theantipopau/slimarr v1.5.0.0

Slimarr - v1.5.0.0

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[1.5.0.0] - 2026-05-15

v1.5 foundation (architecture and quality-intent groundwork)

Database evolution groundwork

• Added optional PostgreSQL backend support through SLIMARR_DB_URL while keeping
  SQLite as the default backend.
• Added startup database connection retry/backoff to better tolerate transient
  startup races in containerized deployments.
• Added pool configuration support for PostgreSQL (SLIMARR_DB_POOL_SIZE,
  SLIMARR_DB_MAX_OVERFLOW, SLIMARR_DB_POOL_TIMEOUT, SLIMARR_DB_POOL_RECYCLE).
• Added slow-query timing instrumentation with warning logs for expensive queries.
• Added runtime database diagnostics exposure (db_backend, pool checked-out count)
  in system info.

Preferred Quality / Force-Keep foundation

• Added per-movie quality policy fields:
  quality_intent, force_keep, allow_larger_replacements, and
  quality_profile_overrides.
• Added new quality-intent API endpoint:
  POST /api/v1/library/movies/{movie_id}/quality-intent.
• Added compare-engine profile-aware decision logic for intents:
  space_saver, balanced, premium, reference, locked, and pinned.
• Added policy-level safeguards to block automated replacements for locked/pinned
  or force-kept movies.
• Added support for initial per-movie override hooks in compare decisions:
  preferred codec, preferred sources, resolution floor, release-group rejects,
  and max size increase policy.
• Added automation-cycle safeguards to skip force-kept titles entirely.
• Hardened protected-title automation so locked/pinned titles and force-kept
  titles are skipped consistently during single-movie processing.
• Hardened preferred-release automation so stored preferred releases only win
  when the compare engine still accepts them; rejected preferred candidates now
  fall back to normal scoring.
• Hardened quality override parsing so malformed numeric/list overrides fall
  back to policy defaults instead of aborting candidate comparison.
• Replaced raw Movie Detail quality override JSON editing with explicit controls
  for resolution floor, preferred codec, preferred sources, rejected groups, and
  max size increase.
• Added indexer/Prowlarr quota detection for HTTP 429, Newznab request-limit
  errors, and common API limit/quota response text. Quota events now emit
  actionable Search Diagnostics warnings, realtime user toasts, reliability
  counters, and failure-heatmap entries instead of looking like silent empty
  searches.

Documentation and roadmap

• Added docs/V1_5_FOUNDATION_ROADMAP.md containing:
  implementation plan, refactor roadmap, risk assessment, observability plan,
  worker architecture proposal, ffprobe roadmap, security recommendations,
  technical debt audit, performance analysis, migration guidance, and phased
  priorities for v1.5+.
• Added docker-compose.postgres.yml as an optional write-heavy deployment
  template.
• Expanded docs/DOCKER.md with PostgreSQL backend guidance.

Tests

• Added new regression tests for quality-intent compare behavior in
  tests/backend/test_quality_intent.py.

Installer reliability

• Improved install.ps1 native-command logging so pip/network errors are written
  cleanly to startup-error.log without noisy PowerShell wrapper output.
• Added targeted install diagnostics for blocked package index access (for example
  WinError 10013) with explicit firewall/proxy remediation guidance.
• Added offline dependency fallback support in install.ps1:
  if online pip install fails due network restrictions, installer now tries local
  wheelhouse paths (.\wheelhouse, .\dist\wheelhouse, or -WheelhousePath).

Home theater and quality-lock planning

• Added v1.5 planning scope for a dedicated home-theater intent built on existing
  quality_intent + lock semantics so users can preserve premium reference copies
  (for example 4K HDR/DV high-bitrate with lossless/7.1 audio) instead of over-compressed
  alternatives.
• Added planning notes for optional curated title seeding (for example Oscar winners,
  IMDB Top lists, and operator-imported watchlists) so "media center" movies can be
  bulk-marked for premium retention policies.

Docker launch UX

• Added no-download launch path planning so operators can start Slimarr via shell
  directly from the official compose template without manually copying files first.
• Fixed Windows installer/start-menu launchers so first launch starts the tray app
  path instead of headless-only mode, making the tray icon appear immediately.