Changelog

What changed on BandFan

This page tracks the changes people using BandFan are most likely to notice. The newest update opens first, and older notes stay folded until you want more detail.

Highlights

Like (♥) and Vote buttons are now visible in the desktop player controls bar while a song is playing.

Songs a fan has voted on now correctly appear in the Votes tab on the fan dashboard — previously those entries were missing.

Song menus in tables and the queue no longer close when you drag or scroll inside them on touch or pointer devices.

Volume normalization is working again for songs uploaded by band owners. A missing system component on the production server was silently preventing loudness data from being generated for new uploads.

What changed on BandFan

Like and Vote are now in the player, and song volume normalization is working again

Public playlists, mobile playback reliability, and theme polish

Playlists, themes, and mobile listening all moved forward

BIG UPDATE: Night Theme & Playback on Mobile

Player cleanup for phones and smaller screens

Hotfix: Playback Consistency

Playlists, Votes, and library actions got a lot easier to use

Playback Got Steadier Across BandFan

BandFan now has a public changelog and update notices

Public band listening got easier to scan

Band pages can now reuse saved backgrounds

Playback recovery and moderation tools both got steadier

Band page styling controls cover more of the page now

Notifications now have a real inbox history page

Band publishing and admin review flows are more reliable

Favorites, player controls, and discovery all got cleaner

Playlists arrived in saved music

AI-assisted songs are now an opt-in discovery choice

Playback survives route changes better and contact reports improved

Private draft bands and invite-based access are now live

App-wide theme controls are now more consistent

Footer links, feedback, and launch polish are live

Donations, legal pages, and navigation all got clearer

Shared routes load lighter and settings changes are safer

Public band pages now load more like fan pages first

Save flows are sturdier and admin browsing scales better

Playback preferences got smarter and audio groundwork landed

The player became more capable and the dashboard got cleaner

Browsing and public-facing pages both expanded

Floating windows and band styling both took a big step forward

BandFan established its core UI and auth foundations

What changed on BandFan

Like and Vote are now in the player, and song volume normalization is working again

Public playlists, mobile playback reliability, and theme polish

Playlists, themes, and mobile listening all moved forward

BIG UPDATE: Night Theme & Playback on Mobile

Apr 7, 2026Player cleanup for phones and smaller screensBandFan's shared bottom player now holds up much better on phones and mid-size screens, with clearer compact playback controls, more direct mobile actions, and a safer login handoff for save and vote taps.

Player cleanup for phones and smaller screens

Apr 1, 2026Hotfix: Playback ConsistencyBandFan playback now behaves more consistently when a queued track is missing audio or the browser briefly loses track of the current media source during automatic transitions.

Hotfix: Playback Consistency

Mar 31, 2026Playlists, Votes, and library actions got a lot easier to useThe dashboard library got a cleaner structure and smoother song actions. Playlists now have their own space, Votes has its own tab, and moving songs between Favorites, Votes, and playlists feels much more consistent.

Playlists, Votes, and library actions got a lot easier to use

Playback Got Steadier Across BandFan

Mar 29, 2026BandFan now has a public changelog and update noticesYou can now track visible product changes in one public changelog, receive update notices through the inbox, and review legal updates with a cleaner draft-to-publish flow.

BandFan now has a public changelog and update notices

Mar 29, 2026Public band listening got easier to scanPublic band pages now feel cleaner and less confusing while songs and band lists load. Fans also see a simpler song-table layout that matches what they can actually do.

Public band listening got easier to scan

Mar 28, 2026Band pages can now reuse saved backgroundsBand owners can keep uploaded backgrounds in a reusable library instead of reuploading the same artwork every time they adjust a page theme.

Band pages can now reuse saved backgrounds

Mar 28, 2026Playback recovery and moderation tools both got steadierThe player now recovers more cleanly from bad cached audio while admins also get a tighter songs moderation surface with less noisy loading and better payload handling.

Playback recovery and moderation tools both got steadier

Mar 27, 2026Band page styling controls cover more of the page nowOwners can tune more of the visible band-page chrome, including shadow color and related page styling, without dragging app-owned tools into the band skin.

Band page styling controls cover more of the page now

Mar 27, 2026Sharing and listening controls are easier to understandBandFan now gives fans and bands better ways to share pages and songs, review help guidance, and control explicit-song visibility across listening surfaces.

Sharing and listening controls are easier to understand

Mar 26, 2026Notifications now have a real inbox history pageThe header bell is no longer the only place to review updates and alerts, because BandFan now includes a dedicated notifications history page.

Notifications now have a real inbox history page

Mar 26, 2026Band publishing and admin review flows are more reliableBands and admins now see clearer publishing states, cleaner review tools, and more consistent moderation outcomes when drafts move toward public release.

Band publishing and admin review flows are more reliable

Mar 25, 2026Favorites, player controls, and discovery all got cleanerA broad usability pass made the bottom player easier to manage, simplified naming around saved music, and tightened how discovery tables explain actions and freshness.

Favorites, player controls, and discovery all got cleaner

Mar 24, 2026Playlists arrived in saved musicFans can now organize saved songs into reusable playlists instead of managing everything in one flat saved-songs view.

Playlists arrived in saved music

Mar 24, 2026AI-assisted songs are now an opt-in discovery choiceBandFan now makes its human-made-first discovery rules explicit and lets listeners decide when AI-assisted songs should appear in their listening surfaces.

AI-assisted songs are now an opt-in discovery choice

Mar 23, 2026Playback survives route changes better and contact reports improvedThe player now holds up better when you move between route shells, and the contact form can carry richer report context including screenshots.

Playback survives route changes better and contact reports improved

Mar 22, 2026Private draft bands and invite-based access are now liveBand creation and account access now follow a more structured launch model with invite-only signup, real private draft bands, and cleaner moderation handoffs.

Private draft bands and invite-based access are now live

Mar 21, 2026App-wide theme controls are now more consistentBandFan cleaned up shared styling across the app and made the admin theme tooling more practical to use while debugging release polish.

App-wide theme controls are now more consistent

Mar 20, 2026Footer links, feedback, and launch polish are liveBandFan now exposes the right support and legal links across the app, with a more practical feedback path and cleaner release-ready routing details.

Footer links, feedback, and launch polish are live

Mar 19, 2026Donations, legal pages, and navigation all got clearerBand owners can now present support links more cleanly, legal pages are live, and several everyday navigation and playback details became easier to understand.

Donations, legal pages, and navigation all got clearer

Mar 18, 2026Shared routes load lighter and settings changes are saferBandFan trimmed extra client weight from several routes, added safer playback fallbacks, and made settings-heavy screens harder to lose work on by accident.

Shared routes load lighter and settings changes are safer

Mar 17, 2026Public band pages now load more like fan pages firstBand pages now prioritize the fan-facing experience sooner, while heavier owner tools stay out of the way until they are actually needed.

Public band pages now load more like fan pages first

Mar 16, 2026Save flows are sturdier and admin browsing scales betterSeveral edit flows moved onto more reliable server-owned paths, while the admin area became easier to browse once lists started getting larger.

Save flows are sturdier and admin browsing scales better

Mar 14, 2026Playback preferences got smarter and audio groundwork landedListeners now have more meaningful playback settings, and the song pipeline started carrying the metadata needed for more consistent volume handling later.

Playback preferences got smarter and audio groundwork landed

Mar 13, 2026The player became more capable and the dashboard got cleanerBandFan pushed the bottom player much closer to a real daily listening tool while also making the dashboard feel faster and less cluttered.

The player became more capable and the dashboard got cleaner

Mar 12, 2026Browsing and public-facing pages both expandedBandFan became a more complete fan-facing app with denser browsing options, a dedicated About page, and stronger login and shared-layout support for the newer flows.

Browsing and public-facing pages both expanded

Mar 10, 2026Floating windows and band styling both took a big step forwardBandFan added reusable floating windows, expanded band styling controls, and replaced immediate account deletion with a safer delayed-delete flow.

Floating windows and band styling both took a big step forward

Mar 7, 2026BandFan moved onto the new login flow and a stronger player designThe dedicated login route and early player redesign both went live, making core account entry and playback feel much closer to the intended product.

BandFan moved onto the new login flow and a stronger player design

Mar 4, 2026BandFan established its core UI and auth foundationsThe earliest March work laid down the shared visual language, the first real login and registration flow, and the foundation for the player and song-management work that followed.

BandFan established its core UI and auth foundations