Invidious

Recent Changes

• Update invidious to v2.20260207.0

• Full Changelog

• Livestream experiences are restored: Trending shows livestreams again, the gaming feed remains accessible, and "Watch on YouTube" links stop carrying stale timestamps (#5480, #5555, #5481)

• Channel and playlist metadata is richer thanks to pronoun support, topic playlist thumbnails, and accurate related video counts (#5617, #5616, #5446)

• Downloads get smoother because download actions are URL-safe and downloads can flow through Invidious companion when available (#5367, #5561)

• Users see clearer feedback with Erroneous CAPTCHA messages, DMCA controls restored, and a footer link pointing at the current release (#5508, #5228, #4702)

• Companion integration is sturdier: CSP is generated once, check identifiers persist, and the helper hyperlink is fixed (#5497, #5575, #5491)

• Proxied images and videoplayback strip unwanted response headers (shared header-strip list) (#5595)

• Runtime and packaging updates pin docker/OCI builds to Crystal 1.16.3, bring an optional Crystal 1.18.2 + Alpine 3.23 image, and compile OpenSSL from source to mitigate the memory leak seen with Alpine-provided OpenSSL (#5604, #5577, #5574, #5441)

• Server stability improves via a larger max_request_line_size that is required to be able to access some next pages of Youtube channels videos and a rewritten static file handler (#5566, #5338)

• Top-level constants moved into dedicated modules, preferences handling was cleaned up, and the legacy signature helper is finally removed (#5596, #5450, #5550)

• Crystal API updates replaced the deprecated Socket#blocking property and restored the shard target plus SPDX license metadata (#5538, #5608, #5552)