fix: honor OUTPUT_TEMPLATE for channel downloads (closes #1024)

Detect YouTube channel tabs that yt-dlp reports as playlists so channel downloads use OUTPUT_TEMPLATE_CHANNEL and its empty fallback instead of OUTPUT_TEMPLATE_PLAYLIST.

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
       - name: Set up Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v6
         with:
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
         run: echo "date=$(date +'%Y.%m.%d')" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
       -
         name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
       -
         name: Set up QEMU
         uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v4
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ jobs:
         id: date
         run: echo "date=$(date +'%Y.%m.%d')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Get commits since last release

.github/workflows/update-yt-dlp.yml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       -
         name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.AUTOUPDATE_PAT }}
       -

AGENTS.md

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ If an addition would exceed the limit, trim existing prose elsewhere — prefer
 ## Tech stack
 
 - **Backend:** Python 3.13+, aiohttp, python-socketio 5.x, yt-dlp
-- **Frontend:** Angular 21, TypeScript, Bootstrap 5, SASS, ngx-socket-io
+- **Frontend:** Angular 22, TypeScript, Bootstrap 5, SASS, ngx-socket-io
 - **Package managers:** uv (Python), pnpm (frontend)
 - **Container:** Multi-stage Docker (Node builder + Python runtime), multi-arch (amd64/arm64)
 

README.md

@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ Certain values can be set via environment variables, using the `-e` parameter on
 * __YTDL_OPTIONS_PRESETS__: Named bundles of yt-dlp options, selectable per download in the UI. See [Configuring yt-dlp options](#%EF%B8%8F-configuring-yt-dlp-options) for format and examples.
 * __YTDL_OPTIONS_PRESETS_FILE__: Path to a JSON file containing presets. Monitored and reloaded automatically on changes. See [Configuring yt-dlp options](#%EF%B8%8F-configuring-yt-dlp-options).
 * __ALLOW_YTDL_OPTIONS_OVERRIDES__: Whether to show a free-text field in the UI for per-download yt-dlp option overrides. Defaults to `false`. See [Configuring yt-dlp options](#%EF%B8%8F-configuring-yt-dlp-options) for details and security considerations.
+* __YTDL_NIGHTLY_UPDATE_TIME__: If set, will cause MeTube to use [nightly yt-dlp builds](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds) instead of the stable releases. Set to the time (`HH:MM`, 24-hour) when you want the daily upgrades and MeTube restart to happen. Defaults to empty (disabled).
 
 ### 🌐 Web Server & URLs
 
@@ -346,7 +347,7 @@ example.com {
 
 ## 🔄 Updating yt-dlp
 
-MeTube is powered by [yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp), which requires frequent updates as video sites change their layouts. A nightly build automatically publishes a new Docker image whenever a new yt-dlp version is available, so keep your container up to date — [watchtower](https://github.com/nicholas-fedor/watchtower) works well for this.
+MeTube is powered by [yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp), which requires frequent updates as video sites change their layouts. A new MeTube Docker image is published automatically when a new yt-dlp stable release is available, so keep your container up to date — [watchtower](https://github.com/nicholas-fedor/watchtower) works well for this. To follow yt-dlp's nightly channel instead, set `YTDL_NIGHTLY_UPDATE_TIME`.
 
 ## 🔧 Troubleshooting and submitting issues
 

app/main.py

@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@
 import os
 import sys
 import asyncio
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from pathlib import Path
 from aiohttp import web
+from aiohttp.web import GracefulExit
 from aiohttp.log import access_logger
 import ssl
 import socket
@@ -14,15 +16,31 @@ import logging
 import json
 import pathlib
 import re
-from urllib.parse import parse_qs, urlencode, urlparse, urlunparse
+from urllib.parse import parse_qs, unquote, urlencode, urlparse, urlunparse
 from watchfiles import DefaultFilter, Change, awatch
 
 from ytdl import DownloadQueueNotifier, DownloadQueue, Download
-from subscriptions import SubscriptionManager, SubscriptionNotifier, SubscriptionInfo
+from subscriptions import SubscriptionManager, SubscriptionNotifier, SubscriptionInfo, coerce_optional_bool
 from yt_dlp.version import __version__ as yt_dlp_version
 
 log = logging.getLogger('main')
 
+_NIGHTLY_TIME_RE = re.compile(r'^([01]\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\d$')
+_RESTART_FOR_UPDATE = False
+
+def _request_graceful_exit() -> None:
+    raise GracefulExit()
+
+
+def seconds_until_next_daily_time(time_hhmm: str, now: datetime | None = None) -> float:
+    """Seconds until the next occurrence of HH:MM in local time."""
+    now = now or datetime.now()
+    hour, minute = map(int, time_hhmm.split(':'))
+    target = now.replace(hour=hour, minute=minute, second=0, microsecond=0)
+    if target <= now:
+        target += timedelta(days=1)
+    return (target - now).total_seconds()
+
 def parseLogLevel(logLevel):
     if not isinstance(logLevel, str):
         return None
@@ -73,6 +91,7 @@ class Config:
         'MAX_CONCURRENT_DOWNLOADS': '3',
         'LOGLEVEL': 'INFO',
         'ENABLE_ACCESSLOG': 'false',
+        'YTDL_NIGHTLY_UPDATE_TIME': '',
     }
 
     _BOOLEAN = ('DOWNLOAD_DIRS_INDEXABLE', 'CUSTOM_DIRS', 'CREATE_CUSTOM_DIRS', 'DELETE_FILE_ON_TRASHCAN', 'HTTPS', 'ENABLE_ACCESSLOG', 'ALLOW_YTDL_OPTIONS_OVERRIDES')
@@ -93,6 +112,13 @@ class Config:
         if not self.URL_PREFIX.endswith('/'):
             self.URL_PREFIX += '/'
 
+        # A blank PUBLIC_HOST_AUDIO_URL (e.g. set empty in a compose file) bypasses the
+        # default via os.environ.get, which would leave audio links root-relative and 404.
+        # Fall back to the 'audio_download/' route that serves AUDIO_DOWNLOAD_DIR. When
+        # PUBLIC_HOST_URL is also blank we leave it blank to preserve serving from web root.
+        if not self.PUBLIC_HOST_AUDIO_URL and self.PUBLIC_HOST_URL:
+            self.PUBLIC_HOST_AUDIO_URL = self._DEFAULTS['PUBLIC_HOST_AUDIO_URL']
+
         for attr in ('PUBLIC_HOST_URL', 'PUBLIC_HOST_AUDIO_URL'):
             val = getattr(self, attr)
             if val and not val.endswith('/'):
@@ -104,6 +130,17 @@ class Config:
         if self.YTDL_OPTIONS_PRESETS_FILE and self.YTDL_OPTIONS_PRESETS_FILE.startswith('.'):
             self.YTDL_OPTIONS_PRESETS_FILE = str(Path(self.YTDL_OPTIONS_PRESETS_FILE).resolve())
 
+        if self.YTDL_NIGHTLY_UPDATE_TIME and not _NIGHTLY_TIME_RE.match(self.YTDL_NIGHTLY_UPDATE_TIME):
+            log.error(
+                'Environment variable "YTDL_NIGHTLY_UPDATE_TIME" must be HH:MM (24-hour), got "%s"',
+                self.YTDL_NIGHTLY_UPDATE_TIME,
+            )
+            sys.exit(1)
+
+        self._validate_int('MAX_CONCURRENT_DOWNLOADS', minimum=1)
+        self._validate_int('PORT', minimum=1, maximum=65535)
+        self._validate_int('CLEAR_COMPLETED_AFTER', minimum=0)
+
         self._runtime_overrides = {}
 
         success,_ = self.load_ytdl_options()
@@ -113,6 +150,20 @@ class Config:
         if not success:
             sys.exit(1)
 
+    def _validate_int(self, key, *, minimum=None, maximum=None):
+        raw = getattr(self, key)
+        try:
+            value = int(raw)
+        except (TypeError, ValueError):
+            log.error('Environment variable "%s" must be an integer, got "%s"', key, raw)
+            sys.exit(1)
+        if minimum is not None and value < minimum:
+            log.error('Environment variable "%s" must be >= %d, got "%s"', key, minimum, raw)
+            sys.exit(1)
+        if maximum is not None and value > maximum:
+            log.error('Environment variable "%s" must be <= %d, got "%s"', key, maximum, raw)
+            sys.exit(1)
+
     def set_runtime_override(self, key, value):
         self._runtime_overrides[key] = value
         self.YTDL_OPTIONS[key] = value
@@ -215,7 +266,13 @@ logging.getLogger().setLevel(parseLogLevel(str(config.LOGLEVEL)) or logging.INFO
 
 class ObjectSerializer(json.JSONEncoder):
     def default(self, obj):
-        # First try to use __dict__ for custom objects
+        # Prefer an explicit client-facing view when the object provides one
+        # (e.g. DownloadInfo / SubscriptionInfo) so server-only or bulky fields
+        # are never broadcast to browser clients.
+        to_public = getattr(obj, 'to_public_dict', None)
+        if callable(to_public):
+            return to_public()
+        # Fall back to __dict__ for other custom objects
         if hasattr(obj, '__dict__'):
             return obj.__dict__
         # Convert iterables (generators, dict_items, etc.) to lists
@@ -229,7 +286,30 @@ class ObjectSerializer(json.JSONEncoder):
         return json.JSONEncoder.default(self, obj)
 
 serializer = ObjectSerializer()
-app = web.Application()
+
+_STATE_DIR_REAL = os.path.realpath(config.STATE_DIR)
+
+
+def _is_within_state_dir(real_target: str) -> bool:
+    return real_target == _STATE_DIR_REAL or real_target.startswith(_STATE_DIR_REAL + os.sep)
+
+
+@web.middleware
+async def state_dir_guard(request, handler):
+    for prefix, base in (
+        (config.URL_PREFIX + 'download/', config.DOWNLOAD_DIR),
+        (config.URL_PREFIX + 'audio_download/', config.AUDIO_DOWNLOAD_DIR),
+    ):
+        if request.path.startswith(prefix):
+            rel = unquote(request.path[len(prefix):])
+            target = os.path.realpath(os.path.join(base, rel))
+            if _is_within_state_dir(target):
+                raise web.HTTPNotFound()
+            break
+    return await handler(request)
+
+
+app = web.Application(middlewares=[state_dir_guard])
 _cors_origins = [o.strip() for o in config.CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS.split(',') if o.strip()] if config.CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS else []
 sio = socketio.AsyncServer(cors_allowed_origins=_cors_origins if _cors_origins else [])
 sio.attach(app, socketio_path=config.URL_PREFIX + 'socket.io')
@@ -465,8 +545,18 @@ class Notifier(DownloadQueueNotifier):
         await sio.emit('cleared', serializer.encode(id))
 
 dqueue = DownloadQueue(config, Notifier())
-app.on_startup.append(lambda app: dqueue.initialize())
+
-app.on_cleanup.append(lambda app: Download.shutdown_manager())
+
+async def _download_queue_startup(app):
+    await dqueue.initialize()
+
+
+async def _shutdown_download_manager(app):
+    Download.shutdown_manager()
+
+
+app.on_startup.append(_download_queue_startup)
+app.on_cleanup.append(_shutdown_download_manager)
 
 
 class MetubeSubscriptionNotifier(SubscriptionNotifier):
@@ -486,7 +576,13 @@ class MetubeSubscriptionNotifier(SubscriptionNotifier):
 
 
 submgr = SubscriptionManager(config, dqueue, MetubeSubscriptionNotifier())
-app.on_cleanup.append(lambda app: submgr.close())
+
+
+async def _shutdown_subscriptions(app):
+    submgr.close()
+
+
+app.on_cleanup.append(_shutdown_subscriptions)
 
 
 async def _subscription_loop_startup(app):
@@ -496,6 +592,26 @@ async def _subscription_loop_startup(app):
 
 app.on_startup.append(_subscription_loop_startup)
 
+
+async def _schedule_nightly_update() -> None:
+    global _RESTART_FOR_UPDATE
+    time_hhmm = config.YTDL_NIGHTLY_UPDATE_TIME
+    if not time_hhmm:
+        return
+    delay = seconds_until_next_daily_time(time_hhmm)
+    log.info('Next yt-dlp nightly update in %.0f seconds (at %s local time)', delay, time_hhmm)
+    await asyncio.sleep(delay)
+    log.info('Scheduled yt-dlp nightly update: requesting restart')
+    _RESTART_FOR_UPDATE = True
+    asyncio.get_running_loop().call_soon(_request_graceful_exit)
+
+
+async def _start_nightly_update_schedule(app):
+    asyncio.create_task(_schedule_nightly_update())
+
+
+app.on_startup.append(_start_nightly_update_schedule)
+
 class FileOpsFilter(DefaultFilter):
     def __call__(self, change_type: int, path: str) -> bool:
         # Check if this path matches our YTDL_OPTIONS_FILE
@@ -542,8 +658,12 @@ async def watch_files():
     log.info(f'Starting Watch File: {config.YTDL_OPTIONS_FILE}')
     asyncio.create_task(_watch_files())
 
+async def _watch_files_startup(app):
+    await watch_files()
+
+
 if config.YTDL_OPTIONS_FILE:
-    app.on_startup.append(lambda app: watch_files())
+    app.on_startup.append(_watch_files_startup)
 
 
 async def _read_json_request(request: web.Request) -> dict:
@@ -761,10 +881,7 @@ async def cancel_add(request):
 @routes.post(config.URL_PREFIX + 'subscribe')
 async def subscribe(request):
     post = await _read_json_request(request)
-    try:
+    o = parse_download_options(post)
-        o = parse_download_options(post)
-    except web.HTTPBadRequest:
-        raise
     cic = post.get('check_interval_minutes')
     if cic is None:
         cic = config.SUBSCRIPTION_DEFAULT_CHECK_INTERVAL
@@ -777,6 +894,15 @@ async def subscribe(request):
     if o.get('clip_start') is not None or o.get('clip_end') is not None:
         raise web.HTTPBadRequest(reason='clip options are not supported for subscriptions')
 
+    try:
+        skip_subscriber_only = coerce_optional_bool(
+            post.get('skip_subscriber_only'),
+            default=False,
+            field_name='skip_subscriber_only',
+        )
+    except ValueError as exc:
+        raise web.HTTPBadRequest(reason=str(exc)) from exc
+
     result = await submgr.add_subscription(
         o['url'],
         check_interval_minutes=cic,
@@ -795,6 +921,7 @@ async def subscribe(request):
         ytdl_options_presets=o['ytdl_options_presets'],
         ytdl_options_overrides=o['ytdl_options_overrides'],
         title_regex=post.get('title_regex'),
+        skip_subscriber_only=skip_subscriber_only,
     )
     return web.Response(text=serializer.encode(result))
 
@@ -813,7 +940,8 @@ async def subscriptions_update(request):
     changes = {
         k: v
         for k, v in post.items()
-        if k != 'id' and k in ('enabled', 'check_interval_minutes', 'name', 'title_regex')
+        if k != 'id'
+        and k in ('enabled', 'check_interval_minutes', 'name', 'title_regex', 'skip_subscriber_only')
     }
     if not changes:
         raise web.HTTPBadRequest(reason='no valid fields to update')
@@ -887,6 +1015,12 @@ async def upload_cookies(request):
     tmp_cookie_path = f"{COOKIES_PATH}.tmp"
     with open(tmp_cookie_path, 'wb') as f:
         f.write(content)
+    # Cookies are sensitive auth material; restrict to owner read/write only
+    # (the container's default umask would otherwise leave them group/world readable).
+    try:
+        os.chmod(tmp_cookie_path, 0o600)
+    except OSError as exc:
+        log.warning(f'Could not restrict permissions on cookies file: {exc}')
     os.replace(tmp_cookie_path, COOKIES_PATH)
     config.set_runtime_override('cookiefile', COOKIES_PATH)
     log.info(f'Cookies file uploaded ({size} bytes)')
@@ -1111,3 +1245,5 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         web.run_app(app, host=config.HOST, port=int(config.PORT), reuse_port=supports_reuse_port(), ssl_context=ssl_context, access_log=isAccessLogEnabled())
     else:
         web.run_app(app, host=config.HOST, port=int(config.PORT), reuse_port=supports_reuse_port(), access_log=isAccessLogEnabled())
+    if _RESTART_FOR_UPDATE:
+        sys.exit(42)

app/state_store.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import base64
 import collections.abc
+import errno
 import json
 import logging
 import os
@@ -17,6 +18,25 @@ STATE_SCHEMA_VERSION = 2
 _BYTES_MARKER = "__metube_bytes__"
 _DATETIME_MARKER = "__metube_datetime__"
 
+# Errnos that signal the filesystem cannot support the temp-file + rename
+# atomic-write strategy (for example an NFS-backed state dir returning EPERM on
+# mkstemp). These are safe to fall back on because they mean the atomic
+# mechanism is unavailable, not that the data write itself failed. Errors like
+# ENOSPC/EIO are deliberately excluded so a genuine storage failure surfaces
+# instead of silently truncating an existing good state file.
+_ATOMIC_UNSUPPORTED_ERRNOS = frozenset(
+    e
+    for e in (
+        errno.EPERM,
+        errno.EACCES,
+        errno.ENOSYS,
+        errno.EINVAL,
+        getattr(errno, "EOPNOTSUPP", None),
+        getattr(errno, "ENOTSUP", None),
+    )
+    if e is not None
+)
+
 
 def to_json_compatible(value: Any) -> Any:
     if value is None or isinstance(value, (bool, int, float, str)):
@@ -62,6 +82,7 @@ class AtomicJsonStore:
         self.path = path
         self.kind = kind
         self.schema_version = schema_version
+        self._direct_write_fallback_warned = False
 
     def _ensure_parent(self) -> None:
         parent = os.path.dirname(self.path)
@@ -96,6 +117,16 @@ class AtomicJsonStore:
     def save(self, data: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
         self._ensure_parent()
         payload = self._build_payload(data)
+        try:
+            self._atomic_write(payload)
+        except OSError as exc:
+            if exc.errno not in _ATOMIC_UNSUPPORTED_ERRNOS:
+                raise
+            self._warn_direct_write_fallback(exc)
+            self._direct_write(payload)
+
+    def _atomic_write(self, payload: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+        text = self._serialize(payload)
         parent = os.path.dirname(self.path) or "."
         fd, tmp_path = tempfile.mkstemp(
             prefix=f".{os.path.basename(self.path)}.",
@@ -105,10 +136,9 @@ class AtomicJsonStore:
         )
         try:
             with os.fdopen(fd, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
-                json.dump(payload, f, ensure_ascii=False, separators=(",", ":"))
+                f.write(text)
-                f.write("\n")
                 f.flush()
-                os.fsync(f.fileno())
+                self._best_effort_fsync(f.fileno())
             os.replace(tmp_path, self.path)
             self._fsync_directory(parent)
         except Exception:
@@ -118,6 +148,57 @@ class AtomicJsonStore:
                 pass
             raise
 
+    def _direct_write(self, payload: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+        # Serialize before truncating so a serialization failure never destroys
+        # the existing state file (the atomic path gets this for free via its
+        # temp file).
+        text = self._serialize(payload)
+        # Create with 0o600 so the fallback keeps the owner-only permissions the
+        # atomic path gets from mkstemp; state files can contain URLs and
+        # per-download option overrides that must not leak on shared mounts.
+        fd = os.open(self.path, os.O_WRONLY | os.O_CREAT | os.O_TRUNC, 0o600)
+        with os.fdopen(fd, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            # The 0o600 mode above only applies when the file is created; force
+            # it on rewrites too so an existing, broadly-permissioned state file
+            # is tightened to match the atomic path. Best-effort because some
+            # network filesystems reject chmod, and that must not re-crash save.
+            try:
+                os.fchmod(f.fileno(), 0o600)
+            except OSError:
+                pass
+            f.write(text)
+            f.flush()
+            self._best_effort_fsync(f.fileno())
+        # Make the new directory entry durable too, matching the atomic path.
+        self._fsync_directory(os.path.dirname(self.path) or ".")
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _best_effort_fsync(fileno: int) -> None:
+        # Tolerate fsync being unsupported on the underlying filesystem (for
+        # example a network mount that returns EINVAL/ENOSYS), but let genuine
+        # storage failures such as ENOSPC/EIO surface so a non-durable write is
+        # never reported as success. An unsupported fsync must not by itself
+        # abandon the atomic rename path.
+        try:
+            os.fsync(fileno)
+        except OSError as exc:
+            if exc.errno not in _ATOMIC_UNSUPPORTED_ERRNOS:
+                raise
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _serialize(payload: dict[str, Any]) -> str:
+        return json.dumps(payload, ensure_ascii=False, separators=(",", ":")) + "\n"
+
+    def _warn_direct_write_fallback(self, exc: OSError) -> None:
+        if self._direct_write_fallback_warned:
+            return
+        self._direct_write_fallback_warned = True
+        log.warning(
+            "Atomic state write failed for %s (%s); falling back to direct write",
+            self.path,
+            exc,
+        )
+
     def quarantine_invalid_file(self, exc: Exception) -> None:
         if not os.path.exists(self.path):
             return

app/subscriptions.py

@@ -127,6 +127,21 @@ def _entry_id(entry: dict) -> Optional[str]:
     return url
 
 
+def _is_subscriber_only_entry(entry: dict) -> bool:
+    """True when yt-dlp marks the entry as channel member-only (subscriber_only availability)."""
+    return str(entry.get("availability") or "") == "subscriber_only"
+
+
+def coerce_optional_bool(value: Any, *, default: bool = False, field_name: str = "value") -> bool:
+    """Parse optional JSON booleans for subscription settings."""
+    if value is None:
+        return default
+    try:
+        return _coerce_bool(value)
+    except ValueError as exc:
+        raise ValueError(f"{field_name} must be a boolean") from exc
+
+
 @dataclass
 class SubscriptionInfo:
     id: str
@@ -149,6 +164,7 @@ class SubscriptionInfo:
     ytdl_options_presets: list[str] = field(default_factory=list)
     ytdl_options_overrides: dict[str, Any] = field(default_factory=dict)
     title_regex: str = ""
+    skip_subscriber_only: bool = False
     last_checked: Optional[float] = None
     seen_ids: list[str] = field(default_factory=list)
     error: Optional[str] = None
@@ -170,6 +186,7 @@ class SubscriptionInfo:
             "quality": self.quality,
             "folder": self.folder,
             "title_regex": self.title_regex,
+            "skip_subscriber_only": self.skip_subscriber_only,
             "last_checked": self.last_checked,
             "seen_count": len(self.seen_ids),
             "error": self.error,
@@ -198,6 +215,7 @@ def _subscription_to_record(sub: SubscriptionInfo) -> dict[str, Any]:
         "ytdl_options_presets": list(sub.ytdl_options_presets),
         "ytdl_options_overrides": sub.ytdl_options_overrides,
         "title_regex": sub.title_regex,
+        "skip_subscriber_only": sub.skip_subscriber_only,
         "last_checked": sub.last_checked,
         "seen_ids": list(sub.seen_ids),
         "error": sub.error,
@@ -294,6 +312,7 @@ class SubscriptionManager:
         self._subs: dict[str, SubscriptionInfo] = {}
         self._url_index: dict[str, str] = {}  # normalized url -> id
         self._pending_urls: set[str] = set()
+        self._checks_in_flight: set[str] = set()  # subscription ids being checked right now
         self._lock = asyncio.Lock()
         self._loop_task: Optional[asyncio.Task] = None
         self._load_all()
@@ -469,6 +488,7 @@ class SubscriptionManager:
         ytdl_options_presets: Optional[list[str]] = None,
         ytdl_options_overrides: Optional[dict[str, Any]] = None,
         title_regex: Any = None,
+        skip_subscriber_only: Any = None,
     ) -> dict:
         url = self._normalize_url(url)
         if not url:
@@ -477,6 +497,14 @@ class SubscriptionManager:
             title_regex_stored = validate_title_regex(title_regex)
         except re.error as exc:
             return {"status": "error", "msg": f"Invalid title_regex: {exc}"}
+        try:
+            skip_so = coerce_optional_bool(
+                skip_subscriber_only,
+                default=False,
+                field_name="skip_subscriber_only",
+            )
+        except ValueError as exc:
+            return {"status": "error", "msg": str(exc)}
 
         async with self._lock:
             if url in self._url_index or url in self._pending_urls:
@@ -535,6 +563,7 @@ class SubscriptionManager:
                 ytdl_options_presets=list(ytdl_options_presets or []),
                 ytdl_options_overrides=dict(ytdl_options_overrides or {}),
                 title_regex=title_regex_stored,
+                skip_subscriber_only=skip_so,
                 last_checked=time.time(),
                 seen_ids=list(dict.fromkeys(all_ids)),
                 error=None,
@@ -588,6 +617,18 @@ class SubscriptionManager:
             except re.error as exc:
                 return {"status": "error", "msg": f"Invalid title_regex: {exc}"}
 
+        skip_so_set = False
+        validated_skip_so = False
+        if "skip_subscriber_only" in changes:
+            try:
+                validated_skip_so = coerce_optional_bool(
+                    changes["skip_subscriber_only"],
+                    field_name="skip_subscriber_only",
+                )
+                skip_so_set = True
+            except ValueError as exc:
+                return {"status": "error", "msg": str(exc)}
+
         async with self._lock:
             sub = self._subs.get(sub_id)
             if not sub:
@@ -603,6 +644,8 @@ class SubscriptionManager:
                 sub.name = str(changes["name"])
             if validated_tr is not None:
                 sub.title_regex = validated_tr
+            if skip_so_set:
+                sub.skip_subscriber_only = validated_skip_so
 
             try:
                 self._save_locked()
@@ -635,6 +678,22 @@ class SubscriptionManager:
         return {"status": "ok"}
 
     async def _check_one_unlocked(self, sub: SubscriptionInfo) -> None:
+        sid = sub.id
+        # Prevent overlapping checks for the same subscription (e.g. the periodic
+        # loop and a manual check-now firing together), which could double-queue
+        # entries and drop seen_ids via a read-modify-write race.
+        async with self._lock:
+            if sid in self._checks_in_flight:
+                log.info("Subscription check already in progress for %s, skipping", sub.name)
+                return
+            self._checks_in_flight.add(sid)
+        try:
+            await self._check_one_inner(sub)
+        finally:
+            async with self._lock:
+                self._checks_in_flight.discard(sid)
+
+    async def _check_one_inner(self, sub: SubscriptionInfo) -> None:
         sid = sub.id
         scan = int(getattr(self.config, "SUBSCRIPTION_SCAN_PLAYLIST_END", 50))
         log.info("Checking subscription: %s", sub.name)
@@ -658,7 +717,7 @@ class SubscriptionManager:
         entries = [ent for ent in entries if _is_media_entry(ent)]
 
         etype = (info or {}).get("_type") or "video"
-        if etype == "video" or not entries:
+        if etype == "video":
             async with self._lock:
                 cur = self._subs.get(sid)
                 if cur:
@@ -673,6 +732,22 @@ class SubscriptionManager:
             log.warning("Subscription %s no longer resolves to a subscribable feed", sub.name)
             await self.notifier.subscription_updated(sub)
             return
+        if not entries:
+            async with self._lock:
+                cur = self._subs.get(sid)
+                if cur:
+                    previous = copy.deepcopy(cur)
+                    cur.last_checked = time.time()
+                    cur.error = None
+                    try:
+                        self._save_locked()
+                    except Exception:
+                        self._subs[sid] = previous
+                        raise
+                    sub = cur
+            log.warning("Subscription check finished for %s: No entries found", sub.name)
+            await self.notifier.subscription_updated(sub)
+            return
 
         async with self._lock:
             cur = self._subs.get(sid)
@@ -695,6 +770,7 @@ class SubscriptionManager:
             dl_ytdl_presets = list(cur.ytdl_options_presets)
             dl_ytdl_overrides = dict(cur.ytdl_options_overrides)
             dl_title_regex = cur.title_regex or ""
+            dl_skip_subscriber_only = bool(cur.skip_subscriber_only)
 
         new_entries: list[dict] = []
         for ent in entries:
@@ -727,6 +803,18 @@ class SubscriptionManager:
                     continue
             queue_entries.append(ent)
 
+        subscriber_filtered_ids: list[str] = []
+        if dl_skip_subscriber_only:
+            kept_entries: list[dict] = []
+            for ent in queue_entries:
+                eid = _entry_id(ent)
+                if _is_subscriber_only_entry(ent):
+                    if eid:
+                        subscriber_filtered_ids.append(eid)
+                    continue
+                kept_entries.append(ent)
+            queue_entries = kept_entries
+
         queued_ids, queue_errors = await self._queue_subscription_entries(
             queue_entries,
             download_type=dl_type,
@@ -745,15 +833,20 @@ class SubscriptionManager:
             ytdl_options_overrides=dl_ytdl_overrides,
         )
         log.info(
-            "Subscription check finished for %s: %d new, %d filtered, %d queued, %d failed",
+            "Subscription check finished for %s: %d new, %d filtered, %d subscriber_skipped, %d queued, %d failed",
             sub.name,
             len(new_entries),
             len(filtered_ids),
+            len(subscriber_filtered_ids),
             len(queued_ids),
             len(queue_errors),
         )
 
-        merged = list(dict.fromkeys(queued_ids + filtered_ids + seen_ids_snapshot))
+        merged = list(
+            dict.fromkeys(
+                queued_ids + filtered_ids + subscriber_filtered_ids + seen_ids_snapshot
+            )
+        )
         max_seen = int(getattr(self.config, "SUBSCRIPTION_MAX_SEEN_IDS", 50000))
         if len(merged) > max_seen:
             merged = merged[:max_seen]

app/tests/test_api.py

@@ -3,10 +3,13 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import json
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
 from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock
 
 import pytest
 from aiohttp import web
+from aiohttp.test_utils import TestClient, TestServer
 
 import main
 
@@ -306,3 +309,41 @@ async def test_subscribe_rejects_clip_options(mock_dqueue, monkeypatch):
     with pytest.raises(web.HTTPBadRequest):
         await main.subscribe(req)
     main.submgr.add_subscription.assert_not_awaited()
+
+
+def test_is_within_state_dir_blocks_state_subtree():
+    state_dir = main._STATE_DIR_REAL
+    assert main._is_within_state_dir(state_dir)
+    assert main._is_within_state_dir(os.path.join(state_dir, "cookies.txt"))
+    assert main._is_within_state_dir(os.path.join(state_dir, "queue", "item.json"))
+
+
+def test_is_within_state_dir_allows_sibling_downloads():
+    download_dir = os.path.realpath(main.config.DOWNLOAD_DIR)
+    assert not main._is_within_state_dir(os.path.join(download_dir, "video.mp4"))
+    assert not main._is_within_state_dir("/tmp/unrelated/video.mp4")
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_download_blocks_state_dir_files(monkeypatch):
+    download_dir = Path(main.config.DOWNLOAD_DIR)
+    state_dir = download_dir / ".metube"
+    state_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    (state_dir / "cookies.txt").write_text("# Netscape HTTP Cookie File\n", encoding="utf-8")
+    (download_dir / "video.mp4").write_bytes(b"video")
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(main.config, "STATE_DIR", str(state_dir))
+    monkeypatch.setattr(main, "_STATE_DIR_REAL", os.path.realpath(str(state_dir)))
+
+    try:
+        async with TestClient(TestServer(main.app)) as client:
+            blocked = await client.get("/download/.metube/cookies.txt")
+            assert blocked.status == 404
+
+            allowed = await client.get("/download/video.mp4")
+            assert allowed.status == 200
+            assert await allowed.read() == b"video"
+    finally:
+        (state_dir / "cookies.txt").unlink(missing_ok=True)
+        (download_dir / "video.mp4").unlink(missing_ok=True)
+        state_dir.rmdir()

app/tests/test_config.py

@@ -51,6 +51,19 @@ class ConfigTests(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(c.PUBLIC_HOST_URL, "")
         self.assertEqual(c.PUBLIC_HOST_AUDIO_URL, "")
 
+    def test_blank_audio_host_falls_back_to_audio_download_route(self):
+        # Regression: a present-but-blank PUBLIC_HOST_AUDIO_URL must not stay empty
+        # (which produced root-relative, 404ing audio links). It falls back to the
+        # 'audio_download/' route that serves AUDIO_DOWNLOAD_DIR.
+        with patch.dict(
+            os.environ,
+            _base_env(PUBLIC_HOST_URL="https://ytdl.example.com", PUBLIC_HOST_AUDIO_URL=""),
+            clear=False,
+        ):
+            c = Config()
+        self.assertEqual(c.PUBLIC_HOST_URL, "https://ytdl.example.com/")
+        self.assertEqual(c.PUBLIC_HOST_AUDIO_URL, "audio_download/")
+
     def test_public_host_url_already_slashed_unchanged(self):
         with patch.dict(
             os.environ,
@@ -107,6 +120,45 @@ class ConfigTests(unittest.TestCase):
             c = Config()
         self.assertTrue(c.ALLOW_YTDL_OPTIONS_OVERRIDES)
 
+    def test_ytdl_nightly_update_time_empty_default(self):
+        with patch.dict(os.environ, _base_env(YTDL_NIGHTLY_UPDATE_TIME=""), clear=False):
+            c = Config()
+        self.assertEqual(c.YTDL_NIGHTLY_UPDATE_TIME, "")
+
+    def test_ytdl_nightly_update_time_valid(self):
+        with patch.dict(os.environ, _base_env(YTDL_NIGHTLY_UPDATE_TIME="04:00"), clear=False):
+            c = Config()
+        self.assertEqual(c.YTDL_NIGHTLY_UPDATE_TIME, "04:00")
+
+    def test_ytdl_nightly_update_time_invalid_exits(self):
+        for bad in ("25:00", "4am", "12:60"):
+            with patch.dict(os.environ, _base_env(YTDL_NIGHTLY_UPDATE_TIME=bad), clear=False):
+                with self.assertRaises(SystemExit):
+                    Config()
+
+    def test_invalid_max_concurrent_downloads_exits(self):
+        for bad in ("0", "-1", "abc"):
+            with patch.dict(os.environ, _base_env(MAX_CONCURRENT_DOWNLOADS=bad), clear=False):
+                with self.assertRaises(SystemExit):
+                    Config()
+
+    def test_invalid_port_exits(self):
+        for bad in ("0", "70000", "notaport"):
+            with patch.dict(os.environ, _base_env(PORT=bad), clear=False):
+                with self.assertRaises(SystemExit):
+                    Config()
+
+    def test_invalid_clear_completed_after_exits(self):
+        for bad in ("-5", "soon"):
+            with patch.dict(os.environ, _base_env(CLEAR_COMPLETED_AFTER=bad), clear=False):
+                with self.assertRaises(SystemExit):
+                    Config()
+
+    def test_clear_completed_after_zero_allowed(self):
+        with patch.dict(os.environ, _base_env(CLEAR_COMPLETED_AFTER="0"), clear=False):
+            c = Config()
+        self.assertEqual(c.CLEAR_COMPLETED_AFTER, "0")
+
     def test_runtime_override_roundtrip(self):
         with patch.dict(os.environ, _base_env(), clear=False):
             c = Config()

app/tests/test_download_queue.py

@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ import tempfile
 from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock, patch
 
 import pytest
+import time
 
-from ytdl import DownloadQueue
+from ytdl import DownloadInfo, DownloadQueue
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
@@ -221,6 +222,103 @@ async def test_add_entry_queues_single_video_without_reextracting(dq_env):
     assert dq.pending.exists("https://example.com/watch?v=1")
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_channel_download_uses_output_template_when_channel_template_empty(dq_env):
+    """Channel tabs reported as playlists must honor OUTPUT_TEMPLATE when OUTPUT_TEMPLATE_CHANNEL is empty."""
+    notifier = AsyncMock()
+    dq_env.OUTPUT_TEMPLATE = "%(channel)s [YT]/%(title)s.%(ext)s"
+    dq_env.OUTPUT_TEMPLATE_CHANNEL = ""
+    dq_env.OUTPUT_TEMPLATE_PLAYLIST = ""
+
+    channel_id = "UCabcd123"
+
+    def fake_extract(self, url, ytdl_options_presets=None, ytdl_options_overrides=None):
+        return {
+            "_type": "playlist",
+            "id": channel_id,
+            "channel_id": channel_id,
+            "channel": "Odin",
+            "title": "Odin - Videos",
+            "entries": [
+                {
+                    "id": "vid1",
+                    "title": "Salvia Plath - Pondering",
+                    "url": "https://example.com/watch?v=1",
+                    "webpage_url": "https://example.com/watch?v=1",
+                    "channel": "Odin",
+                    "upload_date": "20130804",
+                },
+            ],
+        }
+
+    dq = DownloadQueue(dq_env, notifier)
+    with patch.object(DownloadQueue, "_DownloadQueue__extract_info", fake_extract):
+        result = await dq.add(
+            "https://www.youtube.com/@odin/videos",
+            "video",
+            "auto",
+            "any",
+            "best",
+            "",
+            "",
+            0,
+            auto_start=False,
+        )
+
+    assert result["status"] == "ok"
+    url = "https://example.com/watch?v=1"
+    assert dq.pending.exists(url)
+    download = dq.pending.get(url)
+    assert download.output_template.startswith("Odin [YT]/")
+    assert "Odin - Videos" not in download.output_template
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_playlist_download_not_treated_as_channel(dq_env):
+    """Real playlists (id != channel_id) must not be promoted to channel downloads."""
+    notifier = AsyncMock()
+    dq_env.OUTPUT_TEMPLATE = "%(channel)s [YT]/%(title)s.%(ext)s"
+    dq_env.OUTPUT_TEMPLATE_CHANNEL = ""
+    dq_env.OUTPUT_TEMPLATE_PLAYLIST = "%(playlist_title)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s"
+
+    def fake_extract(self, url, ytdl_options_presets=None, ytdl_options_overrides=None):
+        return {
+            "_type": "playlist",
+            "id": "PLxyz789",
+            "channel_id": "UCabcd123",
+            "channel": "Odin",
+            "title": "My Playlist",
+            "entries": [
+                {
+                    "id": "vid1",
+                    "title": "Test Video",
+                    "url": "https://example.com/watch?v=1",
+                    "webpage_url": "https://example.com/watch?v=1",
+                },
+            ],
+        }
+
+    dq = DownloadQueue(dq_env, notifier)
+    with patch.object(DownloadQueue, "_DownloadQueue__extract_info", fake_extract):
+        result = await dq.add(
+            "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxyz789",
+            "video",
+            "auto",
+            "any",
+            "best",
+            "",
+            "",
+            0,
+            auto_start=False,
+        )
+
+    assert result["status"] == "ok"
+    url = "https://example.com/watch?v=1"
+    assert dq.pending.exists(url)
+    download = dq.pending.get(url)
+    assert download.output_template.startswith("My Playlist/")
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_add_merges_global_preset_and_override_options(dq_env):
     notifier = AsyncMock()
@@ -386,3 +484,303 @@ async def test_add_sets_clip_bounds_on_download_info(dq_env):
     download = dq.pending.get("https://example.com/clip")
     assert download.info.clip_start == 10.0
     assert download.info.clip_end == 99.5
+
+
+def _upcoming_entry(url: str, *, release_timestamp: float | None = None) -> dict:
+    return {
+        "_type": "video",
+        "id": "live1",
+        "title": "Upcoming Stream",
+        "url": url,
+        "webpage_url": url,
+        "live_status": "is_upcoming",
+        "release_timestamp": release_timestamp if release_timestamp is not None else time.time() + 3600,
+    }
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_add_upcoming_stream_scheduled_without_starting(dq_env):
+    notifier = AsyncMock()
+    url = "https://example.com/live-upcoming"
+    start_mock = AsyncMock()
+
+    dq = DownloadQueue(dq_env, notifier)
+    with patch.object(DownloadQueue, "_DownloadQueue__start_download", start_mock):
+        result = await dq.add_entry(
+            _upcoming_entry(url),
+            "video",
+            "auto",
+            "any",
+            "best",
+            "",
+            "",
+            0,
+            auto_start=True,
+        )
+
+    assert result["status"] == "ok"
+    assert dq.queue.exists(url)
+    download = dq.queue.get(url)
+    assert download.info.status == "scheduled"
+    assert download.info.live_status == "is_upcoming"
+    assert download.info.live_release_timestamp is not None
+    start_mock.assert_not_called()
+    assert url in dq._scheduled_probe_at
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_probe_scheduled_starts_when_live(dq_env):
+    notifier = AsyncMock()
+    url = "https://example.com/live-upcoming"
+    start_mock = AsyncMock()
+
+    dq = DownloadQueue(dq_env, notifier)
+    with patch.object(DownloadQueue, "_DownloadQueue__start_download", start_mock):
+        await dq.add_entry(
+            _upcoming_entry(url),
+            "video",
+            "auto",
+            "any",
+            "best",
+            "",
+            "",
+            0,
+            auto_start=True,
+        )
+
+    download = dq.queue.get(url)
+
+    def fake_probe_extract(self, probe_url, ytdl_options_presets=None, ytdl_options_overrides=None):
+        assert probe_url == url
+        return {
+            "_type": "video",
+            "id": "live1",
+            "title": "Live Now",
+            "url": url,
+            "webpage_url": url,
+            "live_status": "is_live",
+            "formats": [{"format_id": "22"}],
+        }
+
+    with patch.object(DownloadQueue, "_DownloadQueue__extract_info", fake_probe_extract), \
+         patch.object(DownloadQueue, "_DownloadQueue__start_download", start_mock):
+        await dq._probe_scheduled_download(download)
+
+    assert url not in dq._scheduled_probe_at
+    assert download.info.live_status == "is_live"
+    assert download.info.status == "pending"
+    start_mock.assert_called_once_with(download)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_import_scheduled_re_registers_monitor(dq_env):
+    notifier = AsyncMock()
+    url = "https://example.com/live-restart"
+    release = time.time() + 7200
+
+    info = DownloadInfo(
+        id="live1",
+        title="Upcoming Stream",
+        url=url,
+        quality="best",
+        download_type="video",
+        codec="auto",
+        format="any",
+        folder="",
+        custom_name_prefix="",
+        error=None,
+        entry=None,
+        playlist_item_limit=0,
+        split_by_chapters=False,
+        chapter_template="",
+        live_status="is_upcoming",
+        live_release_timestamp=release,
+    )
+    info.status = "scheduled"
+
+    dq = DownloadQueue(dq_env, notifier)
+    start_mock = AsyncMock()
+    with patch.object(DownloadQueue, "_DownloadQueue__start_download", start_mock):
+        await dq._DownloadQueue__add_download(info, True)
+
+    assert dq.queue.exists(url)
+    assert dq.queue.get(url).info.status == "scheduled"
+    assert url in dq._scheduled_probe_at
+    start_mock.assert_not_called()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_probe_transient_error_retries_without_failing(dq_env):
+    """A single probe failure must not abandon the scheduled stream."""
+    import ytdl
+
+    notifier = AsyncMock()
+    url = "https://example.com/live-transient"
+    start_mock = AsyncMock()
+
+    dq = DownloadQueue(dq_env, notifier)
+    with patch.object(DownloadQueue, "_DownloadQueue__start_download", start_mock):
+        await dq.add_entry(
+            _upcoming_entry(url),
+            "video", "auto", "any", "best", "", "", 0,
+            auto_start=True,
+        )
+    download = dq.queue.get(url)
+
+    def boom(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        raise ytdl.yt_dlp.utils.YoutubeDLError("temporary network glitch")
+
+    before = time.time()
+    with patch.object(DownloadQueue, "_DownloadQueue__extract_info", boom):
+        await dq._probe_scheduled_download(download)
+
+    # Still scheduled, still monitored, probe rescheduled into the future.
+    assert download.info.status == "scheduled"
+    assert url in dq._scheduled_probe_at
+    assert dq._scheduled_probe_at[url] >= before
+    assert dq._scheduled_probe_failures[url] == 1
+    notifier.completed.assert_not_called()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_probe_gives_up_after_max_failures(dq_env):
+    import ytdl
+
+    notifier = AsyncMock()
+    url = "https://example.com/live-dead"
+    start_mock = AsyncMock()
+
+    dq = DownloadQueue(dq_env, notifier)
+    with patch.object(DownloadQueue, "_DownloadQueue__start_download", start_mock):
+        await dq.add_entry(
+            _upcoming_entry(url),
+            "video", "auto", "any", "best", "", "", 0,
+            auto_start=True,
+        )
+    download = dq.queue.get(url)
+
+    def boom(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        raise ytdl.yt_dlp.utils.YoutubeDLError("stream was deleted")
+
+    with patch.object(DownloadQueue, "_DownloadQueue__extract_info", boom):
+        for _ in range(ytdl._LIVE_PROBE_MAX_FAILURES):
+            await dq._probe_scheduled_download(download)
+
+    assert url not in dq._scheduled_probe_at
+    assert not dq.queue.exists(url)
+    assert dq.done.exists(url)
+    assert download.info.status == "error"
+    notifier.completed.assert_awaited()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_probe_recovers_after_transient_then_starts(dq_env):
+    """A transient failure followed by a successful live probe should start the download."""
+    import ytdl
+
+    notifier = AsyncMock()
+    url = "https://example.com/live-recover"
+    start_mock = AsyncMock()
+
+    dq = DownloadQueue(dq_env, notifier)
+    with patch.object(DownloadQueue, "_DownloadQueue__start_download", start_mock):
+        await dq.add_entry(
+            _upcoming_entry(url),
+            "video", "auto", "any", "best", "", "", 0,
+            auto_start=True,
+        )
+    download = dq.queue.get(url)
+    # The scheduling placeholder error is set on add.
+    assert download.info.error
+
+    def boom(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        raise ytdl.yt_dlp.utils.YoutubeDLError("temporary glitch")
+
+    with patch.object(DownloadQueue, "_DownloadQueue__extract_info", boom):
+        await dq._probe_scheduled_download(download)
+    assert dq._scheduled_probe_failures[url] == 1
+
+    def live_now(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        return {
+            "_type": "video", "id": "live1", "title": "Live Now",
+            "url": url, "webpage_url": url, "live_status": "is_live",
+            "formats": [{"format_id": "22"}],
+        }
+
+    with patch.object(DownloadQueue, "_DownloadQueue__extract_info", live_now), \
+         patch.object(DownloadQueue, "_DownloadQueue__start_download", start_mock):
+        await dq._probe_scheduled_download(download)
+
+    assert url not in dq._scheduled_probe_at
+    assert url not in dq._scheduled_probe_failures
+    assert download.info.status == "pending"
+    # Placeholder error/msg cleared now that a real download is starting.
+    assert download.info.error is None
+    assert download.info.msg is None
+    start_mock.assert_called_once_with(download)
+
+
+def test_seconds_until_next_probe_none_when_empty(dq_env):
+    notifier = AsyncMock()
+    dq = DownloadQueue(dq_env, notifier)
+    assert dq._seconds_until_next_probe() is None
+
+
+def test_calc_download_path_allows_subfolder(dq_env):
+    notifier = AsyncMock()
+    dq = DownloadQueue(dq_env, notifier)
+    path, err = dq._DownloadQueue__calc_download_path("video", "sub/dir")
+    assert err is None
+    assert os.path.realpath(path) == os.path.join(os.path.realpath(dq_env.DOWNLOAD_DIR), "sub", "dir")
+
+
+def test_calc_download_path_rejects_sibling_prefix_escape(dq_env):
+    """A folder resolving to a sibling sharing a name prefix must be rejected.
+
+    Regression test: ``startswith`` would have accepted ``../downloads-secret``
+    when the base directory is ``.../downloads``.
+    """
+    notifier = AsyncMock()
+    base = os.path.realpath(dq_env.DOWNLOAD_DIR)
+    sibling = base + "-secret"
+    os.makedirs(sibling, exist_ok=True)
+    dq = DownloadQueue(dq_env, notifier)
+    escape_folder = os.path.join("..", os.path.basename(sibling), "x")
+    path, err = dq._DownloadQueue__calc_download_path("video", escape_folder)
+    assert path is None
+    assert err is not None and err["status"] == "error"
+
+
+def test_calc_download_path_rejects_parent_escape(dq_env):
+    notifier = AsyncMock()
+    dq = DownloadQueue(dq_env, notifier)
+    path, err = dq._DownloadQueue__calc_download_path("video", "../../etc")
+    assert path is None
+    assert err is not None and err["status"] == "error"
+
+
+def test_download_info_to_public_dict_excludes_server_only_fields():
+    info = DownloadInfo(
+        id="vid1",
+        title="Test Video",
+        url="https://example.com/watch?v=1",
+        quality="best",
+        download_type="video",
+        codec="auto",
+        format="any",
+        folder="",
+        custom_name_prefix="",
+        error=None,
+        entry={"id": "vid1", "huge": "x" * 100000},
+        playlist_item_limit=0,
+        split_by_chapters=False,
+        chapter_template="",
+    )
+    info.subtitle_files = [{"filename": "a.srt", "size": 10}]
+    public = info.to_public_dict()
+    assert "entry" not in public
+    assert "subtitle_files" not in public
+    # Client-facing fields are still present.
+    assert public["url"] == "https://example.com/watch?v=1"
+    assert public["title"] == "Test Video"
+    assert public["status"] == "pending"

app/tests/test_nightly_update.py

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+"""Tests for nightly yt-dlp update scheduling helpers."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import unittest
+from datetime import datetime
+
+from main import seconds_until_next_daily_time
+
+
+class NightlyUpdateTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_seconds_until_later_today(self):
+        now = datetime(2026, 6, 4, 10, 0, 0)
+        delay = seconds_until_next_daily_time("15:30", now)
+        self.assertEqual(delay, 5 * 3600 + 30 * 60)
+
+    def test_seconds_until_wraps_to_next_day(self):
+        now = datetime(2026, 6, 4, 18, 0, 0)
+        delay = seconds_until_next_daily_time("04:00", now)
+        self.assertEqual(delay, 10 * 3600)
+
+    def test_seconds_until_same_minute_is_next_day(self):
+        now = datetime(2026, 6, 4, 4, 0, 30)
+        delay = seconds_until_next_daily_time("04:00", now)
+        self.assertAlmostEqual(delay, 24 * 3600 - 30, delta=1)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()

app/tests/test_state_store.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import os
 import tempfile
 import unittest
 from datetime import datetime
+from unittest.mock import patch
 
 from state_store import AtomicJsonStore, from_json_compatible, to_json_compatible
 
@@ -21,6 +22,135 @@ class StateStoreTests(unittest.TestCase):
             self.assertEqual(payload["schema_version"], 2)
             self.assertEqual(payload["items"][0]["info"]["title"], "hello")
 
+    def test_save_falls_back_to_direct_write_when_mkstemp_fails(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            path = os.path.join(tmp, "queue.json")
+            store = AtomicJsonStore(path, kind="persistent_queue:queue")
+
+            with self.assertLogs("state_store", level="WARNING") as logs:
+                with patch(
+                    "state_store.tempfile.mkstemp",
+                    side_effect=PermissionError(1, "Operation not permitted"),
+                ):
+                    store.save({"items": [{"key": "a"}]})
+
+            self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(path))
+            self.assertTrue(any(path in message for message in logs.output))
+            # Fallback keeps owner-only permissions, matching the atomic path.
+            self.assertEqual(os.stat(path).st_mode & 0o777, 0o600)
+            payload = store.load()
+            self.assertEqual(payload["items"], [{"key": "a"}])
+
+    def test_fallback_tightens_permissions_on_existing_file(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            path = os.path.join(tmp, "queue.json")
+            with open(path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+                f.write("{}")
+            os.chmod(path, 0o644)
+
+            store = AtomicJsonStore(path, kind="persistent_queue:queue")
+            with patch(
+                "state_store.tempfile.mkstemp",
+                side_effect=PermissionError(1, "Operation not permitted"),
+            ):
+                store.save({"items": [{"key": "a"}]})
+
+            self.assertEqual(os.stat(path).st_mode & 0o777, 0o600)
+            self.assertEqual(store.load()["items"], [{"key": "a"}])
+
+    def test_save_falls_back_to_direct_write_when_replace_fails(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            path = os.path.join(tmp, "queue.json")
+            store = AtomicJsonStore(path, kind="persistent_queue:queue")
+
+            with patch(
+                "state_store.os.replace",
+                side_effect=PermissionError(1, "Operation not permitted"),
+            ):
+                store.save({"items": [{"key": "a"}]})
+
+            self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(path))
+            payload = store.load()
+            self.assertEqual(payload["items"], [{"key": "a"}])
+            self.assertEqual([], [name for name in os.listdir(tmp) if name.endswith(".tmp")])
+
+    def test_save_reraises_when_atomic_and_direct_write_fail(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            path = os.path.join(tmp, "queue.json")
+            store = AtomicJsonStore(path, kind="persistent_queue:queue")
+
+            with patch(
+                "state_store.tempfile.mkstemp",
+                side_effect=PermissionError(1, "Operation not permitted"),
+            ):
+                with patch(
+                    "state_store.os.open",
+                    side_effect=PermissionError(13, "Permission denied"),
+                ):
+                    with self.assertRaises(PermissionError) as ctx:
+                        store.save({"items": [{"key": "a"}]})
+
+            self.assertEqual(ctx.exception.errno, 13)
+            self.assertFalse(os.path.exists(path))
+
+    def test_unsupported_fsync_keeps_atomic_path(self):
+        # fsync being unsupported (EINVAL/ENOSYS) must not by itself trigger the
+        # direct-write fallback; the atomic temp-file + rename path still runs.
+        import errno as _errno
+
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            path = os.path.join(tmp, "queue.json")
+            store = AtomicJsonStore(path, kind="persistent_queue:queue")
+
+            with patch(
+                "state_store.os.fsync",
+                side_effect=OSError(_errno.EINVAL, "Invalid argument"),
+            ):
+                with self.assertNoLogs("state_store", level="WARNING"):
+                    store.save({"items": [{"key": "a"}]})
+
+            self.assertEqual(store.load()["items"], [{"key": "a"}])
+            self.assertEqual([], [name for name in os.listdir(tmp) if name.endswith(".tmp")])
+
+    def test_save_reraises_and_preserves_state_on_non_atomic_errno(self):
+        # A storage failure such as ENOSPC is not an "atomic unavailable"
+        # signal, so it must surface instead of falling back to a direct write
+        # that would truncate the existing good state file.
+        import errno as _errno
+
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            path = os.path.join(tmp, "queue.json")
+            store = AtomicJsonStore(path, kind="persistent_queue:queue")
+            store.save({"items": [{"key": "good"}]})
+
+            with patch(
+                "state_store.tempfile.mkstemp",
+                side_effect=OSError(_errno.ENOSPC, "No space left on device"),
+            ):
+                with self.assertRaises(OSError) as ctx:
+                    store.save({"items": [{"key": "new"}]})
+
+            self.assertEqual(ctx.exception.errno, _errno.ENOSPC)
+            # Existing state is untouched.
+            self.assertEqual(store.load()["items"], [{"key": "good"}])
+
+    def test_serialization_failure_preserves_existing_state(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            path = os.path.join(tmp, "queue.json")
+            store = AtomicJsonStore(path, kind="persistent_queue:queue")
+            store.save({"items": [{"key": "good"}]})
+
+            # Even on the fallback path, a non-serializable payload must raise
+            # before the existing good state file is touched.
+            with patch(
+                "state_store.tempfile.mkstemp",
+                side_effect=PermissionError(1, "Operation not permitted"),
+            ):
+                with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+                    store.save({"items": object()})
+
+            self.assertEqual(store.load()["items"], [{"key": "good"}])
+
     def test_invalid_file_is_quarantined(self):
         with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
             path = os.path.join(tmp, "queue.json")

app/tests/test_subscriptions.py

@@ -28,7 +28,12 @@ sys.modules.setdefault("yt_dlp", fake_yt_dlp)
 sys.modules.setdefault("yt_dlp.networking", fake_networking)
 sys.modules.setdefault("yt_dlp.networking.impersonate", fake_impersonate)
 
-from subscriptions import SubscriptionManager, extract_flat_playlist
+from subscriptions import (
+    SubscriptionManager,
+    _is_subscriber_only_entry,
+    coerce_optional_bool,
+    extract_flat_playlist,
+)
 
 
 class _Config:
@@ -75,6 +80,20 @@ def _create_legacy_shelf(path: str, record) -> None:
         shelf["sub-1"] = record
 
 
+class SubscriberOnlyHelperTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_is_subscriber_only_detects_availability(self):
+        self.assertTrue(_is_subscriber_only_entry({"availability": "subscriber_only"}))
+        self.assertFalse(_is_subscriber_only_entry({"availability": None}))
+        self.assertFalse(_is_subscriber_only_entry({}))
+
+    def test_coerce_optional_bool_defaults_and_fields(self):
+        self.assertFalse(coerce_optional_bool(None, default=False))
+        self.assertTrue(coerce_optional_bool(True))
+        self.assertFalse(coerce_optional_bool(False))
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            coerce_optional_bool("maybe", field_name="skip_subscriber_only")
+
+
 class SubscriptionPersistenceTests(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
     def test_load_imports_legacy_subscription_shelf(self):
         with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
@@ -386,6 +405,108 @@ class SubscriptionPersistenceTests(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
             self.assertEqual(sub.seen_ids[:2], ["v2", "v1"])
             self.assertEqual([entry["webpage_url"] for entry, _, _ in queue.entries], ["https://example.com/v2"])
 
+    async def test_check_now_queues_subscriber_only_when_skip_disabled(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            queue = _Queue()
+            mgr = SubscriptionManager(_Config(tmp), queue, _Notifier())
+
+            with patch(
+                "subscriptions.extract_flat_playlist",
+                side_effect=[
+                    (
+                        {"_type": "channel", "title": "Channel"},
+                        [{"id": "v1", "title": "One", "webpage_url": "https://example.com/v1"}],
+                    ),
+                    (
+                        {"_type": "channel", "title": "Channel"},
+                        [
+                            {
+                                "id": "v2",
+                                "title": "Members",
+                                "webpage_url": "https://example.com/v2",
+                                "availability": "subscriber_only",
+                            },
+                            {"id": "v1", "title": "One", "webpage_url": "https://example.com/v1"},
+                        ],
+                    ),
+                ],
+            ):
+                result = await mgr.add_subscription(
+                    "https://example.com/channel",
+                    check_interval_minutes=60,
+                    download_type="video",
+                    codec="auto",
+                    format="any",
+                    quality="best",
+                    folder="",
+                    custom_name_prefix="",
+                    auto_start=True,
+                    playlist_item_limit=0,
+                    split_by_chapters=False,
+                    chapter_template="",
+                    subtitle_language="en",
+                    subtitle_mode="prefer_manual",
+                    skip_subscriber_only=False,
+                )
+                self.assertFalse(mgr.list_all()[0].skip_subscriber_only)
+                await mgr.check_now([result["subscription"]["id"]])
+
+            sub = mgr.list_all()[0]
+            self.assertIsNone(sub.error)
+            self.assertEqual(sub.seen_ids[:2], ["v2", "v1"])
+            self.assertEqual([entry["webpage_url"] for entry, _, _ in queue.entries], ["https://example.com/v2"])
+
+    async def test_check_now_skips_subscriber_only_when_skip_enabled(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            queue = _Queue()
+            mgr = SubscriptionManager(_Config(tmp), queue, _Notifier())
+
+            with patch(
+                "subscriptions.extract_flat_playlist",
+                side_effect=[
+                    (
+                        {"_type": "channel", "title": "Channel"},
+                        [{"id": "v1", "title": "One", "webpage_url": "https://example.com/v1"}],
+                    ),
+                    (
+                        {"_type": "channel", "title": "Channel"},
+                        [
+                            {
+                                "id": "v2",
+                                "title": "Members",
+                                "webpage_url": "https://example.com/v2",
+                                "availability": "subscriber_only",
+                            },
+                            {"id": "v1", "title": "One", "webpage_url": "https://example.com/v1"},
+                        ],
+                    ),
+                ],
+            ):
+                result = await mgr.add_subscription(
+                    "https://example.com/channel",
+                    check_interval_minutes=60,
+                    download_type="video",
+                    codec="auto",
+                    format="any",
+                    quality="best",
+                    folder="",
+                    custom_name_prefix="",
+                    auto_start=True,
+                    playlist_item_limit=0,
+                    split_by_chapters=False,
+                    chapter_template="",
+                    subtitle_language="en",
+                    subtitle_mode="prefer_manual",
+                    skip_subscriber_only=True,
+                )
+                self.assertTrue(mgr.list_all()[0].skip_subscriber_only)
+                await mgr.check_now([result["subscription"]["id"]])
+
+            sub = mgr.list_all()[0]
+            self.assertIsNone(sub.error)
+            self.assertEqual(sub.seen_ids[:2], ["v2", "v1"])
+            self.assertEqual(queue.entries, [])
+
     async def test_update_subscription_parses_string_false_enabled(self):
         with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
             queue = _Queue()
@@ -688,6 +809,72 @@ class SubscriptionPersistenceTests(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
             self.assertEqual(upd["subscription"]["title_regex"], "foo|bar")
             self.assertEqual(mgr.list_all()[0].title_regex, "foo|bar")
 
+    async def test_update_subscription_skip_subscriber_only(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            queue = _Queue()
+            mgr = SubscriptionManager(_Config(tmp), queue, _Notifier())
+            with patch(
+                "subscriptions.extract_flat_playlist",
+                return_value=(
+                    {"_type": "channel", "title": "Channel"},
+                    [{"id": "v1", "title": "One", "webpage_url": "https://example.com/v1"}],
+                ),
+            ):
+                result = await mgr.add_subscription(
+                    "https://example.com/channel",
+                    check_interval_minutes=60,
+                    download_type="video",
+                    codec="auto",
+                    format="any",
+                    quality="best",
+                    folder="",
+                    custom_name_prefix="",
+                    auto_start=True,
+                    playlist_item_limit=0,
+                    split_by_chapters=False,
+                    chapter_template="",
+                    subtitle_language="en",
+                    subtitle_mode="prefer_manual",
+                )
+            sub_id = result["subscription"]["id"]
+            self.assertFalse(mgr.list_all()[0].skip_subscriber_only)
+            upd = await mgr.update_subscription(sub_id, {"skip_subscriber_only": True})
+            self.assertEqual(upd["status"], "ok")
+            self.assertTrue(upd["subscription"]["skip_subscriber_only"])
+            self.assertTrue(mgr.list_all()[0].skip_subscriber_only)
+
+    async def test_update_subscription_rejects_invalid_skip_subscriber_only(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            queue = _Queue()
+            mgr = SubscriptionManager(_Config(tmp), queue, _Notifier())
+            with patch(
+                "subscriptions.extract_flat_playlist",
+                return_value=(
+                    {"_type": "channel", "title": "Channel"},
+                    [{"id": "v1", "title": "One", "webpage_url": "https://example.com/v1"}],
+                ),
+            ):
+                result = await mgr.add_subscription(
+                    "https://example.com/channel",
+                    check_interval_minutes=60,
+                    download_type="video",
+                    codec="auto",
+                    format="any",
+                    quality="best",
+                    folder="",
+                    custom_name_prefix="",
+                    auto_start=True,
+                    playlist_item_limit=0,
+                    split_by_chapters=False,
+                    chapter_template="",
+                    subtitle_language="en",
+                    subtitle_mode="prefer_manual",
+                )
+            sub_id = result["subscription"]["id"]
+            upd = await mgr.update_subscription(sub_id, {"skip_subscriber_only": "maybe"})
+            self.assertEqual(upd["status"], "error")
+            self.assertFalse(mgr.list_all()[0].skip_subscriber_only)
+
     def test_persistence_includes_title_regex(self):
         with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
             json_path = os.path.join(tmp, "subscriptions.json")
@@ -728,6 +915,49 @@ class SubscriptionPersistenceTests(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
                 )
             mgr = SubscriptionManager(_Config(tmp), _Queue(), _Notifier())
             self.assertEqual(mgr.list_all()[0].title_regex, "EPISODE")
+            self.assertFalse(mgr.list_all()[0].skip_subscriber_only)
+
+    def test_persistence_includes_skip_subscriber_only(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            json_path = os.path.join(tmp, "subscriptions.json")
+            with open(json_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+                json.dump(
+                    {
+                        "schema_version": 2,
+                        "kind": "subscriptions",
+                        "items": [
+                            {
+                                "id": "sub-1",
+                                "name": "Channel",
+                                "url": "https://example.com/channel",
+                                "enabled": True,
+                                "check_interval_minutes": 60,
+                                "download_type": "video",
+                                "codec": "auto",
+                                "format": "any",
+                                "quality": "best",
+                                "folder": "",
+                                "custom_name_prefix": "",
+                                "auto_start": True,
+                                "playlist_item_limit": 0,
+                                "split_by_chapters": False,
+                                "chapter_template": "",
+                                "subtitle_language": "en",
+                                "subtitle_mode": "prefer_manual",
+                                "ytdl_options_presets": [],
+                                "ytdl_options_overrides": {},
+                                "title_regex": "",
+                                "skip_subscriber_only": True,
+                                "last_checked": None,
+                                "seen_ids": [],
+                                "error": None,
+                            }
+                        ],
+                    },
+                    f,
+                )
+            mgr = SubscriptionManager(_Config(tmp), _Queue(), _Notifier())
+            self.assertTrue(mgr.list_all()[0].skip_subscriber_only)
 
 
 class ExtractFlatPlaylistTests(unittest.TestCase):

app/ytdl.py

@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ from subscriptions import _entry_id
 
 log = logging.getLogger('ytdl')
 
+_LIVE_CHECK_INTERVAL = 60
+_LIVE_MAX_CHECK_INTERVAL = 3600
+# Consecutive probe failures (network blips, rate limits, transient extractor
+# errors) tolerated before a scheduled live download is abandoned as errored.
+_LIVE_PROBE_MAX_FAILURES = 5
+
 
 # Characters that are invalid in Windows/NTFS path components. These are pre-
 # sanitised when substituting playlist/channel titles into output templates so
@@ -194,6 +200,8 @@ class DownloadInfo:
         ytdl_options_overrides=None,
         clip_start=None,
         clip_end=None,
+        live_status=None,
+        live_release_timestamp=None,
     ):
         self.id = id if len(custom_name_prefix) == 0 else f'{custom_name_prefix}.{id}'
         self.title = title if len(custom_name_prefix) == 0 else f'{custom_name_prefix}.{title}'
@@ -220,8 +228,24 @@ class DownloadInfo:
         self.ytdl_options_overrides = dict(ytdl_options_overrides or {})
         self.clip_start = clip_start
         self.clip_end = clip_end
+        self.live_status = live_status
+        self.live_release_timestamp = live_release_timestamp
         self.subtitle_files = []
 
+    # Fields that are useful server-side but must not be broadcast to browser
+    # clients: ``entry`` is the full yt-dlp info-dict (potentially large and
+    # re-sent on every progress tick) and ``subtitle_files`` is only used
+    # internally to derive the primary caption ``filename``.
+    _PUBLIC_EXCLUDED_FIELDS = ("entry", "subtitle_files")
+
+    def to_public_dict(self) -> dict:
+        """Return the client-facing view, omitting server-only/bulky fields."""
+        return {
+            k: v
+            for k, v in self.__dict__.items()
+            if k not in self._PUBLIC_EXCLUDED_FIELDS
+        }
+
     def __setstate__(self, state):
         """BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY: migrate old DownloadInfo from persistent queue files."""
         self.__dict__.update(state)
@@ -292,6 +316,10 @@ class DownloadInfo:
             self.clip_start = None
         if not hasattr(self, "clip_end"):
             self.clip_end = None
+        if not hasattr(self, "live_status"):
+            self.live_status = None
+        if not hasattr(self, "live_release_timestamp"):
+            self.live_release_timestamp = None
 
 
 _PERSISTED_DOWNLOAD_FIELDS = (
@@ -313,6 +341,8 @@ _PERSISTED_DOWNLOAD_FIELDS = (
     "ytdl_options_overrides",
     "clip_start",
     "clip_end",
+    "live_status",
+    "live_release_timestamp",
     "status",
     "timestamp",
     "error",
@@ -568,7 +598,10 @@ class Download:
                 self.info.filename = rel_name
                 self.info.size = os.path.getsize(fileName) if os.path.exists(fileName) else None
                 if getattr(self.info, 'download_type', '') == 'thumbnail':
-                    self.info.filename = re.sub(r'\.webm$', '.jpg', self.info.filename)
+                    # The thumbnail convertor always emits a .jpg, but yt-dlp may
+                    # report the pre-conversion media/thumbnail extension
+                    # (.webm/.mp4/.png/.webp/...). Normalise to .jpg regardless.
+                    self.info.filename = os.path.splitext(self.info.filename)[0] + '.jpg'
 
             # Handle chapter files
             log.debug(f"Update status for {self.info.title}: {status}")
@@ -631,8 +664,8 @@ class PersistentQueue:
     def __init__(self, name, path):
         self.identifier = name
         pdir = os.path.dirname(path)
-        if not os.path.isdir(pdir):
+        if pdir and not os.path.isdir(pdir):
-            os.mkdir(pdir)
+            os.makedirs(pdir, exist_ok=True)
         self.legacy_path = path
         self.path = f"{path}.json"
         self.store = AtomicJsonStore(self.path, kind=f"persistent_queue:{name}")
@@ -757,11 +790,25 @@ class DownloadQueue:
         self.done.load()
         self._add_generation = 0
         self._canceled_urls = set()  # URLs canceled during current playlist add
+        self._scheduled_probe_at: dict[str, float] = {}
+        self._scheduled_probe_failures: dict[str, int] = {}
+        self._live_monitor_task: Optional[asyncio.Task] = None
+        self._live_monitor_wakeup = asyncio.Event()
 
     def cancel_add(self):
         self._add_generation += 1
         log.info('Playlist add operation canceled by user')
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def __is_channel_extraction(entry):
+        """Return True when yt-dlp reported a channel tab as a playlist.
+
+        YouTube channel tabs are extracted with ``_type: 'playlist'`` but set
+        ``id`` equal to ``channel_id``; real playlists keep a distinct id.
+        """
+        channel_id = entry.get('channel_id')
+        return bool(channel_id) and entry.get('id') == channel_id
+
     async def __import_queue(self):
         for k, v in self.queue.saved_items():
             await self.__add_download(v, True)
@@ -772,9 +819,165 @@ class DownloadQueue:
 
     async def initialize(self):
         log.info("Initializing DownloadQueue")
+        self._start_live_monitor()
         asyncio.create_task(self.__import_queue())
         asyncio.create_task(self.__import_pending())
 
+    def _start_live_monitor(self) -> None:
+        if self._live_monitor_task is not None and not self._live_monitor_task.done():
+            return
+        self._live_monitor_task = asyncio.create_task(self._live_monitor_loop())
+        self._live_monitor_task.add_done_callback(
+            lambda t: log.error("Live monitor loop failed: %s", t.exception())
+            if not t.cancelled() and t.exception()
+            else None
+        )
+
+    def _register_scheduled(self, download: Download) -> None:
+        self._scheduled_probe_at[download.info.url] = 0
+        self._scheduled_probe_failures.pop(download.info.url, None)
+        self._start_live_monitor()
+        self._wake_live_monitor()
+
+    def _unregister_scheduled(self, url: str) -> None:
+        self._scheduled_probe_at.pop(url, None)
+        self._scheduled_probe_failures.pop(url, None)
+
+    def _wake_live_monitor(self) -> None:
+        try:
+            self._live_monitor_wakeup.set()
+        except RuntimeError:
+            pass
+
+    def _probe_interval_seconds(self, release_timestamp: Any) -> float:
+        if release_timestamp is not None:
+            try:
+                diff = float(release_timestamp) - time.time()
+                if diff > 0:
+                    return max(_LIVE_CHECK_INTERVAL, min(diff, _LIVE_MAX_CHECK_INTERVAL))
+            except (TypeError, ValueError):
+                pass
+        return float(_LIVE_CHECK_INTERVAL)
+
+    def _seconds_until_next_probe(self) -> Optional[float]:
+        """Time until the earliest scheduled probe, or None when nothing is scheduled."""
+        if not self._scheduled_probe_at:
+            return None
+        return max(0.0, min(self._scheduled_probe_at.values()) - time.time())
+
+    async def _live_monitor_loop(self) -> None:
+        while True:
+            timeout = self._seconds_until_next_probe()
+            try:
+                await asyncio.wait_for(self._live_monitor_wakeup.wait(), timeout=timeout)
+            except asyncio.TimeoutError:
+                pass
+            self._live_monitor_wakeup.clear()
+            now = time.time()
+            due: list[Download] = []
+            for url, probe_at in list(self._scheduled_probe_at.items()):
+                if now < probe_at:
+                    continue
+                if not self.queue.exists(url):
+                    self._unregister_scheduled(url)
+                    continue
+                download = self.queue.get(url)
+                if download.info.status != 'scheduled' or download.canceled:
+                    self._unregister_scheduled(url)
+                    continue
+                due.append(download)
+            for download in due:
+                try:
+                    await self._probe_scheduled_download(download)
+                except Exception as exc:
+                    # Defensive: _probe_scheduled_download handles its own errors,
+                    # but never let an unexpected failure leave probe_at in the past
+                    # (which would spin this loop) or kill the monitor task.
+                    log.exception("Scheduled live probe crashed for %s: %s", download.info.url, exc)
+                    if download.info.url in self._scheduled_probe_at:
+                        self._scheduled_probe_at[download.info.url] = time.time() + _LIVE_CHECK_INTERVAL
+
+    async def _probe_scheduled_download(self, download: Download) -> None:
+        url = download.info.url
+        info = download.info
+        if info.status != 'scheduled' or download.canceled:
+            self._unregister_scheduled(url)
+            return
+
+        try:
+            entry = await asyncio.get_running_loop().run_in_executor(
+                None,
+                partial(
+                    self.__extract_info,
+                    url,
+                    getattr(info, 'ytdl_options_presets', None),
+                    getattr(info, 'ytdl_options_overrides', {}) or {},
+                ),
+            )
+        except Exception as exc:
+            # Treat all probe failures (transient network blips, rate limits,
+            # extractor errors) as recoverable up to a point: retry on the next
+            # interval and only give up after repeated consecutive failures so a
+            # momentary glitch doesn't abandon a stream the user is waiting for.
+            fails = self._scheduled_probe_failures.get(url, 0) + 1
+            self._scheduled_probe_failures[url] = fails
+            if fails >= _LIVE_PROBE_MAX_FAILURES:
+                log.warning(
+                    "Giving up on scheduled live probe for %s after %d consecutive failures: %s",
+                    info.title, fails, exc,
+                )
+                info.status = 'error'
+                info.msg = str(exc)
+                if not info.error:
+                    info.error = str(exc)
+                self._unregister_scheduled(url)
+                self.queue.delete(url)
+                self.done.put(download)
+                await self.notifier.completed(info)
+            else:
+                log.warning(
+                    "Scheduled live probe failed for %s (attempt %d/%d), will retry: %s",
+                    info.title, fails, _LIVE_PROBE_MAX_FAILURES, exc,
+                )
+                self._scheduled_probe_at[url] = time.time() + _LIVE_CHECK_INTERVAL
+            return
+
+        # Successful probe resets the transient-failure streak.
+        self._scheduled_probe_failures.pop(url, None)
+
+        release_ts = entry.get('release_timestamp')
+        live_status = entry.get('live_status')
+        if release_ts is not None:
+            info.live_release_timestamp = release_ts
+        if live_status is not None:
+            info.live_status = live_status
+
+        if live_status == 'is_upcoming':
+            self._scheduled_probe_at[url] = time.time() + self._probe_interval_seconds(release_ts)
+            await self.notifier.updated(info)
+            return
+
+        self._unregister_scheduled(url)
+        info.status = 'pending'
+        # Clear the "scheduled to start at ..." placeholder now that the stream
+        # is live and a real download is about to begin.
+        info.error = None
+        info.msg = None
+        await self.notifier.updated(info)
+        asyncio.create_task(self.__start_download(download))
+
+    def _schedule_upcoming_download(self, download: Download) -> None:
+        download.info.status = 'scheduled'
+        self.queue.put(download)
+        self._register_scheduled(download)
+
+    def _force_start_scheduled(self, download: Download) -> None:
+        self._unregister_scheduled(download.info.url)
+        download.info.status = 'pending'
+        download.info.error = None
+        download.info.msg = None
+        asyncio.create_task(self.__start_download(download))
+
     async def __start_download(self, download):
         if download.canceled:
             log.info(f"Download {download.info.title} was canceled, skipping start.")
@@ -850,7 +1053,16 @@ class DownloadQueue:
                 return None, {'status': 'error', 'msg': 'A folder for the download was specified but CUSTOM_DIRS is not true in the configuration.'}
             dldirectory = os.path.realpath(os.path.join(base_directory, folder))
             real_base_directory = os.path.realpath(base_directory)
-            if not dldirectory.startswith(real_base_directory):
+            # Use commonpath rather than startswith so that a sibling directory
+            # sharing a name prefix (e.g. base "/downloads" vs "/downloads-secret")
+            # cannot be reached via "../downloads-secret".
+            try:
+                inside_base = os.path.commonpath([real_base_directory, dldirectory]) == real_base_directory
+            except ValueError:
+                # Raised when paths are on different drives (Windows) or mix
+                # absolute/relative; treat as outside the base directory.
+                inside_base = False
+            if not inside_base:
                 return None, {'status': 'error', 'msg': f'Folder "{folder}" must resolve inside the base download directory "{real_base_directory}"'}
             if not os.path.isdir(dldirectory):
                 if not self.config.CREATE_CUSTOM_DIRS:
@@ -886,9 +1098,16 @@ class DownloadQueue:
             log.info(f'playlist limit is set. Processing only first {playlist_item_limit} entries')
             ytdl_options['playlistend'] = playlist_item_limit
         download = Download(dldirectory, self.config.TEMP_DIR, output, output_chapter, dl.quality, dl.format, ytdl_options, dl)
+        is_upcoming = (
+            getattr(dl, 'live_status', None) == 'is_upcoming'
+            or getattr(dl, 'status', None) == 'scheduled'
+        )
         if auto_start is True:
-            self.queue.put(download)
+            if is_upcoming:
-            asyncio.create_task(self.__start_download(download))
+                self._schedule_upcoming_download(download)
+            else:
+                self.queue.put(download)
+                asyncio.create_task(self.__start_download(download))
         else:
             self.pending.put(download)
         await self.notifier.added(dl)
@@ -952,6 +1171,8 @@ class DownloadQueue:
                 _add_gen,
             )
         elif etype == 'playlist' or etype == 'channel':
+            if etype == 'playlist' and self.__is_channel_extraction(entry):
+                etype = 'channel'
             log.debug(f'Processing as a {etype}')
             entries = entry['entries']
             # Convert generator to list if needed (for len() and slicing operations)
@@ -971,7 +1192,15 @@ class DownloadQueue:
                 if "id" not in etr:
                     etr["id"] = _entry_id(etr)
                 etr["_type"] = "video"
-                etr[etype] = entry.get("id") or entry.get("channel_id") or entry.get("channel")
+                if etype == 'channel':
+                    etr["channel"] = (
+                        entry.get("channel")
+                        or entry.get("uploader")
+                        or entry.get("title")
+                        or entry.get("id")
+                    )
+                else:
+                    etr["playlist"] = entry.get("id") or entry.get("channel_id") or entry.get("channel")
                 etr[f"{etype}_index"] = '{{0:0{0:d}d}}'.format(index_digits).format(index)
                 etr[f"{etype}_count"] = total_entries
                 etr[f"{etype}_autonumber"] = index
@@ -1036,6 +1265,8 @@ class DownloadQueue:
                     ytdl_options_overrides=ytdl_options_overrides,
                     clip_start=clip_start,
                     clip_end=clip_end,
+                    live_status=entry.get('live_status'),
+                    live_release_timestamp=entry.get('release_timestamp'),
                 )
                 await self.__add_download(dl, auto_start)
             return {'status': 'ok'}
@@ -1156,13 +1387,21 @@ class DownloadQueue:
 
     async def start_pending(self, ids):
         for id in ids:
-            if not self.pending.exists(id):
+            if self.pending.exists(id):
-                log.warning(f'requested start for non-existent download {id}')
+                dl = self.pending.get(id)
+                self.pending.delete(id)
+                if getattr(dl.info, 'live_status', None) == 'is_upcoming':
+                    self._schedule_upcoming_download(dl)
+                else:
+                    self.queue.put(dl)
+                    asyncio.create_task(self.__start_download(dl))
                 continue
-            dl = self.pending.get(id)
+            if self.queue.exists(id):
-            self.queue.put(dl)
+                dl = self.queue.get(id)
-            self.pending.delete(id)
+                if dl.info.status == 'scheduled':
-            asyncio.create_task(self.__start_download(dl))
+                    self._force_start_scheduled(dl)
+                continue
+            log.warning(f'requested start for non-existent download {id}')
         return {'status': 'ok'}
 
     async def cancel(self, ids):
@@ -1177,6 +1416,8 @@ class DownloadQueue:
                 log.warning(f'requested cancel for non-existent download {id}')
                 continue
             dl = self.queue.get(id)
+            if dl.info.status == 'scheduled':
+                self._unregister_scheduled(id)
             if dl.started():
                 dl.cancel()
             else:
@@ -1192,11 +1433,28 @@ class DownloadQueue:
                 continue
             if self.config.DELETE_FILE_ON_TRASHCAN:
                 dl = self.done.get(id)
-                try:
+                dldirectory, calc_error = self.__calc_download_path(dl.info.download_type, dl.info.folder)
-                    dldirectory, _ = self.__calc_download_path(dl.info.download_type, dl.info.folder)
+                if calc_error is not None or not dldirectory:
-                    os.remove(os.path.join(dldirectory, dl.info.filename))
+                    log.warning(f'deleting files for download {id} skipped: could not resolve download directory')
-                except Exception as e:
+                else:
-                    log.warning(f'deleting file for download {id} failed with error message {e!r}')
+                    # Remove the primary output plus any per-chapter / per-subtitle
+                    # outputs. Each filename is relative to the download directory.
+                    rel_names = []
+                    if getattr(dl.info, 'filename', None):
+                        rel_names.append(dl.info.filename)
+                    for extra in (getattr(dl.info, 'chapter_files', None) or []):
+                        if isinstance(extra, dict) and extra.get('filename'):
+                            rel_names.append(extra['filename'])
+                    for extra in (getattr(dl.info, 'subtitle_files', None) or []):
+                        if isinstance(extra, dict) and extra.get('filename'):
+                            rel_names.append(extra['filename'])
+                    for rel_name in rel_names:
+                        try:
+                            os.remove(os.path.join(dldirectory, rel_name))
+                        except FileNotFoundError:
+                            pass
+                        except OSError as e:
+                            log.warning(f'deleting file "{rel_name}" for download {id} failed with error message {e!r}')
             self.done.delete(id)
             await self.notifier.cleared(id)
         return {'status': 'ok'}

docker-entrypoint.sh

@@ -2,11 +2,54 @@
 
 PUID="${UID:-$PUID}"
 PGID="${GID:-$PGID}"
+AUDIO_DOWNLOAD_DIR="${AUDIO_DOWNLOAD_DIR:-$DOWNLOAD_DIR}"
 
 echo "Setting umask to ${UMASK}"
 umask ${UMASK}
-echo "Creating download directory (${DOWNLOAD_DIR}), state directory (${STATE_DIR}), and temp dir (${TEMP_DIR})"
+echo "Creating download directory (${DOWNLOAD_DIR}), audio download directory (${AUDIO_DOWNLOAD_DIR}), state directory (${STATE_DIR}), and temp dir (${TEMP_DIR})"
-mkdir -p "${DOWNLOAD_DIR}" "${STATE_DIR}" "${TEMP_DIR}"
+mkdir -p "${DOWNLOAD_DIR}" "${AUDIO_DOWNLOAD_DIR}" "${STATE_DIR}" "${TEMP_DIR}"
+
+do_upgrade() {
+    echo "Upgrading yt-dlp to nightly channel..."
+    if ! python3 -m pip --version >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        echo "pip not found; attempting ensurepip"
+        python3 -m ensurepip --upgrade >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+    fi
+    if ! python3 -m pip install -U --pre "yt-dlp[default,curl-cffi,deno]"; then
+        echo "Warning: yt-dlp nightly upgrade failed; continuing with existing installation"
+        return 1
+    fi
+    echo "yt-dlp nightly upgrade complete"
+    return 0
+}
+
+run_supervised() {
+    while true; do
+        "$@" &
+        child_pid=$!
+        trap 'kill -TERM "$child_pid" 2>/dev/null; wait "$child_pid" 2>/dev/null' TERM INT
+        wait "$child_pid"
+        exit_code=$?
+        trap - TERM INT
+        if [ "$exit_code" -eq 42 ]; then
+            echo "MeTube requested yt-dlp update restart (exit 42)"
+            do_upgrade || true
+            continue
+        fi
+        return "$exit_code"
+    done
+}
+
+nightly_enabled() {
+    [ -n "${YTDL_NIGHTLY_UPDATE_TIME}" ]
+}
+
+disable_nightly_for_non_root() {
+    if nightly_enabled; then
+        echo "YTDL_NIGHTLY_UPDATE_TIME is set but this container runs as a non-root user; nightly yt-dlp updates are not supported. Ignoring YTDL_NIGHTLY_UPDATE_TIME."
+        unset YTDL_NIGHTLY_UPDATE_TIME
+    fi
+}
 
 if [ `id -u` -eq 0 ] && [ `id -g` -eq 0 ]; then
     if [ "${PUID}" -eq 0 ]; then
@@ -14,15 +57,22 @@ if [ `id -u` -eq 0 ] && [ `id -g` -eq 0 ]; then
     fi
     if [ "${CHOWN_DIRS:-true}" != "false" ]; then
         echo "Changing ownership of download and state directories to ${PUID}:${PGID}"
-        chown -R "${PUID}":"${PGID}" /app "${DOWNLOAD_DIR}" "${STATE_DIR}" "${TEMP_DIR}"
+        chown -R "${PUID}":"${PGID}" /app "${DOWNLOAD_DIR}" "${AUDIO_DOWNLOAD_DIR}" "${STATE_DIR}" "${TEMP_DIR}"
+    fi
+    if nightly_enabled; then
+        echo "YTDL_NIGHTLY_UPDATE_TIME is set to ${YTDL_NIGHTLY_UPDATE_TIME}; upgrading yt-dlp on startup"
+        do_upgrade || true
     fi
     echo "Starting BgUtils POT Provider"
     gosu "${PUID}":"${PGID}" bgutil-pot server >/tmp/bgutil-pot.log 2>&1 &
     echo "Running MeTube as user ${PUID}:${PGID}"
-    exec gosu "${PUID}":"${PGID}" python3 app/main.py
+    run_supervised gosu "${PUID}":"${PGID}" python3 app/main.py
+    exit $?
 else
     echo "User set by docker; running MeTube as `id -u`:`id -g`"
+    disable_nightly_for_non_root
     echo "Starting BgUtils POT Provider"
     bgutil-pot server >/tmp/bgutil-pot.log 2>&1 &
-    exec python3 app/main.py
+    run_supervised python3 app/main.py
+    exit $?
 fi

ui/package.json

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "ng": "ng",
     "start": "ng serve",
     "build": "ng build",
-    "build:watch": "ng build --watch",
+    "build:watch": "ng build --watch --configuration development",
     "test": "ng test",
     "lint": "ng lint"
   },
@@ -21,43 +21,44 @@
       }
     ]
   },
+  "packageManager": "pnpm@11.5.2",
   "private": true,
   "dependencies": {
-    "@angular/animations": "^21.2.9",
+    "@angular/animations": "^22.0.6",
-    "@angular/common": "^21.2.9",
+    "@angular/common": "^22.0.6",
-    "@angular/compiler": "^21.2.9",
+    "@angular/compiler": "^22.0.6",
-    "@angular/core": "^21.2.9",
+    "@angular/core": "^22.0.6",
-    "@angular/forms": "^21.2.9",
+    "@angular/forms": "^22.0.6",
-    "@angular/platform-browser": "^21.2.9",
+    "@angular/platform-browser": "^22.0.6",
-    "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "^21.2.9",
+    "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "^22.0.6",
-    "@angular/service-worker": "^21.2.9",
+    "@angular/service-worker": "^22.0.6",
     "@fortawesome/angular-fontawesome": "~4.0.0",
-    "@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core": "^7.2.0",
+    "@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core": "^7.3.0",
-    "@fortawesome/free-brands-svg-icons": "^7.2.0",
+    "@fortawesome/free-brands-svg-icons": "^7.3.0",
-    "@fortawesome/free-regular-svg-icons": "^7.2.0",
+    "@fortawesome/free-regular-svg-icons": "^7.3.0",
-    "@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons": "^7.2.0",
+    "@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons": "^7.3.0",
-    "@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap": "^20.0.0",
+    "@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap": "^21.0.0",
-    "@ng-select/ng-select": "^21.8.0",
+    "@ng-select/ng-select": "^23.2.0",
     "@popperjs/core": "^2.11.8",
     "bootstrap": "^5.3.8",
-    "ngx-cookie-service": "^21.3.1",
+    "ngx-cookie-service": "^22.0.0",
     "ngx-socket-io": "~4.10.0",
     "rxjs": "~7.8.2",
     "tslib": "^2.8.1",
     "zone.js": "0.15.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@angular-eslint/builder": "21.1.0",
+    "@angular-eslint/builder": "22.0.0",
-    "@angular/build": "^21.2.7",
+    "@angular/build": "^22.0.5",
-    "@angular/cli": "^21.2.7",
+    "@angular/cli": "^22.0.5",
-    "@angular/compiler-cli": "^21.2.9",
+    "@angular/compiler-cli": "^22.0.6",
-    "@angular/localize": "^21.2.9",
+    "@angular/localize": "^22.0.6",
     "@eslint/js": "^9.39.4",
-    "angular-eslint": "21.1.0",
+    "angular-eslint": "22.0.0",
     "eslint": "^9.39.4",
     "jsdom": "^27.4.0",
-    "typescript": "~5.9.3",
+    "typescript": "~6.0.3",
-    "typescript-eslint": "8.47.0",
+    "typescript-eslint": "8.62.0",
-    "vitest": "^4.1.5"
+    "vitest": "^4.1.10"
   }
 }

ui/src/app/app.config.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { ApplicationConfig, provideBrowserGlobalErrorListeners, isDevMode, provideZoneChangeDetection } from '@angular/core';
 import { provideServiceWorker } from '@angular/service-worker';
-import { provideHttpClient, withInterceptorsFromDi } from '@angular/common/http';
+import { provideHttpClient, withInterceptorsFromDi, withXhr } from '@angular/common/http';
 
 export const appConfig: ApplicationConfig = {
   providers: [
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ export const appConfig: ApplicationConfig = {
             // or after 30 seconds (whichever comes first).
             registrationStrategy: 'registerWhenStable:30000'
           }),
-    provideHttpClient(withInterceptorsFromDi()),
+    provideHttpClient(withXhr(), withInterceptorsFromDi()),
   ]
 };

ui/src/app/app.html

@@ -279,13 +279,12 @@
           </div>
           <div class="col-12 col-md-6 col-lg-3">
             <div class="input-group">
-              <span class="input-group-text">Format</span>
+              <span class="input-group-text help-title" ngbPopover="Subtitle output format for captions mode." triggers="click" autoClose="outside" container="body">Format</span>
               <select class="form-select"
                 name="format"
                 [(ngModel)]="format"
                 (change)="formatChanged()"
-                [disabled]="addInProgress || subscribeInProgress || downloads.loading"
+                [disabled]="addInProgress || subscribeInProgress || downloads.loading">
-                ngbTooltip="Subtitle output format for captions mode">
                 @for (f of formatOptions; track f.id) {
                   <option [ngValue]="f.id">{{ f.text }}</option>
                 }
@@ -294,7 +293,7 @@
           </div>
           <div class="col-12 col-md-6 col-lg-3">
             <div class="input-group">
-              <span class="input-group-text">Language</span>
+              <span class="input-group-text help-title" ngbPopover="Subtitle language (you can type any language code)." triggers="click" autoClose="outside" container="body">Language</span>
               <input class="form-control"
                 type="text"
                 list="subtitleLanguageOptions"
@@ -302,8 +301,7 @@
                 [(ngModel)]="subtitleLanguage"
                 (change)="subtitleLanguageChanged()"
                 [disabled]="addInProgress || subscribeInProgress || downloads.loading"
-                placeholder="e.g. en, es, zh-Hans"
+                placeholder="e.g. en, es, zh-Hans">
-                ngbTooltip="Subtitle language (you can type any language code)">
               <datalist id="subtitleLanguageOptions">
                 @for (lang of subtitleLanguages; track lang.id) {
                   <option [value]="lang.id">{{ lang.text }}</option>
@@ -313,13 +311,12 @@
           </div>
           <div class="col-12 col-md-6 col-lg-3">
             <div class="input-group">
-              <span class="input-group-text">Subtitle Source</span>
+              <span class="input-group-text help-title" ngbPopover="Choose manual, auto, or fallback preference for captions mode." triggers="click" autoClose="outside" container="body">Subtitle Source</span>
               <select class="form-select"
                 name="subtitleMode"
                 [(ngModel)]="subtitleMode"
                 (change)="subtitleModeChanged()"
-                [disabled]="addInProgress || subscribeInProgress || downloads.loading"
+                [disabled]="addInProgress || subscribeInProgress || downloads.loading">
-                ngbTooltip="Choose manual, auto, or fallback preference for captions mode">
                 @for (mode of subtitleModes; track mode.id) {
                   <option [ngValue]="mode.id">{{ mode.text }}</option>
                 }
@@ -375,34 +372,29 @@
               <div class="row g-3">
                 <div class="col-md-6">
                   <div class="input-group">
-                    <span class="input-group-text">Download Folder</span>
+                    <span class="input-group-text help-title" ngbPopover="Type to filter existing folders, or enter a new folder name." triggers="click" autoClose="outside" container="body">Download Folder</span>
-                    @if (customDirs$ | async; as customDirs) {
+                    <input type="text"
-                    <ng-select [items]="customDirs"
+                      class="form-control"
                       placeholder="Default"
-                      [addTag]="allowCustomDir.bind(this)"
+                      name="folder"
-                      addTagText="Create directory"
-                      bindLabel="folder"
                       [(ngModel)]="folder"
-                      [disabled]="addInProgress || subscribeInProgress || downloads.loading"
+                      [ngbTypeahead]="searchFolder"
-                      [virtualScroll]="true"
+                      [editable]="!!downloads.configuration['CREATE_CUSTOM_DIRS']"
-                      [clearable]="true"
+                      (focus)="folderFocus$.next($any($event.target).value)"
-                      [loading]="downloads.loading"
+                      (click)="folderClick$.next($any($event.target).value)"
-                      [searchable]="true"
+                      #folderTypeahead="ngbTypeahead"
-                      [closeOnSelect]="true"
+                      [disabled]="addInProgress || subscribeInProgress || downloads.loading">
-                      ngbTooltip="Choose where to save downloads. Type to create a new folder." />
-                  }
                   </div>
                 </div>
                 <div class="col-md-6">
                   <div class="input-group">
-                    <span class="input-group-text">Custom Name Prefix</span>
+                    <span class="input-group-text help-title" ngbPopover="Add a prefix to downloaded filenames." triggers="click" autoClose="outside" container="body">Custom Name Prefix</span>
                     <input type="text"
                       class="form-control"
                       placeholder="Default"
                       name="customNamePrefix"
                       [(ngModel)]="customNamePrefix"
-                      [disabled]="addInProgress || subscribeInProgress || downloads.loading"
+                      [disabled]="addInProgress || subscribeInProgress || downloads.loading">
-                      ngbTooltip="Add a prefix to downloaded filenames">
                   </div>
                 </div>
                 <div class="col-12">
@@ -411,18 +403,16 @@
                       <div class="form-check form-switch">
                         <input class="form-check-input" type="checkbox" role="switch" id="checkbox-split-chapters"
                           name="splitByChapters" [(ngModel)]="splitByChapters" (change)="splitByChaptersChanged()"
-                          [disabled]="addInProgress || subscribeInProgress || downloads.loading"
+                          [disabled]="addInProgress || subscribeInProgress || downloads.loading">
-                          ngbTooltip="Split video into separate files by chapters">
                         <label class="form-check-label" for="checkbox-split-chapters">Split by chapters</label>
                       </div>
                     </div>
                     @if (splitByChapters) {
                     <div class="col">
                       <div class="input-group">
-                        <span class="input-group-text">Template</span>
+                        <span class="input-group-text help-title" ngbPopover="Output template for chapter files." triggers="click" autoClose="outside" container="body">Template</span>
                         <input type="text" class="form-control" name="chapterTemplate" [(ngModel)]="chapterTemplate"
-                          (change)="chapterTemplateChanged()" [disabled]="addInProgress || subscribeInProgress || downloads.loading"
+                          (change)="chapterTemplateChanged()" [disabled]="addInProgress || subscribeInProgress || downloads.loading">
-                          ngbTooltip="Output template for chapter files">
                       </div>
                     </div>
                     }
@@ -431,28 +421,26 @@
                 @if (downloadType === 'video' || downloadType === 'audio') {
                 <div class="col-md-6">
                   <div class="input-group">
-                    <span class="input-group-text">Clip start</span>
+                    <span class="input-group-text help-title" ngbPopover="Optional start time (seconds, M:SS, or H:MM:SS). Blank = from start or YouTube &t= in URL." triggers="click" autoClose="outside" container="body">Clip start</span>
                     <input type="text"
                       class="form-control"
                       name="clipStart"
                       [(ngModel)]="clipStart"
                       (change)="clipStartChanged()"
                       placeholder="e.g. 2:26"
-                      [disabled]="addInProgress || subscribeInProgress || downloads.loading"
+                      [disabled]="addInProgress || subscribeInProgress || downloads.loading">
-                      ngbTooltip="Optional start time (seconds, M:SS, or H:MM:SS). Blank = from start or YouTube &t= in URL.">
                   </div>
                 </div>
                 <div class="col-md-6">
                   <div class="input-group">
-                    <span class="input-group-text">Clip end</span>
+                    <span class="input-group-text help-title" ngbPopover="Optional end time. Blank = until end of media." triggers="click" autoClose="outside" container="body">Clip end</span>
                     <input type="text"
                       class="form-control"
                       name="clipEnd"
                       [(ngModel)]="clipEnd"
                       (change)="clipEndChanged()"
                       placeholder="e.g. 3:24"
-                      [disabled]="addInProgress || subscribeInProgress || downloads.loading"
+                      [disabled]="addInProgress || subscribeInProgress || downloads.loading">
-                      ngbTooltip="Optional end time. Blank = until end of media.">
                   </div>
                 </div>
                 }
@@ -463,13 +451,12 @@
               <div class="row g-3">
                 <div class="col-md-6">
                   <div class="input-group">
-                    <span class="input-group-text">Auto Start</span>
+                    <span class="input-group-text help-title" ngbPopover="Automatically start downloads when added." triggers="click" autoClose="outside" container="body">Auto Start</span>
                     <select class="form-select"
                       name="autoStart"
                       [(ngModel)]="autoStart"
                       (change)="autoStartChanged()"
-                      [disabled]="addInProgress || subscribeInProgress || downloads.loading"
+                      [disabled]="addInProgress || subscribeInProgress || downloads.loading">
-                      ngbTooltip="Automatically start downloads when added">
                       <option [ngValue]="true">Yes</option>
                       <option [ngValue]="false">No</option>
                     </select>
@@ -477,7 +464,7 @@
                 </div>
                 <div class="col-md-6">
                   <div class="input-group">
-                    <span class="input-group-text">Items Limit</span>
+                    <span class="input-group-text help-title" ngbPopover="Maximum number of items to download from a playlist or channel (0 = no limit)." triggers="click" autoClose="outside" container="body">Items Limit</span>
                     <input type="number"
                       min="0"
                       class="form-control"
@@ -485,13 +472,12 @@
                       name="playlistItemLimit"
                       (keydown)="isNumber($event)"
                       [(ngModel)]="playlistItemLimit"
-                      [disabled]="addInProgress || subscribeInProgress || downloads.loading"
+                      [disabled]="addInProgress || subscribeInProgress || downloads.loading">
-                      ngbTooltip="Maximum number of items to download from a playlist or channel (0 = no limit)">
                   </div>
                 </div>
                 <div class="col-md-6">
                   <div class="input-group">
-                    <span class="input-group-text">Subscription Check (min)</span>
+                    <span class="input-group-text help-title" ngbPopover="How often to poll subscriptions for new videos." triggers="click" autoClose="outside" container="body">Subscription Check (min)</span>
                     <input type="number"
                       min="1"
                       class="form-control"
@@ -499,20 +485,33 @@
                       (keydown)="isNumber($event)"
                       [(ngModel)]="checkIntervalMinutes"
                       (ngModelChange)="checkIntervalChanged()"
-                      [disabled]="addInProgress || subscribeInProgress || downloads.loading"
+                      [disabled]="addInProgress || subscribeInProgress || downloads.loading">
-                      ngbTooltip="How often to poll subscriptions for new videos">
                   </div>
                 </div>
                 <div class="col-md-6">
                   <div class="input-group">
-                    <span class="input-group-text">Subscription Title Filter</span>
+                    <span class="input-group-text help-title" ngbPopover="In subscriptions, only titles matching this Python-style regex are queued. Empty = all. Case-sensitive; use (?i) in the pattern for case-insensitive." triggers="click" autoClose="outside" container="body">Subscription Title Filter</span>
                     <input type="text"
                       class="form-control"
                       name="titleRegex"
                       [(ngModel)]="titleRegex"
                       [disabled]="addInProgress || subscribeInProgress || downloads.loading"
-                      placeholder="Optional regex"
+                      placeholder="Optional regex">
-                      ngbTooltip="In subscriptions, only titles matching this Python-style regex are queued. Empty = all. Case-sensitive; use (?i) in the pattern for case-insensitive.">
+                  </div>
+                </div>
+                <div class="col-12">
+                  <div class="form-check form-switch">
+                    <input class="form-check-input" type="checkbox" role="switch" id="checkbox-skip-subscriber-only"
+                      name="skipSubscriberOnly" [(ngModel)]="skipSubscriberOnly"
+                      [disabled]="addInProgress || subscribeInProgress || downloads.loading" />
+                    <label class="form-check-label" for="checkbox-skip-subscriber-only">
+                      <span class="help-title" tabindex="0" role="button"
+                        ngbPopover="When enabled, subscription checks skip videos marked members-only by yt-dlp (channel Join). Ignored for one-off downloads."
+                        triggers="click" autoClose="outside" container="body"
+                        (click)="$event.preventDefault(); $event.stopPropagation()"
+                        (keydown.enter)="$event.preventDefault(); $event.stopPropagation()"
+                        (keydown.space)="$event.preventDefault(); $event.stopPropagation()">Skip members-only subscription videos</span>
+                    </label>
                   </div>
                 </div>
               </div>
@@ -522,7 +521,7 @@
               <div class="row g-3">
                 <div class="col-12" [class.col-md-6]="allowYtdlOptionsOverrides()">
                   <div class="input-group">
-                    <span class="input-group-text">Option Presets</span>
+                    <span class="input-group-text help-title" ngbPopover="Choose one or more yt-dlp option presets configured on the server (applied in order)." triggers="click" autoClose="outside" container="body">Option Presets</span>
                     <ng-select
                       class="flex-grow-1"
                       name="ytdlOptionsPresets"
@@ -532,22 +531,20 @@
                       placeholder="Default"
                       [(ngModel)]="ytdlOptionsPresets"
                       (ngModelChange)="ytdlOptionsPresetsChanged()"
-                      [disabled]="addInProgress || subscribeInProgress || downloads.loading"
+                      [disabled]="addInProgress || subscribeInProgress || downloads.loading" />
-                      ngbTooltip="Choose one or more yt-dlp option presets configured on the server (applied in order)" />
                   </div>
                 </div>
                 @if (allowYtdlOptionsOverrides()) {
                 <div class="col-md-6">
                   <div class="input-group">
-                    <span class="input-group-text">Custom yt-dlp Options</span>
+                    <span class="input-group-text help-title" ngbPopover="Optional per-download yt-dlp overrides as a JSON object." triggers="click" autoClose="outside" container="body">Custom yt-dlp Options</span>
                     <input type="text"
                       class="form-control"
                       placeholder='e.g. {"writesubtitles": true}'
                       name="ytdlOptionsOverrides"
                       [(ngModel)]="ytdlOptionsOverrides"
                       (change)="ytdlOptionsOverridesChanged()"
-                      [disabled]="addInProgress || subscribeInProgress || downloads.loading"
+                      [disabled]="addInProgress || subscribeInProgress || downloads.loading">
-                      ngbTooltip="Optional per-download yt-dlp overrides as a JSON object">
                   </div>
                 </div>
                 }
@@ -557,7 +554,7 @@
               <div class="settings-section-label">Tools</div>
               <div class="row g-3">
                 <div class="col-md-4">
-                  <div class="action-group-label">Cookies</div>
+                  <div class="action-group-label help-title" ngbPopover="Upload a cookies.txt file from your browser to authenticate restricted or private downloads." triggers="click" autoClose="outside" container="body">Cookies</div>
                   <input type="file" id="cookie-upload" class="d-none" accept=".txt"
                     (change)="onCookieFileSelect($event)"
                     [disabled]="cookieUploadInProgress || addInProgress">
@@ -565,8 +562,7 @@
                     <label class="btn mb-0"
                       [class]="hasCookies ? 'btn cookie-active-btn mb-0' : 'btn cookie-btn mb-0'"
                       [class.disabled]="cookieUploadInProgress || addInProgress"
-                      for="cookie-upload"
+                      for="cookie-upload">
-                      ngbTooltip="Upload a cookies.txt file for authenticated downloads">
                       @if (cookieUploadInProgress) {
                         <span class="spinner-border spinner-border-sm me-2" role="status"></span>
                       } @else {
@@ -710,16 +706,31 @@
             </td>
             <td title="{{ download.value.filename }}">
               <div class="d-flex flex-column flex-sm-row align-items-center row-gap-2 column-gap-3">
-                <div>{{ download.value.title }} </div>
+                <div class="d-flex align-items-center flex-wrap gap-2">
-                <ngb-progressbar height="1.5rem" [showValue]="download.value.status !== 'preparing'" [striped]="download.value.status === 'preparing'" [animated]="download.value.status === 'preparing'" type="success"
+                  <span>{{ download.value.title }}</span>
-                [value]="download.value.status === 'preparing' ? 100 : download.value.percent" class="download-progressbar" />
+                  @if (download.value.live_status === 'is_live' && download.value.status !== 'scheduled') {
+                    <span class="badge bg-danger">LIVE</span>
+                  }
+                </div>
+                @if (download.value.status === 'scheduled') {
+                  <span class="badge bg-warning text-dark">
+                    <fa-icon [icon]="faClock" />
+                    Waiting for stream
+                    @if (liveCountdownSeconds(download.value); as secs) {
+                      - starts in {{ secs | eta }}
+                    }
+                  </span>
+                } @else {
+                  <ngb-progressbar height="1.5rem" [showValue]="download.value.status !== 'preparing'" [striped]="download.value.status === 'preparing'" [animated]="download.value.status === 'preparing'" type="success"
+                  [value]="download.value.status === 'preparing' ? 100 : download.value.percent" class="download-progressbar" />
+                }
               </div>
             </td>
             <td>{{ download.value.speed | speed }}</td>
             <td>{{ download.value.eta | eta }}</td>
             <td>
               <div class="d-flex">
-                @if (download.value.status === 'pending') {
+                @if (download.value.status === 'pending' || download.value.status === 'scheduled') {
                   <button type="button" class="btn btn-link" [attr.aria-label]="'Start download for ' + download.value.title" (click)="downloadItemByKey(download.key)"><fa-icon [icon]="faDownload" /></button>
                 }
                 <button type="button" class="btn btn-link" [attr.aria-label]="'Remove ' + download.value.title + ' from queue'" (click)="delDownload('queue', download.key)"><fa-icon [icon]="faTrashAlt" /></button>
@@ -845,6 +856,9 @@
                 @if (entry[1].filename) {
                   <a href="{{buildDownloadLink(entry[1])}}" download class="btn btn-link" [attr.aria-label]="'Download result file for ' + entry[1].title"><fa-icon [icon]="faDownload" /></a>
                 }
+                @if (entry[1].filename && canShareDownloads()) {
+                  <button type="button" class="btn btn-link" [attr.aria-label]="'Share result file for ' + entry[1].title" (click)="shareDownload(entry[1])"><fa-icon [icon]="faShareNodes" /></button>
+                }
                 <a href="{{entry[1].url}}" target="_blank" class="btn btn-link" [attr.aria-label]="'Open source URL for ' + entry[1].title"><fa-icon [icon]="faExternalLinkAlt" /></a>
                 <button type="button" class="btn btn-link" [attr.aria-label]="'Delete completed item ' + entry[1].title" (click)="delDownload('done', entry[0])"><fa-icon [icon]="faTrashAlt" /></button>
               </div>
@@ -927,8 +941,7 @@
           </th>
           <th scope="col">Name</th>
           <th scope="col">URL</th>
-          <th scope="col" class="text-nowrap"
+          <th scope="col" class="text-nowrap"><span class="help-title" ngbPopover="Subscriptions only — which new video titles to queue when this feed is checked. Does not affect manual downloads." triggers="click" autoClose="outside" container="body">Filter</span></th>
-            ngbTooltip="Subscriptions only — which new video titles to queue when this feed is checked. Does not affect manual downloads.">Sub. title filter</th>
           <th scope="col" class="text-nowrap">Interval (min)</th>
           <th scope="col" class="text-nowrap">Last checked</th>
           <th scope="col">Status</th>
@@ -1065,3 +1078,5 @@
     }
   </div>
 </footer>
+
+<app-toast-container />

ui/src/app/app.sass

@@ -201,6 +201,12 @@ main
   color: var(--bs-secondary-color)
   margin-bottom: 0.4rem
 
+.help-title
+  cursor: help
+
+  &:focus
+    outline: none
+
 .cookie-status
   font-size: 0.8rem
   margin-top: 0.35rem

ui/src/app/app.spec.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { Subject, of } from 'rxjs';
 import { App } from './app';
 import { DownloadsService } from './services/downloads.service';
 import { SubscriptionsService } from './services/subscriptions.service';
+import { ToastService } from './services/toast.service';
 import { CookieService } from 'ngx-cookie-service';
 
 class DownloadsServiceStub {
@@ -182,6 +183,37 @@ describe('App', () => {
     expect(payload.ytdlOptionsOverrides).toBe('');
   });
 
+  it('shows waiting badge for scheduled live stream', () => {
+    downloads.queue.set('https://example.com/live', {
+      id: 'live1',
+      title: 'Upcoming Stream',
+      url: 'https://example.com/live',
+      download_type: 'video',
+      quality: 'best',
+      format: 'any',
+      folder: '',
+      custom_name_prefix: '',
+      playlist_item_limit: 0,
+      status: 'scheduled',
+      live_status: 'is_upcoming',
+      live_release_timestamp: Date.now() / 1000 + 3600,
+      msg: '',
+      percent: 0,
+      speed: 0,
+      eta: 0,
+      filename: '',
+      checked: false,
+    });
+    downloads.queueChanged.next();
+
+    const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(App);
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+
+    const root = fixture.nativeElement as HTMLElement;
+    expect(root.textContent).toContain('Waiting for stream');
+    expect(root.textContent).toContain('starts in');
+  });
+
   it('includes titleRegex in subscribe payload', () => {
     const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(App);
     const app = fixture.componentInstance;
@@ -190,8 +222,21 @@ describe('App', () => {
     app.titleRegex = 'EPISODE';
     app.addSubscription();
     expect(subs.subscribeCalls.length).toBe(1);
-    const payload = subs.subscribeCalls[0] as { titleRegex: string };
+    const payload = subs.subscribeCalls[0] as { titleRegex: string; skipSubscriberOnly: boolean };
     expect(payload.titleRegex).toBe('EPISODE');
+    expect(payload.skipSubscriberOnly).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('includes skipSubscriberOnly true when checked', () => {
+    const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(App);
+    const app = fixture.componentInstance;
+    const subs = TestBed.inject(SubscriptionsService) as unknown as SubscriptionsServiceStub;
+    app.addUrl = 'https://example.com/channel';
+    app.skipSubscriberOnly = true;
+    app.addSubscription();
+    expect(subs.subscribeCalls.length).toBe(1);
+    const payload = subs.subscribeCalls[0] as { skipSubscriberOnly: boolean };
+    expect(payload.skipSubscriberOnly).toBe(true);
   });
 
   it('omits clip fields from subscribe payload', () => {
@@ -219,7 +264,8 @@ describe('App', () => {
   });
 
   it('blocks subscribe with invalid title regex', () => {
-    const alertSpy = vi.spyOn(window, 'alert').mockImplementation(() => undefined);
+    const toasts = TestBed.inject(ToastService);
+    const errorSpy = vi.spyOn(toasts, 'error').mockImplementation(() => undefined);
     const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(App);
     const app = fixture.componentInstance;
     const subs = TestBed.inject(SubscriptionsService) as unknown as SubscriptionsServiceStub;
@@ -227,7 +273,7 @@ describe('App', () => {
     app.titleRegex = '[';
     app.addSubscription();
     expect(subs.subscribeCalls.length).toBe(0);
-    expect(alertSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Invalid subscription title filter (regex)');
+    expect(errorSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Invalid subscription title filter (regex)');
-    alertSpy.mockRestore();
+    errorSpy.mockRestore();
   });
 });

ui/src/app/app.ts

@@ -1,17 +1,20 @@
-import { AsyncPipe, DatePipe, KeyValuePipe, NgTemplateOutlet } from '@angular/common';
+import { DatePipe, KeyValuePipe, NgTemplateOutlet } from '@angular/common';
 import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
 import { AfterViewInit, ChangeDetectionStrategy, ChangeDetectorRef, Component, DestroyRef, ElementRef, viewChild, inject, OnDestroy, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
-import { Observable, Subject, Subscription, from, map, distinctUntilChanged, finalize, mergeMap, takeUntil, tap } from 'rxjs';
+import { Observable, OperatorFunction, Subject, Subscription, from, map, merge, debounceTime, distinctUntilChanged, filter, finalize, mergeMap, takeUntil, tap } from 'rxjs';
 import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms';
 import { takeUntilDestroyed } from '@angular/core/rxjs-interop';
 import { FontAwesomeModule } from '@fortawesome/angular-fontawesome';
-import { NgbModule } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap';
+import { NgbModule, NgbTypeahead } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap';
-import { NgSelectModule } from '@ng-select/ng-select';  
+import { NgSelectModule } from '@ng-select/ng-select';
-import { faTrashAlt, faCheckCircle, faTimesCircle, faRedoAlt, faSun, faMoon, faCheck, faCircleHalfStroke, faDownload, faExternalLinkAlt, faFileImport, faFileExport, faCopy, faClock, faTachometerAlt, faSortAmountDown, faSortAmountUp, faChevronRight, faChevronDown, faUpload, faPause, faPlay } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons';
+import { faTrashAlt, faCheckCircle, faTimesCircle, faRedoAlt, faSun, faMoon, faCheck, faCircleHalfStroke, faDownload, faExternalLinkAlt, faFileImport, faFileExport, faCopy, faClock, faTachometerAlt, faSortAmountDown, faSortAmountUp, faChevronRight, faChevronDown, faUpload, faPause, faPlay, faShareNodes } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons';
 import { faGithub } from '@fortawesome/free-brands-svg-icons';
 import { CookieService } from 'ngx-cookie-service';
 import { AddDownloadPayload, DownloadsService } from './services/downloads.service';
+import { MeTubeSocket } from './services/metube-socket.service';
 import { SubscriptionsService } from './services/subscriptions.service';
+import { ToastService } from './services/toast.service';
+import { BatchUrlsService, BatchUrlFilter } from './services/batch-urls.service';
 import { SubscriptionRow } from './interfaces/subscription';
 import { Themes } from './theme';
 import {
@@ -31,7 +34,7 @@ import {
   State,
 } from './interfaces';
 import { EtaPipe, SpeedPipe, FileSizePipe } from './pipes';
-import { SelectAllCheckboxComponent, ItemCheckboxComponent } from './components/';
+import { SelectAllCheckboxComponent, ItemCheckboxComponent, ToastContainerComponent } from './components/';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'app-root',
@@ -40,7 +43,6 @@ import { SelectAllCheckboxComponent, ItemCheckboxComponent } from './components/
         FormsModule,
         NgTemplateOutlet,
         KeyValuePipe,
-        AsyncPipe,
         DatePipe,
         FontAwesomeModule,
         NgbModule,
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@ import { SelectAllCheckboxComponent, ItemCheckboxComponent } from './components/
         FileSizePipe,
         SelectAllCheckboxComponent,
         ItemCheckboxComponent,
+        ToastContainerComponent,
   ],
   templateUrl: './app.html',
   styleUrl: './app.sass',
@@ -57,6 +60,9 @@ import { SelectAllCheckboxComponent, ItemCheckboxComponent } from './components/
 export class App implements AfterViewInit, OnInit, OnDestroy {
   downloads = inject(DownloadsService);
   subscriptionsSvc = inject(SubscriptionsService);
+  private toasts = inject(ToastService);
+  private batchUrls = inject(BatchUrlsService);
+  private socket = inject(MeTubeSocket);
   private cookieService = inject(CookieService);
   private http = inject(HttpClient);
   private cdr = inject(ChangeDetectorRef);
@@ -93,6 +99,7 @@ export class App implements AfterViewInit, OnInit, OnDestroy {
   subscribeInProgress = false;
   checkIntervalMinutes = 60;
   titleRegex = '';
+  skipSubscriberOnly = false;
   editingTitleRegexId: string | null = null;
   titleRegexEditDraft = '';
   cachedSubs: [string, SubscriptionRow][] = [];
@@ -104,8 +111,10 @@ export class App implements AfterViewInit, OnInit, OnDestroy {
   cookieUploadInProgress = false;
   themes: Theme[] = Themes;
   activeTheme: Theme | undefined;
-  customDirs$!: Observable<string[]>;
+  readonly folderTypeahead = viewChild<NgbTypeahead>('folderTypeahead');
-  showBatchPanel = false; 
+  folderFocus$ = new Subject<string>();
+  folderClick$ = new Subject<string>();
+  showBatchPanel = false;
   batchImportModalOpen = false;
   batchImportText = '';
   batchImportStatus = '';
@@ -128,6 +137,7 @@ export class App implements AfterViewInit, OnInit, OnDestroy {
   lastCopiedErrorId: string | null = null;
   private previousDownloadType = 'video';
   private addRequestSub?: Subscription;
+  private liveCountdownTimer?: ReturnType<typeof setInterval>;
   private selectionsByType: Record<string, {
     codec: string;
     format: string;
@@ -184,6 +194,7 @@ export class App implements AfterViewInit, OnInit, OnDestroy {
   faUpload = faUpload;
   faPause = faPause;
   faPlay = faPlay;
+  faShareNodes = faShareNodes;
   subtitleLanguages = [
     { id: 'en', text: 'English' },
     { id: 'ar', text: 'Arabic' },
@@ -280,6 +291,7 @@ export class App implements AfterViewInit, OnInit, OnDestroy {
     // Subscribe to download updates
     this.downloads.queueChanged.pipe(takeUntilDestroyed(this.destroyRef)).subscribe(() => {
       this.updateMetrics();
+      this.syncLiveCountdownTimer();
       this.cdr.markForCheck();
     });
     this.downloads.doneChanged.pipe(takeUntilDestroyed(this.destroyRef)).subscribe(() => {
@@ -290,6 +302,7 @@ export class App implements AfterViewInit, OnInit, OnDestroy {
     // Subscribe to real-time updates
     this.downloads.updated.pipe(takeUntilDestroyed(this.destroyRef)).subscribe(() => {
       this.updateMetrics();
+      this.syncLiveCountdownTimer();
       this.cdr.markForCheck();
     });
 
@@ -307,7 +320,6 @@ export class App implements AfterViewInit, OnInit, OnDestroy {
     this.getConfiguration();
     this.getYtdlOptionsUpdateTime();
     this.getYtdlOptionPresets();
-    this.customDirs$ = this.getMatchingCustomDir();
     this.setTheme(this.activeTheme!);
 
     this.colorSchemeMediaQuery.addEventListener('change', this.onColorSchemeChanged);
@@ -326,18 +338,24 @@ export class App implements AfterViewInit, OnInit, OnDestroy {
     // Initialize action button states for already-loaded entries.
     this.updateDoneActionButtons();
     this.fetchVersionInfo();
+    this.socket.fromEvent('connect')
+      .pipe(takeUntilDestroyed(this.destroyRef))
+      .subscribe(() => this.fetchVersionInfo());
   }
 
   ngOnDestroy() {
     this.addRequestSub?.unsubscribe();
+    if (this.liveCountdownTimer) {
+      clearInterval(this.liveCountdownTimer);
+    }
     this.colorSchemeMediaQuery.removeEventListener('change', this.onColorSchemeChanged);
   }
 
   // workaround to allow fetching of Map values in the order they were inserted
   //  https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/31420
-    
+
-   
+
-      
+
   asIsOrder() {
     return 1;
   }
@@ -374,34 +392,26 @@ export class App implements AfterViewInit, OnInit, OnDestroy {
     return this.downloads.configuration['ALLOW_YTDL_OPTIONS_OVERRIDES'] === true;
   }
 
-  allowCustomDir(tag: string) {
+  searchFolder: OperatorFunction<string, readonly string[]> = (text$: Observable<string>) => {
-    if (this.downloads.configuration['CREATE_CUSTOM_DIRS']) {
+    const debouncedText$ = text$.pipe(debounceTime(150), distinctUntilChanged());
-      return tag;
+    const clicksWithClosedPopup$ = this.folderClick$.pipe(
-    }
+      filter(() => !this.folderTypeahead()?.isPopupOpen()),
-    return false;
+    );
-  }
+    return merge(debouncedText$, this.folderFocus$, clicksWithClosedPopup$).pipe(
+      map(term => {
+        const dirs = this.isAudioType()
+          ? (this.downloads.customDirs?.['audio_download_dir'] ?? [])
+          : (this.downloads.customDirs?.['download_dir'] ?? []);
+        const t = (term ?? '').toLowerCase();
+        return (t === '' ? dirs : dirs.filter(d => d.toLowerCase().includes(t))).slice(0, 10);
+      }),
+    );
+  };
 
   isAudioType() {
     return this.downloadType === 'audio';
   }
 
-  getMatchingCustomDir() : Observable<string[]> {
-    return this.downloads.customDirsChanged.asObservable().pipe(
-       // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-      map((output: any) => {
-        // Keep logic consistent with app/ytdl.py
-        if (this.isAudioType()) {
-          console.debug("Showing audio-specific download directories");
-          return output["audio_download_dir"];
-        } else {
-          console.debug("Showing default download directories");
-          return output["download_dir"];
-        }
-      }),
-      distinctUntilChanged((prev, curr) => JSON.stringify(prev) === JSON.stringify(curr))
-    );
-  }
-
   getYtdlOptionsUpdateTime() {
     this.downloads.ytdlOptionsChanged.pipe(takeUntilDestroyed(this.destroyRef)).subscribe({
        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
@@ -410,7 +420,7 @@ export class App implements AfterViewInit, OnInit, OnDestroy {
           const date = new Date(data['update_time'] * 1000);
           this.ytDlpOptionsUpdateTime=date.toLocaleString();
         }else{
-          alert("Error reload yt-dlp options: "+data['msg']);
+          this.toasts.error("Error reloading yt-dlp options: " + data['msg']);
         }
         this.cdr.markForCheck();
       }
@@ -485,11 +495,11 @@ export class App implements AfterViewInit, OnInit, OnDestroy {
     try {
       const parsed = JSON.parse(trimmed);
       if (!parsed || Array.isArray(parsed) || typeof parsed !== 'object') {
-        alert('Custom yt-dlp options must be a JSON object');
+        this.toasts.error('Custom yt-dlp options must be a JSON object');
         return false;
       }
     } catch {
-      alert('Custom yt-dlp options must be valid JSON');
+      this.toasts.error('Custom yt-dlp options must be valid JSON');
       return false;
     }
     return true;
@@ -520,7 +530,7 @@ export class App implements AfterViewInit, OnInit, OnDestroy {
     this.subscriptionsSvc.refreshList().pipe(takeUntilDestroyed(this.destroyRef)).subscribe((refreshRes) => {
       const error = this.getStatusError(refreshRes);
       if (error) {
-        alert(error || 'Refresh subscriptions failed');
+        this.toasts.error(error || 'Refresh subscriptions failed');
         return;
       }
       this.cdr.markForCheck();
@@ -564,7 +574,7 @@ export class App implements AfterViewInit, OnInit, OnDestroy {
     }
     const payload = this.buildAddPayload();
     if (!payload.url?.trim()) {
-      alert('Please enter a URL');
+      this.toasts.error('Please enter a URL');
       return;
     }
     const tr = (this.titleRegex || '').trim();
@@ -572,12 +582,12 @@ export class App implements AfterViewInit, OnInit, OnDestroy {
       try {
         void RegExp(tr);
       } catch {
-        alert('Invalid subscription title filter (regex)');
+        this.toasts.error('Invalid subscription title filter (regex)');
         return;
       }
     }
     if (payload.splitByChapters && !payload.chapterTemplate.includes('%(section_number)')) {
-      alert('Chapter template must include %(section_number)');
+      this.toasts.error('Chapter template must include %(section_number)');
       return;
     }
     if (!this.validateYtdlOptionsOverrides(payload.ytdlOptionsOverrides)) {
@@ -593,6 +603,7 @@ export class App implements AfterViewInit, OnInit, OnDestroy {
         ...subscribeBase,
         checkIntervalMinutes: this.checkIntervalMinutes,
         titleRegex: tr,
+        skipSubscriberOnly: this.skipSubscriberOnly,
       })
       .pipe(
         takeUntilDestroyed(this.destroyRef),
@@ -605,10 +616,11 @@ export class App implements AfterViewInit, OnInit, OnDestroy {
         next: (res) => {
           const r = res as { status?: string; msg?: string };
           if (r.status === 'error') {
-            alert(r.msg || 'Subscribe failed');
+            this.toasts.error(r.msg || 'Subscribe failed');
           } else {
             this.addUrl = '';
             this.titleRegex = '';
+            this.skipSubscriberOnly = false;
           }
         },
       });
@@ -632,14 +644,14 @@ export class App implements AfterViewInit, OnInit, OnDestroy {
       try {
         void RegExp(raw);
       } catch {
-        alert('Invalid subscription title filter (regex)');
+        this.toasts.error('Invalid subscription title filter (regex)');
         return;
       }
     }
     this.subscriptionsSvc.update(id, { title_regex: raw }).subscribe((res) => {
       const error = this.getStatusError(res);
       if (error) {
-        alert(error || 'Update subscription failed');
+        this.toasts.error(error || 'Update subscription failed');
         return;
       }
       this.cancelEditTitleRegex();
@@ -650,7 +662,7 @@ export class App implements AfterViewInit, OnInit, OnDestroy {
     this.subscriptionsSvc.delete([id]).subscribe((res) => {
       const error = this.getStatusError(res);
       if (error) {
-        alert(error || 'Delete subscription failed');
+        this.toasts.error(error || 'Delete subscription failed');
         return;
       }
       this.selectedSubscriptionIds.delete(id);
@@ -666,7 +678,7 @@ export class App implements AfterViewInit, OnInit, OnDestroy {
     this.subscriptionsSvc.delete(ids).subscribe((res) => {
       const error = this.getStatusError(res);
       if (error) {
-        alert(error || 'Delete subscriptions failed');
+        this.toasts.error(error || 'Delete subscriptions failed');
         return;
       }
       this.selectedSubscriptionIds.clear();
@@ -692,7 +704,7 @@ export class App implements AfterViewInit, OnInit, OnDestroy {
       .subscribe((res) => {
         const error = this.getStatusError(res);
         if (error) {
-          alert(error || 'Subscription check failed');
+          this.toasts.error(error || 'Subscription check failed');
           return;
         }
         this.refreshSubscriptionsWithAlert();
@@ -739,7 +751,7 @@ export class App implements AfterViewInit, OnInit, OnDestroy {
       .subscribe((res) => {
         const error = this.getStatusError(res);
         if (error) {
-          alert(error || 'Subscription check failed');
+          this.toasts.error(error || 'Subscription check failed');
           return;
         }
         this.refreshSubscriptionsWithAlert();
@@ -762,7 +774,7 @@ export class App implements AfterViewInit, OnInit, OnDestroy {
     this.subscriptionsSvc.update(row.id, { enabled: !row.enabled }).subscribe((res) => {
       const error = this.getStatusError(res);
       if (error) {
-        alert(error || 'Update subscription failed');
+        this.toasts.error(error || 'Update subscription failed');
       }
     });
   }
@@ -1059,20 +1071,19 @@ export class App implements AfterViewInit, OnInit, OnDestroy {
 
     // Validate chapter template if chapter splitting is enabled
     if (payload.splitByChapters && !payload.chapterTemplate.includes('%(section_number)')) {
-      alert('Chapter template must include %(section_number)');
+      this.toasts.error('Chapter template must include %(section_number)');
       return;
     }
     if (!this.validateYtdlOptionsOverrides(payload.ytdlOptionsOverrides)) {
       return;
     }
 
-    console.debug('Downloading:', payload);
     this.addInProgress = true;
     this.cancelRequested = false;
     this.addRequestSub?.unsubscribe();
     this.addRequestSub = this.downloads.add(payload).subscribe((status: Status) => {
       if (status.status === 'error' && !this.cancelRequested) {
-        alert(`Error adding URL: ${status.msg}`);
+        this.toasts.error(`Error adding URL: ${status.msg}`);
       } else if (status.status !== 'error') {
         this.addUrl = '';
       }
@@ -1105,6 +1116,26 @@ export class App implements AfterViewInit, OnInit, OnDestroy {
     this.downloads.startById([id]).subscribe();
   }
 
+  liveCountdownSeconds(download: Download): number | null {
+    const ts = download.live_release_timestamp;
+    if (ts == null || download.status !== 'scheduled') {
+      return null;
+    }
+    return Math.max(0, ts - Date.now() / 1000);
+  }
+
+  private syncLiveCountdownTimer() {
+    const hasScheduled = Array.from(this.downloads.queue.values()).some(
+      (download) => download.status === 'scheduled',
+    );
+    if (hasScheduled && !this.liveCountdownTimer) {
+      this.liveCountdownTimer = setInterval(() => this.cdr.markForCheck(), 1000);
+    } else if (!hasScheduled && this.liveCountdownTimer) {
+      clearInterval(this.liveCountdownTimer);
+      this.liveCountdownTimer = undefined;
+    }
+  }
+
   retryDownload(key: string, download: Download) {
     this.addDownload({
       url: download.url,
@@ -1158,19 +1189,39 @@ export class App implements AfterViewInit, OnInit, OnDestroy {
     });
   }
 
-  downloadSelectedFiles() {
+  // Chromium-based browsers silently drop programmatic downloads beyond ~10 when
-    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
+  // triggered in a tight loop. Trigger in batches with a short pause in between so
-    this.downloads.done.forEach((dl, _) => {
+  // large selections download cleanly. See issue #1008.
+  private static readonly DOWNLOAD_BATCH_SIZE = 10;
+  private static readonly DOWNLOAD_BATCH_DELAY_MS = 1000;
+
+  async downloadSelectedFiles() {
+    const selected: Download[] = [];
+    this.downloads.done.forEach((dl) => {
       if (dl.status === 'finished' && dl.checked) {
-        const link = document.createElement('a');
+        selected.push(dl);
-        link.href = this.buildDownloadLink(dl);
-        link.setAttribute('download', dl.filename);
-        link.setAttribute('target', '_self');
-        document.body.appendChild(link);
-        link.click();
-        document.body.removeChild(link);
       }
     });
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < selected.length; i++) {
+      const dl = selected[i];
+      const link = document.createElement('a');
+      link.href = this.buildDownloadLink(dl);
+      link.setAttribute('download', dl.filename);
+      link.setAttribute('target', '_self');
+      document.body.appendChild(link);
+      link.click();
+      document.body.removeChild(link);
+
+      if (
+        (i + 1) % App.DOWNLOAD_BATCH_SIZE === 0 &&
+        i + 1 < selected.length
+      ) {
+        await new Promise((resolve) =>
+          setTimeout(resolve, App.DOWNLOAD_BATCH_DELAY_MS),
+        );
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   buildDownloadLink(download: Download) {
@@ -1186,6 +1237,80 @@ export class App implements AfterViewInit, OnInit, OnDestroy {
     return baseDir + encodeURIComponent(download.filename);
   }
 
+  // Web Share API support — primarily for iOS Safari / Chrome, lets the user
+  // hand the downloaded file off to the platform share sheet (Photos.app,
+  // Files, third-party apps, AirDrop). Falls back silently to the standard
+  // download flow on platforms without navigator.share / canShare.
+  canShareDownloads(): boolean {
+    // navigator.share alone is not enough — Desktop Safari implements
+    // navigator.share but not canShare with files. We explicitly require
+    // both, since we always intend to share a file (not a URL).
+    return typeof navigator !== 'undefined'
+      && typeof navigator.share === 'function'
+      && typeof navigator.canShare === 'function';
+  }
+
+  // Conservative warning threshold for the share sheet — iOS' actual
+  // refusal limit varies between ~50 MB (older versions) and ~150 MB
+  // (recent ones). 80 MB warns the user before the time-wasting fetch+
+  // copy of a too-large file that the platform will then reject.
+  private static readonly SHARE_SIZE_WARN_BYTES = 80 * 1024 * 1024;
+
+  async shareDownload(download: Download): Promise<void> {
+    if (!this.canShareDownloads()) {
+      return;
+    }
+    // Pre-flight size check: warn the user about the iOS share-sheet
+    // soft-fail on large files, before we spend time fetching the whole
+    // file into memory only to have navigator.canShare reject it.
+    if (download.size && download.size > App.SHARE_SIZE_WARN_BYTES) {
+      const sizeMb = Math.round(download.size / 1024 / 1024);
+      const proceed = await this.toasts.confirm(
+        `This file is ${sizeMb} MB. iOS' share sheet often refuses files ` +
+        `larger than ~100 MB and the share will silently fail. ` +
+        `Try anyway? (Use the download button instead if it fails.)`,
+        'Try anyway',
+        'Cancel',
+      );
+      if (!proceed) return;
+    }
+    try {
+      const response = await fetch(this.buildDownloadLink(download));
+      if (!response.ok) {
+        throw new Error(`HTTP ${response.status} fetching file for share`);
+      }
+      const blob = await response.blob();
+      const file = new File([blob], download.filename, {
+        type: blob.type || 'application/octet-stream',
+      });
+      const payload: ShareData = { files: [file], title: download.title };
+      if (!navigator.canShare(payload)) {
+        // The platform refused the payload — most commonly because the
+        // file is too large for the iOS share sheet, or the MIME type
+        // isn't accepted. Tell the user so they can fall back to the
+        // download button right next to this one instead of staring at
+        // a button that quietly did nothing.
+        console.warn('navigator.canShare rejected payload for', download.filename);
+        this.toasts.error(
+          `Your device's share sheet doesn't accept this file ` +
+          `(most likely because it's too large). ` +
+          `Please use the download button instead.`
+        );
+        return;
+      }
+      await navigator.share(payload);
+    } catch (err) {
+      const e = err as { name?: string; message?: string };
+      // AbortError = user dismissed the share sheet → silent no-op.
+      if (e.name === 'AbortError') return;
+      console.error('Share failed:', err);
+      this.toasts.error(
+        `Share failed: ${e.message || 'unknown error'}. ` +
+        `Please use the download button instead.`
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
   buildResultItemTooltip(download: Download) {
     const parts = [];
     if (download.msg) {
@@ -1271,7 +1396,7 @@ export class App implements AfterViewInit, OnInit, OnDestroy {
       .map(url => url.trim())
       .filter(url => url.length > 0);
     if (urls.length === 0) {
-      alert('No valid URLs found.');
+      this.toasts.error('No valid URLs found.');
       return;
     }
     this.importInProgress = true;
@@ -1336,66 +1461,17 @@ export class App implements AfterViewInit, OnInit, OnDestroy {
   }
 
   // Export URLs based on filter: 'pending', 'completed', 'failed', or 'all'
-  exportBatchUrls(filter: 'pending' | 'completed' | 'failed' | 'all'): void {
+  exportBatchUrls(filter: BatchUrlFilter): void {
-    let urls: string[];
+    this.batchUrls.export(filter);
-    if (filter === 'pending') {
-      urls = Array.from(this.downloads.queue.values()).map(dl => dl.url);
-    } else if (filter === 'completed') {
-      // Only finished downloads in the "done" Map
-      urls = Array.from(this.downloads.done.values()).filter(dl => dl.status === 'finished').map(dl => dl.url);
-    } else if (filter === 'failed') {
-      // Only error downloads from the "done" Map
-      urls = Array.from(this.downloads.done.values()).filter(dl => dl.status === 'error').map(dl => dl.url);
-    } else {
-      // All: pending + both finished and error in done
-      urls = [
-        ...Array.from(this.downloads.queue.values()).map(dl => dl.url),
-        ...Array.from(this.downloads.done.values()).map(dl => dl.url)
-      ];
-    }
-    if (!urls.length) {
-      alert('No URLs found for the selected filter.');
-      return;
-    }
-    const content = urls.join('\n');
-    const blob = new Blob([content], { type: 'text/plain' });
-    const downloadUrl = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob);
-    const a = document.createElement('a');
-    a.href = downloadUrl;
-    a.download = 'metube_urls.txt';
-    document.body.appendChild(a);
-    a.click();
-    document.body.removeChild(a);
-    window.URL.revokeObjectURL(downloadUrl);
   }
 
   // Copy URLs to clipboard based on filter: 'pending', 'completed', 'failed', or 'all'
-  copyBatchUrls(filter: 'pending' | 'completed' | 'failed' | 'all'): void {
+  copyBatchUrls(filter: BatchUrlFilter): void {
-    let urls: string[];
+    this.batchUrls.copy(filter);
-    if (filter === 'pending') {
-      urls = Array.from(this.downloads.queue.values()).map(dl => dl.url);
-    } else if (filter === 'completed') {
-      urls = Array.from(this.downloads.done.values()).filter(dl => dl.status === 'finished').map(dl => dl.url);
-    } else if (filter === 'failed') {
-      urls = Array.from(this.downloads.done.values()).filter(dl => dl.status === 'error').map(dl => dl.url);
-    } else {
-      urls = [
-        ...Array.from(this.downloads.queue.values()).map(dl => dl.url),
-        ...Array.from(this.downloads.done.values()).map(dl => dl.url)
-      ];
-    }
-    if (!urls.length) {
-      alert('No URLs found for the selected filter.');
-      return;
-    }
-    const content = urls.join('\n');
-    navigator.clipboard.writeText(content)
-      .then(() => alert('URLs copied to clipboard.'))
-      .catch(() => alert('Failed to copy URLs.'));
   }
 
   fetchVersionInfo(): void {
-    // eslint-disable-next-line no-useless-escape    
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-useless-escape
     const baseUrl = `${window.location.origin}${window.location.pathname.replace(/\/[^\/]*$/, '/')}`;
     const versionUrl = `${baseUrl}version`;
     this.http.get<{ 'yt-dlp': string, version: string }>(versionUrl)
@@ -1451,7 +1527,7 @@ export class App implements AfterViewInit, OnInit, OnDestroy {
     };
     const fail = (err?: unknown) => {
       console.error('Clipboard write failed:', err);
-      alert('Failed to copy to clipboard. Your browser may require HTTPS for clipboard access.');
+      this.toasts.error('Failed to copy to clipboard. Your browser may require HTTPS for clipboard access.');
     };
     if (navigator.clipboard?.writeText) {
       navigator.clipboard.writeText(text).then(done).catch(fail);
@@ -1487,7 +1563,7 @@ export class App implements AfterViewInit, OnInit, OnDestroy {
           this.hasCookies = true;
         } else {
           this.refreshCookieStatus();
-          alert(`Error uploading cookies: ${this.formatErrorMessage(response?.msg)}`);
+          this.toasts.error(`Error uploading cookies: ${this.formatErrorMessage(response?.msg)}`);
         }
         this.cookieUploadInProgress = false;
         input.value = '';
@@ -1496,7 +1572,7 @@ export class App implements AfterViewInit, OnInit, OnDestroy {
         this.refreshCookieStatus();
         this.cookieUploadInProgress = false;
         input.value = '';
-        alert('Error uploading cookies.');
+        this.toasts.error('Error uploading cookies.');
       }
     });
   }
@@ -1530,11 +1606,11 @@ export class App implements AfterViewInit, OnInit, OnDestroy {
           return;
         }
         this.refreshCookieStatus();
-        alert(`Error deleting cookies: ${this.formatErrorMessage(response?.msg)}`);
+        this.toasts.error(`Error deleting cookies: ${this.formatErrorMessage(response?.msg)}`);
       },
       error: () => {
         this.refreshCookieStatus();
-        alert('Error deleting cookies.');
+        this.toasts.error('Error deleting cookies.');
       }
     });
   }
@@ -1558,7 +1634,7 @@ export class App implements AfterViewInit, OnInit, OnDestroy {
         speed += download.speed || 0;
       } else if (download.status === 'preparing') {
         active++;
-      } else if (download.status === 'pending') {
+      } else if (download.status === 'pending' || download.status === 'scheduled') {
         queued++;
       }
     });

ui/src/app/components/index.ts

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 export { SelectAllCheckboxComponent } from './master-checkbox.component';
-export { ItemCheckboxComponent } from './slave-checkbox.component';
+export { ItemCheckboxComponent } from './slave-checkbox.component';
+export { ToastContainerComponent } from './toast-container.component';

ui/src/app/components/master-checkbox.component.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Component, ElementRef, viewChild, output, input } from "@angular/core";
+import { Component, ElementRef, viewChild, output, input, ChangeDetectionStrategy } from "@angular/core";
 import { Checkable } from "../interfaces";
 import { FormsModule } from "@angular/forms";
 
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ import { FormsModule } from "@angular/forms";
     <label class="form-check-label visually-hidden" for="{{id()}}-select-all">Select all</label>
   </div>
 `,
-imports: [
+    // Shared Checkable objects are mutated in place; Eager preserves pre-v22 behavior.
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @angular-eslint/prefer-on-push-component-change-detection
+    changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.Eager,
+    imports: [
   FormsModule
 ]
 })

ui/src/app/components/slave-checkbox.component.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Component, input } from '@angular/core';
+import { Component, input, ChangeDetectionStrategy } from '@angular/core';
 import { SelectAllCheckboxComponent } from './master-checkbox.component';
 import { Checkable } from '../interfaces';
 import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms';
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms';
     <label class="form-check-label visually-hidden" for="{{master().id()}}-{{id()}}-select">Select item</label>
   </div>
 `,
-imports: [  
+    // Shared Checkable objects are mutated in place; Eager preserves pre-v22 behavior.
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @angular-eslint/prefer-on-push-component-change-detection
+    changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.Eager,
+    imports: [  
   FormsModule
 ]
 })

ui/src/app/components/toast-container.component.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, Component, inject } from '@angular/core';
+import { FontAwesomeModule } from '@fortawesome/angular-fontawesome';
+import { faCheckCircle, faTimesCircle, faInfoCircle, faXmark } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons';
+import { ToastService } from '../services/toast.service';
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'app-toast-container',
+  changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush,
+  imports: [FontAwesomeModule],
+  template: `
+<div class="toast-container position-fixed top-0 end-0 p-3" style="z-index: 1100;" aria-live="polite" aria-atomic="true">
+  @for (toast of toasts.toasts(); track toast.id) {
+    <div class="toast show align-items-center border-0 mb-2"
+      [class.text-bg-danger]="toast.level === 'error'"
+      [class.text-bg-success]="toast.level === 'success'"
+      [class.text-bg-primary]="toast.level === 'info'"
+      role="alert" aria-live="assertive" aria-atomic="true">
+      <div class="d-flex">
+        <div class="toast-body d-flex align-items-start gap-2">
+          @if (toast.level === 'error') {
+            <fa-icon [icon]="faTimesCircle" class="mt-1" />
+          } @else if (toast.level === 'success') {
+            <fa-icon [icon]="faCheckCircle" class="mt-1" />
+          } @else {
+            <fa-icon [icon]="faInfoCircle" class="mt-1" />
+          }
+          <span style="white-space: pre-line;">{{ toast.message }}</span>
+        </div>
+        @if (!toast.actions) {
+          <button type="button" class="btn-close btn-close-white me-2 m-auto"
+            aria-label="Close" (click)="toasts.dismiss(toast.id)"></button>
+        }
+      </div>
+      @if (toast.actions) {
+        <div class="d-flex justify-content-end gap-2 px-3 pb-2">
+          @for (action of toast.actions; track action.label) {
+            <button type="button"
+              class="btn btn-sm"
+              [class.btn-light]="!action.primary"
+              [class.btn-outline-light]="action.primary"
+              (click)="toasts.respond(toast.id, action.value)">
+              {{ action.label }}
+            </button>
+          }
+        </div>
+      }
+    </div>
+  }
+</div>
+`,
+})
+export class ToastContainerComponent {
+  protected readonly toasts = inject(ToastService);
+  protected readonly faCheckCircle = faCheckCircle;
+  protected readonly faTimesCircle = faTimesCircle;
+  protected readonly faInfoCircle = faInfoCircle;
+  protected readonly faXmark = faXmark;
+}

ui/src/app/interfaces/download.ts

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ export interface Download {
   ytdl_options_overrides?: Record<string, unknown>;
   clip_start?: number;
   clip_end?: number;
+  live_status?: string;
+  live_release_timestamp?: number;
   status: string;
   msg: string;
   percent: number;

ui/src/app/interfaces/subscription.ts

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ export interface SubscriptionRow {
   quality: string;
   folder: string;
   title_regex?: string;
+  skip_subscriber_only?: boolean;
   last_checked: number | null;
   seen_count: number;
   error: string | null;

ui/src/app/services/batch-urls.service.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import { inject, Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { DownloadsService } from './downloads.service';
+import { ToastService } from './toast.service';
+
+export type BatchUrlFilter = 'pending' | 'completed' | 'failed' | 'all';
+
+/**
+ * Encapsulates collecting download URLs by status and exporting/copying them.
+ * Extracted from the main app component to keep it focused on view concerns.
+ */
+@Injectable({ providedIn: 'root' })
+export class BatchUrlsService {
+  private downloads = inject(DownloadsService);
+  private toasts = inject(ToastService);
+
+  collect(filter: BatchUrlFilter): string[] {
+    const queueUrls = () => Array.from(this.downloads.queue.values()).map((dl) => dl.url);
+    const doneUrls = (status?: string) =>
+      Array.from(this.downloads.done.values())
+        .filter((dl) => status === undefined || dl.status === status)
+        .map((dl) => dl.url);
+    switch (filter) {
+      case 'pending':
+        return queueUrls();
+      case 'completed':
+        return doneUrls('finished');
+      case 'failed':
+        return doneUrls('error');
+      default:
+        return [...queueUrls(), ...doneUrls()];
+    }
+  }
+
+  export(filter: BatchUrlFilter): void {
+    const urls = this.collect(filter);
+    if (!urls.length) {
+      this.toasts.info('No URLs found for the selected filter.');
+      return;
+    }
+    const blob = new Blob([urls.join('\n')], { type: 'text/plain' });
+    const downloadUrl = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob);
+    const a = document.createElement('a');
+    a.href = downloadUrl;
+    a.download = 'metube_urls.txt';
+    document.body.appendChild(a);
+    a.click();
+    document.body.removeChild(a);
+    window.URL.revokeObjectURL(downloadUrl);
+  }
+
+  copy(filter: BatchUrlFilter): void {
+    const urls = this.collect(filter);
+    if (!urls.length) {
+      this.toasts.info('No URLs found for the selected filter.');
+      return;
+    }
+    navigator.clipboard
+      .writeText(urls.join('\n'))
+      .then(() => this.toasts.success('URLs copied to clipboard.'))
+      .catch(() => this.toasts.error('Failed to copy URLs.'));
+  }
+}

ui/src/app/services/index.ts

@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 export { DownloadsService } from './downloads.service';
-export { MeTubeSocket } from './metube-socket.service';
+export { MeTubeSocket } from './metube-socket.service';
+export { ToastService } from './toast.service';
+export { BatchUrlsService } from './batch-urls.service';

ui/src/app/services/subscriptions.service.ts

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { AddDownloadPayload } from './downloads.service';
 export interface SubscribePayload extends AddDownloadPayload {
   checkIntervalMinutes: number;
   titleRegex: string;
+  skipSubscriberOnly: boolean;
 }
 
 @Injectable({
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ export class SubscriptionsService {
         ytdl_options_overrides: payload.ytdlOptionsOverrides,
         check_interval_minutes: payload.checkIntervalMinutes,
         title_regex: payload.titleRegex,
+        skip_subscriber_only: payload.skipSubscriberOnly,
       })
       .pipe(catchError((err) => this.handleHTTPError(err)));
   }
@@ -109,7 +111,12 @@ export class SubscriptionsService {
 
   update(
     id: string,
-    changes: Partial<Pick<SubscriptionRow, 'enabled' | 'check_interval_minutes' | 'name' | 'title_regex'>>,
+    changes: Partial<
+      Pick<
+        SubscriptionRow,
+        'enabled' | 'check_interval_minutes' | 'name' | 'title_regex' | 'skip_subscriber_only'
+      >
+    >,
   ) {
     return this.http
       .post('subscriptions/update', { id, ...changes })

ui/src/app/services/toast.service.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+import { Injectable, signal } from '@angular/core';
+
+export type ToastLevel = 'info' | 'success' | 'error';
+
+export interface ToastAction {
+  label: string;
+  value: boolean;
+  primary?: boolean;
+}
+
+export interface Toast {
+  id: number;
+  level: ToastLevel;
+  message: string;
+  actions?: ToastAction[];
+  /** Resolver for confirm() toasts; resolved when the user picks an action or dismisses. */
+  _resolve?: (value: boolean) => void;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Lightweight non-blocking notification service. Replaces the blocking
+ * window.alert()/confirm() dialogs that previously littered the app component.
+ */
+@Injectable({ providedIn: 'root' })
+export class ToastService {
+  private counter = 0;
+  readonly toasts = signal<Toast[]>([]);
+
+  info(message: string): void {
+    this.show('info', message, 4000);
+  }
+
+  success(message: string): void {
+    this.show('success', message, 4000);
+  }
+
+  error(message: string): void {
+    this.show('error', message, 8000);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Show a confirmation toast with confirm/cancel actions. Resolves true when
+   * confirmed, false when cancelled or auto-dismissed.
+   */
+  confirm(message: string, confirmLabel = 'OK', cancelLabel = 'Cancel'): Promise<boolean> {
+    return new Promise<boolean>((resolve) => {
+      const id = ++this.counter;
+      this.toasts.update((list) => [
+        ...list,
+        {
+          id,
+          level: 'info',
+          message,
+          actions: [
+            { label: cancelLabel, value: false },
+            { label: confirmLabel, value: true, primary: true },
+          ],
+          _resolve: resolve,
+        },
+      ]);
+    });
+  }
+
+  respond(id: number, value: boolean): void {
+    const toast = this.toasts().find((t) => t.id === id);
+    toast?._resolve?.(value);
+    this.remove(id);
+  }
+
+  dismiss(id: number): void {
+    const toast = this.toasts().find((t) => t.id === id);
+    // A confirm toast dismissed without an explicit choice resolves to false.
+    toast?._resolve?.(false);
+    this.remove(id);
+  }
+
+  private remove(id: number): void {
+    this.toasts.update((list) => list.filter((t) => t.id !== id));
+  }
+
+  private show(level: ToastLevel, message: string, autoDismissMs: number): void {
+    const id = ++this.counter;
+    this.toasts.update((list) => [...list, { id, level, message }]);
+    setTimeout(() => this.remove(id), autoDismissMs);
+  }
+}

ui/tsconfig.app.json

@@ -12,5 +12,13 @@
   ],
     "exclude": [
     "src/**/*.spec.ts"
-  ]
+  ],
+  "angularCompilerOptions": {
+    "extendedDiagnostics": {
+      "checks": {
+        "nullishCoalescingNotNullable": "suppress",
+        "optionalChainNotNullable": "suppress"
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }