* **New Features**
* Added support for bounded Flussonic HLS catch-up playback when an explicit source is configured, with valid start times and durations of up to seven days.
* Bounded archive playlist resources now inherit missing query parameters from their source while preserving values provided by child resources. Cross-origin URLs remain unchanged.
* **Bug Fixes**
* Rewritten Flussonic catch-up output now uses the rewritten mode without retaining the original catch-up type or provider token.
* **Bug Fixes**
* Playlist publication now continues when optional content curation is unavailable or encounters service, credential, request-limit, or certificate issues.
* In these cases, regular catalog content can still be published to supported outputs and saved to the cache. Curation-specific views are omitted when they cannot be prepared.
* Empty playlists continue to be rejected by the regular publication process.
* **Bug Fixes**
* Playback retries can use another available provider when playback has not started, helping requests proceed if the initially selected provider is unavailable.
* Once playback has started, retries continue using the same eligible provider to preserve playback continuity.
* Provider selection follows the same rules for regular playback and forced reopens, reducing unnecessary provider pinning before media begins.
* Series episode URLs can resolve to the correct account-specific playback address.
* test(curation): cover post-merge admission contracts
Add regression coverage for the merged TMDB/Trakt behavior and correct the stale first-page changelog wording. Keep all existing tests and production code unchanged.
* test(curation): isolate admission fixture from environment proxies
Use the existing no_proxy test-client pattern at the fixture boundary. Preserve the missing TMDB transport, both catalog policies and all assertions; no production transport changes.
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Co-authored-by: Juanjo Presa <juanjop@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: euzu <euzu@proton.me>
* **New Features**
* Stalker playback resolves channel links on request, using available channel commands and falling back to the stored command when needed.
* If a portal rejects a session, playback retries once after reconnecting.
* **Bug Fixes**
* Reading playlists or resolving playback for a different portal identity no longer replaces the published catalog or clears its refresh checkpoint.
* A failed channel playback no longer prevents other published channels from remaining available.
* **Documentation**
* Updated Stalker playback guidance to describe on-demand link resolution and session recovery.
* fixing resource url problem
* fix(resources): classify resource destinations per hop and keep the proxy in the fetch path
A resource URL is classified (public / non-public / local) before it reaches a client, and every
redirect hop is classified and fetched again: non-public hops connect directly, public hops go
through the configured proxy, local hops are refused. Adds the public no-redirect resource client,
a process-wide destination memo, and regression tests for the redirect and Web UI paths.
* fix(resources): classify resource destinations per hop and keep the proxy in the fetch path
A resource URL is classified (public / non-public / local) before it reaches a client, and every
redirect hop is classified and fetched again: non-public hops connect directly, public hops go
through the configured proxy, local hops are refused. Adds the public no-redirect resource client,
a process-wide destination memo, and regression tests for the redirect and Web UI paths.
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Co-authored-by: euzu <euzu@proton.me>
* **Bug Fixes**
* Improved live-stream session handling during instant grace periods, including when a session has not yet been created.
* Corrected connection-limit and eviction tracking so active streams remain eligible for eviction even when their session record is unavailable.
* Improved reliability when switching between live channels under connection limits.
* **Improvements**
* Updated staged M3U overlays for Xtream providers: staged groups determine selected categories and channels, while unmatched categories remain available. Provider categories with no usable staged channels are retained.
* **Documentation**
* Clarified how staged Xtream and M3U playlists affect provider categories and channels.
Updated the Stalker input handling. Profile decoding now accepts JSON numbers or numeric strings for status and max_connections, while rejecting malformed values. Bootstrap handling now stops on a decode error or HTTP 429, preserving the useful error instead of cycling through more recipes.
* **Bug Fixes**
* Improved compatibility with provider profiles that represent numeric fields as strings, while rejecting invalid values.
* Handshake requests now stop retrying when rate-limited or when responses cannot be decoded; HTTP 429 responses are reported immediately.
* Rate limits encountered while fetching profiles also stop further retries.
- add target-wide TMDB Trending discovery for movie/TV and day/week, bounded by an optional `limit` (default 100, range 1–500) of unique remote references before local matching
- compose concrete Trakt and TMDB sources under one target curation policy while retaining legacy `output[].trakt` compatibility
- match only positive TMDB IDs of the same media kind and preserve existing catalog identities, series closure, and Xtream alias behavior
- require every active selector to complete before target IDs, writers, caches, or watches can change
- preserve the YAML-owned block through Source Editor operations and add TMDB setup/failure documentation and application Credits attribution
- validate complete decoded pages under independent request, selector, and shared target-batch budgets, using a configured TMDB-only HTTP profile with certificate/hostname verification and no redirects or replays
- Actively drop the hyper connection future (`drop(conn)`) on forced socket close to abort active stream bodies immediately.
- Introduce `SocketCloseState` (Open / Closing) in `ConnectionManager with per-socket oneshot channels to ensure targeted signal delivery and prevent premature provider release on repeated kicks.
- Remove user entries atomically under a single write lock in `ActiveUserManager`.
- Explicitly drop shared stream register locks before async teardown.
- Remove duplicate provider cleanup on serve loop termination.
- Add lifecycle integration tests and unit tests for kick idempotency, dropped receivers, and Closing-state provider retention.
Co-authored-by: euzu <euzu@proton.me>
* **New Features**
* Added a Resource Policy editor for each input, supporting trusted hostnames and private network ranges.
* Resource URLs now retain their source input and use authenticated links where supported.
* Resource caching is scoped to the policy authorizing access.
* **Bug Fixes**
* Invalid or unsupported resource values are safely discarded.
* Redirects and destination addresses are rechecked against the applicable policy.
* **Breaking Changes**
* Private DNS destinations require approved hosts and networks; private IP literals require an approved network.
* Input and alias names must be non-empty and globally unique.
- **New Features**
- Added assertions for verifying which provider account handled the latest request.
- Enabled provider-affine playback to fall back to another available provider when the pinned provider is unavailable.
- **Bug Fixes**
- Improved provider fallback handling, origin request tracking, and session updates.
- Preserved session headers when fallback stream setup fails and refreshed them after successful fallback.
- **Tests**
- Added coverage for provider-pool failover, account reuse, limits, rejection handling, and eviction behavior.
* **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.
remove the bundled Trakt Client ID and every fallback to it while keeping the compatible trakt.api.api_key field
trim supplied Client IDs, reject blank/header-invalid values before request construction, and skip only optional Trakt curation with one target-scoped warning
translate Trakt 401/403/404/429 responses explicitly, distinguish list/chart 404s, and preserve partial success across configured sources
disable the checked-in Trakt example until an explicit Client ID is configured and update docs and Source Editor terminology
New Features
Added an option to append a stable, numeric stream index to upstream User-Agent headers.
Stream indexes remain consistent throughout a playback session, including manifests, segments, reconnects, seeks, and provider failover.
Added a configuration checkbox for enabling the feature.
Documentation
Documented the new configuration option, including session behavior and restart handling.
Added English, Arabic, and Russian translations for the setting.
Co-authored-by: euzu <euzu@proton.me>
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.
Bug Fixes
Live playback sessions now receive unique session identifiers, preventing parallel playbacks from being conflated.
Improved media segment caching under high write activity to prevent competing operations from interfering with capacity recovery.
Provider reservations now remain independent for different channel variants, preventing one playback from reusing or taking over another’s reservation.
Bug Fixes
Improved provider capacity management and reservation handling for shared connections.
Added support for excluding providers during connection allocation.
Improved grace-period expiration and concurrent access handling.
Preserved reserved capacity during fallback and preemptive allocations.
Chores
Improved unused-dependency checks and command configuration.
Removed unused dependencies across multiple components.
Added exceptions for dependencies used indirectly through macros or renamed packages.
Tests
Added coverage for provider reservations, fallback allocation, grace-period expiry, and concurrent grace access.
