v0.5.0

0.5.0 (2026-08-22)

Features

• add boot_failed field to the Emulator base class (cfc3ab8)
• add disc-swap contract to the emulator base class (61d3c4e)
• add PPSSPP emulator module with working save/load-state (abae001)
• add standalone dolphin launcher to the webstation broker (7949385)
• gate the room comms surface on the session multiplayer flag and add invite links (9934ccd)
• generalize PCSX2's deferred-load thread into a boot watchdog (b556428)
• prefer m3u playlists on retroarch disc platforms (2c8dcd9)
• retroarch: link core assets so the ppsspp core can boot (976b1f3)
• room: move track capture/presentation onto a worker-based pipeline (3281f6e)
• serve swap-disc on the webstation broker (f9db17e)
• surface PCSX2 boot-failure detection on GET /api/session/status (bd109ab)
• swap discs on a running retroarch core (85e8f5c)
• sync save states between the webstation broker and RomM (3663ec4)
• sync the whole PS2 memory card as a folder card (12fcd8c)
• track the retroarch playlist and mounted disc index (1621d41)
• xemu: add XEMU_SOFTWARE_GL to force CPU rendering for xemu alone (658d0b4)
• xemu: pin fullscreen on startup alongside the renderer (b9565e6)

Bug Fixes

• add PPSSPP emulator module with working save/load-state (0e8c013)
• disable savestate thumbnails for GPU-rendered dolphin core (584fc7f)
• guard against a dead or superseded core committing a disc swap (bb13df3)
• keep the exit state readable after the session is torn down (6465922)
• lay down the pcsx2 folder card marker so the slot 1 card is recognized (c700f96)
• lock disc swaps against each other and the deferred resume load (f8022ad)
• match xemu save directories on the disk's own case (1caf2c8)
• Merge pull request #13 from romm-streaming/dev (0e8c013)
• pin dolphin's gamecube slot a to the gci folder card device (7bda8c5)
• pin the retroarch joypad driver to linuxraw so selkies pads register (37ad1be)
• reap orphaned emulators on broker start and let an exit skip the state save (5244955)
• retroarch: drop the inline platform table shadowing the json one (8160d6f)
• retroarch: link ppsspp assets where the core actually reads them (16ee9e0)
• run the startup reap on the app that is actually served (c30e2ca)
• skip a synced memory card left in an older save archive instead of failing the restore (97cc401)
• treat resume slot 0 as a resume request, not as no request (b8536c0)
• xemu: pin the renderer to OpenGL before each launch (c1f6f73)

Documentation

• add reverse proxy guide for serving the container from the parent origin (653bbcf)
• document the state routes and the retroarch launcher (cea0c29)
• replace the Zoraxy virtual directory recipe with a host rule (9e22c68)
• trim unsupported emulator references from the readme (13c7aea)