fix chagenlog merge

Author: mohnjiles

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@ All notable changes to Stability Matrix will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning 2.0](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
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-## v2.16.0-pre.1
+## v2.15.8
 ### Added
 - Added support for the civitai.red (mature-content) domain — NSFW CivitAI links now open and copy as civitai.red URLs, and pasting a civitai.red URL into the CivitAI model browser search works the same as a civitai.com URL
 ### Changed
@@ -16,121 +14,6 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning 2.0](https://semver.org/spec/v2
 - Fixed CivitAI model browsing breaking during Discovery API outages — the browser now falls back to the direct CivitAI API when Discovery returns a server error, authentication failure, or times out
 - Fixed SwarmUI user settings (theme, output format, server configuration, etc.) and any user-added backend entries being overwritten when the install flow ran over an existing install — `Settings.fds` and `Backends.fds` are now merged with their existing contents instead of being rewritten from a stale template
 
-## v2.16.0-dev.3
-### Added
-- Added enable/disable toggle for environment variables in Settings, allowing variables to be temporarily disabled without deleting them
-- Added single-instance window activation signaling so reopening the app restores and focuses the existing desktop window instead of launching a duplicate instance
-- Added notification system with localizable banner and markdown detail dialog UI
-- Added warning in data directory selector when a OneDrive folder is selected
-- Added support in the Checkpoints page to distinguish standard updates from Early Access-only updates - thanks to @x0x0b!
-- Added torch index for Strix/Gorgon Point Ryzen AI APUs on Windows - thanks to @NeuralFault!
-- Added retry button to failed downloads - thanks to @NeuralFault!
-- Added new Membership support in Account Settings with Patreon migration prompt
-### Changed
-- Improved safetensor checkpoint classification to correctly detect UNet-only models for Wan Video, HiDream, Z-Image, Hunyuan3D, and diffusers-format Flux architectures, ensuring they are routed to the DiffusionModels folder
-- GGUF checkpoint downloads now go directly to the DiffusionModels folder instead of StableDiffusion
-- Configured portable Git to suppress detached HEAD advice messages
-- Settings file saves are now atomic to prevent corruption from interrupted writes
-- Updated torch indexes for A1111, ComfyUI, InvokeAI, and Forge-based UIs to rocm7.2 / cu128 depending on GPU - thanks to @NeuralFault!
-- Replaced the "Become a Patron" footer button with "Support Us", linking to the new direct Lykos support page at lykos.ai/membership
-- Updated the prompt dialog shown when enabling features like Accelerated Model Discovery to use Lykos accounts instead of Patreon linking
-- Moved the Patreon connection in Account Settings to a new "Legacy Connections" section, only shown for users with an existing Patreon link
-- Localized previously hardcoded strings on the Account Settings page (menu items, descriptions, section headers) and added Japanese, Korean, German, and French translations
-### Fixed
-- Fixed the Package Manager "Add Package" teaching tip opening inopportunely while packages were still loading or after opening the add-package dialog
-- Fixed downloaded checkpoint going to StableDiffusion folder when a saved download preference existed, even for GGUF files that should always go to DiffusionModels
-- Fixed potential crash when adding metadata to malformed or non-PNG image data in Inference
-- Fixed non-Latin-1 characters (e.g. Japanese, Chinese, Korean, emoji) in image generation parameters being stored in PNG tEXt chunks, violating the PNG specification and causing character corruption (mojibake) in standard-compliant parsers. Non-Latin-1 content now uses spec-compliant iTXt chunks with proper UTF-8 encoding ([#1535](https://github.com/LykosAI/StabilityMatrix/issues/1535))
-- Fixed an issue where `Align Your Steps` scheduler and Unet Loader workflows ignored Regional Prompting (and other addon) conditioning modifiers.
-- Fixed bold text not rendering in markdown dialogs on Windows 11 due to Avalonia 11.3.x variable font regression with Segoe UI Variable Text
-- Fixed Japanese text appearing compressed/squished in markdown dialogs by ensuring the bundled NotoSansJP font is used for CTextBlock rendering
-- Fixed ContentDialog title and buttons not using the correct font for Japanese locale (NotoSansJP) when shown as overlay
-- Added missing `CBold` and `CItalic` inline styles to the markdown style sheet
-- Fixed downloads failing with "The request message was already sent" when the server doesn't return Content-Length on the first attempt, caused by reusing a consumed HttpRequestMessage in the retry loop
-- Fixed downloads from sources that redirect to CivitAI/HuggingFace (e.g. CivArchive) failing with Unauthorized by resolving the redirect target URL and applying auth headers for the correct domain
-- Fixed dropdown menu overlayed in Inference UI Model Cards not being scrollable on Linux - thanks to @NeuralFault!
-- Fixed model downloads failing on VPN connections - thanks to @NeuralFault!
-- Fixed [#1598](https://github.com/LykosAI/StabilityMatrix/issues/1598) - download progress bar showing 100% immediately for fresh downloads due to missing Content-Length fallback when Content-Range header is absent
-- Fixed [#1597](https://github.com/LykosAI/StabilityMatrix/issues/1597) - reForge launch failing due to setuptools version
-- Fixed [#1596](https://github.com/LykosAI/StabilityMatrix/issues/1596) - package installs and managed embedded Python startup being poisoned by inherited shell Python activation variables such as `PYTHONHOME`, `PYTHONPATH`, `VIRTUAL_ENV`, and Conda environment variables
-- Fixed [#1590](https://github.com/LykosAI/StabilityMatrix/issues/1590) - Startup crash when settings file is corrupted. Settings files are now self-healing with automatic recovery from null bytes, truncated JSON, and missing brackets
-- Potentially fixed [#1578](https://github.com/LykosAI/StabilityMatrix/issues/1578) - `SocketException: Address already in use` on Linux startup by cleaning stale interprocess socket files and reactivating the existing window
-- Fixed [#1397](https://github.com/LykosAI/StabilityMatrix/issues/1397), [#610](https://github.com/LykosAI/StabilityMatrix/issues/610) - duplicate pip package entries in results - thanks to @e-nord!
-### Supporters
-#### 🌟 Visionaries
-A heartfelt thank you to our incredible Visionaries: **Waterclouds**, **JungleDragon**, **bluepopsicle**, **Bob S**, and **whudunit** - every feature, fix, and late-night breakthrough in this release carries your fingerprints. A huge welcome to our newest Visionaries **Droolguy** and **snotty** (leveling up from the Pioneer ranks!), a warm welcome back to longtime Visionary **Ibixat**, and an equally huge welcome to **LG**, making their Stability Matrix debut straight at the Visionary tier! You're the reason we can keep building bold things - and an extra-special thank you to everyone now supporting us directly through our new platform. Your trust in this next chapter means the world!
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-## v2.16.0-dev.2
-### Added
-- Added Regional Prompting addon to Inference - paint detailed masks to apply different prompts, strengths, and settings to specific regions of your image
-  - Multi-layer mask editor with Photoshop-style interface for managing layers with independent masks, prompts, colors, and opacity
-  - Professional brush tools: freehand brush/eraser with pressure sensitivity, rectangle/ellipse shapes with fill/stroke modes, paint bucket flood fill
-  - Brush feathering/softness control for smooth, blended mask edges (0 = hard edge, 1 = soft/blurred)
-  - Per-layer prompt and strength controls, export/import masks as PNG, duplicate layers, image reference layers for tracing
-  - GPU-accelerated rendering with compact gzip-compressed metadata serialization
-- Added new Model Picker dialog for Inference with grid/list views, search, filtering, and NSFW overlay
-- Added browse buttons to all model dropdowns in Inference (Model, Refiner, VAE, Text Encoders, CLIP Vision)
-- Added inline search box to model combo box dropdowns with fuzzy matching 
-- Added NVIDIA driver version warning when launching ComfyUI with CUDA 13.0 (cu130) and driver versions below 580.x
-- Added legacy Python warning when launching InvokeAI installations using Python 3.10.11
-- Added Tiled VAE Decode to the Inference video workflows - thanks to @NeuralFault!
-- Added recoverable error dialog for UI thread exceptions, with option to continue instead of exiting
-### Changed
-- Disabled update checking for legacy InvokeAI installations using Python 3.10.11
-- Hide rating stars in the Civitai browser page if no rating is available
-- Updated uv to v0.9.30
-- Updated PortableGit to v2.52.0.windows.1
-- Updated Sage/Triton/Nunchaku installers to use GitHub API to fetch latest releases
-- Updated ComfyUI installations and updates to automatically install ComfyUI Manager
-- Updated gfx110X Windows ROCm nightly index - thanks to @NeuralFault!
-- Updated ComfyUI-Zluda install to more closely match the author's intended installation method - thanks to @NeuralFault!
-- Updated Forge Classic installs/updates to use the upstream install script for better version compatibility with torch/sage/triton/nunchaku
-### Fixed
-- Fixed parsing of escape sequences in Inference such as `\\`
-- Fixed batch notification firing when only one image is generated
-- Fixed [#1546](https://github.com/LykosAI/StabilityMatrix/issues/1546), [#1541](https://github.com/LykosAI/StabilityMatrix/issues/1541) - "No module named 'pkg_resources'" error when installing Automatic1111/Forge/reForge packages
-- Fixed [#1545](https://github.com/LykosAI/StabilityMatrix/issues/1545), [#1518](https://github.com/LykosAI/StabilityMatrix/issues/1518), [#1513](https://github.com/LykosAI/StabilityMatrix/issues/1513), [#1488](https://github.com/LykosAI/StabilityMatrix/issues/1488) - Forge Neo update breaking things
-- Fixed [#1529](https://github.com/LykosAI/StabilityMatrix/issues/1529) - "Selected commit is null" error when installing packages and rate limited by GitHub
-- Fixed [#1525](https://github.com/LykosAI/StabilityMatrix/issues/1525) - Crash after downloading a model
-- Fixed [#1523](https://github.com/LykosAI/StabilityMatrix/issues/1523), [#1499](https://github.com/LykosAI/StabilityMatrix/issues/1499), [#1494](https://github.com/LykosAI/StabilityMatrix/issues/1494) - Automatic1111 using old stable diffusion repo
-- Fixed [#1505](https://github.com/LykosAI/StabilityMatrix/issues/1505) - incorrect port argument for Wan2GP
-- Possibly fix [#1502](https://github.com/LykosAI/StabilityMatrix/issues/1502) - English fonts not displaying correctly on Linux in Chinese environments
-- Fixed [#1476](https://github.com/LykosAI/StabilityMatrix/issues/1476) - Incorrect shared output folder for Forge Classic/Neo
-- Fixed [#1466](https://github.com/LykosAI/StabilityMatrix/issues/1466) - crash after moving portable install
-- Fixed [#1445](https://github.com/LykosAI/StabilityMatrix/issues/1445) - Linux app updates not actually updating - thanks to @NeuralFault!
-### Supporters
-#### 🌟 Visionaries
-Huge shoutout to our amazing Visionaries: **Waterclouds**, **JungleDragon**, **bluepopsicle**, **Bob S**, and **whudunit**! Your continued support fuels every new feature and improvement in Stability Matrix. We couldn't do it without you - thank you for believing in what we're building!
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-## v2.16.0-dev.1
-### Added
-#### New Feature: 🧪 Image Lab  - Conversational Image Generation for ComfyUI
-- We've added a brand new conversational interface for image generation! Image Lab lets you iterate on images naturally through chat, rather than just one-off prompts.
-  - Local-First Power: Native support for Flux Kontext and Qwen Image Edit running entirely locally via your ComfyUI backend.
-  - Smart Setup: Stability Matrix automatically detects and helps you download the specific models and LoRAs needed for these local workflows.
-  - Interactive Tools: Drag-and-drop image inputs, use the built-in annotation tool to draw on images, and keep persistent conversation history.
-  - Cloud Option: Includes optional support for Nano Banana (Gemini 3 Pro/2.5) for users who want to leverage external reasoning models.
-- Added new package - [Wan2GP](https://github.com/deepbeepmeep/Wan2GP)
-- Added [Stable Diffusion WebUI Forge - Neo](https://github.com/Haoming02/sd-webui-forge-classic/tree/neo) as a separate package for convenience
-- Added Intel GPU support for ComfyUI
-- Added "Run Python Command" option to the package card's 3-dots menu for running arbitrary Python code in the package's virtual environment
-- Added togglable `--uv` argument to the SD.Next launch options
-- Added Tiled VAE decoding as an Inference addon thanks to @NeuralFault!
-### Changed
-- Moved the original Stable Diffusion WebUI Forge to the "Legacy" packages tab due to inactivity
-- Updated to cu130 torch index for ComfyUI installs with Nvidia GPUs
-- Consolidated and fixed AMD GPU architecture detection
-- Updated SageAttention installer to latest v2.2.0-windows.post4 version
-- Video files can now be opened directly from the Output browser
-- Videos will now appear with thumbnails in the Output browser
-### Fixed
-- Fixed [#1450](https://github.com/LykosAI/StabilityMatrix/issues/1450) - Older SD.Next not launching due to forced `--uv` argument
-- Fixed duplicate custom node installations when installing workflows from the Workflow Browser - thanks again to @NeuralFault!
-### Supporters
-#### 🌟 Visionaries
-A massive thank you to our esteemed Visionaries: **Waterclouds**, **JungleDragon**, **bluepopsicle**, **Bob S**, and **whudunit**! Your generosity is the powerhouse behind Stability Matrix, enabling us to keep building and refining with confidence. We are truly grateful for your partnership!
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 ## v2.15.7
 ### Added
 - Added single-instance window activation signaling so reopening the app restores and focuses the existing desktop window instead of launching a duplicate instance