Netflix for Linux v2.1.0
Feature and stability update.
What changed
- Added update controls with stable/beta channels, release browsing, rollback links, and background downloads.
- Added session restore on startup plus a manual restore action in settings.
- Added selector health diagnostics with JSON export.
- Expanded the watch queue with hover-card add, search, drag reorder, dedupe, pin, and play-next.
- Added theme packs and compact mode for app windows.
- Added crash-safe mode after repeated unclean exits.
- Added settings import/export.
- Improved Discord RPC socket detection and reconnect behavior on Linux.
- Improved watch history persistence and pause handling.
- Expanded playback stats with optional connection and drop-rate data.
- Added contributor-facing community docs and PR guidance.
Notes
- Version is now 2.1.0.
- Lint, type-check, and unit tests are passing.
- E2E smoke tests are currently skipped under the installed Castlabs Electron build because it does not support Playwright's required launch flags.
- Linux packages remain AppImage, pacman, and deb.