Merge origin/master into claude/design-handoff-prompt-d0aee4

.changes/performance-lazy-form-field-defaults.md

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+type: perf
+area: performance
+---
+
+The app loads less code at startup: the text field component and its form
+helpers now load with the screens that show a form instead of with the app.

.changes/stalker-series-discover-chips.md

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+type: fix
+area: stalker
+---
+
+Stalker series details now keep their clickable genre and country chips after TMDB fills in the details, so you can jump to Discover from them as you can for movies.

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 # Every Dependabot PR triggers the full pipeline (~15 jobs), so version
 # updates are batched weekly. Nx minor+patch updates use a dedicated group so
 # official packages move together; Nx majors are manual coordinated migrations.
-# Native packaging, parser, and version-locked playback dependencies stay in
-# standalone PRs; other minor+patch updates are grouped per ecosystem. Security
-# updates are separate and are not limited by this schedule; CI enforces complete
-# Nx lockstep.
+# Electron majors are held while Linux armv7l packages ship: Electron 44
+# dropped the linux-armv7l binary. Native packaging, parser, and
+# version-locked playback dependencies stay in standalone PRs; other
+# minor+patch updates are grouped per ecosystem. Security updates are separate
+# and are not limited by this schedule; CI enforces complete Nx lockstep.
 version: 2
 updates:
     - package-ecosystem: npm
@@ -21,6 +22,9 @@ updates:
           - dependency-name: '@nx/*'
             update-types:
                 - version-update:semver-major
+          - dependency-name: electron
+            update-types:
+                - version-update:semver-major
       groups:
           nx-version-updates:
               applies-to: version-updates

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -430,6 +430,12 @@ jobs:
             - name: Validate icon-only button names
               run: pnpm run a11y:icon-buttons:validate
 
+            # Form-field defaults are provided per lazy component: the root
+            # token import would load Material form-field and @angular/forms
+            # on startup (tools/nx/check-form-field-defaults.mjs).
+            - name: Validate form-field defaults
+              run: pnpm run ui:form-field-defaults:validate
+
             # Nx rejects a non-parallel task with continuous dependencies, and
             # the Playwright plugin infers serve dependencies only when CI is
             # unset, so this checks both the local and the CI inference.

apps/web/src/app/app.config.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import {
     OverlayContainer,
 } from '@angular/cdk/overlay';
 import { ApplicationConfig, inject, importProvidersFrom } from '@angular/core';
-import { MAT_FORM_FIELD_DEFAULT_OPTIONS } from '@angular/material/form-field';
 import { provideAnimations } from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
 import { provideRouter, withComponentInputBinding } from '@angular/router';
 import { provideServiceWorker } from '@angular/service-worker';
@@ -162,9 +161,5 @@ export const appConfig: ApplicationConfig = {
         ...provideParentalLockPrompt(),
         provideParentalLockPlaylistCleanup(),
         ...provideXtreamDataSource(),
-        {
-            provide: MAT_FORM_FIELD_DEFAULT_OPTIONS,
-            useValue: { appearance: 'outline', subscriptSizing: 'dynamic' },
-        },
     ],
 };

apps/web/src/app/settings/settings-about-section.component.ts

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
 } from '@iptvnator/shared/interfaces';
 import { UpdateChannelOption } from './settings.models';
 import { markSectionForCheckOnFormEvents } from './settings-section-form-render';
+import { provideFormFieldDefaults } from '@iptvnator/ui/components/form-field-defaults';
 
 interface SettingsUpdateStatusChip {
     readonly labelKey: string;
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ interface SettingsUpdateStatusChip {
 
 @Component({
     selector: 'app-settings-about-section',
+    providers: [provideFormFieldDefaults()],
     imports: [
         MatButtonModule,
         MatFormFieldModule,

apps/web/src/app/settings/settings-epg-section.component.ts

@@ -23,9 +23,11 @@ import { EpgSourceStatusComponent } from '@iptvnator/ui/epg';
 import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 import { EpgViewModeOption } from './settings.models';
 import { markSectionForCheckOnFormEvents } from './settings-section-form-render';
+import { provideFormFieldDefaults } from '@iptvnator/ui/components/form-field-defaults';
 
 @Component({
     selector: 'app-settings-epg-section',
+    providers: [provideFormFieldDefaults()],
     imports: [
         EpgSourceStatusComponent,
         MatButtonModule,

apps/web/src/app/settings/settings-general-section.component.ts

@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@ import {
     ThemeOption,
 } from './settings.models';
 import { markSectionForCheckOnFormEvents } from './settings-section-form-render';
+import { provideFormFieldDefaults } from '@iptvnator/ui/components/form-field-defaults';
 
 @Component({
     selector: 'app-settings-general-section',
+    providers: [provideFormFieldDefaults()],
     imports: [
         CommonModule,
         MatFormFieldModule,

apps/web/src/app/settings/settings-parental-section.component.ts

@@ -9,9 +9,11 @@ import {
 } from '@angular/material/slide-toggle';
 import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 import { ParentalLockRelockMinutes } from '@iptvnator/shared/interfaces';
+import { provideFormFieldDefaults } from '@iptvnator/ui/components/form-field-defaults';
 
 @Component({
     selector: 'app-settings-parental-lock-section',
+    providers: [provideFormFieldDefaults()],
     imports: [
         MatButtonModule,
         MatFormFieldModule,

apps/web/src/app/settings/settings-playback-section.component.ts

@@ -22,9 +22,11 @@ import {
 } from '@iptvnator/shared/interfaces';
 import { SettingsPlayerOption } from './settings.models';
 import { markSectionForCheckOnFormEvents } from './settings-section-form-render';
+import { provideFormFieldDefaults } from '@iptvnator/ui/components/form-field-defaults';
 
 @Component({
     selector: 'app-settings-playback-section',
+    providers: [provideFormFieldDefaults()],
     imports: [
         CommonModule,
         MatButtonModule,

apps/web/src/app/settings/settings-remote-control-section.component.ts

@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@ import { MatTooltipModule } from '@angular/material/tooltip';
 import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 import { QRCodeComponent } from 'angularx-qrcode';
 import { markSectionForCheckOnFormEvents } from './settings-section-form-render';
+import { provideFormFieldDefaults } from '@iptvnator/ui/components/form-field-defaults';
 
 @Component({
     selector: 'app-settings-remote-control-section',
+    providers: [provideFormFieldDefaults()],
     imports: [
         MatButtonModule,
         MatFormFieldModule,

apps/web/src/app/settings/settings-tmdb-section.component.ts

@@ -17,11 +17,13 @@ import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 import { TmdbApiService, TmdbCacheService } from '@iptvnator/services';
 import type { TmdbCacheStats } from '@iptvnator/shared/interfaces';
 import { markSectionForCheckOnFormEvents } from './settings-section-form-render';
+import { provideFormFieldDefaults } from '@iptvnator/ui/components/form-field-defaults';
 
 type TmdbKeyTestState = 'idle' | 'testing' | 'success' | 'error';
 
 @Component({
     selector: 'app-settings-tmdb-section',
+    providers: [provideFormFieldDefaults()],
     imports: [
         MatButtonModule,
         MatFormFieldModule,

apps/web/src/m3-theme.scss

@@ -309,8 +309,9 @@ html {
 
 // ─── Global refined outlined inputs ──────────────────────────────────────────
 // Applied app-wide AFTER mat.all-component-themes so these overrides win the
-// cascade. Pairs with MAT_FORM_FIELD_DEFAULT_OPTIONS (outline + dynamic) set
-// in app.config.ts.
+// cascade. Pairs with the outline + dynamic MAT_FORM_FIELD_DEFAULT_OPTIONS
+// that provideFormFieldDefaults() (@iptvnator/ui/components) sets on each
+// component rendering a form field.
 $app-refined-input-density: mat.define-theme((
     density: (scale: -2),
 ));

docs/architecture/iptvnator-ui-guidelines.md

@@ -1064,6 +1064,13 @@ per-theme tokens in `apps/web/src/_settings-theme.scss`.
 
 ## Forms
 
+Every `<mat-form-field>` is outlined with a dynamic subscript. A component
+that renders one adds `providers: [provideFormFieldDefaults()]`
+(`@iptvnator/ui/components/form-field-defaults`); the root injector does not
+provide the defaults, because the token import there would load Material's
+form field and `@angular/forms` on startup. `pnpm run
+ui:form-field-defaults:validate` (in CI) reports a missing provider.
+
 The add-source forms (M3U URL, Xtream, Stalker) and the edit dialog share one
 vocabulary, so a field reads the same wherever it appears:
 

docs/architecture/stalker-portal.md

@@ -432,6 +432,12 @@ Detail metadata rule:
   [Embedded Inline Playback](./embedded-inline-playback.md). It runs before
   TMDB enrichment, which keeps a non-empty provider rating and release date,
   so a surviving stand-in would also block the TMDB value.
+- It also runs AFTER enrichment: the series view re-normalizes the store item
+  on every render, so it carries every `tmdb_*` field over. The key list
+  (`TMDB_ENRICHMENT_KEYS`) is typed as a `Record` over `StalkerVodInfo`'s
+  `tmdb_*` keys, so a new enrichment field fails to compile until it is listed
+  there instead of silently vanishing from the view (as the genre and country
+  Discover chips once did).
 
 ## Stalker Identity Policy
 

docs/architecture/tmdb-metadata-enrichment.md

@@ -832,8 +832,10 @@ Contracts worth keeping:
   credits and no recommendations carries none of them and reads as
   un-enriched. Since the column is never overwritten, getting this wrong is
   unfixable after the fact — a real provider date arriving later cannot
-  correct it. The same marker is what `trustedReleaseYear` (the
-  recommendations exclusion index) must consult if it ever reads this column.
+  correct it. Stalker entries never reach this column, but the same marker
+  rides in their stored `info`, and `trustedReleaseYear` (the recommendations
+  exclusion index) reads it first: a date TMDB supplied does not gate the
+  exact tier. `createStalkerInfo()` keeps the marker through re-normalization.
 - **The id is stored unvetted.** Every consumer reaches TMDB through
   `TmdbEnrichmentService`, whose `detailsForProviderId` runs
   `assessProviderId` and lets the title search take over when the years

docs/architecture/workspace-shell.md

@@ -878,6 +878,9 @@ Toolchain notes for the Electron 43 baseline:
    Those dependencies require standalone PRs so their dedicated package,
    worker, playback, and diagnostic-contract validation cannot be hidden by an
    unrelated grouped update.
+   Electron majors are ignored: Electron 44 ships no `linux-armv7l` binary,
+   and the release still packages armv7l AppImage, DEB and Snap builds. Remove
+   the ignore together with those targets when 32-bit ARM support is dropped.
 4. Electron 42 and newer download their development binary on the first
    Electron command instead of during package `postinstall`, so `electron`
    must not remain in pnpm's `onlyBuiltDependencies` allowlist. The first local

libs/playlist/import/feature/src/lib/auto-import/auto-import.component.ts

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
     ProviderImportKind,
     SOURCE_TYPE_ICONS,
 } from '@iptvnator/shared/interfaces';
+import { provideFormFieldDefaults } from '@iptvnator/ui/components/form-field-defaults';
 
 interface CandidateSummaryRow {
     labelKey: string;
@@ -145,6 +146,7 @@ function maskUrlQueryPasswords(url: string): string {
  */
 @Component({
     selector: 'app-auto-import',
+    providers: [provideFormFieldDefaults()],
     templateUrl: './auto-import.component.html',
     styleUrl: './auto-import.component.scss',
     changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush,

libs/playlist/import/feature/src/lib/stalker-portal-import/stalker-portal-import.component.ts

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ import {
     toStalkerImportFeedback,
     toStalkerPlaylistIdentityFields,
 } from './stalker-import-identity';
+import { provideFormFieldDefaults } from '@iptvnator/ui/components/form-field-defaults';
 
 /**
  * A MAC and the device IDs that belong to exactly it. Kept together because
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ interface StalkerSettledIdentity {
         TranslatePipe,
     ],
     selector: 'app-stalker-portal-import',
+    providers: [provideFormFieldDefaults()],
     templateUrl: './stalker-portal-import.component.html',
     changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush,
     styles: [

libs/playlist/import/feature/src/lib/text-import/text-import.component.ts

@@ -12,9 +12,11 @@ import {
 } from '@angular/forms';
 import { MatInputModule } from '@angular/material/input';
 import { TranslatePipe } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+import { provideFormFieldDefaults } from '@iptvnator/ui/components/form-field-defaults';
 
 @Component({
     selector: 'app-text-import',
+    providers: [provideFormFieldDefaults()],
     templateUrl: './text-import.component.html',
     styleUrls: ['./text-import.component.scss'],
     changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush,

libs/playlist/import/feature/src/lib/url-upload/url-upload.component.ts

@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@ import { MatFormFieldModule } from '@angular/material/form-field';
 import { MatInputModule } from '@angular/material/input';
 import { TranslatePipe } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 import { RuntimeCapabilitiesService } from '@iptvnator/services';
+import { provideFormFieldDefaults } from '@iptvnator/ui/components/form-field-defaults';
 
 @Component({
     selector: 'app-url-upload',
+    providers: [provideFormFieldDefaults()],
     templateUrl: './url-upload.component.html',
     changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush,
     imports: [

libs/playlist/import/feature/src/lib/xtream-code-import/xtream-code-import.component.spec.ts

@@ -228,6 +228,26 @@ describe('XtreamCodeImportComponent form', () => {
         );
     }
 
+    it('outlines its fields with a dynamic subscript without a root provider', () => {
+        // The root injector no longer provides MAT_FORM_FIELD_DEFAULT_OPTIONS
+        // (it pulled Material's form field and @angular/forms into startup);
+        // the form carries provideFormFieldDefaults() itself.
+        const { root } = render();
+        const fields = Array.from(root.querySelectorAll('mat-form-field'));
+
+        expect(fields.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+        for (const field of fields) {
+            expect(field.classList).toContain(
+                'mat-form-field-appearance-outline'
+            );
+            expect(
+                field.querySelector(
+                    '.mat-mdc-form-field-subscript-dynamic-size'
+                )
+            ).not.toBeNull();
+        }
+    });
+
     it('labels the name field like the other add-source forms', () => {
         const { root } = render();
 

libs/playlist/import/feature/src/lib/xtream-code-import/xtream-code-import.component.ts

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import {
     normalizeXtreamServerUrl,
     Playlist,
 } from '@iptvnator/shared/interfaces';
+import { provideFormFieldDefaults } from '@iptvnator/ui/components/form-field-defaults';
 
 function xtreamServerUrlValidator(
     control: AbstractControl
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ function xtreamServerUrlValidator(
         TranslatePipe,
     ],
     selector: 'app-xtream-code-import',
+    providers: [provideFormFieldDefaults()],
     templateUrl: './xtream-code-import.component.html',
     changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush,
     styles: [

libs/playlist/shared/ui/src/lib/recent-playlists/playlist-info/playlist-info.component.ts

@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ import {
     STALKER_PLAYLIST_CONNECTION_EDITOR,
     STALKER_PLAYLIST_CONNECTION_EDITOR_STATUS,
 } from './stalker-playlist-connection-editor.token';
+import { provideFormFieldDefaults } from '@iptvnator/ui/components/form-field-defaults';
 
 type DesktopFileSaveBridge = Pick<
     typeof window.electron,
@@ -165,7 +166,7 @@ type DesktopFileSaveBridge = Pick<
             }
         `,
     ],
-    providers: [DatePipe],
+    providers: [provideFormFieldDefaults(), DatePipe],
     changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush,
     imports: [
         ClipboardModule,

libs/portal/stalker/data-access/src/lib/stalker-vod.utils.spec.ts

@@ -253,44 +253,71 @@ describe('stalker-vod.utils regressions', () => {
     });
 
     it('preserves TMDB enrichment fields through info re-normalization', () => {
-        const tmdbCast = [{ name: 'Karl Urban', profileUrl: null }];
+        // Detail views re-normalize the selected item on every render, so
+        // every field `mergeStalkerInfoWithTmdb` can set has to survive here
+        const tmdbCast = [{ name: 'Rowan Quill', profileUrl: null }];
         const tmdbRecommendations = [
-            { tmdbId: 1, title: 'Invincible', year: 2021, posterUrl: null },
+            { tmdbId: 1, title: 'Harbor Static', year: 2021, posterUrl: null },
         ];
+        const tmdbGenres = [{ id: 18, name: 'Drama' }];
+        const tmdbCountries = [{ code: 'NO', name: 'Norway' }];
 
         const info = createStalkerInfo({
             id: '7',
             info: {
-                name: 'The Boys s05',
+                name: 'Lantern Coast s05',
                 movie_image: 'http://portal/poster.jpg',
                 description: 'Plot',
-                actors: 'Karl Urban',
+                actors: 'Rowan Quill',
                 director: '',
-                releasedate: '2026',
-                genre: 'Action',
+                releasedate: '2026-03-01',
+                genre: 'Drama',
                 rating_imdb: '',
                 rating_kinopoisk: '8.1',
+                tmdb_id: 4242,
                 tmdb_cast: tmdbCast,
                 tmdb_directors: [
                     {
-                        name: 'Eric Kripke',
+                        name: 'Mara Tollen',
                         profileUrl: null,
                         tmdbPersonId: 1216630,
                     },
                 ],
-                tmdb_backdrop: 'https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w1280/boys.jpg',
+                tmdb_status: 'returning',
+                tmdb_backdrop: 'https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w1280/coast.jpg',
                 tmdb_trailer: 'abc123def',
                 tmdb_recommendations: tmdbRecommendations,
+                tmdb_genres: tmdbGenres,
+                tmdb_countries: tmdbCountries,
+                tmdb_media_type: 'tv',
+                tmdb_supplied_release_date: true,
             },
         });
 
+        expect(info.tmdb_id).toBe(4242);
         expect(info.tmdb_cast).toEqual(tmdbCast);
-        expect(info.tmdb_directors?.[0]?.name).toBe('Eric Kripke');
+        expect(info.tmdb_directors?.[0]?.name).toBe('Mara Tollen');
+        expect(info.tmdb_status).toBe('returning');
         expect(info.tmdb_backdrop).toBe(
-            'https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w1280/boys.jpg'
+            'https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w1280/coast.jpg'
         );
         expect(info.tmdb_trailer).toBe('abc123def');
         expect(info.tmdb_recommendations).toEqual(tmdbRecommendations);
+        expect(info.tmdb_genres).toEqual(tmdbGenres);
+        expect(info.tmdb_countries).toEqual(tmdbCountries);
+        expect(info.tmdb_media_type).toBe('tv');
+        expect(info.tmdb_supplied_release_date).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('adds no TMDB fields to a row that was never enriched', () => {
+        const info = createStalkerInfo({
+            id: '8',
+            info: { name: 'Unenriched Title', releasedate: '2019' },
+        });
+
+        expect(
+            Object.keys(info).filter((key) => key.startsWith('tmdb_'))
+        ).toEqual([]);
     });
 
     describe('temporary-link flags survive normalization', () => {

libs/portal/stalker/data-access/src/lib/stalker-vod.utils.ts

@@ -188,20 +188,46 @@ export function createStalkerInfo(item: StalkerVodSource): StalkerVodInfo {
         genre: text(info.genre, item.genre, item.genres_str),
         rating_imdb: rating(info.rating_imdb, item.rating_imdb),
         rating_kinopoisk: rating(info.rating_kinopoisk, item.rating_kinopoisk),
-        // TMDB enrichment fields must survive re-normalization — detail
-        // views normalize the selected item on every render
-        ...(info.tmdb_id ? { tmdb_id: info.tmdb_id } : {}),
-        ...(info.tmdb_cast ? { tmdb_cast: info.tmdb_cast } : {}),
-        ...(info.tmdb_directors ? { tmdb_directors: info.tmdb_directors } : {}),
-        ...(info.tmdb_status ? { tmdb_status: info.tmdb_status } : {}),
-        ...(info.tmdb_backdrop ? { tmdb_backdrop: info.tmdb_backdrop } : {}),
-        ...(info.tmdb_trailer ? { tmdb_trailer: info.tmdb_trailer } : {}),
-        ...(info.tmdb_recommendations
-            ? { tmdb_recommendations: info.tmdb_recommendations }
-            : {}),
+        ...pickTmdbEnrichment(info),
     };
 }
 
+type TmdbEnrichmentKey = Extract<keyof StalkerVodInfo, `tmdb_${string}`>;
+
+/**
+ * Every TMDB enrichment field of {@link StalkerVodInfo}. A `Record` over the
+ * `tmdb_*` keys, so adding one to the interface fails to compile until it is
+ * listed here: detail views re-normalize the selected item on every render,
+ * and a field this list missed would vanish right after enrichment.
+ */
+const TMDB_ENRICHMENT_KEYS: Record<TmdbEnrichmentKey, true> = {
+    tmdb_id: true,
+    tmdb_cast: true,
+    tmdb_directors: true,
+    tmdb_status: true,
+    tmdb_backdrop: true,
+    tmdb_trailer: true,
+    tmdb_recommendations: true,
+    tmdb_genres: true,
+    tmdb_countries: true,
+    tmdb_media_type: true,
+    tmdb_supplied_release_date: true,
+};
+
+function pickTmdbEnrichment(
+    info: Partial<StalkerVodInfo>
+): Partial<Pick<StalkerVodInfo, TmdbEnrichmentKey>> {
+    const picked: Record<string, unknown> = {};
+    for (const key of Object.keys(
+        TMDB_ENRICHMENT_KEYS
+    ) as TmdbEnrichmentKey[]) {
+        if (info[key]) {
+            picked[key] = info[key];
+        }
+    }
+    return picked;
+}
+
 /**
  * Narrows a raw portal row to the fields the detail/playback flows need.
  *

libs/portal/stalker/feature/src/lib/stalker-series-view/stalker-series-view.tmdb-facets.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+import { ComponentFixture } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { StalkerSeriesViewComponent } from './stalker-series-view.component';
+import { createStalkerSeriesViewHarness } from './stalker-series-view.test-harness';
+
+/**
+ * The view re-normalizes the selected item on every render, so the TMDB
+ * genre and country facets the enrichment merged into the store item have
+ * to survive that pass to become clickable Discover chips.
+ */
+describe('StalkerSeriesViewComponent TMDB facet chips', () => {
+    let fixture: ComponentFixture<StalkerSeriesViewComponent>;
+    const { selectedItem, createFixture } = createStalkerSeriesViewHarness(() =>
+        jest.fn()
+    );
+
+    async function stabilize(): Promise<void> {
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+        await fixture.whenStable();
+    }
+
+    function facetChipLabels(): string[] {
+        return Array.from(
+            (fixture.nativeElement as HTMLElement).querySelectorAll(
+                'button.meta-chip__facet'
+            )
+        ).map((chip) => chip.textContent?.trim() ?? '');
+    }
+
+    beforeEach(async () => {
+        fixture = await createFixture();
+    });
+
+    afterEach(() => {
+        fixture?.destroy();
+    });
+
+    it('renders the enriched genres and countries as Discover chips', async () => {
+        await stabilize();
+
+        // Enrichment patches the store item after selection
+        selectedItem.set({
+            id: '30001',
+            cmd: '/media/file_30001.mpg',
+            info: {
+                name: 'Regular Series',
+                description: 'Series description',
+                movie_image: 'poster.jpg',
+                genre: 'Drama',
+                tmdb_id: 777,
+                tmdb_genres: [
+                    { id: 18, name: 'Drama' },
+                    { id: 9648, name: 'Mystery' },
+                ],
+                tmdb_countries: [{ code: 'NO', name: 'Norway' }],
+                tmdb_media_type: 'tv',
+            },
+        } as never);
+        await stabilize();
+
+        expect(facetChipLabels()).toEqual(
+            expect.arrayContaining(['Drama', 'Mystery', 'Norway'])
+        );
+    });
+});

libs/shared/interfaces/src/lib/stalker-vod-details.interface.ts

@@ -64,4 +64,6 @@ export interface StalkerVodInfo {
      * this to send Discover clicks to the right media type.
      */
     tmdb_media_type?: TmdbMediaType;
+    /** See `XtreamVodInfo.tmdb_supplied_release_date` — same contract */
+    tmdb_supplied_release_date?: boolean;
 }

libs/ui/components/src/index.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export * from './lib/confirm-dialog/confirm-dialog.component';
 export * from './lib/confirm-dialog/dialog.service';
 export * from './lib/content-hero/content-hero.component';
 export * from './lib/expandable-text/expandable-text.component';
+export * from './lib/form-field-defaults/form-field-defaults';
 export * from './lib/external-playback-dock/external-playback-dock.component';
 export * from './lib/portal-detail-shell/content-about.component';
 export * from './lib/portal-detail-shell/detail-template.directives';

libs/ui/components/src/lib/channel-list-container/epg-mapping-dialog/epg-mapping-dialog.component.ts

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { MatSnackBar } from '@angular/material/snack-bar';
 import { EpgRuntimeBridgeService, EpgService } from '@iptvnator/epg/data-access';
 import { TranslatePipe, TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 import { debounceTime, from, Subject, switchMap } from 'rxjs';
+import { provideFormFieldDefaults } from '../../form-field-defaults/form-field-defaults';
 
 export interface EpgMappingDialogData {
     channelKey: string;
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ const SEARCH_MIN_CHARS = 2;
 
 @Component({
     selector: 'app-epg-mapping-dialog',
+    providers: [provideFormFieldDefaults()],
     templateUrl: './epg-mapping-dialog.component.html',
     styleUrl: './epg-mapping-dialog.component.scss',
     changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush,

libs/ui/components/src/lib/form-field-defaults/form-field-defaults.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import { Provider } from '@angular/core';
+import {
+    MAT_FORM_FIELD_DEFAULT_OPTIONS,
+    MatFormFieldDefaultOptions,
+} from '@angular/material/form-field';
+
+/** The app's outlined, dynamically sized form fields (see m3-theme.scss). */
+export const APP_FORM_FIELD_DEFAULTS: MatFormFieldDefaultOptions = {
+    appearance: 'outline',
+    subscriptSizing: 'dynamic',
+};
+
+/**
+ * Provide the app's form-field defaults on a component that renders
+ * `<mat-form-field>`. They are not provided in the root injector: importing
+ * the token there loads `@angular/material/form-field` (and, since Material
+ * 22.2, `@angular/forms`) on startup, while every form field lives in a lazy
+ * chunk. `tools/nx/check-form-field-defaults.mjs` enforces this.
+ */
+export function provideFormFieldDefaults(): Provider {
+    return {
+        provide: MAT_FORM_FIELD_DEFAULT_OPTIONS,
+        useValue: APP_FORM_FIELD_DEFAULTS,
+    };
+}

libs/ui/components/src/lib/parental-lock-pin-dialog/parental-lock-pin-dialog.component.ts

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import {
     PARENTAL_LOCK_PIN_MAX_LENGTH,
     PARENTAL_LOCK_PIN_MIN_LENGTH,
 } from '@iptvnator/shared/interfaces';
+import { provideFormFieldDefaults } from '../form-field-defaults/form-field-defaults';
 
 export type ParentalLockPinDialogMode = 'unlock' | 'set';
 
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ export interface ParentalLockPinDialogData {
  */
 @Component({
     selector: 'app-parental-lock-pin-dialog',
+    providers: [provideFormFieldDefaults()],
     templateUrl: './parental-lock-pin-dialog.component.html',
     styleUrl: './parental-lock-pin-dialog.component.scss',
     changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush,

libs/workspace/dashboard/data-access/src/lib/dashboard-recommendations.service.spec.ts

@@ -885,6 +885,45 @@ describe('DashboardRecommendationsService', () => {
         expect(service.items().map((item) => item.title)).toContain('Godzilla');
     });
 
+    it('ignores a release date the TMDB merge supplied when excluding', async () => {
+        // The portal sent no date, so the stored one is the year of
+        // whatever TMDB matched. It must not gate the exact tier, or a
+        // namesake match would keep the watched title on the rail.
+        enrichMovie.mockResolvedValue({
+            recommendations: {
+                results: [
+                    ...recTitles
+                        .slice(0, 5)
+                        .map((title, i) => rec(100 + i, title)),
+                    rec(200, 'Quarry Lights', 2014),
+                ],
+            },
+        });
+        recentAll = [
+            ...recentVod,
+            {
+                title: 'Quarry Lights',
+                type: 'movie',
+                stalker_item: {
+                    id: '9',
+                    category_id: 'vod',
+                    info: {
+                        name: 'Quarry Lights',
+                        releasedate: '1954-11-03',
+                        tmdb_supplied_release_date: true,
+                    },
+                },
+            } as ActivityStub,
+        ];
+        const service = createService();
+
+        await service.load();
+
+        expect(service.items().map((item) => item.title)).not.toContain(
+            'Quarry Lights'
+        );
+    });
+
     it('excludes a watched title whose name ends in a year', async () => {
         // "Blade Runner 2049" is a 2017 film; the 2049 belongs to the
         // NAME, so it must not be read as a release year and used to

libs/workspace/dashboard/data-access/src/lib/dashboard-recommendations.util.ts

@@ -52,7 +52,10 @@ export type RecommendationCandidate = Omit<
  * gating that key on a title-derived 2049 would fail to exclude the very
  * film the user just watched (TMDB calls it 2017). Only Stalker rows
  * carry a real date (`info.releasedate`); everything else yields `null`,
- * which keeps the exact tier excluding unconditionally.
+ * which keeps the exact tier excluding unconditionally. So does a date the
+ * TMDB merge filled in itself (`tmdb_supplied_release_date`): it is the
+ * year of whatever TMDB matched, and a namesake match would otherwise stop
+ * the watched title from excluding itself.
  *
  * The base tier is different by construction — its key exists only
  * because a trailing year was stripped off — so it keeps using that year.
@@ -63,6 +66,9 @@ export function trustedReleaseYear(
     const info = (
         item.stalker_item as { info?: Record<string, unknown> } | undefined
     )?.info;
+    if (info?.['tmdb_supplied_release_date'] === true) {
+        return null;
+    }
     const releaseDate = info?.['releasedate'];
     return typeof releaseDate === 'string' ? extractYear(releaseDate) : null;
 }

package.json

@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@
         "a11y:icon-buttons:test": "node --test tools/nx/check-icon-button-names.test.mjs",
         "a11y:icon-buttons:check": "node tools/nx/check-icon-button-names.mjs",
         "a11y:icon-buttons:validate": "pnpm run a11y:icon-buttons:test && pnpm run a11y:icon-buttons:check",
+        "ui:form-field-defaults:test": "node --test tools/nx/check-form-field-defaults.test.mjs",
+        "ui:form-field-defaults:check": "node tools/nx/check-form-field-defaults.mjs",
+        "ui:form-field-defaults:validate": "pnpm run ui:form-field-defaults:test && pnpm run ui:form-field-defaults:check",
         "e2e:task-graphs:test": "node --test tools/nx/check-e2e-task-graphs.test.mjs",
         "e2e:task-graphs:check": "node tools/nx/check-e2e-task-graphs.mjs",
         "e2e:task-graphs:validate": "pnpm run e2e:task-graphs:test && pnpm run e2e:task-graphs:check",

tools/nx/check-form-field-defaults.mjs

@@ -0,0 +1,192 @@
+import { execFileSync } from 'node:child_process';
+import { readFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
+import ts from 'typescript';
+
+/**
+ * The app's `<mat-form-field>` defaults (outline, dynamic subscript) are
+ * provided per component, not in the root injector: importing
+ * MAT_FORM_FIELD_DEFAULT_OPTIONS in app.config.ts loads
+ * `@angular/material/form-field` and, since Material 22.2, `@angular/forms`
+ * on startup, although every form field lives in a lazy chunk. A component
+ * that renders a form field without the provider silently falls back to the
+ * `fill` appearance, so this guard requires it on each such component, and
+ * allows the provider and the token nowhere else.
+ */
+export const DEFAULTS_FILE =
+    'libs/ui/components/src/lib/form-field-defaults/form-field-defaults.ts';
+const TOKEN = 'MAT_FORM_FIELD_DEFAULT_OPTIONS';
+const PROVIDER = 'provideFormFieldDefaults';
+
+const SCANNED_PATHSPECS = ['apps/web/*.ts', 'libs/*.ts'];
+
+function isScanned(file) {
+    return !/\.(spec|test)\.[cm]?[jt]s$/.test(file);
+}
+
+/** The object literal of an `@Component({...})` decorator, if `node` is one. */
+function componentMetadata(node) {
+    if (
+        !ts.isDecorator(node) ||
+        !ts.isCallExpression(node.expression) ||
+        !ts.isIdentifier(node.expression.expression) ||
+        node.expression.expression.text !== 'Component'
+    ) {
+        return undefined;
+    }
+    const [metadata] = node.expression.arguments;
+    return metadata && ts.isObjectLiteralExpression(metadata)
+        ? metadata
+        : undefined;
+}
+
+function property(metadata, name) {
+    return metadata.properties.find(
+        (entry) =>
+            ts.isPropertyAssignment(entry) &&
+            (ts.isIdentifier(entry.name) || ts.isStringLiteral(entry.name)) &&
+            entry.name.text === name
+    )?.initializer;
+}
+
+/** Literal text of a quoted, backticked or interpolated template. */
+function literalText(node) {
+    if (ts.isStringLiteralLike(node)) return node.text;
+    if (ts.isTemplateExpression(node)) {
+        return [
+            node.head.text,
+            ...node.templateSpans.map((span) => span.literal.text),
+        ].join('');
+    }
+    return undefined;
+}
+
+function isProviderCall(node) {
+    return (
+        ts.isCallExpression(node) &&
+        ts.isIdentifier(node.expression) &&
+        node.expression.text === PROVIDER
+    );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Findings for one TypeScript source. `readTemplate` resolves a
+ * `templateUrl` relative to the component and returns its text.
+ */
+export async function checkComponentSource(file, source, readTemplate) {
+    const sourceFile = ts.createSourceFile(
+        file,
+        source,
+        ts.ScriptTarget.Latest,
+        true
+    );
+    const lineOf = (node) =>
+        sourceFile.getLineAndCharacterOfPosition(node.getStart(sourceFile))
+            .line + 1;
+    const findings = [];
+    const components = [];
+    const componentProviderCalls = new Set();
+
+    const visit = (node) => {
+        const metadata = componentMetadata(node);
+        if (metadata) {
+            const providers = property(metadata, 'providers');
+            const calls =
+                providers && ts.isArrayLiteralExpression(providers)
+                    ? providers.elements.filter(isProviderCall)
+                    : [];
+            calls.forEach((call) => componentProviderCalls.add(call));
+            components.push({ node, metadata, provides: calls.length > 0 });
+        }
+        if (ts.isIdentifier(node) && node.text === TOKEN) {
+            if (file !== DEFAULTS_FILE) {
+                findings.push({
+                    file,
+                    line: lineOf(node),
+                    reason: `uses ${TOKEN}; provide the app defaults with ${PROVIDER}() from @iptvnator/ui/components/form-field-defaults`,
+                });
+            }
+        }
+        ts.forEachChild(node, visit);
+    };
+    visit(sourceFile);
+
+    const visitCalls = (node) => {
+        if (isProviderCall(node) && !componentProviderCalls.has(node)) {
+            findings.push({
+                file,
+                line: lineOf(node),
+                reason: `calls ${PROVIDER}() outside a component's providers; a root or route provider loads Material's form field on startup`,
+            });
+        }
+        ts.forEachChild(node, visitCalls);
+    };
+    visitCalls(sourceFile);
+
+    for (const { node, metadata, provides } of components) {
+        const inline = property(metadata, 'template');
+        const url = property(metadata, 'templateUrl');
+        let template = inline ? literalText(inline) : undefined;
+        if (template === undefined && url && ts.isStringLiteralLike(url)) {
+            template = await readTemplate(
+                path.posix.join(path.posix.dirname(file), url.text)
+            );
+        }
+        if (provides || !/<mat-form-field\b/.test(template ?? '')) continue;
+        findings.push({
+            file,
+            line: lineOf(node),
+            reason: `renders <mat-form-field> without providers: [${PROVIDER}()]`,
+        });
+    }
+    return findings.sort((a, b) => a.line - b.line);
+}
+
+/** Tracked renderer TypeScript files the guard reads, at any depth. */
+export function listScannedFiles(rootDir) {
+    // No shell: `cmd.exe` treats single quotes as literal characters, so a
+    // POSIX-quoted pathspec reaches git intact on Windows and matches nothing.
+    return execFileSync('git', ['ls-files', ...SCANNED_PATHSPECS], {
+        cwd: rootDir,
+        encoding: 'utf8',
+        maxBuffer: 32 * 1024 * 1024,
+    })
+        .trim()
+        .split('\n')
+        .filter(Boolean)
+        .filter(isScanned);
+}
+
+const isMain =
+    process.argv[1] &&
+    path.resolve(process.argv[1]) ===
+        path.resolve(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+
+if (isMain) {
+    const rootDir = process.cwd();
+    const files = listScannedFiles(rootDir);
+    const readTemplate = (file) => readFile(path.join(rootDir, file), 'utf8');
+
+    const findings = [];
+    for (const file of files) {
+        const source = await readFile(path.join(rootDir, file), 'utf8');
+        findings.push(
+            ...(await checkComponentSource(file, source, readTemplate))
+        );
+    }
+
+    if (findings.length > 0) {
+        console.error(
+            'Form-field defaults must be provided per component, not in the root injector:'
+        );
+        for (const { file, line, reason } of findings) {
+            console.error(`- ${file}:${line} ${reason}`);
+        }
+        process.exitCode = 1;
+    } else {
+        console.log(
+            `Checked ${files.length} renderer files; every <mat-form-field> component provides the app defaults.`
+        );
+    }
+}

tools/nx/check-form-field-defaults.test.mjs

@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import { readFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import { test } from 'node:test';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
+
+import {
+    DEFAULTS_FILE,
+    checkComponentSource,
+    listScannedFiles,
+} from './check-form-field-defaults.mjs';
+
+const repoRoot = path.resolve(
+    path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)),
+    '../..'
+);
+const templates = {
+    'libs/a/field.component.html':
+        '<mat-form-field><input matInput /></mat-form-field>',
+    'libs/a/plain.component.html': '<button mat-button>Save</button>',
+};
+const readTemplate = async (file) => templates[file];
+const check = async (file, source) =>
+    (await checkComponentSource(file, source, readTemplate)).map(
+        ({ line, reason }) => ({ line, reason })
+    );
+
+test('accepts a templateUrl form field with the provider', async () => {
+    const source = [
+        '@Component({',
+        "    selector: 'app-field',",
+        '    providers: [provideFormFieldDefaults()],',
+        "    templateUrl: './field.component.html',",
+        '})',
+    ].join('\n');
+
+    assert.deepEqual(await check('libs/a/field.component.ts', source), []);
+});
+
+test('accepts the provider next to other providers', async () => {
+    const source = [
+        '@Component({',
+        '    providers: [DatePipe, provideFormFieldDefaults()],',
+        "    templateUrl: './field.component.html',",
+        '})',
+    ].join('\n');
+
+    assert.deepEqual(await check('libs/a/field.component.ts', source), []);
+});
+
+test('reports a templateUrl form field without the provider', async () => {
+    const source = [
+        '@Component({',
+        "    selector: 'app-field',",
+        "    templateUrl: './field.component.html',",
+        '})',
+    ].join('\n');
+
+    assert.deepEqual(await check('libs/a/field.component.ts', source), [
+        {
+            line: 1,
+            reason: 'renders <mat-form-field> without providers: [provideFormFieldDefaults()]',
+        },
+    ]);
+});
+
+test('reports an inline template form field without the provider', async () => {
+    const source = [
+        '@Component({',
+        '    template: `',
+        '        <mat-form-field appearance="outline"></mat-form-field>',
+        '    `,',
+        '})',
+    ].join('\n');
+
+    assert.equal((await check('libs/a/inline.component.ts', source)).length, 1);
+});
+
+test('reads quoted inline templates', async () => {
+    const source = [
+        '@Component({',
+        "    template: '<mat-form-field></mat-form-field>',",
+        '})',
+        'class Single {}',
+        '@Component({',
+        '    template: "<mat-form-field></mat-form-field>",',
+        '})',
+        'class Double {}',
+    ].join('\n');
+
+    assert.deepEqual(
+        (await check('libs/a/quoted.component.ts', source)).map(
+            ({ line }) => line
+        ),
+        [1, 5]
+    );
+});
+
+test('checks each component of a file on its own providers', async () => {
+    const source = [
+        '@Component({',
+        '    providers: [provideFormFieldDefaults()],',
+        "    templateUrl: './field.component.html',",
+        '})',
+        'class WithDefaults {}',
+        '@Component({',
+        "    templateUrl: './field.component.html',",
+        '})',
+        'class WithoutDefaults {}',
+    ].join('\n');
+
+    assert.deepEqual(await check('libs/a/field.component.ts', source), [
+        {
+            line: 6,
+            reason: 'renders <mat-form-field> without providers: [provideFormFieldDefaults()]',
+        },
+    ]);
+});
+
+test('finds the provider after an earlier array-valued provider', async () => {
+    const source = [
+        '@Component({',
+        '    providers: [',
+        '        { provide: LIST, useValue: [] },',
+        '        provideFormFieldDefaults(),',
+        '    ],',
+        "    templateUrl: './field.component.html',",
+        '})',
+    ].join('\n');
+
+    assert.deepEqual(await check('libs/a/field.component.ts', source), []);
+});
+
+test('reports the provider outside a component', async () => {
+    const appConfig = [
+        'export const appConfig = {',
+        '    providers: [provideRouter(routes), provideFormFieldDefaults()],',
+        '};',
+    ].join('\n');
+    const routes = [
+        'export const routes = [',
+        "    { path: 'settings', providers: [provideFormFieldDefaults()] },",
+        '];',
+    ].join('\n');
+
+    assert.deepEqual(await check('apps/web/src/app/app.config.ts', appConfig), [
+        {
+            line: 2,
+            reason: "calls provideFormFieldDefaults() outside a component's providers; a root or route provider loads Material's form field on startup",
+        },
+    ]);
+    assert.equal(
+        (await check('apps/web/src/app/app.routes.ts', routes)).length,
+        1
+    );
+});
+
+test('ignores templates without a form field', async () => {
+    const source = [
+        '@Component({',
+        "    templateUrl: './plain.component.html',",
+        '})',
+        '@Component({ template: `<mat-icon>add</mat-icon>` })',
+    ].join('\n');
+
+    assert.deepEqual(await check('libs/a/plain.component.ts', source), []);
+});
+
+test('reports the token outside the shared provider', async () => {
+    const source = [
+        "import { MAT_FORM_FIELD_DEFAULT_OPTIONS } from '@angular/material/form-field';",
+        'export const appConfig = {',
+        '    providers: [{ provide: MAT_FORM_FIELD_DEFAULT_OPTIONS, useValue: {} }],',
+        '};',
+    ].join('\n');
+
+    assert.deepEqual(
+        (await check('apps/web/src/app/app.config.ts', source)).map(
+            ({ line }) => line
+        ),
+        [1, 3]
+    );
+    assert.deepEqual(await check(DEFAULTS_FILE, source), []);
+});
+
+test('the shared provider supplies the outline, dynamic defaults', async () => {
+    const source = await readFile(path.join(repoRoot, DEFAULTS_FILE), 'utf8');
+
+    assert.match(source, /appearance: 'outline'/);
+    assert.match(source, /subscriptSizing: 'dynamic'/);
+    assert.match(source, /provide: MAT_FORM_FIELD_DEFAULT_OPTIONS/);
+});
+
+test('scans renderer TypeScript and skips specs', () => {
+    const files = listScannedFiles(repoRoot);
+
+    assert.ok(files.includes(DEFAULTS_FILE));
+    assert.ok(files.includes('apps/web/src/app/app.config.ts'));
+    assert.ok(files.every((file) => !/\.spec\.ts$/.test(file)));
+});

tools/performance/journey-baselines.json

@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
     "journeys": {
         "launch": {
             "renderer.initialBytes": {
-                "value": 1595777,
+                "value": 1534604,
                 "unit": "bytes",
                 "slack": 4096,
-                "updatedAt": "2026-10-07",
-                "evidencePr": 1810,
+                "updatedAt": "2026-10-13",
+                "evidencePr": 1928,
                 "measuredWith": "pnpm nx build web && pnpm run perf:initial-bytes"
             },
             "renderer.ipcCallsToFirstCard": {

tsconfig.base.json

@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@
             "@iptvnator/ui/components/confirm-dialog": [
                 "libs/ui/components/src/lib/confirm-dialog/dialog.service.ts"
             ],
+            "@iptvnator/ui/components/form-field-defaults": [
+                "libs/ui/components/src/lib/form-field-defaults/form-field-defaults.ts"
+            ],
             "@iptvnator/ui/components/parental-lock-pin-dialog": [
                 "libs/ui/components/src/lib/parental-lock-pin-dialog/parental-lock-pin-dialog.component.ts"
             ],