v45.0.0
Player Stability
- Add live drift correction after player reload (seeks to live edge if >2s behind)
- Add buffer fix escalation (3 consecutive failures → full player reload)
- Add readyState guard to prevent seeking during active rebuffers
- Detect 7TV extension and log compatibility warning
Other
- Add known extension conflicts section to README
- Add GitHub issue template for bug reports
- Add unit tests (73 tests) with CI integration
v44.0.0
Ad Detection
- Add SCTE35-OUT signifier for alternative SCTE-35 marker detection
- Add ad segment URL pattern detection (/adsquared/, /_404/, /processing)
- Log matched ad signifiers when ads are detected
- Log SCTE-35 CUE-OUT/CUE-IN ad boundary transitions
- Detect and log unknown ad-related HLS tags
Backup Stream
- Track failed backup player types and skip them during ad breaks
- Pin successful backup player type across ad breaks (opt-in via localStorage)
- Add mobile_web to backup player types
- Log backup stream search time in ms
- Show backup player type in ad blocking banner
Ad Recovery
- Add segment recovery cache to prevent black screen when all segments are stripped
Bug Fixes
- Rename .adblock-overlay to .tas-adblock-overlay to fix Twitch CSS conflict (#19)
- Remove unused legacy singular ad signifier variables
- Remove unused isChrome variable from vaft visibility handler
Configuration
- Add pinBackupPlayerType localStorage option
- Add hideAdOverlay localStorage option to hide "Blocking ads" banner
Compatibility
- Auto-resume video on tab return regardless of muted state
v42.0.0
Ad Detection
- Add SCTE-35 ad signifier detection and CUE-OUT/CUE-IN tracking
- Add multiple ad signifiers (stitched-ad, X-TV-TWITCH-AD, EXT-X-CUE-OUT, EXT-X-DATERANGE)
Bug Fixes
- Fix Map.forEach parameter order in AdSegmentCache cleanup
- Fix null crash in getServerTimeFromM3u8
- Fix ad tracking URL replacement being silently discarded
- Add null guard for hidden getter in visibilityChange handler
- Add null-safety to regex match results with optional chaining
Performance
- Cache blank MP4 blob instead of re-fetching data URI on every ad segment
- Cache #root and .video-player DOM element lookups
- Cache Date.now() outside forEach in stripAdSegments
- Replace new URL() with string parsing in monitorPlayerBuffering
- Use split(/\r?\n/) instead of replaceAll + split for line parsing
Debug Logging
- Add [AD DEBUG] console logging for ad blocking diagnostics
- Add debug logging for detecting Twitch code changes (GQL, React, worker)
- Log stripped ad segment count when ad blocking finishes
- Log conflict string when isValidWorker rejects a worker
Compatibility
- Wrap document.hasFocus override in try/catch for WebKit compatibility
- Remove Chrome-only restriction on tab focus auto-play resume
- Remove deprecated visibility API prefixes
Testing
- Add vaft testing scripts with player error auto-recovery (#2000/#3000/#4000)
Other
- Add ReloadPlayerAfterAd and ForceAccessTokenPlayerType config options with localStorage toggles
- Update userscript URLs and author fields to ryanbr repo
- Clear old worker references when creating new Twitch worker
- Clear RequestedAds set when ads finish