Release 2.9.0 RC 3 · music-assistant/server

📦 RC Release

Changes since 2.9.0rc2

Separate library artist views from per-provider artist listings (by @marcelveldt in #4039)
Speed up YouTube Music recommendations loading (by @MarvinSchenkel in #4120)

Make universal player merge deterministic when link counts tie (by @sdhomecode in #4017)
Fix YTMusic provider not retrying when PO Token server is slow to start (by @CodeCommander in #4093)
Fix None handling in music controller track/resume lookups (by @OzGav in #4102)
Avoid event loop block in YouTube Music recommendations and skip SoundCloud default avatar (by @MarvinSchenkel in #4104)
Only advertise extended ICY headers on flow stream when ICY metadata is requested (by @mcaulifn in #4105)
Fix Apple Music library-only album artwork by caching blobstore URLs (by @dmoo500 in #4106)
Added None guard (by @anatosun in #4107)
Fix library-only tracks/albums showing as unavailable in shared playlists (by @dmoo500 in #4108)
Fix transfer_queue losing position when source queue is paused/idle (by @OzGav in #4115)
Re-add configurable output buffer for AirPlay 1 (RAOP) players (by @MarvinSchenkel in #4118)
Fix version parsing for titles with nested parentheses (by @OzGav in #4119)
Audio analysis: re-scan stale-version tracks in background scan (by @chrisuthe in #4123)
Don't enqueue next track onto a stopped queue (by @MarvinSchenkel in #4127)
Bump aiosendspin to 6.0.2 to fix spec conformance issues (by @maximmaxim345 in #4128)
Fix volume jump when crossfade intro and body normalize differently (by @MarvinSchenkel in #4129)
Adjust Chromecast playback defaults (HTTP Profile 3 + flow mode) (by @MarvinSchenkel in #4133)

Fix erroneous underline on Audio Analysis concurrency link (by @chrisuthe in #1872)
Only refetch recommendations on track end, not periodic progress (by @stvncode in #1870)
Remove animation when changing volume for group player (by @stvncode in #1871)
Fix background task copy (by @stvncode in #1873)
Lokalise: Translations update (by @marcelveldt in #1875)
Fix queue items disappearing in fullscreen player (by @MarvinSchenkel in #1874)
Add translation key for now playing badge (by @MarvinSchenkel in #1889)
Refactor heart icon and add it to the artist page (by @stvncode in #1891)
Add back subtitle for discover page (by @stvncode in #1890)
Bigger tiles on mobile (by @stvncode in #1887)
Fix self-sustaining WebRTC reconnect storm in remote transport (by @MarvinSchenkel in #1888)
Subtle placeholder for both dark and light mode (by @stvncode in #1886)
Add built-in playlists for favorites and random tracks (by @OzGav in #1876)
Single artist detail view with provider filter (by @marcelveldt in #1829)
Single artist detail view with provider filter (by @marcelveldt in #1829)

13 changes

Bump stages on 2.9 release (by @OzGav in #3942)
Typing fixes for the music controller stage 2 (by @OzGav in #4101)
Enable ruff UP043 and drop unnecessary default type arguments (by @OzGav in #4103)
⬆️ Update music-assistant-frontend to 2.17.178 (by @music-assistant-machine in #4111)
⬆️ Update music-assistant-frontend to 2.17.179 (by @music-assistant-machine in #4113)
Final typing fixes for the Music controller (by @OzGav in #4114)
Add translation_key to builtin playlists (by @OzGav in #4122)
⬆️ Update music-assistant-frontend to 2.17.180 (by @music-assistant-machine in #4125)
Pin Sendspin Cast app id to the frozen ma-2.9 channel (by @maximmaxim345 in #4131)
⬆️ Update music-assistant-frontend to 2.17.181 (by @music-assistant-machine in #4132)
Bump pyblu from 2.0.7 to 2.0.8 (by @dependabot[bot] in #4134)
Bump lyricsgenius from 3.11.0 to 3.12.2 (by @dependabot[bot] in #4136)
⬆️ Update music-assistant-frontend to 2.17.182 (by @music-assistant-machine in #4137)

Special thanks to the following contributors who helped with this release: