What's Changed

Features:

Feat: Model Manager (#1357) by @rohan-pandeyy
Feat: Global Search Support for Face Collections and AI Tags (#1338) by @rohan-pandeyy
Add CHANGELOG.md management and update CI release workflow (#1331) by @rohan-pandeyy
Added Fedora compatibility (#1310) by @DhruvK278
UI Based Multi-Person Face Image Search with Ranked Results (#1304) by @rohan-pandeyy
Add version bump script and docs (#1308) by @rohan-pandeyy
Add expandable search dropdown with face clusters (#1314) by @rohan-pandeyy
Face Quality and Adaptive Density-Aware Face Clustering (#1290) by @rohan-pandeyy
Feat: Improve Model Tier Recommendation for Apple Silicon (#1299) by @rohan-pandeyy
fix: optimize toggle_favourite endpoint performance (#1094) by @harsh1519
CI/CD: Refresh Frontend Test Suites (#1056) by @rohan-pandeyy
feat: auto-close inactive merge-conflicted PRs (#1289) by @VanshajPoonia
feat: add long word validation for name input in onboarding and settings (#1286) by @Umang-Khemka

ISSUE - 1369: BUG FIX: Settings page does not update active YOLO model after changing it in Model Manager (#1371) by @Takitxt
fix: eliminate image flicker by gating opacity on fit-transform readiness (#1370) by @siddharthsai218
Fix/videoplayer bugs (#1339) by @MayankSharma-ops
Fix Small Dataset Clustering Issue in Adaptive Density-Aware Clustering (#1330) by @rohan-pandeyy
fix(person-images): prevent flash of previous page's images (#1315) (#1321) by @tanmaysachann
Fix production zoom scroll behavior (#1295) by @VanshajPoonia
Fix: standardize logging configuration across backend services (#1297) by @rohan-pandeyy
Fix: Show "Folder is empty" message for empty folders in AI tagging - Remove merge conflict (#1285) by @akshajtiwari
feat: add long word validation for name input in onboarding and settings (#1286) by @Umang-Khemka
Fix README.md (#1283) by @rohan-pandeyy
Fix duplicate issue detection logic (#1273) by @DhruvK278

Add CHANGELOG.md management and update CI release workflow (#1331) by @rohan-pandeyy
Added Fedora compatibility (#1310) by @DhruvK278
Fix broken docs links (#1075) by @PranjaliBhardwaj
docs: improve README - reorder badges, add downloads, fix dark/light diagram, fix contributor note (#1281) by @Umang-Khemka
Improve mkdocs navigation structure (#1276) by @Awaneesh03

chore: release 1.2.0 (#1361) by @github-actions
refactor: replace broad except blocks with specific exceptions and logger (#1335) by @Dotify71
fix(database): improve SQLite error handling and logging in images.py and folders.py (#1316) by @Dotify71
fix: navigate back to previous page instead of hardcoded AI Tagging route (#1327) by @akshajtiwari
fix: resolve act warnings and prevent runtime crashes on empty data (#1323) by @MayankSharma-ops
added tooltip on face search, like it was on all other icons (#1086) by @Ujjiyara
feat: added the validation test (#1303) by @Umang-Khemka
Fix:File Formatting and bug fix in previous PR (#1284) by @akshajtiwari
Update auto-issue-comment workflow with author check (#1300) by @Hemil36
fix: guard addFolderMutate call when no folder is selected in onboarding (#1287) by @Rishiii57
docs: fix spelling in backend directory structure (#1282) by @yosinn1-blip