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#metabrainzmeetingnotes, 2026-01-05
Welcome to another Monday MetaBrainz Meeting!
(and to 2026)
I hope those who had holidays had nice ones, and that the pile of work you came back to wasn’t too terrifying
Agenda: Reviews
community.metabrainz.org/t/notes-from...
Welcome to another Monday MetaBrainz Meeting!
(and to 2026)
I hope those who had holidays had nice ones, and that the pile of work you came back to wasn’t too terrifying
Agenda: Reviews
community.metabrainz.org/t/notes-from...
community.metabrainz.org
January 5, 2026 at 10:24 PM
#metabrainzmeetingnotes, 2026-01-05
Welcome to another Monday MetaBrainz Meeting!
(and to 2026)
I hope those who had holidays had nice ones, and that the pile of work you came back to wasn’t too terrifying
Agenda: Reviews
community.metabrainz.org/t/notes-from...
Welcome to another Monday MetaBrainz Meeting!
(and to 2026)
I hope those who had holidays had nice ones, and that the pile of work you came back to wasn’t too terrifying
Agenda: Reviews
community.metabrainz.org/t/notes-from...
Reposted by MetaBrainz
#ListenBrainzServerUpdate, v-2026-01-03.0
#yearinmusic fixes:
- Fix top artists image label
- Fix YIM year cover refresh on navigation
- Reduce number of users per message for genre activity -a
github.com/metabrainz/l...
#yearinmusic fixes:
- Fix top artists image label
- Fix YIM year cover refresh on navigation
- Reduce number of users per message for genre activity -a
github.com/metabrainz/l...
January 3, 2026 at 7:12 PM
#ListenBrainzServerUpdate, v-2026-01-03.0
#yearinmusic fixes:
- Fix top artists image label
- Fix YIM year cover refresh on navigation
- Reduce number of users per message for genre activity -a
github.com/metabrainz/l...
#yearinmusic fixes:
- Fix top artists image label
- Fix YIM year cover refresh on navigation
- Reduce number of users per message for genre activity -a
github.com/metabrainz/l...
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January 2, 2026 at 8:46 PM
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#yearinmusic 2025 is OUT NOW!
"A bit like Spotify’s Wrapped (but way super better, in my extremely biased opinion) your ListenBrainz Year in Music report summarizes your listening habits from throughout the year 2025… and now, back through time!"
blog.metabrainz.org/2026/01/02/y...
"A bit like Spotify’s Wrapped (but way super better, in my extremely biased opinion) your ListenBrainz Year in Music report summarizes your listening habits from throughout the year 2025… and now, back through time!"
blog.metabrainz.org/2026/01/02/y...
January 2, 2026 at 7:40 PM
#yearinmusic 2025 is OUT NOW!
"A bit like Spotify’s Wrapped (but way super better, in my extremely biased opinion) your ListenBrainz Year in Music report summarizes your listening habits from throughout the year 2025… and now, back through time!"
blog.metabrainz.org/2026/01/02/y...
"A bit like Spotify’s Wrapped (but way super better, in my extremely biased opinion) your ListenBrainz Year in Music report summarizes your listening habits from throughout the year 2025… and now, back through time!"
blog.metabrainz.org/2026/01/02/y...
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#ListenBrainzServerUpdate, v-2026-01-01.0
First PR of the year! The LB devs never rest*
A few small fixes plus prep for #yearinmusic :0
github.com/metabrainz/l...
*unless they resting
First PR of the year! The LB devs never rest*
A few small fixes plus prep for #yearinmusic :0
github.com/metabrainz/l...
*unless they resting
January 1, 2026 at 6:11 AM
#ListenBrainzServerUpdate, v-2026-01-01.0
First PR of the year! The LB devs never rest*
A few small fixes plus prep for #yearinmusic :0
github.com/metabrainz/l...
*unless they resting
First PR of the year! The LB devs never rest*
A few small fixes plus prep for #yearinmusic :0
github.com/metabrainz/l...
*unless they resting
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Who's doing some holiday MusicBrainz editing?
Last Xmas we broke the edit record 🎅 -a
Last Xmas we broke the edit record 🎅 -a
December 25, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Who's doing some holiday MusicBrainz editing?
Last Xmas we broke the edit record 🎅 -a
Last Xmas we broke the edit record 🎅 -a
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2025+ #yearinmusic.
Coming January.
Oooh I tried but I can't stay cool and low-key about it... the '+' does a lot of heavy lifting there and it's gonna be frikkin RAD! Can't wait for you all to see it! -a
Coming January.
Oooh I tried but I can't stay cool and low-key about it... the '+' does a lot of heavy lifting there and it's gonna be frikkin RAD! Can't wait for you all to see it! -a
December 24, 2025 at 3:59 AM
2025+ #yearinmusic.
Coming January.
Oooh I tried but I can't stay cool and low-key about it... the '+' does a lot of heavy lifting there and it's gonna be frikkin RAD! Can't wait for you all to see it! -a
Coming January.
Oooh I tried but I can't stay cool and low-key about it... the '+' does a lot of heavy lifting there and it's gonna be frikkin RAD! Can't wait for you all to see it! -a
#metabrainzmeetingnotes, 2025-12-22
Happy holidays! The next meeting will be Jan 5th.
Agenda: Reviews
community.metabrainz.org/t/notes-from...
Happy holidays! The next meeting will be Jan 5th.
Agenda: Reviews
community.metabrainz.org/t/notes-from...
December 23, 2025 at 10:57 AM
#metabrainzmeetingnotes, 2025-12-22
Happy holidays! The next meeting will be Jan 5th.
Agenda: Reviews
community.metabrainz.org/t/notes-from...
Happy holidays! The next meeting will be Jan 5th.
Agenda: Reviews
community.metabrainz.org/t/notes-from...
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MBID Mapper version 2.0 preview has finally arrived!
We've been working hard to improve our automatic matching. Please test and feedback here: community.metabrainz.org/t/mbid-mappe...
We've been working hard to improve our automatic matching. Please test and feedback here: community.metabrainz.org/t/mbid-mappe...
December 23, 2025 at 10:15 AM
MBID Mapper version 2.0 preview has finally arrived!
We've been working hard to improve our automatic matching. Please test and feedback here: community.metabrainz.org/t/mbid-mappe...
We've been working hard to improve our automatic matching. Please test and feedback here: community.metabrainz.org/t/mbid-mappe...
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If someone says or implies that MusicBrainz is a 'music archive' (likely in relation to the recent annas-archive Spotify rip...) you have my permission to scoff. MusicBrainz does not store music. Let the scoffing commence -a
December 23, 2025 at 9:59 AM
If someone says or implies that MusicBrainz is a 'music archive' (likely in relation to the recent annas-archive Spotify rip...) you have my permission to scoff. MusicBrainz does not store music. Let the scoffing commence -a
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#ListenBrainzServerUpdate, v-2025-12-22.0
Lots of improvements to stat calculations, and a new feature for #YearinMusic 2025 👀
Is it too early to get hyped for ListenBrainz' answer to Wrapped? NO! Friends get friends to sign up now, so they don't miss out. Drops Jan -a
github.com/metabrainz/l...
Lots of improvements to stat calculations, and a new feature for #YearinMusic 2025 👀
Is it too early to get hyped for ListenBrainz' answer to Wrapped? NO! Friends get friends to sign up now, so they don't miss out. Drops Jan -a
github.com/metabrainz/l...
December 23, 2025 at 9:46 AM
#ListenBrainzServerUpdate, v-2025-12-22.0
Lots of improvements to stat calculations, and a new feature for #YearinMusic 2025 👀
Is it too early to get hyped for ListenBrainz' answer to Wrapped? NO! Friends get friends to sign up now, so they don't miss out. Drops Jan -a
github.com/metabrainz/l...
Lots of improvements to stat calculations, and a new feature for #YearinMusic 2025 👀
Is it too early to get hyped for ListenBrainz' answer to Wrapped? NO! Friends get friends to sign up now, so they don't miss out. Drops Jan -a
github.com/metabrainz/l...
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#ListenBrainzServerUpdate, v-2025-12-20.0
The festive season! Where I get behind on everything. Woohoo!
Which wasn't fair on this update, which smashes out a bunch of quality of life improvements, and lots of new contributors!
And added #Jewelcase support to LB! -a
github.com/metabrainz/l...
The festive season! Where I get behind on everything. Woohoo!
Which wasn't fair on this update, which smashes out a bunch of quality of life improvements, and lots of new contributors!
And added #Jewelcase support to LB! -a
github.com/metabrainz/l...
December 23, 2025 at 9:40 AM
#ListenBrainzServerUpdate, v-2025-12-20.0
The festive season! Where I get behind on everything. Woohoo!
Which wasn't fair on this update, which smashes out a bunch of quality of life improvements, and lots of new contributors!
And added #Jewelcase support to LB! -a
github.com/metabrainz/l...
The festive season! Where I get behind on everything. Woohoo!
Which wasn't fair on this update, which smashes out a bunch of quality of life improvements, and lots of new contributors!
And added #Jewelcase support to LB! -a
github.com/metabrainz/l...
#metabrainzmeetingnotes, 2025-12-15
Welcome to another MetaBrainz Monday Meeting!
Agenda: Reviews
community.metabrainz.org/t/notes-from...
Welcome to another MetaBrainz Monday Meeting!
Agenda: Reviews
community.metabrainz.org/t/notes-from...
December 17, 2025 at 9:42 AM
#metabrainzmeetingnotes, 2025-12-15
Welcome to another MetaBrainz Monday Meeting!
Agenda: Reviews
community.metabrainz.org/t/notes-from...
Welcome to another MetaBrainz Monday Meeting!
Agenda: Reviews
community.metabrainz.org/t/notes-from...
Reposted by MetaBrainz
I really enjoy it when someone posts a random idle thought about some little open source project called musicbrainz and I get to BLAST IT OUT TO THE MUSICBRAINZ FANS -a
December 17, 2025 at 9:37 AM
I really enjoy it when someone posts a random idle thought about some little open source project called musicbrainz and I get to BLAST IT OUT TO THE MUSICBRAINZ FANS -a
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#MusicBrainzServerUpdate, 2024-12-16
New feature: Allowing to browse events by series in the API. And certain edits will now indicate the release they were entered from.
+ Improved URL handling, fixing broken cleanups and allowing linking to new databases. -a
blog.metabrainz.org/2025/12/16/m...
New feature: Allowing to browse events by series in the API. And certain edits will now indicate the release they were entered from.
+ Improved URL handling, fixing broken cleanups and allowing linking to new databases. -a
blog.metabrainz.org/2025/12/16/m...
December 17, 2025 at 8:23 AM
#MusicBrainzServerUpdate, 2024-12-16
New feature: Allowing to browse events by series in the API. And certain edits will now indicate the release they were entered from.
+ Improved URL handling, fixing broken cleanups and allowing linking to new databases. -a
blog.metabrainz.org/2025/12/16/m...
New feature: Allowing to browse events by series in the API. And certain edits will now indicate the release they were entered from.
+ Improved URL handling, fixing broken cleanups and allowing linking to new databases. -a
blog.metabrainz.org/2025/12/16/m...
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#ListenBrainzServerUpdate, v-2025-12-12.0
Some prep for #YearinMusic 2025 👀
A user suggested keeping the old YiM designs around a bit longer, so we've moved them to a 'legacy' link -a
github.com/metabrainz/l...
Some prep for #YearinMusic 2025 👀
A user suggested keeping the old YiM designs around a bit longer, so we've moved them to a 'legacy' link -a
github.com/metabrainz/l...
December 13, 2025 at 2:06 AM
#ListenBrainzServerUpdate, v-2025-12-12.0
Some prep for #YearinMusic 2025 👀
A user suggested keeping the old YiM designs around a bit longer, so we've moved them to a 'legacy' link -a
github.com/metabrainz/l...
Some prep for #YearinMusic 2025 👀
A user suggested keeping the old YiM designs around a bit longer, so we've moved them to a 'legacy' link -a
github.com/metabrainz/l...
We have made some auth changes.
blog.metabrainz.org/2025/12/11/w...
"...they insist on loading all of MusicBrainz one page at a time. This of course would take hundreds of years to complete and is utterly pointless. In doing so, they are overloading our servers..."
blog.metabrainz.org/2025/12/11/w...
"...they insist on loading all of MusicBrainz one page at a time. This of course would take hundreds of years to complete and is utterly pointless. In doing so, they are overloading our servers..."
Making sure you're not a bot!
blog.metabrainz.org
December 12, 2025 at 2:50 AM
We have made some auth changes.
blog.metabrainz.org/2025/12/11/w...
"...they insist on loading all of MusicBrainz one page at a time. This of course would take hundreds of years to complete and is utterly pointless. In doing so, they are overloading our servers..."
blog.metabrainz.org/2025/12/11/w...
"...they insist on loading all of MusicBrainz one page at a time. This of course would take hundreds of years to complete and is utterly pointless. In doing so, they are overloading our servers..."
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#ListenBrainzServerUpdate, v-2025-12-11.0
Some functions/calls now require an auth header - read more for the reasoning behind this change in our latest blog post (in short: blame AI scrapers) -a
github.com/metabrainz/l...
Some functions/calls now require an auth header - read more for the reasoning behind this change in our latest blog post (in short: blame AI scrapers) -a
github.com/metabrainz/l...
December 12, 2025 at 2:46 AM
#ListenBrainzServerUpdate, v-2025-12-11.0
Some functions/calls now require an auth header - read more for the reasoning behind this change in our latest blog post (in short: blame AI scrapers) -a
github.com/metabrainz/l...
Some functions/calls now require an auth header - read more for the reasoning behind this change in our latest blog post (in short: blame AI scrapers) -a
github.com/metabrainz/l...
I never thought I would see the day.
The amazing Julian45 has pulled our Wiki out of the dark ages (#waybackmachine that puppy and see if you can spot the difference!) -a
wiki.musicbrainz.org/Guides/Users...
The amazing Julian45 has pulled our Wiki out of the dark ages (#waybackmachine that puppy and see if you can spot the difference!) -a
wiki.musicbrainz.org/Guides/Users...
Guides/Userscripts - MusicBrainz Wiki
wiki.musicbrainz.org
December 10, 2025 at 9:46 AM
I never thought I would see the day.
The amazing Julian45 has pulled our Wiki out of the dark ages (#waybackmachine that puppy and see if you can spot the difference!) -a
wiki.musicbrainz.org/Guides/Users...
The amazing Julian45 has pulled our Wiki out of the dark ages (#waybackmachine that puppy and see if you can spot the difference!) -a
wiki.musicbrainz.org/Guides/Users...
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December 10, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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#ListenBrainzServerUpdate, v-2025-12-08.0
Do you have a github account? PROVE IT by leaving a react on this respectable pile of backend and doc updates -a
github.com/metabrainz/l...
Do you have a github account? PROVE IT by leaving a react on this respectable pile of backend and doc updates -a
github.com/metabrainz/l...
December 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
#ListenBrainzServerUpdate, v-2025-12-08.0
Do you have a github account? PROVE IT by leaving a react on this respectable pile of backend and doc updates -a
github.com/metabrainz/l...
Do you have a github account? PROVE IT by leaving a react on this respectable pile of backend and doc updates -a
github.com/metabrainz/l...
#metabrainzmeetingnotes, 2025-12-08
Welcome to another MetaBrainz Monday Meeting
Agenda: Reviews
community.metabrainz.org/t/notes-from...
Welcome to another MetaBrainz Monday Meeting
Agenda: Reviews
community.metabrainz.org/t/notes-from...
December 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
#metabrainzmeetingnotes, 2025-12-08
Welcome to another MetaBrainz Monday Meeting
Agenda: Reviews
community.metabrainz.org/t/notes-from...
Welcome to another MetaBrainz Monday Meeting
Agenda: Reviews
community.metabrainz.org/t/notes-from...
Reposted by MetaBrainz
Reposted by MetaBrainz
Spotify #wrapped is out! Our #YearinMusic, as always, is out in Jan with a full 12 months of listens.
If you're feeling impatient there is a wonderful community tool you can use right now:
Alistral CLI tools (YiM update!) by @rustynova.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy - github.com/RustyNova016... -a
If you're feeling impatient there is a wonderful community tool you can use right now:
Alistral CLI tools (YiM update!) by @rustynova.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy - github.com/RustyNova016... -a
GitHub - RustyNova016/Alistral: Power tools for Listenbrainz
Power tools for Listenbrainz. Contribute to RustyNova016/Alistral development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Spotify #wrapped is out! Our #YearinMusic, as always, is out in Jan with a full 12 months of listens.
If you're feeling impatient there is a wonderful community tool you can use right now:
Alistral CLI tools (YiM update!) by @rustynova.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy - github.com/RustyNova016... -a
If you're feeling impatient there is a wonderful community tool you can use right now:
Alistral CLI tools (YiM update!) by @rustynova.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy - github.com/RustyNova016... -a