Chromaforge v26.45.0

What's Changed

• Locale catalogs: keep the fork catalogs sorted, so PRs that add strings stop conflicting by @clydecbrown in #729
• Lightroom import gives the photos it adds the catalog's settings and history, not their file's XMP by @clydecbrown in #731
• Plug-in Manager fixes: window width, one install at a time, reinstalls, a stale Settings tab, one spelling by @clydecbrown in #733
• Issue #725: recognize renamed repository during update check and clarify status by @deunderscorepaul in #726
• Keep a capture date of just a year or a month as stated by @clydecbrown in #737
• Brand: finish the Chromaforge changeover by @emmertex in #739
• IMM-SIDECARS: push and pull XMP sidecars with Immich by @emmertex in #744
• Port upstream full scan 2026-11-01: 17 fixes by @emmertex in #747
• Denoise: Make the cancelled-job test wait in the model loader by @endthestart in #756
• Dates: Use chrono for the remaining calendar math by @endthestart in #757
• Web: Log in to the server before rendering a gallery upload by @endthestart in #758
• Clock: Run the app's clock on local time by @endthestart in #759
• Tests: Trim three slow lcc-engine tests by @endthestart in #760
• Issue #451: pin the Sony a1 tungsten white-balance path with tests by @emmertex in #746
• Issue #671: lens database matching for lenses whose lensfun name carries a maker designation code by @emmertex in #748
• Issue #724: add the NIKON Z6_3 Lightroom-matched camera calibration by @emmertex in #745
• Issue #679: colour NR pulls in chroma speckle (green spots at high ISO) by @emmertex in #749
• Default camera profile per model (issue #723) by @emmertex in #750
• Issue #448: catalog compaction and thumbnail decode failures no longer stall the UI thread by @emmertex in #753
• Add the IPTC Content fields (headline, caption writer, category, subject codes) by @emmertex in #754
• Raw: Take AHD's Lab cube roots without libm cbrt by @endthestart in #761
• Tone sliders: match Lightroom's tonal response (storytold#1371) by @emmertex in #738
• Process V6: AI Denoise amount eases in by @emmertex in #699
• LR-MERGE-HDRPANO: Merged JPEGs keep their colour on a profiled camera (#752) by @endthestart in #755
• Issue #683: AND / OR operator for the Library Filter Bar's metadata columns by @emmertex in #751
• LRC-LIB-LIBFOLDERS: Add Folder… picks and scans off the UI thread (#734) by @endthestart in #735
• Fix #692: Delete from Disk lists each folder once for all its files by @endthestart in #706
• Fixes #694: Masking Panel UI Ergonomics, Typography Consistency, and Overlay Menu Refinement by @deunderscorepaul in #713
• LRC-LIB-LIBFOLDERS: Folders + menu on Android, Add Folder… follow-ups (#734) by @emmertex in #764
• docs: upstream PR intake runbook, ledger and tooling by @emmertex in #765
• Library: the grid's thumbnail badges no longer name a sidecar per cell, per frame (#742) by @emmertex in #766
• Upstream intake 2026-11-02: 3 PRs, 0 commits by @emmertex in #767
• Release 26.45.0: version and changelog by @emmertex in #768
• Release 26.45.0: fix tests the full CI caught by @emmertex in #770

Full Changelog: v26.44.4...v26.45.0