TautWeekly for Plex v0.13.0
TautWeekly for Plex v0.13.0
v0.13.0 gives the interactive Windows Manager a native notification-area
experience, reliable sign-in startup controls, and a customizable newsletter
action button. The independent weekly newsletter schedule remains unchanged.
Keep the Manager available from the notification area
While the interactive Manager is running, the TautWeekly icon remains in the
Windows notification area with the TautWeekly Dashboard tooltip. Left-click
opens the existing Dashboard. The native right-click menu shows a color-coded
Healthy, Needs attention, or Failed status and an explicit Exit
TautWeekly for Plex action; selecting the status also opens or focuses the
Dashboard.
Only one Manager instance runs for an installation and local address. Repeated
Start-menu or launcher use activates the existing Dashboard instead of starting
another server or tray process.
Exiting the Manager closes only the tray icon and local Dashboard server. It
does not disable or remove the separate Windows Scheduled Task, and it does not
cancel a newsletter delivery that is already running.
Choose Windows sign-in behavior
Manager Settings now includes Start Manager when I sign in. It creates a
current-user, non-elevated startup entry and starts the Manager silently in the
notification area. The dependent Open Dashboard after sign-in toggle opens
the default browser once after that background Manager is ready.
Both toggles save immediately. Setup reconciles the owned startup entry after
updates, portable migrations, reinstalls, and application-path changes;
uninstall removes it so no stale sign-in command remains.
Link the newsletter button to Plex, Seer, or another service
The Manager's Identity settings now pair Open Plex button URL or custom
link with a new Button label field. Existing configurations continue to
use https://app.plex.tv/desktop/ and Open Plex automatically. A custom
HTTP/HTTPS URL and label can instead direct recipients to Seer or another web
service.
The label is single-line, bounded, and safely encoded in HTML and plain-text
mail. Manually edited legacy configurations also reject non-HTTP(S) newsletter
links at render time. Poster and deleted-item-cache fingerprinting now uses a
portable built-in implementation rather than depending on an optional
PowerShell hashing command.
Update from v0.12.7 or an older installation
- Download
TautWeekly-Setup.exeandSHA256SUMS.txtfrom this release. - Verify the EXE against
SHA256SUMS.txt. - Run Setup and confirm Update for the preselected installer-owned folder.
- Open the Manager and review Settings for sign-in behavior.
- Under Config > Identity, keep the Plex defaults or set the desired
custom button URL and label, then validate and save.
Configuration, credentials, exclusions, history, previews, diagnostics,
backups, optional password-lock state, and the independent Scheduled Task are
preserved during update or portable migration.
Validation and limitations
Release gates cover Manager and installer unit tests and vetting, eight
maintained Manager cross-build targets, native single-instance and graceful
shutdown contracts, embedded JavaScript and accessibility checks, 33 isolated
newsletter scenarios across Windows and both maintained container renderers,
reproducible archives, packaged-runtime contracts, and a real isolated Windows
install/update/migration/uninstall lifecycle. Live Windows QA also verified the
tray menu, tooltip, Dashboard activation, immediate startup toggles, sign-in
launch, and preservation of existing local Manager data.
The Setup executable remains unsigned. Windows SmartScreen or Microsoft
Defender may identify it as an unknown publisher; verify the download against
SHA256SUMS.txt before running it.