Stalker Portal Manager

[3.8.8] - 2026-06-05​

• Version bumped to v3.8.8.
• Internal service modules now include broader docstrings, clearer error handling, and a new pylint configuration to improve maintainability.

• Settings now include Worker Job Max Attempts so newly created jobs can inherit a configurable retry limit from the UI and API.

• Job creation now resolves the default retry-attempt limit from stored settings, with updated schema coverage and tests across backend, frontend, and scanner-related payloads.

[3.8.9] - 2026-06-08​

• Version bumped to v3.8.9.
• Refactored exception handling, SQLAlchemy boolean/count usage, and docstrings across backend API routes, models, services, migrations, and scanner modules for cleaner static analysis.
• Scanner portal-type defaults now share normalized endpoint/user-agent definitions and remove duplicate aliases from the built-in selection list.

• Worker startup recovery now waits for the previous worker heartbeat to go stale before recovering running jobs, reducing accidental requeues while another worker is still alive.

[3.8.10] - 2026-06-08​

• Version bumped to v3.8.10.

• Backend scanner jobs now suppress live progress rendering in container logs while keeping scanner metrics and artifacts updated.
• Scanner endpoint checks now default to Auto (try every known endpoint) unless explicit endpoint overrides are provided.
• Endpoint-check runs now persist completed or failed scanner state, metrics, and checkpoints consistently.
• Failed endpoint checks now stop after the first deterministic scanner exit instead of retrying the same unavailable endpoint set repeatedly.
• Restart Fresh now clears stale scanner output files and resets run counters before queuing the new scanner job.
• Scanner host-info output now strips control characters from display fields so logs and reports stay readable.

[3.8.11] - 2026-06-10​

• Version bumped to v3.8.11.
• Docker image build context now excludes broader local-only files, caches, logs, runtime data, frontend build output, and host deployment examples so unnecessary files are not sent during container builds.
• Frontend smoke checks no longer require Playwright or browser installation, and the dev container setup now skips Playwright browser dependencies while still installing Pyright.

• Fetch, TV playlist, VOD playlist, Series Library, and Series playlist schedules now support either a fixed daily UTC time or an hourly interval cadence.
• New schedule cadence schema fields and migrations preserve existing daily schedules while adding schedule_mode and interval_hours to the affected schedule tables.
• Scanner endpoint-check runs now show endpoint availability, handshake rates, request counts, latency, hit totals, anonymous-handshake status, and links to metrics/events artifacts directly in the Scanner UI.

• Job failure notifications now include sanitized payload summaries, job metadata, source labels, attempt counts, timestamps, and recent log lines for faster troubleshooting.
• Notifications now render failure details as labeled rows and show a clear empty-details message for error notifications without recorded context.
• Schedule tables now use fixed column sizing, cadence controls, and interval validation so rows stay readable while editing daily or interval-based schedules.

[3.8.12] - 2026-06-19​

• Version bumped to v3.8.12.
• Generated scanner runs now store a fresh scan-order seed so new scans explore a different MAC suffix order while resumes continue the same run deterministically.
• Restart Fresh now reseeds generated scanner runs, while explicit MAC file/list and sequential fixture modes keep their deterministic input behavior.
• Scanner checkpoints and scan-start telemetry now include the scan-order seed, and checkpoint resume rejects mismatched seeds.

• Series Library now includes an Include All action that includes the entire synced catalog through a backend scope: "all" selection update.

• Series Library search now uses a narrower control width so the sync and include/exclude actions fit more comfortably on the same row.
• Scanner documentation now describes seeded MAC suffix ordering, resume behavior, and the CLI seed option.

[3.9.0] - 2026-06-22​

• Version bumped to v3.9.0.

• Added hybrid local Stalker portal access with one auto-managed virtual MAG-style MAC per portal.
• Added public /stalker portal endpoints for handshake/profile/catalog actions, local TV/VOD catalog exposure, and playback links that continue through the existing /proxy/{portal}/{stream_ref} MAC selector.
• Added live upstream forwarding for Stalker EPG and provider metadata actions while keeping playback resolution separate from the provider-facing session.
• Added a Stalker Access panel on portal detail pages with copyable portal URL, virtual MAC, and TV/VOD playlist readiness.

• Startup schema compatibility now repairs missing stalker_mac columns and indexes on existing SQLite databases.
• Backup and diagnostics endpoints now isolate their maintenance-mode database sessions from default runtime database paths.
• Proxy log bounded searches now preserve limit behavior while still finding matching detail records.

[3.9.1] - 2026-06-22​

• Version bumped to v3.9.1.
• Sidebar Logout now stays directly under the final menu entry with divider spacing, including the responsive layout.

• Added a sidebar server public IP display above Logout with separate IPv4 and IPv6 values.
• Added authenticated /api/diagnostics/public-ip lookup backed by ip.wtf using v4.ip.wtf and v6.ip.wtf, with short-lived caching and per-family error reporting.