- Create shared/names.js as single source of truth for emoji maps, noun
lists, adjectives, and username generation (215 animal emoji entries)
- Remove duplicated inline lists from popup.js and background.js; both
now import getAvatarForName / generateUsername from shared/names.js
- Add names.js to the build script sync list so it stays DRY across
extension builds
- Fix missing cat emoji: CoolCat now correctly resolves to 🐱
- Sort emoji map keys by length at lookup time to prevent substring
false-matches (e.g. 'caterpillar' before 'cat')
The noise filter used naive String.includes() on the full URL, causing
blacklist entry 'x.com' to match netflix.com (since 'netflix.com'
contains 'x.com' as substring). This made Netflix tabs disappear when
the filter was enabled.
Fixed by extracting the URL hostname and matching at domain boundaries:
- Domain entries (x.com): hostname === domain || endsWith('.' + domain)
- Prefix entries (amazon.): startsWith || includes('.' + domain)
- Keyword entries (jira): substring fallback on full URL
Release v1.7.5
The hero subtitle claimed support for 'local MP4s' which makes no sense
for a browser-based synchronization tool (local files can't be synced
across different computers). Changed to accurately reflect actual platform
support: YouTube, Twitch, Netflix, and any website with a video player.
- Tags are permanent once pushed; never reuse or move existing tags
- If a release is missing a fix, increment version and create new tag
- Force pushing (branches or tags) requires explicit user confirmation
- Added to Section 10 (Release Workflow) for AI agents
init() called updatePeerList() directly but never set lastKnownPeers.
On the first PEER_UPDATE message (heartbeat, play/pause, any state
change), detectPeerChanges() saw lastKnownPeers=[] and treated ALL
peers including self as newly joined — triggering 'name joined the room'
toast on every action while the popup was open.
- FORCE_SYNC_TIMEOUT in shared/constants.js was 5000 but all code uses
8500ms. Update constant to 8500 and reference it in background.js
instead of hardcoded values (4 occurrences)
- Add errorToken counter in popup showError() so stale 5s timeout
doesn't clear styling of a newer error that arrived in between
- Fix EVENT_ACK handler indentation in server/index.js to match
surrounding socket.on handlers
Koala