music-assistant/server 2.9.0

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📦 Stable Release

Changes since 2.8.9

🚀 Features and enhancements

• Separate library artist views from per-provider artist listings (by @marcelveldt in #4039)
• Add Settings to allow Control of default similar_track action (by @chrisuthe in #4053)
• Add album_type filter to smart playlist rules (by @dmoo500 in #4059)
• Cache recommendations() for sonic_similarity and audiobookshelf (by @MarvinSchenkel in #4099)
• Speed up YouTube Music recommendations loading (by @MarvinSchenkel in #4120)
• Spread metadata maintenance schedule across the day (by @MarvinSchenkel in #4126)
• Add get_artist_toptracks to lastfm recommendations provider (by @OzGav in #4141)
• Enable WiiM and Last.fm Recommendations by default (by @MarvinSchenkel in #4142)
• Smart playlists: optional AI-generated descriptions (by @MarvinSchenkel in #4144)
• Lastfm improvements (by @OzGav in #4148)
• Improve playlog for artists and albums (by @chrisuthe in #4149)
• ACoustID Switch to shared API key by default (by @OzGav in #4154)
• Default artist fix (by @chrisuthe in #4163)
• Add unofficial-integration disclaimer to streaming provider settings (by @marcelveldt in #4164)

🐛 Bugfixes

• Plex Connect: refactor and fixes plugin (by @anatosun in #3510)
• Make universal player merge deterministic when link counts tie (by @sdhomecode in #4017)
• Fix AcoustID scan coverage stalling (by @OzGav in #4070)
• Fix smart playlist dedup for streaming (non-library) tracks (by @MarvinSchenkel in #4082)
• Fix genre icons disappearing after install path changes (by @MarvinSchenkel in #4083)
• Fix YouTube Music search() signature (by @OzGav in #4085)
• Fix WiiM volume_set by using HTTP command instead of UPnP (by @MarvinSchenkel in #4086)
• Reconcile smart playlist library entries on load to recover after DB reset (by @dmoo500 in #4088)
• Apple Music: stream library tracks and harden transient-error handling (by @teancom in #4089)
• Fix YTMusic provider not retrying when PO Token server is slow to start (by @CodeCommander in #4093)
• Fix radio station logos rendering as black or failing to load (by @OzGav in #4094)
• Phishin Change fallback album image URL (by @OzGav in #4097)
• AirPlay: fix mDNS cross-match when device name is substring of another device name (by @MarvinSchenkel in #4098)
• Fix None handling in music controller track/resume lookups (by @OzGav in #4102)
• Avoid event loop block in YouTube Music recommendations and skip SoundCloud default avatar (by @MarvinSchenkel in #4104)
• Only advertise extended ICY headers on flow stream when ICY metadata is requested (by @mcaulifn in #4105)
• Fix Apple Music library-only album artwork by caching blobstore URLs (by @dmoo500 in #4106)
• Added None guard (by @anatosun in #4107)
• Fix library-only tracks/albums showing as unavailable in shared playlists (by @dmoo500 in #4108)
• Fix transfer_queue losing position when source queue is paused/idle (by @OzGav in #4115)
• AirPlay: Ignore mDNS address updates that replace a routable IP with a Docker bridge address (by @MarvinSchenkel in #4117)
• Re-add configurable output buffer for AirPlay 1 (RAOP) players (by @MarvinSchenkel in #4118)
• Fix version parsing for titles with nested parentheses (by @OzGav in #4119)
• Audio analysis: re-scan stale-version tracks in background scan (by @chrisuthe in #4123)
• Don't enqueue next track onto a stopped queue (by @MarvinSchenkel in #4127)
• Bump aiosendspin to 6.0.2 to fix spec conformance issues (by @maximmaxim345 in #4128)
• Fix volume jump when crossfade intro and body normalize differently (by @MarvinSchenkel in #4129)
• Send Sendspin album artwork for radio and Spotify Connect streams (by @maximmaxim345 in #4130)
• Adjust Chromecast playback defaults (HTTP Profile 3 + flow mode) (by @MarvinSchenkel in #4133)
• Fix misleading smart-crossfade FFmpeg failure log message (by @MarvinSchenkel in #4139)
• Separate Phish.in artist tracks from top tracks (by @OzGav in #4140)
• Fix disappearing Sendspin Visualizer clients (by @maximmaxim345 in #4143)
• Align MusicBrainz throttler with mirror rate limit (by @MarvinSchenkel in #4146)
• Fix Sendspin not playing when grouping ESPHome devices (by @maximmaxim345 in #4147)
• end of queue results in track being reported as played twice (by @chrisuthe in #4150)
• Fix sendspin unmute (by @OzGav in #4151)
• Cap concurrent MusicBrainz ISRC lookups in Last.fm recommendations (by @OzGav in #4155)
• Fix cache cleanup missing most records and skip needless startup vacuum (by @MarvinSchenkel in #4156)
• Last.fm provider search bug fixes (by @OzGav in #4159)
• Fix 30s delay when grouping some Sendspin devices (by @maximmaxim345 in #4160)
• Prevent out-of-memory crash when compacting the library database (by @MarvinSchenkel in #4161)

🎨 Frontend Changes

• Show Smart Playlist provider in playlists provider filter (by @dmoo500 in #1848)
• Fanart for top picks (by @stvncode in #1854)
• Fix play button centering + banner behind tile (by @stvncode in #1852)
• Prune stale provider ids from stored listing filters (by @OzGav in #1727)
• Derive library membership from in_library flag (by @OzGav in #1810)
• fix(theme): fix dark-mode rendering (by @teancom in #1811)
• Show catalog providers in library provider filter (by @OzGav in #1851)
• Fix album/playlist track order when played directly from a list (by @OzGav in #1850)
• Lower smart playlist dedup_hours max to 2160h (90 days) (by @MarvinSchenkel in #1861)
• Always show lights and visualisers in the group list (by @OzGav in #1860)
• Add link to background analysis Concurrency Setting (by @chrisuthe in #1830)
• Add back provider icon in discover pge + fix fanart (by @stvncode in #1859)
• Add back provider icon in discover pge + fix fanart (by @stvncode in #1859)
• Fix genre display in smart playlist rule picker (by @dmoo500 in #1864)
• Put play button to the right for consistency (by @stvncode in #1868)
• Hide/Show top picks and replace v-btn by shadcn one (by @stvncode in #1867)
• Add album type filter to smart playlist rules (by @dmoo500 in #1847)
• Fix server spam for fresh recommandation with debounce (by @stvncode in #1869)
• Fix erroneous underline on Audio Analysis concurrency link (by @chrisuthe in #1872)
• Only refetch recommendations on track end, not periodic progress (by @stvncode in #1870)
• Lokalise: Translations update (by @marcelveldt in #1875)
• Fix queue items disappearing in fullscreen player (by @MarvinSchenkel in #1874)
• Single artist detail view with provider filter (by @marcelveldt in #1829)
• Fix: Update overflow menu on shortcuts change and album tracks on navigation (by @dmoo500 in #1892)
• Add refresh top picks + Fix two shorcut bugs (by @stvncode in #1901)
• Store some settings per user (by @OzGav in #1335)
• Lokalise: Translations update (by @marcelveldt in #1904)

🧰 Maintenance and dependency bumps

🙇 Thanks to our contributors

Special thanks to the following contributors who helped with this release:

@CodeCommander, @MarvinSchenkel, @OzGav, @anatosun, @chrisuthe, @dmoo500, @marcelveldt, @maximmaxim345, @mcaulifn, @rnewman, @sdhomecode, @stvncode, @teancom