* **New Features**
* Catch-up streams can now auto-detect whether to serve direct video or an HLS playlist.
* Added archive-aware HLS session/identity handling and improved upstream user-agent propagation for manifests.
* Enhanced M3U timeshift/archiving, including nested handling and native Flussonic archive support; Short EPG can advertise archive availability.
* **Bug Fixes**
* Provider session headers now persist across retries and deferred-open scenarios.
* Legacy HLS routing is now cache-aware; seek detection improvements.
* Stalker errors now better redact sensitive URL details.
* Fix: Preserve VOD client range requests
* **Tests**
* Expanded coverage for probing, archive/timeshift resolution, header overlay rules, and related routing.
