chore(release): prepare 0.18.0-beta.1

fix(overlay): resolve unspaced Japanese name splits and scan recovery (#146 )
fix(tokenizer): keep unparsed Yomitan tokens hoverable (#145 )
2026-07-27 04:49:49 -07:00 · 2026-07-07 02:40:05 -07:00 · 2026-07-07 02:33:46 -07:00 · 2026-07-07 02:01:04 -07:00 · 2026-07-07 01:51:05 -07:00 · 2026-07-07 00:18:48 -07:00
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name: Bug Report
 description: Report something that is broken or behaving incorrectly
-title: "[Bug]: "
-labels: ["bug"]
+title: '[Bug]: '
+labels: ['bug']
 body:
  - type: markdown
    attributes:
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name: Feature Request
 description: Suggest a new feature or an improvement to an existing one
-title: "[Feature]: "
-labels: ["enhancement"]
+title: '[Feature]: '
+labels: ['enhancement']
 body:
  - type: markdown
    attributes:
@@ -31,6 +31,6 @@ If docs-site/ changed, also: bun run docs:test && bun run docs:build

 ## Checklist

- [ ] Added a changelog fragment, or this PR is labeled `skip-changelog` (see [`changes/README.md`](../changes/README.md))
+- [ ] Reconciled current-outcome changelog fragment(s), or this PR is labeled `skip-changelog` (see [`changes/README.md`](../changes/README.md))
 - [ ] Docs updated in the same PR if behavior, defaults, flags, shortcuts, ports, or APIs changed
 - [ ] Relevant checks pass locally (typecheck, tests, build)
@@ -55,9 +55,6 @@ jobs:
      - name: Verify generated config examples
        run: bun run verify:config-example

-      - name: Internal docs knowledge-base checks
-        run: bun run test:docs:kb
-
      - name: Test suite (source)
        run: bun run test:fast

@@ -71,6 +68,9 @@ jobs:
          path: coverage/test-src/lcov.info
          if-no-files-found: error

+      - name: Stats UI tests
+        run: bun run test:stats
+
      - name: Launcher smoke suite (source)
        run: bun run test:launcher:smoke:src

@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ jobs:
          path: coverage/test-src/lcov.info
          if-no-files-found: error

+      - name: Stats UI tests
+        run: bun run test:stats
+
      - name: Launcher smoke suite (source)
        run: bun run test:launcher:smoke:src

@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ jobs:
          path: coverage/test-src/lcov.info
          if-no-files-found: error

+      - name: Stats UI tests
+        run: bun run test:stats
+
      - name: Launcher smoke suite (source)
        run: bun run test:launcher:smoke:src

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Dependencies
 node_modules/
+/package-lock.json

 # Superpowers brainstorming
 .superpowers/
@@ -16,6 +17,8 @@ coverage/

 # Launcher build artifact (produced by make build-launcher)
 /subminer
+/main-entry.js
+/main-entry.js.map

 # Logs
 *.log
@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@ Start here, then leave this file.
 - Config/schema/defaults: `bun run test:config`; if template/defaults changed, `bun run generate:config-example`
 - Launcher/plugin: `bun run test:launcher` or `bun run test:env`
 - Runtime-compat / dist-sensitive: `bun run test:runtime:compat`
+- Stats dashboard UI (`stats/`): `bun run test:stats`
+- Build/release scripts (`scripts/**`): `bun run test:scripts`
 - Docs-only: `bun run docs:test`, then `bun run docs:build`
+- Test lanes are directory-discovered via `scripts/test-lanes.ts`; never hand-list test files in `package.json`

 ## Docs Upkeep

@@ -68,7 +71,7 @@ Start here, then leave this file.

 ## Release / PR Notes

- User-visible PRs need one fragment in `changes/*.md` — format and rules in [`changes/README.md`](./changes/README.md) (`type` + `area` keys required; apply the `skip-changelog` label to opt out)
+- User-visible PRs need reconciled current-outcome fragment(s) in `changes/*.md` — format and rules in [`changes/README.md`](./changes/README.md) (`type` + `area` keys required; inspect existing same-PR fragments, then update/remove stale bullets or add only genuinely separate outcomes; apply the `skip-changelog` label to opt out)
 - User-visible docs changes get a `type: docs` fragment
 - CI enforces `bun run changelog:lint` and `bun run changelog:pr-check`
 - PR review helpers:
@@ -1,5 +1,103 @@
 # Changelog

+## v0.17.2 (2026-06-28)
+
+### Fixed
+- YouTube Background Cache: Fixed Windows YouTube background media cache startup for YouTube URLs opened directly in mpv, including resolved stream URLs when mpv still exposes the original YouTube playlist entry, so queued Anki media updates can append audio and images after the cache finishes.
+- YouTube Subtitle Picker: Manual subtitle picker requests now show an immediate configured notification while SubMiner probes tracks and opens the modal. Subtitle download progress is replaced with a transient success notification after tracks load.
+
+## v0.17.1 (2026-06-27)
+
+### Added
+- YouTube Media Cache Mode: Adds `youtube.mediaCache.mode` with `direct` and `background` options. Background mode uses a yt-dlp cache download when direct stream extraction is unreliable — creates a text-only card immediately, queues media updates for mined notes, and fills audio/image fields once the download finishes. Progress is announced via overlay/OSD notifications. Downloads are capped at 720p by default (`youtube.mediaCache.maxHeight`). Switching back to direct mode cancels any in-flight background download.
+
+### Fixed
+- Log Export: Fixed log filenames to use the local date so exports around UTC midnight include the current day's logs rather than stale prior-day files. Expanded export redaction to mask IPs, emails, auth and cookie headers, yt-dlp cookie arguments, URL credentials, token/key/password fields, and signed YouTube media URL parameters.
+- YouTube Card Media: Improved media generation reliability by sending safer ffmpeg options for resolved streams and skipping stale stream maps (including cached YouTube files). Hardened background cache downloads with IPv4 and extractor retry flags; failed downloads now notify the user and clear queued media updates instead of leaving them silently pending. Stale background cache files are cleaned on startup and before each new download.
+
+## v0.17.0 (2026-06-15)
+
+### Changed
+
+- **Subtitle Delay Keybindings**: Updated default overlay subtitle delay and step bindings to match mpv conventions: `z`, `Z`, and `x` adjust `sub-delay`; `Ctrl+Shift+Left/Right` run native `sub-step` with OSD feedback. The previous SubMiner-only adjacent-cue delay action has been removed.
+- **Update Notifications**: New installs now default update notifications to overlay-only instead of overlay + system notifications.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **Anki – Highlight Word**: Fixed bolding of the mined word in Kiku sentence and sentence-furigana fields when the source Yomitan sentence did not already contain bold markup.
+- **Anki – Lapis/Kiku Word Cards**: Fixed word-and-sentence marker missing from Lapis/Kiku word cards enriched through SubMiner, which could hide sentence context on the card front.
+- **Anki – Windows Media Generation**: Fixed known-word cache refreshes when no deck is configured, and fixed audio/image generation after background launches by recreating missing FFmpeg temp directories before clipping.
+- **Character Dictionary – Windows**: Fixed the Windows "SubMiner mpv" shortcut so character dictionary auto-sync can fall back to mpv's current video path when app media state is not yet ready.
+- **Notifications**: Restored the SubMiner app icon on system notifications that do not supply a custom notification image.
+- **Overlay – macOS Yomitan Popup**: Fixed Yomitan popup focus after card mining or popup reload; fixed popups staying open when clicking transparent overlay space — click-away now closes the popup and returns click passthrough to mpv without a hide/reappear cycle.
+- **Overlay – Linux Auto-Pause Startup**: Fixed the visible overlay on Linux auto-paused startup to stay interactive during the initial measurement gap; startup subtitle cache misses now paint raw text before tokenization finishes, and temporarily empty `sub-text` refreshes are resolved before warm readiness resumes playback.
+- **Overlay – Playlist Advance**: Fixed the visible overlay being dismissed when mpv advances to the next playlist item, including when the next episode loads after the warm transition delay.
+- **Overlay – Windows Subtitle Bar**: Fixed shaky hover and click interaction on the Windows subtitle bar when a video attaches to an already-running background SubMiner instance.
+- **Stats – AniList Linking**: Fixed manual AniList linking from the stats anime page so auto-searches strip the generated "Season N" suffix and query only the anime title.
+- **Updates – Linux Support Assets**: Fixed Linux updates to correctly install and refresh the launcher runtime plugin copy and rofi theme alongside AppImage and launcher updates; unrelated SubMiner data directories are now left untouched and plugin copies are staged before replacing the live runtime. Fixed first-launch playback on fresh installs by auto-installing missing managed support assets from the bundled app before mpv starts.
+
+### Docs
+
+- **Linux Update Flows**: Documented that Linux update flows manage the launcher runtime plugin copy and rofi theme from `subminer-assets.tar.gz`, and that normal launcher playback auto-installs those managed support assets on a fresh install if either is missing.
+
+<details>
+<summary>Internal changes</summary>
+
+### Internal
+
+- **Runtime Modules**: Split main-process runtime wiring into focused modules without changing user-facing behavior; hardened helpers against stale background stats daemon PIDs, stalled subtitle extraction, and dropped async errors.
+- **Release CI**: Fixed GitHub release notes to preserve the `What's Changed` and `New Contributors` attribution sections when CI regenerates from the committed changelog; scoped prerelease note reuse to the same base version so a new beta line starts from current fragments.
+
+</details>
+
+## v0.16.0 (2026-06-10)
+
+### Breaking Changes
+
+- **Notification Mode `both`**: `notificationType: "both"` now routes to overlay + system notifications. Users who previously used `"both"` for mpv OSD + system notifications should set `notificationType` to `"osd-system"` in `config.jsonc`. The `osd` and `osd-system` values remain valid as config-file entries but no longer appear in Settings.
+
+### Added
+
+- **Overlay Notifications**: New overlay notification stack (Catppuccin Macchiato theme) with configurable screen position (`notifications.overlayPosition`: top-left, top-center, top-right), 3-second transient dismissals, and persistent cards for long-running jobs like character dictionary sync.
+- **Notification History Panel**: `Ctrl/Cmd+N` (configurable via `shortcuts.toggleNotificationHistory`) opens a session log of all notifications. Works whether the overlay or mpv has focus; slides in from the notification edge; entries can be individually removed or cleared.
+- **Mined-Card Notification Actions**: Mined-card overlay notifications show generated card thumbnails and include an Open in Anki button in both live cards and history entries.
+- **Update Notification Action**: Update-available overlay notifications include an Update button to start the app update flow directly from the notification.
+- **Stats Search**: New Search tab in Stats for realtime subtitle sentence search with media context, headword matching, and mining actions for source-backed sentence cards or exact-match word/audio cards.
+
+### Changed
+
+- **AniSkip**: Moved intro detection from the mpv plugin to the SubMiner app. Lookups now cover every file loaded during a session including playlist advances, and `mpv.aniskipEnabled`/`mpv.aniskipButtonKey` hot-reload without restarting playback. The bundled plugin no longer makes network calls. Note: AniSkip now requires the SubMiner app to be connected; plugin-only mpv sessions will not fetch skip windows.
+- **Stats Library**: Entries are now split by detected season (season folder first, filename parsing as fallback). Existing combined-series rows are automatically migrated to per-season entries on startup. Cover art and anime details refresh immediately after a manual AniList entry change.
+- **Stats Vocabulary**: Remembers Hide Known/Hide Kana filters across sessions, applies Hide Kana filtering cross-title, collapses duplicate token variants in exclusions, and matches Related Seen Words by shared readings or kanji.
+- **Stats Trends**: Reorganized into Activity, Cumulative Totals, Efficiency, Patterns, and Library sections; disambiguated per-period vs. cumulative charts; added Words/Min and Cards/Hour efficiency charts.
+- **Stats Mining**: Sentence cards are created before slow media generation finishes; stored/requested secondary subtitles are preserved before falling back to sidecar or alass-retimed English subtitles; empty `ankiConnect.deck` falls back to Yomitan's mining deck; partial media failures are surfaced.
+- **Stats Browsing**: Remembers library card size; retries stored cover art without extra AniList lookups; preserves PNG/WebP MIME types; honors custom AnkiConnect URLs for Browse; shows progress during session deletes.
+- **Startup Notifications**: Tokenization, subtitle annotation, and character dictionary status now route through queued overlay notifications in `overlay`/`both` mode instead of falling back to mpv OSD while the overlay loads.
+- **Notification Deduplication**: Cycling subtitle modes updates the active overlay card in place rather than stacking duplicates; repeated progress updates (e.g. subsync) tick in place without flickering.
+- **Update Notification Default**: New installs default `notificationType` to `both` so update alerts appear in both overlay and system notifications.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **AniList Completion**: Entries are now marked completed when a post-watch update reaches the final known episode of the season.
+- **AniSkip Markers**: Fixed intro markers disappearing after same-media mpv reloads; fixed metadata detection for intros that start at 0 seconds and common release-group filenames.
+- **Jellyfin Session**: Remote session now restarts after setup login so the websocket reconnects with fresh credentials, and stops cleanly on logout.
+- **Sentence Card Audio**: Mining a sentence card no longer fills the expression audio field; generated audio goes only to the configured sentence audio field.
+- **Stats Mining Fields**: Sentence clips update `SentenceAudio` correctly; word audio uses configured Yomitan sources; English subtitle text is not written to word cards; secondary subtitle auto-selection prefers regular English tracks over Signs/Songs tracks.
+- **Overlay Hover Readiness**: Subtitle bars are hoverable and clickable from the first subtitle line on visible overlay startup or resume, without waiting for the next subtitle event.
+- **Startup Autoplay**: Playback is released after tokenization and overlay content are ready even when playback begins before the first subtitle line appears.
+- **Overlay Startup Feedback**: Restored mpv OSD loading spinner that starts on connect, media open, or overlay request, and clears once the overlay is content-ready and visible.
+- **Linux Overlay Input**: Notification close and action buttons remain clickable above subtitle bars on Linux.
+
+<details>
+<summary>Internal changes</summary>
+
+### Internal
+- **Build**: `make deps` now initializes git submodules before installing dependencies on a fresh source checkout.
+- **Release Tooling**: Release notes now credit contributors and first-time authors resolved from changelog fragments via git and the GitHub API.
+- **Changelog Guidance**: PR fragment guidance updated to preserve separate-outcome fragments while directing contributors to consolidate same-PR follow-up notes before adding churn.
+
+</details>
+
 ## v0.15.2 (2026-06-02)

 ### Changed
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-AGENTS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.PHONY: help deps build build-launcher install build-linux build-macos build-macos-unsigned clean install-linux install-macos install-windows uninstall uninstall-linux uninstall-macos uninstall-windows print-dirs pretty lint ensure-bun generate-config generate-example-config dev-start dev-start-macos dev-watch dev-watch-macos dev-toggle dev-stop docs-test docs-build docs-build-versioned docs-dev
+.PHONY: help submodules deps build build-launcher install build-linux build-macos build-macos-unsigned clean install-linux install-macos install-windows uninstall uninstall-linux uninstall-macos uninstall-windows print-dirs pretty lint ensure-bun generate-config generate-example-config dev-start dev-start-macos dev-watch dev-watch-macos dev-toggle dev-stop docs-test docs-build docs-build-versioned docs-dev

 APP_NAME := subminer
 THEME_SOURCE := assets/themes/subminer.rasi
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ help:
 		"  generate-config  Generate ~/.config/SubMiner/config.jsonc from centralized defaults" \
 		"" \
 		"Other targets:" \
-		"  deps             Install JS dependencies (root + stats + texthooker-ui)" \
+		"  submodules       Initialize/update git submodules" \
+		"  deps             Initialize submodules and install JS dependencies (root + stats + texthooker-ui)" \
 		"  uninstall-linux  Remove Linux install artifacts" \
 		"  uninstall-macos  Remove macOS install artifacts" \
 		"  uninstall-windows Remove Windows mpv plugin artifacts" \
@@ -105,8 +106,10 @@ print-dirs:
 		"MACOS_APP_SRC=$(MACOS_APP_SRC)" \
 		"MACOS_ZIP_SRC=$(MACOS_ZIP_SRC)"

-deps:
-	@$(MAKE) --no-print-directory ensure-bun
+submodules:
+	@git submodule update --init --recursive
+
+deps: submodules ensure-bun
 	@bun install
 	@cd stats && bun install --frozen-lockfile
 	@cd vendor/texthooker-ui && bun install --frozen-lockfile
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ Only **mpv** and Anki+AnkiConnect are required. Everything else is optional but
 | yt-dlp               | Optional    | YouTube playback                         |
 | fzf / rofi           | Optional    | Video picker in the launcher             |
 | alass / ffsubsync    | Optional    | Subtitle sync                            |
+| guessit              | Optional    | Better anime title and episode detection |

 <details>
 <summary><b>Platform-specific install commands</b></summary>
@@ -212,6 +213,7 @@ On **Windows**, just run `SubMiner.exe` and the setup will open automatically on
 subminer video.mkv          # launch mpv with SubMiner
 subminer /path/to/dir       # pick a file with fzf
 subminer -R /path/to/dir    # pick a file with rofi (Linux only)
+subminer -H                 # browse local watch history (replay / next episode / browse)
 ```

 On **Windows**, use the **SubMiner mpv** shortcut created during setup. Double-click it or drag a video file onto it.
@@ -228,6 +230,7 @@ SubMiner builds on the work of these open-source projects:

 | Project                                                                                     | Role                                                                    |
 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| [ani-skip](https://github.com/synacktraa/ani-skip)                                          | AniSkip API client for anime intro/outro skip timestamps                |
 | [Anacreon-Script](https://github.com/friedrich-de/Anacreon-Script)                          | Inspiration for the mining workflow                                     |
 | [asbplayer](https://github.com/killergerbah/asbplayer)                                      | Inspiration for subtitle sidebar and logic for YouTube subtitle parsing |
 | [Bee's Character Dictionary](https://github.com/bee-san/Japanese_Character_Name_Dictionary) | Character name recognition in subtitles                                 |
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ Rules:
 - `README.md` is ignored by the generator
 - if a PR should not produce release notes, apply the `skip-changelog` label instead of adding a fragment

+PR branch workflow:
+
+- Before adding a fragment or bullet, inspect the `changes/*.md` files already changed in the PR
+- If the new work fixes, modifies, renames, or supersedes behavior introduced or referenced by that fragment, edit or remove the stale bullet instead of adding follow-up churn
+- Add a new bullet only when it describes a truly separate user-visible outcome
+- Multiple fragment files are allowed when one PR has genuinely separate release-note outcomes, but keep them minimized and current
+
 How fragments turn into a release:

 - At release time, `bun run changelog:build` (and `bun run changelog:prerelease-notes`) pipes every pending fragment through `claude -p` to merge related items, drop noise, and rewrite into a clean user-facing release body. Write fragments as raw, informative notes — don't worry about polished prose, deduping across PRs, or line-by-line phrasing. The polish step handles all of that.
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+type: fixed
+area: mining
+
+- Normalized generated card audio by default during media extraction, with `ankiConnect.media.normalizeAudio` available to keep raw source loudness when needed.
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+type: fixed
+area: stats
+
+- `subminer app` background launches now start the stats server automatically when `stats.autoStartServer` is enabled, and skip startup when a background stats server is already running.
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+type: fixed
+area: overlay
+
+- Fixed character-dictionary surname/given-name splitting for unspaced AniList native names where romanized reading length misled the boundary guess (東紫乃 split as 東紫+乃, 渡辺真奈美 as 渡辺真+奈美), so surnames like 東 and 渡辺 were never highlighted with character portraits and unmatched leading kanji (渡) lost hover lookup entirely. Name parts are now resolved with MeCab person-name POS tags and reading validation when MeCab is available; without MeCab, terms are generated for both plausible boundaries so the real surname still matches. Existing snapshots regenerate automatically (format version bump), and snapshots built without MeCab are upgraded to exact MeCab splits once MeCab is detected.
+- Fixed subtitle tokenization dropping a character entirely when Yomitan's greedy scan consumed trailing punctuation/whitespace past the term (e.g. 平 in 「（東）平　（平）え？」 matched across the paren with no exact-source headword). The scanner now retries shorter windows so the prefix term still tokenizes with its name match and portrait.
+- Fixed character-name highlights being stripped when MeCab's context-dependent POS tag put the token in the annotation noise filter (e.g. 平 tagged as prefix 接頭詞 in 「あっ 平 これ…」 lost its highlight and portrait even though hover lookup showed the character). Confirmed name matches now survive the POS exclusion filter, and name matching alone keeps the annotation stage active when all other annotations are disabled.
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+type: added
+area: launcher
+
+- Show cover art icons in the rofi watch-history picker, reusing AniList covers already stored in the stats database (extracted to `~/.cache/subminer/covers`).
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+type: fixed
+area: anki
+
+- Fixed cancelling the Kiku field grouping dialog showing two "Field grouping cancelled" notifications when grouping was started via the trigger shortcut: the manual workflow already notifies about its outcome (cancelled, UI unavailable, failed), and the trigger path re-notified on top of it. The workflow now owns all outcome notifications, and a previously silent failure (the original card no longer loadable) gets its own message.
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+type: fixed
+area: overlay
+
+- Fixed Kiku manual field grouping freezing the overlay after adding a duplicate card: the field grouping modal now reliably appears above fullscreen mpv on Hyprland/Wayland by re-asserting window placement until the compositor maps the modal window, instead of a single post-show attempt that raced the async map and left the dialog invisible.
+- Fixed manual field grouping staying broken after the first attempt: the request resolver is now always cleared once a choice is made or the request is abandoned, so later grouping attempts no longer short-circuit to an instant "Field grouping cancelled".
+- Fixed a timed-out or failed field grouping request leaving an orphaned, invisible modal window covering mpv: abandoned requests now tear down the modal window and close the dialog so the overlay recovers immediately.
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+type: fixed
+area: overlay
+
+- Fixed words being highlighted green as known when a same-spelled Anki card taught a different reading (e.g. とこ parsed as 床 "bed" matching a known 床/ゆか "floor" card). The known-word cache now stores each card's word together with its reading and only matches when the token's reading agrees; cards without a reading field keep matching in any reading as before.
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+type: added
+area: launcher
+
+- Added `subminer -H` / `--history` to browse local watch history, replay the last watched episode, continue to the next episode, or browse episodes with fzf/rofi.
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+type: changed
+area: branding
+
+- Replaced the SubMiner app icon with new pixel-art submarine artwork contributed by an anonymous community member, used across the app icon, tray, notifications, README, docs site, and stats page.
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+type: fixed
+area: overlay
+
+- Fixed secondary subtitles stacking dozens of one-syllable lines down the screen during karaoke-typeset openings/endings, which made the hover-pause band cover the whole video: karaoke-like event spam is now collapsed into a single deduped line, and the secondary subtitle area is height-capped so it always stays a strip at the top.
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+type: fixed
+area: stats
+
+- Show all trend chart titles by default, persist hidden-title choices, and add a per-chart top-title limit selector.
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+type: internal
+area: testing
+
+- Test lanes are now defined once in `scripts/test-lanes.ts` and discovered by directory instead of hand-maintained file lists in `package.json`; the unused `test:core:*`/`test:config:dist`/`test:full` scripts were removed.
+- `scripts/run-test-lane.mjs` runs each test file in an isolated `bun test` process with a wall timeout, so a hanging test or leaked global can no longer cascade failures across the lane.
+- Previously orphaned suites now run in CI: the stats dashboard tests (`bun run test:stats`), the `scripts/**` tests (`bun run test:scripts`, including the change-verification skill tests), the `test-plugin-process-start-retries.lua` plugin test, and the runtime-compat dist slice (now part of `bun run test:fast`).
+- The change-verification skill gained a `stats` lane for `stats/` edits.
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+type: fixed
+area: overlay
+
+- Fixed subtitle text that Yomitan's parser cannot match (e.g. the truncated volitional in とこ戻ろ…) being rendered as plain, non-interactive text: it was invisible to hover/lookup and excluded from the n+1 word count, which could wrongly mark a sentence as n+1. Unparsed runs are now kept as hoverable tokens matching Yomitan's own segmentation; bracketed SFX/speaker captions and punctuation-only runs are still skipped.
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+type: fixed
+area: youtube
+
+- Fixed direct YouTube stream media extraction by parsing mpv EDL stream URLs with their byte-length guards, preventing trailing EDL segment options from corrupting signed googlevideo URLs and causing ffmpeg 403 errors.
@@ -172,10 +172,19 @@
  "updates": {
    "enabled": true, // Run automatic update checks in the background. Values: true | false
    "checkIntervalHours": 24, // Minimum hours between automatic update checks.
-    "notificationType": "system", // How SubMiner announces available updates. Values: system | osd | both | none
+    "notificationType": "overlay", // How SubMiner announces available updates. overlay shows notifications on the overlay, system uses OS notifications, both uses overlay and system. osd and osd-system are legacy config-file-only values. Values: overlay | system | both | none | osd | osd-system
    "channel": "stable" // Release channel used for update checks. Values: stable | prerelease
  }, // Automatic update check behavior.

+  // ==========================================
+  // Notifications
+  // Overlay notification display behavior.
+  // Hot-reload: position changes apply to the next overlay notification.
+  // ==========================================
+  "notifications": {
+    "overlayPosition": "top-right" // Position for in-overlay notification cards. Values: top-left | top | top-right
+  }, // Overlay notification display behavior.
+
  // ==========================================
  // Keyboard Shortcuts
  // Overlay keyboard shortcuts. Set a shortcut to null to disable.
@@ -199,7 +208,8 @@
    "openSessionHelp": "CommandOrControl+Slash", // Accelerator that opens the session help / keybinding cheatsheet.
    "openControllerSelect": "Alt+C", // Accelerator that opens the controller selection and learn-mode modal.
    "openControllerDebug": "Alt+Shift+C", // Accelerator that opens the controller debug modal with live axis/button readouts.
-    "toggleSubtitleSidebar": "Backslash" // Accelerator that toggles the subtitle sidebar visibility.
+    "toggleSubtitleSidebar": "Backslash", // Accelerator that toggles the subtitle sidebar visibility.
+    "toggleNotificationHistory": "CommandOrControl+N" // Accelerator that toggles the overlay notification history panel.
  }, // Overlay keyboard shortcuts. Set a shortcut to null to disable.

  // ==========================================
@@ -280,15 +290,41 @@
      ] // Command setting.
    },
    {
-      "key": "Shift+BracketRight", // Key setting.
+      "key": "Ctrl+Shift+ArrowLeft", // Key setting.
      "command": [
-        "__sub-delay-next-line"
+        "sub-step",
+        -1
      ] // Command setting.
    },
    {
-      "key": "Shift+BracketLeft", // Key setting.
+      "key": "Ctrl+Shift+ArrowRight", // Key setting.
      "command": [
-        "__sub-delay-prev-line"
+        "sub-step",
+        1
+      ] // Command setting.
+    },
+    {
+      "key": "KeyZ", // Key setting.
+      "command": [
+        "add",
+        "sub-delay",
+        -0.1
+      ] // Command setting.
+    },
+    {
+      "key": "Shift+KeyZ", // Key setting.
+      "command": [
+        "add",
+        "sub-delay",
+        0.1
+      ] // Command setting.
+    },
+    {
+      "key": "KeyX", // Key setting.
+      "command": [
+        "add",
+        "sub-delay",
+        0.1
      ] // Command setting.
    },
    {
@@ -496,7 +532,7 @@
    "tags": [
      "SubMiner"
    ], // Tags to add to cards mined or updated by SubMiner. Provide an empty array to disable automatic tagging.
-    "deck": "", // Restrict duplicate detection and card enrichment to this Anki deck. Leave empty to search all decks.
+    "deck": "", // Restrict duplicate detection and card enrichment to this Anki deck. Leave empty to use the Yomitan mining deck when available.
    "fields": {
      "word": "Expression", // Card field for the mined word or expression text.
      "audio": "ExpressionAudio", // Card field that receives generated sentence audio.
@@ -523,6 +559,7 @@
      "animatedMaxHeight": 0, // Maximum height for animated AVIF captures, in pixels. Set to 0 to preserve aspect ratio.
      "animatedCrf": 35, // Animated AVIF CRF quality target. Lower values produce larger, higher-quality files.
      "syncAnimatedImageToWordAudio": true, // For animated AVIF images, prepend a frozen first frame matching the existing word-audio duration so motion starts with sentence audio. Values: true | false
+      "normalizeAudio": true, // Normalize generated sentence audio loudness during media extraction. Values: true | false
      "audioPadding": 0, // Seconds of padding appended to both ends of generated sentence audio and animated AVIF clips.
      "fallbackDuration": 3, // Fallback clip duration in seconds when subtitle timing data is unavailable.
      "maxMediaDuration": 30 // Maximum allowed media clip duration in seconds.
@@ -532,14 +569,14 @@
      "refreshMinutes": 1440, // Minutes between known-word cache refreshes.
      "addMinedWordsImmediately": true, // Immediately append newly mined card words into the known-word cache. Values: true | false
      "matchMode": "headword", // Known-word matching strategy for subtitle annotations. Cache matches always receive known-word highlighting even when POS filters suppress other annotation types. Values: headword | surface
-      "decks": {} // Decks and expression/word fields for known-word cache. Object mapping deck names to arrays of field names to extract, e.g. { "Kaishi 1.5k": ["Word"] }.
+      "decks": {} // Decks and expression/word fields for known-word cache. Object mapping deck names to arrays of field names to extract, e.g. { "Kaishi 1.5k": ["Word"] }. Reading fields (Reading, Word Reading, ExpressionReading) are always probed so cached words match only in the reading their note teaches; words from notes without readings match in any reading.
    }, // Known words setting.
    "behavior": {
      "overwriteAudio": true, // When updating an existing card, overwrite the audio field instead of skipping it. Values: true | false
      "overwriteImage": true, // When updating an existing card, overwrite the image field instead of skipping it. Values: true | false
      "mediaInsertMode": "append", // Whether new media is appended after or prepended before existing field contents on update. Values: append | prepend
      "highlightWord": true, // Bold the mined word inside the sentence field on the saved Anki card. Values: true | false
-      "notificationType": "osd", // Notification surface used to announce mining and update outcomes. Values: osd | system | both | none
+      "notificationType": "overlay", // Notification surface used to announce mining and update outcomes. overlay shows notifications on the overlay, system uses OS notifications, both uses overlay and system. osd and osd-system are legacy config-file-only values. Values: overlay | system | both | none | osd | osd-system
      "autoUpdateNewCards": true // Automatically update newly added cards. Values: true | false
    }, // Behavior setting.
    "nPlusOne": {
@@ -582,7 +619,11 @@
    "primarySubLanguages": [
      "ja",
      "jpn"
-    ] // Comma-separated primary subtitle language priority for managed subtitle auto-selection.
+    ], // Comma-separated primary subtitle language priority for managed subtitle auto-selection.
+    "mediaCache": {
+      "mode": "direct", // How YouTube card audio/images are extracted. Values: direct | background
+      "maxHeight": 720 // Maximum video height downloaded for the YouTube background media cache. Set to 0 for unlimited.
+    } // Media cache setting.
  }, // Defaults for managed subtitle language preferences and YouTube subtitle loading.

  // ==========================================
@@ -634,8 +675,8 @@
    "autoStartSubMiner": true, // Start SubMiner in the background when SubMiner-managed mpv loads a file. Values: true | false
    "pauseUntilOverlayReady": true, // Pause mpv on visible-overlay auto-start until SubMiner signals subtitle tokenization readiness. Values: true | false
    "subminerBinaryPath": "", // Optional SubMiner app binary path passed to the bundled mpv plugin. Leave empty to use the launcher-detected app path.
-    "aniskipEnabled": true, // Enable AniSkip intro detection and skip markers in the bundled mpv plugin. Values: true | false
-    "aniskipButtonKey": "TAB" // mpv key used to trigger the AniSkip button while the skip marker is visible.
+    "aniskipEnabled": true, // Enable AniSkip intro detection, chapter markers, and the skip-intro key. Values: true | false
+    "aniskipButtonKey": "TAB" // mpv key used to skip the detected intro while the skip prompt is visible.
  }, // SubMiner-managed mpv launch and bundled plugin options.

  // ==========================================
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@ const sidebar: DefaultTheme.SidebarItem[] = [
      { text: 'YouTube', link: '/youtube-integration' },
      { text: 'Jimaku', link: '/jimaku-integration' },
      { text: 'AniList', link: '/anilist-integration' },
+      { text: 'AniSkip', link: '/aniskip-integration' },
      { text: 'Character Dictionary', link: '/character-dictionary' },
    ],
  },
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ SubMiner monitors playback and triggers an AniList progress update when an episo

 The update flow:

-1. **Title detection** -- SubMiner extracts the anime title, season, and episode number from the media filename. It tries [`guessit`](https://github.com/guessit-io/guessit) first for accurate parsing, then falls back to an internal filename parser if guessit is unavailable.
+1. **Title detection** -- SubMiner extracts the anime title, season, and episode number from the media filename and path. Season folders such as `Season 2` are treated as a strong season signal. SubMiner tries [`guessit`](https://github.com/guessit-io/guessit) first for accurate parsing, then falls back to an internal filename parser if guessit is unavailable.
 2. **AniList search** -- The detected title is searched against the AniList GraphQL API. For season 2 and later files, SubMiner searches the season-specific title first, then falls back to the base title. SubMiner picks the best match by comparing titles (romaji, English, native) and filtering by episode count.
 3. **Progress check** -- SubMiner fetches your current list entry for the matched media. The media must already be in Planning or Watching; otherwise SubMiner shows an MPV message explaining that the update is not possible. If your recorded progress already meets or exceeds the detected episode, the update is skipped.
 4. **Mutation** -- A `SaveMediaListEntry` mutation sets the new progress and marks the entry as `CURRENT`.
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# AniSkip Integration
+
+SubMiner integrates with [AniSkip](https://aniskip.com) to automatically detect anime intro intervals and let you skip them with a single key press.
+
+Intro detection runs in the SubMiner app over the mpv IPC socket. It is available whenever the overlay is connected to mpv - not just at launch - and covers every local file loaded during an mpv session, including playlist advances.
+
+## Setup
+
+AniSkip is opt-in. Enable it in your config:
+
+```jsonc
+{
+  "mpv": {
+    "aniskipEnabled": true,
+    "aniskipButtonKey": "TAB",
+  },
+}
+```
+
+Both settings hot-reload: changing them in your config takes effect immediately without restarting playback or mpv.
+
+For best title and episode detection, install [`guessit`](https://github.com/guessit-io/guessit):
+
+```bash
+python3 -m pip install --user guessit
+```
+
+Without `guessit`, SubMiner falls back to an internal filename parser which handles most common naming conventions but may miss unusual formats.
+
+## How It Works
+
+On each local file load:
+
+1. SubMiner infers the anime title, season, and episode number from the filename and path (using `guessit` if available, otherwise the built-in parser). Remote URLs are skipped entirely.
+2. The title is matched against MyAnimeList to resolve a MAL id.
+3. SubMiner queries the AniSkip API for an OP skip interval for that MAL id and episode.
+4. If an interval is found, SubMiner adds `AniSkip Intro Start` and `AniSkip Intro End` chapter markers to the current file and binds the skip key (`mpv.aniskipButtonKey`, default `TAB`).
+5. At the start of the intro, an OSD prompt appears for 3 seconds: `You can skip by pressing TAB` (reflects your configured key). Pressing the key at any point during the intro seeks to the intro end.
+
+Results are cached per file for the app session. Reload detection is also handled: if mpv reloads the same file, SubMiner re-applies the chapter markers without a new API lookup.
+
+## Triggering from mpv
+
+You can trigger AniSkip actions from mpv script-messages:
+
+| Command | Effect |
+| ------- | ------ |
+| `script-message subminer-skip-intro` | Skip to the intro end immediately (same as pressing the key) |
+| `script-message subminer-aniskip-refresh` | Force a fresh lookup for the current file, discarding any cached result |
+
+These are handled by the SubMiner app over the IPC socket.
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@ SubMiner uses the [AnkiConnect](https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/2055492159) add-
 This project is built primarily for [Kiku](https://kiku.youyoumu.my.id/) and [Lapis](https://github.com/donkuri/lapis) note types, including sentence-card and field-grouping behavior.

 ::: tip New to these terms?
+
 - **Anki** is the flashcard app where your study cards live.
 - **AnkiConnect** is a free add-on that lets other programs (like SubMiner) talk to Anki over a local connection. SubMiner needs it installed to add or edit cards.
 - A **note type** (also called a "model") is the template that defines what a card looks like - for example the Kiku or Lapis templates many Japanese learners use.
 - A **field** is one labeled slot in that template, such as `Sentence`, `Expression`, or `Picture`. SubMiner fills these fields when it mines a card.
-:::
+  :::

 ## Prerequisites

@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ AnkiConnect listens on `http://127.0.0.1:8765` by default. If you changed the po

 When you add a word via Yomitan, SubMiner detects the new card and fills in the sentence, audio, image, and translation fields automatically. Two detection methods are available:

-**Proxy mode** (default) - SubMiner runs a local *proxy*: a small middleman server that sits between Yomitan and Anki. Yomitan sends new cards to SubMiner, SubMiner enriches them, then passes them along to Anki. This makes enrichment instant.
+**Proxy mode** (default) - SubMiner runs a local _proxy_: a small middleman server that sits between Yomitan and Anki. Yomitan sends new cards to SubMiner, SubMiner enriches them, then passes them along to Anki. This makes enrichment instant.

 **Polling mode** (fallback, when the proxy is disabled) - SubMiner asks AnkiConnect every few seconds whether any new cards were added, then enriches them. Simpler setup, but with a short delay (~3 seconds).

@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ In both modes, the enrichment workflow is the same:
 4. Fills the translation field from the secondary subtitle or AI.
 5. Writes metadata to the miscInfo field.

-Polling mode uses the query `"deck:<ankiConnect.deck>" added:1` to find recently added cards. If no deck is configured, it searches all decks. In Settings, the AnkiConnect deck dropdown auto-fills from Yomitan's current mining deck when available, then falls back to the decks reported by AnkiConnect.
+Polling mode uses the query `"deck:<ankiConnect.deck>" added:1` to find recently added cards. If no deck is configured, it uses Yomitan's current mining deck when available; otherwise it searches all decks. In Settings, the AnkiConnect deck dropdown auto-fills and persists Yomitan's current mining deck when available, then falls back to the decks reported by AnkiConnect.
 Known-word sync scope is controlled by `ankiConnect.knownWords.decks`.

 ### Proxy Mode Setup (Yomitan / Texthooker)
@@ -160,13 +161,14 @@ Audio is extracted from the video file using the subtitle's start and end timest
 "ankiConnect": {
  "media": {
    "generateAudio": true,
+    "normalizeAudio": true,      // normalize generated clip loudness
    "audioPadding": 0,           // optional seconds before and after subtitle timing
    "maxMediaDuration": 30       // cap total duration in seconds
  }
 }
 ```

-Output format: MP3 at 44100 Hz. If the video has multiple audio streams, SubMiner uses the active stream.
+Output format: MP3 at 44100 Hz. If the video has multiple audio streams, SubMiner uses the active stream. Generated sentence audio is loudness-normalized by default during extraction; set `normalizeAudio` to `false` to keep raw source loudness.

 The audio is uploaded to Anki's media folder and inserted as `[sound:audio_<timestamp>.mp3]`.

@@ -215,11 +217,15 @@ Animated AVIF requires an AV1 encoder (`libaom-av1`, `libsvtav1`, or `librav1e`)
    "overwriteImage": true,         // replace existing image, or append
    "mediaInsertMode": "append",    // "append" or "prepend" to field content
    "autoUpdateNewCards": true,     // auto-update when new card detected
-    "notificationType": "osd"       // "osd", "system", "both", or "none"
+    "notificationType": "overlay"   // "overlay", "system", "both", or "none"
  }
 }
 ```

+`both` now means overlay + system notification. `osd` and `osd-system` are legacy config-file-only values; set `notificationType` to `"osd-system"` in `config.jsonc` if you previously used `both` and want to keep mpv OSD + system notifications. The Settings window shows `osd` or `osd-system` when already configured, but only offers `overlay`, `system`, `both`, and `none` as normal choices.
+
+When media is available, mined-card overlay and system notifications include the same current-frame thumbnail.
+
 `overwriteAudio` applies to automatic card updates and duplicate-card enrichment. Manual clipboard subtitle updates (`Ctrl/Cmd+C`, then `Ctrl/Cmd+V`) always replace generated sentence audio, while leaving the word audio field unchanged.

 ## AI Translation
@@ -342,6 +348,7 @@ When you mine the same word multiple times, SubMiner can merge the cards instead
      "imageType": "static",
      "imageFormat": "jpg",
      "imageQuality": 92,
+      "normalizeAudio": true,
      "audioPadding": 0,
      "maxMediaDuration": 30,
    },
@@ -350,7 +357,7 @@ When you mine the same word multiple times, SubMiner can merge the cards instead
      "overwriteImage": true,
      "mediaInsertMode": "append",
      "autoUpdateNewCards": true,
-      "notificationType": "osd",
+      "notificationType": "overlay",
    },
    "ai": {
      "enabled": false,
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ launcher/                 # Standalone CLI launcher wrapper and mpv helpers
 plugin/
  subminer/               # Modular mpv plugin (init · main · bootstrap · lifecycle · process
                          #   state · messages · hover · ui · options · environment · log
-                          #   binary · aniskip · aniskip_match)
+                          #   binary)
 src/
  ai/                      # AI translation provider utilities (client, config)
  main-entry.ts           # Background-mode bootstrap wrapper before loading main.js
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ src/renderer/
 ### Launcher + Plugin Runtimes

 - `launcher/main.ts` dispatches commands through `launcher/commands/*` and shared config readers in `launcher/config/*`. It handles mpv startup, app passthrough, Jellyfin helper commands, and playback handoff.
- `plugin/subminer/init.lua` runs inside mpv and loads modular Lua files: `main.lua` (orchestration), `bootstrap.lua` (startup), `lifecycle.lua` (connect/disconnect), `process.lua` (process management), `state.lua` (shared state), `messages.lua` (IPC), `hover.lua` (hover-token highlight rendering), `ui.lua` (OSD rendering), `options.lua` (config), `environment.lua` (detection), `log.lua` (logging), `binary.lua` (path resolution), `aniskip.lua` + `aniskip_match.lua` (intro-skip UX).
+- `plugin/subminer/init.lua` runs inside mpv and loads modular Lua files: `main.lua` (orchestration), `bootstrap.lua` (startup), `lifecycle.lua` (connect/disconnect), `process.lua` (process management), `state.lua` (shared state), `messages.lua` (IPC), `hover.lua` (hover-token highlight rendering), `ui.lua` (OSD rendering), `options.lua` (config), `environment.lua` (detection), `log.lua` (logging), `binary.lua` (path resolution). AniSkip intro detection lives in the SubMiner app (`src/main/runtime/aniskip-runtime.ts`), which drives mpv chapters and the skip key over the IPC socket.

 ## Flow Diagram

@@ -1,6 +1,114 @@
 # Changelog

-## v0.15.2 (2026-06-02)
+## v0.17.2 (2026-06-28)
+
+**Fixed**
+- YouTube Background Cache: Fixed Windows YouTube background media cache startup for YouTube URLs opened directly in mpv, including resolved stream URLs when mpv still exposes the original YouTube playlist entry, so queued Anki media updates can append audio and images after the cache finishes.
+- YouTube Subtitle Picker: Manual subtitle picker requests now show an immediate configured notification while SubMiner probes tracks and opens the modal. Subtitle download progress is replaced with a transient success notification after tracks load.
+
+## v0.17.1 (2026-06-27)
+
+**Added**
+- YouTube Media Cache Mode: Adds `youtube.mediaCache.mode` with `direct` and `background` options. Background mode uses a yt-dlp cache download when direct stream extraction is unreliable — creates a text-only card immediately, queues media updates for mined notes, and fills audio/image fields once the download finishes. Progress is announced via overlay/OSD notifications. Downloads are capped at 720p by default (`youtube.mediaCache.maxHeight`). Switching back to direct mode cancels any in-flight background download.
+
+**Fixed**
+- Log Export: Fixed log filenames to use the local date so exports around UTC midnight include the current day's logs rather than stale prior-day files. Expanded export redaction to mask IPs, emails, auth and cookie headers, yt-dlp cookie arguments, URL credentials, token/key/password fields, and signed YouTube media URL parameters.
+- YouTube Card Media: Improved media generation reliability by sending safer ffmpeg options for resolved streams and skipping stale stream maps (including cached YouTube files). Hardened background cache downloads with IPv4 and extractor retry flags; failed downloads now notify the user and clear queued media updates instead of leaving them silently pending. Stale background cache files are cleaned on startup and before each new download.
+
+## v0.17.0 (2026-06-15)
+
+**Changed**
+
+- **Subtitle Delay Keybindings**: Updated default overlay subtitle delay and step bindings to match mpv conventions: `z`, `Z`, and `x` adjust `sub-delay`; `Ctrl+Shift+Left/Right` run native `sub-step` with OSD feedback. The previous SubMiner-only adjacent-cue delay action has been removed.
+- **Update Notifications**: New installs now default update notifications to overlay-only instead of overlay + system notifications.
+
+**Fixed**
+
+- **Anki – Highlight Word**: Fixed bolding of the mined word in Kiku sentence and sentence-furigana fields when the source Yomitan sentence did not already contain bold markup.
+- **Anki – Lapis/Kiku Word Cards**: Fixed word-and-sentence marker missing from Lapis/Kiku word cards enriched through SubMiner, which could hide sentence context on the card front.
+- **Anki – Windows Media Generation**: Fixed known-word cache refreshes when no deck is configured, and fixed audio/image generation after background launches by recreating missing FFmpeg temp directories before clipping.
+- **Character Dictionary – Windows**: Fixed the Windows "SubMiner mpv" shortcut so character dictionary auto-sync can fall back to mpv's current video path when app media state is not yet ready.
+- **Notifications**: Restored the SubMiner app icon on system notifications that do not supply a custom notification image.
+- **Overlay – macOS Yomitan Popup**: Fixed Yomitan popup focus after card mining or popup reload; fixed popups staying open when clicking transparent overlay space — click-away now closes the popup and returns click passthrough to mpv without a hide/reappear cycle.
+- **Overlay – Linux Auto-Pause Startup**: Fixed the visible overlay on Linux auto-paused startup to stay interactive during the initial measurement gap; startup subtitle cache misses now paint raw text before tokenization finishes, and temporarily empty `sub-text` refreshes are resolved before warm readiness resumes playback.
+- **Overlay – Playlist Advance**: Fixed the visible overlay being dismissed when mpv advances to the next playlist item, including when the next episode loads after the warm transition delay.
+- **Overlay – Windows Subtitle Bar**: Fixed shaky hover and click interaction on the Windows subtitle bar when a video attaches to an already-running background SubMiner instance.
+- **Stats – AniList Linking**: Fixed manual AniList linking from the stats anime page so auto-searches strip the generated "Season N" suffix and query only the anime title.
+- **Updates – Linux Support Assets**: Fixed Linux updates to correctly install and refresh the launcher runtime plugin copy and rofi theme alongside AppImage and launcher updates; unrelated SubMiner data directories are now left untouched and plugin copies are staged before replacing the live runtime. Fixed first-launch playback on fresh installs by auto-installing missing managed support assets from the bundled app before mpv starts.
+
+**Docs**
+
+- **Linux Update Flows**: Documented that Linux update flows manage the launcher runtime plugin copy and rofi theme from `subminer-assets.tar.gz`, and that normal launcher playback auto-installs those managed support assets on a fresh install if either is missing.
+
+<details>
+<summary>Internal changes</summary>
+
+**Internal**
+
+- **Runtime Modules**: Split main-process runtime wiring into focused modules without changing user-facing behavior; hardened helpers against stale background stats daemon PIDs, stalled subtitle extraction, and dropped async errors.
+- **Release CI**: Fixed GitHub release notes to preserve the `What's Changed` and `New Contributors` attribution sections when CI regenerates from the committed changelog; scoped prerelease note reuse to the same base version so a new beta line starts from current fragments.
+
+</details>
+
+## Previous Versions
+
+<details>
+<summary>v0.16.x</summary>
+
+<h2>v0.16.0 (2026-06-10)</h2>
+
+**Breaking Changes**
+
+- **Notification Mode `both`**: `notificationType: "both"` now routes to overlay + system notifications. Users who previously used `"both"` for mpv OSD + system notifications should set `notificationType` to `"osd-system"` in `config.jsonc`. The `osd` and `osd-system` values remain valid as config-file entries but no longer appear in Settings.
+
+**Added**
+
+- **Overlay Notifications**: New overlay notification stack (Catppuccin Macchiato theme) with configurable screen position (`notifications.overlayPosition`: top-left, top-center, top-right), 3-second transient dismissals, and persistent cards for long-running jobs like character dictionary sync.
+- **Notification History Panel**: `Ctrl/Cmd+N` (configurable via `shortcuts.toggleNotificationHistory`) opens a session log of all notifications. Works whether the overlay or mpv has focus; slides in from the notification edge; entries can be individually removed or cleared.
+- **Mined-Card Notification Actions**: Mined-card overlay notifications show generated card thumbnails and include an Open in Anki button in both live cards and history entries.
+- **Update Notification Action**: Update-available overlay notifications include an Update button to start the app update flow directly from the notification.
+- **Stats Search**: New Search tab in Stats for realtime subtitle sentence search with media context, headword matching, and mining actions for source-backed sentence cards or exact-match word/audio cards.
+
+**Changed**
+
+- **AniSkip**: Moved intro detection from the mpv plugin to the SubMiner app. Lookups now cover every file loaded during a session including playlist advances, and `mpv.aniskipEnabled`/`mpv.aniskipButtonKey` hot-reload without restarting playback. The bundled plugin no longer makes network calls. Note: AniSkip now requires the SubMiner app to be connected; plugin-only mpv sessions will not fetch skip windows.
+- **Stats Library**: Entries are now split by detected season (season folder first, filename parsing as fallback). Existing combined-series rows are automatically migrated to per-season entries on startup. Cover art and anime details refresh immediately after a manual AniList entry change.
+- **Stats Vocabulary**: Remembers Hide Known/Hide Kana filters across sessions, applies Hide Kana filtering cross-title, collapses duplicate token variants in exclusions, and matches Related Seen Words by shared readings or kanji.
+- **Stats Trends**: Reorganized into Activity, Cumulative Totals, Efficiency, Patterns, and Library sections; disambiguated per-period vs. cumulative charts; added Words/Min and Cards/Hour efficiency charts.
+- **Stats Mining**: Sentence cards are created before slow media generation finishes; stored/requested secondary subtitles are preserved before falling back to sidecar or alass-retimed English subtitles; empty `ankiConnect.deck` falls back to Yomitan's mining deck; partial media failures are surfaced.
+- **Stats Browsing**: Remembers library card size; retries stored cover art without extra AniList lookups; preserves PNG/WebP MIME types; honors custom AnkiConnect URLs for Browse; shows progress during session deletes.
+- **Startup Notifications**: Tokenization, subtitle annotation, and character dictionary status now route through queued overlay notifications in `overlay`/`both` mode instead of falling back to mpv OSD while the overlay loads.
+- **Notification Deduplication**: Cycling subtitle modes updates the active overlay card in place rather than stacking duplicates; repeated progress updates (e.g. subsync) tick in place without flickering.
+- **Update Notification Default**: New installs default `notificationType` to `both` so update alerts appear in both overlay and system notifications.
+
+**Fixed**
+
+- **AniList Completion**: Entries are now marked completed when a post-watch update reaches the final known episode of the season.
+- **AniSkip Markers**: Fixed intro markers disappearing after same-media mpv reloads; fixed metadata detection for intros that start at 0 seconds and common release-group filenames.
+- **Jellyfin Session**: Remote session now restarts after setup login so the websocket reconnects with fresh credentials, and stops cleanly on logout.
+- **Sentence Card Audio**: Mining a sentence card no longer fills the expression audio field; generated audio goes only to the configured sentence audio field.
+- **Stats Mining Fields**: Sentence clips update `SentenceAudio` correctly; word audio uses configured Yomitan sources; English subtitle text is not written to word cards; secondary subtitle auto-selection prefers regular English tracks over Signs/Songs tracks.
+- **Overlay Hover Readiness**: Subtitle bars are hoverable and clickable from the first subtitle line on visible overlay startup or resume, without waiting for the next subtitle event.
+- **Startup Autoplay**: Playback is released after tokenization and overlay content are ready even when playback begins before the first subtitle line appears.
+- **Overlay Startup Feedback**: Restored mpv OSD loading spinner that starts on connect, media open, or overlay request, and clears once the overlay is content-ready and visible.
+- **Linux Overlay Input**: Notification close and action buttons remain clickable above subtitle bars on Linux.
+
+<details>
+<summary>Internal changes</summary>
+
+**Internal**
+- **Build**: `make deps` now initializes git submodules before installing dependencies on a fresh source checkout.
+- **Release Tooling**: Release notes now credit contributors and first-time authors resolved from changelog fragments via git and the GitHub API.
+- **Changelog Guidance**: PR fragment guidance updated to preserve separate-outcome fragments while directing contributors to consolidate same-PR follow-up notes before adding churn.
+
+</details>
+
+</details>
+
+<details>
+<summary>v0.15.x</summary>
+
+<h2>v0.15.2 (2026-06-02)</h2>

 **Changed**
 - Yomitan: Updated the bundled Yomitan build to the latest vendored revision.
@@ -11,7 +119,7 @@
 - Overlay (macOS): Subtitle bars are now interactive immediately after autoplay starts with "wait for overlay to be ready" enabled, without requiring a manual click.
 - Overlay (macOS): Fixed overlay, subtitles, and subtitle sidebar staying hidden after a modal closes until the user clicked the mpv window; focus is now restored to mpv when the last modal closes, so playback shortcuts and the overlay reappear correctly - including in native fullscreen.

-## v0.15.1 (2026-05-31)
+<h2>v0.15.1 (2026-05-31)</h2>

 **Fixed**

@@ -27,7 +135,7 @@

 - **Troubleshooting**: Updated Hyprland overlay docs with current Lua (`hl.window_rule`) and legacy config syntax; added troubleshooting for KDE/Wayland and other non-Hyprland/Sway Wayland sessions; added a Character Dictionary troubleshooting section; added a "See Also" index linking each feature's troubleshooting page.

-## v0.15.0 (2026-05-29)
+<h2>v0.15.0 (2026-05-29)</h2>

 **Breaking Changes**

@@ -179,7 +287,7 @@

 </details>

-## Previous Versions
+</details>

 <details>
 <summary>v0.14.x</summary>
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ A single character produces many searchable terms so that names are recognized r
 - Family name alone: 須々木
 - Given name alone: 心一

+Unspaced native names (AniList often stores 渡辺真奈美 without a separator) are split into family/given parts with MeCab when it is available: person-name POS tags (姓/名) decide the boundary, validated against AniList's romanized first/last name readings. Without MeCab, a length heuristic based on the romanized readings guesses the boundary — and because that guess can be ambiguous (東紫乃 could be 東+紫乃 or 東紫+乃), terms are generated for the top two candidate boundaries so the real surname still matches. Snapshots built without MeCab are regenerated automatically once MeCab becomes available, upgrading them to the exact splits.
+
 **Middle-dot removal** (common in katakana foreign names):

 - ア・リ・ス → アリス (combined), plus individual segments
@@ -158,6 +160,8 @@ The three collapsible sections can be configured to start open or closed:

 When `subtitleStyle.nameMatchEnabled` is `true`, SubMiner runs an auto-sync routine whenever the active media changes.

+These phases are emitted through the configured notification surface. Some phases are skipped when unnecessary: `generating` only appears on a cache miss, `building` only appears when the merged ZIP must be rebuilt, and `importing` only appears when Yomitan needs a new dictionary import.
+
 **Phases:**

 1. **checking** - Is there already a cached snapshot for this media ID?
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ The Settings window groups options by workflow instead of mirroring the raw conf
 - Tracking & App
 - Advanced

-Each field still writes to its current `config.jsonc` path. For example, subtitle hover pause appears under **Behavior** / playback behavior, but saves to `subtitleStyle.autoPauseVideoOnHover`. Anki-aware fields can query AnkiConnect for deck names, note types, and field names. The AnkiConnect deck field also reads Yomitan's current mining deck and auto-fills an empty setting when one is found. Keybinding fields use click-to-learn controls instead of raw text boxes.
+Each field still writes to its current `config.jsonc` path. For example, subtitle hover pause appears under **Behavior** / playback behavior, but saves to `subtitleStyle.autoPauseVideoOnHover`. Anki-aware fields can query AnkiConnect for deck names, note types, and field names. The AnkiConnect deck field also reads Yomitan's current mining deck and persists it into an empty setting when one is found. Stats mining also uses Yomitan's current mining deck when `ankiConnect.deck` is empty. Keybinding fields use click-to-learn controls instead of raw text boxes.

 The Settings window preserves existing JSONC comments, trailing commas, and unrelated keys. Resetting a field removes the explicit config path so the built-in default applies.

@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ The configuration file includes several main sections:
 - [**MPV Launcher**](#mpv-launcher) - mpv executable path, profile, and window launch mode
 - [**YouTube Playback Settings**](#youtube-playback-settings) - Defaults for YouTube subtitle loading
 - [**Updates**](#updates) - Automatic update checks, notifications, and prerelease testing
+- [**Notifications**](#notifications) - Overlay notification placement

 ## Core Settings

@@ -187,6 +188,9 @@ Control the minimum log level for runtime output:
 | `files.launcher` | boolean                                  | Write launcher command logs (default: `true`)                        |
 | `files.mpv`      | boolean                                  | Write mpv player logs. Enable temporarily for mpv/plugin debugging.  |

+Log filenames use the local calendar date, for example `app-YYYY-MM-DD.log`, `launcher-YYYY-MM-DD.log`, and `mpv-YYYY-MM-DD.log`.
+Log export creates a sanitized copy of those files; it does not rewrite the original log files on disk.
+
 ### Updates

 Configure automatic update checks and update notifications:
@@ -196,18 +200,46 @@ Configure automatic update checks and update notifications:
  "updates": {
    "enabled": true,
    "checkIntervalHours": 24,
-    "notificationType": "system",
+    "notificationType": "overlay",
    "channel": "stable"
  }
 }
 ```

-| Option               | Values                                        | Description                                                                                         |
-| -------------------- | --------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| `updates.enabled`    | `true`, `false`                               | Enable automatic background update checks. Manual tray and `subminer -u` checks are always allowed. |
-| `checkIntervalHours` | number                                        | Minimum hours between automatic update checks. Default `24`.                                        |
-| `notificationType`   | `"system"` \| `"osd"` \| `"both"` \| `"none"` | How SubMiner announces available updates. Default `"system"`.                                       |
-| `channel`            | `"stable"` \| `"prerelease"`                  | Release channel used for update checks. Use `"prerelease"` to test beta/RC releases.                |
+| Option               | Values                                            | Description                                                                                         |
+| -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `updates.enabled`    | `true`, `false`                                   | Enable automatic background update checks. Manual tray and `subminer -u` checks are always allowed. |
+| `checkIntervalHours` | number                                            | Minimum hours between automatic update checks. Default `24`.                                        |
+| `notificationType`   | `"overlay"` \| `"system"` \| `"both"` \| `"none"` | How SubMiner announces available updates. Default `"overlay"`. `"both"` means overlay + system.     |
+| `channel`            | `"stable"` \| `"prerelease"`                      | Release channel used for update checks. Use `"prerelease"` to test beta/RC releases.                |
+
+When `notificationType` is `"overlay"` or `"both"`, update-available overlay notifications include an **Update** button that starts the app update flow.
+
+`osd` and `osd-system` are legacy config-file-only notification values. The Settings window offers `overlay`, `system`, `both`, and `none`; if your config already contains `osd` or `osd-system`, it is shown as the selected value but not offered as a normal choice. If you previously used `both` for mpv OSD + system notifications, set `notificationType` to `"osd-system"` in `config.jsonc` to keep that behavior.
+
+### Notifications
+
+Configure where overlay notification cards appear:
+
+```json
+{
+  "notifications": {
+    "overlayPosition": "top-right"
+  }
+}
+```
+
+| Option            | Values                                   | Description                                                        |
+| ----------------- | ---------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
+| `overlayPosition` | `"top-left"` \| `"top"` \| `"top-right"` | Position for in-overlay notification cards. Default `"top-right"`. |
+
+#### Notification history panel
+
+Every overlay notification shown during a session is also recorded in a notification history panel. Press `Ctrl/Cmd+N` (configurable via [`shortcuts.toggleNotificationHistory`](#shortcuts-configuration)) to toggle the panel; the binding works whether the overlay or mpv has focus. The panel slides in from the same edge the notifications use — left when `overlayPosition` is `"top-left"`, and right for `"top-right"` or `"top"` (centered). Character dictionary sync uses one live card but records each distinct phase in history. Each entry can be removed individually, or use **Clear** to empty the history. History is session-only and is not persisted across restarts.
+
+Startup tokenization, subtitle annotation, and character dictionary status follow the configured notification surface. When the surface is `"overlay"` or `"both"`, SubMiner queues those startup notifications until the overlay renderer is ready instead of falling back to mpv OSD. If loading and ready states both finish before the overlay can paint, the loading card is delivered first and then updates to ready shortly after. With `"both"`, character dictionary checking/building/importing/ready status also goes to system notifications; building and importing are only emitted when that work is actually needed. The bundled mpv plugin only shows its startup OSD messages when `ankiConnect.behavior.notificationType` is set to `"osd"` or `"osd-system"` in `config.jsonc`; AniSkip prompts and skip result messages are playback feedback and still route to overlay notifications when configured.
+
+The equivalent direct CLI command is `--playback-feedback <text>` (`playbackFeedback` internally). It sends that one non-empty feedback string through the same route controlled by `ankiConnect.behavior.notificationType`; it does not change the saved config.

 ### Auto-Start Overlay

@@ -223,7 +255,7 @@ Control whether the overlay automatically becomes visible when it connects to mp
 | -------------------- | --------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
 | `auto_start_overlay` | `true`, `false` | Auto-show overlay on mpv connection (default: `true`) |

-When you launch through the SubMiner app or the `subminer` wrapper, the launcher reads these settings from this config and injects them into the mpv plugin at runtime - there is no separate plugin config file to edit. `auto_start_overlay` controls whether the visible overlay shows on auto-start. Two related keys in the `mpv` block tune startup behavior: `mpv.autoStartSubMiner` starts the overlay automatically when a file loads, and `mpv.pauseUntilOverlayReady` pauses mpv on visible auto-start until SubMiner signals overlay/tokenization readiness.
+When you launch through the SubMiner app or the `subminer` wrapper, the launcher reads these settings from this config and injects them into the mpv plugin at runtime - there is no separate plugin config file to edit. `auto_start_overlay` controls whether the visible overlay shows on auto-start. Two related keys in the `mpv` block tune startup behavior: `mpv.autoStartSubMiner` starts the overlay automatically when a file loads, and `mpv.pauseUntilOverlayReady` pauses mpv on visible auto-start until SubMiner signals overlay/tokenization readiness. On visible-overlay startup, SubMiner brings up the tray and visible overlay shell before tokenization and annotation warmups finish, then releases playback only after autoplay readiness.

 On Windows, packaged plugin installs also rewrite the plugin socket path to `\\.\pipe\subminer-socket`.

@@ -360,7 +392,7 @@ See `config.example.jsonc` for detailed configuration options.

 | Option                             | Values   | Description                                                                                                                  |
 | ---------------------------------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| `primaryDefaultMode`               | string   | Default primary subtitle bar visibility mode: `"hidden"`, `"visible"`, or `"hover"` (default: `"visible"`)                 |
+| `primaryDefaultMode`               | string   | Default primary subtitle bar visibility mode: `"hidden"`, `"visible"`, or `"hover"` (default: `"visible"`)                   |
 | `subtitleStyle.css`                | object   | CSS declaration object applied to primary subtitles after normal style defaults. Use CSS property names such as `font-size`. |
 | `secondary.css`                    | object   | CSS declaration object applied to secondary subtitles after normal secondary style defaults.                                 |
 | `enableJlpt`                       | boolean  | Enable JLPT level underline styling (`false` by default)                                                                     |
@@ -516,11 +548,11 @@ See `config.example.jsonc` for detailed configuration options.
 }
 ```

-| Option                  | Values                             | Description                                            |
-| ----------------------- | ---------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ |
-| `secondarySubLanguages` | string[]                           | Language codes to auto-load (e.g., `["eng", "en"]`)    |
-| `autoLoadSecondarySub`  | `true`, `false`                    | Auto-detect and load matching secondary subtitle track |
-| `defaultMode`           | `"hidden"`, `"visible"`, `"hover"` | Initial display mode (default: `"hover"`)              |
+| Option                  | Values                             | Description                                                                                                         |
+| ----------------------- | ---------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `secondarySubLanguages` | string[]                           | Language codes to auto-load (e.g., `["eng", "en"]`); non-Signs/Songs tracks are preferred when several tracks match |
+| `autoLoadSecondarySub`  | `true`, `false`                    | Auto-detect and load matching secondary subtitle track                                                              |
+| `defaultMode`           | `"hidden"`, `"visible"`, `"hover"` | Initial display mode (default: `"hover"`)                                                                           |

 The secondary-subtitle language list also acts as the fallback secondary-language priority for managed startup subtitle selection on local playback and YouTube playback.

@@ -542,26 +574,29 @@ See `config.example.jsonc` for detailed configuration options and more examples.

 **Default keybindings:**

-| Key                  | Command                       | Description                             |
-| -------------------- | ----------------------------- | --------------------------------------- |
-| `Space`              | `["cycle", "pause"]`          | Toggle pause                            |
-| `KeyF`               | `["cycle", "fullscreen"]`     | Toggle fullscreen                       |
-| `KeyJ`               | `["cycle", "sid"]`            | Cycle primary subtitle track            |
-| `Shift+KeyJ`         | `["cycle", "secondary-sid"]`  | Cycle secondary subtitle track          |
-| `Ctrl+Alt+KeyP`      | `["__playlist-browser-open"]` | Open playlist browser                   |
-| `Ctrl+Alt+KeyC`      | `["__youtube-picker-open"]`   | Open the manual YouTube subtitle picker |
-| `ArrowRight`         | `["seek", 5]`                 | Seek forward 5 seconds                  |
-| `ArrowLeft`          | `["seek", -5]`                | Seek backward 5 seconds                 |
-| `ArrowUp`            | `["seek", 60]`                | Seek forward 60 seconds                 |
-| `ArrowDown`          | `["seek", -60]`               | Seek backward 60 seconds                |
-| `Shift+KeyH`         | `["sub-seek", -1]`            | Jump to previous subtitle               |
-| `Shift+KeyL`         | `["sub-seek", 1]`             | Jump to next subtitle                   |
-| `Shift+BracketLeft`  | `["__sub-delay-prev-line"]`   | Shift subtitle delay to previous cue    |
-| `Shift+BracketRight` | `["__sub-delay-next-line"]`   | Shift subtitle delay to next cue        |
-| `Ctrl+Shift+KeyH`    | `["__replay-subtitle"]`       | Replay current subtitle, pause at end   |
-| `Ctrl+Shift+KeyL`    | `["__play-next-subtitle"]`    | Play next subtitle, pause at end        |
-| `KeyQ`               | `["quit"]`                    | Quit mpv                                |
-| `Ctrl+KeyW`          | `["quit"]`                    | Quit mpv                                |
+| Key                     | Command                       | Description                             |
+| ----------------------- | ----------------------------- | --------------------------------------- |
+| `Space`                 | `["cycle", "pause"]`          | Toggle pause                            |
+| `KeyF`                  | `["cycle", "fullscreen"]`     | Toggle fullscreen                       |
+| `KeyJ`                  | `["cycle", "sid"]`            | Cycle primary subtitle track            |
+| `Shift+KeyJ`            | `["cycle", "secondary-sid"]`  | Cycle secondary subtitle track          |
+| `Ctrl+Alt+KeyP`         | `["__playlist-browser-open"]` | Open playlist browser                   |
+| `Ctrl+Alt+KeyC`         | `["__youtube-picker-open"]`   | Open the manual YouTube subtitle picker |
+| `ArrowRight`            | `["seek", 5]`                 | Seek forward 5 seconds                  |
+| `ArrowLeft`             | `["seek", -5]`                | Seek backward 5 seconds                 |
+| `ArrowUp`               | `["seek", 60]`                | Seek forward 60 seconds                 |
+| `ArrowDown`             | `["seek", -60]`               | Seek backward 60 seconds                |
+| `Shift+KeyH`            | `["sub-seek", -1]`            | Jump to previous subtitle               |
+| `Shift+KeyL`            | `["sub-seek", 1]`             | Jump to next subtitle                   |
+| `Ctrl+Shift+ArrowLeft`  | `["sub-step", -1]`            | Shift subtitle delay to previous cue    |
+| `Ctrl+Shift+ArrowRight` | `["sub-step", 1]`             | Shift subtitle delay to next cue        |
+| `KeyZ`                  | `["add", "sub-delay", -0.1]`  | Shift subtitles 100 ms earlier          |
+| `Shift+KeyZ`            | `["add", "sub-delay", 0.1]`   | Delay subtitles by 100 ms               |
+| `KeyX`                  | `["add", "sub-delay", 0.1]`   | Delay subtitles by 100 ms               |
+| `Ctrl+Shift+KeyH`       | `["__replay-subtitle"]`       | Replay current subtitle, pause at end   |
+| `Ctrl+Shift+KeyL`       | `["__play-next-subtitle"]`    | Play next subtitle, pause at end        |
+| `KeyQ`                  | `["quit"]`                    | Quit mpv                                |
+| `Ctrl+KeyW`             | `["quit"]`                    | Quit mpv                                |

 **Custom keybindings example:**

@@ -587,11 +622,11 @@ See `config.example.jsonc` for detailed configuration options and more examples.
 { "key": "Space", "command": null }
 ```

-**Special commands:** Commands prefixed with `__` are handled internally by the overlay rather than sent to mpv. `__playlist-browser-open` opens the split-pane playlist browser for the current file's parent directory and the live mpv queue. `__replay-subtitle` replays the current subtitle and pauses at its end. `__play-next-subtitle` seeks to the next subtitle, plays it, and pauses at its end. `__sub-delay-next-line` shifts subtitle delay so the active line aligns to the next cue start in the active subtitle source. `__sub-delay-prev-line` shifts subtitle delay so the active line aligns to the previous cue start. `__runtime-options-open` opens the runtime options palette. `__runtime-option-cycle:<id>[:next|prev]` cycles a runtime option value.
+**Special commands:** Commands prefixed with `__` are handled internally by the overlay rather than sent to mpv. `__playlist-browser-open` opens the split-pane playlist browser for the current file's parent directory and the live mpv queue. `__replay-subtitle` replays the current subtitle and pauses at its end. `__play-next-subtitle` seeks to the next subtitle, plays it, and pauses at its end. `__runtime-options-open` opens the runtime options palette. `__runtime-option-cycle:<id>[:next|prev]` cycles a runtime option value.

 **Supported commands:** Any valid mpv JSON IPC command array (`["cycle", "pause"]`, `["seek", 5]`, `["script-binding", "..."]`, etc.)

-For subtitle-position and subtitle-track proxy commands (`sub-pos`, `sid`, `secondary-sid`) and subtitle delay commands (`sub-delay`), SubMiner also shows an mpv OSD notification after the command runs.
+Subtitle delay commands (`sub-delay`, `sub-step`) show a native mpv OSD notification after the command runs. Subtitle-position and subtitle-track proxy commands (`sub-pos`, `sid`, `secondary-sid`) show playback feedback through the configured notification surface.

 **See `config.example.jsonc`** for more keybinding examples and configuration options.

@@ -620,31 +655,33 @@ See `config.example.jsonc` for detailed configuration options.
    "openControllerDebug": "Alt+Shift+C",
    "openJimaku": "Ctrl+Shift+J",
    "toggleSubtitleSidebar": "Backslash",
+    "toggleNotificationHistory": "CommandOrControl+N",
    "multiCopyTimeoutMs": 3000
  }
 }
 ```

-| Option                           | Values           | Description                                                                                                                               |
-| -------------------------------- | ---------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| `toggleVisibleOverlayGlobal`     | string \| `null` | Global accelerator for toggling visible subtitle overlay (default: `"Alt+Shift+O"`)                                                       |
-| `copySubtitle`                   | string \| `null` | Accelerator for copying current subtitle (default: `"CommandOrControl+C"`)                                                                |
-| `copySubtitleMultiple`           | string \| `null` | Accelerator for multi-copy mode (default: `"CommandOrControl+Shift+C"`)                                                                   |
-| `updateLastCardFromClipboard`    | string \| `null` | Accelerator for updating card from clipboard (default: `"CommandOrControl+V"`)                                                            |
-| `triggerFieldGrouping`           | string \| `null` | Accelerator for Kiku field grouping on last card (default: `"CommandOrControl+G"`; only active when automatic card updates are disabled)  |
-| `triggerSubsync`                 | string \| `null` | Accelerator for running Subsync (default: `"Ctrl+Alt+S"`)                                                                                 |
-| `mineSentence`                   | string \| `null` | Accelerator for creating sentence card from current subtitle (default: `"CommandOrControl+S"`)                                            |
-| `mineSentenceMultiple`           | string \| `null` | Accelerator for multi-mine sentence card mode (default: `"CommandOrControl+Shift+S"`)                                                     |
-| `multiCopyTimeoutMs`             | number           | Timeout in ms for multi-copy/mine digit input (default: `3000`)                                                                           |
-| `toggleSecondarySub`             | string \| `null` | Accelerator for cycling secondary subtitle mode (default: `"CommandOrControl+Shift+V"`)                                                   |
-| `markAudioCard`                  | string \| `null` | Accelerator for marking last card as audio card (default: `"CommandOrControl+Shift+A"`)                                                   |
-| `openCharacterDictionaryManager` | string \| `null` | Opens the loaded character dictionary manager (default: `"CommandOrControl+D"`)                                                           |
-| `openRuntimeOptions`             | string \| `null` | Opens runtime options palette for live session-only toggles (default: `"CommandOrControl+Shift+O"`)                                       |
-| `openSessionHelp`                | string \| `null` | Opens the in-overlay session help modal (default: `"CommandOrControl+Slash"`)                                                             |
-| `openControllerSelect`           | string \| `null` | Opens the controller config/remap modal (default: `"Alt+C"`)                                                                              |
-| `openControllerDebug`            | string \| `null` | Opens the controller debug modal (default: `"Alt+Shift+C"`)                                                                               |
-| `openJimaku`                     | string \| `null` | Opens the Jimaku search modal (default: `"Ctrl+Shift+J"`)                                                                                 |
-| `toggleSubtitleSidebar`          | string \| `null` | Dispatches the subtitle sidebar toggle action (default: `"Backslash"`). `subtitleSidebar.toggleKey` remains the primary bare-key setting. |
+| Option                           | Values           | Description                                                                                                                                                                        |
+| -------------------------------- | ---------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `toggleVisibleOverlayGlobal`     | string \| `null` | Global accelerator for toggling visible subtitle overlay (default: `"Alt+Shift+O"`)                                                                                                |
+| `copySubtitle`                   | string \| `null` | Accelerator for copying current subtitle (default: `"CommandOrControl+C"`)                                                                                                         |
+| `copySubtitleMultiple`           | string \| `null` | Accelerator for multi-copy mode (default: `"CommandOrControl+Shift+C"`)                                                                                                            |
+| `updateLastCardFromClipboard`    | string \| `null` | Accelerator for updating card from clipboard (default: `"CommandOrControl+V"`)                                                                                                     |
+| `triggerFieldGrouping`           | string \| `null` | Accelerator for Kiku field grouping on last card (default: `"CommandOrControl+G"`; only active when automatic card updates are disabled)                                           |
+| `triggerSubsync`                 | string \| `null` | Accelerator for running Subsync (default: `"Ctrl+Alt+S"`)                                                                                                                          |
+| `mineSentence`                   | string \| `null` | Accelerator for creating sentence card from current subtitle (default: `"CommandOrControl+S"`)                                                                                     |
+| `mineSentenceMultiple`           | string \| `null` | Accelerator for multi-mine sentence card mode (default: `"CommandOrControl+Shift+S"`)                                                                                              |
+| `multiCopyTimeoutMs`             | number           | Timeout in ms for multi-copy/mine digit input (default: `3000`)                                                                                                                    |
+| `toggleSecondarySub`             | string \| `null` | Accelerator for cycling secondary subtitle mode (default: `"CommandOrControl+Shift+V"`)                                                                                            |
+| `markAudioCard`                  | string \| `null` | Accelerator for marking last card as audio card (default: `"CommandOrControl+Shift+A"`)                                                                                            |
+| `openCharacterDictionaryManager` | string \| `null` | Opens the loaded character dictionary manager (default: `"CommandOrControl+D"`)                                                                                                    |
+| `openRuntimeOptions`             | string \| `null` | Opens runtime options palette for live session-only toggles (default: `"CommandOrControl+Shift+O"`)                                                                                |
+| `openSessionHelp`                | string \| `null` | Opens the in-overlay session help modal (default: `"CommandOrControl+Slash"`)                                                                                                      |
+| `openControllerSelect`           | string \| `null` | Opens the controller config/remap modal (default: `"Alt+C"`)                                                                                                                       |
+| `openControllerDebug`            | string \| `null` | Opens the controller debug modal (default: `"Alt+Shift+C"`)                                                                                                                        |
+| `openJimaku`                     | string \| `null` | Opens the Jimaku search modal (default: `"Ctrl+Shift+J"`)                                                                                                                          |
+| `toggleSubtitleSidebar`          | string \| `null` | Dispatches the subtitle sidebar toggle action (default: `"Backslash"`). `subtitleSidebar.toggleKey` remains the primary bare-key setting.                                          |
+| `toggleNotificationHistory`      | string \| `null` | Toggles the overlay notification history panel (default: `"CommandOrControl+N"`). The panel slides in from the same edge as notifications (right when notifications are centered). |

 **See `config.example.jsonc`** for the complete list of shortcut configuration options.

@@ -914,6 +951,7 @@ Enable automatic Anki card creation and updates with media generation:
      "animatedMaxWidth": 640,
      "animatedMaxHeight": 0,
      "animatedCrf": 35,
+      "normalizeAudio": true,
      "audioPadding": 0,
      "fallbackDuration": 3,
      "maxMediaDuration": 30
@@ -943,57 +981,58 @@ This example is intentionally compact. The option table below documents availabl

 **Requirements:** [AnkiConnect](https://github.com/FooSoft/anki-connect) plugin must be installed and running in Anki. ffmpeg must be installed for media generation.

-| Option                                            | Values                                  | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
-| ------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| `ankiConnect.enabled`                             | `true`, `false`                         | Enable AnkiConnect integration (default: `true`)                                                                                                                                                            |
-| `url`                                             | string (URL)                            | AnkiConnect API URL (default: `http://127.0.0.1:8765`)                                                                                                                                                      |
-| `pollingRate`                                     | number (ms)                             | How often to check for new cards in polling mode (default: `3000`; ignored for direct proxy `addNote`/`addNotes` updates)                                                                                   |
-| `proxy.enabled`                                   | `true`, `false`                         | Enable local AnkiConnect-compatible proxy for push-based auto-enrichment (default: `true`)                                                                                                                  |
-| `proxy.host`                                      | string                                  | Bind host for local AnkiConnect proxy (default: `127.0.0.1`)                                                                                                                                                |
-| `proxy.port`                                      | number                                  | Bind port for local AnkiConnect proxy (default: `8766`)                                                                                                                                                     |
-| `proxy.upstreamUrl`                               | string (URL)                            | Upstream AnkiConnect URL that proxy forwards to (default: `http://127.0.0.1:8765`)                                                                                                                          |
-| `tags`                                            | array of strings                        | Tags automatically added to cards mined/updated by SubMiner (default: `['SubMiner']`; set `[]` to disable automatic tagging).                                                                               |
-| `ankiConnect.deck`                                | string                                  | Restrict duplicate detection and card enrichment to this Anki deck. Leave empty to search all decks. In Settings, this dropdown auto-fills from Yomitan's current mining deck when available.               |
-| `fields.word`                                     | string                                  | Card field for mined word / expression text (default: `Expression`)                                                                                                                                         |
-| `fields.audio`                                    | string                                  | Card field for audio files (default: `ExpressionAudio`)                                                                                                                                                     |
-| `fields.image`                                    | string                                  | Card field for images (default: `Picture`)                                                                                                                                                                  |
-| `fields.sentence`                                 | string                                  | Card field for sentences (default: `Sentence`)                                                                                                                                                              |
-| `fields.miscInfo`                                 | string                                  | Card field for metadata (default: `"MiscInfo"`, set to `null` to disable)                                                                                                                                   |
-| `fields.translation`                              | string                                  | Card field for sentence-card translation/back text (default: `SelectionText`)                                                                                                                               |
-| `ankiConnect.ai.enabled`                          | `true`, `false`                         | Use AI translation for sentence cards. Also auto-attempted when secondary subtitle is missing.                                                                                                              |
-| `ankiConnect.ai.model`                            | string                                  | Optional model override for Anki AI translation/enrichment flows.                                                                                                                                           |
-| `ankiConnect.ai.systemPrompt`                     | string                                  | Optional system prompt override for Anki AI translation/enrichment flows.                                                                                                                                   |
-| `media.generateAudio`                             | `true`, `false`                         | Generate audio clips from video (default: `true`)                                                                                                                                                           |
-| `media.generateImage`                             | `true`, `false`                         | Generate image/animation screenshots (default: `true`)                                                                                                                                                      |
-| `media.imageType`                                 | `"static"`, `"avif"`                    | Image type: static screenshot or animated AVIF (default: `"static"`)                                                                                                                                        |
-| `media.imageFormat`                               | `"jpg"`, `"png"`, `"webp"`              | Image format (default: `"jpg"`)                                                                                                                                                                             |
-| `media.imageQuality`                              | number (1-100)                          | Image quality for JPG/WebP; PNG ignores this (default: `92`)                                                                                                                                                |
-| `media.imageMaxWidth`                             | number (px)                             | Optional max width for static screenshots. Unset keeps source width.                                                                                                                                        |
-| `media.imageMaxHeight`                            | number (px)                             | Optional max height for static screenshots. Unset keeps source height.                                                                                                                                      |
-| `media.animatedFps`                               | number (1-60)                           | FPS for animated AVIF (default: `10`)                                                                                                                                                                       |
-| `media.animatedMaxWidth`                          | number (px)                             | Max width for animated AVIF (default: `640`)                                                                                                                                                                |
-| `media.animatedMaxHeight`                         | number (px)                             | Optional max height for animated AVIF. Unset keeps source aspect-constrained height.                                                                                                                        |
-| `media.animatedCrf`                               | number (0-63)                           | CRF quality for AVIF; lower = higher quality (default: `35`)                                                                                                                                                |
-| `media.syncAnimatedImageToWordAudio`              | `true`, `false`                         | Whether animated AVIF includes an opening frame synced to sentence word-audio timing (default: `true`).                                                                                                     |
-| `media.audioPadding`                              | number (seconds)                        | Optional padding around generated sentence media timing (default: `0`). Animated AVIF clips include the same padded source range as sentence audio.                                                         |
-| `media.fallbackDuration`                          | number (seconds)                        | Default duration if timing unavailable (default: `3.0`)                                                                                                                                                     |
-| `media.maxMediaDuration`                          | number (seconds)                        | Max duration for generated media from multi-line copy (default: `30`, `0` to disable)                                                                                                                       |
-| `behavior.overwriteAudio`                         | `true`, `false`                         | Replace existing audio on updates; when `false`, new audio is appended/prepended using the configured media insert mode; manual clipboard updates always replace generated sentence audio (default: `true`) |
-| `behavior.overwriteImage`                         | `true`, `false`                         | Replace existing images on updates; when `false`, new images are appended/prepended using the configured media insert mode (default: `true`)                                                                |
-| `behavior.mediaInsertMode`                        | `"append"`, `"prepend"`                 | Where to insert new media when overwrite is off (default: `"append"`)                                                                                                                                       |
-| `behavior.highlightWord`                          | `true`, `false`                         | Highlight the word in sentence context (default: `true`)                                                                                                                                                    |
-| `ankiConnect.knownWords.highlightEnabled`         | `true`, `false`                         | Enable fast local highlighting for words already known in Anki (default: `false`)                                                                                                                           |
-| `ankiConnect.knownWords.addMinedWordsImmediately` | `true`, `false`                         | Add words from successful mines into the local known-word cache immediately (default: `true`)                                                                                                               |
-| `ankiConnect.knownWords.matchMode`                | `"headword"`, `"surface"`               | Matching strategy for known-word highlighting (default: `"headword"`). `headword` uses token headwords; `surface` uses visible subtitle text.                                                               |
-| `ankiConnect.knownWords.refreshMinutes`           | number                                  | Minutes between known-word cache refreshes (default: `1440`)                                                                                                                                                |
-| `ankiConnect.knownWords.decks`                    | object                                  | Deck→fields mapping used for known-word cache query scope (e.g. `{ "Kaishi 1.5k": ["Word"] }`).                                                                                                             |
-| `ankiConnect.nPlusOne.enabled`                    | `true`, `false`                         | Enable N+1 subtitle highlighting (highlights the one unknown word in a sentence). Independent from `knownWords.highlightEnabled`. Requires known-word cache data (default: `false`).                        |
-| `ankiConnect.nPlusOne.minSentenceWords`           | number                                  | Minimum number of words required in a sentence before single unknown-word N+1 highlighting can trigger (default: `3`).                                                                                      |
-| `behavior.notificationType`                       | `"osd"`, `"system"`, `"both"`, `"none"` | Notification type on card update (default: `"osd"`)                                                                                                                                                         |
-| `behavior.autoUpdateNewCards`                     | `true`, `false`                         | Automatically update cards on creation (default: `true`)                                                                                                                                                    |
-| `metadata.pattern`                                | string                                  | Format pattern for metadata: `%f`=filename, `%F`=filename+ext, `%t`=time                                                                                                                                    |
-| `isLapis`                                         | object                                  | Lapis/shared sentence-card config: `{ enabled, sentenceCardModel }`. Sentence/audio field names are fixed to `Sentence` and `SentenceAudio`.                                                                |
-| `isKiku`                                          | object                                  | Kiku-only config: `{ enabled, fieldGrouping, deleteDuplicateInAuto }` (shared sentence/audio/model settings are inherited from `isLapis`)                                                                   |
+| Option                                            | Values                                      | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
+| ------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `ankiConnect.enabled`                             | `true`, `false`                             | Enable AnkiConnect integration (default: `true`)                                                                                                                                                                                |
+| `url`                                             | string (URL)                                | AnkiConnect API URL (default: `http://127.0.0.1:8765`)                                                                                                                                                                          |
+| `pollingRate`                                     | number (ms)                                 | How often to check for new cards in polling mode (default: `3000`; ignored for direct proxy `addNote`/`addNotes` updates)                                                                                                       |
+| `proxy.enabled`                                   | `true`, `false`                             | Enable local AnkiConnect-compatible proxy for push-based auto-enrichment (default: `true`)                                                                                                                                      |
+| `proxy.host`                                      | string                                      | Bind host for local AnkiConnect proxy (default: `127.0.0.1`)                                                                                                                                                                    |
+| `proxy.port`                                      | number                                      | Bind port for local AnkiConnect proxy (default: `8766`)                                                                                                                                                                         |
+| `proxy.upstreamUrl`                               | string (URL)                                | Upstream AnkiConnect URL that proxy forwards to (default: `http://127.0.0.1:8765`)                                                                                                                                              |
+| `tags`                                            | array of strings                            | Tags automatically added to cards mined/updated by SubMiner (default: `['SubMiner']`; set `[]` to disable automatic tagging).                                                                                                   |
+| `ankiConnect.deck`                                | string                                      | Restrict duplicate detection and card enrichment to this Anki deck. Leave empty to use the Yomitan mining deck when available. In Settings, this dropdown auto-fills and persists Yomitan's current mining deck when available. |
+| `fields.word`                                     | string                                      | Card field for mined word / expression text (default: `Expression`)                                                                                                                                                             |
+| `fields.audio`                                    | string                                      | Card field for audio files (default: `ExpressionAudio`)                                                                                                                                                                         |
+| `fields.image`                                    | string                                      | Card field for images (default: `Picture`)                                                                                                                                                                                      |
+| `fields.sentence`                                 | string                                      | Card field for sentences (default: `Sentence`)                                                                                                                                                                                  |
+| `fields.miscInfo`                                 | string                                      | Card field for metadata (default: `"MiscInfo"`, set to `null` to disable)                                                                                                                                                       |
+| `fields.translation`                              | string                                      | Card field for sentence-card translation/back text (default: `SelectionText`)                                                                                                                                                   |
+| `ankiConnect.ai.enabled`                          | `true`, `false`                             | Use AI translation for sentence cards. Also auto-attempted when secondary subtitle is missing.                                                                                                                                  |
+| `ankiConnect.ai.model`                            | string                                      | Optional model override for Anki AI translation/enrichment flows.                                                                                                                                                               |
+| `ankiConnect.ai.systemPrompt`                     | string                                      | Optional system prompt override for Anki AI translation/enrichment flows.                                                                                                                                                       |
+| `media.generateAudio`                             | `true`, `false`                             | Generate audio clips from video (default: `true`)                                                                                                                                                                               |
+| `media.normalizeAudio`                            | `true`, `false`                             | Normalize generated sentence-audio loudness during media extraction (default: `true`). Set to `false` to keep raw source loudness.                                                                                              |
+| `media.generateImage`                             | `true`, `false`                             | Generate image/animation screenshots (default: `true`)                                                                                                                                                                          |
+| `media.imageType`                                 | `"static"`, `"avif"`                        | Image type: static screenshot or animated AVIF (default: `"static"`)                                                                                                                                                            |
+| `media.imageFormat`                               | `"jpg"`, `"png"`, `"webp"`                  | Image format (default: `"jpg"`)                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
+| `media.imageQuality`                              | number (1-100)                              | Image quality for JPG/WebP; PNG ignores this (default: `92`)                                                                                                                                                                    |
+| `media.imageMaxWidth`                             | number (px)                                 | Optional max width for static screenshots. Unset keeps source width.                                                                                                                                                            |
+| `media.imageMaxHeight`                            | number (px)                                 | Optional max height for static screenshots. Unset keeps source height.                                                                                                                                                          |
+| `media.animatedFps`                               | number (1-60)                               | FPS for animated AVIF (default: `10`)                                                                                                                                                                                           |
+| `media.animatedMaxWidth`                          | number (px)                                 | Max width for animated AVIF (default: `640`)                                                                                                                                                                                    |
+| `media.animatedMaxHeight`                         | number (px)                                 | Optional max height for animated AVIF. Unset keeps source aspect-constrained height.                                                                                                                                            |
+| `media.animatedCrf`                               | number (0-63)                               | CRF quality for AVIF; lower = higher quality (default: `35`)                                                                                                                                                                    |
+| `media.syncAnimatedImageToWordAudio`              | `true`, `false`                             | Whether animated AVIF includes an opening frame synced to sentence word-audio timing (default: `true`).                                                                                                                         |
+| `media.audioPadding`                              | number (seconds)                            | Optional padding around generated sentence media timing (default: `0`). Animated AVIF clips include the same padded source range as sentence audio.                                                                             |
+| `media.fallbackDuration`                          | number (seconds)                            | Default duration if timing unavailable (default: `3.0`)                                                                                                                                                                         |
+| `media.maxMediaDuration`                          | number (seconds)                            | Max duration for generated media from multi-line copy (default: `30`, `0` to disable)                                                                                                                                           |
+| `behavior.overwriteAudio`                         | `true`, `false`                             | Replace existing audio on updates; when `false`, new audio is appended/prepended using the configured media insert mode; manual clipboard updates always replace generated sentence audio (default: `true`)                     |
+| `behavior.overwriteImage`                         | `true`, `false`                             | Replace existing images on updates; when `false`, new images are appended/prepended using the configured media insert mode (default: `true`)                                                                                    |
+| `behavior.mediaInsertMode`                        | `"append"`, `"prepend"`                     | Where to insert new media when overwrite is off (default: `"append"`)                                                                                                                                                           |
+| `behavior.highlightWord`                          | `true`, `false`                             | Highlight the word in sentence context (default: `true`)                                                                                                                                                                        |
+| `ankiConnect.knownWords.highlightEnabled`         | `true`, `false`                             | Enable fast local highlighting for words already known in Anki (default: `false`)                                                                                                                                               |
+| `ankiConnect.knownWords.addMinedWordsImmediately` | `true`, `false`                             | Add words from successful mines into the local known-word cache immediately (default: `true`)                                                                                                                                   |
+| `ankiConnect.knownWords.matchMode`                | `"headword"`, `"surface"`                   | Matching strategy for known-word highlighting (default: `"headword"`). `headword` uses token headwords; `surface` uses visible subtitle text.                                                                                   |
+| `ankiConnect.knownWords.refreshMinutes`           | number                                      | Minutes between known-word cache refreshes (default: `1440`)                                                                                                                                                                    |
+| `ankiConnect.knownWords.decks`                    | object                                      | Deck→fields mapping used for known-word cache query scope (e.g. `{ "Kaishi 1.5k": ["Word"] }`).                                                                                                                                 |
+| `ankiConnect.nPlusOne.enabled`                    | `true`, `false`                             | Enable N+1 subtitle highlighting (highlights the one unknown word in a sentence). Independent from `knownWords.highlightEnabled`. Requires known-word cache data (default: `false`).                                            |
+| `ankiConnect.nPlusOne.minSentenceWords`           | number                                      | Minimum number of words required in a sentence before single unknown-word N+1 highlighting can trigger (default: `3`).                                                                                                          |
+| `behavior.notificationType`                       | `"overlay"`, `"system"`, `"both"`, `"none"` | Notification type on card update (default: `"overlay"`). `"both"` means overlay + system. `osd` and `osd-system` are legacy config-file-only values; use `"osd-system"` to keep the old OSD + system behavior.                  |
+| `behavior.autoUpdateNewCards`                     | `true`, `false`                             | Automatically update cards on creation (default: `true`)                                                                                                                                                                        |
+| `metadata.pattern`                                | string                                      | Format pattern for metadata: `%f`=filename, `%F`=filename+ext, `%t`=time                                                                                                                                                        |
+| `isLapis`                                         | object                                      | Lapis/shared sentence-card config: `{ enabled, sentenceCardModel }`. Sentence/audio field names are fixed to `Sentence` and `SentenceAudio`.                                                                                    |
+| `isKiku`                                          | object                                      | Kiku-only config: `{ enabled, fieldGrouping, deleteDuplicateInAuto }` (shared sentence/audio/model settings are inherited from `isLapis`)                                                                                       |

 `ankiConnect.ai` only controls feature-local enablement plus optional `model` / `systemPrompt` overrides.
 API key resolution, base URL, and timeout live under the shared top-level [`ai`](#shared-ai-provider) config.
@@ -1122,6 +1161,8 @@ Sync the active subtitle track from the overlay picker using `alass` or `ffsubsy
 | `ffmpeg_path`    | string path     | Path to `ffmpeg` (used for internal subtitle extraction). Empty or `null` falls back to `/usr/bin/ffmpeg`.                |
 | `replace`        | `true`, `false` | When `true` (default), overwrite the active subtitle file on successful sync. When `false`, write `<name>_retimed.<ext>`. |

+Stats dashboard sentence mining also uses `alass_path` when available to align a local English sidecar against the local Japanese sidecar before filling the card translation field. This stats-only retime writes a temporary cached copy and never edits the original subtitle files.
+
 Default trigger is `Ctrl+Alt+S` via `shortcuts.triggerSubsync`.
 Customize it there, or set it to `null` to disable.

@@ -1380,9 +1421,9 @@ Enable or disable local immersion analytics stored in SQLite for mined subtitles
 | `retention.dailyRollupsDays`   | integer (`0`-`36500`)               | Daily rollup retention window. Default `0` (keep all).                                                      |
 | `retention.monthlyRollupsDays` | integer (`0`-`36500`)               | Monthly rollup retention window. Default `0` (keep all).                                                    |
 | `retention.vacuumIntervalDays` | integer (`0`-`3650`)                | Minimum spacing between `VACUUM` passes. `0` disables vacuum. Default `0` (disabled).                       |
-| `lifetimeSummaries.global`     | `true`, `false`                     | Maintain global lifetime stats rows (default: `true`).                                                              |
-| `lifetimeSummaries.anime`      | `true`, `false`                     | Maintain per-anime lifetime stats rows (default: `true`).                                                           |
-| `lifetimeSummaries.media`      | `true`, `false`                     | Maintain per-media lifetime stats rows (default: `true`).                                                           |
+| `lifetimeSummaries.global`     | `true`, `false`                     | Maintain global lifetime stats rows (default: `true`).                                                      |
+| `lifetimeSummaries.anime`      | `true`, `false`                     | Maintain per-anime lifetime stats rows (default: `true`).                                                   |
+| `lifetimeSummaries.media`      | `true`, `false`                     | Maintain per-media lifetime stats rows (default: `true`).                                                   |

 You can also disable immersion tracking for a single session using:

@@ -1433,7 +1474,7 @@ Usage notes:
 - The browser UI is served at `http://127.0.0.1:<serverPort>`.
 - The overlay toggle is local to the focused visible overlay window; it is not registered as a global OS shortcut.
 - The dashboard reads from the same immersion-tracking database, so keep `immersionTracking.enabled` on if you want data to appear.
- The UI includes Overview, Library, Trends, Vocabulary, and Sessions tabs.
+- The UI includes Overview, Library, Trends, Vocabulary, Search, and Sessions tabs.

 ### MPV Launcher

@@ -1456,18 +1497,18 @@ Configure the mpv executable, profile, and window state for SubMiner-managed mpv
 }
 ```

-| Option                  | Values                                                              | Description                                                                                                                         |
-| ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| `executablePath`        | string                                                              | Absolute path to `mpv.exe` for Windows launch flows. Leave empty to auto-discover from `SUBMINER_MPV_PATH` or `PATH` (default `""`) |
-| `profile`               | string                                                              | mpv profile name passed as `--profile=<name>`. Leave empty to pass no profile (default `""`)                                        |
-| `launchMode`            | `"normal"` \| `"maximized"` \| `"fullscreen"`                       | Window state when SubMiner spawns mpv (default `"normal"`)                                                                          |
-| `socketPath`            | string                                                              | mpv IPC socket path used by SubMiner-managed playback and the bundled mpv plugin (default: `\\\\.\\pipe\\subminer-socket`)          |
-| `backend`               | `"auto"` \| `"hyprland"` \| `"sway"` \| `"x11"` \| `"macos"` \| `"windows"` | Window tracking backend passed to the bundled mpv plugin. Auto detects the current platform (default: `"auto"`)                     |
-| `autoStartSubMiner`     | `true`, `false`                                                     | Start SubMiner in the background when SubMiner-managed mpv loads a file (default: `true`)                                           |
-| `pauseUntilOverlayReady`| `true`, `false`                                                     | Pause mpv on visible-overlay auto-start until SubMiner signals subtitle tokenization readiness (default: `true`)                    |
-| `subminerBinaryPath`    | string                                                              | SubMiner app binary path passed to the bundled mpv plugin. Leave empty to use the launcher-detected app path (default: `""`)        |
-| `aniskipEnabled`        | `true`, `false`                                                     | Enable AniSkip intro detection and skip markers in the bundled mpv plugin (default: `true`)                                         |
-| `aniskipButtonKey`      | string                                                              | mpv key used to trigger the AniSkip button while the skip marker is visible (default: `"TAB"`)                                      |
+| Option                   | Values                                                                      | Description                                                                                                                                 |
+| ------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `executablePath`         | string                                                                      | Absolute path to `mpv.exe` for Windows launch flows. Leave empty to auto-discover from `SUBMINER_MPV_PATH` or `PATH` (default `""`)         |
+| `profile`                | string                                                                      | mpv profile name passed as `--profile=<name>`. Leave empty to pass no profile (default `""`)                                                |
+| `launchMode`             | `"normal"` \| `"maximized"` \| `"fullscreen"`                               | Window state when SubMiner spawns mpv (default `"normal"`)                                                                                  |
+| `socketPath`             | string                                                                      | mpv IPC socket path used by SubMiner-managed playback and the bundled mpv plugin (default: `\\\\.\\pipe\\subminer-socket`)                  |
+| `backend`                | `"auto"` \| `"hyprland"` \| `"sway"` \| `"x11"` \| `"macos"` \| `"windows"` | Window tracking backend passed to the bundled mpv plugin. Auto detects the current platform (default: `"auto"`)                             |
+| `autoStartSubMiner`      | `true`, `false`                                                             | Start SubMiner in the background when SubMiner-managed mpv loads a file (default: `true`)                                                   |
+| `pauseUntilOverlayReady` | `true`, `false`                                                             | Pause mpv on visible-overlay auto-start until SubMiner signals subtitle tokenization readiness, with a 30-second fallback (default: `true`) |
+| `subminerBinaryPath`     | string                                                                      | SubMiner app binary path passed to the bundled mpv plugin. Leave empty to use the launcher-detected app path (default: `""`)                |
+| `aniskipEnabled`         | `true`, `false`                                                             | Enable AniSkip intro detection, chapter markers, and the skip-intro key (default: `true`)                                                   |
+| `aniskipButtonKey`       | string                                                                      | mpv key used to skip the detected intro while the skip prompt is visible (default: `"TAB"`)                                                 |

 If `mpv.profile` is configured and the launcher also receives `--profile`, SubMiner passes both as a comma-separated mpv profile list.

@@ -1484,14 +1525,24 @@ Set defaults used by managed subtitle auto-selection and the `subminer` launcher
 ```json
 {
  "youtube": {
-    "primarySubLanguages": ["ja", "jpn"]
+    "primarySubLanguages": ["ja", "jpn"],
+    "mediaCache": {
+      "mode": "direct",
+      "maxHeight": 720
+    }
  }
 }
 ```

-| Option                | Values   | Description                                                                                      |
-| --------------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
-| `primarySubLanguages` | string[] | Primary subtitle language priority for managed subtitle auto-selection (default `["ja", "jpn"]`) |
+| Option                 | Values                   | Description                                                                                      |
+| ---------------------- | ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
+| `primarySubLanguages`  | string[]                 | Primary subtitle language priority for managed subtitle auto-selection (default `["ja", "jpn"]`) |
+| `mediaCache.mode`      | `direct` \| `background` | YouTube card audio/image extraction mode (default `direct`)                                      |
+| `mediaCache.maxHeight` | number                   | Maximum background cache download height. Set `0` for unlimited (default `720`)                  |
+
+`mediaCache.mode: "direct"` extracts card media from the active YouTube stream URL. `mediaCache.mode: "background"` starts a separate yt-dlp media download after YouTube playback has loaded, including YouTube URLs opened directly in mpv and resolved stream URLs when mpv still exposes the original YouTube playlist entry. Playback and subtitle loading do not wait for that download. Use background mode if direct card media generation hits YouTube `403` errors from expiring stream URLs.
+
+Background cache downloads are capped by `mediaCache.maxHeight`, which defaults to 720p; set it to `0` to let yt-dlp choose the best available height. Downloads use IPv4 and yt-dlp retry flags to reduce YouTube throttling failures. SubMiner announces when the background cache download starts and when the cache is ready, using the configured notification surface; overlay and OSD messages queue until the overlay or mpv is ready. If you mine cards before the cache is ready, SubMiner creates the text fields immediately, queues the audio/image work for those note IDs, shows a status notification, and fills the media fields once the cached file is ready. If the cache download fails, SubMiner shows a failure notification, shows queued-card failure notifications, and clears the pending updates.

 Current launcher behavior:

@@ -11,15 +11,10 @@ For internal architecture/workflow guidance, use `docs/README.md` at the repo ro
 ```bash
 git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/ksyasuda/SubMiner.git
 cd SubMiner
-# if you cloned without --recurse-submodules:
-git submodule update --init --recursive
-
-bun install
-(cd stats && bun install --frozen-lockfile)
-(cd vendor/texthooker-ui && bun install --frozen-lockfile)
+make deps
 ```

-`make deps` is still available as a convenience wrapper around the same dependency install flow.
+`make deps` initializes submodules and installs root, `stats/`, and `vendor/texthooker-ui` dependencies. The Yomitan submodule installs its own dependencies on demand during `bun run build`.

 ## Building

@@ -85,18 +80,24 @@ Default lanes:

 ```bash
 bun run test           # alias for test:fast
-bun run test:fast      # default fast lane
-bun run test:full      # maintained source + launcher-unit + runtime compat surface
+bun run test:fast      # full source lanes: src + launcher-unit + scripts + runtime compat
 bun run test:runtime:compat # compiled/runtime compatibility slice only
 bun run test:env       # launcher/plugin + env-sensitive verification
+bun run test:stats     # stats dashboard UI suite
 bun run test:immersion:sqlite # SQLite persistence lane
 bun run test:subtitle  # maintained alass/ffsubsync subtitle surface
 ```

- `bun run test` and `bun run test:fast` cover config/core suites plus representative entry/runtime, Anki integration, release-workflow coverage, typecheck, and runtime-registry checks.
- `bun run test:full` is the maintained full surface: Bun-compatible `src/**` discovery, Bun-compatible launcher unit discovery, and the compiled/runtime compatibility lane for suites routed through `dist/**`.
+Test lane membership is defined once in `scripts/test-lanes.ts` and discovered by
+directory, so new test files join their lane automatically. `scripts/run-test-lane.mjs`
+runs each test file in its own `bun test` process (per-file isolation) so a hanging
+test or leaked global in one file cannot cascade into the rest of the lane; pass
+`--jobs N` to parallelize or `--single-process` for one shared process.
+
+- `bun run test` and `bun run test:fast` cover the full discovered `src/**` suite, launcher unit tests, `scripts/**` tests, and the compiled/runtime compatibility lane.
 - `bun run test:runtime:compat` covers the compiled/runtime slice directly: `ipc`, `anki-jimaku-ipc`, `overlay-manager`, `config-validation`, `startup-config`, and `registry`.
 - `bun run test:env` covers environment-sensitive checks: launcher smoke/plugin verification plus the Bun source SQLite lane.
+- `bun run test:stats` runs the stats dashboard suite under `stats/src/**`.
 - `bun run test:immersion:sqlite` is the reproducible persistence lane when you need real DB-backed SQLite coverage under Bun.

 The Bun-managed discovery lanes intentionally exclude a small compiled/runtime-focused set: `src/core/services/ipc.test.ts`, `src/core/services/anki-jimaku-ipc.test.ts`, `src/core/services/overlay-manager.test.ts`, `src/main/config-validation.test.ts`, `src/main/runtime/startup-config.test.ts`, and `src/main/runtime/registry.test.ts`. `bun run test:runtime:compat` keeps them in the standard workflow via `dist/**`.
@@ -131,11 +132,11 @@ Focused commands:
 ```bash
 bun run test:config       # Source-level config schema/validation tests
 bun run test:launcher     # Launcher regression tests (config discovery + command routing)
-bun run test:core         # Source-level core regression tests (default lane)
 bun run test:launcher:smoke:src # Launcher e2e smoke: launcher -> mpv IPC -> overlay start/stop wiring
 bun run test:launcher:env:src # Launcher smoke + Lua plugin gate
 bun run test:src          # Bun-managed maintained src/** discovery lane
 bun run test:launcher:unit:src # Bun-managed maintained launcher unit lane
+bun run test:scripts      # Bun-managed scripts/** test lane
 bun run test:immersion:sqlite:src # Bun source lane
 ```

@@ -149,8 +150,6 @@ Smoke and optional deep dist commands:
 bun run build                 # compile dist artifacts
 bun run test:immersion:sqlite # compile + run SQLite-backed immersion tests under Bun
 bun run test:smoke:dist       # explicit smoke scope for compiled runtime
-bun run test:config:dist      # optional full dist config suite
-bun run test:core:dist        # optional full dist core suite
 ```

 Use `bun run test:immersion:sqlite` when you need real DB-backed coverage for the immersion tracker.
@@ -216,7 +215,7 @@ Run `make help` for a full list of targets. Key ones:
 | `make build`                | Build platform package for detected OS                            |
 | `make build-launcher`       | Generate Bun launcher wrapper at `dist/launcher/subminer`         |
 | `make install`              | Install platform artifacts (wrapper, theme, AppImage/app bundle)  |
-| `make deps`                 | Install JS dependencies (root + stats + texthooker-ui)            |
+| `make deps`                 | Init submodules and install root/stats/texthooker-ui deps         |
 | `make pretty`               | Run scoped Prettier formatting for maintained source/config files |
 | `make generate-config`      | Generate default config from centralized registry                 |
 | `make build-linux`          | Convenience wrapper for Linux packaging                           |
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ Episode completion for local `watched` state uses the shared `DEFAULT_MIN_WATCH_
 {
  "immersionTracking": {
    "enabled": true,
-    "dbPath": ""
-  }
+    "dbPath": "",
+  },
 }
 ```

@@ -48,13 +48,19 @@ Recent sessions, streak calendar, watch-time history, and a tracking snapshot wi

 Cover-art library with search and sorting, per-series progress, episode drill-down, and direct links into mined cards.

+Local files and Jellyfin items with detected season numbers are split into season-specific library entries, so `Season 1` and `Season 2` folders do not merge into one show card.
+
+When older stats already grouped multiple seasons under one series entry, SubMiner moves parsed episodes into the season-specific entries on startup and rebuilds the affected summaries.
+
+Jellyfin stream URLs are normalized to stable item links before stats titles are shown, so playback query parameters are not displayed in the dashboard.
+
 When YouTube channel metadata is available, the Library tab groups videos by creator/channel and treats each tracked video as an episode-like entry inside that channel section.

 ![Stats Library](/screenshots/stats-library.png)

 #### Trends

-Watch time, sessions, words seen, and per-anime progress/pattern charts with configurable date ranges and grouping.
+Grouped into Activity (per-day/month watch time, cards, words, sessions), Cumulative Totals (running totals incl. new words seen and episodes), Efficiency (words/min, cards/hour, lookups per 100 words), Patterns (watch time by day of week and hour), and per-anime Library charts — all with configurable date ranges and grouping.

 ![Stats Trends](/screenshots/stats-trends.png)

@@ -66,10 +72,14 @@ Expandable session history with new-word activity, cumulative totals, and pause/

 #### Vocabulary

-Top repeated words (click a bar to open the word), new-word timeline, frequency rank table with full readings, kanji breakdown, word exclusion list, and click-through occurrence drilldown with Mine Word / Mine Sentence / Mine Audio buttons.
+Top repeated words (click a bar to open the word), new-word timeline, cross-title and frequency rank tables with Hide Known / Hide Kana filters, kanji breakdown, word exclusion list, and click-through occurrence drilldown with Mine Word / Mine Sentence / Mine Audio buttons.

 ![Stats Vocabulary](/screenshots/stats-vocabulary.png)

+#### Search
+
+Realtime search across tracked primary subtitle lines and media titles. Results show the source media, session, line number, timing, and sentence text. Secondary subtitle text is not shown or searched here because separate subtitle tracks may not line up sentence-for-sentence. Sentence cards can be mined from any result with a valid local source and timing. Word and audio card buttons appear only when the searched word exactly appears in the primary sentence text; matching text is highlighted in the result.
+
 Stats server config lives under `stats`:

 ```jsonc
@@ -78,14 +88,14 @@ Stats server config lives under `stats`:
    "toggleKey": "Backquote",
    "serverPort": 6969,
    "autoStartServer": true,
-    "autoOpenBrowser": false
-  }
+    "autoOpenBrowser": false,
+  },
 }
 ```

 - `toggleKey` is overlay-local, not a system-wide shortcut.
 - `serverPort` controls the localhost dashboard URL.
- `autoStartServer` starts the local stats HTTP server on launch once immersion tracking is active, or reuses the dedicated background stats server when one is already running.
+- `autoStartServer` starts the local stats HTTP server on launch once immersion tracking is active, or reuses the dedicated background stats server when one is already running. Background app launches (`subminer app`) start the stats server immediately, registering it so later launches reuse it instead of starting another one.
 - `autoOpenBrowser` controls whether `subminer stats` launches the dashboard URL in your browser after ensuring the server is running.
 - `subminer stats` forces the dashboard server to start even when `autoStartServer` is `false`.
 - `subminer stats -b` starts or reuses the dedicated background stats daemon and exits after startup acknowledgement.
@@ -96,15 +106,15 @@ Stats server config lives under `stats`:

 ## Mining Cards from the Stats Page

-The Vocabulary tab's word detail panel shows example lines from your viewing history. Each example line with a valid source file offers three mining buttons:
+The Search tab and the Vocabulary tab's word detail panel both mine from subtitle lines in your viewing history. Search matches sentence text and media titles, and **Search by headword** is enabled by default so dictionary-form searches such as `知らない` can find tracked subtitle lines with inflected variants. Turn that toggle off for exact text/title matching only. Each line with a valid source file offers sentence-card mining; word/audio mining is available when the selected word or searched word appears in the sentence:

 - **Mine Word** - performs a full Yomitan dictionary lookup for the word (definition, reading, pitch accent, etc.) via a short-lived hidden helper, then enriches the card with sentence audio, a screenshot or animated AVIF clip, the highlighted sentence, and metadata extracted from the source video file. Requires Anki and Yomitan dictionaries to be loaded.
- **Mine Sentence** - creates a sentence card directly with the `IsSentenceCard` flag set (for Lapis/Kiku workflows), along with audio, image, and translation from the secondary subtitle if available.
+- **Mine Sentence** - creates a sentence card directly with the `IsSentenceCard` flag set (for Lapis/Kiku workflows), along with audio and image from the source video.
 - **Mine Audio** - creates an audio-only card with the `IsAudioCard` flag, attaching only the sentence audio clip.

 All three modes respect your `ankiConnect` config: deck, model, field mappings, media settings (static vs AVIF, quality, dimensions), audio padding, metadata pattern, and tags. Media generation runs in parallel for faster card creation.

-Secondary subtitle text (typically English translations) is stored alongside primary subtitles during playback and used as the translation field when mining from the stats page.
+Secondary subtitle text (typically English translations) is stored alongside primary subtitles during playback and can be used as the translation field when mining sentence cards from Search or vocabulary occurrences. The Search tab does not use that text for display or matching.

 ### Word Exclusion List

@@ -114,12 +124,12 @@ The Vocabulary tab toolbar includes an **Exclusions** button for hiding words fr

 By default, SubMiner keeps all retention tables and raw data (`0` means keep all) while continuing daily/monthly rollup maintenance:

-| Data type      | Retention |
-| -------------- | --------- |
-| Raw events     | 0 (keep all)   |
-| Telemetry      | 0 (keep all)   |
-| Sessions      | 0 (keep all)   |
-| Daily rollups  | 0 (keep all)   |
+| Data type       | Retention    |
+| --------------- | ------------ |
+| Raw events      | 0 (keep all) |
+| Telemetry       | 0 (keep all) |
+| Sessions        | 0 (keep all) |
+| Daily rollups   | 0 (keep all) |
 | Monthly rollups | 0 (keep all) |

 Maintenance runs on startup and every 24 hours. Vacuum runs only when `retention.vacuumIntervalDays` is non-zero.
@@ -146,24 +156,24 @@ The tracker is optimized for "keep everything" defaults:

 All policy options live under `immersionTracking` in your config:

-| Option | Description |
-| ------ | ----------- |
-| `batchSize` | Writes per flush batch |
-| `flushIntervalMs` | Max delay between flushes (default: 500ms) |
-| `queueCap` | Max queued writes before oldest are dropped |
-| `payloadCapBytes` | Max payload size per write |
-| `maintenanceIntervalMs` | How often maintenance runs |
-| `retention.eventsDays` | Raw event retention |
-| `retention.telemetryDays` | Telemetry retention |
-| `retention.sessionsDays` | Session retention |
-| `retention.dailyRollupsDays` | Daily rollup retention |
-| `retention.monthlyRollupsDays` | Monthly rollup retention |
-| `retention.vacuumIntervalDays` | Minimum spacing between vacuums |
-| `retentionMode` | `preset` or `advanced` |
-| `retentionPreset` | `minimal`, `balanced`, or `deep-history` (used by `retentionMode`) |
-| `lifetimeSummaries.global` | Maintain global lifetime totals |
-| `lifetimeSummaries.anime` | Maintain per-anime lifetime totals |
-| `lifetimeSummaries.media` | Maintain per-media lifetime totals |
+| Option                         | Description                                                        |
+| ------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
+| `batchSize`                    | Writes per flush batch                                             |
+| `flushIntervalMs`              | Max delay between flushes (default: 500ms)                         |
+| `queueCap`                     | Max queued writes before oldest are dropped                        |
+| `payloadCapBytes`              | Max payload size per write                                         |
+| `maintenanceIntervalMs`        | How often maintenance runs                                         |
+| `retention.eventsDays`         | Raw event retention                                                |
+| `retention.telemetryDays`      | Telemetry retention                                                |
+| `retention.sessionsDays`       | Session retention                                                  |
+| `retention.dailyRollupsDays`   | Daily rollup retention                                             |
+| `retention.monthlyRollupsDays` | Monthly rollup retention                                           |
+| `retention.vacuumIntervalDays` | Minimum spacing between vacuums                                    |
+| `retentionMode`                | `preset` or `advanced`                                             |
+| `retentionPreset`              | `minimal`, `balanced`, or `deep-history` (used by `retentionMode`) |
+| `lifetimeSummaries.global`     | Maintain global lifetime totals                                    |
+| `lifetimeSummaries.anime`      | Maintain per-anime lifetime totals                                 |
+| `lifetimeSummaries.media`      | Maintain per-media lifetime totals                                 |

 ## Query Templates

@@ -12,20 +12,20 @@ Three steps to get started:

 Only **mpv** is strictly required to run SubMiner. Everything else enhances the experience but is optional.

-| Dependency           | Status      | What it does                                                                                                    |
-| -------------------- | ----------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| mpv                  | Required    | The video player SubMiner overlays on. Must support `--input-ipc-server`.                                       |
-| ffmpeg               | Recommended | Audio extraction and screenshots for Anki cards. Without it SubMiner still runs, but media fields will be empty. |
+| Dependency           | Status      | What it does                                                                                                                                                   |
+| -------------------- | ----------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| mpv                  | Required    | The video player SubMiner overlays on. Must support `--input-ipc-server`.                                                                                      |
+| ffmpeg               | Recommended | Audio extraction and screenshots for Anki cards. Without it SubMiner still runs, but media fields will be empty.                                               |
 | MeCab + mecab-ipadic | Recommended | Part-of-speech filtering for more precise N+1, JLPT, and frequency annotations. Without it annotations still render, but POS-based filtering is less accurate. |
-| yt-dlp               | Optional    | YouTube playback and subtitle extraction.                                                                       |
-| fzf                  | Optional    | Terminal-based video picker in the launcher.                                                                     |
-| rofi                 | Optional    | GUI-based video picker (Linux).                                                                                  |
-| chafa                | Optional    | Thumbnail previews in fzf.                                                                                       |
-| ffmpegthumbnailer    | Optional    | Video thumbnail generation for the picker.                                                                       |
-| guessit              | Optional    | Better AniSkip title/season/episode parsing.                                                                     |
-| alass                | Optional    | Subtitle sync engine (preferred). Disabled without alass or ffsubsync.                                           |
-| ffsubsync            | Optional    | Audio-based subtitle sync engine. Disabled without alass or ffsubsync.                                           |
-| fuse2                | Linux only  | Required to run the AppImage.                                                                                    |
+| yt-dlp               | Optional    | YouTube playback and subtitle extraction.                                                                                                                      |
+| fzf                  | Optional    | Terminal-based video picker in the launcher.                                                                                                                   |
+| rofi                 | Optional    | GUI-based video picker (Linux).                                                                                                                                |
+| chafa                | Optional    | Thumbnail previews in fzf.                                                                                                                                     |
+| ffmpegthumbnailer    | Optional    | Video thumbnail generation for the picker.                                                                                                                     |
+| guessit              | Optional    | Better AniSkip title/season/episode parsing.                                                                                                                   |
+| alass                | Optional    | Subtitle sync engine (preferred). Disabled without alass or ffsubsync.                                                                                         |
+| ffsubsync            | Optional    | Audio-based subtitle sync engine. Disabled without alass or ffsubsync.                                                                                         |
+| fuse2                | Linux only  | Required to run the AppImage.                                                                                                                                  |

 ### Linux

@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ Make sure `mpv.exe` is on your `PATH`, or set `mpv.executablePath` in the config
 ```bash
 git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/ksyasuda/SubMiner.git
 cd SubMiner
-bun install
+make deps
 bun run build

 # Optional: build AppImage
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ Bundled Yomitan is built during `bun run build`.
 ```bash
 git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/ksyasuda/SubMiner.git
 cd SubMiner
-git submodule update --init --recursive
+make deps
 make build-macos
 ```

@@ -216,14 +216,14 @@ The built app will be in the `release` directory (`.dmg` and `.zip`). For unsign
 ```powershell
 git clone https://github.com/ksyasuda/SubMiner.git
 cd SubMiner
+git submodule update --init --recursive
 bun install
-
-# Windows requires building texthooker-ui manually before the main build
-Set-Location vendor/texthooker-ui
+Set-Location stats
+bun install --frozen-lockfile
+Set-Location ../vendor/texthooker-ui
 bun install --frozen-lockfile
 bun run build
 Set-Location ../..
-
 bun run build:win
 ```

@@ -300,11 +300,11 @@ subminer -u
 subminer --update
 ```

-SubMiner verifies AppImage, launcher, and rofi theme downloads against `SHA256SUMS.txt`. If the binary is in a protected path, SubMiner shows the exact command to run rather than elevating itself.
+SubMiner verifies AppImage, launcher, and Linux support-asset downloads against `SHA256SUMS.txt`. On Linux those support assets include the launcher-managed runtime plugin copy under `SubMiner/plugin/subminer` plus the rofi theme at `SubMiner/themes/subminer.rasi`. If the binary is in a protected path, SubMiner shows the exact command to run rather than elevating itself.

-The tray "Check for Updates" entry installs the new app automatically on Linux, macOS, and Windows. On Linux it replaces the running `.AppImage` in place via `electron-updater`; AppImages managed by a system package (for example the AUR `/opt/SubMiner/SubMiner.AppImage`) are skipped so the package manager stays in charge.
+The tray "Check for Updates" entry installs the new app automatically on Linux, macOS, and Windows. On Linux it replaces the running `.AppImage` in place via `electron-updater` and refreshes the managed support assets from `subminer-assets.tar.gz`; AppImages managed by a system package (for example the AUR `/opt/SubMiner/SubMiner.AppImage`) are skipped so the package manager stays in charge.

-`subminer -u` also performs the AppImage update directly from the launcher process, which is useful when SubMiner is not currently running.
+`subminer -u` also performs the AppImage, launcher, and managed support-asset updates directly from the launcher process, which is useful when SubMiner is not currently running.

 ## How It All Fits Together

@@ -312,13 +312,14 @@ SubMiner is an overlay that sits on top of mpv. It connects to mpv through an IP

 The `subminer` launcher handles mpv IPC socket setup automatically. If you launch mpv yourself or from another tool, you must pass `--input-ipc-server=/tmp/subminer-socket` (or `\\.\pipe\subminer-socket` on Windows) - without it the overlay starts but subtitles won't appear.

-The bundled mpv plugin is injected at runtime automatically - you don't need to install it separately. It provides in-player keybindings (the `y` chord) for controlling the overlay from within mpv. See [MPV Plugin](/mpv-plugin) for the full keybinding and configuration reference.
+The bundled mpv plugin is injected at runtime automatically - you don't need to install it separately. On Linux, the `subminer` launcher now checks for its managed runtime plugin copy and rofi theme before every mpv-managed launch and installs those support assets from the bundled app automatically if either one is missing. It provides in-player keybindings (the `y` chord) for controlling the overlay from within mpv. See [MPV Plugin](/mpv-plugin) for the full keybinding and configuration reference.

 ## Platform Notes

 ### macOS

 **MeCab paths (Homebrew):**
+
 - Apple Silicon (M1/M2): `/opt/homebrew/bin/mecab`
 - Intel: `/usr/local/bin/mecab`

@@ -361,17 +362,21 @@ sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/subminer

 ## Optional Extras

-### Rofi Theme (Linux Only)
+### Linux Support Assets

-SubMiner ships a custom rofi theme in the release assets:
+SubMiner ships the Linux rofi theme plus the launcher-managed runtime plugin copy in `subminer-assets.tar.gz`:

 ```bash
 wget https://github.com/ksyasuda/SubMiner/releases/latest/download/subminer-assets.tar.gz -O /tmp/subminer-assets.tar.gz
 tar -xzf /tmp/subminer-assets.tar.gz -C /tmp
 mkdir -p ~/.local/share/SubMiner/themes
 cp /tmp/assets/themes/subminer.rasi ~/.local/share/SubMiner/themes/subminer.rasi
+mkdir -p ~/.local/share/SubMiner/plugin
+cp -R /tmp/plugin/subminer ~/.local/share/SubMiner/plugin/subminer
 ```

-Override with `SUBMINER_ROFI_THEME=/absolute/path/to/theme.rasi`.
+`subminer -u` and the tray updater keep those Linux support assets in sync automatically once the `SubMiner` data dir exists. Normal Linux launcher playback also auto-installs the managed runtime plugin copy and rofi theme from the bundled app if either support asset is missing, so manual extraction is mainly useful for pre-seeding or custom setups.
+
+Override the theme path with `SUBMINER_ROFI_THEME=/absolute/path/to/theme.rasi`.

 Next: [Usage](/usage) - learn about the `subminer` wrapper, keybindings, and YouTube playback.
@@ -34,15 +34,19 @@ subminer -R -r -d ~/Anime              # rofi picker, recursive
 subminer -R /directory                 # rofi picker, directory shortcut
 ```

-rofi shows a GUI menu with icon thumbnails when available. SubMiner ships a custom rofi theme bundled in the release assets tarball:
+rofi shows a GUI menu with icon thumbnails when available. SubMiner ships the rofi theme plus the Linux launcher-managed runtime plugin copy in the release assets tarball:

 ```bash
 wget https://github.com/ksyasuda/SubMiner/releases/latest/download/subminer-assets.tar.gz -O /tmp/subminer-assets.tar.gz
 tar -xzf /tmp/subminer-assets.tar.gz -C /tmp
 mkdir -p ~/.local/share/SubMiner/themes
 cp /tmp/assets/themes/subminer.rasi ~/.local/share/SubMiner/themes/subminer.rasi
+mkdir -p ~/.local/share/SubMiner/plugin
+cp -R /tmp/plugin/subminer ~/.local/share/SubMiner/plugin/subminer
 ```

+Once the `SubMiner` data dir exists, `subminer -u` refreshes both assets automatically. Normal Linux launcher playback also checks for the managed runtime plugin copy and rofi theme before mpv launch and installs them from the bundled app automatically if either one is missing.
+
 The theme is auto-detected from these paths (first match wins):

 - `$SUBMINER_ROFI_THEME` environment variable (absolute path)
@@ -57,6 +61,23 @@ Override with the `SUBMINER_ROFI_THEME` environment variable:
 SUBMINER_ROFI_THEME=/path/to/custom-theme.rasi subminer -R
 ```

+## Watch History
+
+`subminer -H` (or `--history`) browses your local watch history, sourced from the immersion tracker database. It works with both pickers: fzf by default, rofi with `-R -H`.
+
+```bash
+subminer -H                            # fzf history browser
+subminer -R -H                         # rofi history browser
+```
+
+The first menu lists every locally watched series, most recently watched first, using the parsed media title (e.g. the anime title) when available and the directory name otherwise. Selecting a series opens an action menu:
+
+- **Replay last watched** — replays the most recently watched episode
+- **Next episode** — plays the episode after the last watched one (continues into the next season directory when the season ends)
+- **Browse episodes** — lists the video files in the series directory in episode order, using the same fzf/rofi episode picker as directory browsing; if the series has multiple season directories, a season menu is shown first
+
+Series whose directories are not currently accessible (e.g. an unmounted network share) are hidden from the list. Watch history requires the immersion tracker database (`immersionTracking.dbPath`, default `<config dir>/immersion.sqlite`), which SubMiner populates during playback.
+
 ## Common Commands

 ```bash
@@ -79,7 +100,7 @@ subminer stats -b                       # start background stats daemon
 | `subminer stats cleanup`                   | Backfill vocabulary metadata and prune stale rows                  |
 | `subminer doctor`                          | Dependency + config + socket diagnostics                           |
 | `subminer settings`                        | Open the SubMiner settings window                                  |
-| `subminer logs -e`                         | Export a sanitized log ZIP and print its path                      |
+| `subminer logs -e`                         | Export a sanitized local-date log ZIP and print its path           |
 | `subminer config path`                     | Print active config file path                                      |
 | `subminer config show`                     | Print active config contents                                       |
 | `subminer mpv status`                      | Check mpv socket readiness                                         |
@@ -101,6 +122,7 @@ Use `subminer <subcommand> -h` for command-specific help.
 | `-d, --directory`     | Video search directory (default: cwd)                                |
 | `-r, --recursive`     | Search directories recursively                                       |
 | `-R, --rofi`          | Use rofi instead of fzf                                              |
+| `-H, --history`       | Browse local watch history (see [Watch History](#watch-history))     |
 | `--setup`             | Open first-run setup popup manually                                  |
 | `-v, --version`       | Print installed SubMiner version                                     |
 | `-u, --update`        | Check for SubMiner updates and update the app/launcher when possible |
@@ -113,7 +135,7 @@ Use `subminer <subcommand> -h` for command-specific help.
 | `--log-level`         | Logger verbosity (`debug`, `info`, `warn`, `error`)                  |
 | `--dev`, `--debug`    | Enable app dev-mode (not tied to log level)                          |

-On Linux, `subminer -u` updates from the launcher process itself. It can check and replace the AppImage, launcher, and rofi theme even when SubMiner is already running in the tray.
+On Linux, `subminer -u` updates from the launcher process itself. It can check and replace the AppImage, launcher, runtime plugin copy, and rofi theme even when SubMiner is already running in the tray.

 With default plugin settings (`auto_start=yes`, `auto_start_visible_overlay=yes`, `auto_start_pause_until_ready=yes`), explicit start flags are usually unnecessary.

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ This guide walks through the sentence mining loop - from watching a video to cre

 ## Overview

-*Sentence mining* means turning real sentences you encounter while watching native video into Anki flashcards, so you learn vocabulary in the context where you actually met it. SubMiner automates the tedious parts of that loop.
+_Sentence mining_ means turning real sentences you encounter while watching native video into Anki flashcards, so you learn vocabulary in the context where you actually met it. SubMiner automates the tedious parts of that loop.

 SubMiner runs as a transparent overlay on top of mpv (the video player). As subtitles play, the overlay displays them as interactive text. You hover a word, trigger a Yomitan dictionary lookup with your configured lookup key/modifier, then create an Anki card with a single action. SubMiner automatically attaches the sentence, an audio clip, and a screenshot to that card - no manual copy-pasting or screen capturing.

@@ -122,10 +122,10 @@ By default the **primary** bar is `visible` (`subtitleStyle.primaryDefaultMode`)

 Cycle each bar's mode at runtime with its own shortcut:

-| Shortcut             | Action                                                   | Config key                     |
-| -------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------ |
-| `V`                  | Cycle primary subtitle mode (hidden → visible → hover)   | overlay-local                  |
-| `Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+V`   | Cycle secondary subtitle mode (hidden → visible → hover) | `shortcuts.toggleSecondarySub` |
+| Shortcut           | Action                                                   | Config key                     |
+| ------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------ |
+| `V`                | Cycle primary subtitle mode (hidden → visible → hover)   | overlay-local                  |
+| `Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+V` | Cycle secondary subtitle mode (hidden → visible → hover) | `shortcuts.toggleSecondarySub` |

 ### Modal Surfaces

@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ If your subtitle file is out of sync with the audio, SubMiner can resynchronize

 For remote streams, including Jellyfin playback, the modal only offers alass. Jellyfin subtitle URLs are cached as temporary subtitle files so alass can read them, but the video stream is not downloaded. ffsubsync needs direct access to the local media file and is unavailable for stream URLs.

+When you mine a sentence card from the stats dashboard, SubMiner can also use `alass` automatically to align a local English sidecar against the matching local Japanese sidecar before filling the card translation field. The source subtitle files are not modified; SubMiner writes a temporary retimed copy and reuses it while the stats server is running.
+
 Install the sync tools separately - see [Troubleshooting](/troubleshooting#subtitle-sync-subsync) if the tools are not found.

 ## Texthooker
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # MPV Plugin

-**What this is:** mpv is the video player SubMiner overlays subtitles on. The SubMiner mpv plugin is a small Lua script that runs *inside* mpv and gives you in-player keybindings to control the SubMiner overlay (start/stop/toggle, skip intro, etc.) without leaving the player window.
+**What this is:** mpv is the video player SubMiner overlays subtitles on. The SubMiner mpv plugin is a small Lua script that runs _inside_ mpv and gives you in-player keybindings to control the SubMiner overlay (start/stop/toggle, skip intro, etc.) without leaving the player window.

 **Who needs this page:** Most users never touch the plugin directly - SubMiner-managed launches (the app, the `subminer` launcher, or the Windows shortcut) inject the bundled plugin automatically for that session, so there is nothing to install into mpv's global `scripts` directory. Read on if you launch mpv from another tool and want SubMiner's in-player controls, or you want to script mpv against SubMiner.

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ The plugin ships as a modular Lua package under `plugin/subminer/` (entry point

 Launch mpv through the SubMiner app, the `subminer` launcher, or the packaged Windows SubMiner mpv shortcut. These paths pass mpv a bundled plugin path for that playback session only, leaving regular mpv playback untouched.

+On Linux, the launcher-managed runtime plugin copy lives under the SubMiner data dir (`$XDG_DATA_HOME/SubMiner/plugin/subminer` by default, plus `/usr/local/share/SubMiner` or `/usr/share/SubMiner` for system installs). `subminer -u` and the tray updater keep that managed copy current. This is separate from mpv's global `scripts/` directory.
+
 If setup detects an older global SubMiner plugin in mpv's `scripts` directory, use **Remove legacy mpv plugin** in first-run setup. The global plugin is not needed once runtime loading is available.

 mpv must have IPC enabled for SubMiner to connect:
@@ -29,20 +31,20 @@ input-ipc-server=\\.\pipe\subminer-socket

 Most plugin actions use a `y` chord prefix - press `y`, then the second key (a "chord"):

-| Chord            | Action                                 |
-| ---------------- | -------------------------------------- |
-| `y-y`            | Open menu                              |
-| `y-s`            | Start overlay                          |
-| `y-S`            | Stop overlay                           |
-| `y-t`            | Toggle visible overlay                 |
-| `y-o`            | Open settings window                   |
-| `y-r`            | Restart overlay                        |
-| `y-c`            | Check status                           |
-| `y-h`            | Open session help / keybinding modal   |
-| `v`              | Toggle primary subtitle bar visibility |
-| `TAB` (default)  | Skip intro (AniSkip)                   |
+| Chord           | Action                                 |
+| --------------- | -------------------------------------- |
+| `y-y`           | Open menu                              |
+| `y-s`           | Start overlay                          |
+| `y-S`           | Stop overlay                           |
+| `y-t`           | Toggle visible overlay                 |
+| `y-o`           | Open settings window                   |
+| `y-r`           | Restart overlay                        |
+| `y-c`           | Check status                           |
+| `y-h`           | Open session help / keybinding modal   |
+| `v`             | Toggle primary subtitle bar visibility |
+| `TAB` (default) | Skip intro (AniSkip)                   |

-The AniSkip key is **not** a `y` chord. It defaults to `TAB` and is configurable via `mpv.aniskipButtonKey`. The legacy `y-k` chord still works as a fallback unless you remap the AniSkip key onto it.
+The AniSkip key is **not** a `y` chord and is not bound by the plugin: the SubMiner app binds it over the mpv IPC socket while it is connected. It defaults to `TAB` and is configurable via `mpv.aniskipButtonKey`. The legacy `y-k` chord still works as a fallback unless you remap the AniSkip key onto it. See [AniSkip Integration](/aniskip-integration) for setup and details.

 The bare `v` binding is a forced mpv binding. It overrides mpv's default primary subtitle visibility toggle and routes the action to SubMiner's primary subtitle bar instead.

@@ -133,10 +135,10 @@ script-message subminer-options
 script-message subminer-restart
 script-message subminer-status
 script-message subminer-autoplay-ready
-script-message subminer-aniskip-refresh
-script-message subminer-skip-intro
 ```

+The AniSkip messages (`subminer-skip-intro`, `subminer-aniskip-refresh`) still exist, but they are handled by the SubMiner app over the IPC socket rather than by the plugin - see [AniSkip Integration](/aniskip-integration#triggering-from-mpv).
+
 The `subminer-start` message accepts overrides:

 ```
@@ -146,27 +148,12 @@ script-message subminer-start backend=hyprland socket=/custom/path texthooker=no
 `log-level` here controls only logging verbosity passed to SubMiner.
 `--debug` is a separate app/dev-mode flag in the main CLI and should not be used here for logging.

-## AniSkip Intro Skip
-
- AniSkip lookups are gated. The plugin only runs lookup when:
-  - SubMiner launcher metadata is present, or
-  - SubMiner app process is already running, or
-  - You explicitly call `script-message subminer-aniskip-refresh`.
- Lookups are asynchronous (no blocking `ps`/`curl` on `file-loaded`).
- MAL/title resolution is cached for the current mpv session.
- When launched via `subminer`, launcher can pass `aniskip_payload` (pre-fetched AniSkip `skip-times` payload) and the plugin applies it directly without making API calls.
- If the payload is absent or invalid, lookup falls back to title/MAL-based async fetch.
- Install `guessit` for best detection quality (`python3 -m pip install --user guessit`).
- If OP interval exists, plugin adds `AniSkip Intro Start` and `AniSkip Intro End` chapters.
- At intro start, plugin shows an OSD hint for the first 3 seconds (`You can skip by pressing TAB` by default; the key reflects `mpv.aniskipButtonKey`).
- Use `script-message subminer-aniskip-refresh` after changing media metadata/options to retry lookup.
-
 ## Lifecycle

 For how the plugin's auto-start fits into the full launch sequence - including when the launcher starts the overlay instead of the plugin - see [Playback Startup Flow](./architecture#playback-startup-flow).

- **File loaded**: If `auto_start=yes`, the plugin starts the overlay, then defers AniSkip lookup until after startup delay.
- **Auto-start pause gate**: If `auto_start_visible_overlay=yes` and `auto_start_pause_until_ready=yes`, launcher starts mpv paused and the plugin resumes playback after SubMiner reports tokenization-ready (with timeout fallback).
+- **File loaded**: If `auto_start=yes`, the plugin starts the overlay.
+- **Auto-start pause gate**: If `auto_start_visible_overlay=yes` and `auto_start_pause_until_ready=yes`, launcher starts mpv paused. On cold managed background startup, SubMiner opens the tray and visible overlay shell before tokenization warmups finish, then the plugin resumes playback after SubMiner reports tokenization-ready (with a 30-second timeout fallback).
 - **Duplicate auto-start events**: Repeated `file-loaded` hooks while overlay is already running are ignored for auto-start triggers (prevents duplicate start attempts).
 - **MPV shutdown**: The plugin sends a stop command to gracefully shut down both the overlay and the texthooker server.
 - **Texthooker**: Starts as a separate subprocess before the overlay to ensure the app lock is acquired first.
@@ -172,10 +172,19 @@
  "updates": {
    "enabled": true, // Run automatic update checks in the background. Values: true | false
    "checkIntervalHours": 24, // Minimum hours between automatic update checks.
-    "notificationType": "system", // How SubMiner announces available updates. Values: system | osd | both | none
+    "notificationType": "overlay", // How SubMiner announces available updates. overlay shows notifications on the overlay, system uses OS notifications, both uses overlay and system. osd and osd-system are legacy config-file-only values. Values: overlay | system | both | none | osd | osd-system
    "channel": "stable" // Release channel used for update checks. Values: stable | prerelease
  }, // Automatic update check behavior.

+  // ==========================================
+  // Notifications
+  // Overlay notification display behavior.
+  // Hot-reload: position changes apply to the next overlay notification.
+  // ==========================================
+  "notifications": {
+    "overlayPosition": "top-right" // Position for in-overlay notification cards. Values: top-left | top | top-right
+  }, // Overlay notification display behavior.
+
  // ==========================================
  // Keyboard Shortcuts
  // Overlay keyboard shortcuts. Set a shortcut to null to disable.
@@ -199,7 +208,8 @@
    "openSessionHelp": "CommandOrControl+Slash", // Accelerator that opens the session help / keybinding cheatsheet.
    "openControllerSelect": "Alt+C", // Accelerator that opens the controller selection and learn-mode modal.
    "openControllerDebug": "Alt+Shift+C", // Accelerator that opens the controller debug modal with live axis/button readouts.
-    "toggleSubtitleSidebar": "Backslash" // Accelerator that toggles the subtitle sidebar visibility.
+    "toggleSubtitleSidebar": "Backslash", // Accelerator that toggles the subtitle sidebar visibility.
+    "toggleNotificationHistory": "CommandOrControl+N" // Accelerator that toggles the overlay notification history panel.
  }, // Overlay keyboard shortcuts. Set a shortcut to null to disable.

  // ==========================================
@@ -280,15 +290,41 @@
      ] // Command setting.
    },
    {
-      "key": "Shift+BracketRight", // Key setting.
+      "key": "Ctrl+Shift+ArrowLeft", // Key setting.
      "command": [
-        "__sub-delay-next-line"
+        "sub-step",
+        -1
      ] // Command setting.
    },
    {
-      "key": "Shift+BracketLeft", // Key setting.
+      "key": "Ctrl+Shift+ArrowRight", // Key setting.
      "command": [
-        "__sub-delay-prev-line"
+        "sub-step",
+        1
+      ] // Command setting.
+    },
+    {
+      "key": "KeyZ", // Key setting.
+      "command": [
+        "add",
+        "sub-delay",
+        -0.1
+      ] // Command setting.
+    },
+    {
+      "key": "Shift+KeyZ", // Key setting.
+      "command": [
+        "add",
+        "sub-delay",
+        0.1
+      ] // Command setting.
+    },
+    {
+      "key": "KeyX", // Key setting.
+      "command": [
+        "add",
+        "sub-delay",
+        0.1
      ] // Command setting.
    },
    {
@@ -496,7 +532,7 @@
    "tags": [
      "SubMiner"
    ], // Tags to add to cards mined or updated by SubMiner. Provide an empty array to disable automatic tagging.
-    "deck": "", // Restrict duplicate detection and card enrichment to this Anki deck. Leave empty to search all decks.
+    "deck": "", // Restrict duplicate detection and card enrichment to this Anki deck. Leave empty to use the Yomitan mining deck when available.
    "fields": {
      "word": "Expression", // Card field for the mined word or expression text.
      "audio": "ExpressionAudio", // Card field that receives generated sentence audio.
@@ -523,6 +559,7 @@
      "animatedMaxHeight": 0, // Maximum height for animated AVIF captures, in pixels. Set to 0 to preserve aspect ratio.
      "animatedCrf": 35, // Animated AVIF CRF quality target. Lower values produce larger, higher-quality files.
      "syncAnimatedImageToWordAudio": true, // For animated AVIF images, prepend a frozen first frame matching the existing word-audio duration so motion starts with sentence audio. Values: true | false
+      "normalizeAudio": true, // Normalize generated sentence audio loudness during media extraction. Values: true | false
      "audioPadding": 0, // Seconds of padding appended to both ends of generated sentence audio and animated AVIF clips.
      "fallbackDuration": 3, // Fallback clip duration in seconds when subtitle timing data is unavailable.
      "maxMediaDuration": 30 // Maximum allowed media clip duration in seconds.
@@ -532,14 +569,14 @@
      "refreshMinutes": 1440, // Minutes between known-word cache refreshes.
      "addMinedWordsImmediately": true, // Immediately append newly mined card words into the known-word cache. Values: true | false
      "matchMode": "headword", // Known-word matching strategy for subtitle annotations. Cache matches always receive known-word highlighting even when POS filters suppress other annotation types. Values: headword | surface
-      "decks": {} // Decks and expression/word fields for known-word cache. Object mapping deck names to arrays of field names to extract, e.g. { "Kaishi 1.5k": ["Word"] }.
+      "decks": {} // Decks and expression/word fields for known-word cache. Object mapping deck names to arrays of field names to extract, e.g. { "Kaishi 1.5k": ["Word"] }. Reading fields (Reading, Word Reading, ExpressionReading) are always probed so cached words match only in the reading their note teaches; words from notes without readings match in any reading.
    }, // Known words setting.
    "behavior": {
      "overwriteAudio": true, // When updating an existing card, overwrite the audio field instead of skipping it. Values: true | false
      "overwriteImage": true, // When updating an existing card, overwrite the image field instead of skipping it. Values: true | false
      "mediaInsertMode": "append", // Whether new media is appended after or prepended before existing field contents on update. Values: append | prepend
      "highlightWord": true, // Bold the mined word inside the sentence field on the saved Anki card. Values: true | false
-      "notificationType": "osd", // Notification surface used to announce mining and update outcomes. Values: osd | system | both | none
+      "notificationType": "overlay", // Notification surface used to announce mining and update outcomes. overlay shows notifications on the overlay, system uses OS notifications, both uses overlay and system. osd and osd-system are legacy config-file-only values. Values: overlay | system | both | none | osd | osd-system
      "autoUpdateNewCards": true // Automatically update newly added cards. Values: true | false
    }, // Behavior setting.
    "nPlusOne": {
@@ -582,7 +619,11 @@
    "primarySubLanguages": [
      "ja",
      "jpn"
-    ] // Comma-separated primary subtitle language priority for managed subtitle auto-selection.
+    ], // Comma-separated primary subtitle language priority for managed subtitle auto-selection.
+    "mediaCache": {
+      "mode": "direct", // How YouTube card audio/images are extracted. Values: direct | background
+      "maxHeight": 720 // Maximum video height downloaded for the YouTube background media cache. Set to 0 for unlimited.
+    } // Media cache setting.
  }, // Defaults for managed subtitle language preferences and YouTube subtitle loading.

  // ==========================================
@@ -634,8 +675,8 @@
    "autoStartSubMiner": true, // Start SubMiner in the background when SubMiner-managed mpv loads a file. Values: true | false
    "pauseUntilOverlayReady": true, // Pause mpv on visible-overlay auto-start until SubMiner signals subtitle tokenization readiness. Values: true | false
    "subminerBinaryPath": "", // Optional SubMiner app binary path passed to the bundled mpv plugin. Leave empty to use the launcher-detected app path.
-    "aniskipEnabled": true, // Enable AniSkip intro detection and skip markers in the bundled mpv plugin. Values: true | false
-    "aniskipButtonKey": "TAB" // mpv key used to trigger the AniSkip button while the skip marker is visible.
+    "aniskipEnabled": true, // Enable AniSkip intro detection, chapter markers, and the skip-intro key. Values: true | false
+    "aniskipButtonKey": "TAB" // mpv key used to skip the detected intro while the skip prompt is visible.
  }, // SubMiner-managed mpv launch and bundled plugin options.

  // ==========================================
@@ -43,31 +43,34 @@ The multi-line shortcuts open a digit selector with a 3-second timeout (`shortcu

 These control playback and subtitle display. They require overlay window focus.

-| Shortcut             | Action                                              |
-| -------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- |
-| `Space`              | Toggle mpv pause                                    |
-| `F`                  | Toggle fullscreen                                   |
+| Shortcut             | Action                                                     |
+| -------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `Space`              | Toggle mpv pause                                           |
+| `F`                  | Toggle fullscreen                                          |
 | `V`                  | Cycle primary subtitle bar mode (hidden → visible → hover) |
-| `J`                  | Cycle primary subtitle track                        |
-| `Shift+J`            | Cycle secondary subtitle track                      |
-| `Ctrl+Alt+P`         | Open playlist browser for current directory + queue |
-| `ArrowRight`         | Seek forward 5 seconds                              |
-| `ArrowLeft`          | Seek backward 5 seconds                             |
-| `ArrowUp`            | Seek forward 60 seconds                             |
-| `ArrowDown`          | Seek backward 60 seconds                            |
-| `Shift+H`            | Jump to previous subtitle                           |
-| `Shift+L`            | Jump to next subtitle                               |
-| `Shift+[`            | Shift subtitle delay to previous subtitle cue       |
-| `Shift+]`            | Shift subtitle delay to next subtitle cue           |
-| `Ctrl+Shift+H`       | Replay current subtitle (play to end, then pause)   |
-| `Ctrl+Shift+L`       | Play next subtitle (jump, play to end, then pause)  |
-| `Q`                  | Quit mpv                                            |
-| `Ctrl+W`             | Quit mpv                                            |
-| `Right-click`        | Toggle pause (outside subtitle area)                |
-| `Right-click + drag` | Reposition subtitles (on subtitle area)             |
-| `Ctrl/Cmd+A`         | Append clipboard video path to mpv playlist         |
+| `J`                  | Cycle primary subtitle track                               |
+| `Shift+J`            | Cycle secondary subtitle track                             |
+| `Ctrl+Alt+P`         | Open playlist browser for current directory + queue        |
+| `ArrowRight`         | Seek forward 5 seconds                                     |
+| `ArrowLeft`          | Seek backward 5 seconds                                    |
+| `ArrowUp`            | Seek forward 60 seconds                                    |
+| `ArrowDown`          | Seek backward 60 seconds                                   |
+| `Shift+H`            | Jump to previous subtitle                                  |
+| `Shift+L`            | Jump to next subtitle                                      |
+| `Ctrl+Shift+Left`    | Shift subtitle delay to previous subtitle cue              |
+| `Ctrl+Shift+Right`   | Shift subtitle delay to next subtitle cue                  |
+| `z`                  | Shift subtitles 100 ms earlier                             |
+| `Shift+Z`            | Delay subtitles by 100 ms                                  |
+| `x`                  | Delay subtitles by 100 ms                                  |
+| `Ctrl+Shift+H`       | Replay current subtitle (play to end, then pause)          |
+| `Ctrl+Shift+L`       | Play next subtitle (jump, play to end, then pause)         |
+| `Q`                  | Quit mpv                                                   |
+| `Ctrl+W`             | Quit mpv                                                   |
+| `Right-click`        | Toggle pause (outside subtitle area)                       |
+| `Right-click + drag` | Reposition subtitles (on subtitle area)                    |
+| `Ctrl/Cmd+A`         | Append clipboard video path to mpv playlist                |

-The mpv-command rows above (`Space`, `F`, `J`, `Shift+J`, the seek/sub-seek/sub-delay keys, replay/play-next, and quit) are merged from the `keybindings` config array and can be remapped or disabled there. `V`, `Ctrl/Cmd+A`, and the mouse actions are built-in overlay behaviors and are not part of the `keybindings` array. The playlist browser opens a split overlay modal with sibling video files on the left and the live mpv playlist on the right.
+The mpv-command rows above (`Space`, `F`, `J`, `Shift+J`, the seek/sub-seek/sub-step/sub-delay keys, replay/play-next, and quit) are merged from the `keybindings` config array and can be remapped or disabled there. `V`, `Ctrl/Cmd+A`, and the mouse actions are built-in overlay behaviors and are not part of the `keybindings` array. The playlist browser opens a split overlay modal with sibling video files on the left and the live mpv playlist on the right.

 On macOS managed playback, SubMiner disables mpv's menu-bar shortcuts so configured SubMiner shortcuts like `Cmd+Shift+O` reach the mpv plugin instead of opening native mpv menu actions.

@@ -75,18 +78,19 @@ Mouse-hover playback behavior is configured separately from shortcuts: `subtitle

 ## Subtitle & Feature Shortcuts

-| Shortcut           | Action                                                   | Config key                                      |
-| ------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
-| `Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+V` | Cycle secondary subtitle mode (hidden → visible → hover) | `shortcuts.toggleSecondarySub`                  |
-| `Ctrl/Cmd+D`       | Open loaded character dictionary manager                 | `shortcuts.openCharacterDictionaryManager`      |
-| `Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+O` | Open runtime options palette                             | `shortcuts.openRuntimeOptions`                  |
-| `Ctrl/Cmd+/`       | Open session help modal                                  | `shortcuts.openSessionHelp`                     |
-| `Ctrl+Shift+J`     | Open Jimaku subtitle search modal                        | `shortcuts.openJimaku`                          |
-| `Ctrl+Alt+C`       | Open the manual YouTube subtitle picker                  | `keybindings`                                   |
-| `Ctrl+Alt+S`       | Open subtitle sync (subsync) modal                       | `shortcuts.triggerSubsync`                      |
-| `\`                | Toggle subtitle sidebar                                  | `subtitleSidebar.toggleKey`                     |
-| `` ` ``            | Toggle stats overlay                                     | `stats.toggleKey`                               |
-| `W`                | Mark current video watched and advance to next in queue  | `stats.markWatchedKey`                          |
+| Shortcut           | Action                                                   | Config key                                 |
+| ------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
+| `Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+V` | Cycle secondary subtitle mode (hidden → visible → hover) | `shortcuts.toggleSecondarySub`             |
+| `Ctrl/Cmd+D`       | Open loaded character dictionary manager                 | `shortcuts.openCharacterDictionaryManager` |
+| `Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+O` | Open runtime options palette                             | `shortcuts.openRuntimeOptions`             |
+| `Ctrl/Cmd+/`       | Open session help modal                                  | `shortcuts.openSessionHelp`                |
+| `Ctrl+Shift+J`     | Open Jimaku subtitle search modal                        | `shortcuts.openJimaku`                     |
+| `Ctrl/Cmd+N`       | Toggle overlay notification history panel                | `shortcuts.toggleNotificationHistory`      |
+| `Ctrl+Alt+C`       | Open the manual YouTube subtitle picker                  | `keybindings`                              |
+| `Ctrl+Alt+S`       | Open subtitle sync (subsync) modal                       | `shortcuts.triggerSubsync`                 |
+| `\`                | Toggle subtitle sidebar                                  | `subtitleSidebar.toggleKey`                |
+| `` ` ``            | Toggle stats overlay                                     | `stats.toggleKey`                          |
+| `W`                | Mark current video watched and advance to next in queue  | `stats.markWatchedKey`                     |

 The stats toggle is handled inside the focused visible overlay window. It is configurable through the top-level `stats.toggleKey` setting and defaults to `Backquote`.

@@ -107,17 +111,17 @@ Controller input only drives the overlay while keyboard-only mode is enabled. Th

 When the mpv plugin is installed, all commands use a `y` chord prefix - press `y`, then the second key within 1 second.

-| Chord | Action                                 |
-| ----- | -------------------------------------- |
-| `y-y` | Open SubMiner menu (OSD)               |
-| `y-s` | Start overlay                          |
-| `y-S` | Stop overlay                           |
-| `y-t` | Toggle visible overlay                 |
+| Chord | Action                                                     |
+| ----- | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `y-y` | Open SubMiner menu (OSD)                                   |
+| `y-s` | Start overlay                                              |
+| `y-S` | Stop overlay                                               |
+| `y-t` | Toggle visible overlay                                     |
 | `v`   | Cycle primary subtitle bar mode (hidden → visible → hover) |
-| `y-o` | Open Yomitan settings                  |
-| `y-r` | Restart overlay                        |
-| `y-c` | Check overlay status                   |
-| `y-h` | Open session help                      |
+| `y-o` | Open Yomitan settings                                      |
+| `y-r` | Restart overlay                                            |
+| `y-c` | Check overlay status                                       |
+| `y-h` | Open session help                                          |

 The bare `v` plugin binding intentionally overrides mpv's native primary subtitle visibility toggle so it cycles the SubMiner primary subtitle bar (hidden → visible → hover) instead.

@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ The detected launcher is installed in a protected path such as `/usr/local/bin/s

 **OSD update notification did not appear**

-`updates.notificationType: "osd"` uses the existing mpv/overlay notification path. If mpv is disconnected, SubMiner logs the update and does not force-start the overlay. Use `"system"` or `"both"` if you want OS notifications outside playback.
+`updates.notificationType: "osd"` uses the legacy mpv OSD path. If mpv is disconnected, SubMiner logs the update and does not force-start the overlay. Use `"system"` for OS notifications, `"both"` for overlay + OS notifications, or `"osd-system"` in `config.jsonc` if you want the legacy OSD + OS combination.

 ## AnkiConnect

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ From there, subtitles render as interactive, hoverable word spans and you mine c
 | **SubMiner mpv shortcut** (Windows) | The recommended Windows entry point. Created during first-run setup, launches mpv with SubMiner's defaults.                            | Double-click, drag a file onto it, or run `SubMiner.exe --launch-mpv` |
 | **mpv plugin** (all platforms)      | Bundled and injected at runtime. Provides `y` chord keybindings for controlling the overlay from within mpv. No manual install needed. | Automatic when using the launcher or shortcut                         |

-The mpv plugin is always available - it's bundled with SubMiner and injected at runtime. If you launch mpv yourself (without the launcher), pass `--input-ipc-server=/tmp/subminer-socket` in your mpv config for the overlay to connect.
+The mpv plugin is always available - it's bundled with SubMiner and injected at runtime. On Linux, normal `subminer` playback auto-installs the launcher-managed runtime plugin copy from the bundled app if that managed copy is missing, so no separate plugin install is needed for standard launcher usage. If you launch mpv yourself (without the launcher), pass `--input-ipc-server=/tmp/subminer-socket` in your mpv config for the overlay to connect.

 ## Live Config Reload

@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ SubMiner.AppImage --toggle-primary-subtitle-bar       # Toggle primary subtitle
 SubMiner.AppImage --start --dev                         # Enable app/dev mode only
 SubMiner.AppImage --start --debug                       # Alias for --dev
 SubMiner.AppImage --start --log-level debug             # Force verbose logging without app/dev mode
+SubMiner.AppImage --playback-feedback "your feedback"   # Route playback feedback through the configured feedback surface
 SubMiner.AppImage --yomitan               # Open Yomitan settings
 SubMiner.AppImage --settings              # Open SubMiner settings window
 SubMiner.AppImage --jellyfin              # Open Jellyfin setup window
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ SubMiner.AppImage --dictionary-select --dictionary-anilist-id 21355  # Pin corre
 SubMiner.AppImage --help                  # Show all options
 ```

-The tray menu includes `Export Logs`, which creates the same sanitized log ZIP as `subminer logs -e` and shows the archive path when complete.
+The tray menu includes `Export Logs`, which creates the same sanitized local-date log ZIP as `subminer logs -e` and shows the archive path when complete. Export sanitization masks common PII and secrets, including home-directory usernames, IP addresses, emails, auth/cookie headers, yt-dlp cookie arguments, URL credentials, token/key/password fields, and signed YouTube media URL query strings. The exported copy is sanitized; source log files remain unredacted on disk.

 Once Jellyfin is configured, the tray menu includes `Jellyfin Discovery` for starting or stopping cast discovery in the current app session without changing config.

@@ -163,6 +164,7 @@ Once Jellyfin is configured, the tray menu includes `Jellyfin Discovery` for sta
  Launcher pass-through commands also support `--password-store=<backend>` and forward it to the app when present.
  Override with e.g. `--password-store=basic_text`.
 - Use both when needed, for example `SubMiner.AppImage --start --dev --log-level debug` (or `SubMiner.exe --start --dev --log-level debug` on Windows).
+- `--playback-feedback <text>` (also `--playback-feedback=<text>`) sends a non-empty text string through the playback-feedback route used for recording/playback prompts. For example: `SubMiner.AppImage --playback-feedback "your feedback"`.

 ### Windows mpv Shortcut

@@ -189,7 +191,7 @@ This flow requires `mpv.exe` to be discoverable. Leave `mpv.executablePath` blan
 - `subminer jellyfin` / `subminer jf`: Jellyfin-focused workflow aliases.
 - `subminer doctor`: health checks for core dependencies and runtime paths.
 - `subminer settings`: open the SubMiner settings window (also `subminer --settings`).
- `subminer logs -e`: export a sanitized ZIP of today's logs, or the most recent logs when no current-day log exists.
+- `subminer logs -e`: export a sanitized ZIP of today's local-date logs, or the most recent logs when no current-day log exists. The exported copy masks common PII and secrets; on-disk logs are unchanged.
 - `subminer config`: config file helpers (`path`, `show`).
 - `subminer mpv`: mpv helpers (`status`, `socket`, `idle`).
 - `subminer dictionary <path>`: generates a Yomitan-importable character dictionary ZIP from a file/directory target.
@@ -287,7 +289,7 @@ Notes:
 - For YouTube URLs, `subminer` probes available YouTube subtitle tracks, reuses existing authoritative tracks when available, and downloads only missing sides.
 - Native mpv secondary subtitle rendering stays hidden so the overlay remains the visible secondary subtitle surface.
 - Primary subtitle target languages come from `youtube.primarySubLanguages` (defaults to `["ja","jpn"]`).
- Secondary target languages come from `secondarySub.secondarySubLanguages` (empty by default; when empty, no language-based secondary track is auto-selected, though mpv's `--slang` list above still prefers English variants).
+- Secondary target languages come from `secondarySub.secondarySubLanguages` (empty by default; when empty, no language-based secondary track is auto-selected, though mpv's `--slang` list above still prefers English variants). When multiple matching secondary tracks exist, SubMiner prefers a non-Signs/Songs track.
 - Configure defaults in `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/SubMiner/config.jsonc` (or `~/.config/SubMiner/config.jsonc`) under `youtube` and `secondarySub`.

 For local video files, SubMiner uses the same config-driven language priorities to auto-select the primary and secondary subtitle tracks from internal and external subtitle sources.
@@ -265,10 +265,10 @@ script-message subminer-options
 script-message subminer-restart
 script-message subminer-status
 script-message subminer-autoplay-ready
-script-message subminer-aniskip-refresh
-script-message subminer-skip-intro
 ```

+The AniSkip messages (`subminer-skip-intro`, `subminer-aniskip-refresh`) are handled by the SubMiner app over the mpv IPC socket while it is connected.
+
 The start command also accepts inline overrides:

 ```text
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ Examples:

 - send `subminer-start` after your own media-selection script chooses a file
 - send `subminer-status` before running follow-up automation
- send `subminer-aniskip-refresh` after you update title/episode metadata
+- send `subminer-aniskip-refresh` after you update title/episode metadata (handled by the SubMiner app)

 #### Build a launcher wrapper

@@ -74,20 +74,30 @@ Press **Ctrl+Alt+C** during YouTube playback to open the subtitle picker overlay
 - Select different primary and secondary tracks
 - Retry track loading if the auto-load failed or picked the wrong track

+SubMiner shows an "Opening YouTube subtitle picker..." status through your configured notification
+surface while it probes tracks and prepares the modal, then updates the subtitle download progress
+card to a success notification after the selected tracks load.
+
 The picker displays each track with its language, kind (manual/auto), and title when available.

 ## Subtitle Format Handling

 SubMiner handles several YouTube subtitle formats transparently:

-| Format | Handling |
-| ------ | -------- |
-| `srt`, `vtt` | Used directly (preferred for manual tracks) |
+| Format                 | Handling                                                 |
+| ---------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `srt`, `vtt`           | Used directly (preferred for manual tracks)              |
 | `srv1`, `srv2`, `srv3` | YouTube TimedText XML --- converted to VTT automatically |
-| Auto-generated VTT | Normalized to remove rolling-caption text duplication |
+| Auto-generated VTT     | Normalized to remove rolling-caption text duplication    |

 For auto-generated tracks, SubMiner prefers `srv3` > `srv2` > `srv1` > `vtt` (TimedText XML produces cleaner output). For manual tracks, `srt` > `vtt` is preferred.

+## Card Media Cache
+
+By default, YouTube card audio and screenshots are extracted directly from mpv's active stream URLs. If generated card media fails with YouTube `403` errors, set `youtube.mediaCache.mode` to `"background"`. Background mode starts a separate `yt-dlp` media download after playback loads, including YouTube URLs opened directly in mpv and resolved stream URLs when mpv still exposes the original YouTube playlist entry. It creates text fields immediately, queues audio/image work for mined notes, and fills those fields once the local cache file is ready.
+
+Background cache downloads use IPv4 and retry flags to reduce YouTube throttling failures. If the background download still fails, SubMiner shows a cache failure notification, shows queued-card failure notifications, and clears those pending updates so cards are not left waiting silently.
+
 ## Configuration Reference

 ### Primary Subtitle Languages
@@ -95,13 +105,13 @@ For auto-generated tracks, SubMiner prefers `srv3` > `srv2` > `srv1` > `vtt` (Ti
 ```jsonc
 {
  "youtube": {
-    "primarySubLanguages": ["ja", "jpn"]
-  }
+    "primarySubLanguages": ["ja", "jpn"],
+  },
 }
 ```

-| Option | Type | Description |
-| ------ | ---- | ----------- |
+| Option                | Type       | Description                                                                           |
+| --------------------- | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | `primarySubLanguages` | `string[]` | Language priority for YouTube primary subtitle auto-loading (default `["ja", "jpn"]`) |

 ### Secondary Subtitle Languages
@@ -113,16 +123,16 @@ Secondary track selection uses the shared `secondarySub` config:
  "secondarySub": {
    "secondarySubLanguages": [],
    "autoLoadSecondarySub": false,
-    "defaultMode": "hover"
-  }
+    "defaultMode": "hover",
+  },
 }
 ```

-| Option | Type | Description |
-| ------ | ---- | ----------- |
-| `secondarySubLanguages` | `string[]` | Extra language codes (e.g. `["eng", "en"]`) used when auto-selecting a secondary track. Default is empty (`[]`). For YouTube, SubMiner always tries an English track first regardless of this list. |
-| `autoLoadSecondarySub` | `boolean` | Auto-detect and load a matching secondary track (default: `false`) |
-| `defaultMode` | `"hidden"` / `"visible"` / `"hover"` | Initial display mode for secondary subtitles (default: `"hover"`) |
+| Option                  | Type                                 | Description                                                                                                                                                                                         |
+| ----------------------- | ------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `secondarySubLanguages` | `string[]`                           | Extra language codes (e.g. `["eng", "en"]`) used when auto-selecting a secondary track. Default is empty (`[]`). For YouTube, SubMiner always tries an English track first regardless of this list. |
+| `autoLoadSecondarySub`  | `boolean`                            | Auto-detect and load a matching secondary track (default: `false`)                                                                                                                                  |
+| `defaultMode`           | `"hidden"` / `"visible"` / `"hover"` | Initial display mode for secondary subtitles (default: `"hover"`)                                                                                                                                   |

 Precedence: CLI flag > environment variable > `config.jsonc` > built-in default.

@@ -131,6 +141,7 @@ Precedence: CLI flag > environment variable > `config.jsonc` > built-in default.
 - **No subtitles found**: The video may not have Japanese subtitles. Open the picker with `Ctrl+Alt+C` to see all available tracks.
 - **yt-dlp not found**: Install `yt-dlp` and ensure it is on `PATH`, or set `SUBMINER_YTDLP_BIN` to the binary path.
 - **Probe timeout**: `yt-dlp` has a 15-second timeout per operation. Slow connections or rate-limited IPs may hit this. Retry or update `yt-dlp`.
+- **Card media `403` errors**: Switch `youtube.mediaCache.mode` from `"direct"` to `"background"` so card media is generated from a local `yt-dlp` cache instead of ffmpeg reading an expiring YouTube stream URL.
 - **Auto-caption quality**: YouTube auto-generated captions vary in quality. Manual subtitles (when available) are always preferred.
 - **`ytsearch:` targets**: `subminer ytsearch:"keyword"` plays the first search result. Subtitle availability depends on the matched video.
 - **Secondary subtitle fails**: Secondary track failures never block playback. The primary subtitle loads independently.
@@ -61,8 +61,10 @@
   committed file — so review it before committing. If you add more
   `changes/*.md` fragments for a later beta/RC, rerun
   `bun run changelog:prerelease-notes --version <version>`; the generator uses
-   the existing prerelease notes as the baseline and asks Claude to merge only
-   the new fragment material. Do not run `bun run changelog:build`.
+   the existing prerelease notes as the baseline only when their hidden
+   `prerelease-base-version` marker matches the current base version, and asks
+   Claude to merge only the new fragment material. Do not run
+   `bun run changelog:build`.
 6. Tag the commit: `git tag v<version>`.
 7. Push commit + tag.

@@ -77,6 +79,7 @@ Notes:
 - `changelog:check` now rejects tag/package version mismatches.
 - `changelog:prerelease-notes` also rejects tag/package version mismatches and writes `release/prerelease-notes.md` without mutating tracked changelog files. When that file already exists, the generator includes it in the Claude prompt so later beta/RC notes reuse the reviewed text instead of starting over.
 - `changelog:build` generates `CHANGELOG.md` + `release/release-notes.md` (both polished by `claude -p`) and removes the released `changes/*.md` fragments. The CHANGELOG keeps internal notes inside a `<details><summary>Internal changes</summary>` collapse; the release notes drop them entirely.
+- `release/release-notes.md` (and `release/prerelease-notes.md`) include GitHub-style attribution after `## Highlights`: a `## What's Changed` list crediting each released fragment as `by @<author> in #<pr>`, plus a `## New Contributors` section for first-time authors. Attribution is resolved per fragment via `git log` (the commit that added the fragment) + `gh api .../commits/<sha>/pulls`, with one `gh` search per author for the first-contribution check. It needs `gh` installed and authenticated; if `gh` is unavailable or a lookup fails, the generator warns and emits notes without the attribution sections rather than failing. The CHANGELOG itself stays attribution-free.
 - The release workflow no longer auto-runs `changelog:build`. If pending `changes/*.md` fragments are present on a tag-based run, CI exits with a clear `::error::` pointing at the local fix. Run `bun run changelog:build --version <version>` locally, commit the polished output, then tag.
 - Do not tag while `changes/*.md` fragments still exist.
 - Prerelease tags intentionally keep `changes/*.md` fragments in place so multiple prereleases can reuse the same cumulative pending notes until the final stable cut. `make clean` preserves `release/prerelease-notes.md` while deleting generated build artifacts.
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ External subtitle files only (SRT, VTT, ASS). Embedded subtitle tracks are out o

 #### Subtitle File Parsing

-A new cue parser that extracts both timing and text content from subtitle files. The existing `parseSrtOrVttStartTimes` in `subtitle-delay-shift.ts` only extracts timing; this needs a companion that also extracts the dialogue text.
+A cue parser extracts both timing and text content from subtitle files for prefetching.

 **Parsed cue structure:**
 ```typescript
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Subtitle Overlay Priming

 Status: active
-Last verified: 2026-06-01
+Last verified: 2026-06-14
 Owner: Kyle Yasuda
 Read when: debugging subtitle state or blank Linux/X11 overlay windows when the visible overlay is shown or recreated

@@ -64,6 +64,35 @@ prefetch work and re-centers prefetch around the live playback time.
 - If secondary `requestProperty` fails, the primary flow stays complete and only a debug line is
  written.

+## Startup Ready Release
+
+- `mpv.pauseUntilOverlayReady` waits for tokenization warmup plus visible-overlay readiness before
+  releasing the mpv startup gate.
+- Visible-overlay startup creates the tray and visible overlay shell before tokenization and
+  annotation warmups continue. Cold `--start --background --managed-playback` launches still handle
+  initial args before the deferred Yomitan wait.
+- Overlay-routed startup notifications are queued in the main process until an overlay window has
+  finished loading. Progress notifications with the same id are upserted so spinner ticks do not
+  flood a cold-start overlay, while events with distinct history ids are retained for phase-level
+  history such as character dictionary checking/building/importing.
+- The mpv plugin has a 30-second fallback for cold starts; app-side retry/release budgets match that
+  window so readiness can still arrive before fallback resumes playback.
+- If mpv is already on a subtitle, SubMiner still prefers the resolved current subtitle payload and
+  waits for a fresh measured subtitle rectangle before signaling readiness.
+- If the startup subtitle has no cached annotations yet, autoplay priming emits a raw first-paint
+  subtitle payload before background tokenization. The tokenized payload replaces it when ready, but
+  the visible overlay can paint and measure the line before the mpv startup gate resumes playback.
+- If startup `sub-text` is temporarily empty, autoplay priming refreshes the active subtitle source
+  and then awaits cue-based priming before synthetic warm readiness can proceed. A parsed current or
+  imminent cue is treated as the startup subtitle so the visible overlay can paint and measure it
+  before playback resumes.
+- If mpv is before the first subtitle, SubMiner sends a synthetic warm readiness payload after
+  tokenization warmup and visible overlay content-ready. This releases playback without waiting for
+  a later subtitle event that cannot happen while mpv is paused.
+- After a synthetic warm readiness release, SubMiner briefly polls/refreshes the current subtitle
+  again. This covers Linux/mpv startup cases where `sub-text` is still empty while paused but becomes
+  available right after playback resumes, without waiting for the next subtitle property change.
+
 ## Linux/X11 Window Shape

 - `restoreLinuxOverlayWindowShape()` reads `BrowserWindow.getBounds()` and calls `setShape()` with
@@ -76,6 +105,15 @@ prefetch work and re-centers prefetch around the live playback time.
  overlay window remained mapped above mpv.
 - Pointer pass-through should continue to use `setIgnoreMouseEvents(true, { forward: true })` and
  the Linux cursor-poll fallback, not bounding-shape clipping.
+- Visible-overlay show/reset marks Linux pointer passthrough state dirty even when the logical
+  interaction state is already inactive. The next cursor-poll tick must still reapply
+  `setIgnoreMouseEvents(true, { forward: true })`; otherwise a newly shown Electron overlay can keep
+  full-window input capture and block both mpv and overlay controls before the first subtitle
+  measurement.
+- Visible-overlay show also starts a short Linux input grace before the first content measurement.
+  Native Wayland surfaces can become inert while `setIgnoreMouseEvents(true)` is active; keeping the
+  overlay interactive during this startup gap lets notifications and overlay mouse bindings work
+  until subtitle/sidebar/notification rectangles are reported.

 ## Config And Migration

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<!-- read_when: changing managed mpv startup, pause-until-ready, or visible overlay boot ordering -->
+
+# Early Managed Overlay Startup Design
+
+Status: approved
+Date: 2026-06-06
+
+## Problem
+
+Managed mpv startup can pause playback immediately, then leave SubMiner's tray and visible overlay
+unavailable until Yomitan/tokenization warmups finish. Startup notifications therefore miss the
+overlay surface and fall back to non-overlay status paths.
+
+## Chosen Approach
+
+For cold `--start --background --managed-playback` launches, handle initial args before waiting for
+the deferred overlay warmup. That lets the tray and visible overlay shell initialize immediately
+while the existing tokenization warmups continue in the background.
+
+The mpv plugin pause gate stays armed. Playback release still waits for SubMiner's autoplay-ready
+signal, which is emitted only after tokenization warmup and visible-overlay readiness. Existing
+second-instance attach behavior remains unchanged: when the launcher finds an already-running
+background app, it sends the same control command to that process and reuses its warmups/tokenizer.
+
+## Checks
+
+- Add a startup ordering regression test for managed background playback.
+- Keep the existing deferred startup ordering for non-managed launches.
+- Run the startup/runtime test slice plus SubMiner verification lane.
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!-- read_when: changing overlay notification hover, macOS mouse passthrough, or notification actions -->
+
+# macOS Notification Hover Stability Design
+
+Status: approved
+Date: 2026-06-09
+
+## Problem
+
+On macOS, hovering a character dictionary build notification can make the card flicker and slide as
+if it is hiding, then snap back. The likely trigger is the notification stack changing the overlay
+window's mouse-passthrough state for a progress card that has no user action.
+
+## Chosen Approach
+
+Keep non-action overlay notifications visually stable and click-through on hover. Only notifications
+with explicit actions should request interactive overlay input. The notification history panel keeps
+its existing interactive behavior.
+
+This avoids a macOS mouseenter/mouseleave passthrough loop for passive progress cards while
+preserving clickable notification actions.
+
+## Checks
+
+- Add a renderer regression test for passive notification hover.
+- Keep action-bearing notification cards interactive.
+- Run the targeted overlay notification and mouse-ignore tests.
@@ -3,10 +3,22 @@
 # Verification

 Status: active  
-Last verified: 2026-05-23  
+Last verified: 2026-07-06  
 Owner: Kyle Yasuda  
 Read when: selecting the right verification lane for a change

+## Lane Infrastructure
+
+- Lane membership is defined once in `scripts/test-lanes.ts` and discovered by
+  directory — new test files join their lane automatically; never hand-list test
+  files in `package.json`.
+- `scripts/run-test-lane.mjs` runs each test file in its own `bun test` process
+  (per-file isolation with a wall timeout) so a hanging test or leaked global in
+  one file cannot cascade into the rest of the lane. `--jobs N` parallelizes;
+  `--single-process` restores the shared-process mode for debugging.
+- `bun run test:fast` is the full source gate: discovered `src/**`, launcher
+  unit, `scripts/**`, and the compiled runtime-compat slice.
+
 ## Default Handoff Gate

 ```bash
@@ -31,6 +43,8 @@ bun run docs:build
 - Config/schema/defaults: `bun run test:config`, then `bun run generate:config-example` if template/defaults changed
 - Launcher/plugin: `bun run test:launcher` or `bun run test:env`
 - Runtime-compat / compiled behavior: `bun run test:runtime:compat`
+- Stats dashboard UI: `bun run test:stats`
+- Build/release scripts (`scripts/**`): `bun run test:scripts`
 - Coverage for the maintained source lane: `bun run test:coverage:src`
 - Deep/local full gate: default handoff gate above

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+// Minimal ambient typing for bun:sqlite. The launcher always runs under bun
+// (see the build banner in package.json), but the repo typechecks with plain
+// tsc which has no bun type definitions.
+declare module 'bun:sqlite' {
+  export interface RunResult {
+    changes: number;
+    lastInsertRowid: number | bigint;
+  }
+
+  export interface Statement<ReturnType = unknown, ParamsType extends unknown[] = unknown[]> {
+    all(...params: ParamsType): ReturnType[];
+    get(...params: ParamsType): ReturnType | undefined;
+    run(...params: ParamsType): RunResult;
+  }
+
+  export class Database {
+    constructor(
+      filename: string,
+      options?: { readonly?: boolean; readwrite?: boolean; create?: boolean },
+    );
+    query<ReturnType = unknown, ParamsType extends unknown[] = unknown[]>(
+      sql: string,
+    ): Statement<ReturnType, ParamsType>;
+    prepare<ReturnType = unknown, ParamsType extends unknown[] = unknown[]>(
+      sql: string,
+    ): Statement<ReturnType, ParamsType>;
+    run(sql: string, ...params: unknown[]): RunResult;
+    close(throwOnError?: boolean): void;
+  }
+}
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { runConfigCommand } from './config-command.js';
 import { runDictionaryCommand } from './dictionary-command.js';
 import { runDoctorCommand } from './doctor-command.js';
 import { runLogsCommand } from './logs-command.js';
-import { runMpvPreAppCommand } from './mpv-command.js';
+import { runMpvPostAppCommand, runMpvPreAppCommand } from './mpv-command.js';
 import { runAppPassthroughCommand } from './app-command.js';
 import { runStatsCommand } from './stats-command.js';
 import { runUpdateCommand } from './update-command.js';
@@ -45,9 +45,8 @@ function createContext(overrides: Partial<LauncherCommandContext> = {}): Launche
      autoStart: true,
      autoStartVisibleOverlay: true,
      autoStartPauseUntilReady: true,
+      osdMessages: false,
      texthookerEnabled: false,
-      aniskipEnabled: true,
-      aniskipButtonKey: 'TAB',
    },
    appPath: '/tmp/subminer.app',
    launcherJellyfinConfig: {},
@@ -263,7 +262,9 @@ test('mpv pre-app command exits non-zero when socket is not ready', async () =>
  await assert.rejects(
    async () => {
      await runMpvPreAppCommand(context, {
+        ensureRuntimePluginReady: async () => {},
        waitForUnixSocketReady: async () => false,
+        resolveRuntimePluginPath: () => null,
        launchMpvIdleDetached: async () => {},
      });
    },
@@ -271,6 +272,32 @@ test('mpv pre-app command exits non-zero when socket is not ready', async () =>
  );
 });

+test('mpv idle command ensures Linux runtime plugin before detached launch', async () => {
+  const context = createContext();
+  context.args.mpvIdle = true;
+  const calls: string[] = [];
+
+  const handled = await runMpvPostAppCommand(context, {
+    ensureRuntimePluginReady: async () => {
+      calls.push('plugin');
+    },
+    waitForUnixSocketReady: async () => {
+      calls.push('wait');
+      return true;
+    },
+    launchMpvIdleDetached: async () => {
+      calls.push('launch');
+    },
+    resolveRuntimePluginPath: () => {
+      calls.push('resolve');
+      return '/tmp/plugin/main.lua';
+    },
+  });
+
+  assert.equal(handled, true);
+  assert.deepEqual(calls, ['plugin', 'resolve', 'launch', 'wait']);
+});
+
 test('dictionary command forwards --dictionary and target path to app binary', () => {
  const context = createContext();
  context.args.dictionary = true;
@@ -362,7 +389,7 @@ test('update command runs direct Linux release update without launching Electron
    'direct:/tmp/subminer.app:/tmp/subminer:stable',
    'info:AppImage update: not-found',
    'info:Launcher update: updated',
-    'info:Rofi theme update: skipped',
+    'info:Support assets update: skipped',
  ]);
 });

@@ -0,0 +1,228 @@
+import fs from 'node:fs';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import { spawnSync } from 'node:child_process';
+import { fail, log } from '../log.js';
+import { commandExists } from '../util.js';
+import {
+  collectVideos,
+  findRofiTheme,
+  formatPickerLaunchError,
+  showFzfMenu,
+  showRofiMenu,
+} from '../picker.js';
+import {
+  findNextEpisode,
+  groupHistoryBySeries,
+  listSeasonDirs,
+  materializeCoverArt,
+  queryLocalWatchHistory,
+  resolveImmersionDbPath,
+  sortVideosByEpisode,
+  type HistorySeriesEntry,
+} from '../history.js';
+import type { Args } from '../types.js';
+import type { LauncherCommandContext } from './context.js';
+
+function checkPickerDependencies(args: Args): void {
+  if (args.useRofi) {
+    if (!commandExists('rofi')) fail('Missing dependency: rofi');
+    return;
+  }
+  if (!commandExists('fzf')) fail('Missing dependency: fzf');
+}
+
+function showRofiIndexMenu(
+  labels: string[],
+  prompt: string,
+  themePath: string | null,
+  icons: Array<string | null> = [],
+): number {
+  const rofiArgs = ['-dmenu', '-i', '-matching', 'fuzzy', '-format', 'i', '-p', prompt];
+  const hasIcons = icons.some(Boolean);
+  if (hasIcons) rofiArgs.push('-show-icons');
+  if (themePath) {
+    rofiArgs.push('-theme', themePath);
+  } else {
+    rofiArgs.push('-theme-str', 'configuration { font: "Noto Sans CJK JP Regular 8";}');
+  }
+  if (hasIcons) {
+    rofiArgs.push('-theme-str', 'configuration { show-icons: true; }');
+    rofiArgs.push('-theme-str', 'element-icon { enabled: true; size: 3em; }');
+  }
+  const lines = labels.map((label, index) =>
+    icons[index] ? `${label}\u0000icon\u001f${icons[index]}` : label,
+  );
+  const result = spawnSync('rofi', rofiArgs, {
+    input: `${lines.join('\n')}\n`,
+    encoding: 'utf8',
+    stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'ignore'],
+  });
+  if (result.error) {
+    fail(formatPickerLaunchError('rofi', result.error as NodeJS.ErrnoException));
+  }
+  const out = (result.stdout || '').trim();
+  if (!out) return -1;
+  const idx = Number.parseInt(out, 10);
+  return Number.isInteger(idx) && idx >= 0 && idx < labels.length ? idx : -1;
+}
+
+function showFzfIndexMenu(labels: string[], prompt: string): number {
+  const lines = labels.map((label, index) => `${index}\t${label}`);
+  const result = spawnSync(
+    'fzf',
+    [
+      '--ansi',
+      '--reverse',
+      '--ignore-case',
+      `--prompt=${prompt}: `,
+      '--delimiter=\t',
+      '--with-nth=2..',
+    ],
+    {
+      input: `${lines.join('\n')}\n`,
+      encoding: 'utf8',
+      stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'inherit'],
+    },
+  );
+  if (result.error) {
+    fail(formatPickerLaunchError('fzf', result.error as NodeJS.ErrnoException));
+  }
+  const picked = (result.stdout || '').trim();
+  const tab = picked.indexOf('\t');
+  if (tab === -1) return -1;
+  const idx = Number.parseInt(picked.slice(0, tab), 10);
+  return Number.isInteger(idx) && idx >= 0 && idx < labels.length ? idx : -1;
+}
+
+function pickIndex(
+  labels: string[],
+  prompt: string,
+  useRofi: boolean,
+  themePath: string | null,
+  icons: Array<string | null> = [],
+): number {
+  if (labels.length === 0) return -1;
+  return useRofi
+    ? showRofiIndexMenu(labels, prompt, themePath, icons)
+    : showFzfIndexMenu(labels, prompt);
+}
+
+function formatEpisodeLabel(entry: HistorySeriesEntry): string {
+  const { parsedSeason, parsedEpisode } = entry.lastWatched;
+  if (parsedEpisode === null) return '';
+  return parsedSeason !== null ? `S${parsedSeason}E${parsedEpisode}` : `E${parsedEpisode}`;
+}
+
+function formatSeriesLabel(entry: HistorySeriesEntry): string {
+  const episodeLabel = formatEpisodeLabel(entry);
+  return episodeLabel ? `${entry.displayName}  [last: ${episodeLabel}]` : entry.displayName;
+}
+
+function pickEpisodeFromDir(dir: string, context: LauncherCommandContext): string | null {
+  const { args, scriptPath } = context;
+  const videos = sortVideosByEpisode(collectVideos(dir, false));
+  if (videos.length === 0) {
+    fail(`No video files found in: ${dir}`);
+  }
+  const selected = args.useRofi
+    ? showRofiMenu(videos, dir, false, scriptPath, args.logLevel)
+    : showFzfMenu(videos);
+  return selected || null;
+}
+
+function browseEpisodes(
+  entry: HistorySeriesEntry,
+  context: LauncherCommandContext,
+  themePath: string | null,
+): string | null {
+  const { args } = context;
+  const seasons = listSeasonDirs(entry.seriesRoot);
+  let dir = entry.seriesRoot;
+
+  if (seasons.length > 1) {
+    const idx = pickIndex(
+      seasons.map((season) => season.name),
+      `${entry.displayName} — Season`,
+      args.useRofi,
+      themePath,
+    );
+    if (idx < 0) return null;
+    dir = seasons[idx]!.path;
+  } else if (seasons.length === 1 && collectVideos(dir, false).length === 0) {
+    dir = seasons[0]!.path;
+  }
+
+  return pickEpisodeFromDir(dir, context);
+}
+
+export async function runHistoryCommand(context: LauncherCommandContext): Promise<string | null> {
+  const { args, scriptPath } = context;
+
+  checkPickerDependencies(args);
+  const themePath = args.useRofi ? findRofiTheme(scriptPath) : null;
+
+  const dbPath = resolveImmersionDbPath();
+  if (!fs.existsSync(dbPath)) {
+    fail(`Watch history database not found: ${dbPath}`);
+  }
+
+  const rows = queryLocalWatchHistory(dbPath);
+  const series = groupHistoryBySeries(rows);
+  if (series.length === 0) {
+    fail('No local watch history found (or watched directories are not accessible).');
+  }
+
+  log('info', args.logLevel, `Watch history: ${series.length} series found in ${dbPath}`);
+
+  const coverPaths = args.useRofi
+    ? materializeCoverArt(
+        dbPath,
+        series.map((seriesEntry) => seriesEntry.coverBlobHash),
+      )
+    : new Map<string, string>();
+  const seriesIcons = series.map((seriesEntry) =>
+    seriesEntry.coverBlobHash ? (coverPaths.get(seriesEntry.coverBlobHash) ?? null) : null,
+  );
+
+  const seriesIdx = pickIndex(
+    series.map(formatSeriesLabel),
+    'Watch History',
+    args.useRofi,
+    themePath,
+    seriesIcons,
+  );
+  if (seriesIdx < 0) return null;
+  const entry = series[seriesIdx]!;
+
+  const lastPath = path.resolve(entry.lastWatched.sourcePath);
+  const lastExists = fs.existsSync(lastPath);
+  const nextEpisode = findNextEpisode(lastPath);
+
+  const actions: Array<{ kind: 'replay' | 'next' | 'browse'; label: string }> = [];
+  if (lastExists) {
+    actions.push({ kind: 'replay', label: `Replay last watched — ${path.basename(lastPath)}` });
+  }
+  if (nextEpisode) {
+    actions.push({ kind: 'next', label: `Next episode — ${path.basename(nextEpisode)}` });
+  }
+  actions.push({ kind: 'browse', label: 'Browse episodes' });
+
+  const entryIcon = seriesIcons[seriesIdx] ?? null;
+  const actionIdx = pickIndex(
+    actions.map((action) => action.label),
+    entry.displayName,
+    args.useRofi,
+    themePath,
+    actions.map(() => entryIcon),
+  );
+  if (actionIdx < 0) return null;
+
+  switch (actions[actionIdx]!.kind) {
+    case 'replay':
+      return lastPath;
+    case 'next':
+      return nextEpisode;
+    case 'browse':
+      return browseEpisodes(entry, context, themePath);
+  }
+}
@@ -5,9 +5,12 @@ import {
  resolveLauncherRuntimePluginPath,
 } from '../mpv.js';
 import type { LauncherCommandContext } from './context.js';
+import { ensureLinuxRuntimePluginAvailable } from '../runtime-plugin-preflight.js';

 interface MpvCommandDeps {
+  ensureRuntimePluginReady(context: LauncherCommandContext): Promise<void>;
  waitForUnixSocketReady(socketPath: string, timeoutMs: number): Promise<boolean>;
+  resolveRuntimePluginPath(context: LauncherCommandContext): string | null;
  launchMpvIdleDetached(
    socketPath: string,
    appPath: string,
@@ -18,7 +21,19 @@ interface MpvCommandDeps {
 }

 const defaultDeps: MpvCommandDeps = {
+  ensureRuntimePluginReady: async (context) => {
+    await ensureLinuxRuntimePluginAvailable({
+      appPath: context.appPath ?? undefined,
+      scriptPath: context.scriptPath,
+      logLevel: context.args.logLevel,
+    });
+  },
  waitForUnixSocketReady,
+  resolveRuntimePluginPath: (context) =>
+    resolveLauncherRuntimePluginPath({
+      appPath: context.appPath ?? '',
+      scriptPath: context.scriptPath,
+    }),
  launchMpvIdleDetached,
 };

@@ -58,11 +73,12 @@ export async function runMpvPostAppCommand(
    fail('SubMiner app binary not found. Install to ~/.local/bin/ or set SUBMINER_APPIMAGE_PATH.');
  }

+  await deps.ensureRuntimePluginReady(context);
  await deps.launchMpvIdleDetached(
    mpvSocketPath,
    appPath,
    args,
-    resolveLauncherRuntimePluginPath({ appPath, scriptPath }),
+    deps.resolveRuntimePluginPath(context),
    {
      ...pluginRuntimeConfig,
      backend: args.backend,
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ function createContext(): LauncherCommandContext {
      texthookerOnly: false,
      texthookerOpenBrowser: false,
      useRofi: false,
+      history: false,
      logLevel: 'info',
      logRotation: 7,
      passwordStore: '',
@@ -82,9 +83,8 @@ function createContext(): LauncherCommandContext {
      autoStart: true,
      autoStartVisibleOverlay: true,
      autoStartPauseUntilReady: true,
+      osdMessages: false,
      texthookerEnabled: false,
-      aniskipEnabled: true,
-      aniskipButtonKey: 'TAB',
    },
    appPath: '/tmp/SubMiner.AppImage',
    launcherJellyfinConfig: {},
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ test('youtube playback launches overlay with app-owned youtube flow args', async

  await runPlaybackCommandWithDeps(context, {
    ensurePlaybackSetupReady: async () => {},
+    ensureRuntimePluginReady: async () => {},
    chooseTarget: async (_args, _scriptPath) => ({ target: context.args.target, kind: 'url' }),
    checkDependencies: () => {},
    registerCleanup: () => {},
@@ -162,6 +163,7 @@ test('youtube app-owned playback disables mpv plugin auto-start', async () => {

  await runPlaybackCommandWithDeps(context, {
    ensurePlaybackSetupReady: async () => {},
+    ensureRuntimePluginReady: async () => {},
    chooseTarget: async () => ({ target: context.args.target, kind: 'url' }),
    checkDependencies: () => {},
    registerCleanup: () => {},
@@ -209,9 +211,8 @@ test('plugin auto-start playback leaves app lifetime to managed-playback owner',
    autoStart: true,
    autoStartVisibleOverlay: false,
    autoStartPauseUntilReady: false,
+    osdMessages: false,
    texthookerEnabled: false,
-    aniskipEnabled: true,
-    aniskipButtonKey: 'TAB',
  };
  const appPath = context.appPath ?? '';
  state.appPath = appPath;
@@ -229,6 +230,7 @@ test('plugin auto-start playback leaves app lifetime to managed-playback owner',
  try {
    await runPlaybackCommandWithDeps(context, {
      ensurePlaybackSetupReady: async () => {},
+      ensureRuntimePluginReady: async () => {},
      chooseTarget: async () => ({ target: context.args.target, kind: 'file' }),
      checkDependencies: () => {},
      registerCleanup: () => {},
@@ -272,15 +274,15 @@ test('plugin auto-start playback attaches a warm background app through the laun
    autoStart: true,
    autoStartVisibleOverlay: true,
    autoStartPauseUntilReady: true,
+    osdMessages: false,
    texthookerEnabled: true,
-    aniskipEnabled: true,
-    aniskipButtonKey: 'TAB',
  };
  const calls: string[] = [];
  const receivedStartMpvOptions: Record<string, unknown>[] = [];

  await runPlaybackCommandWithDeps(context, {
    ensurePlaybackSetupReady: async () => {},
+    ensureRuntimePluginReady: async () => {},
    chooseTarget: async () => ({ target: context.args.target, kind: 'file' }),
    checkDependencies: () => {},
    registerCleanup: () => {},
@@ -341,12 +343,12 @@ test('plugin auto-start attach mode reuses launcher-resolved config dir for app
    autoStart: true,
    autoStartVisibleOverlay: true,
    autoStartPauseUntilReady: true,
+    osdMessages: false,
    texthookerEnabled: true,
-    aniskipEnabled: true,
-    aniskipButtonKey: 'TAB',
  };
  let availabilityConfigDir: string | undefined;
  let overlayConfigDir: string | undefined;
+  let overlayLoadingOsd: boolean | undefined;

  try {
    process.env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME = xdgConfigHome;
@@ -354,10 +356,23 @@ test('plugin auto-start attach mode reuses launcher-resolved config dir for app

    await runPlaybackCommandWithDeps(context, {
      ensurePlaybackSetupReady: async () => {},
+      ensureRuntimePluginReady: async () => {},
      chooseTarget: async () => ({ target: context.args.target, kind: 'file' }),
      checkDependencies: () => {},
      registerCleanup: () => {},
-      startMpv: async () => {},
+      startMpv: async (
+        _target,
+        _targetKind,
+        _args,
+        _socketPath,
+        _appPath,
+        _preloadedSubtitles,
+        options,
+      ) => {
+        overlayLoadingOsd = (
+          options?.runtimePluginConfig as { overlayLoadingOsd?: boolean } | undefined
+        )?.overlayLoadingOsd;
+      },
      waitForUnixSocketReady: async () => true,
      startOverlay: async (_appPath, _args, _socketPath, _extraAppArgs = [], configDir) => {
        overlayConfigDir = configDir;
@@ -374,6 +389,7 @@ test('plugin auto-start attach mode reuses launcher-resolved config dir for app

    assert.equal(availabilityConfigDir, expectedConfigDir);
    assert.equal(overlayConfigDir, expectedConfigDir);
+    assert.equal(overlayLoadingOsd, true);
  } finally {
    if (originalXdgConfigHome === undefined) {
      delete process.env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME;
@@ -403,14 +419,14 @@ test('plugin auto-start attach mode omits texthooker flag when CLI texthooker is
    autoStart: true,
    autoStartVisibleOverlay: true,
    autoStartPauseUntilReady: true,
+    osdMessages: false,
    texthookerEnabled: true,
-    aniskipEnabled: true,
-    aniskipButtonKey: 'TAB',
  };
  const calls: string[] = [];

  await runPlaybackCommandWithDeps(context, {
    ensurePlaybackSetupReady: async () => {},
+    ensureRuntimePluginReady: async () => {},
    chooseTarget: async () => ({ target: context.args.target, kind: 'file' }),
    checkDependencies: () => {},
    registerCleanup: () => {},
@@ -432,3 +448,34 @@ test('plugin auto-start attach mode omits texthooker flag when CLI texthooker is

  assert.deepEqual(calls, ['startMpv', 'startOverlay:--show-visible-overlay']);
 });
+
+test('playback command ensures Linux runtime plugin before mpv launch', async () => {
+  const context = createContext();
+  context.args = {
+    ...context.args,
+    target: '/tmp/movie.mkv',
+    targetKind: 'file',
+  };
+  const calls: string[] = [];
+
+  await runPlaybackCommandWithDeps(context, {
+    ensurePlaybackSetupReady: async () => {},
+    ensureRuntimePluginReady: async () => {
+      calls.push('plugin');
+    },
+    chooseTarget: async () => ({ target: context.args.target, kind: 'file' }),
+    checkDependencies: () => {},
+    registerCleanup: () => {},
+    startMpv: async () => {
+      calls.push('startMpv');
+    },
+    waitForUnixSocketReady: async () => true,
+    startOverlay: async () => {},
+    launchAppCommandDetached: () => {},
+    log: () => {},
+    cleanupPlaybackSession: async () => {},
+    getMpvProc: () => null,
+  });
+
+  assert.deepEqual(calls, ['plugin', 'startMpv']);
+});
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import type { Args } from '../types.js';
 import { nowMs } from '../time.js';
 import type { LauncherCommandContext } from './context.js';
 import { ensureLauncherSetupReady } from '../setup-gate.js';
+import { ensureLinuxRuntimePluginAvailable } from '../runtime-plugin-preflight.js';
 import {
  getDefaultConfigDir,
  getSetupStatePath,
@@ -144,6 +145,13 @@ async function ensurePlaybackSetupReady(context: LauncherCommandContext): Promis
 export async function runPlaybackCommand(context: LauncherCommandContext): Promise<void> {
  return runPlaybackCommandWithDeps(context, {
    ensurePlaybackSetupReady,
+    ensureRuntimePluginReady: async (commandContext) => {
+      await ensureLinuxRuntimePluginAvailable({
+        appPath: commandContext.appPath ?? undefined,
+        scriptPath: commandContext.scriptPath,
+        logLevel: commandContext.args.logLevel,
+      });
+    },
    chooseTarget,
    checkDependencies,
    registerCleanup,
@@ -160,6 +168,7 @@ export async function runPlaybackCommand(context: LauncherCommandContext): Promi

 type PlaybackCommandDeps = {
  ensurePlaybackSetupReady: (context: LauncherCommandContext) => Promise<void>;
+  ensureRuntimePluginReady: (context: LauncherCommandContext) => Promise<void>;
  chooseTarget: (
    args: Args,
    scriptPath: string,
@@ -232,6 +241,14 @@ export async function runPlaybackCommandWithDeps(
    ? { ...pluginRuntimeConfig, autoStart: false }
    : pluginRuntimeConfig;

+  const shouldShowOverlayLoadingOsd =
+    !isAppOwnedYoutubeFlow &&
+    (pluginRuntimeConfig.autoStartVisibleOverlay || args.startOverlay || args.autoStartOverlay) &&
+    (pluginRuntimeConfig.autoStart ||
+      args.startOverlay ||
+      args.autoStartOverlay ||
+      shouldLauncherAttachRunningApp);
+
  const shouldPauseUntilOverlayReady =
    pluginRuntimeConfig.autoStart &&
    pluginRuntimeConfig.autoStartVisibleOverlay &&
@@ -245,6 +262,8 @@ export async function runPlaybackCommandWithDeps(
    );
  }

+  await deps.ensureRuntimePluginReady(context);
+
  await deps.startMpv(
    selectedTarget.target,
    selectedTarget.kind,
@@ -266,6 +285,7 @@ export async function runPlaybackCommandWithDeps(
            }
          : {}),
        backend: args.backend,
+        overlayLoadingOsd: shouldShowOverlayLoadingOsd,
        texthookerEnabled: args.useTexthooker && effectivePluginRuntimeConfig.texthookerEnabled,
      },
    },
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ test('runUpdateCommand updates directly on Linux without launching Electron', as
      return {
        appImage: { status: 'updated' },
        launcher: { status: 'updated' },
-        supportAssets: [{ status: 'skipped' }],
+        supportAssets: [
+          { status: 'updated', component: 'theme', message: 'Installed theme.' },
+          { status: 'skipped', component: 'plugin', message: 'Plugin already up to date.' },
+        ],
      };
    },
    readMainConfig: () => ({ updates: { channel: 'prerelease' } }),
@@ -48,7 +51,8 @@ test('runUpdateCommand updates directly on Linux without launching Electron', as
    'direct:/home/kyle/.local/bin/SubMiner.AppImage:/home/kyle/.local/bin/subminer:prerelease',
    'info:AppImage update: updated',
    'info:Launcher update: updated',
-    'info:Rofi theme update: skipped',
+    'info:Support assets (theme) update: updated - Installed theme.',
+    'info:Support assets (plugin) update: skipped - Plugin already up to date.',
  ]);
 });

@@ -101,7 +105,7 @@ test('runUpdateCommand skips Linux asset replacement when release is not newer',
      'fetch:https://api.github.com/repos/ksyasuda/SubMiner/releases',
      'info:AppImage update: up to date',
      'info:Launcher update: up to date',
-      'info:Rofi theme update: up to date',
+      'info:Support assets update: up to date',
    ]);
  } finally {
    globalThis.fetch = originalFetch;
@@ -39,7 +39,12 @@ type DirectReleaseUpdateRequest = {
 type DirectReleaseUpdateResult = {
  appImage: { status: string; command?: string; message?: string };
  launcher: { status: string; command?: string; message?: string };
-  supportAssets: Array<{ status: string; command?: string; message?: string }>;
+  supportAssets: Array<{
+    status: string;
+    component?: 'theme' | 'plugin';
+    command?: string;
+    message?: string;
+  }>;
 };

 type UpdateCommandDeps = {
@@ -124,20 +129,29 @@ function readUpdateChannel(root: Record<string, unknown> | null): UpdateChannel

 function logUpdateResult(
  label: string,
-  result: { status: string; command?: string; message?: string },
+  result: {
+    status: string;
+    component?: 'theme' | 'plugin';
+    command?: string;
+    message?: string;
+  },
  configuredLogLevel: NonNullable<LauncherCommandContext['args']['logLevel']>,
  deps: Pick<UpdateCommandDeps, 'log'>,
 ): void {
  const displayStatus = result.status === 'up-to-date' ? 'up to date' : result.status;
-  deps.log('info', configuredLogLevel, `${label} update: ${displayStatus}`);
+  const componentLabel = result.component ? ` (${result.component})` : '';
+  const detailSuffix = result.message ? ` - ${result.message}` : '';
+  deps.log(
+    'info',
+    configuredLogLevel,
+    `${label}${componentLabel} update: ${displayStatus}${detailSuffix}`,
+  );
  if (result.command) {
    deps.log(
      'warn',
      configuredLogLevel,
-      `${label} update requires manual command: ${result.command}`,
+      `${label}${componentLabel} update requires manual command: ${result.command}`,
    );
-  } else if (result.message) {
-    deps.log('warn', configuredLogLevel, `${label} update note: ${result.message}`);
  }
 }

@@ -187,7 +201,7 @@ export async function runUpdateCommand(
    logUpdateResult('AppImage', result.appImage, logLevel, resolvedDeps);
    logUpdateResult('Launcher', result.launcher, logLevel, resolvedDeps);
    for (const supportResult of result.supportAssets) {
-      logUpdateResult('Rofi theme', supportResult, logLevel, resolvedDeps);
+      logUpdateResult('Support assets', supportResult, logLevel, resolvedDeps);
    }
    return true;
  }
@@ -91,8 +91,6 @@ test('parseLauncherMpvConfig reads launch mode preference', () => {
      autoStartSubMiner: false,
      pauseUntilOverlayReady: false,
      subminerBinaryPath: '/opt/SubMiner/SubMiner.AppImage',
-      aniskipEnabled: false,
-      aniskipButtonKey: 'F8',
    },
  });

@@ -102,8 +100,6 @@ test('parseLauncherMpvConfig reads launch mode preference', () => {
  assert.equal(parsed.autoStartSubMiner, false);
  assert.equal(parsed.pauseUntilOverlayReady, false);
  assert.equal(parsed.subminerBinaryPath, '/opt/SubMiner/SubMiner.AppImage');
-  assert.equal(parsed.aniskipEnabled, false);
-  assert.equal(parsed.aniskipButtonKey, 'F8');
 });

 test('parseLauncherMpvConfig ignores blank subminer binary paths', () => {
@@ -129,6 +125,11 @@ test('parseLauncherMpvConfig ignores invalid launch mode values', () => {
 test('parsePluginRuntimeConfigFromMainConfig maps config.jsonc values over plugin defaults', () => {
  const parsed = parsePluginRuntimeConfigFromMainConfig({
    auto_start_overlay: false,
+    ankiConnect: {
+      behavior: {
+        notificationType: 'osd-system',
+      },
+    },
    texthooker: {
      launchAtStartup: false,
    },
@@ -138,8 +139,6 @@ test('parsePluginRuntimeConfigFromMainConfig maps config.jsonc values over plugi
      autoStartSubMiner: true,
      pauseUntilOverlayReady: true,
      subminerBinaryPath: '/opt/SubMiner/SubMiner.AppImage',
-      aniskipEnabled: false,
-      aniskipButtonKey: 'F8',
    },
  });

@@ -148,10 +147,21 @@ test('parsePluginRuntimeConfigFromMainConfig maps config.jsonc values over plugi
  assert.equal(parsed.autoStart, true);
  assert.equal(parsed.autoStartVisibleOverlay, false);
  assert.equal(parsed.autoStartPauseUntilReady, true);
+  assert.equal(parsed.osdMessages, true);
  assert.equal(parsed.binaryPath, '/opt/SubMiner/SubMiner.AppImage');
  assert.equal(parsed.texthookerEnabled, false);
-  assert.equal(parsed.aniskipEnabled, false);
-  assert.equal(parsed.aniskipButtonKey, 'F8');
+});
+
+test('parsePluginRuntimeConfigFromMainConfig disables plugin osd messages for overlay notification routing', () => {
+  const parsed = parsePluginRuntimeConfigFromMainConfig({
+    ankiConnect: {
+      behavior: {
+        notificationType: 'both',
+      },
+    },
+  });
+
+  assert.equal(parsed.osdMessages, false);
 });

 test('parsePluginRuntimeConfigFromMainConfig defaults to background-only managed startup', () => {
@@ -160,9 +170,8 @@ test('parsePluginRuntimeConfigFromMainConfig defaults to background-only managed
  assert.equal(parsed.autoStart, true);
  assert.equal(parsed.autoStartVisibleOverlay, false);
  assert.equal(parsed.autoStartPauseUntilReady, true);
+  assert.equal(parsed.osdMessages, false);
  assert.equal(parsed.texthookerEnabled, false);
-  assert.equal(parsed.aniskipEnabled, true);
-  assert.equal(parsed.aniskipButtonKey, 'TAB');
 });

 test('buildPluginRuntimeScriptOptParts emits config values that override plugin defaults', () => {
@@ -175,9 +184,8 @@ test('buildPluginRuntimeScriptOptParts emits config values that override plugin
        autoStart: true,
        autoStartVisibleOverlay: false,
        autoStartPauseUntilReady: true,
+        osdMessages: true,
        texthookerEnabled: false,
-        aniskipEnabled: false,
-        aniskipButtonKey: 'F8',
      },
      '/fallback/SubMiner.AppImage',
    ),
@@ -187,10 +195,11 @@ test('buildPluginRuntimeScriptOptParts emits config values that override plugin
      'subminer-backend=x11',
      'subminer-auto_start=yes',
      'subminer-auto_start_visible_overlay=no',
+      'subminer-overlay_loading_osd=no',
      'subminer-auto_start_pause_until_ready=yes',
+      'subminer-auto_start_pause_until_ready_timeout_seconds=30',
+      'subminer-osd_messages=yes',
      'subminer-texthooker_enabled=no',
-      'subminer-aniskip_enabled=no',
-      'subminer-aniskip_button_key=F8',
    ],
  );
 });
@@ -205,9 +214,8 @@ test('buildPluginRuntimeScriptOptParts strips script-option delimiters from stri
        autoStart: true,
        autoStartVisibleOverlay: false,
        autoStartPauseUntilReady: true,
+        osdMessages: false,
        texthookerEnabled: false,
-        aniskipEnabled: false,
-        aniskipButtonKey: 'F8,\nF9',
      },
      '/fallback/SubMiner.AppImage',
    ),
@@ -217,10 +225,11 @@ test('buildPluginRuntimeScriptOptParts strips script-option delimiters from stri
      'subminer-backend=x11',
      'subminer-auto_start=yes',
      'subminer-auto_start_visible_overlay=no',
+      'subminer-overlay_loading_osd=no',
      'subminer-auto_start_pause_until_ready=yes',
+      'subminer-auto_start_pause_until_ready_timeout_seconds=30',
+      'subminer-osd_messages=no',
      'subminer-texthooker_enabled=no',
-      'subminer-aniskip_enabled=no',
-      'subminer-aniskip_button_key=F8 F9',
    ],
  );
 });
@@ -244,8 +253,6 @@ test('parseLauncherMpvConfig reads configured mpv profile', () => {
      pauseUntilOverlayReady: undefined,
      subminerBinaryPath: undefined,
      profile: 'anime',
-      aniskipEnabled: undefined,
-      aniskipButtonKey: undefined,
    },
  );

@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ export function createDefaultArgs(
    texthookerOnly: false,
    texthookerOpenBrowser: false,
    useRofi: false,
+    history: false,
    logLevel: loggingConfig.level ?? 'warn',
    logRotation: loggingConfig.rotation ?? 7,
    passwordStore: '',
@@ -231,6 +232,7 @@ export function applyRootOptionsToArgs(
  if (typeof options.logLevel === 'string') parsed.logLevel = parseLogLevel(options.logLevel);
  if (typeof options.passwordStore === 'string') parsed.passwordStore = options.passwordStore;
  if (options.rofi === true) parsed.useRofi = true;
+  if (options.history === true) parsed.history = true;
  if (options.update === true) parsed.update = true;
  if (options.version === true) parsed.version = true;
  if (options.settings === true) parsed.settings = true;
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ function applyRootOptions(program: Command): void {
    .option('--settings', 'Open settings window')
    .option('-u, --update', 'Check for updates')
    .option('-R, --rofi', 'Use rofi picker')
+    .option('-H, --history', 'Browse local watch history')
    .option('-S, --start-overlay', 'Auto-start overlay')
    .option('-T, --no-texthooker', 'Disable texthooker-ui server');
 }
@@ -39,7 +39,5 @@ export function parseLauncherMpvConfig(root: Record<string, unknown>): LauncherM
    pauseUntilOverlayReady:
      typeof mpv.pauseUntilOverlayReady === 'boolean' ? mpv.pauseUntilOverlayReady : undefined,
    subminerBinaryPath: parseNonEmptyString(mpv.subminerBinaryPath),
-    aniskipEnabled: typeof mpv.aniskipEnabled === 'boolean' ? mpv.aniskipEnabled : undefined,
-    aniskipButtonKey: parseNonEmptyString(mpv.aniskipButtonKey),
  };
 }
@@ -16,10 +16,9 @@ function booleanOrDefault(value: unknown, fallback: boolean): boolean {
  return typeof value === 'boolean' ? value : fallback;
 }

-function nonEmptyStringOrDefault(value: unknown, fallback: string): string {
-  if (typeof value !== 'string') return fallback;
-  const trimmed = value.trim();
-  return trimmed.length > 0 ? trimmed : fallback;
+function pluginOsdMessagesFromNotificationType(root: Record<string, unknown> | null): boolean {
+  const notificationType = rootObject(rootObject(root, 'ankiConnect'), 'behavior').notificationType;
+  return notificationType === 'osd' || notificationType === 'osd-system';
 }

 function validBackendOrDefault(value: unknown, fallback: Backend): Backend {
@@ -53,9 +52,8 @@ export function parsePluginRuntimeConfigFromMainConfig(
    autoStart: booleanOrDefault(mpvConfig.autoStartSubMiner, true),
    autoStartVisibleOverlay: booleanOrDefault(root?.auto_start_overlay, false),
    autoStartPauseUntilReady: booleanOrDefault(mpvConfig.pauseUntilOverlayReady, true),
+    osdMessages: pluginOsdMessagesFromNotificationType(root),
    texthookerEnabled: booleanOrDefault(texthooker.launchAtStartup, false),
-    aniskipEnabled: booleanOrDefault(mpvConfig.aniskipEnabled, true),
-    aniskipButtonKey: nonEmptyStringOrDefault(mpvConfig.aniskipButtonKey, 'TAB'),
  };
 }

@@ -72,7 +70,7 @@ export function readPluginRuntimeConfig(logLevel: LogLevel): PluginRuntimeConfig
  log(
    'debug',
    logLevel,
-    `Using mpv plugin settings from SubMiner config: socket_path=${parsed.socketPath}, backend=${parsed.backend}, auto_start=${parsed.autoStart}, auto_start_visible_overlay=${parsed.autoStartVisibleOverlay}, auto_start_pause_until_ready=${parsed.autoStartPauseUntilReady}, texthooker_enabled=${parsed.texthookerEnabled}, aniskip_enabled=${parsed.aniskipEnabled}, aniskip_button_key=${parsed.aniskipButtonKey}`,
+    `Using mpv plugin settings from SubMiner config: socket_path=${parsed.socketPath}, backend=${parsed.backend}, auto_start=${parsed.autoStart}, auto_start_visible_overlay=${parsed.autoStartVisibleOverlay}, auto_start_pause_until_ready=${parsed.autoStartPauseUntilReady}, osd_messages=${parsed.osdMessages}, texthooker_enabled=${parsed.texthookerEnabled}`,
  );
  return parsed;
 }
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+import fs from 'node:fs';
+import os from 'node:os';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import { Database } from 'bun:sqlite';
+import { withReadonlyWalRetry } from './history-db.js';
+
+const COVER_EXTENSIONS = ['.jpg', '.png', '.webp', '.gif'] as const;
+const SAFE_COVER_HASH_PATTERN = /^[a-z0-9_-]+$/i;
+
+export function getDefaultCoverCacheDir(): string {
+  return path.join(os.homedir(), '.cache', 'subminer', 'covers');
+}
+
+export function detectImageExtension(blob: Buffer): string {
+  if (blob.length >= 8 && blob.subarray(0, 8).equals(Buffer.from('89504e470d0a1a0a', 'hex'))) {
+    return '.png';
+  }
+  if (blob.length >= 3 && blob[0] === 0xff && blob[1] === 0xd8 && blob[2] === 0xff) {
+    return '.jpg';
+  }
+  if (
+    blob.length >= 12 &&
+    blob.subarray(0, 4).toString('ascii') === 'RIFF' &&
+    blob.subarray(8, 12).toString('ascii') === 'WEBP'
+  ) {
+    return '.webp';
+  }
+  if (blob.length >= 4 && blob.subarray(0, 3).toString('ascii') === 'GIF') {
+    return '.gif';
+  }
+  return '.jpg';
+}
+
+function findCachedCover(cacheDir: string, hash: string): string | null {
+  for (const ext of COVER_EXTENSIONS) {
+    const candidate = path.join(cacheDir, `${hash}${ext}`);
+    try {
+      if (fs.statSync(candidate).size > 0) return candidate;
+    } catch {
+      // not cached with this extension
+    }
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+function queryCoverBlobs(
+  dbPath: string,
+  hashes: string[],
+  options: { readonly?: boolean; readwrite?: boolean; create?: boolean },
+): Map<string, Buffer> {
+  const blobs = new Map<string, Buffer>();
+  const db = new Database(dbPath, options);
+  try {
+    const hasBlobTable = db
+      .query(`SELECT 1 FROM sqlite_master WHERE type = 'table' AND name = 'imm_cover_art_blobs'`)
+      .get();
+    if (!hasBlobTable) return blobs;
+
+    const stmt = db.query<{ cover_blob: Uint8Array | null }>(
+      'SELECT cover_blob FROM imm_cover_art_blobs WHERE blob_hash = ?',
+    );
+    for (const hash of hashes) {
+      const row = stmt.get(hash);
+      if (row?.cover_blob && row.cover_blob.length > 0) {
+        blobs.set(hash, Buffer.from(row.cover_blob));
+      }
+    }
+    return blobs;
+  } finally {
+    db.close();
+  }
+}
+
+function isSafeCoverHash(hash: string | null | undefined): hash is string {
+  return typeof hash === 'string' && SAFE_COVER_HASH_PATTERN.test(hash);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Ensures cover art blobs referenced by hash exist as image files in the cache
+ * directory, extracting missing ones from the stats database. Returns a map of
+ * blob hash to on-disk image path for every cover that could be materialized.
+ */
+export function materializeCoverArt(
+  dbPath: string,
+  hashes: Array<string | null | undefined>,
+  cacheDir: string = getDefaultCoverCacheDir(),
+): Map<string, string> {
+  const wanted = Array.from(new Set(hashes.filter(isSafeCoverHash)));
+  const resolved = new Map<string, string>();
+  if (wanted.length === 0) return resolved;
+
+  const missing: string[] = [];
+  for (const hash of wanted) {
+    const cached = findCachedCover(cacheDir, hash);
+    if (cached) {
+      resolved.set(hash, cached);
+    } else {
+      missing.push(hash);
+    }
+  }
+  if (missing.length === 0) return resolved;
+
+  let blobs: Map<string, Buffer>;
+  try {
+    blobs = withReadonlyWalRetry(dbPath, (options) => queryCoverBlobs(dbPath, missing, options));
+  } catch {
+    return resolved;
+  }
+  if (blobs.size === 0) return resolved;
+
+  try {
+    fs.mkdirSync(cacheDir, { recursive: true });
+  } catch {
+    return resolved;
+  }
+  for (const [hash, blob] of blobs) {
+    const target = path.join(cacheDir, `${hash}${detectImageExtension(blob)}`);
+    try {
+      fs.writeFileSync(target, blob);
+      resolved.set(hash, target);
+    } catch {
+      // cache write failure just means no icon for this entry
+    }
+  }
+  return resolved;
+}
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+import fs from 'node:fs';
+import os from 'node:os';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import { Database } from 'bun:sqlite';
+import { resolveConfigDir } from '../src/config/path-resolution.js';
+import { readLauncherMainConfigObject } from './config/shared-config-reader.js';
+import type { HistoryVideoRow } from './history-types.js';
+import { resolvePathMaybe } from './util.js';
+
+export function resolveImmersionDbPath(): string {
+  const root = readLauncherMainConfigObject();
+  const tracking =
+    root?.immersionTracking &&
+    typeof root.immersionTracking === 'object' &&
+    !Array.isArray(root.immersionTracking)
+      ? (root.immersionTracking as Record<string, unknown>)
+      : null;
+  const configured = typeof tracking?.dbPath === 'string' ? tracking.dbPath.trim() : '';
+  if (configured) return resolvePathMaybe(configured);
+
+  const configDir = resolveConfigDir({
+    platform: process.platform,
+    appDataDir: process.env.APPDATA,
+    xdgConfigHome: process.env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME,
+    homeDir: os.homedir(),
+    existsSync: fs.existsSync,
+  });
+  return path.join(configDir, 'immersion.sqlite');
+}
+
+interface RawHistoryRow {
+  video_id: number;
+  source_path: string | null;
+  parsed_title: string | null;
+  parsed_season: number | null;
+  parsed_episode: number | null;
+  anime_title: string | null;
+  last_watched_ms: number | bigint | null;
+  cover_blob_hash: string | null;
+}
+
+export function queryLocalWatchHistory(dbPath: string): HistoryVideoRow[] {
+  return withReadonlyWalRetry(dbPath, (options) => readHistoryRows(dbPath, options));
+}
+
+export function withReadonlyWalRetry<T>(
+  dbPath: string,
+  query: (options: { readonly?: boolean; readwrite?: boolean; create?: boolean }) => T,
+): T {
+  try {
+    return query({ readonly: true });
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (!isReadonlyWalRetryError(error, dbPath)) throw error;
+    return query({ readwrite: true, create: false });
+  }
+}
+
+export function isReadonlyWalRetryError(error: unknown, dbPath: string): boolean {
+  if (!isWalModeSqliteDatabase(dbPath)) return false;
+  const code =
+    typeof error === 'object' && error !== null && 'code' in error
+      ? String((error as { code?: unknown }).code ?? '')
+      : '';
+  const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
+  const text = `${code} ${message}`.toLowerCase();
+  return (
+    text.includes('readonly') ||
+    text.includes('read-only') ||
+    text.includes('attempt to write a readonly database') ||
+    text.includes('sqlite_cantopen') ||
+    text.includes('unable to open database file')
+  );
+}
+
+function isWalModeSqliteDatabase(dbPath: string): boolean {
+  const header = Buffer.alloc(20);
+  let fd: number | null = null;
+  try {
+    fd = fs.openSync(dbPath, 'r');
+    if (fs.readSync(fd, header, 0, header.length, 0) < header.length) return false;
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  } finally {
+    if (fd !== null) fs.closeSync(fd);
+  }
+  return header.subarray(0, 16).toString('ascii') === 'SQLite format 3\0' && header[18] === 2;
+}
+
+function tableExists(db: Database, tableName: string): boolean {
+  return Boolean(
+    db.query(`SELECT 1 FROM sqlite_master WHERE type = 'table' AND name = ?`).get(tableName),
+  );
+}
+
+function readHistoryRows(
+  dbPath: string,
+  options: { readonly?: boolean; readwrite?: boolean; create?: boolean },
+): HistoryVideoRow[] {
+  const db = new Database(dbPath, options);
+  try {
+    const hasMediaArt = tableExists(db, 'imm_media_art');
+    const coverSelect = hasMediaArt
+      ? `COALESCE(
+          ma.cover_blob_hash,
+          (SELECT ma2.cover_blob_hash
+           FROM imm_media_art ma2
+           JOIN imm_videos v2 ON v2.video_id = ma2.video_id
+           WHERE v2.anime_id = v.anime_id AND ma2.cover_blob_hash IS NOT NULL
+           LIMIT 1)
+        ) AS cover_blob_hash`
+      : 'NULL AS cover_blob_hash';
+    const coverJoin = hasMediaArt ? 'LEFT JOIN imm_media_art ma ON ma.video_id = v.video_id' : '';
+    const rows = db
+      .query<RawHistoryRow>(
+        `
+        SELECT
+          v.video_id,
+          v.source_path,
+          v.parsed_title,
+          v.parsed_season,
+          v.parsed_episode,
+          COALESCE(a.title_romaji, a.canonical_title) AS anime_title,
+          MAX(CAST(s.started_at_ms AS INTEGER)) AS last_watched_ms,
+          ${coverSelect}
+        FROM imm_sessions s
+        JOIN imm_videos v ON v.video_id = s.video_id
+        LEFT JOIN imm_anime a ON a.anime_id = v.anime_id
+        ${coverJoin}
+        WHERE v.source_type = 1 AND v.source_path IS NOT NULL AND v.source_path != ''
+        GROUP BY v.video_id
+        ORDER BY last_watched_ms DESC
+        `,
+      )
+      .all();
+
+    return rows
+      .filter((row) => typeof row.source_path === 'string' && row.source_path.length > 0)
+      .map((row) => ({
+        videoId: row.video_id,
+        sourcePath: row.source_path!,
+        parsedTitle: row.parsed_title,
+        parsedSeason: row.parsed_season,
+        parsedEpisode: row.parsed_episode,
+        animeTitle: row.anime_title,
+        lastWatchedMs: Number(row.last_watched_ms ?? 0),
+        coverBlobHash: row.cover_blob_hash,
+      }));
+  } finally {
+    db.close();
+  }
+}
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+import fs from 'node:fs';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import { parseMediaInfo } from '../src/jimaku/utils.js';
+import { collectVideos } from './picker.js';
+import type { HistorySeriesEntry, HistoryVideoRow, SeasonDirEntry } from './history-types.js';
+
+const SEASON_DIR_PATTERN = /^(?:season|s)[\s._-]*(\d{1,3})\b/i;
+
+export function seasonNumberFromDirName(name: string): number | null {
+  const match = name.trim().match(SEASON_DIR_PATTERN);
+  if (!match) return null;
+  const parsed = Number.parseInt(match[1]!, 10);
+  return Number.isFinite(parsed) ? parsed : null;
+}
+
+export function resolveSeriesRoot(filePath: string): string {
+  const parent = path.dirname(filePath);
+  if (seasonNumberFromDirName(path.basename(parent)) !== null) {
+    return path.dirname(parent);
+  }
+  return parent;
+}
+
+export function groupHistoryBySeries(
+  rows: HistoryVideoRow[],
+  existsFn: (candidate: string) => boolean = fs.existsSync,
+): HistorySeriesEntry[] {
+  const byRoot = new Map<string, HistorySeriesEntry>();
+  const sorted = [...rows].sort((a, b) => b.lastWatchedMs - a.lastWatchedMs);
+
+  for (const row of sorted) {
+    const seriesRoot = resolveSeriesRoot(row.sourcePath);
+    const existing = byRoot.get(seriesRoot);
+    if (existing) {
+      if (existing.coverBlobHash === null && row.coverBlobHash !== null) {
+        existing.coverBlobHash = row.coverBlobHash;
+      }
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (!existsFn(seriesRoot)) continue;
+    const displayName =
+      row.parsedTitle?.trim() || row.animeTitle?.trim() || path.basename(seriesRoot);
+    byRoot.set(seriesRoot, {
+      seriesRoot,
+      displayName,
+      lastWatched: row,
+      coverBlobHash: row.coverBlobHash,
+    });
+  }
+
+  return Array.from(byRoot.values());
+}
+
+function compareNatural(a: string, b: string): number {
+  return a.localeCompare(b, undefined, { numeric: true, sensitivity: 'base' });
+}
+
+export function sortVideosByEpisode(videos: string[]): string[] {
+  const parsed = videos.map((video) => ({ video, info: parseMediaInfo(video) }));
+  parsed.sort((a, b) => {
+    if (a.info.episode !== null && b.info.episode !== null) {
+      const seasonA = a.info.season ?? 0;
+      const seasonB = b.info.season ?? 0;
+      if (seasonA !== seasonB) return seasonA - seasonB;
+      if (a.info.episode !== b.info.episode) return a.info.episode - b.info.episode;
+    }
+    return compareNatural(a.video, b.video);
+  });
+  return parsed.map((entry) => entry.video);
+}
+
+function dirContainsVideo(dir: string): boolean {
+  return collectVideos(dir, true).length > 0;
+}
+
+export function listSeasonDirs(seriesRoot: string): SeasonDirEntry[] {
+  let entries: fs.Dirent[];
+  try {
+    entries = fs.readdirSync(seriesRoot, { withFileTypes: true });
+  } catch {
+    return [];
+  }
+
+  const dirs = entries
+    .filter((entry) => entry.isDirectory())
+    .map((entry) => ({
+      name: entry.name,
+      path: path.join(seriesRoot, entry.name),
+      season: seasonNumberFromDirName(entry.name),
+    }))
+    .filter((entry) => dirContainsVideo(entry.path));
+
+  dirs.sort((a, b) => {
+    if (a.season !== null && b.season !== null && a.season !== b.season) {
+      return a.season - b.season;
+    }
+    return compareNatural(a.name, b.name);
+  });
+  return dirs;
+}
+
+function findFirstEpisodeInNextSeason(resolvedLast: string, dir: string): string | null {
+  const seriesRoot = resolveSeriesRoot(resolvedLast);
+  if (seriesRoot === dir) return null;
+  const seasons = listSeasonDirs(seriesRoot);
+  const currentIdx = seasons.findIndex((season) => path.resolve(season.path) === dir);
+  if (currentIdx < 0 || currentIdx + 1 >= seasons.length) return null;
+  const nextSeason = sortVideosByEpisode(collectVideos(seasons[currentIdx + 1]!.path, false));
+  return nextSeason[0] ?? null;
+}
+
+export function findNextEpisode(lastPath: string): string | null {
+  const resolvedLast = path.resolve(lastPath);
+  const dir = path.dirname(resolvedLast);
+  const episodes = sortVideosByEpisode(collectVideos(dir, false));
+  const idx = episodes.indexOf(resolvedLast);
+
+  if (idx >= 0) {
+    if (idx + 1 < episodes.length) return episodes[idx + 1]!;
+  } else {
+    const lastInfo = parseMediaInfo(resolvedLast);
+    if (lastInfo.episode !== null) {
+      const candidate = episodes.find((episode) => {
+        const info = parseMediaInfo(episode);
+        return info.episode !== null && info.episode > lastInfo.episode!;
+      });
+      if (candidate) return candidate;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return findFirstEpisodeInNextSeason(resolvedLast, dir);
+}
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+export interface HistoryVideoRow {
+  videoId: number;
+  sourcePath: string;
+  parsedTitle: string | null;
+  parsedSeason: number | null;
+  parsedEpisode: number | null;
+  animeTitle: string | null;
+  lastWatchedMs: number;
+  coverBlobHash: string | null;
+}
+
+export interface HistorySeriesEntry {
+  seriesRoot: string;
+  displayName: string;
+  lastWatched: HistoryVideoRow;
+  coverBlobHash: string | null;
+}
+
+export interface SeasonDirEntry {
+  name: string;
+  path: string;
+  season: number | null;
+}
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+import test from 'node:test';
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import fs from 'node:fs';
+import os from 'node:os';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import { Database } from 'bun:sqlite';
+import {
+  detectImageExtension,
+  findNextEpisode,
+  groupHistoryBySeries,
+  isReadonlyWalRetryError,
+  listSeasonDirs,
+  materializeCoverArt,
+  queryLocalWatchHistory,
+  resolveSeriesRoot,
+  seasonNumberFromDirName,
+  sortVideosByEpisode,
+  type HistoryVideoRow,
+} from './history.js';
+
+function makeRow(overrides: Partial<HistoryVideoRow> = {}): HistoryVideoRow {
+  return {
+    videoId: 1,
+    sourcePath: '/media/anime/Show/Season-1/Show - S01E01.mkv',
+    parsedTitle: 'Show',
+    parsedSeason: 1,
+    parsedEpisode: 1,
+    animeTitle: null,
+    lastWatchedMs: 1000,
+    coverBlobHash: null,
+    ...overrides,
+  };
+}
+
+test('seasonNumberFromDirName detects common season directory names', () => {
+  assert.equal(seasonNumberFromDirName('Season-1'), 1);
+  assert.equal(seasonNumberFromDirName('Season 2'), 2);
+  assert.equal(seasonNumberFromDirName('S03'), 3);
+  assert.equal(seasonNumberFromDirName('season_04'), 4);
+  assert.equal(seasonNumberFromDirName('Specials'), null);
+  assert.equal(seasonNumberFromDirName('Show Name'), null);
+});
+
+test('resolveSeriesRoot skips season directories', () => {
+  assert.equal(
+    resolveSeriesRoot('/media/anime/Show/Season-1/Show - S01E01.mkv'),
+    '/media/anime/Show',
+  );
+  assert.equal(resolveSeriesRoot('/media/anime/Show/Show - 01.mkv'), '/media/anime/Show');
+});
+
+test('groupHistoryBySeries keeps most recent entry per series root', () => {
+  const rows = [
+    makeRow({ videoId: 1, parsedEpisode: 1, lastWatchedMs: 1000 }),
+    makeRow({
+      videoId: 2,
+      sourcePath: '/media/anime/Show/Season-1/Show - S01E02.mkv',
+      parsedEpisode: 2,
+      lastWatchedMs: 3000,
+    }),
+    makeRow({
+      videoId: 3,
+      sourcePath: '/media/anime/Other/Other - 05.mkv',
+      parsedTitle: 'Other',
+      parsedSeason: null,
+      parsedEpisode: 5,
+      lastWatchedMs: 2000,
+    }),
+  ];
+
+  const series = groupHistoryBySeries(rows, () => true);
+
+  assert.equal(series.length, 2);
+  assert.equal(series[0]?.displayName, 'Show');
+  assert.equal(series[0]?.seriesRoot, '/media/anime/Show');
+  assert.equal(series[0]?.lastWatched.parsedEpisode, 2);
+  assert.equal(series[1]?.displayName, 'Other');
+});
+
+test('groupHistoryBySeries filters series roots that no longer exist', () => {
+  const rows = [
+    makeRow({ videoId: 1 }),
+    makeRow({
+      videoId: 2,
+      sourcePath: '/gone/anime/Missing/Season-1/Missing - S01E01.mkv',
+      parsedTitle: 'Missing',
+      lastWatchedMs: 5000,
+    }),
+  ];
+
+  const series = groupHistoryBySeries(rows, (candidate) => !candidate.startsWith('/gone/'));
+
+  assert.equal(series.length, 1);
+  assert.equal(series[0]?.displayName, 'Show');
+});
+
+test('groupHistoryBySeries falls back to directory name for display', () => {
+  const rows = [
+    makeRow({
+      sourcePath: '/media/anime/Some Show Dir/video.mkv',
+      parsedTitle: null,
+      animeTitle: null,
+    }),
+  ];
+
+  const series = groupHistoryBySeries(rows, () => true);
+
+  assert.equal(series[0]?.displayName, 'Some Show Dir');
+});
+
+test('sortVideosByEpisode orders by parsed episode with natural fallback', () => {
+  const videos = [
+    '/media/Show/Show - S01E10 - Ten.mkv',
+    '/media/Show/Show - S01E02 - Two.mkv',
+    '/media/Show/Show - S01E01 - One.mkv',
+  ];
+
+  assert.deepEqual(sortVideosByEpisode(videos), [
+    '/media/Show/Show - S01E01 - One.mkv',
+    '/media/Show/Show - S01E02 - Two.mkv',
+    '/media/Show/Show - S01E10 - Ten.mkv',
+  ]);
+});
+
+function createSeriesTree(): string {
+  const root = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'subminer-history-'));
+  const seriesRoot = path.join(root, 'Show');
+  const season1 = path.join(seriesRoot, 'Season-1');
+  const season2 = path.join(seriesRoot, 'Season-2');
+  fs.mkdirSync(season1, { recursive: true });
+  fs.mkdirSync(season2, { recursive: true });
+  fs.mkdirSync(path.join(seriesRoot, 'extras-empty'), { recursive: true });
+  for (const name of ['Show - S01E01.mkv', 'Show - S01E02.mkv', 'Show - S01E03.mkv']) {
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(season1, name), '');
+  }
+  fs.writeFileSync(path.join(season2, 'Show - S02E01.mkv'), '');
+  fs.writeFileSync(path.join(season1, 'notes.txt'), '');
+  return seriesRoot;
+}
+
+test('listSeasonDirs returns only video-bearing directories in season order', () => {
+  const seriesRoot = createSeriesTree();
+  try {
+    const seasons = listSeasonDirs(seriesRoot);
+    assert.deepEqual(
+      seasons.map((entry) => entry.name),
+      ['Season-1', 'Season-2'],
+    );
+    assert.deepEqual(
+      seasons.map((entry) => entry.season),
+      [1, 2],
+    );
+  } finally {
+    fs.rmSync(path.dirname(seriesRoot), { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});
+
+test('findNextEpisode advances within a season and across seasons', () => {
+  const seriesRoot = createSeriesTree();
+  try {
+    const season1 = path.join(seriesRoot, 'Season-1');
+    const season2 = path.join(seriesRoot, 'Season-2');
+
+    assert.equal(
+      findNextEpisode(path.join(season1, 'Show - S01E02.mkv')),
+      path.join(season1, 'Show - S01E03.mkv'),
+    );
+    assert.equal(
+      findNextEpisode(path.join(season1, 'Show - S01E03.mkv')),
+      path.join(season2, 'Show - S02E01.mkv'),
+    );
+    assert.equal(findNextEpisode(path.join(season2, 'Show - S02E01.mkv')), null);
+  } finally {
+    fs.rmSync(path.dirname(seriesRoot), { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});
+
+test('findNextEpisode falls back to episode numbers when file was removed', () => {
+  const seriesRoot = createSeriesTree();
+  try {
+    const season1 = path.join(seriesRoot, 'Season-1');
+    const missing = path.join(season1, 'Show - S01E02 - Deleted Cut.mkv');
+    assert.equal(findNextEpisode(missing), path.join(season1, 'Show - S01E03.mkv'));
+  } finally {
+    fs.rmSync(path.dirname(seriesRoot), { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});
+
+test('findNextEpisode advances seasons when a deleted file was the last episode', () => {
+  const seriesRoot = createSeriesTree();
+  try {
+    const season1 = path.join(seriesRoot, 'Season-1');
+    const season2 = path.join(seriesRoot, 'Season-2');
+    const missing = path.join(season1, 'Show - S01E03 - Deleted Cut.mkv');
+    assert.equal(findNextEpisode(missing), path.join(season2, 'Show - S02E01.mkv'));
+  } finally {
+    fs.rmSync(path.dirname(seriesRoot), { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});
+
+const PNG_MAGIC = Buffer.from('89504e470d0a1a0a0000000d49484452', 'hex');
+
+function createHistoryDb(
+  dbPath: string,
+  options: { wal?: boolean; coverArt?: boolean } = {},
+): void {
+  const db = new Database(dbPath);
+  try {
+    if (options.wal) db.run('PRAGMA journal_mode = WAL;');
+    db.run(`
+      CREATE TABLE imm_anime(
+        anime_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
+        canonical_title TEXT,
+        title_romaji TEXT
+      );
+    `);
+    db.run(`
+      CREATE TABLE imm_videos(
+        video_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
+        anime_id INTEGER,
+        source_type INTEGER,
+        source_path TEXT,
+        parsed_title TEXT,
+        parsed_season INTEGER,
+        parsed_episode INTEGER
+      );
+    `);
+    db.run(`
+      CREATE TABLE imm_sessions(
+        session_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
+        video_id INTEGER,
+        started_at_ms TEXT
+      );
+    `);
+    db.run(`INSERT INTO imm_anime VALUES (1, 'Show Season 1', 'Show Romaji');`);
+    db.run(`
+      INSERT INTO imm_videos VALUES
+        (1, 1, 1, '/media/Show/Season-1/Show - S01E01.mkv', 'Show', 1, 1),
+        (2, 1, 1, '/media/Show/Season-1/Show - S01E02.mkv', 'Show', 1, 2),
+        (3, NULL, 2, NULL, 'Remote Show', NULL, NULL),
+        (4, NULL, 1, '', 'Empty Path', NULL, NULL);
+    `);
+    db.run(`
+      INSERT INTO imm_sessions VALUES
+        (1, 1, '1000'),
+        (2, 1, '5000'),
+        (3, 2, '3000'),
+        (4, 3, '9000');
+    `);
+    if (options.coverArt) {
+      db.run(`
+        CREATE TABLE imm_media_art(
+          video_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
+          cover_blob_hash TEXT
+        );
+      `);
+      db.run(`
+        CREATE TABLE imm_cover_art_blobs(
+          blob_hash TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
+          cover_blob BLOB NOT NULL
+        );
+      `);
+      // Art only on video 1; video 2 resolves it through the shared anime_id.
+      db.run(`INSERT INTO imm_media_art VALUES (1, 'hash-1');`);
+      db.query('INSERT INTO imm_cover_art_blobs VALUES (?, ?)').run('hash-1', PNG_MAGIC);
+    }
+    if (options.wal) db.run('PRAGMA wal_checkpoint(TRUNCATE);');
+  } finally {
+    db.close();
+  }
+}
+
+function assertHistoryRows(dbPath: string): void {
+  const rows = queryLocalWatchHistory(dbPath);
+
+  assert.equal(rows.length, 2);
+  assert.equal(rows[0]?.videoId, 1);
+  assert.equal(rows[0]?.lastWatchedMs, 5000);
+  assert.equal(rows[0]?.animeTitle, 'Show Romaji');
+  assert.equal(rows[1]?.videoId, 2);
+  assert.equal(rows[1]?.lastWatchedMs, 3000);
+}
+
+test('queryLocalWatchHistory returns local files ordered by most recent session', () => {
+  const dir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'subminer-history-db-'));
+  const dbPath = path.join(dir, 'immersion.sqlite');
+  try {
+    createHistoryDb(dbPath);
+    assertHistoryRows(dbPath);
+    const rows = queryLocalWatchHistory(dbPath);
+    assert.equal(rows[0]?.coverBlobHash, null);
+  } finally {
+    fs.rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});
+
+test('queryLocalWatchHistory resolves cover hashes directly and via shared anime', () => {
+  const dir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'subminer-history-art-'));
+  const dbPath = path.join(dir, 'immersion.sqlite');
+  try {
+    createHistoryDb(dbPath, { coverArt: true });
+    const rows = queryLocalWatchHistory(dbPath);
+    assert.equal(rows[0]?.videoId, 1);
+    assert.equal(rows[0]?.coverBlobHash, 'hash-1');
+    assert.equal(rows[1]?.videoId, 2);
+    assert.equal(rows[1]?.coverBlobHash, 'hash-1');
+  } finally {
+    fs.rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});
+
+test('materializeCoverArt extracts blobs to the cache dir and reuses cached files', () => {
+  const dir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'subminer-history-covers-'));
+  const dbPath = path.join(dir, 'immersion.sqlite');
+  const cacheDir = path.join(dir, 'covers');
+  try {
+    createHistoryDb(dbPath, { coverArt: true });
+
+    const covers = materializeCoverArt(
+      dbPath,
+      ['hash-1', 'hash-1', null, 'hash-missing'],
+      cacheDir,
+    );
+    const coverPath = covers.get('hash-1');
+    assert.ok(coverPath);
+    assert.equal(path.extname(coverPath!), '.png');
+    assert.ok(fs.statSync(coverPath!).size > 0);
+    assert.equal(covers.has('hash-missing'), false);
+
+    // Cached file is reused even when the database has disappeared.
+    fs.rmSync(dbPath);
+    const cachedCovers = materializeCoverArt(dbPath, ['hash-1'], cacheDir);
+    assert.equal(cachedCovers.get('hash-1'), coverPath);
+  } finally {
+    fs.rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});
+
+test('materializeCoverArt rejects cover hashes that escape the cache dir', () => {
+  const dir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'subminer-history-cover-safety-'));
+  const dbPath = path.join(dir, 'immersion.sqlite');
+  const cacheDir = path.join(dir, 'covers');
+  const unsafeHash = '../escape';
+  try {
+    createHistoryDb(dbPath, { coverArt: true });
+    const db = new Database(dbPath);
+    try {
+      db.query('INSERT INTO imm_cover_art_blobs VALUES (?, ?)').run(unsafeHash, PNG_MAGIC);
+    } finally {
+      db.close();
+    }
+
+    const covers = materializeCoverArt(dbPath, [unsafeHash], cacheDir);
+
+    assert.equal(covers.has(unsafeHash), false);
+    assert.equal(fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, 'escape.png')), false);
+  } finally {
+    fs.rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});
+
+test('detectImageExtension identifies common cover formats', () => {
+  assert.equal(detectImageExtension(PNG_MAGIC), '.png');
+  assert.equal(detectImageExtension(Buffer.from([0xff, 0xd8, 0xff, 0xe0])), '.jpg');
+  assert.equal(detectImageExtension(Buffer.from('RIFF0000WEBPVP8 ', 'ascii')), '.webp');
+  assert.equal(detectImageExtension(Buffer.from('GIF89a', 'ascii')), '.gif');
+  assert.equal(detectImageExtension(Buffer.from('unknown', 'ascii')), '.jpg');
+});
+
+test('groupHistoryBySeries backfills cover hash from older rows of the same series', () => {
+  const rows = [
+    makeRow({ videoId: 2, parsedEpisode: 2, lastWatchedMs: 3000, coverBlobHash: null }),
+    makeRow({ videoId: 1, parsedEpisode: 1, lastWatchedMs: 1000, coverBlobHash: 'hash-1' }),
+  ];
+
+  const series = groupHistoryBySeries(rows, () => true);
+
+  assert.equal(series.length, 1);
+  assert.equal(series[0]?.lastWatched.videoId, 2);
+  assert.equal(series[0]?.coverBlobHash, 'hash-1');
+});
+
+test('queryLocalWatchHistory reads a cleanly-closed WAL database', () => {
+  const dir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'subminer-history-wal-'));
+  const dbPath = path.join(dir, 'immersion.sqlite');
+  try {
+    createHistoryDb(dbPath, { wal: true });
+    // Reproduce the state after the app shuts down cleanly: WAL journal mode
+    // with no -wal/-shm sidecar files on disk. A read-only connection then
+    // fails at query time because it cannot recreate them.
+    fs.rmSync(`${dbPath}-wal`, { force: true });
+    fs.rmSync(`${dbPath}-shm`, { force: true });
+    assertHistoryRows(dbPath);
+  } finally {
+    fs.rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});
+
+test('isReadonlyWalRetryError only accepts readonly errors from WAL-mode databases', () => {
+  const dir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'subminer-history-retry-'));
+  const walDbPath = path.join(dir, 'wal.sqlite');
+  const rollbackDbPath = path.join(dir, 'rollback.sqlite');
+  try {
+    createHistoryDb(walDbPath, { wal: true });
+    createHistoryDb(rollbackDbPath);
+
+    assert.equal(
+      isReadonlyWalRetryError(
+        Object.assign(new Error('attempt to write a readonly database'), {
+          code: 'SQLITE_READONLY',
+        }),
+        walDbPath,
+      ),
+      true,
+    );
+    assert.equal(
+      isReadonlyWalRetryError(
+        Object.assign(new Error('unable to open database file'), {
+          code: 'SQLITE_CANTOPEN',
+        }),
+        walDbPath,
+      ),
+      true,
+    );
+    assert.equal(
+      isReadonlyWalRetryError(new Error('no such table: imm_sessions'), walDbPath),
+      false,
+    );
+    assert.equal(
+      isReadonlyWalRetryError(
+        Object.assign(new Error('attempt to write a readonly database'), {
+          code: 'SQLITE_READONLY',
+        }),
+        rollbackDbPath,
+      ),
+      false,
+    );
+  } finally {
+    fs.rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+export * from './history-art.js';
+export * from './history-db.js';
+export * from './history-navigation.js';
+export type { HistorySeriesEntry, HistoryVideoRow, SeasonDirEntry } from './history-types.js';
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+import test from 'node:test';
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import type { Args } from './types.js';
+import { runJellyfinPlayMenuWithDeps } from './jellyfin.js';
+
+function createArgs(): Args {
+  return {
+    backend: 'auto',
+    directory: '.',
+    recursive: false,
+    profile: '',
+    startOverlay: false,
+    youtubeMode: 'download',
+    whisperBin: '',
+    whisperModel: '',
+    whisperVadModel: '',
+    whisperThreads: 0,
+    youtubeSubgenOutDir: '',
+    youtubeSubgenAudioFormat: '',
+    youtubeSubgenKeepTemp: false,
+    youtubeFixWithAi: false,
+    youtubePrimarySubLangs: [],
+    youtubeSecondarySubLangs: [],
+    youtubeAudioLangs: [],
+    youtubeWhisperSourceLanguage: '',
+    aiConfig: {},
+    useTexthooker: false,
+    autoStartOverlay: false,
+    texthookerOnly: false,
+    texthookerOpenBrowser: false,
+    useRofi: false,
+    history: false,
+    logLevel: 'info',
+    logRotation: 7,
+    passwordStore: '',
+    target: '',
+    targetKind: '',
+    jimakuApiKey: '',
+    jimakuApiKeyCommand: '',
+    jimakuApiBaseUrl: '',
+    jimakuLanguagePreference: 'ja',
+    jimakuMaxEntryResults: 20,
+    jellyfin: false,
+    jellyfinLogin: false,
+    jellyfinLogout: false,
+    jellyfinPlay: false,
+    jellyfinDiscovery: false,
+    dictionary: false,
+    dictionaryCandidates: false,
+    dictionarySelect: false,
+    stats: false,
+    doctor: false,
+    doctorRefreshKnownWords: false,
+    logsExport: false,
+    version: false,
+    settings: false,
+    configPath: false,
+    configShow: false,
+    mpvIdle: false,
+    mpvSocket: false,
+    mpvStatus: false,
+    mpvArgs: '',
+    appPassthrough: false,
+    appArgs: [],
+    jellyfinServer: 'https://jellyfin.example.test',
+    jellyfinUsername: '',
+    jellyfinPassword: '',
+    launchMode: 'normal',
+  };
+}
+
+test('Jellyfin playback ensures Linux runtime plugin before detached idle mpv bootstrap', async () => {
+  const originalAccessToken = process.env.SUBMINER_JELLYFIN_ACCESS_TOKEN;
+  const originalUserId = process.env.SUBMINER_JELLYFIN_USER_ID;
+  process.env.SUBMINER_JELLYFIN_ACCESS_TOKEN = 'token';
+  process.env.SUBMINER_JELLYFIN_USER_ID = 'user';
+  const calls: string[] = [];
+
+  try {
+    await assert.rejects(
+      () =>
+        runJellyfinPlayMenuWithDeps(
+          '/tmp/SubMiner.AppImage',
+          createArgs(),
+          '/tmp/subminer',
+          '/tmp/subminer.sock',
+          {
+            loadLauncherJellyfinConfig: () => ({}),
+            findRofiTheme: () => null,
+            resolveJellyfinSelection: async () => 'item-123',
+            resolveJellyfinSelectionViaApp: async () => {
+              throw new Error('unexpected app-based selection');
+            },
+            hasStoredJellyfinSession: () => true,
+            requestJellyfinPreviewAuthFromApp: async () => null,
+            resolveLauncherMainConfigPath: () => '/tmp/SubMiner/config.jsonc',
+            pathExists: () => false,
+            ensureRuntimePluginReady: async () => {
+              calls.push('plugin');
+            },
+            waitForUnixSocketReady: async () => {
+              calls.push('wait');
+              return true;
+            },
+            launchMpvIdleDetached: async () => {
+              calls.push('launch');
+            },
+            resolveLauncherRuntimePluginPath: () => {
+              calls.push('resolve');
+              return '/tmp/plugin/main.lua';
+            },
+            runAppCommandWithInheritLogged: () => {
+              calls.push('handoff');
+              throw new Error('stop after handoff');
+            },
+            log: () => {},
+          },
+        ),
+      /stop after handoff/,
+    );
+
+    assert.deepEqual(calls, ['plugin', 'resolve', 'launch', 'wait', 'handoff']);
+  } finally {
+    if (originalAccessToken === undefined) {
+      delete process.env.SUBMINER_JELLYFIN_ACCESS_TOKEN;
+    } else {
+      process.env.SUBMINER_JELLYFIN_ACCESS_TOKEN = originalAccessToken;
+    }
+    if (originalUserId === undefined) {
+      delete process.env.SUBMINER_JELLYFIN_USER_ID;
+    } else {
+      process.env.SUBMINER_JELLYFIN_USER_ID = originalUserId;
+    }
+  }
+});
@@ -30,9 +30,54 @@ import {
  resolveLauncherRuntimePluginPath,
  waitForUnixSocketReady,
 } from './mpv.js';
+import { ensureLinuxRuntimePluginAvailable } from './runtime-plugin-preflight.js';

 const ANSI_ESCAPE_PATTERN = /\u001b\[[0-9;]*m/g;

+type JellyfinPlayMenuDeps = {
+  loadLauncherJellyfinConfig: typeof loadLauncherJellyfinConfig;
+  findRofiTheme: typeof findRofiTheme;
+  resolveJellyfinSelection: typeof resolveJellyfinSelection;
+  hasStoredJellyfinSession: typeof hasStoredJellyfinSession;
+  requestJellyfinPreviewAuthFromApp: typeof requestJellyfinPreviewAuthFromApp;
+  resolveLauncherMainConfigPath: typeof resolveLauncherMainConfigPath;
+  resolveJellyfinSelectionViaApp: typeof resolveJellyfinSelectionViaApp;
+  pathExists: (candidate: string) => boolean;
+  ensureRuntimePluginReady: (options: {
+    appPath: string;
+    scriptPath: string;
+    logLevel: Args['logLevel'];
+  }) => Promise<void>;
+  waitForUnixSocketReady: typeof waitForUnixSocketReady;
+  launchMpvIdleDetached: typeof launchMpvIdleDetached;
+  resolveLauncherRuntimePluginPath: typeof resolveLauncherRuntimePluginPath;
+  runAppCommandWithInheritLogged: typeof runAppCommandWithInheritLogged;
+  log: typeof log;
+};
+
+const defaultJellyfinPlayMenuDeps: JellyfinPlayMenuDeps = {
+  loadLauncherJellyfinConfig,
+  findRofiTheme,
+  resolveJellyfinSelection,
+  hasStoredJellyfinSession,
+  requestJellyfinPreviewAuthFromApp,
+  resolveLauncherMainConfigPath,
+  resolveJellyfinSelectionViaApp,
+  pathExists: (candidate) => fs.existsSync(candidate),
+  ensureRuntimePluginReady: async ({ appPath, scriptPath, logLevel }) => {
+    await ensureLinuxRuntimePluginAvailable({
+      appPath,
+      scriptPath,
+      logLevel,
+    });
+  },
+  waitForUnixSocketReady,
+  launchMpvIdleDetached,
+  resolveLauncherRuntimePluginPath,
+  runAppCommandWithInheritLogged,
+  log,
+};
+
 export function sanitizeServerUrl(value: string): string {
  return value.trim().replace(/\/+$/, '');
 }
@@ -974,7 +1019,17 @@ export async function runJellyfinPlayMenu(
  scriptPath: string,
  mpvSocketPath: string,
 ): Promise<never> {
-  const config = loadLauncherJellyfinConfig();
+  return runJellyfinPlayMenuWithDeps(appPath, args, scriptPath, mpvSocketPath);
+}
+
+export async function runJellyfinPlayMenuWithDeps(
+  appPath: string,
+  args: Args,
+  scriptPath: string,
+  mpvSocketPath: string,
+  deps: JellyfinPlayMenuDeps = defaultJellyfinPlayMenuDeps,
+): Promise<never> {
+  const config = deps.loadLauncherJellyfinConfig();
  const envAccessToken = (process.env.SUBMINER_JELLYFIN_ACCESS_TOKEN || '').trim();
  const envUserId = (process.env.SUBMINER_JELLYFIN_USER_ID || '').trim();
  const session: JellyfinSessionConfig = {
@@ -986,58 +1041,71 @@ export async function runJellyfinPlayMenu(
    iconCacheDir: config.iconCacheDir || '',
  };

-  const rofiTheme = args.useRofi ? findRofiTheme(scriptPath) : null;
+  const rofiTheme = args.useRofi ? deps.findRofiTheme(scriptPath) : null;
  if (args.useRofi && !rofiTheme) {
-    log('warn', args.logLevel, 'Rofi theme not found for Jellyfin picker; using rofi defaults.');
+    deps.log(
+      'warn',
+      args.logLevel,
+      'Rofi theme not found for Jellyfin picker; using rofi defaults.',
+    );
  }

  const hasDirectSession = Boolean(session.serverUrl && session.accessToken && session.userId);
  let itemId = '';
  if (hasDirectSession) {
-    itemId = await resolveJellyfinSelection(args, session, rofiTheme);
+    itemId = await deps.resolveJellyfinSelection(args, session, rofiTheme);
  } else {
-    const configPath = resolveLauncherMainConfigPath();
-    if (!hasStoredJellyfinSession(configPath)) {
+    const configPath = deps.resolveLauncherMainConfigPath();
+    if (!deps.hasStoredJellyfinSession(configPath)) {
      fail(
        'Missing Jellyfin session. Run `subminer jellyfin -l --server <url> --username <user> --password <pass>` first.',
      );
    }
-    const previewAuth = await requestJellyfinPreviewAuthFromApp(appPath, args);
+    const previewAuth = await deps.requestJellyfinPreviewAuthFromApp(appPath, args);
    if (previewAuth) {
      session.serverUrl = previewAuth.serverUrl || session.serverUrl;
      session.accessToken = previewAuth.accessToken;
      session.userId = previewAuth.userId || session.userId;
-      log('debug', args.logLevel, 'Jellyfin preview auth bridge ready for picker image previews.');
+      deps.log(
+        'debug',
+        args.logLevel,
+        'Jellyfin preview auth bridge ready for picker image previews.',
+      );
    } else {
-      log(
+      deps.log(
        'debug',
        args.logLevel,
        'Jellyfin preview auth bridge unavailable; picker image previews may be disabled.',
      );
    }
-    itemId = await resolveJellyfinSelectionViaApp(appPath, args, session, rofiTheme);
+    itemId = await deps.resolveJellyfinSelectionViaApp(appPath, args, session, rofiTheme);
  }
-  log('debug', args.logLevel, `Jellyfin selection resolved: itemId=${itemId}`);
-  log('debug', args.logLevel, `Ensuring MPV IPC socket is ready: ${mpvSocketPath}`);
+  deps.log('debug', args.logLevel, `Jellyfin selection resolved: itemId=${itemId}`);
+  deps.log('debug', args.logLevel, `Ensuring MPV IPC socket is ready: ${mpvSocketPath}`);
  let mpvReady = false;
-  if (fs.existsSync(mpvSocketPath)) {
-    mpvReady = await waitForUnixSocketReady(mpvSocketPath, 250);
+  if (deps.pathExists(mpvSocketPath)) {
+    mpvReady = await deps.waitForUnixSocketReady(mpvSocketPath, 250);
  }
  if (!mpvReady) {
-    await launchMpvIdleDetached(
+    await deps.ensureRuntimePluginReady({ appPath, scriptPath, logLevel: args.logLevel });
+    await deps.launchMpvIdleDetached(
      mpvSocketPath,
      appPath,
      args,
-      resolveLauncherRuntimePluginPath({ appPath, scriptPath }),
+      deps.resolveLauncherRuntimePluginPath({ appPath, scriptPath }),
    );
-    mpvReady = await waitForUnixSocketReady(mpvSocketPath, 8000);
+    mpvReady = await deps.waitForUnixSocketReady(mpvSocketPath, 8000);
  }
-  log('debug', args.logLevel, `MPV socket ready check result: ${mpvReady ? 'ready' : 'not ready'}`);
+  deps.log(
+    'debug',
+    args.logLevel,
+    `MPV socket ready check result: ${mpvReady ? 'ready' : 'not ready'}`,
+  );
  if (!mpvReady) {
    fail(`MPV IPC socket not ready: ${mpvSocketPath}`);
  }
  const forwarded = ['--start', '--jellyfin-play', `--jellyfin-item-id=${itemId}`];
  if (shouldForwardLogLevel(args.logLevel)) forwarded.push('--log-level', args.logLevel);
  if (args.passwordStore) forwarded.push('--password-store', args.passwordStore);
-  runAppCommandWithInheritLogged(appPath, forwarded, args.logLevel, 'jellyfin-play');
+  deps.runAppCommandWithInheritLogged(appPath, forwarded, args.logLevel, 'jellyfin-play');
 }
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ import test from 'node:test';
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
 import path from 'node:path';
 import { getDefaultLauncherLogFile, getDefaultMpvLogFile } from './types.js';
+import { localDateKey } from '../src/shared/log-files.js';

 test('getDefaultMpvLogFile uses APPDATA on windows', () => {
-  const today = new Date().toISOString().slice(0, 10);
+  const today = localDateKey(new Date());
  const resolved = getDefaultMpvLogFile({
    platform: 'win32',
    homeDir: 'C:\\Users\\tester',
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ test('getDefaultMpvLogFile uses APPDATA on windows', () => {
 });

 test('getDefaultLauncherLogFile uses launcher prefix', () => {
-  const today = new Date().toISOString().slice(0, 10);
+  const today = localDateKey(new Date());
  const resolved = getDefaultLauncherLogFile({
    platform: 'linux',
    homeDir: '/home/tester',
@@ -65,11 +65,36 @@ function makeTestEnv(homeDir: string, xdgConfigHome: string): NodeJS.ProcessEnv
    APPDATA: xdgConfigHome,
    LOCALAPPDATA: path.join(homeDir, 'AppData', 'Local'),
    XDG_CONFIG_HOME: xdgConfigHome,
+    // Pin the data dir under the temp home so the Linux runtime-plugin preflight
+    // resolves managed asset paths deterministically (not the CI runner's).
+    XDG_DATA_HOME: path.join(homeDir, '.local', 'share'),
    PATH: pathValue,
    Path: pathValue,
  };
 }

+// On Linux the playback path runs `ensureLinuxRuntimePluginAvailable`, which —
+// when the runtime plugin/theme are missing — spawns the app with
+// `--ensure-linux-runtime-plugin-assets` and polls up to 30s
+// (RESPONSE_TIMEOUT_MS) for an install response. A fake app that just exits
+// never writes that response, so the launcher hangs and the test times out on
+// Linux CI (the preflight is a no-op on macOS/Windows). This shell prelude makes
+// the fake app install the managed plugin/theme and write the response, matching
+// launcher/smoke.e2e.test.ts. Prepend it to each fake app that reaches playback.
+const RUNTIME_PLUGIN_PREFLIGHT_SH = `if [ "$1" = "--ensure-linux-runtime-plugin-assets" ]; then
+  data="\${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/SubMiner"
+  mkdir -p "$data/plugin/subminer" "$data/themes"
+  printf -- '-- test plugin\\n' > "$data/plugin/subminer/main.lua"
+  printf 'test=true\\n' > "$data/plugin/subminer.conf"
+  printf '/* test theme */\\n' > "$data/themes/subminer.rasi"
+  if [ "$2" = "--ensure-linux-runtime-plugin-assets-response-path" ] && [ -n "$3" ]; then
+    mkdir -p "$(dirname "$3")"
+    printf '{"ok":true,"status":"installed","path":"%s"}' "$data/plugin/subminer/main.lua" > "$3"
+  fi
+  exit 0
+fi
+`;
+
 test('config path uses XDG_CONFIG_HOME override', () => {
  withTempDir((root) => {
    const xdgConfigHome = path.join(root, 'xdg');
@@ -237,7 +262,7 @@ test('doctor refresh-known-words forwards app refresh command without requiring
    const capturePath = path.join(root, 'captured-args.txt');
    fs.writeFileSync(
      appPath,
-      '#!/bin/sh\nif [ -n "$SUBMINER_TEST_CAPTURE" ]; then printf "%s\\n" "$@" > "$SUBMINER_TEST_CAPTURE"; fi\nexit 0\n',
+      `#!/bin/sh\n${RUNTIME_PLUGIN_PREFLIGHT_SH}if [ -n "$SUBMINER_TEST_CAPTURE" ]; then printf "%s\\n" "$@" > "$SUBMINER_TEST_CAPTURE"; fi\nexit 0\n`,
    );
    fs.chmodSync(appPath, 0o755);

@@ -264,7 +289,7 @@ test('launcher settings option forwards app settings window command', () => {
    const capturePath = path.join(root, 'captured-args.txt');
    fs.writeFileSync(
      appPath,
-      '#!/bin/sh\nif [ -n "$SUBMINER_TEST_CAPTURE" ]; then printf "%s\\n" "$@" > "$SUBMINER_TEST_CAPTURE"; fi\nexit 0\n',
+      `#!/bin/sh\n${RUNTIME_PLUGIN_PREFLIGHT_SH}if [ -n "$SUBMINER_TEST_CAPTURE" ]; then printf "%s\\n" "$@" > "$SUBMINER_TEST_CAPTURE"; fi\nexit 0\n`,
    );
    fs.chmodSync(appPath, 0o755);

@@ -288,7 +313,7 @@ test('launcher settings command forwards app settings window command', () => {
    const capturePath = path.join(root, 'captured-args.txt');
    fs.writeFileSync(
      appPath,
-      '#!/bin/sh\nif [ -n "$SUBMINER_TEST_CAPTURE" ]; then printf "%s\\n" "$@" > "$SUBMINER_TEST_CAPTURE"; fi\nexit 0\n',
+      `#!/bin/sh\n${RUNTIME_PLUGIN_PREFLIGHT_SH}if [ -n "$SUBMINER_TEST_CAPTURE" ]; then printf "%s\\n" "$@" > "$SUBMINER_TEST_CAPTURE"; fi\nexit 0\n`,
    );
    fs.chmodSync(appPath, 0o755);

@@ -369,7 +394,7 @@ test('launcher forwards --args to mpv as parsed tokens', { timeout: 15000 }, ()
        },
      }),
    );
-    fs.writeFileSync(appPath, '#!/bin/sh\nexit 0\n');
+    fs.writeFileSync(appPath, `#!/bin/sh\n${RUNTIME_PLUGIN_PREFLIGHT_SH}exit 0\n`);
    fs.chmodSync(appPath, 0o755);

    fs.writeFileSync(
@@ -460,7 +485,7 @@ test('launcher forwards non-info log level into mpv logging args', { timeout: 15
        },
      }),
    );
-    fs.writeFileSync(appPath, '#!/bin/sh\nexit 0\n');
+    fs.writeFileSync(appPath, `#!/bin/sh\n${RUNTIME_PLUGIN_PREFLIGHT_SH}exit 0\n`);
    fs.chmodSync(appPath, 0o755);

    fs.writeFileSync(
@@ -539,7 +564,7 @@ test('launcher routes youtube urls through regular playback startup', { timeout:
    );
    fs.writeFileSync(
      appPath,
-      '#!/bin/sh\nif [ -n "$SUBMINER_TEST_CAPTURE" ]; then printf "%s\\n" "$@" > "$SUBMINER_TEST_CAPTURE"; fi\nexit 0\n',
+      `#!/bin/sh\n${RUNTIME_PLUGIN_PREFLIGHT_SH}if [ -n "$SUBMINER_TEST_CAPTURE" ]; then printf "%s\\n" "$@" > "$SUBMINER_TEST_CAPTURE"; fi\nexit 0\n`,
    );
    fs.chmodSync(appPath, 0o755);

@@ -566,17 +591,22 @@ ${bunBinary} -e "const net=require('node:net'); const fs=require('node:fs'); con
    fs.chmodSync(path.join(binDir, 'yt-dlp'), 0o755);
    fs.chmodSync(path.join(binDir, 'ffmpeg'), 0o755);

+    // Note: no SUBMINER_TEST_CAPTURE here. When set, the launcher intercepts
+    // *every* app command — including the Linux runtime-plugin preflight's
+    // `--ensure-linux-runtime-plugin-assets` install — and returns without
+    // running the fake app, so the preflight would poll 30s for a response that
+    // never arrives and time out. This test asserts on the mpv args, not on
+    // captured app args, so capture isn't needed.
    const env = {
      ...makeTestEnv(homeDir, xdgConfigHome),
      PATH: `${binDir}${path.delimiter}${process.env.Path || process.env.PATH || ''}`,
      Path: `${binDir}${path.delimiter}${process.env.Path || process.env.PATH || ''}`,
-      DISPLAY: ':99',
-      XDG_SESSION_TYPE: 'x11',
      SUBMINER_APPIMAGE_PATH: appPath,
      SUBMINER_TEST_MPV_ARGS: mpvArgsPath,
-      SUBMINER_TEST_CAPTURE: path.join(root, 'captured-args.txt'),
    };
-    const result = runLauncher(['https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abc123'], env);
+    // Pass an explicit backend so overlay startup doesn't probe for a display
+    // (headless CI has none), matching launcher/smoke.e2e.test.ts.
+    const result = runLauncher(['--backend', 'x11', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abc123'], env);

    assert.equal(result.status, 0, `stdout:\n${result.stdout}\nstderr:\n${result.stderr}`);
    const forwardedArgs = fs
@@ -597,7 +627,7 @@ test('dictionary command forwards --dictionary and --dictionary-target to app co
    const capturePath = path.join(root, 'captured-args.txt');
    fs.writeFileSync(
      appPath,
-      '#!/bin/sh\nif [ -n "$SUBMINER_TEST_CAPTURE" ]; then printf "%s\\n" "$@" > "$SUBMINER_TEST_CAPTURE"; fi\nexit 0\n',
+      `#!/bin/sh\n${RUNTIME_PLUGIN_PREFLIGHT_SH}if [ -n "$SUBMINER_TEST_CAPTURE" ]; then printf "%s\\n" "$@" > "$SUBMINER_TEST_CAPTURE"; fi\nexit 0\n`,
    );
    fs.chmodSync(appPath, 0o755);

@@ -626,7 +656,7 @@ test('dictionary command forwards manual AniList selection modes to app command
    const capturePath = path.join(root, 'captured-args.txt');
    fs.writeFileSync(
      appPath,
-      '#!/bin/sh\nif [ -n "$SUBMINER_TEST_CAPTURE" ]; then printf "%s\\n" "$@" > "$SUBMINER_TEST_CAPTURE"; fi\nexit 0\n',
+      `#!/bin/sh\n${RUNTIME_PLUGIN_PREFLIGHT_SH}if [ -n "$SUBMINER_TEST_CAPTURE" ]; then printf "%s\\n" "$@" > "$SUBMINER_TEST_CAPTURE"; fi\nexit 0\n`,
    );
    fs.chmodSync(appPath, 0o755);

@@ -763,7 +793,7 @@ test('jellyfin discovery routes to app --background and remote announce with log
    const capturePath = path.join(root, 'captured-args.txt');
    fs.writeFileSync(
      appPath,
-      '#!/bin/sh\nif [ -n "$SUBMINER_TEST_CAPTURE" ]; then printf "%s\\n" "$@" > "$SUBMINER_TEST_CAPTURE"; fi\nexit 0\n',
+      `#!/bin/sh\n${RUNTIME_PLUGIN_PREFLIGHT_SH}if [ -n "$SUBMINER_TEST_CAPTURE" ]; then printf "%s\\n" "$@" > "$SUBMINER_TEST_CAPTURE"; fi\nexit 0\n`,
    );
    fs.chmodSync(appPath, 0o755);

@@ -790,7 +820,7 @@ test('jellyfin discovery via jf alias forwards remote announce for cast visibili
    const capturePath = path.join(root, 'captured-args.txt');
    fs.writeFileSync(
      appPath,
-      '#!/bin/sh\nif [ -n "$SUBMINER_TEST_CAPTURE" ]; then printf "%s\\n" "$@" > "$SUBMINER_TEST_CAPTURE"; fi\nexit 0\n',
+      `#!/bin/sh\n${RUNTIME_PLUGIN_PREFLIGHT_SH}if [ -n "$SUBMINER_TEST_CAPTURE" ]; then printf "%s\\n" "$@" > "$SUBMINER_TEST_CAPTURE"; fi\nexit 0\n`,
    );
    fs.chmodSync(appPath, 0o755);

@@ -817,7 +847,7 @@ test('jellyfin login routes credentials to app command', () => {
    const capturePath = path.join(root, 'captured-args.txt');
    fs.writeFileSync(
      appPath,
-      '#!/bin/sh\nif [ -n "$SUBMINER_TEST_CAPTURE" ]; then printf "%s\\n" "$@" > "$SUBMINER_TEST_CAPTURE"; fi\nexit 0\n',
+      `#!/bin/sh\n${RUNTIME_PLUGIN_PREFLIGHT_SH}if [ -n "$SUBMINER_TEST_CAPTURE" ]; then printf "%s\\n" "$@" > "$SUBMINER_TEST_CAPTURE"; fi\nexit 0\n`,
    );
    fs.chmodSync(appPath, 0o755);

@@ -856,7 +886,7 @@ test('jellyfin setup forwards password-store to app command', () => {
    const capturePath = path.join(root, 'captured-args.txt');
    fs.writeFileSync(
      appPath,
-      '#!/bin/sh\nif [ -n "$SUBMINER_TEST_CAPTURE" ]; then printf "%s\\n" "$@" > "$SUBMINER_TEST_CAPTURE"; fi\nexit 0\n',
+      `#!/bin/sh\n${RUNTIME_PLUGIN_PREFLIGHT_SH}if [ -n "$SUBMINER_TEST_CAPTURE" ]; then printf "%s\\n" "$@" > "$SUBMINER_TEST_CAPTURE"; fi\nexit 0\n`,
    );
    fs.chmodSync(appPath, 0o755);

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import { runDictionaryCommand } from './commands/dictionary-command.js';
 import { runLogsCommand } from './commands/logs-command.js';
 import { runStatsCommand } from './commands/stats-command.js';
 import { runJellyfinCommand } from './commands/jellyfin-command.js';
+import { runHistoryCommand } from './commands/history-command.js';
 import { runPlaybackCommand } from './commands/playback-command.js';
 import { runUpdateCommand } from './commands/update-command.js';

@@ -142,6 +143,16 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
    return;
  }

+  if (appContext.args.history) {
+    const selected = await runHistoryCommand(appContext);
+    if (!selected) {
+      log('info', args.logLevel, 'No watch history selection made, exiting');
+      return;
+    }
+    appContext.args.target = selected;
+    appContext.args.targetKind = 'file';
+  }
+
  await runPlaybackCommand(appContext);
 }

@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ import {
  runAppCommandCaptureOutput,
  resolveLauncherRuntimePluginPath,
  resolveLauncherRuntimePluginPlan,
-  shouldResolveAniSkipMetadataForLaunch,
-  shouldResolveAniSkipMetadata,
  stopOverlay,
  startOverlay,
  state,
@@ -387,32 +385,14 @@ test('buildRuntimeExtraScriptOptParts marks launcher-owned startup pause gate',
        autoStart: true,
        autoStartVisibleOverlay: true,
        autoStartPauseUntilReady: true,
+        osdMessages: false,
        texthookerEnabled: false,
-        aniskipEnabled: true,
-        aniskipButtonKey: 'TAB',
      },
    }),
    ['subminer-auto_start_pause_until_ready_owns_initial_pause=yes'],
  );
 });

-test('shouldResolveAniSkipMetadataForLaunch respects disabled runtime plugin AniSkip', () => {
-  assert.equal(
-    shouldResolveAniSkipMetadataForLaunch('/tmp/video.mkv', 'file', undefined, {
-      socketPath: '/tmp/subminer.sock',
-      binaryPath: '',
-      backend: 'auto',
-      autoStart: true,
-      autoStartVisibleOverlay: true,
-      autoStartPauseUntilReady: true,
-      texthookerEnabled: false,
-      aniskipEnabled: false,
-      aniskipButtonKey: 'TAB',
-    }),
-    false,
-  );
-});
-
 test('launchTexthookerOnly exits non-zero when app binary cannot be spawned', () => {
  const error = withProcessExitIntercept(() => {
    launchTexthookerOnly('/definitely-missing-subminer-binary', makeArgs());
@@ -565,20 +545,6 @@ test('waitForUnixSocketReady returns true when socket becomes connectable before
  }
 });

-test('shouldResolveAniSkipMetadata skips URL and YouTube-preloaded playback', () => {
-  assert.equal(shouldResolveAniSkipMetadata('/media/show.mkv', 'file'), true);
-  assert.equal(
-    shouldResolveAniSkipMetadata('https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=test123', 'url'),
-    false,
-  );
-  assert.equal(
-    shouldResolveAniSkipMetadata('/tmp/video123.webm', 'file', {
-      primaryPath: '/tmp/video123.ja.srt',
-    }),
-    false,
-  );
-});
-
 function makeArgs(overrides: Partial<Args> = {}): Args {
  return {
    backend: 'x11',
@@ -604,6 +570,7 @@ function makeArgs(overrides: Partial<Args> = {}): Args {
    texthookerOnly: false,
    texthookerOpenBrowser: false,
    useRofi: false,
+    history: false,
    logLevel: 'error',
    logRotation: 7,
    passwordStore: '',
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import {
  shouldForwardLogLevel,
 } from './types.js';
 import { appendToAppLog, getAppLogPath, log, fail, getMpvLogPath } from './log.js';
-import { buildSubminerScriptOpts, resolveAniSkipMetadataForFile } from './aniskip-metadata.js';
+import { buildSubminerScriptOpts } from './script-opts.js';
 import { buildPluginRuntimeScriptOptParts } from './config/plugin-runtime-config.js';
 import { nowMs } from './time.js';
 import {
@@ -823,20 +823,6 @@ export async function loadSubtitleIntoMpv(
  }
 }

-export function shouldResolveAniSkipMetadata(
-  target: string,
-  targetKind: 'file' | 'url',
-  preloadedSubtitles?: { primaryPath?: string; secondaryPath?: string },
-): boolean {
-  if (targetKind !== 'file') {
-    return false;
-  }
-  if (preloadedSubtitles?.primaryPath || preloadedSubtitles?.secondaryPath) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  return !isYoutubeTarget(target);
-}
-
 type StartMpvOptions = {
  startPaused?: boolean;
  disableYoutubeSubtitleAutoLoad?: boolean;
@@ -844,18 +830,6 @@ type StartMpvOptions = {
  runtimePluginConfig?: PluginRuntimeConfig;
 };

-export function shouldResolveAniSkipMetadataForLaunch(
-  target: string,
-  targetKind: 'file' | 'url',
-  preloadedSubtitles?: { primaryPath?: string; secondaryPath?: string },
-  runtimePluginConfig?: PluginRuntimeConfig,
-): boolean {
-  if (runtimePluginConfig?.aniskipEnabled === false) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  return shouldResolveAniSkipMetadata(target, targetKind, preloadedSubtitles);
-}
-
 export function buildRuntimeExtraScriptOptParts(
  target: string,
  targetKind: 'file' | 'url',
@@ -946,29 +920,14 @@ export async function startMpv(
  if (options?.startPaused) {
    mpvArgs.push('--pause=yes');
  }
-  const aniSkipMetadata = shouldResolveAniSkipMetadataForLaunch(
-    target,
-    targetKind,
-    preloadedSubtitles,
-    options?.runtimePluginConfig,
-  )
-    ? await resolveAniSkipMetadataForFile(target)
-    : null;
  const extraScriptOpts = buildRuntimeExtraScriptOptParts(target, targetKind, options);
  const runtimeScriptOpts = options?.runtimePluginConfig
    ? buildPluginRuntimeScriptOptParts(options.runtimePluginConfig, appPath)
    : [`subminer-binary_path=${appPath}`, `subminer-socket_path=${socketPath}`];
-  const scriptOpts = buildSubminerScriptOpts(appPath, socketPath, aniSkipMetadata, args.logLevel, [
+  const scriptOpts = buildSubminerScriptOpts(appPath, socketPath, [
    ...runtimeScriptOpts,
    ...extraScriptOpts,
  ]);
-  if (aniSkipMetadata) {
-    log(
-      'debug',
-      args.logLevel,
-      `AniSkip metadata (${aniSkipMetadata.source}): title="${aniSkipMetadata.title}" season=${aniSkipMetadata.season ?? '-'} episode=${aniSkipMetadata.episode ?? '-'}`,
-    );
-  }
  mpvArgs.push(`--script-opts=${scriptOpts}`);
  mpvArgs.push(...buildMpvLoggingArgs(args.logLevel, getMpvLogPath(), mpvArgs));

@@ -1701,13 +1660,7 @@ export function launchMpvIdleDetached(
      ? buildPluginRuntimeScriptOptParts(runtimePluginConfig, appPath)
      : [`subminer-binary_path=${appPath}`, `subminer-socket_path=${socketPath}`];
    mpvArgs.push(
-      `--script-opts=${buildSubminerScriptOpts(
-        appPath,
-        socketPath,
-        null,
-        args.logLevel,
-        runtimeScriptOpts,
-      )}`,
+      `--script-opts=${buildSubminerScriptOpts(appPath, socketPath, runtimeScriptOpts)}`,
    );
    mpvArgs.push(...buildMpvLoggingArgs(args.logLevel, getMpvLogPath(), mpvArgs));
    mpvArgs.push(`--input-ipc-server=${socketPath}`);
@@ -42,6 +42,19 @@ test('parseArgs maps root settings window option', () => {
  assert.equal(parsed.settings, true);
 });

+test('parseArgs maps root watch history flags', () => {
+  const shortParsed = parseArgs(['-H'], 'subminer', {});
+  const longParsed = parseArgs(['--history'], 'subminer', {});
+  const rofiParsed = parseArgs(['-R', '-H'], 'subminer', {});
+  const defaultParsed = parseArgs([], 'subminer', {});
+
+  assert.equal(shortParsed.history, true);
+  assert.equal(longParsed.history, true);
+  assert.equal(rofiParsed.history, true);
+  assert.equal(rofiParsed.useRofi, true);
+  assert.equal(defaultParsed.history, false);
+});
+
 test('parseArgs maps root update flags without conflicting with jellyfin username', () => {
  const shortParsed = parseArgs(['-u'], 'subminer', {});
  const longParsed = parseArgs(['--update'], 'subminer', {});
@@ -0,0 +1,259 @@
+import test from 'node:test';
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import fs from 'node:fs';
+import {
+  ensureLinuxRuntimePluginAvailable,
+  installManagedPluginAssetsViaApp,
+} from './runtime-plugin-preflight';
+
+test('ensureLinuxRuntimePluginAvailable is a no-op on non-Linux platforms', async () => {
+  const calls: string[] = [];
+
+  await ensureLinuxRuntimePluginAvailable({
+    platform: 'darwin',
+    detectInstalledPlugin: () => {
+      calls.push('detect');
+      return false;
+    },
+    resolveRuntimePluginPath: () => {
+      calls.push('resolve');
+      return null;
+    },
+    installManagedPluginAssets: async () => {
+      calls.push('install');
+      return { ok: true, status: 'installed', path: '/tmp/plugin/main.lua' };
+    },
+    log: () => {
+      calls.push('log');
+    },
+  });
+
+  assert.deepEqual(calls, []);
+});
+
+test('ensureLinuxRuntimePluginAvailable skips install when installed global plugin and managed theme exist', async () => {
+  const calls: string[] = [];
+
+  await ensureLinuxRuntimePluginAvailable({
+    platform: 'linux',
+    detectInstalledPlugin: () => {
+      calls.push('detect');
+      return true;
+    },
+    resolveRuntimePluginPath: () => {
+      calls.push('resolve');
+      return null;
+    },
+    installManagedPluginAssets: async () => {
+      calls.push('install');
+      return { ok: true, status: 'installed', path: '/tmp/plugin/main.lua' };
+    },
+    isManagedThemeAvailable: () => {
+      calls.push('theme');
+      return true;
+    },
+    log: () => {},
+  });
+
+  assert.deepEqual(calls, ['detect', 'theme']);
+});
+
+test('ensureLinuxRuntimePluginAvailable skips install when managed runtime path and theme already resolve', async () => {
+  const calls: string[] = [];
+
+  await ensureLinuxRuntimePluginAvailable({
+    platform: 'linux',
+    xdgDataHome: '/tmp/xdg-data',
+    detectInstalledPlugin: () => {
+      calls.push('detect');
+      return false;
+    },
+    resolveRuntimePluginPath: () => {
+      calls.push('resolve');
+      return '/tmp/plugin/main.lua';
+    },
+    installManagedPluginAssets: async () => {
+      calls.push('install');
+      return { ok: true, status: 'installed', path: '/tmp/plugin/main.lua' };
+    },
+    isManagedThemeAvailable: () => {
+      calls.push('theme');
+      return true;
+    },
+    log: () => {},
+  });
+
+  assert.deepEqual(calls, ['detect', 'resolve', 'theme']);
+});
+
+test('ensureLinuxRuntimePluginAvailable installs managed assets when rofi theme is missing', async () => {
+  const calls: string[] = [];
+
+  await ensureLinuxRuntimePluginAvailable({
+    platform: 'linux',
+    xdgDataHome: '/tmp/xdg-data',
+    detectInstalledPlugin: () => {
+      calls.push('detect');
+      return false;
+    },
+    resolveRuntimePluginPath: () => {
+      calls.push('resolve');
+      return '/tmp/plugin/main.lua';
+    },
+    isManagedThemeAvailable: () => {
+      calls.push('theme');
+      return false;
+    },
+    installManagedPluginAssets: async () => {
+      calls.push('install');
+      return { ok: true, status: 'installed', path: '/tmp/plugin/main.lua' };
+    },
+    log: (level, _configured, message) => {
+      calls.push(`${level}:${message}`);
+    },
+  });
+
+  assert.deepEqual(calls, [
+    'detect',
+    'resolve',
+    'theme',
+    'info:Linux runtime support assets missing; installing managed plugin/theme assets.',
+    'install',
+    'info:Managed Linux runtime support assets installed: plugin=/tmp/plugin/main.lua theme=/tmp/xdg-data/SubMiner/themes/subminer.rasi',
+    'resolve',
+  ]);
+});
+
+test('ensureLinuxRuntimePluginAvailable installs managed assets and re-resolves plugin path', async () => {
+  const calls: string[] = [];
+  let resolveCount = 0;
+
+  await ensureLinuxRuntimePluginAvailable({
+    platform: 'linux',
+    xdgDataHome: '/tmp/xdg-data',
+    detectInstalledPlugin: () => false,
+    resolveRuntimePluginPath: () => {
+      resolveCount += 1;
+      calls.push(`resolve:${resolveCount}`);
+      return resolveCount === 1 ? null : '/tmp/plugin/main.lua';
+    },
+    installManagedPluginAssets: async () => {
+      calls.push('install');
+      return { ok: true, status: 'installed', path: '/tmp/plugin/main.lua' };
+    },
+    log: (level, _configured, message) => {
+      calls.push(`${level}:${message}`);
+    },
+  });
+
+  assert.deepEqual(calls, [
+    'resolve:1',
+    'info:Linux runtime support assets missing; installing managed plugin/theme assets.',
+    'install',
+    'info:Managed Linux runtime support assets installed: plugin=/tmp/plugin/main.lua theme=/tmp/xdg-data/SubMiner/themes/subminer.rasi',
+    'resolve:2',
+  ]);
+});
+
+test('ensureLinuxRuntimePluginAvailable fails when install result is not ok', async () => {
+  await assert.rejects(
+    () =>
+      ensureLinuxRuntimePluginAvailable({
+        platform: 'linux',
+        detectInstalledPlugin: () => false,
+        resolveRuntimePluginPath: () => null,
+        installManagedPluginAssets: async () => ({
+          ok: false,
+          status: 'failed',
+          error: 'copy failed',
+        }),
+        log: () => {},
+      }),
+    /copy failed/,
+  );
+});
+
+test('ensureLinuxRuntimePluginAvailable fails when runtime path remains unresolved after install', async () => {
+  await assert.rejects(
+    () =>
+      ensureLinuxRuntimePluginAvailable({
+        platform: 'linux',
+        detectInstalledPlugin: () => false,
+        resolveRuntimePluginPath: () => null,
+        installManagedPluginAssets: async () => ({
+          ok: true,
+          status: 'installed',
+          path: '/tmp/plugin/main.lua',
+        }),
+        log: () => {},
+      }),
+    /managed runtime plugin assets could not be installed/i,
+  );
+});
+
+test('installManagedPluginAssetsViaApp returns launch errors without waiting for a response file', async () => {
+  let waited = false;
+
+  const result = await installManagedPluginAssetsViaApp(
+    {
+      appPath: '/opt/SubMiner/subminer',
+    },
+    {
+      runAppCommandCaptureOutput: () => ({
+        status: 1,
+        stdout: '',
+        stderr: '',
+        error: new Error('spawn failed'),
+      }),
+      waitForInstallResponse: async () => {
+        waited = true;
+        return null;
+      },
+    },
+  );
+
+  assert.deepEqual(result, {
+    ok: false,
+    status: 'failed',
+    error: 'spawn failed',
+  });
+  assert.equal(waited, false);
+});
+
+test('installManagedPluginAssetsViaApp does not let temp cleanup errors mask install result', async () => {
+  const originalRmSync = fs.rmSync;
+  fs.rmSync = ((targetPath, options) => {
+    if (String(targetPath).includes('subminer-runtime-plugin-')) {
+      throw new Error('cleanup failed');
+    }
+    return originalRmSync(targetPath, options);
+  }) as typeof fs.rmSync;
+
+  try {
+    const result = await installManagedPluginAssetsViaApp(
+      {
+        appPath: '/opt/SubMiner/subminer',
+      },
+      {
+        runAppCommandCaptureOutput: () => ({
+          status: 0,
+          stdout: '',
+          stderr: '',
+        }),
+        waitForInstallResponse: async () => ({
+          ok: true,
+          status: 'installed',
+          path: '/tmp/plugin/main.lua',
+        }),
+      },
+    );
+
+    assert.deepEqual(result, {
+      ok: true,
+      status: 'installed',
+      path: '/tmp/plugin/main.lua',
+    });
+  } finally {
+    fs.rmSync = originalRmSync;
+  }
+});
@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
+import fs from 'node:fs';
+import os from 'node:os';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import { log as launcherLog } from './log.js';
+import { runAppCommandCaptureOutput, resolveLauncherRuntimePluginPath } from './mpv.js';
+import { nowMs } from './time.js';
+import { sleep } from './util.js';
+import { detectInstalledMpvPlugin } from '../src/main/runtime/first-run-setup-plugin.js';
+import {
+  resolveManagedLinuxRuntimePluginPaths,
+  type EnsureLinuxRuntimePluginAssetsResult,
+} from '../src/main/runtime/linux-runtime-plugin-assets.js';
+
+const RESPONSE_TIMEOUT_MS = 30_000;
+
+type PreflightLog = (
+  level: 'debug' | 'info' | 'warn' | 'error',
+  configured: 'debug' | 'info' | 'warn' | 'error',
+  message: string,
+) => void;
+
+type EnsureLinuxRuntimePluginAvailableOptions = {
+  appPath?: string;
+  scriptPath?: string;
+  logLevel?: 'debug' | 'info' | 'warn' | 'error';
+  platform?: NodeJS.Platform;
+  homeDir?: string;
+  xdgConfigHome?: string;
+  xdgDataHome?: string;
+  appDataDir?: string;
+  detectInstalledPlugin?: () => boolean;
+  resolveRuntimePluginPath?: () => string | null;
+  isManagedThemeAvailable?: () => boolean;
+  installManagedPluginAssets?: () => Promise<EnsureLinuxRuntimePluginAssetsResult>;
+  log?: PreflightLog;
+};
+
+type RuntimePluginPreflightResponse = {
+  ok: boolean;
+  status: 'installed' | 'already-present' | 'failed';
+  path?: string;
+  error?: string;
+};
+
+function resolveConfiguredLogLevel(
+  logLevel: EnsureLinuxRuntimePluginAvailableOptions['logLevel'],
+): 'debug' | 'info' | 'warn' | 'error' {
+  return logLevel ?? 'warn';
+}
+
+async function waitForInstallResponse(
+  responsePath: string,
+): Promise<RuntimePluginPreflightResponse | null> {
+  const deadline = nowMs() + RESPONSE_TIMEOUT_MS;
+  while (nowMs() < deadline) {
+    try {
+      if (fs.existsSync(responsePath)) {
+        return JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(responsePath, 'utf8')) as RuntimePluginPreflightResponse;
+      }
+    } catch {
+      // retry until timeout
+    }
+    await sleep(100);
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+type InstallManagedPluginAssetsViaAppDeps = {
+  runAppCommandCaptureOutput?: typeof runAppCommandCaptureOutput;
+  waitForInstallResponse?: typeof waitForInstallResponse;
+};
+
+export async function installManagedPluginAssetsViaApp(
+  options: {
+    appPath: string;
+    logLevel?: 'debug' | 'info' | 'warn' | 'error';
+  },
+  deps: InstallManagedPluginAssetsViaAppDeps = {},
+): Promise<EnsureLinuxRuntimePluginAssetsResult> {
+  const tempDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'subminer-runtime-plugin-'));
+  const responsePath = path.join(tempDir, 'response.json');
+  const runAppCommand = deps.runAppCommandCaptureOutput ?? runAppCommandCaptureOutput;
+  const waitForResponse = deps.waitForInstallResponse ?? waitForInstallResponse;
+  try {
+    const appArgs = [
+      '--ensure-linux-runtime-plugin-assets',
+      '--ensure-linux-runtime-plugin-assets-response-path',
+      responsePath,
+    ];
+    const result = runAppCommand(options.appPath, appArgs);
+    if (result.error) {
+      return {
+        ok: false,
+        status: 'failed',
+        error: result.error.message,
+      };
+    }
+    if (result.status !== 0) {
+      const stderr = result.stderr.trim();
+      const stdout = result.stdout.trim();
+      return {
+        ok: false,
+        status: 'failed',
+        error:
+          stderr ||
+          stdout ||
+          `Linux runtime plugin asset install command exited with status ${result.status}.`,
+      };
+    }
+    const response = await waitForResponse(responsePath);
+    if (response) {
+      return response;
+    }
+    const stderr = result.stderr.trim();
+    const stdout = result.stdout.trim();
+    return {
+      ok: false,
+      status: 'failed',
+      error:
+        stderr ||
+        stdout ||
+        `Timed out waiting for Linux runtime plugin asset response after app exit status ${result.status}.`,
+    };
+  } finally {
+    try {
+      fs.rmSync(tempDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    } catch {
+      // Avoid hiding the install failure or success result behind temp cleanup errors.
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export async function ensureLinuxRuntimePluginAvailable(
+  options: EnsureLinuxRuntimePluginAvailableOptions,
+): Promise<void> {
+  const platform = options.platform ?? process.platform;
+  if (platform !== 'linux') {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const configuredLogLevel = resolveConfiguredLogLevel(options.logLevel);
+  const log = options.log ?? launcherLog;
+  const homeDir = options.homeDir ?? os.homedir();
+  const detectInstalledPlugin =
+    options.detectInstalledPlugin ??
+    (() =>
+      detectInstalledMpvPlugin({
+        platform,
+        homeDir,
+        xdgConfigHome: options.xdgConfigHome ?? process.env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME,
+        appDataDir: options.appDataDir ?? process.env.APPDATA,
+      }).installed);
+  const installedPluginAvailable = detectInstalledPlugin();
+  const managedPaths = resolveManagedLinuxRuntimePluginPaths({
+    homeDir,
+    xdgDataHome: options.xdgDataHome ?? process.env.XDG_DATA_HOME,
+  });
+
+  const resolveRuntimePluginPath =
+    options.resolveRuntimePluginPath ??
+    (() => {
+      if (!options.appPath) return null;
+      return resolveLauncherRuntimePluginPath({
+        appPath: options.appPath,
+        scriptPath: options.scriptPath,
+        platform,
+        homeDir,
+        env: process.env,
+      });
+    });
+  const isManagedThemeAvailable =
+    options.isManagedThemeAvailable ?? (() => fs.existsSync(managedPaths.themePath));
+  const runtimePluginAvailable = installedPluginAvailable || Boolean(resolveRuntimePluginPath());
+  if (runtimePluginAvailable && isManagedThemeAvailable()) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  log(
+    'info',
+    configuredLogLevel,
+    'Linux runtime support assets missing; installing managed plugin/theme assets.',
+  );
+  const installManagedPluginAssets =
+    options.installManagedPluginAssets ??
+    (() => {
+      if (!options.appPath) {
+        throw new Error(
+          'Linux managed runtime plugin assets could not be installed. Launch aborted before starting mpv.',
+        );
+      }
+      return installManagedPluginAssetsViaApp({
+        appPath: options.appPath,
+        logLevel: options.logLevel,
+      });
+    });
+  const installResult = await installManagedPluginAssets();
+  if (!installResult.ok) {
+    const message = installResult.error || 'Unknown Linux runtime plugin asset install failure.';
+    log(
+      'warn',
+      configuredLogLevel,
+      `Managed Linux runtime support asset install failed: ${message}`,
+    );
+    throw new Error(message);
+  }
+
+  log(
+    'info',
+    configuredLogLevel,
+    `Managed Linux runtime support assets installed: plugin=${installResult.path ?? 'unknown path'} theme=${managedPaths.themePath}`,
+  );
+  const runtimePluginPath = resolveRuntimePluginPath();
+  if (runtimePluginPath) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const message =
+    `Linux managed runtime plugin assets could not be installed. ` +
+    `Checked path: ${managedPaths.pluginEntrypointPath}. ` +
+    'Launch aborted before starting mpv.';
+  log('warn', configuredLogLevel, message);
+  throw new Error(message);
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import test from 'node:test';
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import { buildSubminerScriptOpts } from './script-opts';
+
+test('buildSubminerScriptOpts preserves app and socket paths verbatim', () => {
+  const scriptOpts = buildSubminerScriptOpts(
+    '/Applications/SubMiner  Beta.app/Contents/MacOS/SubMiner',
+    '/tmp/subminer  socket.sock',
+    ['subminer-backend=x11'],
+  );
+
+  assert.equal(
+    scriptOpts,
+    'subminer-binary_path=/Applications/SubMiner  Beta.app/Contents/MacOS/SubMiner,subminer-socket_path=/tmp/subminer  socket.sock,subminer-backend=x11',
+  );
+});
+
+test('buildSubminerScriptOpts rejects delimiter-bearing default paths', () => {
+  assert.throws(
+    () => buildSubminerScriptOpts('/tmp/SubMiner,canary', '/tmp/subminer.sock'),
+    /subminer-binary_path contains unsupported script option delimiter/,
+  );
+  assert.throws(
+    () => buildSubminerScriptOpts('/tmp/SubMiner', '/tmp/subminer\nsocket.sock'),
+    /subminer-socket_path contains unsupported script option delimiter/,
+  );
+});
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+function sanitizeScriptOptValue(value: string): string {
+  return value
+    .replace(/,/g, ' ')
+    .replace(/[\r\n]/g, ' ')
+    .replace(/\s+/g, ' ')
+    .trim();
+}
+
+function assertScriptOptPathValue(name: string, value: string): void {
+  if (/[,\r\n]/.test(value)) {
+    throw new Error(`${name} contains unsupported script option delimiter`);
+  }
+}
+
+export function buildSubminerScriptOpts(
+  appPath: string,
+  socketPath: string,
+  extraParts: string[] = [],
+): string {
+  const hasBinaryPath = extraParts.some((part) => part.startsWith('subminer-binary_path='));
+  const hasSocketPath = extraParts.some((part) => part.startsWith('subminer-socket_path='));
+  if (!hasBinaryPath) {
+    assertScriptOptPathValue('subminer-binary_path', appPath);
+  }
+  if (!hasSocketPath) {
+    assertScriptOptPathValue('subminer-socket_path', socketPath);
+  }
+  const parts = [
+    ...(hasBinaryPath ? [] : [`subminer-binary_path=${appPath}`]),
+    ...(hasSocketPath ? [] : [`subminer-socket_path=${socketPath}`]),
+    ...extraParts.map(sanitizeScriptOptValue),
+  ];
+  return parts.join(',');
+}
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ type SmokeCase = {
  artifactsDir: string;
  binDir: string;
  xdgConfigHome: string;
+  xdgDataHome: string;
  appDataDir: string;
  localAppDataDir: string;
  homeDir: string;
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ function createSmokeCase(name: string): SmokeCase {
  const artifactsDir = path.join(root, 'artifacts');
  const binDir = path.join(root, 'bin');
  const xdgConfigHome = path.join(root, 'xdg');
+  const xdgDataHome = path.join(root, 'xdg-data');
  const appDataDir = path.join(root, 'AppData', 'Roaming');
  const localAppDataDir = path.join(root, 'AppData', 'Local');
  const homeDir = path.join(root, 'home');
@@ -135,6 +137,7 @@ process.on('SIGTERM', closeAndExit);
    fakeAppBasePath,
    `#!/usr/bin/env bun
 const fs = require('node:fs');
+const path = require('node:path');

 const logPath = ${JSON.stringify(fakeAppLogPath)};
 const startPath = ${JSON.stringify(fakeAppStartLogPath)};
@@ -154,6 +157,25 @@ if (entry.argv.includes('--stop')) {
 if (entry.argv.includes('--app-ping')) {
  process.exit(process.env.SUBMINER_FAKE_APP_RUNNING === '1' ? 0 : 1);
 }
+if (entry.argv.includes('--ensure-linux-runtime-plugin-assets')) {
+  const responseFlagIndex = entry.argv.indexOf('--ensure-linux-runtime-plugin-assets-response-path');
+  const responsePath = responseFlagIndex >= 0 ? entry.argv[responseFlagIndex + 1] : '';
+  const xdgDataHome = process.env.XDG_DATA_HOME || path.join(process.env.HOME || '', '.local', 'share');
+  const dataDir = path.join(xdgDataHome, 'SubMiner');
+  const pluginDir = path.join(dataDir, 'plugin', 'subminer');
+  const pluginConfigPath = path.join(dataDir, 'plugin', 'subminer.conf');
+  const themePath = path.join(dataDir, 'themes', 'subminer.rasi');
+  fs.mkdirSync(pluginDir, { recursive: true });
+  fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(themePath), { recursive: true });
+  fs.writeFileSync(path.join(pluginDir, 'main.lua'), '-- smoke plugin\\n');
+  fs.writeFileSync(pluginConfigPath, 'smoke=true\\n');
+  fs.writeFileSync(themePath, '/* smoke theme */\\n');
+  if (responsePath) {
+    fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(responsePath), { recursive: true });
+    fs.writeFileSync(responsePath, JSON.stringify({ ok: true, status: 'installed', path: path.join(pluginDir, 'main.lua') }));
+  }
+  process.exit(0);
+}

 process.exit(0);
 `,
@@ -164,6 +186,7 @@ process.exit(0);
    artifactsDir,
    binDir,
    xdgConfigHome,
+    xdgDataHome,
    appDataDir,
    localAppDataDir,
    homeDir,
@@ -181,6 +204,7 @@ function makeTestEnv(smokeCase: SmokeCase): NodeJS.ProcessEnv {
    ...process.env,
    HOME: smokeCase.homeDir,
    XDG_CONFIG_HOME: smokeCase.xdgConfigHome,
+    XDG_DATA_HOME: smokeCase.xdgDataHome,
    APPDATA: smokeCase.appDataDir,
    LOCALAPPDATA: smokeCase.localAppDataDir,
    SUBMINER_APPIMAGE_PATH: smokeCase.fakeAppPath,
@@ -495,7 +519,7 @@ test(
 );

 test(
-  'launcher start-overlay attaches to a running background app without spawning another app command',
+  'launcher start-overlay attaches to a running background app without spawning another app start command',
  { timeout: LONG_SMOKE_TEST_TIMEOUT_MS },
  async () => {
    await withSmokeCase('overlay-borrow-background', async (smokeCase) => {
@@ -530,7 +554,15 @@ test(
          typeof mpvError === 'string' && /eperm|operation not permitted/i.test(mpvError);

        assert.equal(result.status, unixSocketDenied ? 3 : 0);
-        assert.equal(appEntries.length, 0);
+        if (process.platform === 'linux') {
+          assert.equal(appEntries.length > 0, true);
+          assert.equal(
+            appEntries.every((entry) =>
+              (entry.argv as string[]).includes('--ensure-linux-runtime-plugin-assets'),
+            ),
+            true,
+          );
+        }
        assert.equal(appStartEntries.length, 0);
        assert.equal(appStopEntries.length, 0);
        assert.equal(controlEntries.length, 1);
@@ -559,7 +591,6 @@ test(
            socketPath: smokeCase.socketPath,
            autoStartSubMiner: true,
            pauseUntilOverlayReady: true,
-            aniskipEnabled: false,
          },
        }),
      );
@@ -588,6 +619,13 @@ test(
        /subminer-auto_start_pause_until_ready_owns_initial_pause=yes/,
      );
      assert.match(result.stdout, /pause mpv until overlay and tokenization are ready/i);
+      if (process.platform === 'linux') {
+        assert.match(result.stdout, /managed plugin\/theme assets/i);
+        assert.equal(
+          fs.existsSync(path.join(smokeCase.xdgDataHome, 'SubMiner', 'themes', 'subminer.rasi')),
+          true,
+        );
+      }
    });
  },
 );
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ export interface Args {
  texthookerOnly: boolean;
  texthookerOpenBrowser: boolean;
  useRofi: boolean;
+  history: boolean;
  logLevel: LogLevel;
  logRotation: LogRotation;
  passwordStore: string;
@@ -191,8 +192,6 @@ export interface LauncherMpvConfig {
  autoStartSubMiner?: boolean;
  pauseUntilOverlayReady?: boolean;
  subminerBinaryPath?: string;
-  aniskipEnabled?: boolean;
-  aniskipButtonKey?: string;
 }

 export interface LauncherLoggingConfig {
@@ -209,9 +208,9 @@ export interface PluginRuntimeConfig {
  autoStart: boolean;
  autoStartVisibleOverlay: boolean;
  autoStartPauseUntilReady: boolean;
+  overlayLoadingOsd?: boolean;
+  osdMessages: boolean;
  texthookerEnabled: boolean;
-  aniskipEnabled: boolean;
-  aniskipButtonKey: string;
 }

 export interface CommandExecOptions {
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Author	SHA1	Message	Date
sudacode	7b94adafbd	chore(release): prepare 0.18.0-beta.1	2026-07-07 02:40:05 -07:00
sudacode	61f39d1e09	fix(overlay): resolve unspaced Japanese name splits and scan recovery (#146 )	2026-07-07 02:33:46 -07:00
sudacode	e7739de51c	fix(tokenizer): keep unparsed Yomitan tokens hoverable (#145 )	2026-07-07 02:01:04 -07:00
sudacode	ad1d240f20	refactor(tests): centralize lane definitions and add per-file isolation (#143 )	2026-07-07 01:51:05 -07:00
sudacode	8b0ef662bc	chore: remove shipped changelog entries and demo asset - Drop changes/kiku-field-grouping-modal-wiring.md (landed in #138) - Drop changes/known-word-partial-reading-highlight.md (landed in #142) - Remove assets/minecard.mkv demo video	2026-07-07 00:18:48 -07:00
sudacode	0a58c20ad7	fix(stats): start stats server on background app launch (#144 )	2026-07-07 00:16:57 -07:00
sudacode	38ddb29aa0	feat(anki): reading-aware known-word matching (cache v3) (#142 )	2026-07-07 00:13:10 -07:00
sudacode	8b9a70c5a6	feat(stats): Trends dashboard overhaul — title visibility, ranking modes, calendar-accurate windows, tooltips (#140 )	2026-07-06 23:52:43 -07:00
sudacode	48a084914a	feat(branding): replace app icon with contributed pixel-art set (#141 )	2026-07-06 23:31:19 -07:00
sudacode	a042b04357	fix(overlay): prevent field grouping modal from freezing overlay on Hyprland (#138 )	2026-07-06 22:13:14 -07:00
sudacode	35ca2afc6f	fix(overlay): collapse karaoke syllable spam in secondary subtitles (#139 )	2026-07-06 01:09:06 -07:00
sudacode	b14f977e33	fix(tokenizer): stop partial furigana readings from marking words known (#137 )	2026-07-05 17:02:44 -07:00
sudacode	eef4500599	feat(launcher): add -H/--history command to browse local watch history (#136 )	2026-07-05 16:46:05 -07:00
sudacode	73af1451b7	fix(anki): lower audio normalization target to -23 LUFS (EBU R128)	2026-07-05 01:13:54 -07:00
sudacode	36a3704815	fix(youtube): parse mpv EDL stream URLs with byte-length guards (#134 )	2026-07-02 01:37:37 -07:00
sudacode	359cb0a301	Normalize generated Anki audio by default (#135 )	2026-07-02 00:34:16 -07:00
sudacode	4b10e85053	chore(release): prepare v0.17.2	2026-06-28 23:03:18 -07:00
sudacode	c942a2cf2d	fFix(youtube): recover source URL for background media cache on direct mpv open (#132 )	2026-06-28 22:46:11 -07:00
sudacode	f65afa6046	feat(youtube): notify on manual picker open and show success after track load (#133 )	2026-06-28 22:43:16 -07:00
sudacode	389d8e06e0	chore: remove stale npm artifacts	2026-06-28 20:18:08 -07:00
sudacode	0008b55b70	chore(release): prepare v0.17.1	2026-06-27 22:59:28 -07:00
sudacode	d16ae9c745	chore(release): prepare v0.17.1-beta.1	2026-06-27 22:10:02 -07:00
sudacode	36f94151b8	fix(logs): use local date for log filenames and expand export redaction (#131 )	2026-06-27 21:08:11 -07:00
sudacode	5326ad32f5	feat(youtube): add mediaCache mode and safer stream media extraction (#130 )	2026-06-27 19:20:18 -07:00
sudacode	d199376364	chore(release): prepare v0.17.0	2026-06-15 01:58:42 -07:00
sudacode	3aee88c150	chore(release): prepare v0.17.0-beta.2	2026-06-14 20:58:26 -07:00
sudacode	70da3ee8bd	Fix Windows Anki startup and overlay regressions (#128 )	2026-06-14 20:51:56 -07:00
sudacode	aa8eb753f6	fix: scope prerelease note reuse by version	2026-06-14 18:04:03 -07:00
sudacode	8d73de8731	docs: scope 0.17.0 beta prerelease notes	2026-06-14 17:50:09 -07:00
sudacode	5a98397efe	chore: prepare 0.17.0-beta.1 prerelease	2026-06-14 17:34:05 -07:00
sudacode	a117c5759c	fix(linux): auto-install managed plugin copy; include in asset updates (#127 )	2026-06-14 17:25:28 -07:00
sudacode	ae7e6f82a8	fix(overlay): restore macOS Yomitan popup focus without breaking click-away (#125 )	2026-06-14 16:46:13 -07:00
sudacode	1158be5b39	fix(overlay): preserve visible state across playlist item transitions (#124 )	2026-06-12 23:38:54 -07:00
sudacode	33e767458f	refactor(main): split main.ts into focused runtime modules (#123 )	2026-06-12 17:35:46 -07:00
sudacode	94a65416ae	fix(stats): strip Season N suffix from AniList title searches (#121 )	2026-06-12 01:07:11 -07:00
sudacode	0a384a22c9	Replace subtitle delay actions with native mpv keybindings (#120 )	2026-06-12 00:03:06 -07:00
sudacode	b3b45521b6	fix(release): preserve attribution placement; default update notifs to o - Move What's Changed/New Contributors before Installation in release notes - Preserve committed attribution when regenerating via writeReleaseNotesForVersion - Change notificationType default from 'both' to 'overlay' for new installs	2026-06-10 23:53:31 -07:00
sudacode	131b23efa9	chore(release): prepare v0.16.0	2026-06-10 23:05:37 -07:00
sudacode	e2afceb492	fix(anki): write sentence card audio only to sentence audio field (#118 )	2026-06-10 22:51:19 -07:00
sudacode	7be1843c41	feat(notifications): add overlay notifications with position config (#110 )	2026-06-10 22:46:52 -07:00
sudacode	c09d009a3e	docs: add ani-skip to credits table in README	2026-06-10 00:01:51 -07:00
sudacode	2007e28be8	feat(aniskip): move intro detection from mpv plugin to app runtime (#117 )	2026-06-09 23:55:43 -07:00
sudacode	d5bfdcae7b	fix(stats): repair legacy combined-season anime rows on startup (#116 )	2026-06-09 12:41:07 -07:00
sudacode	311f1e8ee5	feat(stats): speed up session maintenance and improve stats UI (#111 )	2026-06-08 02:20:52 -07:00
sudacode	e6a16a069b	fix(anilist): mark entry completed when final episode is reached (#115 )	2026-06-07 23:45:09 -07:00
Autumn (Bee)	af67c53dd6	[codex] Restart Jellyfin remote session after setup login (#112 )	2026-06-06 11:52:16 -07:00
sudacode	ea79e331fa	build: make deps initializes submodules before installing JS deps - Add `submodules` target that runs `git submodule update --init --recursive` - `deps` now depends on `submodules` so fresh checkouts work out of the box - Update docs to replace manual install steps with `make deps` - Fix Windows build-from-source steps to include stats and submodule init	2026-06-06 01:25:01 -07:00
sudacode	ee89b0c8a9	feat(release): add contributor attribution to release notes (#114 )	2026-06-06 01:07:47 -07:00
sudacode	f2fd58cd2b	docs(changelog): require reconciled fragments, not just new ones (#113 )	2026-06-06 00:55:34 -07:00