH_VERSION }}.tar.gz"
-          set +e
-          curl -L -o "${{ runner.temp }}/boost.tar.gz" "$boost_url"
-          tar -xf "${{ runner.temp }}/boost.tar.gz" -C "${{ github.workspace }}/.."; _exitCode="$?"
-          if [ "$_exitCode" -ne "0" ]; then
-            curl -L -o "${{ runner.temp }}/boost.tar.gz" "$boost_url2"
-            tar -xf "${{ runner.temp }}/boost.tar.gz" -C "${{ github.workspace }}/.."; _exitCode="$?"
-          fi
-          mv "${{ github.workspace }}/.."/boost_* "${{ env.boost_path }}"
-
-      - name: Install Qt
-        uses: jurplel/install-qt-action@v4
-        with:
-          version: ${{ matrix.qt_version }}
-          archives: qtbase qtdeclarative qtsvg qttools
-          # Not sure why Qt made a hard dependency on qtdeclarative, try removing it when Qt > 6.4.0
-          cache: true
-
-      - name: Install libtorrent
-        run: |
-          git clone \
-            --branch v${{ matrix.libt_version }} \
-            --depth 1 \
-            --recurse-submodules \
-            https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent.git \
-            ${{ env.libtorrent_path }}
-          cd ${{ env.libtorrent_path }}
-          cmake \
-            -B build \
-            -G "Ninja" \
-            -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF \
-            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo \
-            -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17 \
-            -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=ON \
-            -DBOOST_ROOT="${{ env.boost_path }}" \
-            -Ddeprecated-functions=OFF
-          cmake --build build
-          sudo cmake --install build
-
-      - name: Build qBittorrent
-        run: |
-          CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -DQT_FORCE_ASSERTS -Werror -Wno-error=deprecated-declarations" \
-          LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -gz" \
-          cmake \
-            -B build \
-            -G "Ninja" \
-            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo \
-            -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=ON \
-            -DBOOST_ROOT="${{ env.boost_path }}" \
-            -DTESTING=ON \
-            -DVERBOSE_CONFIGURE=ON \
-            -D${{ matrix.qbt_gui }}
-          cmake --build build --target qbt_update_translations
-          cmake --build build
-          cmake --build build --target check
-
-      - name: Prepare build artifacts
-        run: |
-          # create .dmg
-          appName="qbittorrent"
-          if [ "${{ matrix.qbt_gui }}" = "GUI=OFF" ]; then
-            appName="qbittorrent-nox"
-          fi
-          # package
-          pushd build
-          PACKAGE_RETRY=0
-          while [ "$PACKAGE_RETRY" -lt "3" ]; do
-            macdeployqt "$appName.app" -dmg -no-strip
-            if [ -f "$appName.dmg" ]; then
-              break
-            fi
-            sleep 5
-            PACKAGE_RETRY=$((PACKAGE_RETRY + 1))
-            echo "Retry $PACKAGE_RETRY..."
-          done
-          popd
-          # prepare upload folder
-          mkdir upload
-          cp "build/$appName.dmg" upload
-          mkdir upload/cmake
-          cp build/compile_commands.json upload/cmake
-          mkdir upload/cmake/libtorrent
-          cp ${{ env.libtorrent_path }}/build/compile_commands.json upload/cmake/libtorrent
-
-      - name: Upload build artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: qBittorrent-CI_macOS_${{ matrix.qbt_gui }}_libtorrent-${{ matrix.libt_version }}_Qt-${{ matrix.qt_version }}
-          path: upload
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_ubuntu.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci_ubuntu.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f22c4803bf4..000000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_ubuntu.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,170 +0,0 @@
-name: CI - Ubuntu
-
-on: [pull_request, push]
-
-permissions:
-  actions: write
-  security-events: write
-
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
-  cancel-in-progress: ${{ github.head_ref != '' }}
-
-jobs:
-  ci:
-    name: Build
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        libt_version: ["2.0.10", "1.2.19"]
-        qbt_gui: ["GUI=ON", "GUI=OFF"]
-        qt_version: ["6.5.2"]
-
-    env:
-      boost_path: "${{ github.workspace }}/../boost"
-      harden_flags: "-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS"
-      libtorrent_path: "${{ github.workspace }}/../libtorrent"
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          sudo apt update
-          sudo apt install \
-            build-essential cmake ninja-build \
-            libssl-dev libxkbcommon-x11-dev libxcb-cursor-dev zlib1g-dev
-
-      - name: Setup ccache
-        uses: Chocobo1/setup-ccache-action@v1
-        with:
-          store_cache: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
-          update_packager_index: false
-          ccache_options: |
-            max_size=2G
-
-      - name: Install boost
-        env:
-          BOOST_MAJOR_VERSION: "1"
-          BOOST_MINOR_VERSION: "76"
-          BOOST_PATCH_VERSION: "0"
-        run: |
-          boost_url="https://boostorg.jfrog.io/artifactory/main/release/${{ env.BOOST_MAJOR_VERSION }}.${{ env.BOOST_MINOR_VERSION }}.${{ env.BOOST_PATCH_VERSION }}/source/boost_${{ env.BOOST_MAJOR_VERSION }}_${{ env.BOOST_MINOR_VERSION }}_${{ env.BOOST_PATCH_VERSION }}.tar.gz"
-          boost_url2="https://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/${{ env.BOOST_MAJOR_VERSION }}.${{ env.BOOST_MINOR_VERSION }}.${{ env.BOOST_PATCH_VERSION }}/boost_${{ env.BOOST_MAJOR_VERSION }}_${{ env.BOOST_MINOR_VERSION }}_${{ env.BOOST_PATCH_VERSION }}.tar.gz"
-          set +e
-          curl -L -o "${{ runner.temp }}/boost.tar.gz" "$boost_url"
-          tar -xf "${{ runner.temp }}/boost.tar.gz" -C "${{ github.workspace }}/.."; _exitCode="$?"
-          if [ "$_exitCode" -ne "0" ]; then
-            curl -L -o "${{ runner.temp }}/boost.tar.gz" "$boost_url2"
-            tar -xf "${{ runner.temp }}/boost.tar.gz" -C "${{ github.workspace }}/.."; _exitCode="$?"
-          fi
-          mv "${{ github.workspace }}/.."/boost_* "${{ env.boost_path }}"
-
-      - name: Install Qt
-        uses: jurplel/install-qt-action@v4
-        with:
-          version: ${{ matrix.qt_version }}
-          archives: icu qtbase qtdeclarative qtsvg qttools
-          cache: true
-
-      - name: Install libtorrent
-        run: |
-          git clone \
-            --branch v${{ matrix.libt_version }} \
-            --depth 1 \
-            --recurse-submodules \
-            https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent.git \
-            ${{ env.libtorrent_path }}
-          cd ${{ env.libtorrent_path }}
-          CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS ${{ env.harden_flags }}" \
-          cmake \
-            -B build \
-            -G "Ninja" \
-            -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF \
-            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo \
-            -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=ON \
-            -DBOOST_ROOT="${{ env.boost_path }}" \
-            -Ddeprecated-functions=OFF
-          cmake --build build
-          sudo cmake --install build
-
-      # to avoid scanning 3rdparty codebases, initialize it just before building qbt
-      - name: Initialize CodeQL
-        uses: github/codeql-action/init@v3
-        if: startsWith(matrix.libt_version, 2) && (matrix.qbt_gui == 'GUI=ON')
-        with:
-          config-file: ./.github/workflows/helper/codeql/cpp.yaml
-          languages: cpp
-
-      - name: Build qBittorrent
-        run: |
-          CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS ${{ env.harden_flags }} -DQT_FORCE_ASSERTS -Werror" \
-          LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -gz" \
-          cmake \
-            -B build \
-            -G "Ninja" \
-            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo \
-            -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=ON \
-            -DBOOST_ROOT="${{ env.boost_path }}" \
-            -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/usr" \
-            -DTESTING=ON \
-            -DVERBOSE_CONFIGURE=ON \
-            -D${{ matrix.qbt_gui }}
-          cmake --build build --target qbt_update_translations
-          cmake --build build
-          cmake --build build --target check
-          DESTDIR="qbittorrent" cmake --install build
-
-      - name: Run CodeQL analysis
-        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v3
-        if: startsWith(matrix.libt_version, 2) && (matrix.qbt_gui == 'GUI=ON')
-        with:
-          category: ${{ github.base_ref || github.ref_name }}
-
-      - name: Prepare build artifacts
-        run: |
-          mkdir upload
-          mkdir upload/cmake
-          cp build/compile_commands.json upload/cmake
-          mkdir upload/cmake/libtorrent
-          cp ${{ env.libtorrent_path }}/build/compile_commands.json upload/cmake/libtorrent
-
-      - name: Install AppImage
-        run: |
-          sudo apt install libfuse2
-          curl \
-            -L \
-            -Z \
-            -O https://github.com/linuxdeploy/linuxdeploy/releases/download/continuous/linuxdeploy-static-x86_64.AppImage \
-            -O https://github.com/linuxdeploy/linuxdeploy-plugin-qt/releases/download/continuous/linuxdeploy-plugin-qt-static-x86_64.AppImage \
-            -O https://github.com/linuxdeploy/linuxdeploy-plugin-appimage/releases/download/continuous/linuxdeploy-plugin-appimage-x86_64.AppImage
-          chmod +x \
-            linuxdeploy-static-x86_64.AppImage \
-            linuxdeploy-plugin-qt-static-x86_64.AppImage \
-            linuxdeploy-plugin-appimage-x86_64.AppImage
-
-      - name: Prepare files for AppImage
-        if: matrix.qbt_gui == 'GUI=OFF'
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p qbittorrent/usr/share/applications
-          cp .github/workflows/helper/appimage/org.qbittorrent.qBittorrent.desktop qbittorrent/usr/share/applications/org.qbittorrent.qBittorrent.desktop
-          mkdir -p qbittorrent/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps
-          cp dist/unix/menuicons/scalable/apps/qbittorrent.svg qbittorrent/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/qbittorrent.svg
-
-      - name: Package AppImage
-        run: |
-          ./linuxdeploy-static-x86_64.AppImage --appdir qbittorrent --plugin qt
-          rm qbittorrent/apprun-hooks/*
-          cp .github/workflows/helper/appimage/export_vars.sh qbittorrent/apprun-hooks/export_vars.sh
-          NO_APPSTREAM=1 \
-            OUTPUT=upload/qbittorrent-CI_Ubuntu_x86_64.AppImage \
-            ./linuxdeploy-static-x86_64.AppImage --appdir qbittorrent --output appimage
-
-      - name: Upload build artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: qBittorrent-CI_Ubuntu-x64_${{ matrix.qbt_gui }}_libtorrent-${{ matrix.libt_version }}_Qt-${{ matrix.qt_version }}
-          path: upload
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_windows.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci_windows.yaml
index fa43a38cb247..35ae1bc7bb43 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_windows.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_windows.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        libt_version: ["2.0.10", "1.2.19"]
+        libt_version: ["RC_2_0", "RC_1_2"]
+        qt_version: ["6.8.1"]
 
     env:
       boost_path: "${{ github.workspace }}/../boost"
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install boost
         env:
           BOOST_MAJOR_VERSION: "1"
-          BOOST_MINOR_VERSION: "86"
+          BOOST_MINOR_VERSION: "87"
           BOOST_PATCH_VERSION: "0"
         run: |
           $boost_url="https://boostorg.jfrog.io/artifactory/main/release/${{ env.BOOST_MAJOR_VERSION }}.${{ env.BOOST_MINOR_VERSION }}.${{ env.BOOST_PATCH_VERSION }}/source/boost_${{ env.BOOST_MAJOR_VERSION }}_${{ env.BOOST_MINOR_VERSION }}_${{ env.BOOST_PATCH_VERSION }}.tar.gz"
@@ -95,7 +96,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Qt
         uses: jurplel/install-qt-action@v4
         with:
-          version: "6.8.0"
+          py7zrversion: '>=0.22.0'
+          aqtversion: '>=3.1.20'
+          version: ${{ matrix.qt_version }}
           arch: win64_msvc2022_64
           archives: qtbase qtsvg qttools
           cache: true
@@ -103,7 +106,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install libtorrent
         run: |
           git clone `
-            --branch v${{ matrix.libt_version }} `
+            --branch ${{ matrix.libt_version }} `
             --depth 1 `
             --recurse-submodules `
             https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent.git `
@@ -171,7 +174,7 @@ jobs:
           mkdir upload/qBittorrent/plugins/sqldrivers
           copy "${{ env.Qt_ROOT_DIR }}/plugins/sqldrivers/qsqlite.dll" upload/qBittorrent/plugins/sqldrivers
           mkdir upload/qBittorrent/plugins/styles
-          copy "${{ env.Qt_ROOT_DIR }}/plugins/styles/qmodernwindowsstyle.dll" upload/qBittorrent/plugins/styles
+          copy "${{ env.Qt_ROOT_DIR }}/plugins/styles/*style.dll" upload/qBittorrent/plugins/styles
           mkdir upload/qBittorrent/plugins/tls
           copy "${{ env.Qt_ROOT_DIR }}/plugins/tls/qschannelbackend.dll" upload/qBittorrent/plugins/tls
           # cmake additionals
@@ -184,16 +187,5 @@ jobs:
       - name: Upload build artifacts
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: qBittorrent-CI_Windows-x64_libtorrent-${{ matrix.libt_version }}
+          name: qBittorrent-CI_Windows-x64_libtorrent-${{ matrix.libt_version }}_Qt-${{ matrix.qt_version }}
           path: upload
-
-      - name: Create installer
-        run: |
-          7z x -o"dist/windows/" "dist/windows/NSISPlugins.zip"
-          makensis /DQBT_DIST_DIR="../../upload/qBittorrent" /WX dist/windows/qbittorrent.nsi
-
-      - name: Upload installer
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: qBittorrent-CI_Windows-x64_libtorrent-${{ matrix.libt_version }}-setup
-          path: dist/windows/qbittorrent_*_setup.exe
diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverity-scan.yaml b/.github/workflows/coverity-scan.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index aaaefb5989a4..000000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/coverity-scan.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,115 +0,0 @@
-name: Coverity Scan
-
-on:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: '0 0 1 * *' # Monthly (1st day of month at midnight)
-  workflow_dispatch: # Mainly for testing. Don't forget the Coverity usage limits.
-
-permissions: {}
-
-jobs:
-  coverity_scan:
-    name: Scan
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        libt_version: ["2.0.10"]
-        qbt_gui: ["GUI=ON"]
-        qt_version: ["6.5.2"]
-
-    env:
-      boost_path: "${{ github.workspace }}/../boost"
-      coverity_path: "${{ github.workspace }}/../coverity"
-      libtorrent_path: "${{ github.workspace }}/../libtorrent"
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          sudo apt update
-          sudo apt install \
-            build-essential cmake ninja-build \
-            libssl-dev libxkbcommon-x11-dev libxcb-cursor-dev zlib1g-dev
-
-      - name: Install boost
-        env:
-          BOOST_MAJOR_VERSION: "1"
-          BOOST_MINOR_VERSION: "86"
-          BOOST_PATCH_VERSION: "0"
-        run: |
-          boost_url="https://boostorg.jfrog.io/artifactory/main/release/${{ env.BOOST_MAJOR_VERSION }}.${{ env.BOOST_MINOR_VERSION }}.${{ env.BOOST_PATCH_VERSION }}/source/boost_${{ env.BOOST_MAJOR_VERSION }}_${{ env.BOOST_MINOR_VERSION }}_${{ env.BOOST_PATCH_VERSION }}.tar.gz"
-          boost_url2="https://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/${{ env.BOOST_MAJOR_VERSION }}.${{ env.BOOST_MINOR_VERSION }}.${{ env.BOOST_PATCH_VERSION }}/boost_${{ env.BOOST_MAJOR_VERSION }}_${{ env.BOOST_MINOR_VERSION }}_${{ env.BOOST_PATCH_VERSION }}.tar.gz"
-          set +e
-          curl -L -o "${{ runner.temp }}/boost.tar.gz" "$boost_url"
-          tar -xf "${{ runner.temp }}/boost.tar.gz" -C "${{ github.workspace }}/.."; _exitCode="$?"
-          if [ "$_exitCode" -ne "0" ]; then
-            curl -L -o "${{ runner.temp }}/boost.tar.gz" "$boost_url2"
-            tar -xf "${{ runner.temp }}/boost.tar.gz" -C "${{ github.workspace }}/.."; _exitCode="$?"
-          fi
-          mv "${{ github.workspace }}/.."/boost_* "${{ env.boost_path }}"
-
-      - name: Install Qt
-        uses: jurplel/install-qt-action@v4
-        with:
-          version: ${{ matrix.qt_version }}
-          archives: icu qtbase qtdeclarative qtsvg qttools
-          cache: true
-
-      - name: Install libtorrent
-        run: |
-          git clone \
-            --branch v${{ matrix.libt_version }} \
-            --depth 1 \
-            --recurse-submodules \
-            https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent.git \
-            ${{ env.libtorrent_path }}
-          cd ${{ env.libtorrent_path }}
-          cmake \
-            -B build \
-            -G "Ninja" \
-            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo \
-            -DBOOST_ROOT="${{ env.boost_path }}" \
-            -Ddeprecated-functions=OFF
-          cmake --build build
-          sudo cmake --install build
-
-      - name: Download Coverity Build Tool
-        run: |
-          curl \
-            -L \
-            -d "token=${{ secrets.COVERITY_SCAN_TOKEN }}&project=qbittorrent%2FqBittorrent" \
-            -o "${{ runner.temp }}/coverity_tool.tgz" \
-            "https://scan.coverity.com/download/linux64"
-          mkdir -p ${{ env.coverity_path }}
-          tar \
-            -xf "${{ runner.temp }}/coverity_tool.tgz" \
-            -C "${{ env.coverity_path }}" \
-            --strip-components 1
-
-      - name: Build qBittorrent
-        run: |
-          cmake \
-            -B build \
-            -G "Ninja" \
-            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo \
-            -DBOOST_ROOT="${{ env.boost_path }}" \
-            -DVERBOSE_CONFIGURE=ON \
-            -D${{ matrix.qbt_gui }}
-          PATH="${{ env.coverity_path }}/bin:$PATH" \
-          cov-build \
-            --dir cov-int \
-            cmake --build build
-
-      - name: Submit the result to Coverity Scan
-        run: |
-          tar -caf qbittorrent.xz cov-int
-          curl \
-            --form token="${{ secrets.COVERITY_SCAN_TOKEN }}" \
-            --form email=sledgehammer999@qbittorrent.org \
-            --form file=@qbittorrent.xz \
-            --form version="$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)" \
-            --form description="master" \
-            https://scan.coverity.com/builds?project=qbittorrent%2FqBittorrent
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale_bot.yaml b/.github/workflows/stale_bot.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6cd7278557c5..000000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/stale_bot.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-name: Stale bot
-
-on:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: '0 0 * * *'
-
-permissions:
-  pull-requests: write
-
-jobs:
-  stale:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Mark and close stale PRs
-        uses: actions/stale@v9
-        with:
-          stale-pr-message: "This PR is stale because it has been 60 days with no activity. This PR will be automatically closed within 7 days if there is no further activity."
-          close-pr-message: "This PR was closed because it has been stalled for some time with no activity."
-          days-before-stale: -1 # avoid marking issues
-          days-before-pr-stale: 60
-          days-before-close: -1 # avoid closing issues
-          days-before-pr-close: 7
-          exempt-all-pr-assignees: true  # avoid stale for all PR with assignees
-          exempt-all-pr-milestones: true # avoid stale for all PR with milestones
-          operations-per-run: 200
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index a4c84ea2d418..815501f77a1b 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ repos:
           - ts
 
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks.git
-    rev: v4.6.0
+    rev: v5.0.0
     hooks:
     - id: check-json
       name: Check JSON files
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ repos:
         - ts
 
   - repo: https://github.com/crate-ci/typos.git
-    rev: v1.25.0
+    rev: v1.28.2
     hooks:
     - id: typos
       name: Check spelling (typos)
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 86ede6b3cff8..9e3633d3d96b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16 FATAL_ERROR) # Policies <= CMP0097 default to NEW
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.29.0 FATAL_ERROR)
 
 project(qBittorrent
     DESCRIPTION "The qBittorrent BitTorrent client"
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/CommonConfig.cmake b/cmake/Modules/CommonConfig.cmake
index b57dc4bcf914..5bab7deb262c 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/CommonConfig.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/CommonConfig.cmake
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # to consume common compile options/definitions
 
 # treat value specified by the CXX_STANDARD target property as a requirement by default
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 20)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
 
diff --git a/src/gui/properties/speedplotview.cpp b/src/gui/properties/speedplotview.cpp
index 6fb78c95d24e..5d73a215a545 100644
--- a/src/gui/properties/speedplotview.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/properties/speedplotview.cpp
@@ -163,33 +163,33 @@ SpeedPlotView::SpeedPlotView(QWidget *parent)
     : QGraphicsView {parent}
 {
     QPen greenPen;
-    greenPen.setWidthF(1.5);
-    greenPen.setColor(QColor(134, 196, 63));
-    QPen bluePen;
-    bluePen.setWidthF(1.5);
-    bluePen.setColor(QColor(50, 153, 255));
+    greenPen.setWidthF(2);
+    greenPen.setColor(QColorConstants::Svg::green);
+    QPen royalbluePen;
+    royalbluePen.setWidthF(2);
+    royalbluePen.setColor(QColorConstants::Svg::royalblue);
 
-    m_properties[UP] = GraphProperties(tr("Total Upload"), bluePen);
+    m_properties[UP] = GraphProperties(tr("Total Upload"), royalbluePen);
     m_properties[DOWN] = GraphProperties(tr("Total Download"), greenPen);
 
-    bluePen.setStyle(Qt::DashLine);
+    royalbluePen.setStyle(Qt::DashLine);
     greenPen.setStyle(Qt::DashLine);
-    m_properties[PAYLOAD_UP] = GraphProperties(tr("Payload Upload"), bluePen);
+    m_properties[PAYLOAD_UP] = GraphProperties(tr("Payload Upload"), royalbluePen);
     m_properties[PAYLOAD_DOWN] = GraphProperties(tr("Payload Download"), greenPen);
 
-    bluePen.setStyle(Qt::DashDotLine);
+    royalbluePen.setStyle(Qt::DashDotLine);
     greenPen.setStyle(Qt::DashDotLine);
-    m_properties[OVERHEAD_UP] = GraphProperties(tr("Overhead Upload"), bluePen);
+    m_properties[OVERHEAD_UP] = GraphProperties(tr("Overhead Upload"), royalbluePen);
     m_properties[OVERHEAD_DOWN] = GraphProperties(tr("Overhead Download"), greenPen);
 
-    bluePen.setStyle(Qt::DashDotDotLine);
+    royalbluePen.setStyle(Qt::DashDotDotLine);
     greenPen.setStyle(Qt::DashDotDotLine);
-    m_properties[DHT_UP] = GraphProperties(tr("DHT Upload"), bluePen);
+    m_properties[DHT_UP] = GraphProperties(tr("DHT Upload"), royalbluePen);
     m_properties[DHT_DOWN] = GraphProperties(tr("DHT Download"), greenPen);
 
-    bluePen.setStyle(Qt::DotLine);
+    royalbluePen.setStyle(Qt::DotLine);
     greenPen.setStyle(Qt::DotLine);
-    m_properties[TRACKER_UP] = GraphProperties(tr("Tracker Upload"), bluePen);
+    m_properties[TRACKER_UP] = GraphProperties(tr("Tracker Upload"), royalbluePen);
     m_properties[TRACKER_DOWN] = GraphProperties(tr("Tracker Download"), greenPen);
 }
 
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ void SpeedPlotView::paintEvent(QPaintEvent *)
     QPen gridPen;
     gridPen.setStyle(Qt::DashLine);
     gridPen.setWidthF(1);
-    gridPen.setColor(QColor(128, 128, 128, 128));
+    gridPen.setColor(QColorConstants::Svg::grey);
     painter.setPen(gridPen);
 
     painter.drawLine(fullRect.left(), rect.top(), rect.right(), rect.top());
diff --git a/src/gui/statusbar.cpp b/src/gui/statusbar.cpp
index 9f40708087cb..5e5f9bf7c8d4 100644
--- a/src/gui/statusbar.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/statusbar.cpp
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ StatusBar::StatusBar(QWidget *parent)
     m_dlSpeedLbl->setFocusPolicy(Qt::NoFocus);
     m_dlSpeedLbl->setCursor(Qt::PointingHandCursor);
     m_dlSpeedLbl->setStyleSheet(u"text-align:left;"_s);
-    m_dlSpeedLbl->setMinimumWidth(200);
+    m_dlSpeedLbl->setFixedWidth(300);
 
     m_upSpeedLbl = new QPushButton(this);
     m_upSpeedLbl->setIcon(UIThemeManager::instance()->getIcon(u"upload"_s, u"seeding"_s));
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ StatusBar::StatusBar(QWidget *parent)
     m_upSpeedLbl->setFocusPolicy(Qt::NoFocus);
     m_upSpeedLbl->setCursor(Qt::PointingHandCursor);
     m_upSpeedLbl->setStyleSheet(u"text-align:left;"_s);
-    m_upSpeedLbl->setMinimumWidth(200);
+    m_upSpeedLbl->setFixedWidth(300);
 
     m_lastExternalIPsLbl = new QLabel(tr("External IP: N/A"));
     m_lastExternalIPsLbl->setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Maximum, QSizePolicy::Preferred);
diff --git a/src/gui/transferlistmodel.cpp b/src/gui/transferlistmodel.cpp
index 7c827c1a6a84..b81ab94e7180 100644
--- a/src/gui/transferlistmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/transferlistmodel.cpp
@@ -94,12 +94,12 @@ TransferListModel::TransferListModel(QObject *parent)
     , m_statusStrings
     {
           {BitTorrent::TorrentState::Downloading, tr("Downloading")},
-          {BitTorrent::TorrentState::StalledDownloading, tr("Stalled", "Torrent is waiting for download to begin")},
+          {BitTorrent::TorrentState::StalledDownloading, tr("Stalled Downloading", "Torrent is waiting for download to begin")},
           {BitTorrent::TorrentState::DownloadingMetadata, tr("Downloading metadata", "Used when loading a magnet link")},
           {BitTorrent::TorrentState::ForcedDownloadingMetadata, tr("[F] Downloading metadata", "Used when forced to load a magnet link. You probably shouldn't translate the F.")},
           {BitTorrent::TorrentState::ForcedDownloading, tr("[F] Downloading", "Used when the torrent is forced started. You probably shouldn't translate the F.")},
           {BitTorrent::TorrentState::Uploading, tr("Seeding", "Torrent is complete and in upload-only mode")},
-          {BitTorrent::TorrentState::StalledUploading, tr("Seeding", "Torrent is complete and in upload-only mode")},
+          {BitTorrent::TorrentState::StalledUploading, tr("Stalled Uploading", "Torrent is complete and in upload-only mode")},
           {BitTorrent::TorrentState::ForcedUploading, tr("[F] Seeding", "Used when the torrent is forced started. You probably shouldn't translate the F.")},
           {BitTorrent::TorrentState::QueuedDownloading, tr("Queued", "Torrent is queued")},
           {BitTorrent::TorrentState::QueuedUploading, tr("Queued", "Torrent is queued")},
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ QVariant TransferListModel::data(const QModelIndex &index, const int role) const
     case AdditionalUnderlyingDataRole:
         return internalValue(torrent, index.column(), true);
     case Qt::DecorationRole:
-        if (index.column() == TR_NAME)
+        if (index.column() == TR_STATUS)
             return getIconByState(torrent->state());
         break;
     case Qt::ToolTipRole: