diff --git a/copyparty/__main__.py b/copyparty/__main__.py
index 023eabb4..0ecbdcb9 100644
--- a/copyparty/__main__.py
+++ b/copyparty/__main__.py
@@ -740,6 +740,10 @@ def get_sects():
               the \033[33m,,\033[35m stops copyparty from reading the rest as flags and
               the \033[33m--\033[35m stops notify-send from reading the message as args
               and the alert will be "hey" followed by the messagetext
+
+             \033[36m--xau zmq:pub:tcp://*:5556\033[35m announces uploads on zeromq;
+             \033[36m--xau t3,zmq:push:tcp://*:5557\033[35m also works, and you can
+             \033[36m--xau t3,j,zmq:req:tcp://localhost:5555\033[35m too for example
             \033[0m
             each hook is executed once for each event, except for \033[36mxiu\033[0m
             which builds up a backlog of uploads, running the hook just once
diff --git a/copyparty/__version__.py b/copyparty/__version__.py
index 8bc58f6f..8d3b7bfa 100644
--- a/copyparty/__version__.py
+++ b/copyparty/__version__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # coding: utf-8
 
-VERSION = (1, 16, 8)
+VERSION = (1, 16, 9)
 CODENAME = "COPYparty"
-BUILD_DT = (2025, 1, 11)
+BUILD_DT = (2025, 1, 22)
 
 S_VERSION = ".".join(map(str, VERSION))
 S_BUILD_DT = "{0:04d}-{1:02d}-{2:02d}".format(*BUILD_DT)
diff --git a/copyparty/up2k.py b/copyparty/up2k.py
index 70603401..eeaba1c0 100644
--- a/copyparty/up2k.py
+++ b/copyparty/up2k.py
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ class Up2k(object):
                 continue
 
             self.log("xiu: %d# %r" % (len(wrfs), cmd))
-            runihook(self.log, cmd, vol, ups)
+            runihook(self.log, self.args.hook_v, cmd, vol, ups)
 
     def _vis_job_progress(self, job: dict[str, Any]) -> str:
         perc = 100 - (len(job["need"]) * 100.0 / (len(job["hash"]) or 1))
diff --git a/copyparty/util.py b/copyparty/util.py
index 68b18c1f..b416a8b3 100644
--- a/copyparty/util.py
+++ b/copyparty/util.py
@@ -3406,6 +3406,7 @@ def _parsehook(
 
 def runihook(
     log: Optional["NamedLogger"],
+    verbose: bool,
     cmd: str,
     vol: "VFS",
     ups: list[tuple[str, int, int, str, str, str, int]],
@@ -3435,6 +3436,17 @@ def runihook(
     else:
         sp_ka["sin"] = b"\n".join(fsenc(x) for x in aps)
 
+    if acmd[0].startswith("zmq:"):
+        try:
+            msg = sp_ka["sin"].decode("utf-8", "replace")
+            _zmq_hook(log, verbose, "xiu", acmd[0][4:].lower(), msg, wait, sp_ka)
+            if verbose and log:
+                log("hook(xiu) %r OK" % (cmd,), 6)
+        except Exception as ex:
+            if log:
+                log("zeromq failed: %r" % (ex,))
+        return True
+
     t0 = time.time()
     if fork:
         Daemon(runcmd, cmd, bcmd, ka=sp_ka)
diff --git a/docs/changelog.md b/docs/changelog.md
index 0b3eae9d..b8273712 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/changelog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,42 @@
+▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀  
+# 2025-0111-1611  `v1.16.8`  android boost
+
+## 🧪 new features
+
+* 10x faster file hashing in android-chrome ec507889
+  * on a recent pixel, speed went from 13 to 139 MiB/s
+  * android's sandboxing makes small reads expensive, so do bigger reads instead
+    * so the browser-tab will use more RAM on android now, maybe around 200 MiB
+    * this only affects chrome-based browsers on android, not firefox
+* PUT/multipart uploads: request-header `Accept: json` makes it return json instead of html, just like `?j` ce0e5be4
+* add config examples for [ishare](https://isharemac.app/), a MacOS screenshot utility inspired by ShareX 0c0d6b2b
+  * also includes a bug-workaround for [ishare#107](https://github.com/castdrian/ishare/issues/107) - copyparty will now include a toplevel json property `fileurl` in the response if exactly one file was uploaded
+  * the [connect-page](https://a.ocv.me/?hc) generates an appropriate `copyparty.iscu` for ishare; [it looks like this](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/820730ad-2319-4912-8eb2-733755a4cf54)
+
+## 🩹 bugfixes
+
+* fix a potential upload deadlock when...
+  * ...the database (`-e2d`) is **not** enabled for any volume, and...
+  * ...either the shares feature, or user-changeable passwords, is enabled 9e542cf8
+* when loading the partial-uploads registry on startup, a cosmetic desync could occur 467acb47
+
+## 🔧 other changes
+
+* remove some deprecated properties in partial-upload metadata aa2a8fa2
+  * v1.15.7 is now the oldest version which still has any chance of reading a modern up2k.snap
+* #129 added howto: [using webdav when copyparty is behind IdP](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/blob/hovudstraum/docs/idp.md#connecting-webdav-clients) -- thanks @wuast94 !
+* added howto: [install copyparty on a synology nas](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/blob/hovudstraum/docs/synology-dsm.md) 21f93042
+* more examples in the connect-page: 278258ee fb139697
+  * config-file for sharex on windows
+  * config-file for ishare on macos
+  * script for flameshot on linux
+* #75 add recommendation to use the [kamelåså project](https://github.com/steinuil/kameloso) instead of copyparty's [very-bad-idea.py](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/tree/hovudstraum/bin/mtag#dangerous-plugins) 9f84dc42
+* more reverse-proxy examples (haproxy, lighttpd, traefik, caddy) and improved nginx performance ac0a2da3
+  * readme has a [performance comparison](https://github.com/9001/copyparty?tab=readme-ov-file#reverse-proxy-performance) -- `haproxy > caddy > traefik > nginx > apache > lighttpd`
+* copyparty.exe: updated pillow 244e952f
+
+
+
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 # 2024-1223-0005  `v1.16.7`  an idp fix for xmas