Update 0.9.25

[cenodude]

CrossWatch v0.9.25

Huge update. This release introduces the new redesigned Sync Hub and other elements like the Now Playing experience.

✨ Highlights

• Sync Hub: Added live service, synchronization, application-health and update monitoring.
• Now Playing: Redesigned the live playback card with media information.
• Live Output: Redesigned Sync, Watcher and Debug output with structured, theme-aware live logs.
• Playback Progress: Added server- and pair-level library whitelisting for Plex, Emby and Jellyfin.
• PublicMetaDB: Added optional TMDb title and release-year enrichment.
• Performance: Optimized startup for slower devices.

🔧 Fixes & Improvements

• Improved: Live output now includes provider labels, severity levels, timestamps and readable copied logs.
• Improved: Bounded live-log rendering keeps the interface responsive during high-volume output.
• Improved: Faster Watchlist loading, dashboard counters, episode artwork and source-profile labels.
• Improved: Playback Progress indexing and target resolution now respect whitelistings.
• Improved: Plex progress synchronization avoids self-writes and protects currently playing,.
• Improved: Redesigned Maintenance with better cleanup, action summaries and capture management.
• Improved: Added persistent TMDb metadata caching.
• Fixed: Emby and Jellyfin episodes now resolve through exact provider IDs even when season or episode numbering differs.
• Fixed: Season-zero special episodes now sync and reconcile correctly across providers, including two-way pairs.
• Fixed: Plex webhooks now recover missing playback progress and duration from active sessions.
• Fixed: Playback Progress correctly handles profiles, live records, artwork and Trakt image URLs.
• Fixed: Playback Progress only combines matching profiles within a two-point progress tolerance.
• Fixed: Persistent metadata cache paths are handled safely across local and container environments.
• Fixed: Improved Analyzer accuracy and performance for large sync states.
• Fixed: Unraid runtime UID/GID mappings are handled correctly.
• Changed: included API token in the Authorization header for Jellyfin-compatible servers
• Changed: Updated CrossWatch to v0.9.25, PublicMetaDB to v0.3, Plex adapter to v1.2, and Emby and Jellyfin adapters to v1.1.

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