2.11.0 NIGHTLY 2026083003

📦 Nightly Release

Changes since 2.11.0.dev2026082903

🐛 Bugfixes

• BBC Sounds return station catch-up menu to international users (by @kieranhogg in #6099)

🎨 Frontend Changes

• Update browser title with current track and artist (by @phiychai in #2649)

🧰 Maintenance and dependency bumps

• Bump ya-passport-auth to 2.0.1 (by @trudenboy in #6090)
• Add a PR-description-quality review check (by @chrisuthe in #6100)

🙇 Thanks to our contributors

Special thanks to the following contributors who helped with this release:

@chrisuthe, @kieranhogg, @phiychai, @trudenboy

2.11.0 NIGHTLY 2026082903

📦 Nightly Release

Changes since 2.11.0.dev2026082805

🚀 Features and enhancements

• SiriusXM Library Swap (by @MizterB in #5603)
• Add bluetooth audio constants (by @mzellho in #6052)
• Make Sendspin on Cast devices opt-in and mark it experimental (by @marcelveldt in #6081)
• Let speakers with guest access play without a setup step (by @marcelveldt in #6088)

🐛 Bugfixes

• Stop the CLAP weights download from timing out sonic_analysis setup (by @chrisuthe in #6053)
• Fix AirPlay player hanging when a seek fails to load its next stream (by @marcelveldt in #6076)
• Stop the music when a speaker is powered off outside Music Assistant (by @marcelveldt in #6077)
• Stop the music when a group dissolves around its leader (by @marcelveldt in #6083)
• Fix Spotify Connect group volume starting at 100% (by @OzGav in #6087)
• Decode percent-encoded usernames in Spotify account match checks (by @mescon in #6089)

🎨 Frontend Changes

• Tidy up the setup flow dialog (by @marcelveldt in #2673)
• Keep artwork whose provider is no longer loaded (by @ChrisB85 in #2670)
• Add a Copilot review instructions shard for frontend PRs (by @chrisuthe in #2672)
• Add match policy option to playlist import (by @marcelveldt in #2646)
• Fix playlist import match-policy version gate (by @marcelveldt in #2675)
• Send issues opened on the frontend repo to the support repo (by @marcelveldt in #2674)

🧰 Maintenance and dependency bumps

5 changes

• Keep a stop from cutting off playback that already restarted (by @marcelveldt in #6082)
• Detach a stereo pair from its group when it is powered off (by @marcelveldt in #6084)
• Add cross-repo frontend awareness to the review instructions (by @chrisuthe in #6091)
• Add shared-models awareness to the cross-repo review instructions (by @chrisuthe in #6092)
• Send issues opened on the server repo to the support repo (by @marcelveldt in #6094)

🙇 Thanks to our contributors

Special thanks to the following contributors who helped with this release:

@ChrisB85, @MizterB, @OzGav, @chrisuthe, @marcelveldt, @mescon, @mzellho

2.10.1

📦 Stable Release

Changes since 2.10.0

🚀 Features and enhancements

• Add bluetooth audio constants (by @mzellho in #6052)
• Make Sendspin on Cast devices opt-in and mark it experimental (by @marcelveldt in #6081)
• Let speakers with guest access play without a setup step (by @marcelveldt in #6088)

🐛 Bugfixes

• Snapcast: resume music after an announcement (by @MarvinSchenkel in #5968)
• Keep the AirPlay connection alive when seeking (by @marcelveldt in #6050)
• Fix an AirPlay speaker going silent when it joins a group (by @marcelveldt in #6051)
• Stop the CLAP weights download from timing out sonic_analysis setup (by @chrisuthe in #6053)
• Fix an AirPlay speaker going silent when two things start it at once (by @marcelveldt in #6054)
• Stop restarting an AirPlay speaker when a seek needs a moment (by @marcelveldt in #6055)
• Keep the queue on an audio player when a group leader drops out (by @marcelveldt in #6056)
• Fix a speaker staying silent after its group is joined with another one (by @marcelveldt in #6057)
• Stop AirPlay speakers in a group immediately on pause or stop (by @marcelveldt in #6058)
• Keep an AirPlay player's streaming mode under the user's control (by @marcelveldt in #6059)
• Make seeking forward in a slow source fast (by @marcelveldt in #6060)
• Add a 24-bit audio toggle for AirPlay players (by @marcelveldt in #6061)
• Fix a group member never re-joining after it drops off the network (by @marcelveldt in #6062)
• Fix a Spotify audiobook stopping when you seek to another chapter (by @marcelveldt in #6063)
• Fix Spotify not loading after updating to 2.10 (by @kiegsgroot in #6065)
• Fix the Apple TV progress bar disappearing after a track change (by @marcelveldt in #6067)
• Fix YouTube Music search finding nothing when the language is not English (by @marcelveldt in #6068)
• Fix grouping being unavailable while Spotify Connect plays (by @marcelveldt in #6070)
• Stop the music when you power off a speaker (by @marcelveldt in #6074)
• Stop random music playing after a notification clip (by @marcelveldt in #6075)
• Fix AirPlay player hanging when a seek fails to load its next stream (by @marcelveldt in #6076)
• Stop the music when a speaker is powered off outside Music Assistant (by @marcelveldt in #6077)
• Bump aioaudiobookshelf to 0.1.25 (by @fmunkes in #6078)
• Stop the music when a group dissolves around its leader (by @marcelveldt in #6083)
• Fix Spotify Connect group volume starting at 100% (by @OzGav in #6087)
• Decode percent-encoded usernames in Spotify account match checks (by @mescon in #6089)

🎨 Frontend Changes

• Scope audio sources in Browse to the selected player (by @marcelveldt in #2660)
• Fix the mobile player blur on Chromium browsers (by @marcelveldt in #2662)
• One shared code input for remote ID and pairing codes (by @marcelveldt in #2661)
• Fix loading spinners showing up too small (by @marcelveldt in #2669)
• Check the Python package builds in CI (by @marcelveldt in #2668)
• Silence the setuptools warning about the assets directory (by @marcelveldt in #2667)
• Clean up the Python packaging config (by @marcelveldt in #2666)
• Remove the unused VS Code workspace file (by @marcelveldt in #2665)
• Remove the unused webhint config file (by @marcelveldt in #2664)
• Remove the unused browser targets config file (by @marcelveldt in #2663)
• Tidy up the setup flow dialog (by @marcelveldt in #2673)
• Keep artwork whose provider is no longer loaded (by @ChrisB85 in #2670)
• Add a Copilot review instructions shard for frontend PRs (by @chrisuthe in #2672)

🧰 Maintenance and dependency bumps

6 changes

• Keep a live source on its player when moving it to another one fails (by @marcelveldt in #6045)
• Keep translation syncs and backport PRs out of the release notes (by @marcelveldt in #6048)
• Update airplay-cli to v0.5.3 (by @musicassistant-bot[bot] in #6071)
• Tidy up the source lookup in the seek command (by @marcelveldt in #6072)
• Keep a stop from cutting off playback that already restarted (by @marcelveldt in #6082)
• Detach a stereo pair from its group when it is powered off (by @marcelveldt in #6084)

🙇 Thanks to our contributors

Special thanks to the following contributors who helped with this release:

@ChrisB85, @MarvinSchenkel, @OzGav, @chrisuthe, @fmunkes, @kiegsgroot, @marcelveldt, @mescon, @mzellho

2.11.0 NIGHTLY 2026082805

📦 Nightly Release

Changes since 2.11.0.dev2026082704

🚀 Features and enhancements

• Report completed plays back to Tidal (by @jozefKruszynski in #5835)

🐛 Bugfixes

• Snapcast: resume music after an announcement (by @MarvinSchenkel in #5968)
• Keep the AirPlay connection alive when seeking (by @marcelveldt in #6050)
• Fix an AirPlay speaker going silent when it joins a group (by @marcelveldt in #6051)
• Fix an AirPlay speaker going silent when two things start it at once (by @marcelveldt in #6054)
• Stop restarting an AirPlay speaker when a seek needs a moment (by @marcelveldt in #6055)
• Keep the queue on an audio player when a group leader drops out (by @marcelveldt in #6056)
• Fix a speaker staying silent after its group is joined with another one (by @marcelveldt in #6057)
• Stop AirPlay speakers in a group immediately on pause or stop (by @marcelveldt in #6058)
• Keep an AirPlay player's streaming mode under the user's control (by @marcelveldt in #6059)
• Make seeking forward in a slow source fast (by @marcelveldt in #6060)
• Add a 24-bit audio toggle for AirPlay players (by @marcelveldt in #6061)
• Fix a group member never re-joining after it drops off the network (by @marcelveldt in #6062)
• Fix a Spotify audiobook stopping when you seek to another chapter (by @marcelveldt in #6063)
• Fix Spotify not loading after updating to 2.10 (by @kiegsgroot in #6065)
• Fix the Apple TV progress bar disappearing after a track change (by @marcelveldt in #6067)
• Fix YouTube Music search finding nothing when the language is not English (by @marcelveldt in #6068)
• Fix grouping being unavailable while Spotify Connect plays (by @marcelveldt in #6070)
• Stop the music when you power off a speaker (by @marcelveldt in #6074)
• Stop random music playing after a notification clip (by @marcelveldt in #6075)
• Bump aioaudiobookshelf to 0.1.25 (by @fmunkes in #6078)

🎨 Frontend Changes

• Fix loading spinners showing up too small (by @marcelveldt in #2669)
• Check the Python package builds in CI (by @marcelveldt in #2668)
• Silence the setuptools warning about the assets directory (by @marcelveldt in #2667)
• Clean up the Python packaging config (by @marcelveldt in #2666)
• Remove the unused VS Code workspace file (by @marcelveldt in #2665)
• Remove the unused webhint config file (by @marcelveldt in #2664)
• Remove the unused browser targets config file (by @marcelveldt in #2663)

🧰 Maintenance and dependency bumps

7 changes

• Keep a live source on its player when moving it to another one fails (by @marcelveldt in #6045)
• Prevent accidental stable auto-release while a release candidate is pending (by @MarvinSchenkel in #6047)
• Keep translation syncs and backport PRs out of the release notes (by @marcelveldt in #6048)
• Bump CodSpeedHQ/action from 5.0.3 to 5.2.1 (by @dependabot[bot] in #6066)
• Record why Spotify audiobook chapters cannot be fed ahead (by @marcelveldt in #6069)
• Update airplay-cli to v0.5.3 (by @musicassistant-bot[bot] in #6071)
• Tidy up the source lookup in the seek command (by @marcelveldt in #6072)

🙇 Thanks to our contributors

Special thanks to the following contributors who helped with this release:

@MarvinSchenkel, @fmunkes, @jozefKruszynski, @kiegsgroot, @marcelveldt

2.11.0 BETA 0

📦 Beta Release

Changes since 2.10.0rc7

🚀 Features and enhancements

• Report completed plays back to Tidal (by @jozefKruszynski in #5835)
• Improve local album and artist folder matching (by @marcelveldt in #5939)
• Add an icon for the sendspin_source provider (by @maximmaxim345 in #6023)
• Show pairing codes as dedicated input boxes (by @marcelveldt in #6028)
• Remove the retired local audio provider on installs that never played through it (by @chrisuthe in #6029)
• Give the server a configurable name and external URL (by @marcelveldt in #6031)
• Approve new Sendspin devices with a single click (by @maximmaxim345 in #6035)
• Enable Spotify Connect or AirPlay Receiver from the player's own settings (by @marcelveldt in #6042)
• Keep other players' Spotify Connect and AirPlay devices alive when one daemon fails (by @marcelveldt in #6043)

🐛 Bugfixes

• Snapcast: resume music after an announcement (by @MarvinSchenkel in #5968)
• Spotify Connect no longer disappears when a different account connects (by @marcelveldt in #6019)
• Selecting a source no longer takes five seconds to start playing (by @marcelveldt in #6021)
• Cancel in-flight finalizes before freeing analysis models (by @chrisuthe in #6024)
• Retry Sonic Analysis when a track loses its CLAP windows (by @chrisuthe in #6034)
• Keep the AirPlay connection alive when seeking (by @marcelveldt in #6050)
• Fix an AirPlay speaker going silent when it joins a group (by @marcelveldt in #6051)
• Fix an AirPlay speaker going silent when two things start it at once (by @marcelveldt in #6054)
• Stop restarting an AirPlay speaker when a seek needs a moment (by @marcelveldt in #6055)
• Keep the queue on an audio player when a group leader drops out (by @marcelveldt in #6056)
• Fix a speaker staying silent after its group is joined with another one (by @marcelveldt in #6057)
• Stop AirPlay speakers in a group immediately on pause or stop (by @marcelveldt in #6058)
• Keep an AirPlay player's streaming mode under the user's control (by @marcelveldt in #6059)
• Make seeking forward in a slow source fast (by @marcelveldt in #6060)
• Add a 24-bit audio toggle for AirPlay players (by @marcelveldt in #6061)
• Fix a group member never re-joining after it drops off the network (by @marcelveldt in #6062)
• Fix a Spotify audiobook stopping when you seek to another chapter (by @marcelveldt in #6063)
• Fix Spotify not loading after updating to 2.10 (by @kiegsgroot in #6065)
• Fix the Apple TV progress bar disappearing after a track change (by @marcelveldt in #6067)
• Fix YouTube Music search finding nothing when the language is not English (by @marcelveldt in #6068)
• Fix grouping being unavailable while Spotify Connect plays (by @marcelveldt in #6070)
• Stop the music when you power off a speaker (by @marcelveldt in #6074)
• Stop random music playing after a notification clip (by @marcelveldt in #6075)

🎨 Frontend Changes

• Show pairing codes as dedicated input boxes (by @marcelveldt in #2657)
• No more STABLE badge when adding a provider (by @marcelveldt in #2656)
• Show server name, addresses and remote access on the About page (by @marcelveldt in #2658)
• Show audio inputs and devices that need setup (by @maximmaxim345 in #2659)
• Scope audio sources in Browse to the selected player (by @marcelveldt in #2660)
• Fix the mobile player blur on Chromium browsers (by @marcelveldt in #2662)
• One shared code input for remote ID and pairing codes (by @marcelveldt in #2661)
• Fix loading spinners showing up too small (by @marcelveldt in #2669)
• Check the Python package builds in CI (by @marcelveldt in #2668)
• Silence the setuptools warning about the assets directory (by @marcelveldt in #2667)
• Clean up the Python packaging config (by @marcelveldt in #2666)
• Remove the unused VS Code workspace file (by @marcelveldt in #2665)
• Remove the unused webhint config file (by @marcelveldt in #2664)
• Remove the unused browser targets config file (by @marcelveldt in #2663)

🧰 Maintenance and dependency bumps

16 changes

• Hide the Sendspin legacy clients option (by @maximmaxim345 in #6025)
• Set up Spotify Connect and AirPlay Receiver once and pick the players they serve (by @marcelveldt in #6026)
• Use the new Sendspin mark for the provider icon (by @MarvinSchenkel in #6030)
• Pairing texts now say 'pairing code' instead of 'PIN' (by @marcelveldt in #6033)
• Update base image versions to 1.6.3 (by @marcelveldt in #6037)
• Clean up snapcast mdns records when the provider unloads (by @marcelveldt in #6038)
• Tidy up playback task handling when a Connect/AirPlay daemon is replaced (by @marcelveldt in #6040)
• Fix release creation failing on very large release notes (by @marcelveldt in #6041)
• Hide non-audio players from the scrobbler player picker (by @marcelveldt in #6044)
• Keep a live source on its player when moving it to another one fails (by @marcelveldt in #6045)
• Prevent accidental stable auto-release while a release candidate is pending (by @MarvinSchenkel in #6047)
• Keep translation syncs and backport PRs out of the release notes (by @marcelveldt in #6048)
• Bump CodSpeedHQ/action from 5.0.3 to 5.2.1 (by @dependabot[bot] in #6066)
• Record why Spotify audiobook chapters cannot be fed ahead (by @marcelveldt in #6069)
• Update airplay-cli to v0.5.3 (by @musicassistant-bot[bot] in #6071)
• Tidy up the source lookup in the seek command (by @marcelveldt in #6072)

🙇 Thanks to our contributors

Special thanks to the following contributors who helped with this release:

@MarvinSchenkel, @chrisuthe, @jozefKruszynski, @kiegsgroot, @marcelveldt, @maximmaxim345

2.11.0 NIGHTLY 2026082704

📦 Nightly Release

Changes since 2.10.0.dev2026082618

🚀 Features and enhancements

• Enable Spotify Connect or AirPlay Receiver from the player's own settings (by @marcelveldt in #6042)
• Keep other players' Spotify Connect and AirPlay devices alive when one daemon fails (by @marcelveldt in #6043)

🎨 Frontend Changes

• Scope audio sources in Browse to the selected player (by @marcelveldt in #2660)
• Fix the mobile player blur on Chromium browsers (by @marcelveldt in #2662)
• One shared code input for remote ID and pairing codes (by @marcelveldt in #2661)

🧰 Maintenance and dependency bumps

• Fix release creation failing on very large release notes (by @marcelveldt in #6041)
• Hide non-audio players from the scrobbler player picker (by @marcelveldt in #6044)

🙇 Thanks to our contributors

Special thanks to the following contributors who helped with this release:

@marcelveldt

2.10.0

📦 Stable Release

Changes since 2.9.13

⚠ Breaking Changes

• Retire the local audio provider in favor of the Sendspin add-on (by @chrisuthe in #5965)

🚀 New Providers

• Add Sveriges Radio provider (by @romany in #2974)
• Add Pocket Casts Provider (by @yfhyou in #3127)
• Add AI Radio Plugin (by @swiftbird07 in #3407)
• Add Yandex Station player provider v1.5.1 — local Glagol control, Alice playback intercept (by @trudenboy in #3605)
• Add playlist_metadata plugin for auto-generating playlist artwork (by @dmoo500 in #3786)
• Add Mamma Mi Radio music provider (by @florianhorner in #3836)
• Add Rainy Mood provider (by @jlpouffier in #3844)
• Move library recommendations to plugin provider and add new folders (by @dmoo500 in #3890)
• Add Bose SoundTouch player provider (by @Odn0 in #3891)
• Add Storytel provider integration (by @jonasbp2011 in #4054)
• feat(provider): Add Amplipi provider (by @mcaulifn in #4110)
• Add Music Quiz plugin: multiplayer guess-the-song game (by @TimoPtr in #4572)
• Add Google Drive filesystem provider (by @OzGav in #4581)
• Add Profiler provider for on-demand performance diagnostics (by @marcelveldt in #4653)
• Add Ambient Sounds provider with locally generated noise loops (by @marcelveldt in #4676)
• Add teddycloud provider (by @yoyixms in #4776)
• Add OneDrive filesystem provider (by @OzGav in #4791)
• Add Overcast podcast provider (by @OzGav in #5151)
• Add OpenAI Compatible provider for the AI features (by @marcelveldt in #5261)
• Add OpenAI text-to-speech provider (by @marcelveldt in #5262)
• Add ABC Radio Network music provider (by @OzGav in #5321)
• Add Sendspin source@v1 role support (by @maximmaxim345 in #5658)

🚀 Features and enhancements

• Improve stream URL handling with failover support (by @benklop in #2996)
• Add favorites support to Digitally Incorporated provider (by @benklop in #3458)
• Add support for audiobook collections (by @fmunkes in #3569)
• Adapt artist / audiobook controller for authors and narrators (by @fmunkes in #3570)
• Extend Local Audio Out provider with PulseAudio support (by @iVolt1 in #3724)
• Plex: Add extended recommendations with "Mixes For You" support (by @ajacobson in #3736)
• Plex: Add audiobook/podcast support with position sync (by @zenibako in #3748)
• Add CUE sheet support for filesystem providers (by @OzGav in #3751)
• Enhance play_media start_item parameter to allow latest podcast episode to be played and podcast/playlist to play from here (by @OzGav in #3832)
• Add birthday/memoriam recommendations via MusicBrainz (by @dmoo500 in #3833)
• Yandex Smart Home: update v1.4.x → v2.2.4 — playlists as sources, skill auto-create, shared auth layer (by @trudenboy in #3834)
• Use faster stream/clear for Sendspin track changes, behind a legacy toggle (by @maximmaxim345 in #3870)
• feat(audible): resume playback position from Audible Whispersync (by @scootaash in #3893)
• Rewrite Deezer provider with GraphQL client (by @jdaberkow in #3900)
• Adapt core methods to allow providing a username for item retrieval (by @fmunkes in #4015)
• Add explicit filter to smart playlist rules (by @dmoo500 in #4095)
• Provide Tracking and UX for AA Failures and Retries (by @chrisuthe in #4167)
• feat(spotify): add curated browse for new releases and genres (by @x-ingo in #4177)
• Add API command to get the color palette for any image (by @marcelveldt in #4193)
• Localize server-provided strings (by @marcelveldt in #4200)
• Localized-name search for genres and playlists (by @marcelveldt in #4212)
• Key media item translation names by media type (by @marcelveldt in #4216)
• Localize genre descriptions server-side (by @marcelveldt in #4227)
• Localize error messages sent to API clients (by @marcelveldt in #4228)
• Localize provider-sync background-task names server-side (by @marcelveldt in #4238)
• Wire up provider status reporting (structured errors + derived status) (by @marcelveldt in #4242)
• Localize UnsupportedSystemError messages (by @marcelveldt in #4255)
• Localize user-facing provider error messages (by @marcelveldt in #4259)
• Localize core module names & descriptions server-side (by @marcelveldt in #4261)
• Localize player option labels server-side (by @marcelveldt in #4262)
• Respect container cgroup memory limits when detecting system memory (by @marcelveldt in #4269)
• Persist playback speed for audiobooks and podcast episodes (by @OzGav in #4270)
• Localize Last.fm recommendation row titles and subtitles (by @marcelveldt in #4276)
• Translate nugs recommendation folder names (by @marcelveldt in #4277)
• Make NicoVideo recommendation labels translatable (by @marcelveldt in #4279)
• Make Audible root browse-folder labels translatable (by @marcelveldt in #4281)
• Make Bandcamp recommendation and collection folder labels translatable (by @marcelveldt in #4282)
• Localize NetEase Cloud Music recommendation and playlist labels (by @marcelveldt in #4283)
• Enable multi-instance support for Pandora (by @mcaulifn in #4284)
• Localize Deezer browse and virtual-playlist labels (by @marcelveldt in #4285)
• Localize Yandex Music browse labels via the server translation system (by @marcelveldt in #4286)
• Localize Podcast Index browse folder labels (by @marcelveldt in #4287)
• Make Phish.in browse-folder labels translatable (by @marcelveldt in #4288)
• KION Music: localize browse & recommendation labels via server translations (by @marcelveldt in #4289)
• Lazy-import chardet to lower idle memory (by @marcelveldt in #4291)
• Support common-string references in the translations build (by @marcelveldt in #4298)
• Guard against hardcoded ConfigEntry strings (by @marcelveldt in #4304)
• Extract CLAP scalar scoring into pure score_scalars() (by @chrisuthe in #4307)
• Import genres from Plex into media item metadata (by @lebdim in #4312)
• Skip dynamic playlists in refresh scan, sync provider-owned name/images (by @mcaulifn in #4326)
• Import additional metadata from Plex into media items (by @lebdim in #4338)
• Persist localized playlist names so they survive the library (by @marcelveldt in #4341)
• Fix config entry categories: use translation keys instead of raw English strings (by @marcelveldt in #4349)
• Parse "Track" by Artist radio stream titles and use album for artwork (by @OzGav in #4364)
• Move volume normalization target level to streams global setting (by @marcelveldt in #4369)
• Allow Bandcamp feed and wishlist to be playable. (by @rnewman in #4371)
• Move queue-scoped settings (crossfade, volume normalization) to the queue (by @marcelveldt in #4373)
• mcp: add set_repeat tool to queue controls (by @steamEngineer in #4377)
• Use ICY StreamUrl cover art for radio streams when it is an image (by @OzGav in #4379)
• mcp: add explicit pause/resume playback tools (by @steamEngineer in #4390)
• mcp: add players ungroup tool (by @steamEngineer in #4391)
• Rename 'don't stop the music' to 'autoplay' (by @marcelveldt in #4404)
• Transfer playback to a new leader when unjoining a sync group leader (by @marcelveldt in #4412)
• Support seek Sendspin controller commands (by @maximmaxim345 in #4417)
• Resolve player palette only on the media owner, not per grouped member (by @marcelveldt in #4425)
• Make the demo player provider a groupable end-to-end test bed (by @marcelveldt in #4428)
• Adjust Sonic Similarity base scoring and pools to allow for better matching and more meaningful presets (by @chrisuthe in #4429)
• Improve Search results from Sonic Similarity Plugin (by @chrisuthe in #4430)
• Add native player sleep timers (by @teancom in #4432)
• Add content_type to Genre schema with migration (by @jozefKruszynski in #4435)
• Enhance and fix podcast metadata (episode descriptions, chapters, parent-podcast name) in gPodder, iTunes Podcast and Podcast RSS Feed (by @chrisuthe in #4444)
• Configurable Autoplay with similar / library / playlist modes (by @marcelveldt in #4446)
• Smart Playlist: Use library artwork from metadata providers (by @dmoo500 in #4447)
• BBC Sounds: refactor for auntie-sounds 2.0 (by @kieranhogg in #4450)
• Unload idle audio-analysis models to reclaim memory (by @marcelveldt in #4452)
• Seed Last.fm personalized rows from recent plays (by @OzGav in #4457)
• Add playlist metadata infrastructure to MetadataProvider (by @dmoo500 in #4460)
• Genre content-type awareness: create/edit safety + targeted restore (by @jozefKruszynski in #4474)
• Smart shuffle for player queues (by @marcelveldt in #4475)
• Add support for podcast chapters in Audiobookshelf (by @fmunkes in #4478)
• Bounded managed pool for radio mode (by @marcelveldt in #4479)
• fastmcp_server: update provider to v0.13.3 (queue, library-URI, and playback tools + localizable config) (by @trudenboy in #4486)
• Load Discover recommendation rows on demand and improve Recently Played (by @chrisuthe in #4487)
• Extend podcast (by @chrisuthe in #4492)
• Dynamic radio playlists (replacing radio mode) (by @marcelveldt in #4498)
• Honour the queue's recency windows in provider dynamic stations (by @marcelveldt in #4500)
• Use radio playlists in the MCP play_media tool (by @marcelveldt in #4501)
• Add played_only parameter to library_items methods (by @dmoo500 in #4502)
• Play finite sources in a dynamic queue through once instead of recycling them (by @marcelveldt in #4503)
• Turn a queue with any dynamic source into one bounded smart-shuffled pool (by @marcelveldt in #4513)
• Add duration and last_played filters to Smart Playlist (by @dmoo500 in #4520)
• Add support for authors and narrators to audiobookshelf (by @fmunkes in #4526)
• Avoid back-to-back artists in dynamic queues (by @marcelveldt in #4528)
• Smart crossfade: DJ-style bass swap EQ (by @MarvinSchenkel in #4536)
• Global defaults for queue settings with per-queue override (by @marcelveldt in #4537)
• Explain the queue Global option via a per-option description (by @marcelveldt in #4540)
• Only expose container items as player queue sources (by @marcel...

2.10.0 RC 7

📦 RC Release

Changes since 2.10.0rc6

⚠ Breaking Changes

• Retire the local audio provider in favor of the Sendspin add-on (by @chrisuthe in #5965)

🚀 Features and enhancements

• Show fuller descriptions for BBC Sounds podcasts and shows (by @OzGav in #5924)
• Add per player HEOS playback transition configuration (by @Tommatheussen in #5978)
• Shuffle and repeat now work on a source your speaker runs itself (by @marcelveldt in #5993)
• Use album loudness only for albums you actually played (by @marcelveldt in #5994)
• Faster seeking on Spotify tracks played through Soloist (by @marcelveldt in #6000)
• Keep the home page in step when played state changes (by @OzGav in #6005)

🐛 Bugfixes

• 'Play next' now really plays the chosen track next on a dynamic queue (by @MarvinSchenkel in #5950)
• Use album loudness only when tracks really play as part of an album (by @marcelveldt in #5981)
• Notice when Spotify playback loses its pairing (by @marcelveldt in #5987)
• Seeking or resuming a Spotify track no longer cuts it off mid-song (by @marcelveldt in #5992)
• Add dark theme icon for MilkDrop Visualizer (by @jozefKruszynski in #6007)

🎨 Frontend Changes

• Continue setup as soon as you pick an option (by @maximmaxim345 in #2643)
• Shuffle and repeat no longer apply to something that stopped playing (by @marcelveldt in #2650)
• Show shuffle and repeat failures again, except the expected one (by @marcelveldt in #2652)
• Document how the shuffle and repeat controls pick the source they act on (by @marcelveldt in #2651)
• Surface retired providers correctly in the settings UI (by @chrisuthe in #2644)
• Show the full menu on discover page items (by @OzGav in #2624)
• Translate the provider stage badge (by @chrisuthe in #2629)
• Fix permission popups on cast dashboards (by @MarvinSchenkel in #2655)
• Replace butterchurn with maintained fork (by @jozefKruszynski in #2654)
• Lokalise translations update (by @github-actions[bot] in #2630)

🧰 Maintenance and dependency bumps

23 changes

• Count an album as played once, however its tracks are ordered in the queue (by @marcelveldt in #5991)
• Keep the position shown for a live source in step with the player (by @marcelveldt in #5995)
• Document which Spotify Soloist pairing failures are detected (by @marcelveldt in #5996)
• Show the right bit-perfect badge when two speakers share one live source (by @marcelveldt in #5997)
• Log how long a stream takes to deliver its first audio (by @marcelveldt in #5998)
• Report a slow player stop after pausing Spotify Connect (by @marcelveldt in #5999)
• Spread beat analysis over shorter steps so it stays out of playback's way (by @marcelveldt in #6001)
• Cleanup and small tweaks to the Spotify provider (by @marcelveldt in #6002)
• ⬆️ Update music-assistant-models to 1.1.200 (by @musicassistant-bot[bot] in #6003)
• ⬆️ Update music-assistant-frontend to 2.17.291 (by @musicassistant-bot[bot] in #6004)
• Stop leaving a subprocess running when closing it is cancelled (by @marcelveldt in #6006)
• Make the Smart Fades unloaded-model guards actually work (by @marcelveldt in #6008)
• ⬆️ Update music-assistant-models to 1.1.201 (by @musicassistant-bot[bot] in #6009)
• Let a cancelled virtual player creation finish cleaning up (by @marcelveldt in #6010)
• ⬆️ Update music-assistant-models to 1.1.202 (by @musicassistant-bot[bot] in #6011)
• Keep analysis models loaded while a track is still being analysed (by @marcelveldt in #6012)
• Keep the Smart Fades models as a single set (by @marcelveldt in #6013)
• Keep Spotify playing without a gap when a track repeats or the queue changes (by @marcelveldt in #6014)
• Stop logging an ordinary Spotify seek as a failure (by @marcelveldt in #6015)
• Don't stall cleaning up a virtual player that was already removed (by @marcelveldt in #6016)
• Free a cut Spotify channel's buffer as soon as nothing is reading it (by @marcelveldt in #6017)
• Add tests for where Spotify Soloist splits one track from the next (by @marcelveldt in #6018)
• ⬆️ Update music-assistant-frontend to 2.17.292 (by @musicassistant-bot[bot] in #6020)

🙇 Thanks to our contributors

Special thanks to the following contributors who helped with this release:

@MarvinSchenkel, @OzGav, @Tommatheussen, @chrisuthe, @jozefKruszynski, @marcelveldt, @maximmaxim345

2.10.0 NIGHTLY 2026082618

📦 Nightly Release

Changes since 2.10.0.dev2026082603

⚠ Breaking Changes

• Retire the local audio provider in favor of the Sendspin add-on (by @chrisuthe in #5965)

🚀 Features and enhancements

• Show fuller descriptions for BBC Sounds podcasts and shows (by @OzGav in #5924)
• Improve local album and artist folder matching (by @marcelveldt in #5939)
• Add per player HEOS playback transition configuration (by @Tommatheussen in #5978)
• Faster seeking on Spotify tracks played through Soloist (by @marcelveldt in #6000)
• Keep the home page in step when played state changes (by @OzGav in #6005)
• Add an icon for the sendspin_source provider (by @maximmaxim345 in #6023)
• Show pairing codes as dedicated input boxes (by @marcelveldt in #6028)
• Remove the retired local audio provider on installs that never played through it (by @chrisuthe in #6029)
• Give the server a configurable name and external URL (by @marcelveldt in #6031)
• Approve new Sendspin devices with a single click (by @maximmaxim345 in #6035)

🐛 Bugfixes

• 'Play next' now really plays the chosen track next on a dynamic queue (by @MarvinSchenkel in #5950)
• Add dark theme icon for MilkDrop Visualizer (by @jozefKruszynski in #6007)
• Spotify Connect no longer disappears when a different account connects (by @marcelveldt in #6019)
• Selecting a source no longer takes five seconds to start playing (by @marcelveldt in #6021)
• Cancel in-flight finalizes before freeing analysis models (by @chrisuthe in #6024)
• Retry Sonic Analysis when a track loses its CLAP windows (by @chrisuthe in #6034)

🎨 Frontend Changes

• Surface retired providers correctly in the settings UI (by @chrisuthe in #2644)
• Show the full menu on discover page items (by @OzGav in #2624)
• Translate the provider stage badge (by @chrisuthe in #2629)
• Fix permission popups on cast dashboards (by @MarvinSchenkel in #2655)
• Replace butterchurn with maintained fork (by @jozefKruszynski in #2654)
• Lokalise translations update (by @github-actions[bot] in #2630)
• Show pairing codes as dedicated input boxes (by @marcelveldt in #2657)
• No more STABLE badge when adding a provider (by @marcelveldt in #2656)
• Show server name, addresses and remote access on the About page (by @marcelveldt in #2658)
• Show audio inputs and devices that need setup (by @maximmaxim345 in #2659)

🧰 Maintenance and dependency bumps

25 changes

• Spread beat analysis over shorter steps so it stays out of playback's way (by @marcelveldt in #6001)
• Cleanup and small tweaks to the Spotify provider (by @marcelveldt in #6002)
• Stop leaving a subprocess running when closing it is cancelled (by @marcelveldt in #6006)
• Make the Smart Fades unloaded-model guards actually work (by @marcelveldt in #6008)
• ⬆️ Update music-assistant-models to 1.1.201 (by @musicassistant-bot[bot] in #6009)
• Let a cancelled virtual player creation finish cleaning up (by @marcelveldt in #6010)
• ⬆️ Update music-assistant-models to 1.1.202 (by @musicassistant-bot[bot] in #6011)
• Keep analysis models loaded while a track is still being analysed (by @marcelveldt in #6012)
• Keep the Smart Fades models as a single set (by @marcelveldt in #6013)
• Keep Spotify playing without a gap when a track repeats or the queue changes (by @marcelveldt in #6014)
• Stop logging an ordinary Spotify seek as a failure (by @marcelveldt in #6015)
• Don't stall cleaning up a virtual player that was already removed (by @marcelveldt in #6016)
• Free a cut Spotify channel's buffer as soon as nothing is reading it (by @marcelveldt in #6017)
• Add tests for where Spotify Soloist splits one track from the next (by @marcelveldt in #6018)
• ⬆️ Update music-assistant-frontend to 2.17.292 (by @musicassistant-bot[bot] in #6020)
• Hide the Sendspin legacy clients option (by @maximmaxim345 in #6025)
• Set up Spotify Connect and AirPlay Receiver once and pick the players they serve (by @marcelveldt in #6026)
• ⬆️ Update music-assistant-models to 1.1.203 (by @musicassistant-bot[bot] in #6027)
• Use the new Sendspin mark for the provider icon (by @MarvinSchenkel in #6030)
• ⬆️ Update music-assistant-frontend to 2.17.293 (by @musicassistant-bot[bot] in #6032)
• Pairing texts now say 'pairing code' instead of 'PIN' (by @marcelveldt in #6033)
• ⬆️ Update music-assistant-models to 1.1.204 (by @musicassistant-bot[bot] in #6036)
• Update base image versions to 1.6.3 (by @marcelveldt in #6037)
• Clean up snapcast mdns records when the provider unloads (by @marcelveldt in #6038)
• ⬆️ Update music-assistant-frontend to 2.17.294 (by @musicassistant-bot[bot] in #6039)

🙇 Thanks to our contributors

Special thanks to the following contributors who helped with this release:

@MarvinSchenkel, @OzGav, @Tommatheussen, @chrisuthe, @jozefKruszynski, @marcelveldt, @maximmaxim345

2.10.0 NIGHTLY 2026082603

📦 Nightly Release

Changes since 2.10.0.dev2026082516

🚀 Features and enhancements

• Hide Sendspin token pairing method when PIN/code pairing is available (by @maximmaxim345 in #5975)
• Shuffle and repeat now work on a source your speaker runs itself (by @marcelveldt in #5993)
• Use album loudness only for albums you actually played (by @marcelveldt in #5994)

🐛 Bugfixes

• Use album loudness only when tracks really play as part of an album (by @marcelveldt in #5981)
• Notice when Spotify playback loses its pairing (by @marcelveldt in #5987)
• Seeking or resuming a Spotify track no longer cuts it off mid-song (by @marcelveldt in #5992)

🎨 Frontend Changes

• Select a player once its setup/pairing flow finishes (by @maximmaxim345 in #2642)
• Remember the artist page view mode across all artists (by @MarvinSchenkel in #2641)
• Bump @lucide/vue from 1.31.0 to 1.33.0 (by @dependabot[bot] in #2632)
• Bump happy-dom from 20.11.1 to 20.11.6 (by @dependabot[bot] in #2640)
• Continue setup as soon as you pick an option (by @maximmaxim345 in #2643)
• Shuffle and repeat no longer apply to something that stopped playing (by @marcelveldt in #2650)
• Show shuffle and repeat failures again, except the expected one (by @marcelveldt in #2652)
• Document how the shuffle and repeat controls pick the source they act on (by @marcelveldt in #2651)

🧰 Maintenance and dependency bumps

10 changes

• Bump aiosendspin to 9.1.1 (by @maximmaxim345 in #5985)
• ⬆️ Update music-assistant-frontend to 2.17.290 (by @musicassistant-bot[bot] in #5988)
• Count an album as played once, however its tracks are ordered in the queue (by @marcelveldt in #5991)
• Keep the position shown for a live source in step with the player (by @marcelveldt in #5995)
• Document which Spotify Soloist pairing failures are detected (by @marcelveldt in #5996)
• Show the right bit-perfect badge when two speakers share one live source (by @marcelveldt in #5997)
• Log how long a stream takes to deliver its first audio (by @marcelveldt in #5998)
• Report a slow player stop after pausing Spotify Connect (by @marcelveldt in #5999)
• ⬆️ Update music-assistant-models to 1.1.200 (by @musicassistant-bot[bot] in #6003)
• ⬆️ Update music-assistant-frontend to 2.17.291 (by @musicassistant-bot[bot] in #6004)

🙇 Thanks to our contributors

Special thanks to the following contributors who helped with this release:

@MarvinSchenkel, @Lucide, @marcelveldt, @maximmaxim345