Merge pull request LykosAI#1230 from ionite34/shoutout-chagenlog

shoutout chagenlog and download json length fix

(cherry picked from commit ce8c057db3df1f95134e1bfd0b55d2e19308e788)

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#	CHANGELOG.md

Author: mohnjiles

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,15 +5,129 @@ 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-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!
+### 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!
+### 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!
+
+## 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!
+
+## 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!
+
+>>>>>>> ce8c057d (Merge pull request #1230 from ionite34/shoutout-chagenlog)
 ## 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
 - Added notification system with localizable banner and markdown detail dialog UI
 - Added warning in data directory selector when an 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!
 ### Changed
 - 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!
 ### Fixed
 - Fixed an issue where `Align Your Steps` scheduler and Unet Loader workflows ignored Regional Prompting (and other addon) conditioning modifiers.
 - Fixed the Package Manager "Add Package" teaching tip opening inopportunely while packages were still loading or after opening the add-package dialog
@@ -24,14 +138,20 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning 2.0](https://semver.org/spec/v2
 - 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!
-- 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
-- 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
+### Supporters
+#### 🌟 Visionaries
+Lifting up our legendary Visionaries: **Waterclouds**, **JungleDragon**, **bluepopsicle**, **Bob S**, and **whudunit**. Through every release, every milestone, and every twist of this wild journey, your support has been our north star. A huge welcome to our newest Visionaries **Droolguy** and **snotty** (leveling up from the Pioneer crew!), 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 - so glad to have you all on board! We cannot thank you enough for standing behind Stability Matrix!
+#### 🚀 Pioneers
+And to our mighty Pioneer crew - the folks who keep the engine humming - thank you for everything! Massive shoutout to: **Szir777**, **Noah M**, **[USA]TechDude**, **Thom**, **SeraphOfSalem**, **Desert Viber**, **Adam**, **ACTUALLY_the_Real_Willem_Dafoe**, **takyamtom**, **robek**, **Ghislain G**, **Phil R**, **Tundra Everquill**, **Andrew B**, **SinthCore**, and **Ahmed S**. And a very warm welcome to our newest Pioneer **Commissar Lord Death**, plus a heartfelt shoutout to one more new Pioneer who joined us quietly through the Stripe migration - you know who you are, and we're so glad to have you!
+
+And one more heartfelt thank you to everyone now supporting us directly through our new platform - this next chapter wouldn't be possible without your trust, and we're so grateful you've come along for the ride!
 
 ## v2.15.6
 ### Added

StabilityMatrix.Core/Services/TrackedDownloadService.cs

@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ private void UpdateJsonForDownload(TrackedDownload download)
         var (_, fs) = downloadInfo;
         fs.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
         fs.Write(jsonBytes);
+        fs.SetLength(jsonBytes.Length);
         fs.Flush();
     }