v1.6.3-beta.1

WaveFlow 1.6.3-beta.1

Pre-release on the beta channel. Opt in from Settings → Diagnostics → Update channel → Beta. Stable users are unaffected. This build follows up 1.6.2-beta.1 with fixes to the plugin platform and a batch of feedback fixes — please keep the feedback coming (open an issue or reply in Discussions).

🩹 The big fix: plugins now install on beta builds

1.6.2-beta.1 shipped the plugin store but the Apple Motion Artwork plugin (and any plugin with a min_app_version) wrongly showed "Update required" and refused to install, even on a fully up-to-date beta.

The compatibility check was reading the compile-time crate version instead of the running app version, so every beta build under-reported itself. It now resolves the real running version, so plugins install correctly on beta builds. If you hit "Update required" on 1.6.2-beta.1, update to this build and try the store again.

(Still carrying everything from 1.6.2-beta.1: the in-app plugin store, animated album artwork, the local motion cache, and the plugin-options framework — see that release if you skipped it.)

✨ New

🪟 The main window remembers its size and position

WaveFlow now restores the main window's size and position across launches, with no visible jump on startup. A Reset window position action lives under Settings → Appearance for when the saved bounds end up awkward (a disconnected monitor, a tiny leftover size) — it forgets the saved geometry so the next launch opens at the default.

🔧 Fixes

• Web Radio "local stations" showed the wrong country. The local-stations shortcut no longer hard-defaults to the US; the preferred country is now scoped per-profile.
• Curated "similar artists" showed a letter placeholder instead of the artist's local artist.jpg picture when the artist had no Deezer enrichment (offline-first setups). It now prefers the local sidecar, falling back to the Deezer cache.
• "Read more / show less" was missing on a manually-edited artist bio. A custom bio now gets a proper short lead-in so the expand toggle appears, matching fetched bios.
• Lyrics editor footer buttons could be pushed off-screen after "Save to file…" showed its confirmation path — the footer now wraps/truncates instead of overflowing.

📝 Notes for beta testers

• WASAPI Exclusive re-init on some DACs (#355) is still being investigated — it's hardware-specific (a device that resets on every exclusive grab). If you hit it, please attach the log lines around DeviceNotAvailable / wasapi exclusive negotiation so we can tune the flap-storm handling for your device.
• Found a rough edge? Tell us the exact steps + your OS so we can reproduce.

Full changelog: v1.6.2-beta.1...v1.6.3-beta.1