v1.1.0 - Personal watch dates

Anime Tracker 1.1.0

Release date: 01.07.2026

New

• Personal watch dates were added for each anime: a start date and a finish
  date. Entered manually, optional, and may be left blank. They are set from
  the add and edit forms and shown on the detail page.
• If the finish date is before the start date a warning is shown, but the
  value is still saved.
• Watch dates are personal; they are not shared via catalog sync. They are
  included in your list backup (export/import).

Notes

• This release adds two date columns to the user_anime table; your existing
  watch data is not affected.

v1.0.22 - help page split

Anime Tracker 1.0.22

Release date: 30.06.2026

Improvements

• The Help page was split into topic-grouped sub-pages. The main Help page is
  now a table of contents; each group (Watching Basics, Fields and Personal
  Data, Sync, Discovery and Interaction, Series, Timezone) opens on its own
  page, so you reach the topic you want more quickly.
• The Help content was brought fully up to date with the missing topics added:
  • Watch statuses now describe all five options: the previously missing
    "Dropped" status and the "Not Selected" starting state were added.
  • A dedicated section explains why catching up to the latest aired episode
    of an ongoing show with an unknown total does not mark it "Watched" (the
    status stays "Watching").
  • New sections: Emotions (reacting to an anime, up to 3 per anime), Filler
    and Canon Episodes, Statistics (User / Recently Watched / Global) and
    Title Language (English / Romaji preference).
  • The catalog sync section now explains that the aired-episode count is
    refreshed automatically once a day and never touches your personal watch
    state.

Notes

• This release does not change the database schema.
• Only the help content and layout were updated; your watch data, notes and
  settings are not affected.

v1.0.21 - watched status fix

Anime Tracker 1.0.21

Release date: 29.06.2026

Fixes

• For an ongoing anime whose total episode count is unknown, catching up to the
  latest aired episode no longer flips the watch status to "Watched" by mistake;
  it now stays "Watching". When a new episode airs it correctly remains
  "Watching". The status only becomes "Watched" when the series actually ends:
  the known total is reached, or a finished broadcast is fully watched.

Notes

• This release does not change the database schema.
• A record that was stuck as "Watched" before this fix returns to the correct
  state as soon as you decrease its watched-episode count by one, or fix it from
  the Edit screen.

v1.0.20 - invite request system

Anime Tracker 1.0.20

Release date: 28.06.2026

New

• When registration is invite-only, visitors who do not have an invite can now
  request one. The registration page has a new "Request an Invite" link; the
  visitor enters their email address and why they want an invite. Requests are
  collected under a new "Invite Requests" tab on the invite-management page,
  where you can generate an invite for a request with a single click.
• When a request arrives, a short email is sent to the notification address you
  configure (the requester's email + their reason). The notification address is
  set on the invite-management page; if it is left empty, no email is sent and
  the requests still appear on the tab.

Notes

• Invite requests only work in multi-user mode and while the registration mode
  is "invite". A single-user (self-host) install has no registration or invites,
  so this feature is not shown.
• The request form is protected against spam submissions (a hidden field plus a
  per-IP hourly submission limit).
• The notification email is sent on a best-effort basis since the request is
  already saved on the tab; the request is never lost even if sending fails.
• For the notification email to be delivered, your server's outbound email
  (local mail service and domain DNS records) must be working.
• This release adds one new database table (invite requests).

v1.0.19 - automatiic episode time update

Anime Tracker 1.0.19

Release date: 27.06.2026

New

• The aired-episode sync can now be run from the command line as well (cron on
  Linux, Task Scheduler on Windows). This lets the automatic update run on a
  schedule on its own, at whatever frequency you choose, instead of depending on
  someone opening the List Settings page. New file: sync_aired.php (setting it up
  is entirely optional).

Fixes

• On servers with no working IPv6 egress that resolve animeschedule.net to an
  IPv6 address, the airing sync could fail to connect and time out. AnimeSchedule
  requests are now pinned to IPv4.

Notes

• The command-line sync runs every time it is invoked; how often it runs is set
  by the scheduled task you create. The List Settings page's once-a-day trigger
  skips its own sync if the day's sync already happened.
• Setting up the scheduled task differs per operating system and is not part of
  the package; users who want it add their own scheduled job.
• The database schema did not change.
• The website's behavior is unchanged.

v1.0.18 - little update

Anime Tracker 1.0.18

Release date: 25.06.2026

New

• A "Recently Watched" tab was added to the Statistics page. It lists the anime
  whose watch progress you updated most recently (newest first); each row shows
  the anime title, watch status, watched episodes and when it was last watched.

Changes

• The "Recently Edited" section was renamed to "Recently Updated" and now lists
  only newly added or edited anime. Increasing or decreasing an anime's watched
  episode count (+/-) no longer moves it into this list; your watch activity now
  appears in the new "Recently Watched" tab.

• The "Pending Additions" section was renamed to "Pending".

Notes

• The database schema did not change.
• These changes affect both self-host and online (multi-user) installs.

v1.0.17 - online catalog sync

Anime Tracker 1.0.17

Release date: 23.06.2026

Fixes

• On an online install, adding a new chronology note now sends it to the
  central catalog automatically, at the moment it is added. Previously a newly
  added note was saved only on the local install and the List Settings page
  showed a "not synced with the catalog" warning. The note is now sent the
  instant it is added, and the warning clears on its own once the send
  succeeds.

• If the send fails, the note is still saved locally (it is not lost) and a
  warning banner is shown on the home page; a later catalog send retries it.

Notes

• The database schema did not change.
• This change affects online (multi-user) installs only. On a self-host
  install the behavior of adding a chronology note is unchanged.
• Deleting a chronology note is still not propagated to the central catalog;
  a delete affects the local install only.
• No new translations were added; the existing warning text is used.

v1.0.16

Anime Tracker 1.0.16

Release date: 21.06.2026

Fixes

• The "Manage Genres" button that had disappeared from the List Settings page
  is back. For the last few versions an empty area was left between the Title
  Language and Sentence Management sections; the Genre Management section there
  had been removed by mistake. The section, together with its "Manage Genres"
  button, has been restored. On a self-host install it is visible directly; on
  an online install it is shown to users who may manage genres.

• On an online install, the controls for adding and deleting chronology notes
  are now shown only to authorized users. A regular member used to see these
  controls even though the action was rejected; an unusable control is no
  longer shown. Existing chronology notes remain visible to everyone in
  read-only form.

Notes

• The database schema did not change.
• On a self-host install the only visible change is the return of the genre
  management button. Hiding the chronology controls affects online
  (multi-user) installs only.
• No new translations were added; the existing TR and EN keys are used.

v1.0.15 - Import chronology notes

Anime Tracker 1.0.15

Release date: 17.06.2026

New

• Chronology notes from an imported list now reach the moderator. When you
  import a member list online, an anime that is not in the catalog was sent
  to the moderation queue as a request, but the chronology notes attached to
  that anime were lost. These notes are now carried along with the request,
  and when a moderator approves the request the matching notes are linked
  automatically.

  The request list now has a Chronology column showing how many notes each
  row carries, so the moderator can see them before approving. After
  approval the result message gains a line such as "X chronology note(s)
  linked, Y skipped."

  For a note to be linked, the related anime it points to must also be in
  the catalog. If the related anime is missing, that note is skipped and
  counted; the rest of the approval completes normally. If two anime
  approved in the same batch point at each other, those are linked too.

Notes

• Database schema changed: a pending_markers field was added to the
  catalog_requests table. Take a database backup before running the update.
• The behavior change affects online (multi-user) installs only. On a
  self-host install the request flow never occurs, so behavior is unchanged.
• Interface language updated for both TR and EN.

v1.0.14 - Improvements

Anime Tracker 1.0.14

Release date: 16.06.2026

Improvements

• Chronology notes are now included in list export/import. A backup taken
  with List Settings -> Export now also carries each anime's chronology
  notes, and Import restores them. Previously the backup contained no
  chronology notes, so they were lost when moving a list to another install
  or restoring it.

  A line was added to the import result message. When the backup contains
  notes, the message reads for example "84 anime imported, 0 skipped. 21
  chronology note linked, 0 skipped." Older backups without notes do not
  show this extra line.

  For a chronology note to be linked, both anime it points to must exist on
  the target install. If the related anime is missing, that note is skipped
  and counted; the rest of the import completes normally.

Notes

• No database schema change.
• Interface language updated for both TR and EN.