Posters/art were proxied at full resolution (many 1-7MB, some 9.5MB) into ≤176px
grid/info cells — heavy to fetch + decode, so fast scrolling lagged 1-2s even
with a warm cache (the cache removed the Plex round-trip, not the image weight).
Now PlexClient.image_bytes optionally hits Plex's /photo/:/transcode to resize
server-side; the /image endpoint requests thumb=400x600, art=1280x720 and keys
the cache by width (old full-size files orphaned, re-cached small). Measured:
a poster 5.5MB->50KB, art 8.1MB->137KB, at 400x600 (crisp on 2x DPR). Grid
scroll is near-instant and the disk cache shrinks ~8x.
A collections page fires 100+ concurrent poster requests. Both image proxies
(/image and /person-image) authenticated via current_user + Depends(get_db),
holding a pooled DB connection for the whole request — including the slow Plex/
CDN fetch. Under the burst, the 15-connection pool was exhausted → QueuePool
checkout timeouts → 502s → slow, partially-loaded grids on prod.
Fix: authenticate these two high-fan-out endpoints with a signed-session check
(no DB user-load), serve disk-cache hits with zero DB access, and on a cold miss
open a short session only to resolve the image key + Plex config, releasing it
BEFORE the fetch (image_bytes uses no DB). Also raise the pool (20 + 30 overflow)
as headroom above the sync-endpoint threadpool.
From UAT feedback on the collections info page:
- Per-source show/hide toggles in the customize menu, one per collection-strip
type present on the item (Collections/IMDb/TMDb/…), persisted per account.
- Customize menu closes on Escape / outside click (reuses useDismiss).
- Preserve the info-page scroll position when returning from "Browse collection".
- Glassy refresh: content floats as .glass/.glass-card panels over a faint FIXED
art backdrop on the <main> scroller (HTPC-style, toggleable); frosted menu;
wider ~90% layout. Uses the existing glass surface system.
Derive a `source` bucket per collection from the already-synced title + smart
flag (no schema change, no re-sync): external list providers (IMDb/TMDb/TVDb/
Trakt) by leading token, Plex smart lists via the smart flag, everything else a
genuine "collection". Returned on each info-page collection strip so the client
can show/hide each type independently. Adds the stripSource labels (en/hu/de).
Backend (migration 0047_plex_collections): a plex_collections table mirrors every Plex
collection (card metadata + smart flag + an editable flag reserved for Phase 2); membership
is stored as GIN-indexed collection_keys on member movies (plex_items) and shows (plex_shows).
The background sync (plex_sync) now fetches each library's collections + their children and
rebuilds membership — so ALL reads are local (Plex's dual-language collection queries are slow;
this trades a ~4-min background sync for instant reads). New /api/plex/collections endpoint;
/browse gains a combinable filter; item_detail returns the movie's collection
'strips' (sibling titles as playable cards, smallest/most-specific collection first) — all pure
local lookups.
Frontend: PlexSidebar gains a searchable Collection picker + an active-collection chip;
PlexInfo renders the collection strips (playable posters + 'Browse collection' → sets the
filter); the collection is part of PlexFilters (persisted). i18n en/hu/de.
Phase 2 (create/edit collections with write-back to Plex) is separate.
Backend (migration 0046_plex_people_search): a new people_text column (cast +
director names, de-duped) is folded into the generated search_vector at weight B,
so the top search box finds titles by an actor/director name and ranks them above
summary-only mentions. New /api/plex/people endpoint returns the cast/crew matching
the term (name prefix or word-start) with a film count + a headshot (pulled from one
representative film's live metadata; image bytes disk-cached).
Frontend: PlexBrowse shows matching people as virtual cards above the grid; clicking
one adds them to the actor/director filter (multi-value, from the C1 work) and clears
the search box so you land on exactly that person's films. Answers the 'why does
"drew" match Rambo?' confusion — it was matching the word in the synopsis; now names
are searchable. i18n en/hu/de.
⚠️ Prod needs a Plex re-sync after deploy to populate people_text (search_vector
regenerates automatically once the column has data).
UAT follow-ups on the Plex filter epic:
- Sort now has an asc/desc toggle (sort_dir), applied to any sort field.
- Genre multi-select gains an Any/All mode (genre_mode: OR vs AND containment).
- Director/actor/studio become multi-value: people AND (titles featuring all selected),
studios OR; clicking them on the info page stacks (unions) instead of replacing, and
the sidebar shows each as a removable 'Active' chip.
- fix(history): clicking a metadata filter on the info page now pushes a fresh grid
entry instead of history.back(), so browser Back returns to the info page rather than
leaving the Plex module.
- fix(player): fully tear down the <video> + hls on unmount and guard late play() calls,
so backing out of a just-started video no longer leaves audio playing in the background.
i18n en/hu/de (match any/all, sort direction).
Backend (migration 0045_plex_filter_meta): plex_items gains rating (audienceRating
~IMDb), content_rating, studio, originally_available_at, and GIN-indexed genres /
directors / cast_names — all mirrored from the cheap section listing (no per-item API
calls; they also seed a future watch-habit recommender). /browse gains genre / content-
rating / year / rating / duration / added-within / director / actor / studio filters
(@> containment, GIN) + sort by year|rating|duration|release; new /facets endpoint
returns available genres+ratings (with counts) and the year/rating/duration bounds. A
thin on-disk image cache (.plex-img-cache) serves posters/art/cast photos from local
disk after first fetch (~7-14x faster repeat loads).
Frontend: PlexSidebar grows the full filter set (facet-driven genre/age chips, rating
steps, year range inputs, duration buckets, added-within, active people/studio chips,
clear-all); filters persist per-account as one JSON blob. PlexInfo metadata (year,
genre, director, cast, studio, IMDb score) is clickable → sets the matching filter and
returns to the filtered grid (page variant only; the in-player overlay stays read-only
so a stray click can't stop playback). i18n en/hu/de.
Backend (no migration): item_detail now also returns IMDb score + id/url (from the
Plex Rating/Guid arrays), content rating, genres, director(s), studio, tagline, and
cast as {name, role, photo}. New host-whitelisted /person-image proxy serves cast
photos from Plex's public metadata CDN (keeps third-party requests off the browser).
Frontend: reusable PlexInfo component in two forms — a full info page opened from a
card's 'i' button (history subview, art backdrop, Play/Resume + watch controls) and a
lean overlay in the player toggled with 'I' (video keeps playing). Two per-user view
prefs (faint backdrop, cast row) persisted in preferences. Mark-unwatched / clear-resume
cover the watched-reset gap. i18n en/hu/de.
- Explicit Stop button (stops playback + returns to the library).
- Keyboard cheat-sheet overlay toggled with 'H' (movie hides the episode-nav row).
- Backspace = stop & back to feed (HTPC-remote convention); closes the help first.
- Time-remaining readout beside the seek bar + a live wall clock in the top bar
(both fade with the controls).
- PlexBrowse restores the grid scroll position when returning from the player, so
Back lands on the same card instead of the top of the library.
- New plex.player i18n keys (stop/help/keys.*) in en/hu/de.
The player's queue came live from the feed query, which refetches under a
watch-state filter as each video is auto-marked watched — steadily shrinking
the list mid-session. Loop "All" could then never wrap back to the first
video (earlier items had dropped out), and prev/next drifted. Snapshot the
queue once at mount (useState lazy init) and step through that frozen list for
the whole session; the live prop is ignored thereafter. Supersedes the earlier
active-item pin with a list-level freeze that also fixes Loop All.
Auto-marking a video watched near its end invalidates the feed query; the
refetched/reordered queue can no longer contain the playing item, so
findIndex returned -1 and the active item fell back to queue[0] — silently
jumping playback to an unrelated video and defeating Loop "One" (and
auto-advance:off). Pin the last resolved video in a ref and keep playing it
when it drops out of the queue instead of snapping to queue[0].
PlexPlayer: when the stream session can't start, show why instead of an eternal
spinner — 404 (physical file unreachable: missing media mount / wrong path map),
501 (format needs transcoding), or a generic failure; also catch fatal hls.js
errors. ConfigPanel: render the Test-connection media_check (mount OK, or a
warning naming the unreadable local path). New plex/config i18n in en/hu/de.
Backend: item detail returns audio_streams + subtitle_streams (from Plex Part.Stream
ordinals). The HLS session accepts audio/subtitle stream ordinals — the selected audio
is mapped (transcoded to AAC), a selected subtitle is muxed in as a WebVTT rendition
via a MASTER playlist (-master_pl_name + -var_stream_map sgroup:subs) so ffmpeg keeps
it in sync per-session. Selecting a track forces the HLS path (even for direct files).
Generic /stream/{rk}/hls/{filename} endpoint serves the master/media/vtt/ts artifacts.
Frontend: gear menu lists real audio + subtitle tracks; changing one restarts the
session at the current position (seek-restart mechanism). hls.js subtitle enabled on
SUBTITLE_TRACKS_UPDATED (not just MANIFEST_PARSED, else the VTT is never fetched).
Cues auto-nudged to line 88% (the full-height <video> clips a default bottom-edge cue).
Controls no longer auto-hide while the menu is open. plex.player.* i18n en/hu/de.
Verified in a real browser (2 Broke Girls S1E1, 2 audio + 2 subs): menu shows the real
tracks, enabling English subtitles renders them correctly positioned; backend master
playlist + vtt segments validated over HTTP.
- Player: control tooltips now open ABOVE the button (no downward viewport clip);
keyboard use also reveals the auto-hidden controls (wake() on keydown); added a
Download button that downloads the ORIGINAL physical file (no re-encode/repackage,
Content-Disposition attachment via GET /stream/{rk}/file?download=1).
- Plex cards: hover affordance shows what a click does (Play / Resume / Open show)
+ a quick watched/unwatched toggle (stopPropagation, no playback) — mirrors the
YT-feed card quick-actions. New plex i18n keys en/hu/de.
- Verified in a real browser: card hover Play overlay + watched toggle (marks watched
without opening), player download button present, tooltip-above, keyboard reveals
controls, correct durations (Enola Holmes 3 = 1:48:04).
- NOTE: 'The Three Diablos' showing 13:05 was NOT a bug — it is a 13-min short (file
ffprobe = 785s); the 1h42m film is 'The Last Wish'.
- backend: GET /api/plex/item/{rk} detail (metadata, cast + intro/credit markers
from Plex, episode prev/next, per-user resume+status); POST /item/{rk}/progress
(resume checkpoint, near-end→watched) + /state (new|watched|hidden).
- frontend PlexPlayer.tsx (lazy, pulls hls.js): full-page player over the Plex
module. Direct files stream raw <video>; remux via hls.js on the seek-restart
session — custom controls map the ABSOLUTE timeline over the session offset, and a
seek beyond the loaded region restarts the session at the target. Play/pause/resume
/restart, ±10s seek, prev/next episode (Shift+←/→), volume, windowed/fullscreen,
full keyboard, Skip intro/Skip credits from markers (shaded on the seekbar),
auto-advance + watched-on-end, resume from saved position, 10s progress checkpoints.
- PlexBrowse: card/episode click opens the player as a history subview (browser Back
returns to the grid/show). api client (plexItem/plexSession/plexProgress/plexSetState)
+ types; plex.player.* i18n en/hu/de. hls.js@^1.6.16.
- Verified over HTTP: detail w/ markers+cast+episode-nav, progress persist. Video
playback itself is pending browser UAT. Subtitle/audio track SELECTION deferred.
Per user feedback: promote Plex from a hidden feed-Source option to a first-class
left-nav module, with its own filter sidebar and the shared top search box.
- Plex is now a nav-rail module (page='plex', gated on me.plex_enabled) — its own
page → correct browser Back/Forward; removed the Feed Source-dropdown 'plex' hack.
- PlexSidebar.tsx: left filter column (library scope, watch-state for movies:
all/unwatched/in_progress/watched, sort) — per-account persisted (App state).
- Header search box now also serves the Plex page (integrated search); the live
YouTube-search escalation stays feed-only.
- PlexBrowse.tsx reworked: infinite scroll (IntersectionObserver, no 'Load more'),
content-visibility for smoother long-list scroll, show drill-down rides history
(useHistorySubview) so Back returns to the grid; dropped the stray 'YouTube feed'
button on the show page.
- backend /browse gains a per-user watch-state filter (show=, movies only).
- plex i18n (navLabel + filter.*) en/hu/de.
Note: episode-title 'Episode N' on some shows (e.g. Westworld) is Plex-side
(unmatched show) — we mirror what Plex has; Match/Refresh in Plex + re-sync fixes it.
- PlexBrowse.tsx: self-contained Plex mode (library scope tabs, own search +
sort, poster-card grid with watch state + playability tint, paged; show →
seasons/episodes drill-down). Playback announces (P2 wires the real player).
- Feed source dropdown gains a 'Plex' option (gated on me.plex_enabled); App
swaps <Feed> for <PlexBrowse> when librarySource==='plex' so the video-feed
hooks don't run in Plex mode. me exposes plex_enabled.
- api client (plexLibraries/plexBrowse/plexShow/plexImageUrl) + types; librarySource
union + share-URL restore gain 'plex'; new plex i18n namespace en/hu/de.
- Verified over HTTP (authed): libraries, browse+FTS, image proxy 200 image/jpeg.
- ConfigPanel 'plex' group auto-renders; adds a Test-connection button + a
library-picker (checked sections write plex_libraries, applied on Save)
- api.testPlex + PlexTestResult/PlexSection types
- i18n config namespace: plex group + 7 fields + test strings (en/hu/de);
also fills the previously-missing 'downloads' group label
Every download now records the clean source page URL and shows it on the
Downloads page (open in a new tab, or copy to clipboard). The worker stores
yt-dlp's canonical webpage_url on the asset (migration 0043 adds
media_assets.source_webpage_url); the serializer prefers it and falls back to a
URL derived from source_kind+source_ref, so YouTube, external YouTube links and
external URLs (e.g. Facebook reels) all get a correct reference, and queued/older
rows work before the worker fills it. Edit clips return null (a clip's source is
the user's own earlier download, not a web page). i18n en/hu/de.
The whole app shipped in one bundle, so the logged-out landing and every page
pulled all module code. Split into lazy chunks:
- main.tsx: lazy App + the public leaves (WatchPage, Privacy, Terms), so a
public /watch share link never downloads the authenticated app.
- App.tsx: each module page (Feed, Channels, Playlists, Stats, Scheduler,
Config, Users, Settings, Notifications, Messages, Downloads, ChannelPage) and
the About/ReleaseNotes/Onboarding modals load on demand behind <Suspense>.
- Heavy modals lazy in their parents: PlayerModal (Feed, Playlists),
DownloadDialog (DownloadButton — kept out of the feed chunk), and the
VideoEditor/ShareDialog/ProfileEditor (DownloadCenter).
- Extracted focusAccessRequestsTab + the tab constants to lib/adminUsersTab so
callers can pre-select the admin tab without statically importing the now
lazy-loaded AdminUsers page (which would defeat the split).
Build now emits ~25 chunks. Landing no longer downloads any module code
(~350 KB deferred); dev landing Perf 93->95. Verified in a real browser: every
page + the video editor load with no console errors.
The logged-out landing probed /api/me, which 401'd, and the browser logs every
non-2xx fetch as a console error regardless of how the app handles it. The
bootstrap probe now returns 200 with {authenticated:false} via a new
optional_current_user dependency; api.me() maps that to null. The render gate
treats no-data as 'signed out' -> the landing, and a thrown error as a real
network/5xx failure. Other protected endpoints still 401, so mid-session expiry
is still caught by the global handler. Lighthouse (dev): Best Practices 96->100.
Prep the Download Center epic (Phase 1 + editor + share) for prod/self-host:
- Dockerfile: create /downloads owned by appuser so a named-volume mount is writable (prod Linux).
- docker-compose.{home,selfhost,yml}: add the 'worker' (yt-dlp/ffmpeg job loop) + 'bgutil-pot'
(PO-token) services + a downloads mount (DOWNLOAD_ROOT, WORKER_ENABLED). Media defaults to a
named volume; DOWNLOAD_HOST_PATH points it at a host dir (e.g. a Plex-readable folder).
- README / docs/self-hosting.md / .env.example / install.{sh,ps1}: document the Download Center,
the two extra containers, and DOWNLOAD_HOST_PATH.
- VERSION 0.22.0 + releaseNotes entry.
Session-close cosmetics:
1. Favicon — an 'S' monogram (indigo→violet rounded square, path-drawn so it's font-independent)
at public/favicon.svg, linked in index.html (tab had none before).
2. Dynamic document.title — reflects the current module ('Downloads · Siftlode'); Feed = brand
only; an open channel page shows the channel name. Shared pageTitleKey() in lib/pageMeta.ts
keeps the tab title and the top-bar header in lockstep.
3. The 'Siftlode' logo already navigated to Feed but read as static text — added a hover
background + cursor affordance so it's clearly clickable.
4. Module header — new shared PageTitle component (used by every non-feed module via Header) with
a tracked small-caps 'eyebrow' + leading accent dot (user-picked style B), styled in one place.
Verified in a real browser: favicon served (image/svg+xml), title updates per module, logo→feed,
header restyled; no console errors.
A shared-with-me item only had a download button. Add two actions (Share is intentionally NOT
offered — no chain re-sharing of someone else's file):
- Edit: the editor now accepts an accessible (owned OR shared) source, so editing a shared video
produces the editor's OWN clip in their library (counts against their quota, fully theirs
including share); the source file is only read. Route uses _accessible_job.
- Remove from my list: DELETE /api/downloads/shared/{job_id} deletes only the recipient's share
grant — the owner's job and physical file are untouched (per-user dismissal).
i18n en/hu/de. Verified in a real browser (edit a shared 70-min video → own 2:31 clip; remove
confirm shows 'won't delete the owner's file').
Rework the share dialog into two clear modes and add the public /watch player page:
- ShareDialog: (A) 'Share with a user' — autocomplete picker over registered users (was a blind
email box that 404'd on non-users); (B) 'Share a link' — create/list/copy/revoke public links
with allow-download toggle, optional expiry (1/7/30d), optional password; per-link view count.
- WatchPage: standalone login-free player at /watch/<token> (routed in main.tsx like /privacy),
self-contained mini-i18n (en/hu/de by browser language); password gate → unlock → play; shows a
Download button only when the link allows it.
- api: ShareLink/ShareRecipient types + link CRUD + recipients; share i18n (en/hu/de).
Verified end-to-end in a real browser: user picker, link create, public playback, stream-only vs
downloadable, password gate + unlock, no console errors.
Rework VideoEditor around a segment cut-list: N draggable cut markers → segments, per-segment
keep/drop (eye toggle + dropped hatch), output = Separate files (one job per kept segment) or
Join into one (segments cut-list → one concatenated file). Per-segment numeric Start/End inputs.
Filmstrip fixed: aspect-correct tiles (no vertical squish) + YouTube-style hover-scrub thumbnail
from the sprite. EditSpec.segments type; editor v2 i18n (en/hu/de). Verified end-to-end in a real
browser (3-segment split, drop middle, join → 0:12 clip from a 0:19 source).
VideoEditor modal on a finished Library download: HTML5 <video> scrubber, filmstrip timeline
(lazy server storyboard sprite) with draggable in/out handles, draggable/resizable crop overlay,
per-edit Precise (re-encode) vs Fast (stream-copy) cut toggle, split-into-N fan-out (N trim jobs),
optional clip name. Edited clips show a 'Clip' badge; 'editing' phase gets a % bar. New api
enqueueEdit/downloadStoryboard/storyboardImageUrl + EditSpec type; editor i18n (en/hu/de).
A plain <a> file download can't send the X-Siftlode-Account header, so current_user resolved
it to the session-default account — 404 'Unknown download' when the tab acts as a non-default
wallet account that owns the file. resolved_user_id now also honours a ?account= query param
(the same wallet-gated selection the WebSocket already uses), and downloadFileUrl appends the
active account id. Verified: default account -> 404, ?account=<owner> -> 206 with the right
Content-Disposition.
Multi-account-in-one-browser (esp. with per-tab accounts) leaked one account's client state
into another via shared localStorage keys. Scope every account-specific key by the tab's active
account (accountKey/readAccount/writeAccount/useAccountPersistedState helpers), so nothing bleeds
across accounts or tabs:
- Real leaks: selected playlist, client notification history + settings, onboarding-dismissed.
- UI position: feed page, channel-manager filter/view + tables, playlist sort, Settings/Stats/
Users/Config tabs.
- Previously DB-adopted caches (theme, hints, performance mode, sidebar layout, nav/filter
collapse) — now the cache is per-account too, so there's no flash of the other account's value
on login.
Kept intentionally global: siftlode.lang (needed pre-login on the Welcome page; the DB pref still
scopes it per-account after sign-in) and siftlode.seenVersion (a per-browser 'new version' banner).
E2EE private keys (IndexedDB) and the chat-dock key were already per-user.
Feed filters and the default-saved-view mirror lived under shared localStorage keys, so one
account's view (incl. its starred default) leaked into another account signed into the same
browser — visible with per-tab accounts as a fresh account showing the previous account's
'N active' filters instead of a clean default.
Key both by the tab's active account (siftlode.filters.<id> / siftlode.defaultViewFilters.<id>);
load a tab's filters from its own account on login/switch/add, falling back to defaults when the
account isn't known yet. A share link's filters still win and are persisted to the account. The
old shared keys are simply no longer read (a one-time reset to defaults on the first load after
this change; migrating them would risk re-leaking across accounts).
Two tabs in one browser can now run two different signed-in accounts at once.
- The signed session cookie stays the browser's account WALLET (account_ids). Which account a
given tab acts as is a per-tab choice held in sessionStorage and sent per-request via the
X-Siftlode-Account header; current_user honours it only for an account already in the wallet,
without mutating the cookie's default account. Switching accounts sets the header + reloads
THIS tab only, instead of the old cookie-wide switch that changed every tab.
- WebSocket can't send headers, so the per-tab account rides in the ?account= query param
(validated against the wallet).
- Logout is per-tab aware: it signs the requesting tab's active account out of the wallet
(promoting a new default only if the removed one was the default), and the tab drops its
override. A stale per-tab header account 401s just that tab instead of clearing the session.
- Serve index.html with Cache-Control: no-cache so a deploy's new hashed bundle is picked up
immediately instead of the browser running a heuristically-cached stale index.html.
Restructure the app shell into three top-level columns:
- The per-user sync status (video counts + live sync state) moves from the top bar to a
compact block at the top of the left nav rail (icon-only with a tooltip when collapsed).
- The feed's Mine/Library scope toggle moves to the top of the filter sidebar.
- The filter sidebar becomes a full-height sibling column with its own collapse control
(a thin rail carrying the active-filter count), mirroring the nav rail. The top bar is
now just the feed search / page title.
- Both panels' collapsed state is persisted to the user's preferences (server-side, so it
follows the account across devices), seeded from a localStorage cache to avoid a flash.
Default: both panels open.
useBackToClose eagerly pushed a history entry on mount and called history.back()
on unmount. During a modal->modal handoff (e.g. About -> Release Notes) the two ran
interleaved in one React commit, so the entering modal's popstate listener mistook the
leaving modal's back() for a genuine user Back and closed itself instantly. It also left
the history pointer behind the surviving entry, so a later browser Back walked off the app.
Replace the eager per-mount push/pop with a single shared popstate handler plus a
coalesced microtask that reconciles history depth to the live overlay count once per tick.
A handoff's -1/+1 nets to zero, so the new modal simply reuses the old entry -- no churn,
no flash, and Back closes the modal in-app.
- Remove owner-specific / legacy deploy files (home/prod/server compose, deploy/).
The home compose stays as a local untracked file for the maintainer's own deploy.
- Genericise infra-specific code comments (egress-proxy examples) to neutral wording.
- Replace the hardcoded contact email on the legal pages with the instance operator's
configured admin email, served via the public /auth/config and shown with a neutral
fallback — so each self-hosted instance shows its own contact.
- Rewrite README for the current app + a copy-paste self-hosting quick start (prebuilt
image + first-run wizard) with a build-from-source alternative; tidy .env.example.
