TypeType 1.9.0

This is a big one. More than two weeks of work went into making playback more reliable, bringing subscription groups to desktop, improving Takeout and self-hosting, and making TypeType’s approach to AI easier to find. Many of these improvements started with community reports and PRs. We’re grateful to everyone who helped make this release happen.

AI Transparency

We’ve added a public AI Transparency document explaining our approach to AI in TypeType development.

Playback and Providers

• Make YouTube web playback SABR-only, while keeping BiliBili and NicoNico playback unchanged. #168
• Requeue recoverable live requests in the active playback session instead of leaving playback stuck.
• Improve quality selection and stop showing the unavailable-audio warning on single-language streams. Frontend #34, Frontend #33
• Decode extractor responses using their declared charset. Server #87
• Fix YouTube comments displaying raw HTML. #266

Live playback passed three 30-minute beta runs with no session loss; 16 recoverable requests were requeued in place.

Subscriptions and Watch Experience

• Add desktop management for subscription groups and paginate group members. Frontend #32, Server #86
• Show a skeleton while channel avatars load and retry failed image requests without requiring a page refresh.
• Remove the duplicate NicoNico entry from the service picker.
• Fix Shorts not appearing on the initial home screen. #275

Takeout and Self-Hosting

• Improve Takeout imports for localized fields, including Spanish, and larger archives.
• Add BILIBILI_SESSION_ENCRYPTION_KEY to the Compose and environment templates. #291
• Improve self-hosting documentation, including Dockge and Traefik guidance.
• Split the Server into focused Gradle modules and keep tests close to the code they cover.

Issues Fixed in This Dev Line

• #267: Account registration and login could fail.
• #271, #273, #274: Fix YouTube Remote Login persistence and configuration issues, plus a readiness check.
• #272: Document reverse-proxy WebSocket headers.
• #275: Shorts could be missing from the initial home screen.
• #266: YouTube comments could display raw HTML.

Thx

More than two weeks of work went into this release, and many improvements began with someone taking the time to report a problem, send a PR, test a fix, or help with translations. We truly appreciate the time and care you put into TypeType.

• @Aquarius-Situla for the playback fixes in Frontend #33 and #34, and the BiliBili session configuration in #291.
• @kapdon for desktop subscription-group management in Frontend #32 and pagination in Server #86.
• @tam1m for the charset fix in Server #87.
• @drJeckyll for reporting the YouTube comments issue in #266.
• @hsjlyj for the detailed reports in #271, #272, #273, and #274.
• @therealresonix for reporting the login issue in #267.
• @uniextra for the Shorts report and Takeout import feedback in #275 and #276.
• @Toastienergy for the German translation and beta testing.

Updating

Follow the update guide.

If necessary, follow the rollback guide.