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+# Changelog
+
+All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
+
+The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
+and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
+
+## [Unreleased]
+
+## [0.12.0] - 2025-11-19
+
+### Added
+
+- RTSP stream support with automatic protocol detection when a proxy profile requires it. The proxy now forces FFmpeg for RTSP sources and properly handles RTSP URLs - Thanks [@ragchuck](https://github.com/ragchuck) ([#184](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/184))
+- UDP stream support, including correct handling when a proxy profile specifies a UDP source. The proxy now skips HTTP-specific headers (like `user_agent`) for non-HTTP protocols and performs manual redirect handling to improve reliability ([#617](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/617))
+- Separate VOD logos system with a new `VODLogo` model, database migration, dedicated API/viewset, and server-paginated UI. This separates movie/series logos from channel logos, making cleanup safer and enabling independent bulk operations
+
+### Changed
+
+- Background profile refresh now uses a rate-limiting/backoff strategy to avoid provider bans
+- Bulk channel editing now validates all requested changes up front and applies updates in a single database transaction
+- ProxyServer shutdown & ghost-client handling improved to avoid initializing channels for transient clients and prevent duplicate reinitialization during rapid reconnects
+- URL / Stream validation expanded to support credentials on non-FQDN hosts, skips HTTP-only checks for RTSP/RTP/UDP streams, and improved host/port normalization
+- TV guide scrolling & timeline synchronization improved with mouse-wheel scrolling, synchronized timeline position with guide navigation, and improved mobile momentum scrolling ([#252](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/252))
+- EPG Source dropdown now sorts alphabetically - Thanks [@0x53c65c0a8bd30fff](https://github.com/0x53c65c0a8bd30fff)
+- M3U POST handling restored and improved for clients (e.g., Smarters) that request playlists using HTTP POST - Thanks [@maluueu](https://github.com/maluueu)
+- Login form revamped with branding, cleaner layout, loading state, "Remember Me" option, and focused sign-in flow
+- Series & VOD now have copy-link buttons in modals for easier URL sharing
+- `get_host_and_port` now prioritizes verified port sources and handles reverse-proxy edge cases more accurately ([#618](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/618))
+
+### Fixed
+
+- EXTINF parsing overhauled to correctly extract attributes such as `tvg-id`, `tvg-name`, and `group-title`, even when values include quotes or commas ([#637](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/637))
+- Websocket payload size reduced during EPG processing to avoid UI freezes, blank screens, or memory spikes in the browser ([#327](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/327))
+- Logo management UI fixes including confirmation dialogs, header checkbox reset, delete button reliability, and full client refetch after cleanup
+
+## [0.11.2] - 2025-11-04
+
+### Added
+
+- Custom Dummy EPG improvements:
+  - Support for using an existing Custom Dummy EPG as a template for creating new EPGs
+  - Custom fallback templates for unmatched patterns
+  - `{endtime}` as an available output placeholder and renamed `{time}` → `{starttime}` ([#590](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/590))
+  - Support for date placeholders that respect both source and output timezones ([#597](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/597))
+  - Ability to bulk assign Custom Dummy EPGs to multiple channels
+  - "Include New Tag" option to mark programs as new in Dummy EPG output
+  - Support for month strings in date parsing
+  - Ability to set custom posters and channel logos via regex patterns for Custom Dummy EPGs
+  - Improved DST handling by calculating offsets based on the actual program date, not today's date
+
+### Changed
+
+- Stream model maximum URL length increased from 2000 to 4096 characters ([#585](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/585))
+- Groups now sorted during `xc_get_live_categories` based on the order they first appear (by lowest channel number)
+- Client TTL settings updated and periodic refresh implemented during active streaming to maintain accurate connection tracking
+- `ProgramData.sub_title` field changed from `CharField` to `TextField` to allow subtitles longer than 255 characters ([#579](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/579))
+- Startup improved by verifying `/data` directory ownership and automatically fixing permissions if needed. Pre-creates `/data/models` during initialization ([#614](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/614))
+- Port detection enhanced to check `request.META.get("SERVER_PORT")` before falling back to defaults, ensuring correct port when generating M3U, EPG, and logo URLs - Thanks [@lasharor](https://github.com/lasharor)
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Custom Dummy EPG frontend DST calculation now uses program date instead of current date
+- Channel titles no longer truncated early after an apostrophe - Thanks [@0x53c65c0a8bd30fff](https://github.com/0x53c65c0a8bd30fff)
+
+## [0.11.1] - 2025-10-22
+
+### Fixed
+
+- uWSGI not receiving environmental variables
+- LXC unable to access daemons launched by uWSGI ([#575](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/575), [#576](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/576), [#577](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/577))
+
+## [0.11.0] - 2025-10-22
+
+### Added
+
+- Custom Dummy EPG system:
+  - Regex pattern matching and name source selection
+  - Support for custom upcoming and ended programs
+  - Timezone-aware with source and local timezone selection
+  - Option to include categories and date/live tags in Dummy EPG output
+  - ([#293](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/293))
+- Auto-Enable & Category Improvements:
+  - Auto-enable settings for new groups and categories in M3U and VOD components ([#208](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/208))
+- IPv6 CIDR validation in Settings - Thanks [@jordandalley](https://github.com/jordandalley) ([#236](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/236))
+- Custom logo support for channel groups in Auto Sync Channels ([#555](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/555))
+- Tooltips added to the Stream Table
+
+### Changed
+
+- Celery and uWSGI now have configurable `nice` levels (defaults: `uWSGI=0`, `Celery=5`) to prioritize streaming when needed. ([#571](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/571))
+- Directory creation and ownership management refactored in init scripts to avoid unnecessary recursive `chown` operations and improve boot speed
+- HTTP streamer switched to threaded model with piped output for improved robustness
+- Chunk timeout configuration improved and StreamManager timeout handling enhanced
+- Proxy timeout values reduced to avoid unnecessary waiting
+- Resource cleanup improved to prevent "Too many open files" errors
+- Proxy settings caching implemented and database connections properly closed after use
+- EPG program fetching optimized with chunked retrieval and explicit ordering to reduce memory usage during output
+- EPG output now sorted by channel number for consistent presentation
+- Stream Table buttons reordered for better usability
+- Database connection handling improved throughout the codebase to reduce overall connection count
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Crash when resizing columns in the Channel Table ([#516](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/516))
+- Errors when saving stream settings ([#535](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/535))
+- Preview and edit bugs for custom streams where profile and group selections did not display correctly
+- `channel_id` and `channel.uuid` now converted to strings before processing to fix manual switching when the uWSGI worker was not the stream owner ([#269](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/269))
+- Stream locking and connection search issues when switching channels; increased search timeout to reduce premature failures ([#503](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/503))
+- Stream Table buttons no longer shift into multiple rows when selecting many streams
+- Custom stream previews
+- Custom Stream settings not loading properly ([#186](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/186))
+- Orphaned categories now automatically removed for VOD and Series during M3U refresh ([#540](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/540))
+
+## [0.10.4] - 2025-10-08
+
+### Added
+
+- "Assign TVG-ID from EPG" functionality with frontend actions for single-channel and batch operations
+- Confirmation dialogs in `ChannelBatchForm` for setting names, logos, TVG-IDs, and clearing EPG assignments
+- "Clear EPG" button to `ChannelBatchForm` for easy reset of assignments
+- Batch editing of channel logos - Thanks [@EmeraldPi](https://github.com/EmeraldPi)
+- Ability to set logo name from URL - Thanks [@EmeraldPi](https://github.com/EmeraldPi)
+- Proper timestamp tracking for channel creation and updates; `XC Get Live Streams` now uses this information
+- Time Zone Settings added to the application ([#482](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/482), [#347](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/347))
+- Comskip settings support including comskip.ini upload and custom directory selection ([#418](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/418))
+- Manual recording scheduling for channels without EPG data ([#162](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/162))
+
+### Changed
+
+- Default M3U account type is now set to XC for new accounts
+- Performance optimization: Only fetch playlists and channel profiles after a successful M3U refresh (rather than every status update)
+- Playlist retrieval now includes current connection counts and improved session handling during VOD session start
+- Improved stream selection logic when all profiles have reached max connections (retries faster)
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Large EPGs now fully parse all channels
+- Duplicate channel outputs for streamer profiles set to "All"
+- Streamer profiles with "All" assigned now receive all eligible channels
+- PostgreSQL btree index errors from logo URL validation during channel creation ([#519](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/519))
+- M3U processing lock not releasing when no streams found during XC refresh, which also skipped VOD scanning ([#449](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/449))
+- Float conversion errors by normalizing decimal format during VOD scanning ([#526](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/526))
+- Direct URL ordering in M3U output to use correct stream sequence ([#528](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/528))
+- Adding multiple M3U accounts without refreshing modified only the first entry ([#397](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/397))
+- UI state bug where new playlist creation was not notified to frontend ("Fetching Groups" stuck)
+- Minor FFmpeg task and stream termination bugs in DVR module
+- Input escaping issue where single quotes were interpreted as code delimiters ([#406](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/406))
+
+## [0.10.3] - 2025-10-04
+
+### Added
+
+- Logo management UI improvements where Channel editor now uses the Logo Manager modal, allowing users to add logos by URL directly from the edit form - Thanks [@EmeraldPi](https://github.com/EmeraldPi)
+
+### Changed
+
+- FFmpeg base container rebuilt with improved native build support - Thanks [@EmeraldPi](https://github.com/EmeraldPi)
+- GitHub Actions workflow updated to use native runners instead of QEMU emulation for more reliable multi-architecture builds
+
+### Fixed
+
+- EPG parsing stability when large EPG files would not fully parse all channels. Parser now uses `iterparse` with `recover=True` for both channel and program-level parsing, ensuring complete and resilient XML processing even when Cloudflare injects additional root elements
+
+## [0.10.2] - 2025-10-03
+
+### Added
+
+- `m3u_id` parameter to `generate_hash_key` and updated related calls
+- Support for `x-tvg-url` and `url-tvg` generation with preserved query parameters ([#345](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/345))
+- Exact Gracenote ID matching for EPG channel mapping ([#291](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/291))
+- Recovery handling for XMLTV parser errors
+- `nice -n 5` added to Celery commands for better process priority management
+
+### Changed
+
+- Default M3U hash key changed to URL only for new installs
+- M3U profile retrieval now includes current connection counts and improved session handling during VOD session start
+- Improved stream selection logic when all profiles have reached max connections (retries faster)
+- XMLTV parsing refactored to use `iterparse` for `<tv>` element
+- Release workflow refactored to run on native architecture
+- Docker build system improvements:
+  - Split install/build steps
+  - Switch from Yarn → NPM
+  - Updated to Node.js 24 (frontend build)
+  - Improved ARM build reliability
+  - Pushes to DockerHub with combined manifest
+  - Removed redundant tags and improved build organization
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Cloudflare-hosted EPG feeds breaking parsing ([#497](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/497))
+- Bulk channel creation now preserves the order channels were selected in (no longer reversed)
+- M3U hash settings not saving properly
+- VOD selecting the wrong M3U profile at session start ([#461](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/461))
+- Redundant `h` removed from 12-hour time format in settings page
+
+## [0.10.1] - 2025-09-24
+
+### Added
+
+- Virtualized rendering for TV Guide for smoother performance when displaying large guides - Thanks [@stlalpha](https://github.com/stlalpha) ([#438](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/438))
+- Enhanced channel/program mapping to reuse EPG data across multiple channels that share the same TVG-ID
+
+### Changed
+
+- `URL` field length in EPGSource model increased from 200 → 1000 characters to support long URLs with tokens
+- Improved URL transformation logic with more advanced regex during profile refreshes
+- During EPG scanning, the first display name for a channel is now used instead of the last
+- `whiteSpace` style changed from `nowrap` → `pre` in StreamsTable for better text formatting
+
+### Fixed
+
+- EPG channel parsing failure when channel `URL` exceeded 500 characters by adding validation during scanning ([#452](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/452))
+- Frontend incorrectly saving case-sensitive setting as a JSON string for stream filters
+
+## [0.10.0] - 2025-09-18
+
+### Added
+
+- Channel Creation Improvements:
+  - Ability to specify channel number during channel creation ([#377](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/377), [#169](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/169))
+  - Asynchronous bulk channel creation from stream IDs with WebSocket progress updates
+  - WebSocket notifications when channels are created
+- EPG Auto-Matching (Rewritten & Enhanced):
+  - Completely refactored for improved accuracy and efficiency
+  - Can now be applied to selected channels or triggered directly from the channel edit form
+  - Uses stricter matching logic with support from sentence transformers
+  - Added progress notifications during the matching process
+  - Implemented memory cleanup for ML models after matching operations
+  - Removed deprecated matching scripts
+- Logo & EPG Management:
+  - Ability in channel edit form and bulk channel editor to set logos and names from assigned EPG ([#157](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/157))
+  - Improved logo update flow: frontend refreshes on changes, store updates after bulk changes, progress shown via notifications
+- Table Enhancements:
+  - All tables now support adjustable column resizing ([#295](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/295))
+  - Channels and Streams tables persist column widths and center divider position to local storage
+  - Improved sizing and layout for user-agents, stream profiles, logos, M3U, and EPG tables
+
+### Changed
+
+- Simplified VOD and series access: removed user-level restrictions on M3U accounts
+- Skip disabled M3U accounts when choosing streams during playback ([#402](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/402))
+- Enhanced `UserViewSet` queryset to prefetch related channel profiles for better performance
+- Auto-focus added to EPG filter input
+- Category API retrieval now sorts by name
+- Increased default column size for EPG fields and removed max size on group/EPG columns
+- Standardized EPG column header to display `(EPG ID - TVG-ID)`
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Bug during VOD cleanup where all VODs not from the current M3U scan could be deleted
+- Logos not being set correctly in some cases
+- Bug where not setting a channel number caused an error when creating a channel ([#422](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/422))
+- Bug where clicking "Add Channel" with a channel selected opened the edit form instead
+- Bug where a newly created channel could reuse streams from another channel due to form not clearing properly
+- VOD page not displaying correct order while changing pages
+- `ReferenceError: setIsInitialized is not defined` when logging into web UI
+- `cannot access local variable 'total_chunks' where it is not associated with a value` during VOD refresh
+
+## [0.9.1] - 2025-09-13
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Broken migrations affecting the plugins system
+- DVR and plugin paths to ensure proper functionality ([#381](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/381))
+
+## [0.9.0] - 2025-09-12
+
+### Added
+
+- **Video on Demand (VOD) System:**
+  - Complete VOD infrastructure with support for movies and TV series
+  - Advanced VOD metadata including IMDB/TMDB integration, trailers, cast information
+  - Smart VOD categorization with filtering by type (movies vs series)
+  - Multi-provider VOD support with priority-based selection
+  - VOD streaming proxy with connection tracking and statistics
+  - Season/episode organization for TV series with expandable episode details
+  - VOD statistics and monitoring integrated with existing stats dashboard
+  - Optimized VOD parsing and category filtering
+  - Dedicated VOD page with movies and series tabs
+  - Rich VOD modals with backdrop images, trailers, and metadata
+  - Episode management with season-based organization
+  - Play button integration with external player support
+  - VOD statistics cards similar to channel cards
+- **Plugin System:**
+  - Extensible Plugin Framework - Developers can build custom functionality without modifying Dispatcharr core
+  - Plugin Discovery & Management - Automatic detection of installed plugins, with enable/disable controls in the UI
+  - Backend API Support - New APIs for listing, loading, and managing plugins programmatically
+  - Plugin Registry - Structured models for plugin metadata (name, version, author, description)
+  - UI Enhancements - Dedicated Plugins page in the admin panel for centralized plugin management
+  - Documentation & Scaffolding - Initial documentation and scaffolding to accelerate plugin development
+- **DVR System:**
+  - Refreshed DVR page for managing scheduled and completed recordings
+  - Global pre/post padding controls surfaced in Settings
+  - Playback support for completed recordings directly in the UI
+  - DVR table view includes title, channel, time, and padding adjustments for clear scheduling
+  - Improved population of DVR listings, fixing intermittent blank screen issues
+  - Comskip integration for automated commercial detection and skipping in recordings
+  - User-configurable comskip toggle in Settings
+- **Enhanced Channel Management:**
+  - EPG column added to channels table for better organization
+  - EPG filtering by channel assignment and source name
+  - Channel batch renaming for efficient bulk channel name updates
+  - Auto channel sync improvements with custom stream profile override
+  - Channel logo management overhaul with background loading
+- Date and time format customization in settings - Thanks [@Biologisten](https://github.com/Biologisten)
+- Auto-refresh intervals for statistics with better UI controls
+- M3U profile notes field for better organization
+- XC account information retrieval and display with account refresh functionality and notifications
+
+### Changed
+
+- JSONB field conversion for custom properties (replacing text fields) for better performance
+- Database encoding converted from ASCII to UTF8 for better character support
+- Batch processing for M3U updates and channel operations
+- Query optimization with prefetch_related to eliminate N+1 queries
+- Reduced API calls by fetching all data at once instead of per-category
+- Buffering speed setting now affects UI indicators
+- Swagger endpoint accessible with or without trailing slash
+- EPG source names displayed before channel names in edit forms
+- Logo loading improvements with background processing
+- Channel card enhancements with better status indicators
+- Group column width optimization
+- Better content-type detection for streams
+- Improved headers with content-range and total length
+- Enhanced user-agent handling for M3U accounts
+- HEAD request support with connection keep-alive
+- Progress tracking improvements for clients with new sessions
+- Server URL length increased to 1000 characters for token support
+- Prettier formatting applied to all frontend code
+- String quote standardization and code formatting improvements
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Logo loading issues in channel edit forms resolved
+- M3U download error handling and user feedback improved
+- Unique constraint violations fixed during stream rehashing
+- Channel stats fetching moved from Celery beat task to configurable API calls
+- Speed badge colors now use configurable buffering speed setting
+- Channel cards properly close when streams stop
+- Active streams labeling updated from "Active Channels"
+- WebSocket updates for client connect/disconnect events
+- Null value handling before database saves
+- Empty string scrubbing for cleaner data
+- Group relationship cleanup for removed M3U groups
+- Logo cleanup for unused files with proper batch processing
+- Recordings start 5 mins after show starts ([#102](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/102))
+
+### Closed
+
+- [#350](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/350): Allow DVR recordings to be played via the UI
+- [#349](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/349): DVR screen doesn't populate consistently
+- [#340](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/340): Global find and replace
+- [#311](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/311): Stat's "Current Speed" does not reflect "Buffering Speed" setting
+- [#304](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/304): Name ignored when uploading logo
+- [#300](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/300): Updating Logo throws error
+- [#286](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/286): 2 Value/Column EPG in Channel Edit
+- [#280](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/280): Add general text field in M3U/XS profiles
+- [#190](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/190): Show which stream is being used and allow it to be altered in channel properties
+- [#155](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/155): Additional column with EPG assignment information / Allow filtering by EPG assignment
+- [#138](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/138): Bulk Channel Edit Functions
+
+## [0.8.0] - 2025-08-19
+
+### Added
+
+- Channel & Stream Enhancements:
+  - Preview streams under a channel, with stream logo and name displayed in the channel card
+  - Advanced stats for channel streams
+  - Stream qualities displayed in the channel table
+  - Stream stats now saved to the database
+  - URL badges can now be clicked to copy stream links to the clipboard
+- M3U Filtering for Streams:
+  - Streams for an M3U account can now be filtered using flexible parameters
+  - Apply filters based on stream name, group title, or stream URL (via regex)
+  - Filters support both inclusion and exclusion logic for precise control
+  - Multiple filters can be layered with a priority order for complex rules
+- Ability to reverse the sort order for auto channel sync
+- Custom validator for URL fields now allows non-FQDN hostnames ([#63](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/63))
+- Membership creation added in `UpdateChannelMembershipAPIView` if not found ([#275](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/275))
+
+### Changed
+
+- Bumped Postgres to version 17
+- Updated dependencies in `requirements.txt` for compatibility and improvements
+- Improved chunked extraction to prevent memory issues - Thanks [@pantherale0](https://github.com/pantherale0)
+
+### Fixed
+
+- XML escaping for channel ID in `generate_dummy_epg` function
+- Bug where creating a channel from a stream not displayed in the table used an invalid stream name
+- Debian install script - Thanks [@deku-m](https://github.com/deku-m)
+
+## [0.7.1] - 2025-07-29
+
+### Added
+
+- Natural sorting for channel names during auto channel sync
+- Ability to sort auto sync order by provider order (default), channel name, TVG ID, or last updated time
+- Auto-created channels can now be assigned to specific channel profiles ([#255](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/255))
+- Channel profiles are now fetched automatically after a successful M3U refresh
+- Uses only whole numbers when assigning the next available channel number
+
+### Changed
+
+- Logo upload behavior changed to wait for the Create button before saving
+- Uses the channel name as the display name in EPG output for improved readability
+- Ensures channels are only added to a selected profile if one is explicitly chosen
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Logo Manager prevents redundant messages from the file scanner by properly tracking uploaded logos in Redis
+- Fixed an issue preventing logo uploads via URL
+- Adds internal support for assigning multiple profiles via API
+
+## [0.7.0] - 2025-07-19
+
+### Added
+
+- **Logo Manager:**
+  - Complete logo management system with filtering, search, and usage tracking
+  - Upload logos directly through the UI
+  - Automatically scan `/data/logos` for existing files ([#69](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/69))
+  - View which channels use each logo
+  - Bulk delete unused logos with cleanup
+  - Enhanced display with hover effects and improved sizing
+  - Improved logo fetching with timeouts and user-agent headers to prevent hanging
+- **Group Manager:**
+  - Comprehensive group management interface ([#128](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/128))
+  - Search and filter groups with ease
+  - Bulk operations for cleanup
+  - Filter channels by group membership
+  - Automatically clean up unused groups
+- **Auto Channel Sync:**
+  - Automatic channel synchronization from M3U sources ([#147](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/147))
+  - Configure auto-sync settings per M3U account group
+  - Set starting channel numbers by group
+  - Override group names during sync
+  - Apply regex match and replace for channel names
+  - Filter channels by regex match on stream name
+  - Track auto-created vs manually added channels
+  - Smart updates preserve UUIDs and existing links
+- Stream rehashing with WebSocket notifications
+- Better error handling for blocked rehash attempts
+- Lock acquisition to prevent conflicts
+- Real-time progress tracking
+
+### Changed
+
+- Persist table page sizes in local storage (streams & channels)
+- Smoother pagination and improved UX
+- Fixed z-index issues during table refreshes
+- Improved XC client with connection pooling
+- Better error handling for API and JSON decode failures
+- Smarter handling of empty content and blocking responses
+- Improved EPG XML generation with richer metadata
+- Better support for keywords, languages, ratings, and credits
+- Better form layouts and responsive buttons
+- Enhanced confirmation dialogs and feedback
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Channel table now correctly restores page size from local storage
+- Resolved WebSocket message formatting issues
+- Fixed logo uploads and edits
+- Corrected ESLint issues across the codebase
+- Fixed HTML validation errors in menus
+- Optimized logo fetching with proper timeouts and headers ([#101](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/101), [#217](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/217))
+
+## [0.6.2] - 2025-07-10
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **Streaming & Connection Stability:**
+  - Provider timeout issues - Slow but responsive providers no longer cause channel lockups
+  - Added chunk and process timeouts - Prevents hanging during stream processing and transcoding
+  - Improved connection handling - Enhanced process management and socket closure detection for safer streaming
+  - Enhanced health monitoring - Health monitor now properly notifies main thread without attempting reconnections
+- **User Interface & Experience:**
+  - Touch screen compatibility - Web player can now be properly closed on touch devices
+  - Improved user management - Added support for first/last names, login tracking, and standardized table formatting
+- Improved logging - Enhanced log messages with channel IDs for better debugging
+- Code cleanup - Removed unused imports, variables, and dead links
+
+## [0.6.1] - 2025-06-27
+
+### Added
+
+- Dynamic parameter options for M3U and EPG URLs ([#207](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/207))
+- Support for 'num' property in channel number extraction (fixes channel creation from XC streams not having channel numbers)
+
+### Changed
+
+- EPG generation now uses streaming responses to prevent client timeouts during large EPG file generation ([#179](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/179))
+- Improved reliability when downloading EPG data from external sources
+- Better program positioning - Programs that start before the current view now have proper text positioning ([#223](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/223))
+- Better mobile support - Improved sizing and layout for mobile devices across multiple tables
+- Responsive stats cards - Better calculation for card layout and improved filling on different screen sizes ([#218](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/218))
+- Enhanced table rendering - M3U and EPG tables now render better on small screens
+- Optimized spacing - Removed unnecessary padding and blank space throughout the interface
+- Better settings layout - Improved minimum widths and mobile support for settings pages
+- Always show 2 decimal places for FFmpeg speed values
+
+### Fixed
+
+- TV Guide now properly filters channels based on selected channel group
+- Resolved loading issues - Fixed channels and groups not loading correctly in the TV Guide
+- Stream profile fixes - Resolved issue with setting stream profile to 'use default'
+- Single channel editing - When only one channel is selected, the correct channel editor now opens
+- Bulk edit improvements - Added "no change" options for bulk editing operations
+- Bulk channel editor now properly saves changes ([#222](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/222))
+- Link form improvements - Better sizing and rendering of link forms with proper layering
+- Confirmation dialogs added with warning suppression for user deletion, channel profile deletion, and M3U profile deletion
+
+## [0.6.0] - 2025-06-19
+
+### Added
+
+- **User Management & Access Control:**
+  - Complete user management system with user levels and channel access controls
+  - Network access control with CIDR validation and IP-based restrictions
+  - Logout functionality and improved loading states for authenticated users
+- **Xtream Codes Output:**
+  - Xtream Codes support enables easy output to IPTV clients ([#195](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/195))
+- **Stream Management & Monitoring:**
+  - FFmpeg statistics integration - Real-time display of video/audio codec info, resolution, speed, and stream type
+  - Automatic stream switching when buffering is detected
+  - Enhanced stream profile management with better connection tracking
+  - Improved stream state detection, including buffering as an active state
+- **Channel Management:**
+  - Bulk channel editing for channel group, stream profile, and user access level
+- **Enhanced M3U & EPG Features:**
+  - Dynamic `tvg-id` source selection for M3U and EPG (`tvg_id`, `gracenote`, or `channel_number`)
+  - Direct URL support in M3U output via `direct=true` parameter
+  - Flexible EPG output with a configurable day limit via `days=#` parameter
+  - Support for LIVE tags and `dd_progrid` numbering in EPG processing
+- Proxy settings configuration with UI integration and improved validation
+- Stream retention controls - Set stale stream days to `0` to disable retention completely ([#123](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/123))
+- Tuner flexibility - Minimum of 1 tuner now allowed for HDHomeRun output
+- Fallback IP geolocation provider ([#127](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/127)) - Thanks [@maluueu](https://github.com/maluueu)
+- POST method now allowed for M3U output, enabling support for Smarters IPTV - Thanks [@maluueu](https://github.com/maluueu)
+
+### Changed
+
+- Improved channel cards with better status indicators and tooltips
+- Clearer error messaging for unsupported codecs in the web player
+- Network access warnings to prevent accidental lockouts
+- Case-insensitive M3U parsing for improved compatibility
+- Better EPG processing with improved channel matching
+- Replaced Mantine React Table with custom implementations
+- Improved tooltips and parameter wrapping for cleaner interfaces
+- Better badge colors and status indicators
+- Stronger form validation and user feedback
+- Streamlined settings management using JSON configs
+- Default value population for clean installs
+- Environment-specific configuration support for multiple deployment scenarios
+
+### Fixed
+
+- FFmpeg process cleanup - Ensures FFmpeg fully exits before marking connection closed
+- Resolved stream profile update issues in statistics display
+- Fixed M3U profile ID behavior when switching streams
+- Corrected stream switching logic - Redis is only updated on successful switches
+- Fixed connection counting - Excludes the current profile from available connection counts
+- Fixed custom stream channel creation when no group is assigned ([#122](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/122))
+- Resolved EPG auto-matching deadlock when many channels match simultaneously - Thanks [@xham3](https://github.com/xham3)
+
+## [0.5.2] - 2025-06-03
+
+### Added
+
+- Direct Logo Support: Added ability to bypass logo caching by adding `?cachedlogos=false` to the end of M3U and EPG URLs ([#109](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/109))
+
+### Changed
+
+- Dynamic Resource Management: Auto-scales Celery workers based on demand, reducing overall memory and CPU usage while still allowing high-demand tasks to complete quickly ([#111](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/111))
+- Enhanced Logging:
+  - Improved logging for M3U processing
+  - Better error output from XML parser for easier troubleshooting
+
+### Fixed
+
+- XMLTV Parsing: Added `remove_blank_text=True` to lxml parser to prevent crashes with poorly formatted XMLTV files ([#115](https://github.com/Dispatcharr/Dispatcharr/issues/115))
+- Stats Display: Refactored channel info retrieval for safer decoding and improved error logging, fixing intermittent issues with statistics not displaying properly
+
+## [0.5.1] - 2025-05-28
+
+### Added
+
+- Support for ZIP-compressed EPG files
+- Automatic extraction of compressed files after downloading
+- Intelligent file type detection for EPG sources:
+  - Reads the first bits of files to determine file type
+  - If a compressed file is detected, it peeks inside to find XML files
+- Random descriptions for dummy channels in the TV guide
+- Support for decimal channel numbers (converted from integer to float) - Thanks [@MooseyOnTheLoosey](https://github.com/MooseyOnTheLoosey)
+- Show channels without EPG data in TV Guide
+- Profile name added to HDHR-friendly name and device ID (allows adding multiple HDHR profiles to Plex)
+
+### Changed
+
+- About 30% faster EPG processing
+- Significantly improved memory usage for large EPG files
+- Improved timezone handling
+- Cleaned up cached files when deleting EPG sources
+- Performance improvements when processing extremely large M3U files
+- Improved batch processing with better cleanup
+- Enhanced WebSocket update handling for large operations
+- Redis configured for better performance (no longer saves to disk)
+- Improved memory management for Celery tasks
+- Separated beat schedules with a file scanning interval set to 20 seconds
+- Improved authentication error handling with user redirection to the login page
+- Improved channel card formatting for different screen resolutions (can now actually read the channel stats card on mobile)
+- Decreased line height for status messages in the EPG and M3U tables for better appearance on smaller screens
+- Updated the EPG form to match the M3U form for consistency
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Profile selection issues that previously caused WebUI crashes
+- Issue with `tvc-guide-id` (Gracenote ID) in bulk channel creation
+- Bug when uploading an M3U with the default user-agent set
+- Bug where multiple channel initializations could occur, causing zombie streams and performance issues (choppy streams)
+- Better error handling for buffer overflow issues
+- Fixed various memory leaks
+- Bug in the TV Guide that would crash the web UI when selecting a profile to filter by
+- Multiple minor bug fixes and code cleanup
+
+## [0.5.0] - 2025-05-15
+
+### Added
+
+- **XtreamCodes Support:**
+  - Initial XtreamCodes client support
+  - Option to add EPG source with XC account
+  - Improved XC login and authentication
+  - Improved error handling for XC connections
+- **Hardware Acceleration:**
+  - Detection of hardware acceleration capabilities with recommendations (available in logs after startup)
+  - Improved support for NVIDIA, Intel (QSV), and VAAPI acceleration methods
+  - Added necessary drivers and libraries for hardware acceleration
+  - Automatically assigns required permissions for hardware acceleration
+  - Thanks to [@BXWeb](https://github.com/BXWeb), @chris.r3x, [@rykr](https://github.com/rykr), @j3111, [@jesmannstl](https://github.com/jesmannstl), @jimmycarbone, [@gordlaben](https://github.com/gordlaben), [@roofussummers](https://github.com/roofussummers), [@slamanna212](https://github.com/slamanna212)
+- **M3U and EPG Management:**
+  - Enhanced M3U profile creation with live regex results
+  - Added stale stream detection with configurable thresholds
+  - Improved status messaging for M3U and EPG operations:
+    - Shows download speed with estimated time remaining
+    - Shows parsing time remaining
+  - Added "Pending Setup" status for M3U's requiring group selection
+  - Improved handling of M3U group filtering
+- **UI Improvements:**
+  - Added configurable table sizes
+  - Enhanced video player with loading and error states
+  - Improved WebSocket connection handling with authentication
+  - Added confirmation dialogs for critical operations
+  - Auto-assign numbers now configurable by selection
+  - Added bulk editing of channel profile membership (select multiple channels, then click the profile toggle on any selected channel to apply the change to all)
+- **Infrastructure & Performance:**
+  - Standardized and improved the logging system
+  - New environment variable to set logging level: `DISPATCHARR_LOG_LEVEL` (default: `INFO`, available: `TRACE`, `DEBUG`, `INFO`, `WARNING`, `ERROR`, `CRITICAL`)
+  - Introduced a new base image build process: updates are now significantly smaller (typically under 15MB unless the base image changes)
+  - Improved environment variable handling in container
+- Support for Gracenote ID (`tvc-guide-stationid`) - Thanks [@rykr](https://github.com/rykr)
+- Improved file upload handling with size limits removed
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Issues with profiles not loading correctly
+- Problems with stream previews in tables
+- Channel creation and editing workflows
+- Logo display issues
+- WebSocket connection problems
+- Multiple React-related errors and warnings
+- Pagination and filtering issues in tables
+
+## [0.4.1] - 2025-05-01
+
+### Changed
+
+- Optimized uWSGI configuration settings for better server performance
+- Improved asynchronous processing by converting additional timers to gevent
+- Enhanced EPG (Electronic Program Guide) downloading with proper user agent headers
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Issue with "add streams to channel" functionality to correctly follow disabled state logic
+
+## [0.4.0] - 2025-05-01
+
+### Added
+
+- URL copy buttons for stream and channel URLs
+- Manual stream switching ability
+- EPG auto-match notifications - Users now receive feedback about how many matches were found
+- Informative tooltips throughout the interface, including stream profiles and user-agent details
+- Display of connected time for each client
+- Current M3U profile information to stats
+- Better logging for which channel clients are getting chunks from
+
+### Changed
+
+- Table System Rewrite: Completely refactored channel and stream tables for dramatically improved performance with large datasets
+- Improved Concurrency: Replaced time.sleep with gevent.sleep for better performance when handling multiple streams
+- Improved table interactions:
+  - Restored alternating row colors and hover effects
+  - Added shift-click support for multiple row selection
+  - Preserved drag-and-drop functionality
+- Adjusted logo display to prevent layout shifts with different sized logos
+- Improved sticky headers in tables
+- Fixed spacing and padding in EPG and M3U tables for better readability on smaller displays
+- Stream URL handling improved for search/replace patterns
+- Enhanced stream lock management for better reliability
+- Added stream name to channel status for better visibility
+- Properly track current stream ID during stream switches
+- Improved EPG cache handling and cleanup of old cache files
+- Corrected content type for M3U file (using m3u instead of m3u8)
+- Fixed logo URL handling in M3U generation
+- Enhanced tuner count calculation to include only active M3U accounts
+- Increased thread stack size in uwsgi configuration
+- Changed proxy to use uwsgi socket
+- Added build timestamp to version information
+- Reduced excessive logging during M3U/EPG file importing
+- Improved store variable handling to increase application efficiency
+- Frontend now being built by Yarn instead of NPM
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Issues with channel statistics randomly not working
+- Stream ordering in channel selection
+- M3U profile name added to stream names for better identification
+- Channel form not updating some properties after saving
+- Issue with setting logos to default
+- Channel creation from streams
+- Channel group saving
+- Improved error handling throughout the application
+- Bugs in deleting stream profiles
+- Resolved mimetype detection issues
+- Fixed form display issues
+- Added proper requerying after form submissions and item deletions
+- Bug overwriting tvg-id when loading TV Guide
+- Bug that prevented large m3u's and epg's from uploading
+- Typo in Stream Profile header column for Description - Thanks [@LoudSoftware](https://github.com/LoudSoftware)
+- Typo in m3u input processing (tv-chno instead of tvg-chno) - Thanks @www2a
+
+## [0.3.3] - 2025-04-18
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Issue with dummy EPG calculating hours above 24, ensuring time values remain within valid 24-hour format
+- Auto import functionality to properly process old files that hadn't been imported yet, rather than ignoring them
+
+## [0.3.2] - 2025-04-16
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Issue with stream ordering for channels - resolved problem where stream objects were incorrectly processed when assigning order in channel configurations
+
+## [0.3.1] - 2025-04-16
+
+### Added
+
+- Key to navigation links in sidebar to resolve DOM errors when loading web UI
+- Channels that are set to 'dummy' epg to the TV Guide
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Issue preventing dummy EPG from being set
+- Channel numbers not saving properly
+- EPGs not refreshing when linking EPG to channel
+- Improved error messages in notifications
+
+## [0.3.0] - 2025-04-15
+
+### Added
+
+- URL validation for redirect profile:
+  - Validates stream URLs before redirecting clients
+  - Prevents clients from being redirected to unavailable streams
+  - Now tries alternate streams when primary stream validation fails
+- Dynamic tuner configuration for HDHomeRun devices:
+  - TunerCount is now dynamically created based on profile max connections
+  - Sets minimum of 2 tuners, up to 10 for unlimited profiles
+
+### Changed
+
+- More robust stream switching:
+  - Clients now wait properly if a stream is in the switching state
+  - Improved reliability during stream transitions
+- Performance enhancements:
+  - Increased workers and threads for uwsgi for better concurrency
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Issue with multiple dead streams in a row - System now properly handles cases where several sequential streams are unavailable
+- Broken links to compose files in documentation
+
+## [0.2.1] - 2025-04-13
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Stream preview (not channel)
+- Streaming wouldn't work when using default user-agent for an M3U
+- WebSockets and M3U profile form issues
+
+## [0.2.0] - 2025-04-12
+
+Initial beta public release.