CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

0.7.11 — 2026-04-20

Fixed

• Add-on build failure on Docker 29 / strict BuildKit: The companion add-on Dockerfile declared ARG BUILD_FROM without a default, and the repo shipped no build.yaml, so Supervisor invoked docker buildx build without a --build-arg BUILD_FROM=… — stricter BuildKit versions reject the empty base image with InvalidDefaultArgInFrom: base name ($BUILD_FROM) should not be blank. Added youtube_music_connector_companion/build.yaml mapping aarch64 and amd64 to ghcr.io/home-assistant/{arch}-base:3.19 so Supervisor can resolve the base image again.

0.7.10 — 2026-04-20

Fixed

• Volume slider fill in now-playing card: The colored fill portion of the volume slider was invisible on Chromium (only a blue thumb on a grey track). Reworked the slider with a pseudo-element wrapper so the accent-colored fill renders reliably cross-browser.
• Lovelace asset cache-busting: ytmc-player.js and ytmc-search-play.js were loaded without a version query, so browsers served stale copies indefinitely. Both URLs now carry ?v=<FRONTEND_CACHE_VERSION> and the version is bumped automatically by scripts/bump_versions.py.
• Flickering progress bar and play button: Every HA state tick (including media_position_updated_at) forced a full DOM teardown, and transient state flips during buffering / next-track could unmount controls and the progress row. Structural sig now excludes high-frequency fields; volume, position and play-icon updates happen in-place via a new _syncDynamic path; sticky visibility flags keep controls and the progress bar mounted through short gaps.

0.7.5 — 2026-04-03

Fixed

• Setup failure with pytubefix 10.x: Added explicit nodejs-wheel-binaries requirement so HA Core can resolve the Node.js dependency needed for YouTube cipher decryption.

Changed

• Dropped 32-bit architecture support: Removed armhf, armv7, and i386 from add-on architectures — nodejs-wheel-binaries has no wheels for these platforms.

0.7.4 — 2026-03-22

Fixed

• Device chips wrap on mobile: Target device chips in both player and search-play components now wrap to multiple lines instead of using a hidden horizontal scrollbar.

Added

• Project ship skill: New skills/ship/SKILL.md extends the global completion flow with automatic patch versioning, payload sync, and GitHub Release for every ship.

0.7.3 — 2026-03-21

Improved

• Browser Auth Assistant instructions: music.youtube.com is now a clickable link, added F12 keyboard hint, added Chromium-specific step for finding Request Headers in the Network tab, and textarea placeholder now shows an example of the expected header format.

0.7.2 — 2026-03-21

Fixed

• Volume targeting wrong device after restart: First device click now replaces the synced default selection instead of adding to it, preventing stale devices from receiving volume commands.
• Volume sent to devices without volume support: Added supported_features check (bit 4) to skip devices that don't support volume_set.
• Search enabled without target device: Search input, filter tags, and search button are now disabled when no target device is selected; results area shows a prompt to select a device first.

0.7.1 — 2026-03-21

Added

• Restart via Repairs system: After add-on update, a repair issue appears in Settings > System > Repairs with a one-click restart button (replaces persistent notification approach).
• Device auto-power-on: Playing on an off/standby device now turns it on automatically (up to 15 s wait) before starting playback.
• Prev/next buttons always visible: Transport controls now show skip-previous and skip-next buttons at all times (disabled state when no history/queue).

Fixed

• Volume targeting wrong device: Player and search cards now always sync device selection from backend state, preventing stale local selections after restart or cross-card interactions.
• Search-play device selection not reflected in player: Both cards now share device state via backend selected_devices attribute with 2 s debounce after user interaction.
• Multi-device play only playing on one device: All selected devices are now turned on in parallel, stream resolved once, then played on all ready devices simultaneously.
• Changing device selection stopped existing playback: Selecting or deselecting devices no longer auto-pauses running streams; only explicit pause stops playback.
• Missing album art in player: Added entity_picture fallback for image URL resolution.
• Search-play toggle not syncing immediately: Device chip toggles in search now call set_selected_devices instantly (not only on play).
• Add-on restart notification retry loop: Replaced 150 s retry loop with single marker-file write; integration polls every 60 s.

0.7.0 — 2026-03-20

Added

• Per-device DeviceSession architecture: Each target media player now gets its own independent playback stream with separate queue, history, autoplay, shuffle, and repeat mode. Playing on device A no longer affects device B.
• set_selected_devices service: Single service call to set all selected devices at once, replacing the select_source + set_group_targets two-call pattern.
• Recently played on empty search: Pressing Enter or clicking search with an empty query shows the most recently played items (up to 5 songs, 5 playlists, 5 artists). Filter tags work on recent items too.
• Browser Auth Assistant restored in sidebar panel after panel refactor.
• Sidebar panel icon (mdi:music) for the YouTube Music menu entry.

Changed

• Transport commands (play/pause/stop) now route to ALL selected devices in parallel.
• Track navigation (next/previous) routes to the primary selected device only.
• set_group_targets service is now deprecated (still works as a compatibility alias).

Fixed

• Add-on restart notification: added hassio_api permission and marker-file fallback for persistent notifications.
• YAML off parsing error in services.yaml (bare off interpreted as boolean).
• Missing await on async_register_panel() in panel.py.