Changelog
Track every improvement, feature, and fix across Audion releases.
vv1.3.7Latest
July 4, 2026- Linux Compatibility: Resolved critical startup and IPC connection bugs on Linux/Debian systems, including WebKitNetworkProcess launching, missing IPC CSP rules, and adding a requestIdleCallback polyfill for older WebKit versions.
- Mobile UI Polish: Enhanced mobile player experience with larger seek bar touch targets and visible seek thumb/progress line. Fixed layout issues on mobile view categories and page paddings.
- Codebase Refactoring: Initiated codebase refactoring to improve overall layout structure and responsiveness (in progress).
- Linux IPC: Added ipc: and ipc://localhost to CSP to allow frontend commands to talk to the Rust backend on Linux.
- Linux GVfs: Fixed gvfs module errors causing AppImages to crash with undefined symbols.
- Linux WebKit: Set APPDIR environment variable in the wrapper script so the WebKitNetworkProcess binary can be found correctly.
- Polyfills: Added fallback for requestIdleCallback so pages load without ReferenceErrors on WebKit/Linux views.
- Mobile Seek Bar: Expanded the seek bar hit area to 28px on mobile, made progress line accent-colored and always show the seek thumb.
vv1.3.6
July 3, 2026- Audio Engine Upgrades: Seamless crossfade transitions between tracks, a customizable Equalizer (EQ), and audio preloading for gapless playback.
- New Text System: Text sizes and styles now look consistent everywhere in the app.
- Settings Page Makeover: Cleaner menus with smooth animations, mobile-friendly layout, and uniform button sizing.
- Search Now Works: Fixed a bug where searching returned nothing — search results now show up properly when you type.
- Smooth Page Switching: Switch between views without page content jumping around.
- Breadcrumbs: Long folder names in the top bar no longer cover up the search bar.
- Page Transitions: Fixed the jarring jump that happened when switching between pages.
- Album Order: Tracks inside an album now play in the correct disk and track order.
vv1.3.5
June 12, 2026- Server Docker Support: Audion now officially supports self-hosted deployment using Docker (audion-server-docker), enabling seamless hosting of your library with custom server integration.
- Custom Server Enhancements: Added library streaming capabilities, backend-supported search, tokenized search results, and secure retrieval of album/cover artwork via local SQLite DB and server origin access tokens.
- Event-Driven Player Sync: Replaced interval polling with a modern event-driven architecture and dead-reckoning positional tracking for synchronized and responsive playback.
- Keyboard Shortcut Rebinding: Added full support for customizing and rebinding keyboard shortcuts.
- Refined Fullscreen UI: Restyled the fullscreen playback user interface for a cleaner and more immersive visual experience.
- Device Info Popover: Introduced an information popover for audio output devices to provide more clarity on active configurations.
- Robust Streaming & Connection Handling: Integrated event-driven playback syncing and automatic handling for connection state resets when switching server accounts or handling server failures.
- Channel-Mix Compatibility: Added support for automatic upmixing and downmixing of mismatched channel counts.
vv1.3.4
June 3, 2026- ALAC Audio Support: Added support for .alac audio files across library scanning, metadata parsing, and playback workflows.
- Expanded Codec Detection: Implemented codec-aware detection for MP4 containers, allowing reliable identification of ALAC, AAC, and other codecs within MP4-based formats.
- Broader Format Compatibility: Expanded support for additional audio codecs and containers, including MKV, OGG, WAV, ISO MP4, and Vorbis.
- ReplayGain Controls: Added a ReplayGain toggle for audio processing on the native playback backend.
- Output Device Selection: Added an audio output device selector, making it easy to switch between available playback devices directly within the application.
- Apple Music Lyrics Improvements: Enhanced lyrics retrieval with smarter fallback mechanisms for improved reliability and coverage.
- API Key Validation: Added user-friendly validation and notifications when required API credentials are missing.
- Symphonia 0.6 Upgrade: Upgraded the decoding backend to Symphonia 0.6.0, bringing improved format support, decoding reliability, and overall playback enhancements.
vv1.3.3
May 9, 2026- Extended Metadata Support: Full support for tracknumber, discnumber, musicbrainzrecordingid, and additional JSON metadata for library tracks.
- Advanced Library Scanning: Overhauled the library import and scanning engine to support new metadata fields and improve overall database consistency.
- Spotify Playlist Sync: Enhanced cover art synchronization for Spotify-imported playlists, ensuring high-quality covers are prioritized over placeholders.
- Working Plugins Download Stats: Added download stats for plugins. to make it easier to find the most popular plugins.
- -- Added Icon for Plugins: Added icons for plugins. to make it easier to identify them.
- Lyrics UI Refinement: Resolved lyrics overflow issues in the FullScreen Player. Implemented dynamic wrapping for long lines and optimized scaling to prevent text clipping.
- Optimized FullScreen Layout: Reduced the gap between track information and lyrics for a more balanced and aesthetically pleasing desktop experience.
- Sidebar Enhancements: Improved playlist cover art loading logic in the sidebar for better visual consistency.
vv1.3.2
April 26, 2026- Extended Metadata Support: Full support for tracknumber, discnumber, musicbrainzrecordingid, and additional JSON metadata for library tracks.
- Advanced Library Scanning: Overhauled the library import and scanning engine to support new metadata fields and improve overall database consistency.
- Spotify Playlist Sync: Enhanced cover art synchronization for Spotify-imported playlists, ensuring high-quality covers are prioritized over placeholders.
- Working Plugins Download Stats: Added download stats for plugins. to make it easier to find the most popular plugins.
- -- Added Icon for Plugins: Added icons for plugins. to make it easier to identify them.
- Lyrics UI Refinement: Resolved lyrics overflow issues in the FullScreen Player. Implemented dynamic wrapping for long lines and optimized scaling to prevent text clipping.
- Optimized FullScreen Layout: Reduced the gap between track information and lyrics for a more balanced and aesthetically pleasing desktop experience.
- Sidebar Enhancements: Improved playlist cover art loading logic in the sidebar for better visual consistency.
