This patch release focuses on cleaning up the extension's codebase, optimizing the popup UI, and fixing minor rendering bugs.

• UI Refactor: Extracted all bulky inline SVGs from popup.html into standalone files within the icons/ directory, significantly cleaning up the markup and improving maintainability.
• Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where the Advanced Settings gear icon would render invisibly when loaded as an external image. Replaced currentColor with explicit hex fills and added proper width/height dimensions to the viewBox.

This release adds a full Advanced Settings panel to the popup, exposing internal timing, caching, and request-throttling values so you can tune exactly how the extension behaves. No code editing required.


Advanced Settings panel: A collapsible section in the popup featuring 16 tunables across 5 groups:
* Continue Watching: Max saved entries · cards shown before "Show More"
* DUB Detector: Cache duration · binary-search probe count · delay between scan batches · homepage batch size
* Network Throttler: Min request interval · jitter · max concurrent requests · max retries · base backoff
* Smart Search: Min query length · debounce delay · max alternate titles queried · synonym query delay
* Player: Progress-save interval

Panel Features:
* Numeric inputs are automatically clamped to sane min/max values as you type.
* Individual ↺ reset buttons for each setting, plus a global Reset All Advanced Settings button.
* Settings persist across browser restarts (a page reload is needed for changes to take effect).

• RequestThrottler gained an updateOptions() method to apply settings at startup without losing queued/in-flight requests.
• DUB Detector and Smart Search now share a single configurable cache-duration setting.
• Features (ContinueWatching, DubDetector, SmartSearch) now receive the full settings object in their constructor for sensible fallbacks (settings.someKey ?? default).
• popup.js is now an ES module that imports its schema from helpers/storage.js, dynamically generating the UI from a single source of truth.

• Upgrading is seamless: All 16 new advanced settings default to the extension's prior hardcoded behavior. Existing feature toggles are fully preserved.
• Permissions: No new permissions required. Everything remains stored via chrome.storage.local.
• Fixed a documentation error: Smart Search's default debounce is exactly 100ms (previously listed as 300ms).

Adding a new tunable is easier than ever. You no longer need to touch popup.html, popup.js, or CSS. Just add one entry to ADVANCED_SETTINGS_SCHEMA in content/helpers/storage.js and it automatically populates in the UI. See our updated README for the full guide.

Release v0.0.9.2

Fixes

• Image Retrieval: Resolved issues causing missing cover images in Continue Watching.

Improvements

• Search Distinction: Injected results are now clearly labeled with Smart Search (AniList) or Native (Animepahe) badges to easily identify the source of the results.

Release v0.0.9.1: The Rate Limit Bypass & SUB Badge Update

I'm excited to announce the latest update for animepahe Enhancer This release brings major performance optimizations, new visual indicators, and a crucial fix for the recent Cloudflare blocking issues.

What's New & Improved

• Cloudflare Rate Limit Fix: Completely overhauled the background scanning logic to bypass Cloudflare's strict rate limits. The extension now uses smart, staggered batch processing (Promise.all with mapped delays) to check for dubs safely without triggering bot protection blocks.
• New "SUB ONLY" Badges: Added bright orange SUB ONLY badges across the Home page, Episode Lists, and Player page. It is now easier than ever to tell at a glance if an anime or episode is exclusively subbed
• Lightning-Fast Caching: The extension now recognizes when items are already stored in your local cache and completely skips the artificial batch delays, making repeat page loads and boundary searches much faster.
• Accurate Home Page Progress: The progress tracker on the Home page has been detached from the background network queue and now displays an accurate item-based percentage (calculating exactly how many of the 12 items on the page are done).

Credits

A huge shoutout and special thanks to @Alpha-782 for the brilliant work on fixing the Cloudflare rate-limiting issue. This update wouldn't be nearly as smooth or fast without their contribution to the core network logic.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/abdullahkhfb/Animepahe-Enhancer/compare/v0.0.9...v0.0.9.1

What's new in v0.0.9

✨ Smart Search

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

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

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



🔒 Privacy note

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



📦 Installation / Update

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



🐛 Bug fixes & changes

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

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

Bug Fixes

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

Stability Improvements

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

What's Changed

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

Fixes & Improvements

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

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

Changelog

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

Refactor

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

New structure

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

What's Changed

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

What's New

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

🎉 First release of animepahe Enhancer

✨ Features

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

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

🛠 Installation

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

📦 Notes

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