Vestra Nova v0.2.11

Clear your Continue shelves

• Remove anime from Continue watching and Pick up where you left off, or manga from Continue reading, with one click.
• Use Undo to bring a removed title back.
• Dismissals stay saved after restarting Nova. Progress, saved lists and AniList status are preserved.
• Watching or reading the title again brings it back to Continue. Manga dismissals apply to the selected source edition.

Built and validated locally, including the release test commands, anime and manga UI checks, packaged worker/security checks, all 49 bundled extension listings, and installer/feed hashes.

Install the Windows x64 setup executable below or use Nova's updater. Existing application data is retained.

Vestra Nova v0.2.10

Manga reader visibility fix

• Keep loading, failure and empty-page messages visible below the reader header. Chapter errors no longer look like a blank black screen.
• Show readable source messages and offer Retry, Choose chapter and Change source directly from a failed chapter.
• Label AsuraScans premium/early-access chapters before opening them and explain when the source supplies no public images.

After updating Nova: open Extensions → Check for updates and apply the AsuraScans update.

The reported Pick Me Up chapter 226 was locked for early access at verification time; chapters 225 and 224 returned public pages. Solo Leveling: Ragnarok chapter 70 was also locked, while 68 and 1 returned valid image bytes. Nova reports those source restrictions rather than trying to unlock them.

Validation includes the actual installed-app failure, 62 source fixtures in Node/QuickJS, all Nova release test commands, 190 extension-host tests, security/IPC/fuse checks, reader UI geometry and retry checks, the packaged worker/compiler, the full 236-file packaged snapshot, and installer/feed hashes. This installer was built and verified locally during the GitHub Actions incident; hosted verification remains queued.

Install the Windows x64 setup executable below or use Nova’s updater. Existing application data is retained.

Vestra Nova v0.2.9

Manga reader fixes

• Fix MangaFire reading for Latna Saga by adding its reviewed current image CDN hosts.
• Accept manga page images through the guarded worker’s 8 MiB limit, fixing the reader’s older 2 MiB validation cap.
• Verify Latna Saga chapters 1 and 307 through the native reader and image worker.

After updating Nova: open Extensions → Check for updates, then review and apply the MangaFire update to approve its new CDN hosts. Updating Nova retains your installed extensions and their saved permissions; it does not silently grant additional hosts.

More sources and artwork

• Add native MangaDex and WeebCentral readers, bringing the manga catalogue to 25 available sources. Install them from Extensions → Browse → Manga.

• Add source logos to the extension catalogue. Sources without published artwork retain a monogram.

• Read WeebCentral’s Chapter and Episode labels correctly, including Latna Saga.

• Include all 17 native anime ports and the SDK 1.7 runtime integration. Four anime sources remain marked experimental because of upstream/player limitations.

• Package the complete reviewed catalogue and source logos, with an installed-resource inventory/hash check.

Runtime reliability

• Add separate consent for extension-owned source cookies, without exposing the browser cookie jar.
• Follow source redirects only between exactly approved HTTPS hosts, with public-DNS checks and credential stripping across origins.
• Clean up pending sandbox host handles after source timeouts.

Install the Windows x64 setup executable below, or use Nova’s updater. The release build runs application, reader, updater, security and packaged-worker checks before publication.

Vestra Nova v0.2.7

A little celebration for your next update

Nova now announces available updates in a mascot-powered modal with replayable confetti, readable release notes, download progress, retry, and restart controls. Choose Later to keep browsing, or click the status-bar update message to reopen it.

Announcements wait while a video or another dialog is open. Motion effects respect your reduced-motion preference. Downloads and restarts still happen when you choose them. The new modal is available after installing this version, for subsequent updates.

Better manga reading

• Fix public image CDNs that were incorrectly rejected by the network guard.
• Recognize supported raster images delivered as generic binary content.
• Support larger scan pages with a bounded 8 MiB image allowance.

Native manga sources in Foundry

All 21 manga sources from the reviewed Seanime catalogue now have native Foundry ports, including MangaBuddy/MangaK, MangaKatana, MangaHub, AsuraScans, Atsumaru, FanFox, KuraManga, LelManga, MangaFreak, MangaStash, Komiku, MyNimeKu, MangaWorldAdult, AnimeSama, Taiyo, xComic and MangaFire.

Refresh the Foundry registry in Extensions to see and install the new sources. RavenScans, MangaBats, MangaDot and MangaBall are marked experimental because their upstream sites or image CDNs currently block access. Source status and verification.

Windows download

Download Vestra-Nova-0.2.7-Setup-x64.exe below, or use Nova’s existing update controls.

Vestra Nova v0.2.6

Vestra Nova v0.2.6

A warmer welcome

• A playful startup splash features Nova's mascot and shows real progress for settings, saved data, installed sources and the app update check.
• Saved shelves and preferences are loaded before the main window opens. Slow sources and update checks continue in the background; Open Nova can skip optional waiting.
• Motion can be paused and respects reduced-motion settings. Startup failures offer a restart instead of an endless splash.

Source fixes and problem reporting

• Fix Movies/Series provider matching when one source adds a release year, such as Love in Disguise (2026). Wrong release years and ambiguous editions remain rejected.
• Show a clearer matching error and a shortcut to browse the selected source directly.
• Add Report problem to source errors and Settings playback diagnostics. It opens a prefilled GitHub issue for review and submission, using the app version, source and public error code without raw logs or credentials.

Install the Windows x64 setup below or use Nova's update controls. Existing application data is retained. Update downloads and installation still require an explicit action.

Vestra Nova v0.2.5

Continue with fewer clicks

• Open Continue Reading directly at the saved manga chapter and page.
• Remember the reading source for each catalogue title.
• Start reading immediately when choosing an edition, and change sources from inside the reader.

Reader recovery

• Retry undecodable images using fresh bytes instead of replaying the cached image.
• Refresh expired chapter page links while retaining the current reading position.
• Keep saved progress intact when it cannot be read or its chapter no longer exists. Retry or choose a chapter explicitly.
• Recover from a removed original source using an exact title match in the selected replacement source.

Playback recovery

• Retry interrupted playback from the last confirmed position.
• Open source selection directly from the failure screen.
• Carry the anime episode number, season and position into source recovery. Resume only when that exact episode is available in the replacement source.

Checks

Expanded reader, playback recovery and provider-isolation tests run in the release workflow. Existing IPC and guarded network protections remain enabled.

Windows x64

Install the setup executable below or use Vestra's update controls. Existing application data is retained. Windows code signing remains deferred for this build.

Vestra Nova v0.2.4

AniList list sync

• Sync anime watchlists and manga reading shelves with your connected AniList account in both directions.
• Automatically queue local additions, status changes, removals and completed episode or numbered-chapter progress.
• Change AniList status from anime and manga detail pages.
• Check pending changes, unmatched titles and retry status, or choose Sync AniList now in Settings > Application > Local account & AniList.

Reliability

• Keep pending changes and incoming list snapshots encrypted per account.
• Retry failed requests without discarding local edits, and preserve newer edits when an older request finishes.
• Preserve higher AniList progress during automatic updates and keep completed entries completed during playback.
• Require an exact source-title match before updating an AniList entry. Ambiguous titles remain pending.

Playlist additions save the title to AniList while preserving its existing status. Playlist names/order, page positions and local episode/chapter history remain in Vestra. AniList scores, notes, privacy and custom-list memberships are preserved. Incoming lists normally refresh every five minutes while Vestra is open.

Windows x64

Install the setup executable below or use Vestra's update controls. Existing application data is retained. Windows code signing remains deferred for this build.

Vestra Nova v0.2.3

Manga search and extension improvements

• Search all enabled manga sources without extension badges on result cards.
• Load additional results automatically while scrolling, with pagination for providers that support it.
• Preserve reading progress, bookmarks and selected editions across combined search results.
• Check for extension updates and review changes to permissions and hosts before installing.
• Import individual community extension manifests as well as extension registries.

Discovery and reliability

• Fix empty Discover sections caused by adult-content filtering.
• Keep IPC-backed discovery queries working when Chromium reports an offline connection.
• Isolate manga provider execution and give manga searches an appropriate timeout budget.
• Preserve image request headers and referring-page context, and improve failed-image diagnostics.

Foundry

Native HentaiEra and Hentai2Read adapters are available through the Foundry registry. HentaiEra passed live search and chapter metadata checks. Hentai2Read remains experimental because its site returned HTTP 403 during live testing. Install the native adapter from Extensions; existing community versions remain separate entries.

Windows x64

Install the setup executable below or use Vestra's update controls. Existing application data is retained. Windows code signing remains deferred for this build.

Vestra Nova v0.2.2

AniList sign-in and sidebar account

• Fixed the AniList sign-in URL to use your registered redirect, resolving the unsupported_grant_type error.
• Added your AniList avatar at the bottom of the sidebar. Click it to sign in, reconnect, disconnect, or open account and backup settings.
• Kept the account control accessible in short windows and added an avatar fallback when an image cannot load.

Windows download

Install the Windows x64 setup executable below, or update through Vestra. Existing application data is retained.

Vestra Nova 0.2.1

Simpler AniList sign-in

• Choose Sign in with AniList, authorize in your browser, and return to Vestra automatically.
• Remove manual client-ID and access-token fields from Settings.
• Keep existing encrypted account sessions and list backups. Backup controls are grouped under List backups.
• Validate callbacks with short-lived, single-use OAuth state; support cancellation and reconnecting.

What's new display

• Display headings, lists, emphasis and release links correctly instead of showing raw HTML tags.
• Keep scripts, embedded content and unsafe links out of the release-notes view.

Testing AniList

The AniList application with public client ID 55841 must have its Redirect URL set to vestra://auth/anilist, replacing the old PIN URL. The Windows installer registers this callback protocol. Install this update before testing the browser-return flow.

Existing application data is retained. Live AniList authorization has not been verified with a real account; the callback, persistence and UI behavior are covered by automated tests.