What's new in v0.0.9

✨ Smart Search

Can't find an anime because you only know its English dub title, a popular nickname, or a romanized spelling that doesn't match animepahe's catalogue? Smart Search fixes that.

As you type in the search bar, the extension quietly queries AniList for every alternative title associated with your search term — romaji, English, and synonyms — and runs parallel searches for each one. Any additional matches are injected at the top of the dropdown, clearly marked with a pink accent border and an "also known as" label so you always know why a result appeared.

Highlights:
- Works automatically — no extra clicks or keyboard shortcuts
- Debounced (300 ms) so it never fires on every keystroke
- Deduplicates against results already shown by animepahe
- AniList lookups are cached locally for 24 hours
- Can be toggled off at any time from the extension popup
- Zero impact on Continue Watching or DUB Detector



🔒 Privacy note

Smart Search sends your search query to the publicly available AniList GraphQL API (graphql.anilist.co) to retrieve alternative titles. No personal data or browsing history is included. See PRIVACY.md for full details. The feature can be disabled from the popup if you prefer no outbound requests at all.



📦 Installation / Update

| Browser | Link |
| ------- | ---- |
| Firefox | Firefox Add-ons (AMO) — updates automatically |
| Edge | Edge Add-ons — pending Microsoft review |
| Chrome / other Chromium | Download Animepahe-Enhancer.zip below, unzip, load unpacked via chrome://extensions |



🐛 Bug fixes & changes

• manifest.json description updated to reflect all three features
• DEFAULT_SETTINGS now includes smartSearchEnabled: true (existing installs default to on)
• Storage schema: new ape_ss_ cache prefix for AniList title lookups

⏳ Heads up: v0.0.9 will be the last release for the foreseeable future. I'm taking a break, so don't expect another update anytime soon. The extension is stable and fully functional - bug reports and PRs are still welcome in the meantime.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed cache poisoning from concurrent requests and rate-limit false negatives.
• Improved dub detection accuracy (fixed regex boundaries, JS key parsing, and tightened subtitle exclusions).

Stability Improvements

• Added baseline rate limits (120ms, max 6 concurrent) and backoff jitter to prevent Cloudflare bans.
• Throttler now correctly respects Retry-After headers.
• Prevented retry bursts by pushing failed tasks to the back of the queue.
• Added differentiation between retryable Cloudflare 503s and genuine server errors.

What's Changed

This update focuses on stabilizing the DUB detection feature against strict rate limits and improving the user experience with better progress tracking.

Fixes & Improvements

• Cloudflare Ratelimiting Bypass: Implemented logic to handle and bypass RequestThrottler restrictions, preventing DUB detection from stalling or breaking unexpectedly.
• Added ETA Display: Added a dynamic remaining time estimator so you can see exactly how long the detection process will take.
• Optimized Cache Duration: Increased the local cache lifetime to 24 hours. This drastically reduces the total number of outbound network requests and helps prevent future rate-limiting issues.

What's New in v0.0.6.1:
• Visual Update: Added a microphone icon (🎙️) to the home page scanner badges for better clarity.

Changelog

• Added official automated deployment integration for the Microsoft Edge Add-ons store.
• Updated documentation and added the Microsoft Edge storefront badge to the repository landing page.
• Native performance optimizations for cross-origin player tracking and DUB search modules.

Refactor

Split the monolithic animepahe.js into feature modules loaded via dynamic import.

New structure

• content/main.js - entry point; loads settings, detects page type, initialises features
• content/features/continue-watching.js - CW section + iframe postMessage bridge
• content/features/dub-detector.js - DUB badges, status pill, detection logic
• content/helpers/router.js - page-type detection and session extraction
• content/helpers/storage.js - chrome.storage wrapper and settings schema
• content/helpers/cache.js - episode/home DUB cache with garbage collection
• Some theme changes

What's Changed

• Fixed Search Functionality: The DUB detector no longer accidentally targets dynamically generated anime links inside the search bar dropdown or header navigation. Previously, the scanner was injecting badges into the search results, which broke the UI layout and made the search dropdown difficult to use.

What's New

• Firefox for Android Support: The extension is now officially supported on Firefox for Android! You can now install and use the video tracker and DUB detector directly on your mobile browser.
• Continue Watching Fix: Fixed an issue where watching different episodes of the same series would create duplicate cards on the home page. Now, your progress automatically overwrites older episodes to keep the grid clean.

🎉 First release of animepahe Enhancer

✨ Features

▶ Continue Watching
- Tracks playback position every 2 seconds across all episodes
- Displays a "Continue Watching" row on the home page with progress bars
- Supports up to 24 episodes in watch history
- Remove individual entries or clear all from the popup or home page

🎙 DUB Detector
- Scans episode lists, player pages, and home feed for dubbed episodes
- Overlays colour-coded badges (episode list, home cards, player title)
- Uses binary search to minimise network requests — O(log n) instead of O(n)
- Results cached locally for 12 hours with automatic garbage collection

🛠 Installation

• Firefox: Available on the Firefox Add-ons Store (AMO)
• Edge: Manual installation for now — automated Edge Add-ons publishing coming soon

📦 Notes

• No external servers — all data stored locally in your browser
• Works across all official animepahe mirror domains