Security
- Default scripts_management, callbacks_management, links_management, and
media_folders_management to False so a leaked token cannot escalate to RCE
through admin CRUD endpoints.
- TokenSpec + scope hierarchy (read | control | admin); legacy bare-string
api_tokens entries promote to admin for back-compat. Management endpoints
now require admin scope.
- WebSocket subprotocol auth (Sec-WebSocket-Protocol: media-server.token.<T>)
preferred over ?token= query so the token no longer lands in URL/history/
Referer; query fallback retained for HA integration back-compat.
- Origin allow-list check on the WS endpoint (CSWSH defence).
- In-process token-bucket rate limiter: 5/min for failed auths,
10/min for /api/scripts/execute and /api/callbacks/execute.
- shell=False subprocess path (shlex.split) + per-parameter regex `pattern`
in ScriptParameterConfig to harden shell=true scripts against parameter
injection (Windows cmd.exe env-var expansion).
- CSP gains form-action, worker-src, manifest-src directives.
- Refuse cors_origins=["*"] at startup; strip token=... from uvicorn access
logs; validate Gitea release tag against strict SemVer regex.
- noopener noreferrer + no-referrer referrerpolicy on every outbound link.
- icacls hardening of config.yaml on Windows (current user + SYSTEM +
Administrators only); 0600 still enforced on POSIX.
- WS volume handler clamps input and never drops the socket on bad messages.
Performance
- Album-art read in windows_media gated by track key — was decoding the
WinRT thumbnail twice per second regardless of track changes.
- /api/media/artwork returns content-derived ETag + Cache-Control so the
browser sends If-None-Match and gets 304s on track repeats.
- Foreground-service ctypes argtypes hoisted to one-time module init
(was re-declaring ~14 prototypes per probe).
- display_service _static_cache keyed by (edid_hash, ...) tuple with
eviction of disappeared monitors — fixes stale capabilities on hot-plug
swaps where the new topology has the same monitor count.
- Visualizer rAF loop paused on document.hidden, resumed on visible.
Reliability / bug fixes
- Lifespan rewritten as try/yield/finally so a partial-startup failure
cannot orphan background tasks or executors.
- _run_callback in routes/media.py keeps a strong task ref (GC-safe) and
uses the dedicated callback executor instead of the default pool.
- macos_media.set_volume() no longer always returns True.
- TrayManager._restart_requested initialised in __init__; set before
signalling exit so the main thread observes it correctly.
- Missing static_dir now logs a WARNING instead of silent UI disable.
UX / accessibility / PWA
- manifest.json theme_color and background_color match the Studio Reference
base (#0E0D0B); added id and scope for PWA installability.
- ARIA on mini-player icon buttons; inner SVGs marked aria-hidden.
- OS mediaSession API wired so headset / lockscreen / Bluetooth buttons
drive play/pause/next/prev/seek and show track metadata + artwork.
Observability
- X-Request-ID middleware (accept upstream id if it matches a safe regex,
otherwise UUID4); request_id_var added to ContextVars and included in
every log line alongside the token label.
- Audit log (append-only JSONL) for every script + callback execution,
including the on_play/on_pause/etc. event callbacks. Background-thread
writer; queue capped; flushed in lifespan teardown.
Deployment
- proxy_headers + forwarded_allow_ips plumbed through Settings →
uvicorn.Config for reverse-proxy installs.
- HTTPS support via ssl_certfile + ssl_keyfile (+ optional password);
startup refuses to launch with only one of the pair set.
- Thumbnail cache moved from project-root .cache to
%LOCALAPPDATA%/media-server/cache (Windows) and
$XDG_CACHE_HOME/media-server/thumbnails (POSIX).
Tests
- 35 new tests across auth scopes, rate limiter, browser path traversal
(../ NUL UNC absolute), script-param validation incl. regex, Gitea tag
whitelist, config atomic write + POSIX perms. 47 passed / 4 skipped.
Adds cross-platform foreground-window tracking and exposes it over REST
(/api/foreground) and the existing WebSocket feed.
- foreground_service.py: Windows probe via ctypes (HANDLE-correct argtypes
to avoid 64-bit handle truncation); macOS via AppKit; Linux via Xlib
(Wayland returns unavailable). TTL cache + per-platform fallback.
- browser_url_service.py: when foreground is a recognised browser, extract
the page title from the window title (browser-name suffix stripped) and
surface `is_browser` + `browser_page_title`. Optional UIA-based URL
extraction behind MEDIA_SERVER_BROWSER_UIA env flag (off by default —
Chromium browsers keep their accessibility tree dormant otherwise).
- websocket_manager: poll foreground every 1s inside the existing status
loop, broadcast `foreground` on connect and `foreground_update` on
change. Diff only on user-visible fields to avoid geometry spam.
- WebUI: new editorial card rendered under the monitor list on the
Display tab — process name, window title, fullscreen/minimized/monitor
chips, browser block when applicable, exe path, PID, started-ago,
geometry, platform. 16px inter-section gap matches Settings cadence.
- i18n: 25 new keys added to both en.json and ru.json.
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Security
- Default bind 127.0.0.1; first-run bootstrap generates random api_token
and refuses to bind non-loopback without auth unless explicitly opted in
- Path-traversal hardened: BrowserService.validate_path rejects absolute
paths, drive letters, UNC, NUL bytes. /api/browser/{play,metadata,
thumbnail} now require folder_id and a folder-relative path
- Pydantic validators on links: http(s) URLs only, mdi:<slug> icons only
- Scripts/callbacks/links create/update/delete gated by *_management flags
- Strict CSP, X-Frame-Options DENY, Referrer-Policy no-referrer,
X-Content-Type-Options nosniff
- CORS locked to localhost:<port> + 127.0.0.1:<port> by default; configurable
- config.yaml writes atomic (tmp + os.replace) and 0o600 on POSIX
- Subprocesses spawned in their own process group / new session so timeout
kills the whole tree (Windows CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP, POSIX
start_new_session=True)
- Frontend XSS: monitor name + details escapeHtml'd; power button moved to
delegated data-action handler; remote MDI SVGs parsed and sanitized
(strip script/foreignObject/on*/javascript: hrefs) before innerHTML
- All dynamic URL segments now wrapped in encodeURIComponent
Bugs
- WebSocket reconnect: close previous socket before opening new, clear
ping interval per-socket, clear reconnectTimeout up-front, retry on
online/visibilitychange, try/catch JSON.parse
- Artwork fetch race: AbortController + generation guard
- _broadcast_after_open: initialize status, swallow per-poll errors,
background tasks tracked in a strong-ref set with done-callback cleanup
- Audio analyzer: sticky _unavailable flag prevents infinite start/stop
spin when no loopback device exists; cleared by set_device()
- Volume short-circuit cache invalidated when server reports remote volume
- Browser thumbnail race: per-folder generation counter + isConnected
checks; aborts in-flight fetches on navigation
- Track-skip uses cached title instead of full WinRT status round-trip
Performance
- Linux MPRIS/pactl and /api/display DDC-CI handlers wrapped in
asyncio.to_thread so blocking IO never stalls the event loop
- browse_directory moved off the event loop (SMB shares could freeze it)
- Windows status poll caches one asyncio loop per worker thread via
threading.local instead of new_event_loop/close on every 0.5s tick
- broadcast() serializes JSON once and uses send_text to all clients
- Hourly thumbnail cache cleanup scheduled in lifespan (was never invoked
— cache grew unbounded)
- Progress drag listeners attached only while dragging
Quality
- All asyncio.get_event_loop() in coroutines → get_running_loop()
- ThreadPoolExecutors shut down cleanly during lifespan teardown
- config_manager dedup: 12 near-identical methods collapsed onto generic
_upsert/_delete helpers (~290 lines removed)
- Service worker no longer pass-throughs every fetch
- M3U playlist written via NamedTemporaryFile (no fixed-path symlink
clobber race)
- __version__ now prefers live pyproject.toml in dev checkouts so
pip install -e . users see the source-of-truth version, not the stale
package-metadata version baked in at install time
UI/UX (Studio Reference)
- Green leftover focus rings (rgba(29,185,84,...)) all replaced with
copper accent (rgba(var(--copper-rgb),...))
- Dialogs: square corners, copper top hairline, unified with editorial
chrome
- .browser-item: transparent with copper hover border (was filled card)
- Audio device select uses var(--sans) instead of generic system font
- Mobile container padding tuned for ≤480px screens
- Breadcrumb home is a real <button> with aria-label; aria-current on root
- i18n: filled display.msg.power_*, execution.*, scripts.params.execute,
callbacks.empty in both en + ru
- Broaden audio import errors from ImportError to Exception, log at warning
- Move visualizer WS re-subscription into loadAudioDevices() so it runs
after availability is confirmed from the API
- Show/hide the visualizer toggle button based on fetched availability
- Abstract ReleaseProvider protocol for platform-agnostic version checking
- GiteaReleaseProvider implementation using stdlib urllib
- UpdateChecker service with periodic background checks and WS broadcast
- Persistent dismissible banner in Web UI when a new version is detected
- Health endpoint now returns cached update info
- Configurable via update_check_enabled and update_check_interval settings
- i18n support (EN/RU)
When no api_tokens are configured (the new default), all endpoints
are accessible without authentication. The frontend detects this
via /api/health's auth_required field and skips the login form.
- Backend: auth.py skips verification when api_tokens is empty
- Frontend: shared getAuthHeaders()/hasCredentials() helpers replace
scattered token logic across all JS modules
- Health endpoint exposes auth_required for frontend discovery
- config.example.yaml ships with tokens commented out
- CLI --show-token and startup log reflect disabled state
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