v2.3.6

🚀 XC_VM v2.3.6

✨ Improvements

• Added automatic Redis health monitoring with auto-restart when the service becomes unavailable
• Introduced ServerDiagnoseCommand for diagnosing silent MAIN and Load Balancer servers
• Added automatic proxy package installation and update through the new XC_VM_Proxy release mechanism
• Improved player MIME type detection for better compatibility across devices and browsers
• Added configurable pagination options to Episodes Mass Edit
• Enhanced live stream monitoring with real-time encoding progress
• Added scripts for generating and testing problematic DTS / AC3 audio streams
• Improved client log diagnostics by exposing detailed LINE_CREATE_FAIL database errors

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed daemon monitoring so cron:servers correctly detects and restarts stopped services
• Fixed Redis configuration synchronization after password rotation
• Fixed watchdog behavior during temporary database outages
• Fixed daemon restart logic by properly releasing process locks before respawning
• Fixed Server Diagnose heartbeat detection to reflect the actual service state
• Fixed Redis-related failures in admin panels and cron jobs
• Fixed handling of rotated Redis credentials stored in config.enc
• Fixed proxy updater to distinguish between GitHub outages and missing releases
• Fixed duration display in TableController
• Fixed VOD action handling inside the Admin API
• Fixed database.sql packaging by removing Git LFS dependency
• Fixed various UI issues and improved uptime formatting

🔧 Maintenance

• Updated server diagnostics documentation
• Added documentation describing FFmpeg build provenance and codec configuration
• Updated CLI documentation and fixed broken documentation links
• Updated proxy distribution roadmap documentation
• Removed proxy.tar.gz from Git LFS
• Continued internal refactoring and code cleanup

Full Changelog: 2.3.5...2.3.6

v2.3.5

🚀 XC_VM v2.3.5

✨ New Features

• Added a manual update check for installed modules directly from the admin interface.
• Added a server update guide and integrated it into the update mechanism.
• Added a draft Ministra-to-module migration plan to the project documentation.

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Improved PortalHandler file resolution and added clear error responses when required modules are missing.
• Improved diagnostics for LINE_CREATE_FAIL by exposing underlying database errors during stream connection creation.
• Improved reseller workflows by handling optional POST parameters and package output formats more safely.
• Fixed file cache creation when temporary cache directories are owned by root.
• Improved network detection by handling invalid cached network data.
• Hardened array access across multiple admin views and forms to prevent warnings and exceptions.
• Improved TMDB stability with null-safe entity handling and duplicate library protection.
• Improved Player API by skipping missing stream cache files and handling null movie properties.
• Improved streaming stability by validating probe URLs, transcoding metadata, and playlist cache race conditions.
• Automatically create the image cache directory when required.
• Fixed cron cleanup logic to safely handle missing connection directories.
• Allowed Authorization::check() to work correctly with nullable entity IDs.
• Updated diagnostics log submission to use the correct secure endpoint.
• Forced browser cache revalidation for JavaScript and CSS assets after updates.
• Fixed player URL redirects to ensure correct static asset loading.

♻️ Refactoring

• Removed obsolete Watch/Plex authentication cases, controllers, and views.
• Removed deprecated database exemptions from the architecture test suite.
• Improved TMDB title normalization by stripping unnecessary tokens more accurately.

📚 Documentation

• Added a server update guide.
• Added documentation outlining the future removal of Ministra as a built-in component in favor of a standalone module.

🔧 Maintenance

• Continued improvements to platform stability, diagnostics, and update reliability.

v2.3.4

🚀 XC_VM v2.3.4

✨ New Features

• Integrated the TMDB module directly into the core, eliminating duplicated standard-set copies and simplifying project architecture.

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Improved player stability by handling potential null values in movie properties.
• Enhanced image URL validation in the player.
• Improved resilience against transient database and API failures.
• Switched internal error reporting to use secure HTTPS communication.
• Improved backup restoration by validating migration arguments and handling db_restore results correctly.

♻️ Refactoring

• Extracted player utility functions from the legacy bootstrap to improve code organization.
• Continued modernization of the codebase by moving TMDB functionality into the core architecture.

🔧 Maintenance

• Improved internal reliability and maintainability across player, backup, and core services.

Full Changelog: 2.3.3...2.3.4

v2.3.3

🚀 XC_VM v2.3.3

✨ New Features

• Added secure provisioning of config.enc for Load Balancer nodes during installation.
• Enhanced the module system with database schema management via migrations, uninstall support, dependency validation, and improved event decoupling.
• Replaced the MaxMindDB PHP extension with a pure PHP Composer implementation for easier deployment.
• Added binary version and operating system information to the Settings page.
• Added a test stream generator for HTTP-served MP4 streams.
• Added QuietThreadingHTTPServer to improve stream server stability and gracefully handle client disconnects.
• Improved Load Balancer installation by resetting binary ownership before PHP-FPM startup.

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Improved module dependency handling and diagnostics during module loading.
• Fixed EPG cache cleanup to remove only orphaned cache files from previous runs.
• Fixed module manager calling an undefined method when listing installed modules.
• Fixed bootstrap initialization when optional domain classes are unavailable.
• Improved GitHub update reliability by increasing API and connection timeouts.
• Restored correct ownership of config.enc after services are started as root.
• Fixed ownership of install_id and config.enc during Load Balancer provisioning.
• Fixed systemd service description formatting in ServerInstallCommand.
• Optimized FFmpeg command generation for improved streaming performance.
• Fixed integer handling in BruteforceGuard flood protection settings.
• Corrected backup and migration documentation examples.

♻️ Refactoring

• Centralized domain database access using the new DatabaseAware trait.
• Introduced a dedicated database wiring layer for domain services.
• Removed unused Database imports across multiple services.
• Refactored multiple components to improve readability, maintainability, and internal architecture.

📚 Documentation

• Added a comprehensive CLAUDE.md project guide.
• Updated backup and migration documentation with corrected command examples.

🔧 Maintenance

• Improved installer reliability and provisioning workflow.
• Continued internal code cleanup and architectural improvements.

Full Changelog: 2.3.2...2.3.3

v2.3.2

🚀 XC_VM v2.3.2

✨ New Features

• Added secure provisioning of config.enc for Load Balancer nodes during installation.
• Enhanced the module system with database schema management via migrations, uninstall support, dependency validation, and improved event decoupling.
• Replaced the MaxMindDB PHP extension with a pure PHP Composer implementation for easier deployment.
• Added binary version and operating system information to the Settings page.
• Added a test stream generator for HTTP-served MP4 streams.
• Added QuietThreadingHTTPServer to improve stream server stability and gracefully handle client disconnects.
• Improved Load Balancer installation by resetting binary ownership before PHP-FPM startup.

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Improved module dependency handling and diagnostics during module loading.
• Fixed EPG cache cleanup to remove only orphaned cache files from previous runs.
• Fixed module manager calling an undefined method when listing installed modules.
• Fixed bootstrap initialization when optional domain classes are unavailable.
• Improved GitHub update reliability by increasing API and connection timeouts.
• Restored correct ownership of config.enc after services are started as root.
• Fixed ownership of install_id and config.enc during Load Balancer provisioning.
• Fixed systemd service description formatting in ServerInstallCommand.
• Optimized FFmpeg command generation for improved streaming performance.
• Fixed integer handling in BruteforceGuard flood protection settings.
• Corrected backup and migration documentation examples.

♻️ Refactoring

• Centralized domain database access using the new DatabaseAware trait.
• Introduced a dedicated database wiring layer for domain services.
• Removed unused Database imports across multiple services.
• Refactored multiple components to improve readability, maintainability, and internal architecture.

📚 Documentation

• Added a comprehensive CLAUDE.md project guide.
• Updated backup and migration documentation with corrected command examples.

🔧 Maintenance

• Improved installer reliability and provisioning workflow.
• Continued internal code cleanup and architectural improvements.

v2.3.1

🚀 XC_VM v2.3.1

✨ Major Changes

• Migrated to Composer PSR-4 autoloading, replacing the legacy XC_Autoloader with a modern standards-compliant architecture.
• Integrated PHPStan into the CI pipeline with a frozen baseline, resolving hundreds of static analysis and type-related issues.
• Production-only release builds, excluding development dependencies to significantly reduce release size.
• Continued modernization of the Core / Domain / Infrastructure architecture with dependency injection, EventDispatcher integration, enums, and stricter typing.

🚀 New Features

• Added automatic generation of a unique self-signed TLS certificate during installation.
• Improved the module system with versioning, migrations, BaseModule, and #[ListensTo] support.
• Added automatic download of GeoLite2 City, Country, and ASN databases during installation and updates.
• Added module license renewal support.
• Improved HLS startup by optimizing initial segment processing.
• Added missing Load Balancer admin routes.

🛠 Bug Fixes

• Fixed numerous PSR-4 autoloading issues, including namespaces, imports, and path inconsistencies.
• Fixed Public/ vs public/ path issues in nginx configurations and repository metadata.
• Removed unnecessary closing PHP tags across the codebase.
• Fixed TMDB integration and related link handling.
• Improved streaming stability, including initial segment timing and loopback routing.
• Resolved hundreds of PHPStan findings involving undefined variables, incorrect types, dead code, and other runtime issues.
• Improved installer reliability with better error handling and binary download retry logic.

♻️ Refactoring

• Removed obsolete utilities and legacy development tools.
• Cleaned up imports and namespaces using PHP-CS-Fixer.
• Expanded and updated project documentation, including migration guides and English DocBlocks.
• Improved GitHub workflows and release build process.
• Removed duplicated code and remaining legacy components.

🔧 Maintenance

• Updated project dependencies, including Mobile Detect, PhpM3u8, M3uParser, and others.
• Improved CI/CD reliability and security.
• Updated the Pull Request template.
• Removed unnecessary development tools from production releases.

📚 Documentation

• Added a comprehensive Migration Guide.
• Expanded English documentation throughout the project.
• Updated architecture documentation to reflect the current project structure.

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• feat(geoip): fetch GeoLite2 (City/Country/ASN) on install and update by @Divarion-D in #126
• Cdn engineer by @hserver71 in #128
• Chore/phpstan integration by @Divarion-D in #129
• Chore/phpstan ci by @Divarion-D in #130
• Chore/psr4 migration by @Divarion-D in #133
• fix(lfs): correct path case for login-bg.mp4 in .gitattributes by @Divarion-D with @Copilot in #134

New Contributors

• @hserver71 made their first contribution in #128
• @Divarion-D with @Copilot made their first contribution in #134

Full Changelog: 2.2.2...2.3.1

v2.2.2

🚀 XC_VM v2.2.2

✨ New Features

• Added video duration display in TableController and episode views
• Added migration support for delete_missing flag in watch_folders and sent flag in panel_logs
• Enhanced DiagnosticsService with panel_logs sent tracking and improved log submission logic
• Added Owner ID and Credits fields to user forms with UI improvements
• Added cleanup logic for missing streams in watch module (delete_missing support)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed multiple TypeErrors by ensuring arrays are properly initialized across modules
• Fixed GroupEditController ensuring $rGroupIDs is always an array
• Fixed PortalHandler category handling in audioclub, IPTV, VOD, and series
• Fixed QueryHelper handling of quoted defaults and numeric coercion
• Fixed PlaylistGenerator file read errors and normalized channel data keys
• Fixed TableController button HTML rendering for closed status
• Fixed watch module forced mode behavior
• Fixed stream_view.php progress button rendering logic
• Fixed missing curl package in installer dependencies

🔄 Refactoring

• Removed obsolete modules:
  • magscan module
  • fingerprint module
  • theft detection module (empty legacy module)
• Streamlined RTMP stream monitoring and connection handling logic
• Improved module documentation after cleanup changes

📚 Documentation

• Synced Russian documentation version
• Updated docs cleanup and backlog sections
• Improved contributor statistics and security fix tracking in CONTRIBUTORS.md

🔧 Maintenance

• fix(nginx): reimplement mutli_accept on; by @brettpetch in #115
• docs(backlog): Add backlogged documentation by @brettpetch in #116
• Updated installer package list

Full Changelog: 2.2.1...2.2.2

v2.2.1

🚀 XC_VM v2.2.1

✨ New Features

• Added binary version tracking and automatic update mechanism
• Added footer layout rendering support for multiple reseller views
• Added new server installation command and improved proxy installation flow
• Improved nginx configuration by switching to reuseport for better scalability and connection handling

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed truncated recordings and archive scheduling issues
• Fixed Plex import and force scan stability issues
• Updated common.js title assignment logic for consistency
• Improved POST request handling and referer management

🔐 Security

• Applied fixes related to CVE-2026-42945
• Hardened nginx configuration and removed deprecated connection handling directives

🔄 Refactoring

• Removed deprecated nginx directives:
  • accept_mutex
  • multi_accept
• Simplified request handling logic and internal routing behavior

🔧 Maintenance

• Merged community pull requests #112 and #113

New Contributors

• @brettpetch made their first contribution in #112

Full Changelog: 2.2.0...2.2.1

V2.2.0

🚀 XC_VM v2.2.0

✨ New Features

• Enhanced module manifest structure and module loader functionality
• Added daemon lock mechanism for cache, queue, signals, and watchdog commands
• Introduced dynamic NavbarItem & NavbarRegistry system for flexible navigation management
• Added module web boot support and migrated Watch/Plex routes
• Improved routing, streaming gateway stability, nginx integration, and service handling
• Added browser STB emulation documentation for Ministra

🔄 Refactoring

• Migrated table routing from AdminTableController to TableController
• Decoupled legacy Ministra URLs from www symlinks
• Improved routing architecture and module integration flow

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed missing global variables in Plex and Watch controllers
• Improved MD5 hash verification logic in BalancerCommand

📚 Documentation

• Added documentation for the dynamic navigation menu system
• Added commit message format and contribution guidelines

🔧 Maintenance

• Merged PR #109 — Dynamic Navbar System

Full Changelog: 2.1.5...2.2.0

2.1.5

🚀 XC_VM v2.1.5

✨ New Features

• Added auto-assign EPG to live streams
• Added MaxMind GeoIP updater with weekly cron integration

⚡ Performance

• Reduced database connection churn in streaming and improved DB lifecycle
• Optimized cron jobs by throttling heavy checks and increasing queue loop default
• Eliminated spurious TS disconnects by updating hls_last_read during active streaming sessions

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed LLOD v2 FFmpeg startup delay for on-demand streams
• Improved URL construction in ImageResizeService
• Fixed multiple import-related issues

Full Changelog: 2.1.4...2.1.5