CrossWatch – v0.2.8

Reliability & clarity release. Safer syncs, truer totals, and cleaner output, especially for watchlists.

✨ Highlights

• Safer one‑way sync. Handles zero‑add runs without crashing, writes are counted only when confirmed, and state/tombstones are updated accordingly.
• Truer totals (no more inflated “+adds”). Lane counters (Watchlist/Ratings/History/Playlists) now de‑duplicate per item across providers. If the same title is touched on multiple providers in one run, it’s counted once.
• Smarter delete handling. Observed‑deletes are auto‑disabled for a pair when either side doesn’t support them or is down; mass‑delete guard + optional snapshot drop‑guard keep you safe.
• Less nonsence. Blocklist + Phantom Guard suppress accidental re‑adds and record successes/failures.
• Clearer progress. Every apply phase shows attempted · added/removed · skipped · unresolved · errors; bars finish cleanly even if the final tick is missed.
• Richer final summary. “Done.” and the run:done now include skipped / unresolved / errors (when available).

🔧 Fixes & Changes

Orchestrator

• Always initialize add/remove result objects; read errors/unresolved safely.
• Final “Done.” line may include: Total skipped, Total unresolved, Total errors.
• run:done event mirrors those totals so higher layers can surface them.

UI (Log event Beautifier)

• Final “Sync complete” card shows +added / −removed and, when present, ~skipped / !unresolved / ×errors.

📝 Note

Edge cases like “added on one provider and removed on another in the same run” are still shown as +1 and −1 (by design).

CrossWatch – v0.2.7

Small release (from enduser perspective): but big code cleanup, a few UI touches, and a key Plex history fix.

🔧 Fixes & Changes

Plex

• History sync (SIMKL/TRAKT → Plex): Added reversed ID validation and server-wide lookup. Fixes misses from stale IDs/metadata drift; movies & shows now mark watched more reliably (still best-effort).
• Logs: Clearer skip reasons when Plex can’t resolve an item.
• Note: Syncing history/ratings from trackers (SIMKL/TRAKT) to media servers (Plex/Emby/Jellyfin) isn’t recommended. In some specific cases, this fix can help.

CrossWatch – v0.2.6

New: Emby provider (early days). Right now it supports watchlists, webhook (code is there, untested), and the Watcher.
I don’t have Emby Premiere, so webhook testing cant be done by me. History and Ratings for Emby are planned, just not shipped yet.
This is the last new provider for a while as I’m switching focus to polish and speed.

Rule of thumb:
Got Plex Pass / Emby Premiere / Jellyfin? → use webhooks.
No Pass/Premiere? → use the Watcher.

🔧 Fixes & Changes

Main

• Sync bar: a few more UI tweaks..
• Sync output: fewer “freeze-like” moments while streaming logs.

Scrobbler

• Plex ↔ Emby switch: you can toggle which one scrobbles; only one can be active. Heads-up: filters/libraries apply per provider, so review your scopes when you switch.

Emby

• Watchlist
  • Supports three modes: favorites (stars), playlist, and collection.
  • Default list name comes from watchlist_playlist_name configure in UI. Dont use Playlist as it only supports movies and episodes (no shows)
• Webhook (untested): implemented reusing Jellyfin logic; needs Emby Premiere to enable server-side webhooks.
• Watcher: polling fallback for folks without Premiere. It’s light, reliable, and works out of the box.

🧠 Known Limits (Emby)

• History / Ratings: not available yet here. Dont ask for it. It will be there when its ready.
• ID matching: works best when your Emby items have TMDB/IMDB/TVDB IDs.

CrossWatch – v0.2.5

small but solid update: code cleanup, a few fixes, and a new experimental Plex option.

🔧 Fixes & Changes

Main

• Synchronization bar – minor UI tweaks and a tooltip so you can quickly see which phase the run is in.
• Insights accuracy – adjusted calculations so the statistics reflect more accurate totals.

Plex

• Experimental: Fallback GUID – when Plex can’t fully identify a watched or rated item (e.g., it was removed from your PMS or the lookup errors), this tries extra methods to recover IDs so the sync can proceed.
  ⚠️ Use only if you understand the trade-offs and are having matching issues.
  Read more: https://github.com/cenodude/CrossWatch/wiki/mod_PLEX

CrossWatch – v0.2.4

Note: This update rearranged some webhook config keys. It should not affect your current config.json.
If it does, rebuild your config (delete it and reconfigure).

✨ Focus - Webhook support for Plex and Jellyfin (Plex & Jellyfin → Trakt)

• Now works + Jellyfin support. Have Plex Pass? Prefer Webhook. No Plex Pass? Use the Watcher. Jellyfin users: use the Webhook.
• Endpoints:
  • Plex → /webhook/plextrakt
  • Jellyfin (Webhook plugin, Generic) → /webhook/jellyfintrakt
• Setup guide: see the wiki for step-by-step instructions (Jellyfin users: must-read).
  https://github.com/cenodude/CrossWatch/wiki/Webhooks

🔧 Fixes & Changes

Plex (History)

• Whitelist reliability: improved section ID detection for history rows so library whitelisting is consistently applied.

Jellyfin

• Improved settings: added in Authentication Providers → Jellyfin → Settings. You can now change users and whitelist libraries.

Analyzer

• Better visibility: added a waiting overlay, especially useful for larger state.json files.

CrossWatch – v0.2.3

Sorry—another update. The coming weeks I’ll push more frequent fixes to squash those small annoying bugs that have been bugging me for way too long 🙂

🔧 Fixes & Changes

Main

• Sync output honors debug: Beautifier is disabled when runtime.debug or runtime.debug_mods is true.
• Live log reliability: Added SSE watchdog + auto-reconnect when the stream goes quiet; flushes the remaining buffer on error and preserves slider/stick-to-bottom.

Analyzer

• Counts match reality: Issues are filtered by enabled pairs from /api/pairs and by enabled features (history/watchlist/ratings).
• Clear footer totals: Footer now shows Issues: N • H:x • W:y • R:z so feature backlogs can’t hide real deltas.
• Pair map: Analyzer understands the new pairs schema (source/target, per-feature enable)

CrossWatch – v0.2.2

🧪 Analyzer added (early-access / best effort ... whatever)

• Helps spot items that are stuck across providers (PLEX, JELLYFIN, TRAKT, SIMKL).
• Shows Issues: N based on your sync pairs (e.g. missing peers), plus per-item suggestions and where to fix (typically Plex/Jellyfin).
• Practical UI: search, toggle IDs, resizable columns, and a footer with provider counts.
• It won’t edit SIMKL/TRAKT for you; it guides you to fix metadata at the source and then re-sync.
• If it works great—awesome. If not… at least you tried 🙂. (It’s early; feedback welcome)
• Tip: Add TMDb/Trakt keys to get smarter suggestions.

Docs: Analyzer Wiki

CrossWatch – v0.2.1

✨ Focus

• Numbers that match reality in statistics and insight
• Multi-arch images (AMD64 + ARM64)

🔧 Fixes & Changes

• No more double counting: We stop stacking the same totals; we keep the highest number instead of adding.
• Watchlist is fair: Title tweaks/renames are shown as updated (~), not fake added (+).
• Ratings with meaning: Badges now show **+ / − / ~** (add, remove, update).
• Don’t miss events: Ratings/History no longer require a title, so silent providers don’t cause undercounts.
• Smarter matching: “Dune Part 2” ≈ “Dune: Part Two” (fewer bogus add+remove combos).
• Improved stability: various fixes

CrossWatch v0.2.0 — Big, refactored, and yes… probably many new bugs 🙂

Faster syncs, safer writes, cleaner UI. Two-way flows are steadier, SIMKL + Jellyfin behave better, Trakt refreshes itself, progress bar is sane, scheduler is actually useful. Breakage risk is low but back up /config anyway.

Highlights

• Big refactor: FastAPI split into lean routers; providers + orchestrator modules cleaned up for speed and reliability.
• Safer syncs: Mass-delete guard rails, health status and “suspect shrink” protection; additions/updates chunked; smarter delta reuse.
• Two-way sync that sticks: Less flip-flop from weak IDs; better source-of-truth handling across mixed pairs.
• Scheduling 2.0: Hourly / every-N-hours / daily time, per-timezone, optional jitter, manual “run now”, resilient loop.
• Debug levels: Off · On · On + MOD debug · On (full HTTP) best is On + MOD debug
• Auth mod Plex improvement: in authentication providers there is now a new settings menu for Plex (server settings, user settings and whitelisting of libraries)
• Sync mod Jellyfin improvement: many fixes, should work better now. Also watchlist can now sync to favorites, Playlist and Collections
• Watchlist: new GUID normalizations will provide better results

What’s new (user-visible)

UI/UX

• Progress bar partly fixed: No early jump to 90%. “Apply” phase is shown only after all snapshots complete.
• Run safety: Start/stop visuals are guarded (no more startRunVisuals is not defined).
• Troubleshoot panel: One-click Clear cache, Reset stats, Reset state.
• Auth flows: Plex PIN and SIMKL OAuth are smoother; clearer status + error toasts.
• Wiki surfaced: Help links right in the app (Getting Started, Config, FAQ).

Providers

• Plex
  • Server URL is sticky: Suggestions won’t override a value already saved in config.
  • Better library scoping and discovery hints.
• SIMKL
  • Fresh “present” snapshots when activity changes (bypasses stale ETag/304). Fewer “why didn’t my add propagate?” moments.
• Trakt
  • Auto token refresh before/after calls; 401/403 retries wired in.
• Jellyfin
  • Capability reporting cleaned up; fewer re-add loops via smarter ID/shadow handling.

Orchestrator

• Faster snapshots; smarter enrichment ordering; fewer duplicate passes.
• Safer writes with chunking + tiny pauses to avoid API spikes.
• Telemetry (opt-in) trimmed and less noisy.

Scheduling

• Modes: disabled | hourly | every_n_hours | daily_time.
• Timezone-aware start; optional jitter_seconds to avoid herd starts.
• Visible “next run at” + last result in the UI.

Config (still JSON, still simple)

• New debug trio: runtime.debug, runtime.debug_mods, runtime.debug_http.
• Stability knobs: snapshot_ttl_sec, apply_chunk_size, apply_chunk_pause_ms,
  and mass-shrink guards (suspect_min_prev, suspect_shrink_ratio).

Fixed (the greatest hits)

• Watchlist delete (SIMKL/Trakt): actually removes items and stays removed.
• Endless re-adds from weak/agent IDs reduced (IMDb/TMDb/TVDb priority).
• Insight/List noise reduced (hide disconnected providers).
• UI errors from timing/race conditions hardened.

Breaking/behavior changes

• Internal API/routers were refactored; external endpoints remain the same for normal use.
• If you see odd counts after upgrade: use Maintenance → Clear cache and hard-refresh the UI.

Upgrade notes

1. Stop container; back up your /config.
2. Remove your complete /config
3. Pull latest: ghcr.io/cenodude/crosswatch:latest.
4. Start; visit Settings → verify tokens + library scopes.
5. Test one pair first; then enable Scheduling if desired.

Known rough edges (being honest)

• Stats can be off in edge cases (work in progress).
• Some UI sections don’t auto-refresh perfectly (do manual refresh).
• SIMKL & Jellyfin are still maturing; report weirdness with logs.
• see WIKI for more issues: https://github.com/cenodude/CrossWatch/wiki