Release Notes

Everything we've shipped, from day zero to now. Stacked is built in the open — here's every feature, fix, and improvement along the way.

February 25, 2026

Social, Settings & Auth

New

Unified search — combined command palette and album search in one modal (⌘K)

New

Desktop navigation bar — persistent top nav across all pages

New

Insight filters — tap any genre, decade, or artist in Insights to filter your collection

New

Shareable insights — export your decade, genre, and artist breakdowns as images

New

Undo actions — toast notifications with undo for ownership changes and album removal

New

Google Sign-In — new OAuth provider with automatic account merging for existing users

New

Private accounts — only approved followers can see your collection, insights, and activity

New

Follow request system with accept/decline in Settings

New

Redesigned Now Spinning — two-column desktop layout with tracklist, recommendations, and ambient glow

New

Persistent Spotify miniplayer — play button in album dialog, Now Spinning, and collection grid opens a floating player that stays visible across all pages (bottom-right on desktop, full-width bar on mobile)

New

Redesigned Settings — tabbed layout with Collection, Appearance, Audio, Account, and About sections

New

Theme system — dark, OLED, and warm modes with custom accent colors

New

Sound effects — four sound packs (default, vinyl, mechanical, retro) with volume control

New

Toast notification system with animated success, error, info, and warning variants

New

Insights page with collection analytics and breakdowns

New

Mobile bottom navigation bar with Collection, Spinning, Explore, Alerts, and Menu

Improved

Album Picker — suggestion rails, recently spun albums, and fuzzy search when changing the record

Improved

Now Spinning — Spotify auto-sync, track progress, vinyl transition at end of record, and wake lock

Improved

Tracklist redesign — play mode shows previous/current/next tracks with animated indicators

Improved

Full mobile UX overhaul — 44px touch targets, full-screen modals, overflow fixes across all screens

Improved

Navigation polish — active state highlighting, notification badges, context-aware labels

Improved

PWA improvements — updated app icons, renamed to StackedFM, desktop nav hidden in standalone mode

Improved

Skeleton loading states for Explore and Feed pages

Improved

Toast actions — toasts now support clickable action buttons

Improved

Google Sign-In redirect — existing users go straight to their profile, new users to setup

Fixed

Chrome phishing warning resolved — renamed Spotify sign-in flow and removed password field patterns

Fixed

Google Sign-In account merge — correctly handles existing accounts across providers

Fixed

Discogs integration stability — additional sync and import fixes

Fixed

Deployment build fix

February 24, 2026

Views, Organization & Integrations

New

Grid view — flat responsive album grid (3 columns on mobile, up to 7 on desktop)

New

Spines & tilt display mode for grid view

New

Public profile viewer — visitors see your collection with owner-configured defaults

New

Public display preferences — set default view, sort, filter, and display style for visitors

New

Social features — follow system infrastructure, activity feed, and explore page

New

Collection value estimation via Discogs with currency preference (USD, GBP, EUR)

New

4 new organization methods: Artist A-Z + Chronological, Artist Discography, Era + Genre Mashup, and Color Gradient (Rainbow)

New

Vinyl webcam reflection — 3D vinyl record with real-time webcam environment mapping

New

Stacked wordmark logo on homepage

New

Spotify and Discogs account linking from settings

New

Display mode system with view toggle (Shelf, Dig, Grid, Crate)

New

Vinyl count badge on profile

Improved

Persist display preferences (shelf mode, zoom, spine direction) to localStorage

Improved

Settings persistence across sessions

Fixed

Shelf persistence — removed broken double-queue, switched to direct PATCH calls

Fixed

Vercel caching — bust Data Cache, CDN, and fetch cache at every layer

Fixed

Spotify links now work correctly for Discogs-sourced albums

Fixed

Discogs integration stability improvements

Fixed

Build fix — replaced setFetchOptions with custom fetch constructor arg

February 23, 2026

Launch

New

Initial release — build and curate your vinyl collection from Spotify, Discogs, or manual search

New

Shelf view with horizontal genre-grouped shelves

New

Dig view with expandable genre grid

New

Crate view with swipeable card stack

New

Bring Your Own Key — connect your Spotify app credentials securely

New

Discogs collection and wantlist import

New

Album color extraction for visual sorting and ambient effects

New

Shareable collection links

Improved

Security hardening — moved Spotify credentials from URL params to httpOnly cookies

February 22, 2026

Day Zero

New

Project scaffolding — Next.js 14, Tailwind CSS, Convex backend, Geist fonts

New

Dark theme foundation and design system

Built with Next.js, Convex, and too much coffee.