- Ignore 'Unknown' or '-' speed/ETA updates if a valid speed is already known to prevent UI flickering.
- Improve high-resolution video detection by checking 'format_note', parsing the 'resolution' string, and using more relaxed height tolerances to correctly identify ultra-wide formats (e.g., 2160p with a 1920 height).
The latest yt-dlp release (2026.06.09) requires heavy JavaScript execution to solve YouTube's PoW challenges. This takes ~35s on most machines, which exceeded the hardcoded 30s timeout, causing 'Failed to load options'. Increased the timeout to 120s and improved the UI to show actual errors instead of hardcoding 'Failed to load options'.
This fixes an issue where node child processes spawned by yt-dlp would keep standard output pipes open, preventing the EOF event from firing and causing the application to hang until a 30s timeout occurred.
- core: remove DispatchGroup from MediaExtractionEngine to fix hanging on yt-dlp launch failure
- core: clear readabilityHandlers in Aria2DownloadEngine if process fails to launch
- core: fix TOCTOU type warning for findFreePort
- build: fix inverted logic in Mach-O validation script
- ci: fix hardcoded macOS SDK version check in release workflow
- ci: prevent workflow_dispatch from failing on verify-tag
- Add '--extractor-args youtube:player_client=ios,web' to bypass heavy JS challenge solving
- Add '--compat-options no-youtube-unavailable-videos' to skip blocked videos
- Fix missing proxy configuration in MediaExtractionEngine that caused timeouts
- Add '--live-from-start' for yt-dlp to handle live streams correctly
- Generate random pairing token in AppSettings
- Update LocalExtensionServer to strict check token on non-OPTIONS endpoints
- Add GET /ping endpoint for extension connection verification
- Redesign Integration settings pane with modern step-by-step UI and Toast notifications
- Harden media extraction and aria2 engine paths
- Update IP resolution with getaddrinfo
- Used DispatchGroup to fix stdout/stderr truncation race condition
- Added --force-ipv4 to prevent metadata fetching hang
- Removed hardcoded youtube:player_client to fix throttling issues
- Combined --js-runtimes flags as a comma-separated list
- Move yt-dlp and ffmpeg binaries into Sources/Firelink and update Package.swift to copy them as bundle resources.
- Remove dynamic downloading logic for yt-dlp and ffmpeg from MediaEngineManager.swift and delete obsolete BinaryDownloader.swift and GatekeeperConfig.swift.
- Update EngineSettingsPane.swift to remove the auto-updater UI, verify icons, and spinners.
- Fix a bug where calling Add Downloads via the browser extension would open two duplicate windows by changing the window group to a single-instance Window.
- Adjust minHeight of AddDownloadsView to prevent the preview section from being cut out without scrolling.
- Fix: Remove aria2c from yt-dlp to allow native concurrent downloader to print progress
- Fix: Use generic 'Fetching media data...' message instead of hardcoding YouTube
- Fix: Remove onTapGesture from Table cells to restore native macOS SwiftUI row selection and use simultaneousGesture on the Table itself for double clicks
- Bypass YouTube web bot detection by using iOS/Android player clients in yt-dlp
- Redesign media extraction UX to use a clean inline layout instead of replacing the entire Add window
- Use dropdown Pickers for Type, Quality, and Format selection
- Remove the obsolete MediaInspectorCard
- Removed hardcoded 1 connection limit for media downloads
- Added support for aria2c progress parsing in media downloads
- Fixed missing file size after download completion by reading from disk
- Fixed row selection highlight in DownloadTable by using onTapGesture instead of simultaneousGesture
- Added `mediaCookieSource` to `AppSettings` to let users choose the browser for cookie extraction.
- Refactored `EngineSettingsPane` to display `yt-dlp` and `ffmpeg` statuses.
- Added a manual 'Check for Updates' button with UI loading feedback.
- Passed `--cookies-from-browser` to both metadata extraction and download engines if configured.
- Added `--ignore-no-formats-error` to `yt-dlp` metadata extraction to prevent crashes on restricted videos.
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