20260222-0

A lot of housekeeping, many internal refactors.
Implemented new UI and settings capabilities.

• Refactored script.user.js to have a custom-made single-file module system.
• Moved most of the boilerplate definitions into individual modules.
• Added way too many FP patterns.
• Created an extensible DSL for declaratively rendering the settings-dialog.
• Extended $builder and removed $populate entirely.
• Added button theming, spacer, and settings dialog.

20260220-0

Strong progress towards improvements for future testing.
Additional fixes for the new UI for channels with members-only content.

• Made testing harness more modular.
• Refactored initial testing to Run.Test.All module.
• Added Run.Playground.Ui.V20260219 module to testing harness.
• #56 Added compatibility to the new members-only UI.

20260208-0

More stability and cleaner code. A maintenance release without feature changes.
Added automated validation of userscript with eslint and semgrep.

• Applied eslint recommendations.
• Improved reliability of automated testing.
• Added more steps to manual testing script (test.user.js).
• Ensure playlist emulation only runs when a playlist is part of the URL.
• Ensure every error within the script is handled properly.
• Remove the need for trusted type bypass by using $builder() amd $populate() (formerly safeBuildDynamicHtml) for all dynamic HTML.
• Increase mobile reliability for switching between Latest and Popular.
• #51 #53 Improved the regular expression for extracting channelId.
• Compatibility with partially released new YouTube UI elements.

eslint and semgrep are used to check for risky/insecure code inside the userscript.
This is a measure to build reliability and trust by making it easier to audit the code.

20251115-1

Slight improvements to stability in edge cases.
Strong work towards automatic testing. Commands are used to trigger tests.

• Attributes that are not HtmlElement properties are set from safeBuildDynamicHtml.
• Ensure all links in playlist during random play lead to random play.
• Minor UI improvements for random play.
• Made fetching of channelId more reliable when starting at a channel page and navigating to another.

There are now automated testing tools for YTPA, written in purescript and running puppeteer.

Improved branding and stability.