name: ✨ Feature Request
description: Suggest a new feature or enhancement for MeTube
title: "[Feature]: "
labels: ["enhancement"]
assignees: []

body:
  - type: markdown
    attributes:
      value: |
        ## Read this first — MeTube's scope

        MeTube's scope is deliberately narrow: **it downloads well and stops once the file is written.**
        Features that improve the download itself are welcome — usually as community PRs, since the
        maintainer is unlikely to implement requests ([details](https://github.com/alexta69/metube#-submitting-feature-requests)).
        Post-download file management is out of scope regardless of implementation quality.

        **Already decided — please don't re-request:**
        - 🔒 Built-in authentication / password → use a reverse proxy ([#931](https://github.com/alexta69/metube/issues/931), [wiki](https://github.com/alexta69/metube/wiki/Reverse-proxy-configurations))
        - 🔔 Notifications on download completion → available today via the `Exec` postprocessor ([recipe](https://github.com/alexta69/metube/wiki/YTDL_OPTIONS-Cookbook))
        - ✏️ Renaming, converting, tagging, or organizing files after download → out of scope ([#495](https://github.com/alexta69/metube/issues/495), [#1027](https://github.com/alexta69/metube/issues/1027))
        - 🎚️ Pre-download format/quality/audio-track picker → tracked in [#1032](https://github.com/alexta69/metube/issues/1032)
        - 📋 Pre-download playlist item browser → tracked in [#1030](https://github.com/alexta69/metube/issues/1030)
        - 🎛️ Config switches to disable individual features → declined ([#976](https://github.com/alexta69/metube/issues/976))
        - ⏰ Download scheduler → declined; add items with auto-start off and start them when you like ([#838](https://github.com/alexta69/metube/issues/838))

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    id: prerequisites
    attributes:
      label: Prerequisites
      description: Please confirm before submitting
      options:
        - label: I have searched existing issues and checked the "Already decided" list above
          required: true
        - label: I have considered if this feature belongs in yt-dlp instead (downloading, processing, site support) — if so, please request it in the [yt-dlp repository](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues)
          required: true

  - type: textarea
    id: feature-description
    attributes:
      label: Feature Description
      description: Describe the feature you'd like to see and what problem it solves
      placeholder: |
        What feature would you like to see?
        What problem does it solve?
        How would it work?
    validations:
      required: true

  - type: dropdown
    id: implementation-plan
    attributes:
      label: Implementation Plan
      description: Do you plan to implement this feature yourself? (Optional - others may pick it up)
      options:
        - "Yes, I will implement this feature and submit a PR"
        - "No, I'm requesting this feature but cannot implement it"
        - "Maybe, I'd like to discuss the implementation approach first"
    validations:
      required: false

  - type: textarea
    id: additional-context
    attributes:
      label: Additional Context
      description: Any other information that might be helpful (mockups, technical details, alternatives, etc.)
      placeholder: Screenshots, mockups, technical details, or other relevant information
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      required: false