* **New Features**
* Added an opt-in runtime liveness watchdog with diagnostics, health status, and optional automatic restart.
* Added configurable stream cleanup capacity and eviction re-entry protection.
* Expanded configuration and UI access for users with playlist or user permissions, with safer data sanitization.
* Added testkit scenarios and reporting for playback, admission, provider limits, sharing, and VOD behavior.
* Added support for experimental-branch Docker builds.
* **Bug Fixes**
* Improved provider prioritization, shared playback capacity, cleanup, reconnect handling, and concurrent client behavior.
* Fixed playlist parsing for declared media types.
* Release links now use the configured destination.
New Features
Programme icons are now captured when importing XMLTV electronic programme guides.
Programme icons are preserved when combining programme data from multiple sources.
Exported XMLTV guides now include programme icon information when available.
Icon URLs are rewritten consistently when URL rewriting is enabled.
Bug Fixes
Public resource requests now avoid following redirects and validate destinations before fetching.
Resource caching behavior is now correctly applied according to the request type.
Compatibility
Existing guides and legacy programme data remain supported when no icon is provided.
