Streamlink

- BREAKING: dropped support for [EOL Python 3.8](https://peps.python.org/pep-0569/#lifespan) (Win 7/8 are now unsupported) ([6230](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6230))
- BREAKING/CLI: [removed deprecated config file and plugin config file paths](https://streamlink.github.io/migrations.html#config-file-paths) ([6149](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6149))
- BREAKING/CLI: [removed deprecated plugin sideloading paths](https://streamlink.github.io/migrations.html#custom-plugins-sideloading-paths) ([6150](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6150))
- BREAKING/CLI: [removed deprecated `--force-progress` CLI argument](https://streamlink.github.io/migrations.html#force-progress) ([6196](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6196))
- BREAKING/CLI: [removed deprecated stream-type related CLI arguments](https://streamlink.github.io/migrations.html#stream-type-related-cli-arguments) ([6232](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6232))
- `--hls-segment-attempts`
- `--hls-segment-threads`
- `--hls-segment-timeout`
- `--hls-timeout`
- `--http-stream-timeout`
- BREAKING/API: [removed deprecated stream-type related session options](https://streamlink.github.io/migrations.html#stream-type-related-cli-arguments) ([6232](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6232))
- `hls-segment-attempts`
- `hls-segment-threads`
- `hls-segment-timeout`
- `hls-timeout`
- `dash-segment-attempts`
- `dash-segment-threads`
- `dash-segment-timeout`
- `dash-timeout`
- `http-stream-timeout`
- BREAKING/API: [removed deprecated import paths for `HTTPSession` and `HTTPAdapter`s](https://streamlink.github.io/migrations.html#httpsession-and-httpadapters) ([6274](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6274))
- BREAKING/API: [removed deprecated import paths for `NoPluginError`, `NoStreamsError`, `PluginError` and `Plugin`](https://streamlink.github.io/migrations.html#streamlink-plugins-re-exports) ([6274](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6274))
- BREAKING/packaging: dropped "32 bit" Windows x86 and Linux AppImage i686 builds ([6052](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6052))
- Removed: flawed implementation of VLC-specific player variables ([6251](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6251), [#6253](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6253))
- Deprecated: [`--verbose-player` CLI argument in favor of `--player-verbose`](https://streamlink.github.io/deprecations.html#verbose-player) ([6227](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6227))
- Deprecated: [`--fifo` CLI argument in favor of `--player-fifo`](https://streamlink.github.io/deprecations.html#fifo) ([6227](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6227))
- Added: warning messages for deprecated/suppressed plugin arguments ([6240](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6240), [#6249](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6249))
- Fixed: errors on missing `stdin` file descriptor ([6239](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6239))
- Fixed: `--interface` not having an effect on custom `HTTPAdapter`s ([6223](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6223))
- Updated plugins:
- afreeca: renamed to soop, overhauled plugin and deprecated old plugin CLI arguments ([6247](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6247), [#6257](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6257))
- ruv: rewritten and fixed plugin ([6262](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6262))
- tv3cat: updated plugin matchers ([6242](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6242))
- Docs: updated documentation of various CLI arguments ([6226](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6226), [#6255](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6255), [#6225](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6225))
- Chore: updated typing annotations (PEP 563, PEP 585, PEP 604, PEP 613) ([6218](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6218))
- Chore: reformatted the whole code base using ruff ([6260](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6260))
- Build: bumped `trio` dependency to `>=0.25.0,<1` on Python >= 3.13 ([6244](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6244))

[Full changelog](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/compare/6.11.0...7.0.0)

- Deprecated: [`--record-and-pipe=...` in favor of `--stdout --record=...`](https://streamlink.github.io/deprecations.html#r-record-and-pipe) (and explicitly disallowed `--stdout --output=...`) ([6194](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6194))
- Fixed: error when setting both `--http-no-ssl-verify` and `--http-disable-dh` ([6205](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6205))
- Fixed: `--player-passthrough` without a resolved default `--player` ([6207](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6207))
- Fixed: error when stdout/stderr file descriptors are missing ([6197](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6197))
- Updated: webbrowser API's Chrome devtools protocol to latest version ([6211](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6211))
- Updated plugins:
- crunchyroll: removed plugin ([6179](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6179))
- dlive: fixed missing stream URL signature ([6171](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6171))
- facebook: removed plugin ([6199](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6199))
- mildom: removed plugin ([6198](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6198))
- tvrby: removed plugin ([6202](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6202))
- tvrplus: removed plugin ([6203](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6203))
- twitch: fixed client-integrity token acquirement ([6211](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6211))
- vk: fixed API params and validation schema ([6178](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6178))
- webtv: removed plugin ([6172](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6172))
- zengatv: removed plugin ([6174](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6174))
- zhanqi: removed plugin ([6173](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6173))
- Tests: removed `pytest-asyncio` dependency ([6208](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6208))

[Full changelog](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/compare/6.10.0...6.11.0)

- Added: official support for Python 3.13 ([6133](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6133))
- Added: `--logformat` and `--logdateformat` ([6138](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6138), [#6144](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6144))
- Added: `--ffmpeg-loglevel` ([6161](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6161))
- Fixed: continuous logging errors when stdout stream was closed on the reading end ([6142](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6142))
- Fixed: HTTP proxy config being used when getting webbrowser API's websocket IPC address ([6130](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6130))
- Updated plugins:
- booyah: removed plugin ([6162](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6162))
- douyin: fixed validation schema ([6140](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6140))
- galatasaraytv: removed plugin ([6163](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6163))
- idf1: removed plugin ([6164](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6164))
- linelive: removed plugin ([6165](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6165))
- pandalive: fixed missing HTTP headers ([6148](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6148))
- tiktok: fixed schema of inaccessible streams ([6160](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6160))
- youtube: disabled VODs, as they are currently non-functional ([6135](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6135))
- Docs: bumped `sphinx-design >=0.5.0,<=0.6.1`, enabling `sphinx >=8.0.0` ([6137](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6137))
- Tests: fixed `pytest-asyncio` warnings ([6143](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6143))

[Full changelog](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/compare/6.9.0...6.10.0)

- Added: `streamlink.plugin.api.webbrowser` subpackage with the `aws_waf` module ([6102](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6102), [#6118](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6118))
- Added: `max_buffer_size` kwarg to `CDPClient.session()` ([6101](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6101))
- Added: webbrowser `User-Agent` header override in headless mode ([6114](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6114))
- Changed: default value of `--webbrowser-headless` from `True` to `False` ([6116](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6116))
- Changed: unicode characters to be unescaped in JSON output, if possible ([6080](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6080))
- Fixed: potential character encoding issues in Streamlink's logger ([6081](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6081))
- Updated plugins:
- nicolive: updated plugin matcher ([6127](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6127))
- okru: fixed validation schema ([6085](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6085))
- radionet: removed plugin ([6091](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6091))
- sportschau: fixed plugin (HLS streams with packed audio streams remain unsupported) ([6104](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6104))
- tiktok: fixed room ID validation schema ([6106](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6106))
- tvp: added support for sport.tvp.pl ([6097](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6097))
- twitch: added `--twitch-force-client-integrity` ([6113](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6113))
- twitch: fixed broken client-integrity token decoding+parsing ([6113](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6113))
- twitch: removed the `headless=False` override ([6117](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6117))
- vimeo: removed error messages for unsupported DASH streams ([6128](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6128))
- vk: fixed validation schema ([6096](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6096))
- vtvgo: resolved AWS Web Application Firewall bot detection ([6102](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6102))
- yupptv: fixed plugin, added ad filtering ([6093](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6093))
- Docs: added webbrowser API metadata to plugin descriptions ([6115](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6115))
- Docs: updated build-dependencies and the furo theme ([6126](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6126))

[Full changelog](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/compare/6.8.3...6.9.0)

Patch release:

- Updated plugins:
- tiktok: new plugin ([6073](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6073))
- twitch: fixed channel names with uppercase characters ([6071](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6071))

[Full changelog](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/compare/6.8.2...6.8.3)

Patch release:

- Updated plugins:
- douyin: new plugin ([6059](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6059))
- huya: fixed stream URLs ([6058](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6058))
- pluzz: fixed API URL, stream tokens and validation schemas ([6048](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6048))
- twitch: added info log messages about ad break durations ([6051](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6051))
- twitch: fixed clip URLs ([6045](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6045))
- twitch: fixed discontinuity warning spam in certain circumstances ([6022](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6022))
- vidio: fixed stream tokens, added metadata ([6057](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6057))

[Full changelog](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/compare/6.8.1...6.8.2)