v1.9.0

1.9.0 (2026-08-24)

Features

• llm: allow five-minute agent deadlines (#1449) (ad07bc5)
• observatory: carry every genre tag (#1457) (7d4c0b9)
• shows: add matching-track availability diagnostic (#1442) (9e78d52)

Bug Fixes

• admin: mark queue picks held before mixer handoff (#1458) (e69be30)
• analyzer: accelerate CUDA sounds-like backfills (#1453) (2e04fff)
• broadcast: don't start a jingle while a DJ clip is on air (#1410) (09b2d73)
• broadcast: give banter a window instead of one instant (#1419) (#1432) (c2bc896)
• broadcast: keep music commitment off the intro-render critical path (#1414) (7382e2d)
• broadcast: level-match loop transitions (#1407) (4292c5c)
• broadcast: reject non-audio subhttp bodies and verify pushed picks resolve (#1415) (8d3f1db)
• broadcast: space artists out on the agent path, and fold name variants (#1406) (#1433) (dcff53b)
• dj: keep daypart context aligned (#1411) (#1452) (b4d931b)
• dj: reach banter and guest exchanges with the station house rules (#1430) (11f6abc), closes #1420
• dj: use spoken forms for mixed-script track names (#1455) (d6bdf04)
• llm: give the script generators the track's actual feel (#1444) (e4f9e7a), closes #1443
• llm: log successful calls with generator metadata (#1450) (4bc817e)
• llm: support newer GPT-5 reasoning floors (#1447) (eb73cb3)
• picker: stop claiming new artist regardless of play history (#1456) (de78e0c)
• settings: expose listener buffer control (#1451) (deea2a4)
• skills: let a forced skill stand down instead of inventing (#1412) (#1416) (0ddc053)
• skills: skip unavailable pool segments before generation (#1446) (#1448) (e7838dd)
• tts: use native CJK phonemizers for Kokoro (#1454) (b4b0748)
• web: realign bound switch and toggle-group fields (#1403) (#1413) (c76701c)
• web: remove duplicate skill name label (#1399) (c0d8d61)