This beta will be the last one before the release of 3.0.0, unless some big error is found.
The release focuses on stability improvements and polishing of existing features.
Some new features are also included.

New documentation chapters have also been added which aims to explain how recordings and Viseron in general is working.
New sections will be added in the future to highlight common usecases.
https://dev--viseron.netlify.app/docs/documentation/configuration

Breaking changes

• The /recordings folder is no longer used, and should be replaced with the /event_clips folder.
  This namechange was made in order to clear up some confusion on what this folder is storing in v3.
  Docker instructions have been updated: https://dev--viseron.netlify.app/docs/documentation/installation#running-viseron
• trigger_recorder has been deprecated in favor of trigger_event_recording

New features

• Faces to recognize can now be pulled from Compreface directly
• A logfile is now created in the config directory. Docs have been updated accordingly: https://dev--viseron.netlify.app/components-explorer/components/logger#view-logs
• You can now download events and snapshots from the Events page.
  You can also specify a timespan for 24/7 recordings which will be downloaded as an MP4 file.
  Documentation can be found here: https://dev--viseron.netlify.app/docs/documentation/configuration/recordings#downloading-recordings
• New config option record_only which makes it possible to create continuous recordings without running any type of detectors.
• New config option width and height for still_image which allows setting the resolution of the still image
• You can now click individual events in the popup windows on the Events/timeline view to seek to the event
• New telegram component provided by @smelis, which allows sending of clips and thumbnails using Telegram.
• New ptz component provided by @smelis, which can be used by the Telegram component to control a camera.
  The PTZ functionality will be ported to the web UI as well at some point.

What's Changed

• add empty config folder to allow devcontainer to start by @roflcoopter in #843
• remove devcontainer config mount by @roflcoopter in #846
• pin types-requests to 2.31.0.6 by @roflcoopter in #847
• added new functionality to use compreface subjects for facial recognition by @tantonj in #845
• Documentation updates by @roflcoopter in #850
• add logging to file by @roflcoopter in #852
• wait for move_on_shutdown to complete by @roflcoopter in #853
• allow dates with only recorded video to be selected by @roflcoopter in #854
• use yield_per to avoid cursor closing in _check_tier by @roflcoopter in #856
• dont materialize when using yield_per by @roflcoopter in #857
• fetch all rows to avoid cursor closing by @roflcoopter in #858
• Avoid importing dlib when it is not used by @roflcoopter in #865
• Allow download of events and snapshots by @roflcoopter in #869
• check for nan value when clicking the LIVE button by @roflcoopter in #870
• reload hls every 5 seconds on fatal errors by @roflcoopter in #871
• reload page when getting a vite preloadError by @roflcoopter in #872
• use getCameraNameFromQueryCache in Breadcrumbs by @roflcoopter in #873
• apply object detection mask the same way as motion detection by @roflcoopter in #874
• properly cleanup after test_setup_components by @roflcoopter in #875
• add category and subcategory to OrphanedRecordingsCleanup query by @roflcoopter in #876
• allow pressing enter to login by @roflcoopter in #877
• remove future=True from sessionmaker by @roflcoopter in #878
• add screenshots and videos to event download instructions by @roflcoopter in #879
• change bash to shell in docs codeblocks by @roflcoopter in #880
• Continuous recording config parameter by @roflcoopter in #881
• Async Websocket API by @roflcoopter in #883
• improve shutdown sequence and make sure all threads are stopped by @roflcoopter in #884
• Doc typos and FFmpeg timestamp example by @roflcoopter in #885
• Update docker.mdx - --env-file vs --env by @nneul in #887
• fix ffmpeg log pipe closing by @roflcoopter in #888
• remove files_meta table to avoid costly joins by @roflcoopter in #890
• add gitsponsors to README by @roflcoopter in #891
• record_only config option by @roflcoopter in #892
• fix mjpeg stream exception by @roflcoopter in #893
• further asyncio event loop improvements by @roflcoopter in #894
• upgrade mypy to 1.14.1 by @roflcoopter in #895
• Mount config folder in repo to /config in devcontainer by @roflcoopter in #896
• fix so that opening drawer doesnt rerender page by @roflcoopter in #897
• add config option to set still image resolution by @roflcoopter in #898
• remove gitsponsors by @roflcoopter in #899
• add error boundaries to frontend by @roflcoopter in #900
• Events and timeline navigation improvements by @roflcoopter in #904
• deprecate trigger_recorder in favor of trigger_event_recording by @roflcoopter in #905
• Component explorer link fix by @roflcoopter in #911
• Rename /recordings to /event_clips by @roflcoopter in #912
• add direct navigation to timeline by @roflcoopter in #913
• allow overrides for each snapshot domain by @roflcoopter in #916
• PTZ and Telegram Components by @smelis in #788
• Fixes to the new PTZ and Telegram components by @roflcoopter in #918
• update images and descriptions for ptz and telegram by @roflcoopter in #919

New Contributors

• @tantonj made their first contribution in #845
• @smelis made their first contribution in #788

Full Changelog: v3.0.0b12...v3.0.0b13