v0.3.0 — Night Light

The project has been renamed from "Night Shift" to "Night Light." Crates, binaries, the app ID, desktop entries, the polkit rule, and the systemd unit are all renamed (cosmic-nightlight*, io.github.cosmic_nightlight). The repository moved to danielcwtts/cosmic-nightlight (the old URL redirects).

⚠️ Breaking: settings now live under ~/.config/cosmic/io.github.cosmic_nightlight/, so configuration from earlier versions is not migrated automatically. Re-run ./scripts/install.sh, and remove any old cosmic-nightshift* binaries and the old polkit rule if you installed them (or use ./scripts/uninstall.sh against an old checkout).

New

• Manual override — toggling the tint on/off against the schedule now forces that state until the next sunset/sunrise transition, after which automatic scheduling resumes.
• Live settings sync — the applet, settings window, and daemon share state through a cosmic_config file watcher, so a change in one is reflected in the others immediately.
• Settings-window parity — it mirrors the applet's on/off toggle and temperature slider, shows a schedule status line (e.g. "On until 6:00AM"), follows the system 12/24-hour clock, and enforces a minimum window size.

Fixed / hardened

• The daemon waits for the graphical session to be the foreground VT before touching DRM at login, avoiding a race that could strand you on a spare TTY.
• Failed gamma applies now retry with backoff instead of being assumed successful (fixes the tint occasionally not coming up at login).

Other

• Added scripts/uninstall.sh.

Full changelog: v0.2.0...v0.3.0

Install

1. Download cosmic-nightlight_0.3.0-1_amd64.deb from the Assets section below.
2. Open the downloaded file with the COSMIC Store and click Install.
   (Or from a terminal: sudo apt install ./cosmic-nightlight_0.3.0-1_amd64.deb.)
3. Add the applet to your bar: COSMIC Settings → Desktop → Panel (or
   Dock) → Configure applets → Add applet → Night Light.