Shows each active download (title + progress bar) and background task
(label, phase, done/total + bar) on hover. Pure CSS group-hover, no JS state.
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- Phase 1 (crawling) now creates the task immediately so Downloads shows it
- Phase label updates to 'Enriching view counts' when phase 2 starts
- Nav bar DownloadIndicator also polls /channels/tasks and shows spinning
indicator + progress % for background tasks (not just file downloads)
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- Track active background tasks in an in-memory dict with a lock
- Expose GET /api/channels/tasks returning running task list
- _fetch_popular_task updates done count as each video fetch completes
- Downloads page polls /tasks every 2s and shows progress bars
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yt-dlp's own test suite marks channel sort as 'Query for sorting no
longer works' — YouTube blocked it. New approach: fetch view_count for
up to 200 indexed videos in parallel (8 workers, prioritising those
missing counts), then Popular tab sorts by view_count DESC WHERE
view_count IS NOT NULL. Accurate for any channel once enrichment runs.
Frontend refetch wait raised to 60s to cover ~200 parallel fetches.
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Previously the task waited for all 30 parallel metadata fetches before
writing anything to the DB (~30s). Now Phase 1 (flat-playlist IDs +
basic info) commits to channel_popular_videos immediately (~5s), so the
tab populates fast. Phase 2 (view_count + dates) runs in a daemon thread
while the user is already browsing.
Also: catch table-not-found errors in the sort=popular query so a cold
server returns [] instead of 500. Frontend refetch wait 35s→8s to match
the faster Phase 1 commit time.
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Replace 2-col grid of small cards with a full-width list layout:
thumbnail on the left, title + status on the right — same proportions
and hover behaviour as VideoCard variant="list". Index/Re-index button
appears on hover, video count shown as a pill overlay on the thumbnail.
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Popular fetch now does a two-phase approach: fast flat-playlist to get
IDs in popularity order, then parallel full metadata fetch (8 workers)
to get real view_count and published_at for each video. Previously
flat-playlist mode returned timestamp/view_count as null.
Enrich task now also backfills published_at and view_count (not just
description). Startup limit 3→50, enrichment sleep 2s→0.5s.
Raise all thread pool sizes to match 8-core machine:
- Discovery search: 5→8 workers
- Graph signal: 4→8 workers
- Popular fetch: 5→8 workers
- Download semaphore default 3→6, cap 10→16
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- New playlists router: fetch channel playlists from YouTube, index
playlist videos, browse by playlist with pagination
- Playlist model gets video_ids column to store ordered video list
- Register playlists router in main.py with DB migration
- Add Playlists tab to Channel page: grid of playlist cards, click to
browse videos, index/re-index per playlist
- Fix explore older videos skipping all entries without published_at;
flat-playlist entries for older videos rarely include timestamp data
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- YouTube sort=p fetch: indexes top 100 most-viewed videos from a channel,
storing view_count in the DB
- Popular tab on channel page shows videos sorted by view_count DESC
- Videos/Popular tab switcher with context-appropriate fetch buttons
- Expose view_count in VideoOut; add 'popular' sort to channel videos endpoint
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Channel page:
- "Explore older videos" button fetches 100 videos at a time further back
in the channel history using yt-dlp --playlist-start/--playlist-end
- "Fetch entire history" still available for full crawl
- Backend: /channels/{id}/explore?page=N endpoint + playlist offset support
in fetch_channel_metadata(start_video=N)
Home feed:
- New "Rediscover" mode: older unwatched videos (90+ days old) from
followed channels, randomly sampled then re-ranked by tag affinity
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- Search bar filters indexed videos server-side; "Search YouTube" button
triggers a deep channel search and indexes matching results
- Server-side sort (newest/oldest/A-Z/unwatched) + infinite scroll (60/page)
- "Fetch recent" indexes last 30, "Fetch all" indexes full history
- Auto-reindex on page visit if stale (>1h), refetches at 8s
- Add /channels/{id}/index-full endpoint (max_videos=0)
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GET /channels/{id} now fires a background _index_channel_task if the
channel hasn't been crawled in the last hour. The frontend refetches
channel + videos 8s after page load to pick up the updated data.
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Double search results per query (20→40), increase query budget (15→25),
use more tags per signal (6→10-12), index more new channels per refresh
(5→10). Remove the YT logo from the header.
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Replace yellow accent (#f5a623) with white (#ffffff) across the entire
app. Flatten VideoCard grid variant by removing zinc-900 card background
so content sits directly on the page. Simplify active states, badges,
progress bars, and hover effects throughout.
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Single CC chip shows downloaded langs inline. One click opens a dropdown
with optgroups — already-on-disk at top, YouTube-available below loading
async. No re-download needed to select an already-downloaded lang.
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- Strip yt-dlp's align:start position:0% cue settings from VTT files
after both video download and subtitle-only download so CSS ::cue centers them
- CC chip now shows already-downloaded langs (e.g. 'CC: en') directly
from disk with a '+' button to add more — no YouTube call needed
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- download_subs_only(): yt-dlp --skip-download to fetch just .vtt sidecar
- POST /by-yt/{ytId}/download-subs endpoint
- CC chip now visible on downloaded videos; clicking checks YouTube,
shows lang picker with "Add subtitles" button separate from re-download
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- Convert subs to .vtt (was .srt which browsers don't support in <track>)
- Add GET /subtitle-files endpoint: instant disk scan for .vtt sidecar files,
no yt-dlp call needed
- Inject <track> elements into the video player for each .vtt on disk;
browser CC button appears automatically
- Before download: CC chip triggers YouTube availability check (slow, on demand)
- After download with subs: shows "CC ✓" — subtitles live in the player controls
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Auto-fetching on every watch page load spawned a yt-dlp process per visit
which could hang and pile up. CC button now triggers the check on demand.
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- fetch_available_subs() queries yt-dlp for manual + auto-generated
subtitle langs available on YouTube for any given video
- GET /api/videos/by-yt/{ytId}/subs exposes this to the frontend
- DownloadRequest now accepts subtitle_langs to override the global
setting on a per-download basis
- Watch page fetches available subtitle langs on load (in parallel),
shows a CC dropdown with manual langs + auto-generated langs labeled
"(auto)"; selected lang is passed through to the download
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- auto-sync daemon: background thread checks every hour and syncs followed
channels for users with sync_interval_hours set (6/12/24h options)
- disk stats: /api/stats now returns total/used/free/download bytes;
Stats page shows a disk usage bar
- subtitles: subtitle_langs setting (e.g. "en,sv") passed through all
download paths; yt-dlp writes .srt files alongside the video
- Settings page: sync interval dropdown + subtitle languages input
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Changing the quality dropdown while a video is already downloaded now
immediately deletes the old file and starts a fresh download at the new
quality — no separate Re-download button needed.
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- Quality selector now always visible when idle (not just pre-download)
- Saved chip shows actual downloaded resolution (e.g. "Saved · 1080p")
- Re-download chip deletes existing file and starts new download at selected quality
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The unified effect already gates polling on dlStatus===complete, but
handleDownloadAndPlay was still calling pollForFile immediately on click,
before the download even started.
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Never start polling until backend status==="complete" or video.is_downloaded
is true, preventing the player from loading a partially-written file.
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On mobile: move action buttons below the banner into their own row
(flex-1 Follow + Download, compact Re-index) instead of cramming
three full-size buttons inside the banner overlay alongside the avatar
and name. Desktop keeps the original inline layout. Also reduced
banner height, avatar size, and description to 2-line clamp on mobile.
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Removed the label ('Not for me') and kept it icon-only to match the
minimal direction, but the -3.0 affinity signal still fires so the
feed learns to show less of that content.
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- VideoCard: actions now hover-only everywhere (was always-visible on mobile)
- Watch: remove Good/Bad rating chips — Like covers positive signal,
dismiss/skip covers negative. Fewer buttons, same data.
- Watch: PiP and Theater are now icon-only (no label)
- Watch: increase content gap to gap-4/gap-5 for more breathing room
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- VideoCard list variant: strip URLs/affiliate links before rendering,
collapse to 1 line (was 2 lines of raw text including https:// spam)
- DescriptionBox collapsed preview: 2 lines / 200 chars before "Show more"
(was 4 lines — too much affiliate crap before you can dismiss it)
- Full description still shown when expanded in Watch view
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- Default list view across all pages (Home, Following, History, Queue,
ContinueWatching, Liked, Discovery, SearchResults, Channel)
- Watch.jsx mobile: smaller chips/title/avatar/meta, hide tags + keyboard
hint on mobile, tighter gaps, compact description padding
- Fix mobile bottom nav showing focus outline on tap
- Fix _update_affinity to write negative entries (not just positive) so
dislikes/dismissals on unseen content actually register
- Dismissing a discovery video now fires -3.0 affinity against its tags,
matching the dislike weight
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Ranked feed — affinity was broken:
- Was looking up user_tag_affinity by v.category (e.g. "Science & Technology")
but affinity is stored using fine-grained video tags ("linux", "rust", etc.)
- Now uses SUM across all matching affinities: category OR any tag found in the
video's tags JSON via instr() — up to 5 matches to prevent runaway scores
Ranked feed — completion rate now influences channel scoring:
- Added avg_completion_pct to channel_stats CTE (AVG of completion_percent)
- Channels where you finish videos score higher; channels you bail on score lower
- Defaults to 50% (neutral) for channels with no tracked completions
Progress endpoint — backend auto-watched safety net:
- If completion_percent reaches ≥90% on a video >60s, mark watched automatically
- Catches cases where browser closes before the 10s debounce fires
- Guards against double-calling _update_affinity with not prev_watched check
VideoPlayer — seamless local file switch:
- Removed switchedToLocal state which caused a race condition: video loaded with
local_file_url already set but flag was still false, requiring a page refresh
- local_file_url from the backend is the single source of truth (backend gates
it with os.path.exists so it only appears when the file is actually on disk)
- Show spinner while video metadata loads, then immediately show local player
if file exists — no YouTube flash for already-downloaded videos
- After download completes, single refetchVideo() picks up the new URL and
React re-renders directly into local player
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Rewrite list_channels to run exactly 4 SQL queries regardless of channel
count: channel rows, aggregated video stats (GROUP BY), new-video counts,
and latest video (derived-table JOIN replaces per-row correlated subquery)
- Remove dead _CHANNEL_STATS_SELECT (orphaned after the rewrite)
- Fix upload_frequency_days: use pre-computed date_span_days from vstats
instead of a broken per-channel db.execute() call
- Restrict new_counts query to id_csv so it uses idx_videos_channel_indexed
- markChannelsSeen: optimistic setQueryData instead of invalidateQueries,
eliminating a full channel-list re-fetch on every Following page visit
- DownloadIndicator idle poll: 10s → 30s (no need to hit DB when idle)
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Sync throttling:
- sync-all now skips channels crawled within the last 6 hours (prevents
re-scraping 1266 channels on every button press)
- Channels are queued into a single _index_channels_batch task that runs
with 1.5s delay between each yt-dlp call instead of firing 1266
background tasks simultaneously
- Startup enrich task reduced from 10 to 3 videos (3 yt-dlp calls on
each container restart)
- Enrich task adds 2s sleep between metadata fetches
SQLite stability:
- busy_timeout=5000 prevents SQLITE_BUSY errors under concurrent load
- synchronous=NORMAL speeds up writes without data loss risk (safe with WAL)
Following page:
- staleTime: 60s on channels query so cached data is reused immediately
on revisit; gcTime keeps it in memory for 5 min
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List variant:
- Mobile thumbnail w-32 (128px) instead of w-56 (224px) — much less dominant
- Title 12px mobile / 14px desktop (was 15px everywhere)
- Channel/meta 10px mobile / 11px desktop
- Channel avatar shown next to channel name on desktop
- Description hidden on mobile, line-clamp-2 on desktop (was line-clamp-3)
- Actions always visible on mobile (hover:opacity on desktop only)
- Tighter spacing (gap-3, px-2, py-2)
Grid variant:
- Removed description entirely — too cluttered on narrow columns
- Title 12px mobile / 13px desktop
- Channel/meta 10px everywhere
- Avatar 28px mobile / 32px desktop
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- App-shell layout (height:100dvh, only main scrolls) so the bottom nav
is a natural flex child and never disappears regardless of browser
chrome show/hide behaviour
- Bottom nav reduced from h-16 to h-14, icons from 20px to 18px, labels
from 10px to 9px — slimmer bar, still readable
- Header: min-w-0 on search prevents horizontal overflow; user/sign-out
hidden on mobile (accessible via Settings); logo shortened to "YT" on
mobile; px-3 / h-12 on mobile instead of px-4 / h-14
- Grid card descriptions hidden on mobile (hidden sm:block) — reduces
height cramping in the 2-column feed
- scrollToTop() utility replaces window.scrollTo so pagination still
scrolls to top within the new scroll container
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Reading from the channels query cache was unreliable (cache might not be
loaded, or channel not followed). Add c.thumbnail_url AS channel_thumbnail_url
to _VIDEO_SELECT so every video response carries its channel avatar directly.
VideoCard uses it with cache as fallback.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Card wrapper overflow-hidden was clipping description text at the card
boundary. Move overflow-hidden + rounding to the thumbnail only so the
card body text has room to render fully.
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Date and views share a meta line; description shows up to 2 lines below —
gives enough context to judge a video during discovery without opening it.
Both fields are optional so cards without them stay compact.
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VideoCard grid: YouTube-style layout — channel avatar circle (falls back
to letter) left of title/meta, avatar is clickable to go to channel page,
date on its own line for breathing room, badges inline with channel name
Bottom nav: env(safe-area-inset-bottom) so it clears iOS home indicator,
active tab gets a soft accent pill behind the icon, slightly bolder label
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Alongside the CSV option, add a text area that accepts copy-pasted text
from the YouTube subscriptions page. Extracts @handle from lines like
'@handle•N subscribers' using regex, deduplicates, then calls follow-bulk.
Button live-counts how many handles are detected as you paste.
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Bar depends on reliable dislike data which YouTube doesn't expose.
Show likes inline as "X.XM likes" alongside views and date instead.
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Comments: switch from CLI --write-comments to yt-dlp Python API with
getcomments=True — more reliable, proper extractor_args dict format
Dislikes: add dislike_count column, fetch from returnyoutubedislike.com
after each video metadata upsert (5s timeout, non-fatal)
UI: replace emoji like count with a like/dislike ratio bar — blue fill
showing like proportion, labels on each end; views stay in meta row
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Same pattern as view_count: model column, yt-dlp extraction, SQL select,
VideoDetail field, startup migration, and display in Watch meta row.
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- Video model: view_count column (Integer, nullable)
- ytdlp._normalize_video: extract view_count from yt-dlp info
- _VIDEO_SELECT: include v.view_count in all queries
- VideoDetail schema: view_count field
- Watch page: formatViews() helper, show "X.XM views" in meta row
alongside date and category
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