Changelog

0.4.0 - 23-May-2026 - Companion 0.6.0 leader key release train

This paired addon + companion release adds leader-keystone calibration for current groups, improves Party roster transport during active searches, and ships ApplicantScout Companion 0.6.0 for the matching overlay behavior.

Added

• Added a built-in LibKS-compatible party key shim. ApplicantScout can now read and answer party keystone requests without requiring BigWigs or another key-tracker addon, while still remaining compatible with addons that speak the same protocol.
• Added leader-keystone context to compact APS1 v7 QR payloads so the companion can automatically calibrate Mythic+ target key level from the current group leader.
• Added a transport heartbeat for active snapshots, helping the companion catch up if a QR screenshot was missed.
• Added an Auto Hi greeting that can fire once after you join another group.
• Added Auto Hi support for new party members, delayed to 10 seconds after they join so the greeting is less abrupt. Raid groups are excluded.
• Added in-game settings controls for Auto Hi and polished the default playstyle configuration surface.

Fixed

• Fixed the companion being pushed to Party view when an active search/listing was still open but the applicant list temporarily dropped to zero.
• Fixed full Party snapshots missing the last accepted member by walking the live player and party1..party4 units instead of deriving the roster only from the reported group count.
• Fixed Party roster changes that could be forgotten when a new member arrived before inspect/spec data was ready. The addon now waits briefly for usable roster details, then sends a fallback snapshot if needed.
• Fixed the Auto Hi join greeting not firing for solo listings.
• Fixed screenshot CVar restore ordering around terminal clear retries.

Improved

• Reduced QR churn on roster changes by waiting for party inspect/spec data for a short preflight window before publishing, while still falling back instead of dropping the update.
• Hardened release CI and contract coverage around pinned workflow actions, release tooling, paired companion validation, and Lua transport fixtures.
• Companion 0.6.0 decodes APS1 v7, uses the leader key as the automatic Mythic+ target key when no manual override is set, keeps the Applicants tab focused while an active listing is open, supports Party context from a leader key even when the listing is not visible, and includes cache, updater, setup, seasonal, WCL evidence, and release-gate hardening.

Notes

• This addon release is paired with ApplicantScout Companion 0.6.0.
• Wire payloads advance to compact v7 for optional leader-keystone context. Keep the addon and companion on their matching current releases.

0.3.4 - 22-May-2026 - Companion 0.5.4 release train and party roster fixes

This paired addon release refreshes public addon copy for ApplicantScout Companion 0.5.4 and hardens live Party roster snapshots while groups are being assembled.

Fixed

• Fixed Party snapshots getting stuck on a partial roster when a newly invited member was already in the WoW group but their unit row or specialization had not fully settled yet.
• Fixed combat-deferred party inspection blocking applicant-free Party snapshots from reaching the companion during active gameplay.
• Added /apscout status diagnostics for roster preflight block reasons and incomplete roster retry state.

Changed

• No QR wire-format changes; payloads remain compact v6.
• This addon release is paired with ApplicantScout Companion 0.5.4.
• Companion 0.5.4 improves launcher responsiveness, Mythic+ fit scoring, update/cache I/O, watcher detection, unknown-spec WCL fetch handling, stale WCL completion ordering, debug cache-TTL persistence, and empty applicant-list clears.

0.3.3 - 21-May-2026 - Companion 0.5.2 lifecycle hardening release train

This paired addon + companion release keeps the in-game transport aligned with ApplicantScout Companion 0.5.2, which hardens lifecycle watcher detection, Warcraft Logs fetch scope, Mythic+ fit scoring, updater downloads, and cache/config writes.

Improved

• Reduced QR refresh churn while party and applicant roster snapshots are still settling, so the addon sends fewer redundant captures during busy group changes.
• Hardened roster-inspect batching around preflight, combat deferral, and quiet full-party snapshots.

Fixed

• Fixed applicant snapshots losing priority behind roster preflight work during active applicant updates.
• Fixed empty applicant-list snapshots losing priority behind party inspect preflight after an applicant had already been shown, which could leave the companion overlay displaying a stale applicant while the in-game list was empty.
• Fixed transport batching paths that could otherwise delay fresh applicant snapshots while party inspection was still catching up.

Notes

• No QR wire-format change since 0.3.0; payloads remain compact v6.
• This addon release is paired with ApplicantScout Companion 0.5.2.
• Companion 0.5.2 fixes lifecycle watcher false positives, avoids useless unknown-spec M+ WCL fetches, improves broad Mythic+ fit scoring around mixed RaiderIO/WCL evidence, and hardens updater/cache persistence edges.

0.3.2 - 20-May-2026 - Companion 0.5.1 overlay reliability release train

This paired addon + companion release keeps the in-game transport aligned with ApplicantScout Companion 0.5.1, which stabilizes the collapsed overlay launcher, Applicants/Party tab focus, hover refreshes, and update lifecycle. The addon also includes small transport and release-preflight hardening.

Improved

• Added branch check coverage so addon transport contracts, release metadata, Lua syntax, and development packaging are checked before release branches are merged.
• Release workflow dependencies are pinned more tightly for safer package preflight and marketplace publishing.
• Public README copy now makes it clearer that feedback and suggestions are welcome while preserving the two-part addon + companion install guidance.

Fixed

• Fixed the QR missing-library diagnostic so /apscout status can still report a useful setup error when the QR encoder is unavailable.
• Hardened terminal-clear transport edges so grouped /apscout off and no-listing cleanup paths do not accidentally send stale Party roster state.
• Fixed Party RaiderIO current-score preservation in the addon-to-companion payload path.

Notes

• No QR wire-format change since 0.3.0; payloads remain compact v6.
• This addon release is paired with ApplicantScout Companion 0.5.1.
• Companion 0.5.1 fixes launcher visibility/drag/click behavior, keeps new listings focused on Applicants, and hardens watcher/updater/cache edges.

0.3.1 - 18-May-2026 - Companion 0.5.0 M+ ranking release train

This paired addon + companion release keeps the in-game transport aligned with ApplicantScout Companion 0.5.0, which improves Mythic+ applicant ranking, group package scoring, and hover explanations. The addon also includes post-0.3.0 transport hardening for key-cache, Party spec-cache, and terminal-clear edge cases.

Improved

• Hosted-key cache diagnostics now preserve the relevant source/status detail, making /apscout status more useful when Blizzard listing data is generic, protected, or unavailable.
• Release packaging contracts were refreshed so the paired addon and companion checks cover the current v6 transport and package-shaping files.

Fixed

• Fixed active Mythic+ key-cache lifecycle boundaries so ended, edited, or relisted groups do not reuse stale posted-key evidence.
• Fixed Party roster spec-cache invalidation so a grouped player's specialization change can refresh the companion Party row instead of reusing stale inspected spec context.
• Fixed grouped /apscout off terminal snapshots so the companion receives a true clear instead of a valid no-listing Party roster snapshot.

Notes

• No QR wire-format change since 0.3.0; payloads remain compact v6.
• This addon release is paired with ApplicantScout Companion 0.5.0.
• Companion 0.5.0 improves M+ fit scoring, group ranking, loading/error ordering, RaiderIO fallback explanations, and top-panel geometry.

0.3.0 - 18-May-2026 - Companion 0.4.0 Party roster overlay

This paired addon + companion release adds live party/raid roster snapshots so the companion can show the current group in a dedicated Party tab, even when no new applicants are pending. It also keeps QR transport hidden between captures and reduces repeated idle screenshots once a full group is already stable.

Added

• Added v6 roster snapshots for the current party or raid, allowing the paired companion to show the full current group in its Party tab.
• Party-only snapshots now publish when the player is grouped without an active applicant listing, so the overlay can still inspect the assembled group.
• Roster snapshots now include enough current-player and inspected-party context for the companion to fetch Warcraft Logs / RaiderIO data for group members.

Improved

• QR transport now shows only for the screenshot capture window and hides again immediately afterward, avoiding a permanent large QR frame while a party is assembled.
• The addon now polls meaningful party roster state changes and inspect-ready updates instead of depending only on join/leave events.
• Hosted key recovery now falls back through the owned keystone when Blizzard's active listing data is generic or protected.
• Roster snapshots dirty themselves after inspected party specs become ready, so the companion can update role/spec context without waiting for another applicant event.

Fixed

• Fixed current-party snapshots not being emitted when the group existed but no applicant list was active.
• Fixed idle full-party sessions repeatedly showing QR and taking screenshots even though nobody joined, left, or changed inspect state.
• Fixed party roster snapshots missing spec context until inspect data became available.
• Fixed hosted-key detection falling back to an unknown or wrong level when the listing UI could not expose the key directly.

Notes

• This addon release is paired with ApplicantScout Companion 0.4.0.
• The paired companion uses the new Party tab and manual key control for current group review.

0.2.2 - 17-May-2026 - Companion 0.3.2 screenshot decode speedup

This paired addon release keeps the public addon release train aligned with ApplicantScout Companion 0.3.2.

Changed

• No addon Lua runtime or wire-format changes.
• Companion 0.3.2 speeds up screenshot QR decoding by scanning the normal top-left transport region first and adds diagnostics for slow screenshot stable-wait versus QR decode stages.

0.2.1 - 17-May-2026 - Companion 0.3.1 WCL resilience hotfix

This paired addon release keeps the public addon release train aligned with ApplicantScout Companion 0.3.1.

Changed

• No addon Lua runtime or wire-format changes.
• Companion 0.3.1 fixes slow Warcraft Logs timeout handling during busy applicant waves and keeps cached WCL lookups off the overlay UI launch path.

0.2.0 - 17-May-2026 - Companion 0.3.0 RaiderIO completion and dungeon keys

This paired addon + companion release adds compact RaiderIO completion signals to the QR payload so the companion can judge real near-key experience alongside Warcraft Logs parses. Per-dungeon RaiderIO rows are enriched by the companion from the installed local RaiderIO database instead of being packed into every QR screenshot. It also tightens live hosted-key detection and makes the companion bring cached Warcraft Logs evidence into the overlay faster during busy applicant bursts.

Improved

• ApplicantScout payloads now include a compact RaiderIO completion summary for the hosted key: best completed key, best key for the listed dungeon, timed coverage around the target level, and completed coverage one level below.
• The paired companion now reads each applicant's highest timed RaiderIO key per dungeon from the installed RaiderIO addon database, allowing it to display RIO dungeon evidence beside Warcraft Logs key/percentile rows without overloading QR screenshots.
• The paired companion now ranks applicants with no current Warcraft Logs data from RaiderIO completion evidence instead of forcing them to the bottom.
• The paired companion now uses a combined Mythic+ scorecard: RaiderIO per-dungeon keys define completion readiness, Warcraft Logs defines performance quality, missing logs stay unknown instead of bad, and bad relevant logs are worse than no logs.
• The paired companion now shows Mythic+ fit as a numeric score plus key, coloured with the Warcraft Logs palette, instead of adding extra TOP / FIT / OK / RISK wording in M+ cells.
• The paired companion now uses localized LFG activity IDs and RaiderIO per-dungeon rows for same-dungeon fit, so localized clients can keep RIO and WCL evidence aligned.
• The paired companion now separates Warcraft Logs key level and percentile in hover details, so RaiderIO and WCL evidence is easier to scan during invites.
• The paired companion now applies cached Warcraft Logs results before queueing new API work, coalesces applicant/table refresh bursts, and shows active WCL fetches while quota data is still pending.
• The addon QR payload is back to the compact v5 shape: live LFG state plus the target-relative RaiderIO summary only. Static per-dungeon RIO strings stay out of QR transport.
• Forced QR snapshots now refresh the active LFG session immediately before building the payload, so /apscout shotnow and cleanup shots use the latest Blizzard listing state.
• Hidden QR force shots stay visible long enough for the screenshot capture path to finish before visibility cleanup runs.
• Support/debug commands and QR drag handling now guard more edge cases instead of surfacing Lua errors during troubleshooting.
• Addon release preflight now runs transport contract tests and stricter version checks before packaging.

Fixed

• Fixed forced snapshots that could reuse stale session state after listing changes.
• Fixed cleanup/link paths around QR force shots that could miss the intended final clear/update capture.
• Fixed companion-side RaiderIO evidence display and scoring edge cases where RIO rows could be visible in the hover panel but ignored or underweighted by the fit formula.
• Fixed same-realm applicants whose LFG names omit -Realm sometimes showing a RaiderIO score but no RaiderIO dungeon rows in the companion.
• Fixed RaiderIO summary best-key signals using depleted runs; compact payload best keys now describe timed runs, matching the companion's local RaiderIO dungeon-row enrichment.
• Fixed listed Mythic+ key detection by remembering the clean key title/comment from the create/edit form before Blizzard hides the active listing text, so a lower posted key is not scored as the higher key in the host's bag.
• Fixed stale posted-key cache reuse when a later listing cannot expose a clean key title/comment during creation.
• Fixed paired companion edge cases where lower-key Warcraft Logs evidence or hyphenated realm names could hide stronger RaiderIO timed-key evidence.
• Fixed paired companion hover rows showing empty placeholder RIO/WCL badges when only one evidence source exists for a dungeon.
• Fixed prepared QR snapshots becoming excessively large when repeated per-dungeon RaiderIO names were embedded for every applicant.

Notes

• The paired companion supports payloads through compact v5; RaiderIO dungeon rows are enriched locally by the companion instead of transported in QR.
• ApplicantScout remains the in-game data-source half of the setup; the desktop companion renders Warcraft Logs / RaiderIO context.
• Recommended companion version: 0.3.0 or newer.

0.1.6 - 16-May-2026 - Companion 0.2.4 live Mythic+ hardening

This paired addon + companion release improves live Mythic+ key detection, Warcraft Logs retry behavior, and fallback applicant sorting during active group listings.

Improved

• The addon now uses the hosted owned-keystone activity and level when Blizzard exposes the active listing as generic Mythic+, so the companion can receive the real hosted key level instead of +0.
• /apscout status now prints the active listing quest ID, resolved activity name, owned-keystone activity/level, whether that fallback is being used, and the final derived key level.
• The companion now keeps sorting generic Mythic+ listings by visible M+ log evidence, with higher completed key levels ahead of low-key percentile spikes.
• Temporary Warcraft Logs server errors and read timeouts are now retryable, so applicants are less likely to stay stuck as ? after transient WCL failures.

Fixed

• Fixed hosted Mythic+ listings sometimes being treated as unknown +0 keys when the Blizzard active-entry payload did not expose the concrete key level.
• Fixed WCL HTTP 5xx responses and network timeouts sometimes behaving like permanent applicant failures.

Notes

• No wire-format changes since 0.1.4; the companion still supports ApplicantScout payloads through v4.
• ApplicantScout remains the in-game data-source half of the setup; the desktop companion renders Warcraft Logs / RaiderIO context.
• Recommended companion version: 0.2.4 or newer.

0.1.5 - 15-May-2026 - Companion 0.2.3 lifecycle hardening

This paired addon + companion release tightens the QR screenshot pipeline, update install flow, and live-panel suppression behavior.

Improved

• The in-game addon now recomputes QR suppression immediately after hooking a newly loaded Blizzard info panel that is already visible. First-opening panels such as Encounter Journal, Achievements, Collections, or Settings should no longer leave the QR visible until a later event.
• The companion now surfaces marker-bearing screenshot decode failures directly in the overlay footer as shot failed, with the file path and parse/CRC reason in the tooltip.
• Companion Settings and tray update actions now share an update-in-progress state, so repeated clicks cannot start duplicate installer/download workers.

Fixed

• Fixed corrupt ApplicantScout QR screenshots being deleted after a parse failure without any visible companion feedback.
• Fixed stale screenshot watcher signals after changing the Screenshots folder; old-path snapshots and clears are ignored after a replacement watcher becomes active.
• Fixed no-system-tray sessions so the companion does not disable last-window-close quitting when no tray control surface exists.
• Fixed pending overlay geometry saves being lost on tray/control quit paths immediately after moving or resizing the window.

Notes

• No wire-format changes since 0.1.4; the companion still supports ApplicantScout payloads through v4.
• ApplicantScout remains the in-game data-source half of the setup; the desktop companion renders Warcraft Logs / RaiderIO context.
• Recommended companion version: 0.2.3 or newer.

0.1.4 - 15-May-2026 - Companion 0.2.2 scoring and update flow

This paired addon + companion release focuses on making Mythic+ fit scoring more trustworthy and making companion updates easier to notice and install.

Changed

• Reworked the companion's Mythic+ fit formula so relevant Warcraft Logs bracket performance is the primary signal.
• Key level, same-dungeon evidence, profile consistency, and RaiderIO still matter, but they no longer turn weak logs into a good-looking score.
• Sparse coverage is now treated as weaker evidence instead of a free score bonus.
• Low-key farm parses no longer inflate scores for much higher hosted keys.
• Very high-key evidence still helps, but low parses at very high keys are bounded so they do not look better than they should.
• Fit labels now line up with the visible WCL-style color bands:
  • 0-49: RISK
  • 50-69: OK
  • 70-84: FIT
  • 85+: TOP

Improved

• The companion update install action now uses a clearer title-bar download icon.
• When the companion starts with WoW and finds an installable update, Settings can open with a direct update prompt instead of staying quietly hidden.
• Self-updates now return the user to the visible companion Settings flow after installing.

Fixed

• Fixed cases where applicants with all-grey or mostly-grey Mythic+ logs could show as blue or overly positive.
• Fixed high current or main RaiderIO from rescuing weak WCL evidence into an inflated Mythic+ fit.
• Fixed poor extra dungeon logs accidentally reducing sparse-evidence penalties.
• Fixed mixed-bracket cases where old low-key farm logs could distort the fit for the hosted key.
• Fixed a visual contradiction where a blue-range numeric score could still be labelled RISK.

Previous paired update included

• Added the compact Ko-fi support heart in companion Settings.
• Added the in-app update install icon that appears only when a valid companion update is available.
• Added companion version text to Settings and first-run window titles.
• Refreshed the CurseForge overlay screenshot for the addon page.
• Defaulted first-run Warcraft Logs data scope to Mythic+ only.
• Simplified companion Settings: close hides to tray, full quit lives in the tray menu, and secondary actions moved into a cleaner footer/menu layout.
• Matched Mythic+ parse colors to Warcraft Logs buckets.
• Split group applicant rows into package fit and individual member fit so group score and player score are no longer visually mixed.
• Hardened the updater repository target, installer metadata checks, installer error visibility, and duplicate install boundaries.
• Fixed Test WCL status being overwritten by Saved.
• Hardened Warcraft Logs cache, quota handling, stale worker lifecycle, and group scoring edge cases.

Notes

• No Lua runtime or wire-format changes since 0.1.3.
• ApplicantScout remains the in-game data-source half of the setup; the desktop companion renders Warcraft Logs / RaiderIO context.
• Recommended companion version: 0.2.2 or newer.

0.1.3 - 15-May-2026 - Companion 0.2.0 release train

Changed

• Refreshed the public addon release for the paired Applicant Scout Companion 0.2.0 release.
• Updated public install copy to point users at the latest companion release without pinning a companion version in the addon README.

Notes

• No Lua runtime or wire-format changes since 0.1.2.
• ApplicantScout remains the in-game data-source half of the setup; the desktop companion renders Warcraft Logs / RaiderIO context.

0.1.2 - 14-May-2026 - Wago publishing

Added

• Added Wago Addons release metadata and automated Wago upload support.

0.1.1 - 13-May-2026 - CurseForge publishing polish

Changed

• Added CurseForge project metadata so automated uploads target the public ApplicantScout project.
• Updated public copy to use stable companion release links and the current public addon/companion repository names.
• Refreshed the marketplace logo to match the in-game applicant parse overlay.

Fixed

• Fixed the Windows release workflow Lua compiler lookup used by tag preflight.

0.1.0 - 12-May-2026 - First public release

Added

• Added the in-game ApplicantScout addon for Mythic+ applicant capture.
• Added QR screenshot transport for Applicant Scout Companion.
• Added support for grouped applicants, playstyle selection, QR movement, manual sync commands, and diagnostic status output.
• Added optional RaiderIO main-score transport when RaiderIO exposes the data.

Notes

• ApplicantScout requires Applicant Scout Companion for the external WCL/RaiderIO overlay.
• The addon uses normal WoW screenshots for transport. It does not read memory, inject code, automate gameplay, or use chat messages as a data channel.