---
title: "1.29.1 — Bounded file renditions"
description: "Stops automatic full-length video transcodes and ensures external rendition tools cannot hold workers or survive them indefinitely."
date: "2026-09-18"
tags: ["release"]
canonical: "https://django-mojo.sitesmojo.com/changelog/1-29-1/"
---

Stops automatic full-length video transcodes and ensures external rendition tools cannot hold workers or survive them indefinitely.

### Added

- `FILEMAN_RENDER_TIMEOUT` sets one wall-clock limit for video, audio, document, and metadata converter processes; the default is 1,500 seconds.

### Changed

- Video uploads now create thumbnails and the 10-second preview automatically. Full MP4 and WebM transcodes remain available through an explicit rendition request.

### Fixed

- Timed-out rendition processes now terminate their complete process tree, including when the job engine exits on POSIX systems.
- Converter failures now create a failed rendition with a bounded diagnostic and fail the job instead of reporting clean completion.
- Failed renditions no longer expose download or share links.

### Upgrade notes

- Run migrations to add the rendition failure diagnostic field.