- Add `linux` (dbus-python, PyGObject, python-xlib) and `macos`
(pyobjc) extras to pyproject.toml with sys_platform markers; move
cross-platform screen-brightness-control + monitorcontrol to base deps.
- build-dist-linux.sh: install `.[linux]`, pkg-config pre-flight for
dbus-1/glib-2.0, emit a systemd unit with DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS +
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR + ReadWritePaths for ~/.config and ~/.cache so MPRIS
works and audit-log / thumbnail writes aren't blocked by ProtectHome.
- New build-dist-macos.sh + per-user LaunchAgent installer producing
MediaServer-vX.Y-macos-{arm64,x86_64}.tar.gz.
- Templated media-server.service updated to match the dist layout with
proper session-bus env vars and a writable state-dir grant.
- install_linux.sh: drop dead requirements.txt path; install via
`pip install ".[linux]"` and pre-create the writable state dirs.
- Cross-platform album artwork: abstract MediaController.get_album_art()
with Linux (mpris:artUrl, file:// + http(s)://) and macOS (Spotify URL)
impls; routes/media artwork endpoint now awaits the controller.
- LinuxMediaController connects to the session bus lazily — failure no
longer crashes lifespan startup; MPRIS calls return idle until the bus
is reachable. Logged once at INFO with a hint about
`loginctl enable-linger`.
- Startup preflight on Linux warns if DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS or
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is unset and informs the user when Wayland disables
the foreground probe.
- /api/media/visualizer/status now reports a per-OS unavailable_reason.
- tray._confirm guarded against ctypes.windll on non-Windows.
- config.example.yaml: per-OS commented script examples; on_turn_off
default is now a no-op echo (used to silently fail off Windows).
- README: replace stale `pip install -r requirements.txt` instructions
with the new extras; add systemd lingering doc + troubleshooting
section; add macOS LaunchAgent section.
- CI: new linux-smoke job (installs `.[linux]`, boots the server under
dbus-run-session, asserts /api/health). Release workflow gains
apt-deps step for the Linux build and a best-effort macOS build job.
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.
The previous os.execv approach and console_script detection both
failed on Windows. Now restart always spawns `python -m media_server.main`
via subprocess.Popen with start_new_session, which works regardless
of how the server was originally started.
- Rewrite tray to run on main thread (pystray owns message loop, uvicorn
in background thread) — fixes unresponsive confirmation dialogs
- Use native Windows MessageBoxW instead of tkinter (embedded Python
has no tkinter)
- Pin numpy <2.0 to fix soundcard's numpy.fromstring (removed in 2.0)
- Strip transitive numpy 2.x wheels in build script
- Installer copies config.example.yaml as config.yaml on fresh install
- Suppress noisy screen_brightness_control warnings
Adds pystray-based tray icon (green play button) that runs alongside
uvicorn. Double-click opens the web UI in the browser, Exit triggers
graceful shutdown. Disabled with --no-tray flag for headless/service mode.
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