v2026.804.1-beta

What's Changed

Features

• feat(listen-along): open a room automatically while discord presence is shared by @RealWhyKnot in 206e656

Full Changelog: RealWhyKnot/YTMDesktopPlus@v2026.804.0-beta...v2026.804.1-beta

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v2026.804.0-beta

What's Changed

Features

• feat(listen-along): stream room audio and artwork to browser listeners by @RealWhyKnot in 657c0b9
• feat(playback): loudness normalization from youtube's measured loudness by @RealWhyKnot in e1f294d
• feat(listen-along): relay rooms with share links, roles and a room window by @RealWhyKnot in 2c5e023
• feat(playback): allow autoplay and pause the restored track muted by @RealWhyKnot in 05d6496
• feat(updater): channel-aware feed with launch installs behind a first-run choice by @RealWhyKnot in db4a200
• feat(settings): stage changes behind an explicit save bar by @RealWhyKnot in 66c69ed
• feat(listen-along): open and follow another player's position by @RealWhyKnot in 004eae6

Bug Fixes

• fix(discord): route presence buttons through the https share page by @RealWhyKnot in 9251058
• fix(updater): never install a build that is not newer, and skip checks on local builds by @RealWhyKnot in 691805d
• fix(listen-along): retry floored decisions and seed idle listeners, add room-join scenario by @RealWhyKnot in ce537e5
• fix(build): alias ~shared for the main process bundle by @RealWhyKnot in b526934
• fix(discord): point presence at the application's asset keys by @RealWhyKnot in 35d3b96
• fix(discord): reply to ping frames from the rpc socket by @RealWhyKnot in 92b0d4f
• fix(companion): reject a seek when no video is loaded by @RealWhyKnot in 6fd3481

Documentation

• docs: rooms, updater channels, loudness and explicit save in the readme by @RealWhyKnot in b35a623

Tests

• test(harness): audio capture capability probe and live stream scenario by @RealWhyKnot in 0760d11
• test(harness): probe for remote device awareness in the ytm store by @RealWhyKnot in d11a8af

Build

• build(scripts): install a local build over the windows installation by @RealWhyKnot in 4bcb8dc

CI

• ci(release): pre-create the release so platform publishes cannot race, keep builds independent, current action majors by @RealWhyKnot in b26bf21
• ci(release): grouped commit notes with author attribution and compare footer by @RealWhyKnot in 81e8560

Chores

• chore: use YTMDesktop+ in user-facing text by @RealWhyKnot in 14982cb

Reverts

• revert(shortcuts): leave global accelerators unbound by default by @RealWhyKnot in aa3159f

Other Changes

• assets: add discord rich presence badge art by @RealWhyKnot in 1ad3612

Full Changelog: RealWhyKnot/YTMDesktopPlus@v2026.803.1...v2026.804.0-beta

Windows: download and run YTMDesktopPlus-2026.804.0-beta.Setup.exe. Installed copies update on their own.

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v2026.803.1

What's Changed

Features

• feat: rebrand to YTMDesktopPlus with legacy profile migration by @RealWhyKnot in 503aded
• feat(dev): environment seams for isolated app runs by @RealWhyKnot in e8a3cd6
• feat(logging): debug logging setting gated by build channel by @RealWhyKnot in d891175

Bug Fixes

• fix(release): publish immediately with prerelease flag and richer notes table by @RealWhyKnot in 1e4b99d
• fix(logging): backfill channel default for configs migrated without the setting by @RealWhyKnot in 92121cf
• fix(build): align executable name with package name for linux makers by @RealWhyKnot in 056c3e7
• fix(dev): deliver hook break stage over ipc to survive renderer process reuse by @RealWhyKnot in 8d2a3ef
• fix(dev): watch runner pid for test lifetime and skip protocol registration in test runs by @RealWhyKnot in 716bd94
• fix(ytmview): synchronous store hook install with bounded, recoverable polls by @RealWhyKnot in 2b72593

Tests

• test(harness): retry transient cdp evaluations and add recreate diagnostics scenario by @RealWhyKnot in 8ced053
• test(harness): scenario runner with live event stream, isolated profiles, verified teardown by @RealWhyKnot in a9b3f76
• test: unit coverage for hook probes, log filters, companion schemas by @RealWhyKnot in 356b6f4

Build

• build(deps): conf 10 to 15 by @RealWhyKnot in 3705e50
• build(deps): electron 40 to 43 by @RealWhyKnot in 9f76ab3
• build(toolchain): yarn 4.18, node 22 floor, eslint 10 flat config, tsc typecheck gate by @RealWhyKnot in ea11282

CI

• ci: replace pipeline with checks, matrix builds, changelog automation, nightly beta and ytm canary by @RealWhyKnot in 685b248

Full Changelog: RealWhyKnot/YTMDesktopPlus@a0382cc...v2026.803.1

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