v2.3.5

🚀 XC_VM v2.3.5

✨ New Features

• Added a manual update check for installed modules directly from the admin interface.
• Added a server update guide and integrated it into the update mechanism.
• Added a draft Ministra-to-module migration plan to the project documentation.

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Improved PortalHandler file resolution and added clear error responses when required modules are missing.
• Improved diagnostics for LINE_CREATE_FAIL by exposing underlying database errors during stream connection creation.
• Improved reseller workflows by handling optional POST parameters and package output formats more safely.
• Fixed file cache creation when temporary cache directories are owned by root.
• Improved network detection by handling invalid cached network data.
• Hardened array access across multiple admin views and forms to prevent warnings and exceptions.
• Improved TMDB stability with null-safe entity handling and duplicate library protection.
• Improved Player API by skipping missing stream cache files and handling null movie properties.
• Improved streaming stability by validating probe URLs, transcoding metadata, and playlist cache race conditions.
• Automatically create the image cache directory when required.
• Fixed cron cleanup logic to safely handle missing connection directories.
• Allowed Authorization::check() to work correctly with nullable entity IDs.
• Updated diagnostics log submission to use the correct secure endpoint.
• Forced browser cache revalidation for JavaScript and CSS assets after updates.
• Fixed player URL redirects to ensure correct static asset loading.

♻️ Refactoring

• Removed obsolete Watch/Plex authentication cases, controllers, and views.
• Removed deprecated database exemptions from the architecture test suite.
• Improved TMDB title normalization by stripping unnecessary tokens more accurately.

📚 Documentation

• Added a server update guide.
• Added documentation outlining the future removal of Ministra as a built-in component in favor of a standalone module.

🔧 Maintenance

• Continued improvements to platform stability, diagnostics, and update reliability.