4.5

Release Changelog

Improvements

• Improved MediaSession time driver for more accurate playback state handling
• Updated MediaSession position state behavior in lazy mode (Chromium fix)
• Improved tracking logic
• Improved fast seek behavior
• Simplified store scheduler logic
• Refined scheduler policy
• Added recycle functionality to album details
• Added recycle button to playlist manager

Playback & Audio

• Prevented AudioContext from initializing before first playback
• Improved error handling and resume after network failure
• Fixed audio/store synchronization logic
• Fixed race condition on auto-skip
• Fixed previous() behavior when currentTime > 3s
• Delayed currentTime watcher by 15 seconds

UI / UX

• Player background clickable to toggle play/pause
• Added spinning logo during playback
• Added loader to Artist page
• Improved buttons and links highlighting
• Added player controls highlighting
• Fine-tuned navigation links highlighting
• Fixed dropdown color styles
• Adjusted sidebar spacing
• Fixed active paths in mobile navigation bar

Styling

• Reorganized SCSS structure
• SCSS optimization pass
• General UI polish

Fixes

• Fixed resume playlist button bug (play(null))

Build & Documentation

• Updated build.sh
• Updated README

Internal

• General cleanup and fine tuning

4.4

🚀 Major Improvements
Audio Playback & Resume Logic

Major rework of resume playback logic for improved reliability across sessions.

Improved phone call interruption handling and automatic playback resume.

Better MediaSession integration for system-level media controls.

Fine-tuned gapless playback and manual skip behavior.

Improved loadTrack execution flow to reduce playback issues.

Restored ReplayGain support on mobile player.

Streaming & Buffering

Implemented a new buffering policy for smoother streaming.

Service Worker strategy updated to Network First for streams.

Improved stream caching behavior.

Better handling of playback recovery when reconnecting.

Offline Support

Added offline mode powered by Service Worker.

Service Worker now provides cached media playback when offline.

⚡ Performance

Implemented LRU cache instead of FIFO for better media caching efficiency.

Accelerated Dynamic Radio store performance.

Improved queue management and playback handling.

Optimized audio store architecture and simplified state logic.

Reduced startup errors when loading queue with no items.

🎨 UI / UX Improvements
Player & Navigation

Added mobile bottom navigation bar.

Improved sidebar behavior on mobile.

Added toggle animation to sidebar button.

Added animated spinning icon for currently playing track.

Visual Enhancements

Improved color scheme and elevation contrast.

Polished player and topbar styling with rounded corners.

Updated icons across the interface.

Refined tab CSS and layout.

Interaction Improvements

Added hover highlight on tiles and genre list.

Progress bar now shows tooltip with track progress on hover.

Improved focus and hover states for UI elements.

Removed global caret where unnecessary.

📱 Mobile Improvements

Improved mobile player experience.

Better handling of resume after phone interruptions.

UI adjustments for smaller screens.

🔧 Internal Changes & Refactoring

Simplified authentication configuration.

Refactored API injection across components and stores.

Moved cache control logic into the playing store.

Cleaned up audioStore.ts.

Updated Node.js and Vite dependencies.

🐞 Fixes

Fixed queue loading error when no queue exists at startup.

Fixed blinking caret styling issue.

Improved error handling when saving play queue.

Various CSS fixes for inputs and layout

fix Failed to fetchwhen adding Navidrome server #4

4.3

Release Notes — January 2026

This release focuses on radio & playback improvements, UI/UX polish, and architecture refinements, with several stability and performance enhancements.

🎵 Playback & Radio

Fine-tuned gapless playback and manual track skipping

Improved loadTrack call for more reliable playback

Enhanced auto-radio logic for smarter track sequencing

Added Lucky Radio to the Discover page

Enabled radios across more sections of the app

Introduced a dedicated radio store

Fixed radio button state inconsistencies

🧭 Discover & Browsing Experience

Added multi-line layout for the Mood Discover section

Implemented mouse wheel scrolling

Optimized scrollbar styling

Improved search form clearing behavior

Added lazy image loading for better performance

🎨 UI & UX Polish

Polished the Artist page

Added tooltips to buttons

Introduced a blue color theme

General visual refinements across pages

🧱 Architecture & Codebase

Refactored API injection in components and stores

Simplified authentication configuration

Documented OpenSubsonic endpoints used by the app

🐳 Deployment

Added official Docker Hub images for both ARM64 and AMD64

🛠 Stability & Error Handling

Improved error handling when saving the play queue

4.2

Release Summary

This release delivers significant improvements across performance, caching, audio playback, and user experience, alongside multiple bug fixes and internal refactors.

✨ New Features & Enhancements

Added conditional routing cache policy (v1 and v2).

Implemented offline mode error handling.

Restored Mood playlist functionality.

Added confirmation dialogs (logout and general confirmations).

Introduced additional icons and improved visual consistency.

Added album count display in genres.

Documented OpenSubsonic endpoints in the project documentation.

🚀 Performance & Caching Improvements

Major improvements to worker, page, and store caching.

Improved discover page loading with async data loading.

Enhanced queue page loading performance.

Fixed cache store issues and refined caching strategies overall.

🎵 Audio & Playback

Completed a substantial audio pipeline refactor.

Fixed pipeline switching algorithm.

Tuned Media Session integration.

Fixed issues in audio.ts.

Addressed looping behavior when the playback queue is empty.

🖥 UI / UX Improvements

Full migration to Vue Composition API.

Improved Discover layout and Player Store.

Screen and layout fixes across multiple views.

Fine-tuned tile sizing and resized album covers.

Improved favorite status icon behavior in Artist detail view.

General CSS cleanup and UI polish.

🐞 Bug Fixes

Fixed incorrect arguments in getOpenSubsonicExtensions API call.

Fixed search exit behavior.

Fixed issues related to previous reported bugs (#1 and #2).

Resolved screen rendering and navigation issues.

📚 Documentation

Updated README.

4.1

Better layout
Better Worker
Offline cache
Playlist management

4.0

Vu3
Persistant cache
Codec control
..... and many, many ....

3.0

3.0

2.3

• Added 4 colors theme support
• Added dynamic playlists for Genres, Artists (shuffle songs of the entire Genre or Artist)
• Added Artist radio (shuffle similar songs)
• Improved Genre page layout and Discover page

2.2

2.2 :
favourites on discover page
Clicking on logo brings to Discover page
playlists on discover page
remember page scroll position when going back to previous page
simplified navigation on mobile browser / PWA
and many cosmetic improvements ...

2.1

sync with upst