Polaris Changelog

What's new in Polaris 0.14.2

Mar 14, 2024
  • Server:
  • Fixed a startup error in Windows packaged builds

New in Polaris 0.14.1 (Feb 3, 2024)

  • Server:
  • Fixed compilation issue when using musl toolchains
  • Log messages that DDNS is not setup have been downgraded to debug level
  • Web client:
  • Fixed a bug where non-ASCII files or directories were not always alphabetically sorted (thanks @dechamps)
  • Fixed a bug where after linking a last.fm account, clicking the account name would not link to the expected page

New in Polaris 0.14.0 (Nov 25, 2022)

  • General:
  • Changes are now documented in CHANGELOG.md instead of inside individual Github releases
  • Server:
  • API version is now 7.0
  • Removed support for authentication via cookies (deprecated in Polaris 0.13.0)
  • Removed support for authentication via the Basic scheme when using the HTTP Authorization header (deprecated in Polaris 0.13.0)
  • Fixed a bug where all music sources would be deleted when trying to add sources with duplicate names
  • Additional metadata fields are now indexed: lyricist, composer, genre and label (thanks @pmphfm)
  • Endpoints returning thumbnail images or audio files no longer use HTTP content-encoding
  • When indexing files with ID3v2 tags, the "Original Date Released" frame can now be used to populate the year associated with a song
  • The /thumbnail endpoint now supports an optional parameter for small/large/native image sizing. (thanks @Saecki)
  • Log file now contain more details about the cause of failed HTTP requests (3xx, 4xx, 5xx)
  • Startup failures now generate clearer error messages
  • Web client:
  • Volume slider now applies non-linearly
  • Artist names are now displayed in the Random Albums and Recent Albums pages

New in Polaris 0.13.5 (Apr 25, 2021)

  • Server:
  • Added support for AIFF and WAVE files (thanks @gahag)
  • Web Client:
  • Improved performance when scrolling large playlists
  • Fixed display and playback issues when a song was used multiple times in a playlist
  • Playlist duration can now display number of days
  • Fixed a bug where the playlist panel could have blank space in very tall browser windows
  • Major dependencies updates

New in Polaris 0.13.4 (Jan 19, 2021)

  • Running with UI feature (polaris.exe in releases) emits a log file
  • Running without UI feature (polaris-cli.exe in releases) and no --log option does not emit a log file
  • Running without UI feature (polaris-cli.exe in releases) and --log option emits a log file