Changelog

Release note rule: each version entry must include only what changed since the previous release (delta-only). Do not repeat older items from prior versions in newer entries.

5.3.61-JuNNeZ (2026-04-15) — Prediction Stability + Party Frame Hardening

Highlights

• Fixed a target-frame timeout path where absorb prediction could trigger script ran too long during rapid health-prediction updates.
• Fixed a WoW 12.0.1 crash path on party and raid pet aura full refresh by adding a safe fallback when slot enumeration rejects compound unit tokens.
• Hardened party-frame quarantine timing so rare group-join races no longer show Blizzard party frames alongside AzeriteUI party frames.

Access

• No new settings required. Reload UI to apply all fixes.

Internal

• Components/UnitFrames/Units/Target.lua: target absorb prediction now avoids GetPredictedValues() in the hot path and relies on safer absorb sources.
• Libs/oUF/elements/auras.lua: full aura rebuild now uses guarded slot reads with bounded index fallback for unsupported compound tokens.
• Core/FixBlizzardBugs.lua: restored party-name quarantine during active party context and locked quarantine parent attachment for Blizzard party member frames.

5.3.60-JuNNeZ (2026-04-11) — Player Debuff Layer + Aura Controls

Highlights

• Added a new Auras Shown slider for the main player aura row, with the default set to 16.
• Added a new Separate Player Debuff Row option that filters harmful auras out of the main player row and shows them in a separate movable debuff layer with its own cap.
• The Player Debuffs /lock mover now uses a stable holder surface, so the live debuffs can be repositioned visually and stay aligned inside the mover box.
• Target aura layout refresh now reapplies correctly when unit-frame aura settings change.
• Fixed a WoW 12 secret-value safety edge case in the oUF health color path to avoid bad GetRGB() payloads reaching health-bar updates.

Access

• Main player aura count: /az -> Unit Frames -> Player -> Display & Feedback -> Auras Shown
• Split player debuff layer: /az -> Unit Frames -> Player -> Display & Feedback -> Separate Player Debuff Row
• Separate debuff cap: /az -> Unit Frames -> Player -> Display & Feedback -> Separate Debuffs Shown
• Debuff mover: /lock -> Player Debuffs

Internal

• Components/UnitFrames/Units/Player.lua: added split player debuff holder/mover flow, independent player aura caps, and cleanup of abandoned split-buff leftovers.
• Components/UnitFrames/Auras/AuraFilters.lua: added a dedicated player debuff-row filter wrapper.
• Components/UnitFrames/UnitFrame.lua: sort-mode refresh now updates Auras, Buffs, and Debuffs.
• Components/UnitFrames/Units/Target.lua: consolidated target aura container layout refresh path.
• Core/Common/Constants.lua: addon version now prefers live TOC metadata instead of a stale hardcoded constant.
• Libs/oUF/elements/health.lua: added secret-value guards around color extraction.

5.3.59-JuNNeZ (2026-04-07) — Lock & Load: Combat-Proof Action Bar Bindings

Highlights

• Action bar bindings no longer attempt to update during combat lockdown. Updates that arrive mid-combat are now queued and applied cleanly when you leave combat.
• Bindings now refresh correctly when entering or leaving vehicles, override bars, and bonus action bars — no more stale keybinds after a mount or vehicle transition.
• Added WoW interface build 120005 to the supported compatibility list.

Access

• No new settings. The fixes apply automatically on load and after every combat/vehicle transition.

Internal

• Components/ActionBars/Elements/ActionBars.lua: UpdateBindings now guards with InCombatLockdown(), defers via PLAYER_REGEN_ENABLED, and registers UPDATE_BONUS_ACTIONBAR, UPDATE_OVERRIDE_ACTIONBAR, and UPDATE_VEHICLE_ACTIONBAR events.
• AzeriteUI5_JuNNeZ_Edition.toc: added interface version 120005.

5.3.58-JuNNeZ (2026-04-06) — Player Alternate Aura Toggle + Access

Highlights

• Fixed Player Alternate aura placement so turning off Auras below frame now places the aura row above the frame instead of staying underneath.
• Player Alternate settings are now available in normal mode; they are no longer locked behind development mode.

Access

• /az -> Unit Frames -> Player Alternate is now visible without /devmode when the main Player frame is disabled.

Internal

• Layouts/Data/PlayerUnitFrameAlternate.lua: corrected AurasPositionAlternate to a true above-frame anchor.
• Options/OptionsPages/UnitFrames.lua: removed devmode-only hide gate for Player Alternate options and kept mutually-exclusive visibility with the main Player frame.

5.3.57-JuNNeZ (2026-04-05) — Tooltip Authority & UI Compatibility

Highlights

• Compare-item tooltips no longer jump between positions while Shift-hovering items. AzeriteUI now delegates compare-tooltip placement fully to Blizzard's built-in comparison manager.
• Fixed chat compatibility with BigInputBox by automatically disabling AzeriteUI chat-frame modifications when BigInputBox is enabled, reducing protected chat-send conflicts.
• Blizzard player castbar is now hidden immediately on reload if already visible, removing the brief post-reload exposure.
• Party frame health percentage text is now centered inside the health bar and styled consistently with the health value text.

Access

• No new settings required. Reload UI to apply all changes.

Internal

• Components/Misc/Tooltips.lua: removed addon-side compare-tooltip re-anchoring/layout pipeline and retained only modifier gating, suppression, and frame-level handling.
• Components/Misc/ChatFrames.lua: added BigInputBox to chat-conflict disable guards.
• Components/UnitFrames/Units/PlayerCastBar.lua: added immediate Hide() during Blizzard castbar suppression when frame is currently shown.
• Layouts/Data/PartyUnitFrames.lua: added explicit health-percentage position/typography/color config for centered in-bar display.

5.3.56-JuNNeZ (2026-04-05) — Tooltip Stability & Party Frame Fixes

Highlights

• Compare tooltips for rings, trinkets, and dual-wield weapons no longer oscillate, jitter between wrap widths, or grow/shrink infinitely while hovered.
• Toy box buttons can be clicked directly again while their tooltip is shown.
• Fixed a WoW 12 secret-value taint crash that fired when Blizzard passed secret numeric dimensions into the compare tooltip size-change callback.
• Party frame health text now correctly shows current health value or percent for follower-dungeon AI party members, switching dynamically based on injury state.
• Party unit frames no longer generate ADDON_ACTION_BLOCKED errors for SetSize during party roster and header updates.
• Target aura refresh in battlegrounds no longer causes excessive per-frame work during rapid target swaps.

Access

• No new settings required. Reload UI to pick up all changes.

Internal

• Components/Misc/Tooltips.lua: compare relayout cadence guard, size-snapshot guard, suppression window extension, sticky wrap-width hysteresis to stop near-threshold width oscillation, secret-number-safe OnSizeChanged size tracking, dedup for repeated tooltip post-hook lines, mouse disabled on managed-tooltip backdrop.
• Components/Auras/Auras.lua: aura hover-tooltip dedup via deterministic cache key to reduce repeat SetUnitAura* churn.
• Components/UnitFrames/Auras/AuraStyling.lua: cached visual-state guards for target aura styling to skip redundant backdrop/icon updates on rapid target swaps.
• Components/UnitFrames/Units/Party.lua: removed insecure SetSize from secure-header style path; health display now uses dedicated HealthCurrent/HealthPercent texts with injury-state visibility toggle.

5.3.55-JuNNeZ (2026-04-03) — Compare Tooltip Deferred Hook

Highlights

• Fixed a race condition where compare tooltips that appeared after the initial item-hover pass would not have AzeriteUI relayout hooks attached, causing them to overlap the main tooltip.
• All four compare tooltip frames (ShoppingTooltip1/2, ItemRefShoppingTooltip1/2) now receive relayout hooks at module startup and on every subsequent compare-show event, regardless of whether they are visible at that moment.
• Added Wago Addons tracking ID to the addon metadata so the addon can be followed directly on Wago.

Access

• No new settings required. Hover equippable items in bags and item-links repeatedly to verify compare tooltips no longer collapse onto the same anchor.

Internal

• Components/Misc/Tooltips.lua: split OnCompareItemShow into a hook-registration pass (all frames) followed by the frame-level adjustment pass (visible frames); added upfront HookCompareTooltipLayoutUpdates calls in SetHooks.
• .github/workflows/release.yml: added optional WowInterface upload step (enabled by WOW_INTERFACE_TOKEN + WOW_INTERFACE_ADDON_ID secrets).
• AzeriteUI5_JuNNeZ_Edition.toc: added X-Wago-ID metadata field.

5.3.54-JuNNeZ (2026-04-03) — Combined Fix

Highlights

• Fixed compare-item tooltip relayout edge cases by hardening compare stack anchoring and adding deferred relayout handling after size/show updates.
• Added stronger managed-tooltip filtering so dropdown/menu backdrops are excluded from AzeriteUI managed tooltip treatment.
• Hardened LibActionButton cooldown payload handling by sanitizing secret/unsafe cooldown, charge, and loss-of-control fields before ActionButton_ApplyCooldown.

Access

• No new settings required. Tooltip compare behavior and action-button cooldown overlays update automatically.

Internal

• Components/Misc/Tooltips.lua: compare-tooltip wrap-width + relayout queue improvements and safer managed-tooltip detection.
• Libs/LibActionButton-1.0-GE/LibActionButton-1.0-GE.lua: cooldown/charge/loss-of-control sanitization before Blizzard cooldown application path.

5.3.53-JuNNeZ (2026-04-03) — The Decursive Compability Anomaly

Highlights

• Fixed the WoW 12 compatibility path for Decursive so in-combat dispellable detection no longer degrades into false-positive non-dispellable classifications.
• Reworked legacy UnitDebuff combat sourcing to prefer Blizzard filtered aura query paths first, with guarded fallback behavior only when those APIs are unavailable.
• Removed addon-side dispel-type coercion experiments from the final runtime path and kept a strict pass-through tuple contract with WoW 12 safety guards.

Access

• No new settings required. Reload UI and test Decursive dispel detection in combat (/reload).

Internal

• Core/Compatibility.lua: finalized WoW 12 Decursive compatibility flow around UnitDebuff sourcing, slot-11 auraInstanceID tuple compatibility, and guarded fallback behavior.
• FixLog.md + Docs/Decursive Aura Compatibility Research.md: recorded full anomaly timeline, failed branches, and final resolved path.

5.3.52-JuNNeZ (2026-04-02) — Obsidian Tooltip Spacing

Highlights

• Fixed compare-item tooltip overlap in item hovers where multiple comparison tooltips could collide with the main tooltip.
• Improved tooltip comparison placement so compare tooltips now keep stable spacing even when tooltip content expands after initial show.
• Reduced tooltip skin side effects by limiting AzeriteUI skinning to known managed tooltip frames only.

Access

• No new settings required. Hover equippable items (especially rings/trinkets) to see the compare-tooltip spacing fix.

Internal

• Components/Misc/Tooltips.lua: added deterministic compare-tooltip stacking with theme-aware gap and post-show/resize relayout hooks.
• Components/Misc/Tooltips.lua: added managed-tooltip guard for SharedTooltip_SetBackdropStyle path to avoid skinning unrelated tooltip-like frames.

5.3.51-JuNNeZ (2026-04-02) — Midnight Stocklight

Highlights

• Stabilized WoW 12 player-row aura behavior around combat secret-value windows while keeping AzeriteUI stock intent: helpful auras fail open during combat secrecy to avoid flicker/dropouts, then return to mixed bright/dim classification out of combat.
• Improved aura diagnostics for live verification by expanding /azdebug aurasnapshot output with best-effort spell ID/name resolution from auraInstanceID, making post-combat classification checks far easier to audit.
• Added a new player-row aura option, Always Show Full Brightness, for users who prefer no dimmed icons.
• Completed localization coverage for the new/updated player-row aura menu text across all shipped locales.

Access

• Player-row stock behavior: /az -> Unit Frame Settings -> Player Frame -> Auras -> Use AzeriteUI Stock Behavior.
• Force full-bright icons (optional): /az -> Unit Frame Settings -> Player Frame -> Auras -> Always Show Full Brightness.
• Snapshot debug command: /azdebug aurasnapshot player.

Internal

• Components/UnitFrames/Auras/AuraFilters.lua: added stable per-aura helper state and secret-window fallback signals for stock-mode player aura filtering.
• Components/UnitFrames/Auras/AuraStyling.lua: hardened bright/dim decision path to use stable filter-provided signals and keep stock-intended mixed post-combat behavior.
• Core/Debugging.lua: expanded aura snapshot payload with by-instance spell/name resolution and richer visual/timing diagnostics.
• Components/Auras/Auras.lua and Libs/oUF/elements/auras.lua: additional WoW 12 aura payload guards and refresh hardening on high-churn paths.
• Locale/*.lua and Options/OptionsPages/UnitFrames.lua: localized and exposed the new player-row brightness controls.

5.3.50-JuNNeZ (2026-04-02) — Obsidian Aura Shield

Highlights

• Hardened WoW 12 aura processing to prevent edge-case script breaks under heavy aura churn. Multiple C_UnitAuras calls in the oUF aura element are now fail-closed with guarded fallbacks, so a single bad payload no longer interrupts the entire update pass.
• Improved aura button data reliability by removing deprecated UnitAura tuple dependency in the aura component and using a single modern C_UnitAuras data source path per slot.
• Restored Decursive in-combat dispel detection behavior while keeping the WoW 12 crash guard: only secret auraInstanceID is sanitized in the UnitDebuff compatibility wrapper, preserving required tuple semantics for third-party scanners.
• Fixed tooltip anchor hijack on nil-named world map pins by adding a MapCanvas ownership guard (owningMap) before custom anchor handling.

Access

• Aura stability verification: /buggrabber reset -> /reload -> apply/remove buffs and debuffs rapidly (solo + combat) and confirm no new aura-element stack errors.
• World map tooltip verification: enable tooltip anchoring in /az settings, hover world quest/AreaPOI map pins, and verify anchor behavior remains Blizzard-normal.

Internal

• Libs/oUF/elements/auras.lua: wrapped high-risk C_UnitAuras calls with guarded fallbacks and added nil-safe dispel color handling.
• Components/Auras/Auras.lua: simplified GetAuraButtonData to modern GetAuraDataByIndexSafe-first flow; removed deprecated tuple path and redundant lookup.
• Core/Compatibility.lua: narrowed UnitDebuff sanitizer to secret auraInstanceID slot only.
• Components/Misc/Tooltips.lua: added parent.owningMap early-return guard in SetDefaultAnchor.

5.3.49-JuNNeZ (2026-04-02)

Highlights

• Fixed a WoW 12 error from Decursive's aura scan (GetUnitDebuffAll) where secret boolean values returned by UnitDebuff caused hard Lua errors. A narrow sanitizer in the compatibility layer now converts secret tuple slots to nil before they reach third-party code.
• Fixed a WoW 12 error in LibActionButton's target-aura cooldown overlay where secret aura timing values were forwarded directly to Blizzard's Cooldown:SetCooldown. The overlay now prefers the duration-object API when available and skips the update entirely when timing data is unreadable.

Internal

• Core/Compatibility.lua: added UnitDebuff secret-tuple sanitizer wrapper for WoW 12 (wraps once, fails closed, leaves C_UnitAuras APIs untouched).
• Libs/LibActionButton-1.0-GE/LibActionButton-1.0-GE.lua: hardened target-aura cooldown helper to prefer C_UnitAuras.GetAuraDuration + SetCooldownFromDurationObject when available; plain numeric fallback only when values are confirmed non-secret; skips overlay update when timing is secret.

5.3.48-JuNNeZ (2026-04-01)

Highlights

• Fixed recurring WoW 12 Edit Mode taint on repeated open/close loops while solo. Compact party/arena preview frames are no longer touched by AzeriteUI quarantine paths unless the relevant live group context is active.
• Fixed Blizzard castbar forbidden-table errors during Edit Mode arena refresh by removing AzeriteUI castbar method/mixin mutation guards and keeping castbar handling non-invasive.
• Fixed Edit Mode exit protected-call attribution (ClearTarget()) by rolling back EditMode manager registration-table mutation in the guard layer.
• Fixed follower/story raid 25-man frame compaction where layout could collapse into one column when profile fallback state was incomplete; Raid25 now uses a safe multi-column fallback.

Access

• Reproduce Edit Mode fix: open /az settings as usual, then open/close Blizzard Edit Mode repeatedly while solo.
• Raid frame behavior: verify in follower/story raid encounters that 25-man layout keeps expected multi-column spacing.

Internal

• Core/FixBlizzardBugs.lua: context-aware quarantine gating for party/raid/arena preview safety in solo Edit Mode.
• Core/FixBlizzardBugs.lua: castbar guard layer converted to no-op to avoid taint-prone Blizzard castbar mutation.
• Core/FixBlizzardBugs.lua: EditMode manager registration-table bypass logic disabled after protected-call attribution regression.
• Components/UnitFrames/Units/Raid25.lua: hardened maxColumns fallback in both header size and child layout calculations.

5.3.47-JuNNeZ (2026-04-01) — Tenebric Vital-State Decryption Protocol

Highlights

• Fixed health percent display on WoW 12 / Midnight for both player and target frames. A chain of secret-value restrictions meant health data could not be read through normal Lua paths. The fix introduces a C-side tag formatting path that passes secret values directly to oUF's rendering pipeline, bypassing Lua arithmetic entirely.
• Fixed LibSmoothBar proxy bar receiving a coerced (wrong) min/max range, which caused health percent to permanently show 100%. Proxy bars now receive the original secret min/max and value so the C-side fill is computed correctly.
• Fixed the tag _FRAME context not reaching helper functions in Tags.lua. oUF injects _FRAME into tag method environments via setfenv, but module-scoped helpers retained _G where _FRAME is never set. All frame-cache fallbacks were silently skipping, causing empty percent text. A relay variable now bridges the oUF environment into module scope.
• Hardened Blizzard player/pet castbar suppression to stay non-invasive and stable on WoW 12. Suppressed castbars now re-apply alpha hiding after Blizzard visibility/alpha updates (Show, SetShown, SetAlpha) without unregistering events, clearing units, or reparenting.
• Refactored tooltip/widget/money frame safety guards from invasive function replacement to passive hooksecurefunc cache hooks. This keeps Blizzard execution paths secure while still giving AzeriteUI clean geometry fallbacks for tooltip rendering and money-line layout.
• Fixed the Show Health Percent toggle for the target frame in /az → Unit Frame Settings → Target. The toggle was writing to the AceDB profile but the visibility check was reading from the layout config — a completely separate data store. The check now reads from the profile first, with layout config as fallback.
• Fixed the Show Health Percent toggle for the player and player alternate frames — percent now respects the on/off setting and hides correctly when castbar text is active.
• Completed a localization coverage pass for all /az menu options across all 10 supported languages (enUS, deDE, esES, frFR, itIT, koKR, ptBR, ruRU, zhCN, zhTW). No menu label should fall back to English in any client language.

Access

• Player health percent: /az → Unit Frame Settings → Player → Show Health Percent
• Player alternate health percent: /az → Unit Frame Settings → Player Alternate → Show Health Percent
• Target health percent: /az → Unit Frame Settings → Target → Show Health Percent

Internal

• Components/UnitFrames/Tags.lua: added _tagFrame relay for _FRAME context; added early-exit in both health-percent resolvers when all data is secret; added C-side secret-value tag formatting path using UnitHealthPercent + AbbreviateNumbers + C_StringUtil.WrapString; reordered resolvers to check safePercent before stale bar reads; ResolveTargetHiddenHealthPercentForTag now computes percent from value/max without requiring a readable min.
• Components/UnitFrames/Functions.lua: new SecretPercentReader hidden StatusBar utility (reads geometry ratio after C-side fills); fixed GetSafeHealthFromCalculator elseif that prevented EvaluateCurrentHealthPercent from ever running; removed stale ProbeSafePercentAPI / GetSecretPercentFromBar fallbacks; unified target/non-target post-write percent paths; removed race-prone SetFormattedText override.
• Libs/LibSmoothBar-1.0/LibSmoothBar-1.0.lua: SetMinMaxValues, SetValue, and Update now preserve and use original (possibly secret) raw min/max values so the proxy bar receives correct fill data.
• Components/UnitFrames/Units/Target.lua: ShouldShowTargetHealthPercent() reads from TargetFrameMod.db.profile first; healthLabSignature cache key includes showHealthPercent and showName to bust the fast-path cache when toggle changes.
• Components/UnitFrames/Units/Player.lua, Components/UnitFrames/Units/PlayerAlternate.lua, Layouts/Data/PlayerUnitFrame.lua, and Options/OptionsPages/UnitFrames.lua: added/connected showHealthPercent profile support for Player Alternate and updated health-percent anchor/visibility behavior to match player/target toggle expectations.
• Components/UnitFrames/Units/PlayerCastBar.lua: strengthened suppression hooks so Blizzard castbar alpha cannot pop back during animation/state updates while suppression is active.
• Core/FixBlizzardBugs.lua and Components/Misc/Tooltips.lua: migrated WoW 12 tooltip/widget/money guards toward passive hook-based geometry caching (ns.GetSafeGeometry / ns.GetSafeWidth) instead of insecure global method replacement; removed taint-prone wrapper paths (CompactUnitFrame_UtilShouldDisplay*, AuraUtil.UnpackAuraData, widget mixin method replacement), reducing risk of protected-call fallout such as UpgradeItem() attribution.
• Repo maintenance in the same release window: synced .gitignore/.pkgmeta, updated README badges, and removed stale internal release checklist/TODO files.
• Deleted TODO.md and VERSION_CHECKLIST.md (internal tracking files, superseded by FixLog workflow).

5.3.46-JuNNeZ (2026-03-31)

Highlights

• Consolidated the addon to retail-only (WoW 12 / Midnight). Removed all Classic, Cata, and multi-version branching — the addon now targets retail exclusively, resulting in cleaner code and smaller file size.
• Fixed WoW 12 secret-value taint crash in Blizzard compact party/raid frame health color updates. The quarantine system no longer writes tracking flags directly onto Blizzard frame objects, preventing taint propagation into CompactUnitFrame_UpdateHealthColor.
• Fixed WoW 12 secret-value taint crash when hovering action bar trinkets/items with sell prices. Removed the insecure OnEnter/OnLeave script wrapper that was tainting the tooltip data pipeline, and re-enabled the tooltip money frame geometry guards.
• Fixed WoW 12 secret-value taint crash in Blizzard LayoutFrame widget layout. Removed the addon-level pcall wrapping of RegisterForWidgetSet/UnregisterForWidgetSet that was tainting all layout offset values during widget registration.
• Moved all Blizzard frame guard flags (__AzUI_W12_*) to weak-keyed side tables instead of writing them onto Blizzard frame objects, preventing WoW 12 taint propagation.
• Merged the WoW 12 bugfix module (FixBlizzardBugsWow12.lua) into the main FixBlizzardBugs.lua — single file for all Blizzard frame resilience work.
• Hardened BugSack integration with pcall-wrapped API calls to prevent cascading errors during error capture.
• Libraries updated for retail-only: LibActionButton-1.0-GE, LibFadingFrames, oUF, AceGUI ColorPicker all stripped of multi-version conditionals.

Internal

• Deleted retail-irrelevant files: HideBlizzardClassic.lua, EditMode.lua, EditModePresets.lua, FixBlizzardBugsWow12.lua, FixFlavorDifferences.lua, FontStyles_Classic.xml, TrackerVanilla.lua, LAB backup file.
• Core/Common/Constants.lua: hardcoded IsRetail=true, WoW10=true, WoW11=true; removed WOW_PROJECT_ID detection.
• Core/FixBlizzardBugs.lua: merged all WoW 12 quarantine, castbar guard, compact aura, raid bar, tooltip geometry, and widget guard logic from the deleted companion file. Added quarantineHooked side table. Uncommented GuardTooltipMoneyAdders body. Removed RegisterForWidgetSet/UnregisterForWidgetSet mixin wrapping.
• Components/ActionBars/Prototypes/ActionButton.lua: removed insecure OnEnter/OnLeave wrapper; LAB's default secure handlers are now used directly.
• Core/Compatibility.lua: added SafeUnpackAuraData() with secret-value fallback handling.
• Components/UnitFrames/Units/PlayerClassPower.lua: simplified rune handling to retail-only logic.
• Core/ExplorerMode.lua, Options/OptionsPages/ExplorerMode.lua, Options/OptionsPages/UnitFrames.lua: removed version guards; all options unconditionally enabled.

5.3.45-JuNNeZ (2026-03-29)

Highlights

• Fixed ADDON_ACTION_FORBIDDEN taint error blocking UpgradeItem() when confirming item upgrades. The purgeKey() function in HideBlizzard.lua was brute-force modifying Blizzard action bar frame tables to clear isShownExternal, which tainted the secure execution path through StaticPopup into the Item Upgrade UI.
• Improved Blizzard raid bar toggle reliability: the Show/Hide toggle in /az -> Unit Frames now uses a minimal, combat-safe Show/Hide approach instead of quarantine-based visibility. The bar restores instantly when the option is enabled in party/raid.
• Added PlayFadeAnim to the castbar guard list to prevent a new WoW 12 taint path.
• Neutered UpdateShownButtons on hidden Blizzard action bars to prevent SetShown() taint on reparented buttons.
• Cleared OnEvent/OnUpdate scripts on hidden Blizzard action buttons to stop residual Blizzard update paths from causing taint.

Internal

• Components/ActionBars/Compatibility/HideBlizzard.lua: removed purgeKey() and its isShownExternal purge call entirely. Added script clearing for hidden buttons and UpdateShownButtons neutering for hidden bars.
• Core/FixBlizzardBugsWow12.lua: replaced quarantine-based raid bar visibility with a minimal SetBlizzardRaidBarVisible() / ShouldShowBlizzardRaidBar() pair. Removed ApplyCompactRaidManagerVisibility() and GetModuleProfileValue(). Added PlayFadeAnim castbar guard.
• Options/OptionsPages/UnitFrames.lua: updated raid bar toggle setter to call the new SetBlizzardRaidBarVisible() API directly.

5.3.43-JuNNeZ (2026-03-29)

Highlights

• Fixed WoW 12 tooltip widget and inserted-frame geometry taint: guards now protect both the widget frame and all embedded tooltips/containers before Blizzard does any width/height arithmetic, preventing secret-value crashes.
• Added pre-guard for GameTooltip_InsertFrame to ensure inserted frames and their bars/statusbars are geometry-guarded, eliminating secret-value stacks in Blizzard tooltip layout.

Internal

• Core/FixBlizzardBugsWow12.lua: GuardItemDisplaySetup() now guards the widget frame, its widgetContainer, and both self.Tooltip and self.Item.Tooltip.
• Core/FixBlizzardBugsWow12.lua: added GuardTooltipInsertedFrames() to pre-guard all frames and bars passed to GameTooltip_InsertFrame.

5.3.42-JuNNeZ (2026-03-29)

Highlights

• Reduced WoW 12 nameplate and Blizzard-frame taint fallout by backing out invasive pcall-based Blizzard caller replacements that were making AzeriteUI the attributed caller in secret and protected paths.
• Fixed Blizzard raid target icons, classification markers, and level-difference badges bleeding through AzeriteUI nameplates when Blizzard child frames ignored parent alpha.
• Restored the soft-target icon above AzeriteUI nameplates after the newer Blizzard visual-hide pass started hiding the shared SoftTargetFrame.
• Hardened lingering secret-value health and heal-prediction reads used by Blizzard-backed nameplate updates.

Internal

• Core/FixBlizzardBugsWow12.lua: reverted the broad WoW 12 pcall-based caller replacements and kept the narrower sanitizers and post-hooks.
• Core/FixBlizzardBugs.lua: removed the dead WoW 12 research block so the live Retail 12 path is clearly isolated in the companion file.
• Components/UnitFrames/Units/NamePlates.lua: added the Blizzard-child hide pass for raid target/classification/level-diff visuals while exempting the shared SoftTargetFrame.
• Components/UnitFrames/Functions.lua and Libs/oUF/elements/health.lua: hardened the secret-safe unit comparison and health read fallbacks used by target and nameplate updates.

5.3.41-JuNNeZ (2026-03-29)

Highlights

• Fixed the WoW 12 target and target-of-target comparison crash that could spam BugSack when Blizzard returned secret GUID values for compound unit tokens.
• Kept target-of-target hide/show and focus highlight logic on the same shared helper, but made its GUID fallback fail closed instead of comparing unreadable secret strings.

Internal

• Components/UnitFrames/Functions.lua: reordered ns.API.SafeUnitIsUnit(...) so issecretvalue(...) guards run before any empty-string or GUID equality compare in the UnitGUID(...) fallback.
• FixLog.md: recorded the WoW 12 secret-GUID regression and the 5.3.41-JuNNeZ hotfix prep.

5.3.40-JuNNeZ (2026-03-28)

Highlights

• Fixed UI widget item display crashes caused by secret-value taint propagating through embedded tooltip dimensions and money frame button geometry.
• Fixed SetTooltipMoney layout crash when tooltip money frame button GetWidth/GetHeight returned tainted values.

Internal

• Core/FixBlizzardBugsWow12.lua: replaced generic UIWidgetTemplateItemDisplayMixin.Setup pcall wrapper with a specialized GuardItemDisplaySetup that guards self.Item.Tooltip geometry just-in-time before the base Setup runs, preventing arithmetic-on-secret-number crashes in Blizzard_UIWidgetTemplateBase.lua.
• Core/FixBlizzardBugsWow12.lua: added GuardWidgetFrameSetters — hooks SetWidth/SetHeight/SetSize on widget frames to silently bail when given secret values, preventing SetWidth errors inside Blizzard's ContinuableContainer xpcall that BugSack captures.
• Core/FixBlizzardBugsWow12.lua: added GuardMoneyFrameGeometry — guards tooltip money frames and their Gold/Silver/Copper button children so layout arithmetic uses clean cached dimensions.
• Core/FixBlizzardBugsWow12.lua: wrapped SetTooltipMoney to guard money frame geometry before and after the layout call, and bail on secret money values.

5.3.39-JuNNeZ (2026-03-28)

Highlights

• Hardened AzeriteUI's target and target-of-target unit comparisons ahead of Blizzard's 12.0.5 UnitIsUnit(...) restrictions, reducing the risk of broken target indicators, self-target detection, or ToT hide/show behavior when compound tokens stop comparing directly.

Internal

• Components/UnitFrames/Functions.lua: added ns.API.SafeUnitIsUnit(...) with pcall wrapping and readable UnitGUID(...) fallback for secret/unavailable unit-token comparisons.
• Components/UnitFrames/Units/Target.lua: moved risky targettarget, self-target, and target-indicator UnitIsUnit(...) checks onto the shared safe helper.
• Components/UnitFrames/Units/ToT.lua: moved ToT focus and hide-when-targeting comparisons onto the shared safe helper.

5.3.38-JuNNeZ (2026-03-28)

Highlights

• Fixed Blizzard's PlayerCastingBarFrame interrupt/glow animations flashing through even when the frame is suppressed by AzeriteUI.

Internal

• Components/UnitFrames/Units/PlayerCastBar.lua: added StopBlizzardCastbarAnims() — stops all Blizzard castbar animation groups (InterruptShakeAnim, InterruptGlowAnim, InterruptSparkAnim, HoldFadeOutAnim, etc.) and hides glow/flash textures whenever the suppressed castbar tries to show.
• Components/UnitFrames/Units/PlayerCastBar.lua: hooked PlayInterruptAnims in addition to existing method hooks so interrupt effects are caught immediately.
• Components/UnitFrames/Units/PlayerCastBar.lua: stubbed out custom interrupt glow/shake callbacks (commented out, pending custom glow asset).

5.3.37-JuNNeZ (2026-03-28)

Highlights

• Refactored WoW 12 Blizzard bug guards for clarity and reduced code duplication (~100 lines removed).
• Added BackdropTemplateMixin.SetupTextureCoordinates guard (adopted from ElvUI/GW2_UI) to prevent secret-value crashes in backdrop rendering across all frames.
• Wired Blizzard raid-bar "Hide Groups" toggle into AzeriteUI's own raid headers so it works when using custom raid frames.

Access

• No new menu path. Internal refactor and stability improvements.

Internal

• Core/FixBlizzardBugsWow12.lua: hoisted Pack to file scope (was redefined 6 times locally).
• Core/FixBlizzardBugsWow12.lua: consolidated three identical castbar wrapper factories (MakeSafeStopFinishAnims, MakeSafeCastbarVisualMethod, MakeSafeUpdateShownState) into a single MakeSafeVoidMethod; replaced per-method flag blocks with a table-driven CASTBAR_GUARDS loop.
• Core/FixBlizzardBugsWow12.lua: consolidated three identical widget Setup guards into a single GuardWidgetMixinMethod factory called from GuardWidgetSetups().
• Core/FixBlizzardBugsWow12.lua: extracted SilenceWidgetObject helper to deduplicate field-clearing logic in HideSecretWidgetTarget (removed duplicated widgetContainer.Hide block).
• Core/FixBlizzardBugsWow12.lua: added GuardBackdropSetupTextureCoordinates() — skips BackdropTemplateMixin.SetupTextureCoordinates when frame dimensions are tainted, matching the approach used by ElvUI and GW2_UI.
• Core/FixBlizzardBugsWow12.lua: added raid-manager hidden-mode mirror (ApplyAzeriteRaidGroupVisibility, HookRaidManagerHiddenMode) so the Blizzard raid-bar "Hide Groups" toggle controls AzeriteUI raid headers by alpha.

5.3.36-JuNNeZ (2026-03-28)

Highlights

• Expanded tooltip geometry guard to cover all position/size methods (GetLeft, GetRight, GetTop, GetBottom, GetCenter, GetRect, GetScale), fixing shopping-tooltip comparison crashes caused by tainted position values.
• Added embedded widget tooltips (UIWidgetBaseItemEmbeddedTooltip) to the geometry guard, fixing secret-value errors in Blizzard's UIWidgetTemplateItemDisplay code.

Access

• No new menu path. This is a retail tooltip stability hotfix for Blizzard-owned tooltip layout and widget rendering.

Internal

• Core/FixBlizzardBugsWow12.lua: expanded GuardTooltipFrameGeometry from dimension-only (GetWidth/GetHeight/GetSize) to full geometry coverage (+ GetLeft, GetRight, GetTop, GetBottom, GetCenter, GetRect, GetScale) using a generic MakeSafeSingleGetter pattern.
• Core/FixBlizzardBugsWow12.lua: added UIWidgetBaseItemEmbeddedTooltip1–10 to the guard list to cover dynamically created embedded item tooltips.

5.3.35-JuNNeZ (2026-03-28)

Highlights

• Fixed a broader Retail WoW 12 tooltip secret-number crash path by guarding tooltip width and height reads at the tooltip frame itself, so Blizzard tooltip layout code now falls back to the last known clean dimensions instead of erroring.
• Simplified AzeriteUI's tooltip styling follow-up now that tooltip dimension caching is handled centrally at the Blizzard guard layer.

Access

• No new menu path. This is a retail tooltip stability hotfix for Blizzard-owned tooltip layout and widget rendering.

Internal

• Core/FixBlizzardBugsWow12.lua: added GuardTooltipDimensions() to hook GetWidth, GetHeight, and GetSize on live tooltip instances such as GameTooltip, ItemRefTooltip, ShoppingTooltip1/2, and related Blizzard tooltip frames, returning the last known good cached dimension when Blizzard exposes a secret/tainted number.
• Core/FixBlizzardBugsWow12.lua: removed the older GuardTooltipInsertFrame / IsSecretTooltipInsertFrameError whack-a-mole path in favor of the single dimension-guard interception point that protects current and future Blizzard tooltip readers.
• Components/Misc/Tooltips.lua: removed the redundant TooltipDimensionCache / CacheTooltipDimensions() helper path and simplified UpdateBackdropTheme() so it only sanity-checks tooltip:GetWidth() > 0 before styling.

5.3.34-JuNNeZ (2026-03-28)

Highlights

• Fixed Blizzard tooltip sell-price crashes on Retail WoW 12 where some loot, compare, and item tooltips could error instead of showing their money line.
• Hardened the Blizzard item-widget fallback so broken Area POI and embedded item-display tooltip widgets fail closed instead of surfacing secret-value errors.
• Removed the raid-manager hotfix path that could trigger a protected-action warning in grouped play.

5.3.33-JuNNeZ (2026-03-28)

Localization

• Full translation pass across all nine shipped locale files (deDE, esES, frFR, itIT, koKR, ptBR, ruRU, zhCN, zhTW): every previously untranslated string now has a proper translation.
• Added the missing Soul Fragments display-mode strings (Demon Hunter Devourer toggle, count toggle, display-mode selector, and all four mode options) to all non-English locales.

5.3.32-JuNNeZ (2026-03-28)

The big castbar gimmick update

• Enemy nameplate castbars now use the rebuilt interrupt-color path again, with yellow when your main interrupt is ready, red when it is unavailable, and gray for protected casts.
• Added a shared Unit Frames option to color supported enemy cast spell names by interrupt/protected state, while keeping spell names stable by default if you prefer plain text.
• Cleaned up the target castbar options: the dead reverse-growth toggle is gone, and the temporary full-bar target interrupt tint option is hidden until the target protected-cast path is reliable again.
• Updated the castbar option text and interrupt legend translations across all shipped locale files.

Access

• Cast spell text coloring: /az -> Unit Frames -> Color Cast Spell Text By State
• Enemy castbar interrupt legend: /az -> Nameplates
• Target full-bar interrupt tint: temporarily disabled while the target follow-up continues

Internal

• Added the AzeriteUI-owned NameplateInterruptDB.lua fallback helper and seeded it from existing Plater interruptible-spell data when available, without requiring Plater to remain installed.
• Expanded /azdebug nameplates for the interrupt-state investigation and kept the TODO/FixLog notes aligned with the current castbar state.

5.3.31-JuNNeZ (2026-03-28)

Highlights

• Fixed another WoW 12 Blizzard player castbar regression where the hidden Blizzard castbar could still throw forbidden-table and invalid texture errors while AzeriteUI's custom player castbar was active.

Access

• No new menu path. This is a retail stability hotfix for the existing AzeriteUI player castbar replacement.

Internal

• Core/FixBlizzardBugsWow12.lua: restored and expanded the WoW 12 castbar fail-closed guards for GetTypeInfo, finish/spark visual helpers, and live OverlayPlayerCastingBarFrame instances.
• Components/UnitFrames/Units/PlayerCastBar.lua: reverted Blizzard player/pet castbar suppression back to alpha-only hiding so Blizzard keeps its internal event/unit state intact.

5.3.30-JuNNeZ (2026-03-27)

Highlights

• Fixed a WoW 12 compact raid-manager taint that could still trigger ADDON_ACTION_BLOCKED with protected UNKNOWN() calls when AzeriteUI hid the Blizzard raid utility bar.

Access

• No new menu path. This is a retail hotfix for the existing /az -> Unit Frames -> Show Blizzard Raid Bar toggle.

Internal

• Core/FixBlizzardBugsWow12.lua: stopped mutating CompactRaidFrameManager anchors and parent from the WoW 12 quarantine helper, and now suppresses the disabled manager bar through alpha/mouse handling instead.

5.3.29-JuNNeZ (2026-03-27)

The Interrupt Conumdrum

• Continued the retail interrupt-state cleanup for unitframes and nameplates, but this pass is still work-in-progress.
• Nameplate health text can now sit below the bar, inside the bar, or move inside only while you are in combat.
• Added an optional Blizzard raid utility bar toggle in /az -> Unit Frames for ready check and world marker access.
• Hardened another WoW 12 Blizzard widget path and removed a taint-prone minimap widget override that could still feed secret-value widget errors.
• Boss and arena health bars were pushed back toward a plain native fill path while the reverse-fill follow-up continues.

Access

• Nameplate health text placement: /az -> Nameplates -> Visibility
• Blizzard raid utility bar: /az -> Unit Frames

Internal

• WIP interrupt follow-up: nameplates now use the simpler plain/oUF interrupt path again while the shared interrupt probe also learns from the live Blizzard castbar lock state.
• Added broader /azdebug tooling for keys, target fill inspection, and solo raidbar testing.
• Expanded the retail widget fail-closed guards to cover additional item-display/minimap-widget secret-value paths.

5.3.28-JuNNeZ (2026-03-27)

Highlights

• Restored soft-target icons and names for interactable world objects such as mining nodes, herbs, chairs, and similar object-like nameplates.

Access

• No new menu path. Soft-target an interactable object in the world and its icon/name should appear again.

Internal

• The retail nameplate object-plate path now keeps a minimal visible overlay while the plate is soft-targeted, hovered, or hard-targeted instead of forcing the entire plate and SoftTargetFrame alpha to zero.

5.3.27-JuNNeZ (2026-03-27)

Highlights

• Fixed another WoW 12 Blizzard widget crash that could still throw Blizzard_UIWidgetTemplateTextWithState.lua:35 when delve, map, or tooltip text/state widgets exposed secret text sizing values.
• Broadened the existing tooltip widget protection so related Blizzard secret-value geometry errors from shared tooltip layout code are also suppressed instead of surfacing as Lua errors.

Access

• No new menu path. This is a stability patch for Blizzard-owned widget/tooltip rendering on retail WoW 12.

Internal

• Extended the fail-closed widget guard in Core/FixBlizzardBugsWow12.lua from GameTooltip_AddWidgetSet(...) to the live text-with-state and widget-manager registration paths, hiding the failed widget/container on confirmed secret-value errors.

5.3.26-JuNNeZ (2026-03-26)

Highlights

• Removed the unused Classic/Cata/Wrath tracker, aura, and library baggage from this retail-only edition to keep the shipped addon focused on WoW 12.
• Hardened retail aura handling again so nil/late aura payloads do not crash AzeriteUI aura widgets, and Blizzard buff-frame updates are no longer forced through the WoW 12 secret-value expirationTime path before being hidden.
• Continued the active retail follow-up on nameplate interrupt visuals, health-percentage caching, and reverse-fill bar behavior.

Access

• Added /azdebug nameplates [unit] as a targeted debug helper for the current nameplate interrupt-state investigation.

Known Not Working

• GetInterruptCastVisualState / Castbar_RefreshInterruptVisuals: some protected enemy nameplate casts can still show yellow instead of grey.
• ResolveDisplayHealthPercent: some unitframe health percentages can still stick at 100% or another stale snapshot like 91%.
• Target castbar reverse-fill path: right-to-left cast fill still needs a dedicated fake-fill solution instead of the current native reverse-fill behavior.
• Boss/Arena reverse-fill path: fake-fill and native SetReverseFill(true) are still fighting each other and can make bars look like they fill from the wrong side.

Internal

• The retail cleanup deletes the unused Classic compatibility payloads listed in TODO.md, including dead tracker variants, non-retail aura datasets, and oUF_Classic/Classic-only support libs that are not loaded by the retail XML path.

5.3.25-JuNNeZ (2026-03-25)

Highlights

• Fixed a retail tooltip/widget crash that could throw Blizzard_UIWidgetTemplateTextWithState.lua:35 errors when Blizzard tooltip widgets hit WoW 12 secret-value text sizing.
• Enemy nameplate interrupt castbars are now partially working again, with clearer interrupt-ready and interrupt-on-cooldown visuals plus a right-side interrupt marker.
• Interrupt castbars are still work-in-progress.
• Known issue: some non-interruptible enemy casts can still show yellow as if they were interruptible.

Access

• No new menu path. This release combines a tooltip crash fix with a WIP hostile nameplate castbar follow-up.

Internal

• Added a narrow tooltip-widget fail-closed guard for the Blizzard secret-value text-height crash path on WoW 12.
• Simplified the hostile interrupt visual resolver back toward a Platynator-style state model and isolated the live cast payload while the remaining non-interruptible-state bug is still under investigation.

5.3.24-JuNNeZ (2026-03-25)

Highlights

• Fixed action button cooldowns throwing "Secret values are only allowed during untainted execution" errors in WoW 12.0.1, which caused 100+ errors per session during normal play.
• Fixed BugSack copy-session snapshot showing a stale hardcoded AzeriteUI version instead of the actual running version.

Internal

• LibActionButton-1.0-GE: On WoW 12.0+, UpdateCooldown now uses C_ActionBar.GetActionCooldownDuration + SetCooldownFromDurationObject for action buttons, bypassing the secret-value taint restriction entirely. Falls back to ActionButton_ApplyCooldown on older API, and adds IsSafeNumber guards on the legacy path.
• BugSack.lua: Replace hardcoded AZERITEUI_VERSION string with a live C_AddOns.GetAddOnMetadata lookup so the exported version always matches the running TOC.

5.3.23-JuNNeZ (2026-03-24)

Highlights

• Fixed a recurring /az options crash that could block the raid-frame and party health-color settings pages from opening when a locale lookup returned no value.
• Improved hostile interruptible castbar colors so target and nameplate casts show ready, unavailable, and protected states during combat (work-in-progress, may still fall back under some conditions).

Access

• Open /az -> Unit Frames -> Raid Frames (5/25/40) or /az -> Unit Frames -> Party — health-color sections now open reliably again.

Internal

• Hardened AddHealthColorOptions() to fall back to embedded English text when locale keys are missing.
• Reworked the shared interrupt resolver with spec-aware primary/secondary pools and secret-safe cooldown evaluation.

5.3.22-JuNNeZ (2026-03-22)

Highlights

• Fixed a /az options crash that could block the raid-frame health-color settings pages from opening after the recent localization update.

Access

• Open /az -> Unit Frames -> Raid Frames (5/25/40) and the health-color section should load normally again.

Why

• The health-color options helper assigned its localized descriptions into the wrong local-variable names, leaving AceConfig with a nil description field when those raid-frame pages were built.

Internal

• Corrected the Desc/desc local-variable mismatch in Options/OptionsPages/UnitFrames.lua so the existing localized health-color descriptions are passed through correctly.

5.3.21-JuNNeZ (2026-03-22)

Highlights

• Fixed the alternate player frame getting stuck on an incorrect sub-100 health percent after recovering to full health, which could also keep Explorer Mode from fading back out until /reload.
• Restored localization coverage for the newer /az option pages and addon landing text so recent menu additions no longer stay hardcoded in English on non-English clients.

Access

• No new menu path. This is a follow-up hotfix release.

Why

• The alternate-player issue came from the shared health-percent text path trusting a stale health-percent API result over the live frame cache, while Explorer Mode was also checking the low-health and low-mana toggles against the wrong condition.
• The localization issue came from newer option-page labels and descriptions being added directly as raw strings instead of being routed through the locale tables.

Internal

• Hardened shared [*:HealthPercent] resolution against divergent API reads, made Explorer Mode prefer the active player-frame health cache, and corrected the low-health/low-mana toggle wiring.
• Routed recent options and landing-page strings through AceLocale and added the missing keys across the shipped locale files.

5.3.20-JuNNeZ (2026-03-22)

Highlights

• Fixed a retail world map setup error that could trigger a Blizzard assertion when AzeriteUI restored map state while the map was not actually maximized.
• Fixed the Enhancement Shaman class-power regression where a large white secondary bar could appear beside the Maelstrom crystal, especially after login or while out of combat.

Access

• No new menu path. This is a hotfix release.

Why

• Both issues came from recent retail follow-up work: one in the integrated world map module's maximize-state handling, and one in the shared Shaman class-power path where the Elemental swap bar was still being kept alive outside Elemental.

Internal

• Guarded world-map maximize-size calls so Blizzard maximized-only sizing logic only runs while the map is actually maximized.
• Limited the retail Shaman secondary Power bar to Elemental swap-bar mode and now explicitly hide/clean it for Enhancement and other non-Elemental Shaman states.

5.3.19-JuNNeZ (2026-03-22)

The Rui Reverberation

• Integrated Rui's retail MapShrinker world map pass into AzeriteUI, including the integrated border look, player/cursor coordinates, and a player-facing /az -> World Map enable toggle that defaults on.
• Brought over Rui's retail nameplate optimization pass with the tighter health/cast presentation, restored target highlight, target-only aura support, and retail cleanup of dead load-list paths.
• Added player-facing controls around the imported nameplate changes instead of hard-locking them: /az -> Nameplates -> Size -> Maximum distance now supports 20 to 60, /az -> Nameplates -> Size -> Castbar vertical offset tunes the normal castbar anchor, and target-only auras remain toggleable under /az -> Nameplates -> Visibility.
• Fixed the main follow-up regressions from the import so raid markers show again, castbars start closer to the health bar by default, and long creature/cast names behave more like stock instead of clipping/wrapping into the tighter bars.

Access

• Nameplate visibility and aura options: /az -> Nameplates -> Visibility
• Nameplate size, distance, and castbar offset: /az -> Nameplates -> Size
• World map toggle: /az -> World Map
• Rui credit on the addon landing page: Blizzard Settings -> AzeriteUI -> Credits & Maintainers

Why

• Rui's retail patch set cleaned up the world map and nameplate presentation for retail, but this branch already had newer behavior in a few runtime paths and also needed player-facing controls where Rui's copy used fixed retail defaults.
• This follow-up keeps the imported retail look/performance wins while preserving the branch's newer pieces and tightening the imported visuals back toward AzeriteUI stock behavior where the Rui layout exposed clipping or visibility regressions.

Internal

• Imported from Rui: MapShrinker world map integration, tighter retail nameplate health/cast proportions, restored target highlight, target-only aura baseline, retail-only file-load cleanup, and the LibSmoothBar throttle reduction.
• Kept from this branch: the newer 1/20 mouseover/soft-target timers instead of Rui's older 1/12, the existing target-frame path that did not need a direct RUEM Lua port, and the branch-owned nameplate baseline where Rui's actual source did not require forcing global profile scale to 1.
• Changed locally after import: the hard 40 nameplate distance became a slider, the world map became toggleable, AzeriteUI nameplates were made to follow Blizzard visibility CVars more closely, the standard castbar got a shipped +8 closer baseline plus a live offset slider, the raid-marker stock oUF path was restored, and Rui's credits were added in the relevant options pages and top-level credits list.

Thanks

• Thanks to Rui for the MapShrinker integration and nameplate optimization work that this retail merge was based on.

5.3.18-JuNNeZ (2026-03-21)

Highlights

• Reduced a retail WoW 12 taint path by stopping AzeriteUI from writing replacement highlight handlers onto Blizzard-owned frame tables that could leak into Edit Mode, Encounter Warnings, and other secure systems.

Access

• No new user-facing menu path. This is a stability hotfix.

Why

• The failing stacks were inside Blizzard secure/UI systems while marked as tainted by AzeriteUI, which matched the repo’s existing warning about replacing Blizzard-owned methods in current retail.
• This patch removes the remaining live instances of that method-replacement pattern from the affected Blizzard support-frame suppression paths.

Internal

• Removed the live HighlightSystem / ClearHighlight replacement from Blizzard mirror timers and cleaned up the same stale pattern in the related retail support-frame modules.

5.3.17-JuNNeZ (2026-03-21)

Highlights

• Added interrupt-readiness coloring to enemy nameplate castbars so interruptible casts read more clearly when your kick is ready, unavailable, or the cast is protected.
• Reworked AzeriteUI nameplate sizing so friendly players, friendly NPCs, enemies, soft targets, and hard targets follow clearer separate scale paths instead of sharing one oversized friendly baseline.
• Added a dedicated Friendly NPC size control and stabilized soft-target handling so interact/soft-target plates behave more predictably without leaning on Blizzard scale mode.
• Expanded player-frame aura-row customization with a cleaner basic/advanced split, while keeping AzeriteUI stock behavior available as the default path.
• Reworked Party Frames aura controls so filtering, layout, and dispellable-debuff emphasis are easier to tune and read in /az.
• Fixed Blizzard duplicate support frames that could still appear alongside AzeriteUI, including battleground carrier frames and the Blizzard breath bar mirror timer.
• Improved class-power click blocking so visible Paladin Holy Power coverage matches the actual art footprint more reliably.

Access

• Nameplate size controls: /az -> Nameplates -> Size
• Player aura row settings: /az -> Unit Frames -> Player
• Party aura row settings: /az -> Unit Frames -> Party Frames
• Aura header targeting options: /az -> Aura Header

Why

• This stable follow-up focuses on visual clarity and duplicate-frame cleanup in active retail WoW 12 gameplay, with extra attention on nameplate scale consistency.
• Castbars, nameplates, aura rows, party-frame aura visibility, and Blizzard frame suppression should now behave more predictably without relying on external addon workarounds.

Internal

• Normalized retail aura metadata consumers so spellId/spellID registrations resolve more consistently across filtering, sorting, and styling.
• Moved retail interrupt spell ownership into shared aura data helpers instead of maintaining a duplicate castbar-only map.

5.3.16-JuNNeZ (2026-03-20)

The Signalglass

• Expanded party-frame aura controls and stabilized harmful/dispellable debuff handling, including a frame glow so dispellable states are easier to read.
• Split power value alpha control so player and target power text can be tuned independently.
• Disabled the broken white absorb/heal-prediction overlay on non-player/target frames until a safer retail path is ready.
• Hid duplicate Blizzard battleground carrier/arena support frames that could appear alongside AzeriteUI in current WoW 12 contexts.
• Reworked party and raid health-bar coloring so you can choose AzeriteUI class colors, Blizzard class colors, or flat health green with class color only on mouseover.

Access

• Party health color controls: /az -> Unit Frames -> Party Frames
• Raid health color controls: /az -> Unit Frames -> Raid Frames (5/25/40)
• New options:
  • Use Class Colors
  • Use Blizzard Health Bar Colors
  • Only Show Class Color on Mouseover

Why

• Party and raid health colors now read more clearly and behave more predictably.
• Players can keep a simple green health baseline, switch to Blizzard palette parity, or only surface class/reaction colors when hovering a frame.
• The release also reduces duplicate or broken overlays and improves readability across common unit-frame states.

Internal

• Expanded the maintainer-only /aztest runtime preview flow for supported unit-frame layouts.
• Continued boss/arena reverse-fill and fake-fill groundwork against the target-frame path while narrowing remaining mismatches to the preview/test presenter instead of live target rendering.

5.3.15-JuNNeZ (2026-03-18)

The Aura Homeostasis

• Reworked the retail aura handling around WoW 12 secret-value restrictions so player-frame and top-right aura behavior stays closer to AzeriteUI stock intent without combat-state disappearance.
• Converted the top-right aura header to a safer mixed modern data path, reducing blank-icon and border-only failures when fresh auras are gained in combat.
• Restored stock-style player-frame combat relevance as the default behavior, while keeping new player-aura filtering controls available for local tuning.
• Fixed party/player aura settings wiring so growth and spacing options actually apply to the live aura layout.

Fixes & Changes

• Removed forbidden aura-table iteration in the WoW 12 Blizzard-fix paths.
• Reduced chat-related taint risk by skipping temporary chat frame styling/hooks that could bleed into Blizzard whisper handling.
• Added clearer /az option grouping and labeling for aura header, unit-frame aura settings, and related UI pages.
• Reframed the Aura Header targeting options so WoW 12 only shows the setting that is actually active.

5.3.14-JuNNeZ (2026-03-16)

Fixes & Changes

• Disabled the golden glow effect for soul fragments (Demon Hunter/Enhancement Shaman) due to visual bugs; groundwork for future improvements remains in code (commented out).
• Soul Fragments Display Mode dropdown is now always visible for all Demon Hunters, regardless of specialization.

Internal

• Code cleanup and groundwork for future class power visual improvements.

5.3.13-JuNNeZ (2026-03-14)

Fixes

• Fixed battleground/local-party frame handling so the party-style header follows the player's actual raid subgroup in PvP raid contexts instead of briefly showing and then vanishing after the roster settles.
• Corrected the party-header child reflow so PvP/battleground party members no longer collapse onto overlapping visual slots.
• Removed the bad /az -> Unit Frames options-tree rule that hid Raid Frames (5) whenever Party Frames enabled any raid visibility toggle.

Thanks

• Thanks to AceShotz for finding the battleground party-frame bug and testing the fix in-game.

5.3.12-JuNNeZ (2026-03-14)

Fixes

• Restored the stock player-frame PvP badge to AzeriteUI's own Alliance/Horde media instead of leaving the override path without assigned faction textures.
• Moved the default player-frame PvP badge anchor back onto a centered base point and added /az -> Unit Frames -> Player -> PvP Badge X/Y offset controls plus a reset action for local repositioning.

5.3.11-JuNNeZ (2026-03-14)

Fixes

• Added /az options to hide or shrink the large priority debuff icon on retail 11-25 and 26-40 raid frames.
• Kept the change on the visual PriorityDebuff element only, so the big-debuff option does not touch secure raid header attributes, visibility drivers, or protected click/layout paths.

Thanks

• Thanks to Yarko for testing the retail large-raid changes and confirming the updated behavior in-game.

5.3.10-JuNNeZ (2026-03-14)

Fixes

• Reworked retail 11-25 and 26-40 raid headers to explicitly re-anchor their spawned child buttons after secure roster updates, fixing the compact square/grid bunching in larger raids.
• Fixed the original secure raid-button click taint: the header-spawned party/raid unit buttons were hitting ADDON_ACTION_BLOCKED because addon code was calling RegisterForClicks("AnyUp") from insecure Lua while oUF was styling secure group-header children.
• Corrected the first workaround for that click bug: moving RegisterForClicks("AnyUp") into the restricted oUF-initialConfigFunction did not work because RegisterForClicks is not exposed inside secure header snippets. The final fix leaves secure header children on oUF's built-in *type1 = target and *type2 = togglemenu setup, while only non-header frames register clicks through the shared initializer.

5.3.9-JuNNeZ (2026-03-14)

Fixes

• Moved the retired retail /az remove addontext|clocktext behavior into Minimap options, migrated any saved legacy text-hide flags, and switched remaining hardcoded AzeriteUI media references in that path over to addon-safe media lookups.
• Hardened raid header refresh in raid frames so stale or incomplete saved layout values can no longer feed invalid secure header attributes and break raid frames in raid groups.

5.3.8-JuNNeZ (2026-03-13)

Fixes

• Corrected the release version metadata from 5.3.7-JuNNeZ to 5.3.8-JuNNeZ in the TOC, build script, and changelog after finalizing the assisted-highlight release state.

Known Issues

• The /az action-bar option Cast action keybinds on key down can still throw Blizzard Settings BugSack noise for ActionButtonUseKeyDown on WoW 12. The bars themselves continue to function, but the settings-side error remains unresolved in this release.
• Assisted highlight color customization is not ready for release yet. The circular assisted highlight currently ships in Blizzard blue while work continues on a stable multi-color version.

5.3.7-JuNNeZ (2026-03-13)

Fixes

• Restored action-bar spell proc highlights by reconnecting LibActionButton overlay-glow handling to AzeriteUI's custom CustomSpellActivationAlert texture on the main bars.
• Added Blizzard assisted-combat highlight support to AzeriteUI action bars and kept the assisted suggestion circular on AzeriteUI buttons instead of falling back to the native square frame.

Known Issues

• The /az action-bar option Cast action keybinds on key down can still throw Blizzard Settings BugSack noise for ActionButtonUseKeyDown on WoW 12. The bars themselves continue to function, but the settings-side error remains unresolved in this release.

5.3.6-JuNNeZ (2026-03-13)

Axiom Extravaganza

• Reworked the WoW 12 compact-frame fix strategy back toward root-cause ownership handling instead of broad shared Blizzard wrappers.
• Kept the original compact aura isHarmful secret-value fix while stripping back the taint-prone symptom guards that cascaded into party, Edit Mode, and nameplate regressions.
• Tightened Blizzard compact party/raid shutdown so hidden Blizzard frames stop participating in roster refresh paths more reliably.
• Restored a secret-mode visual-only hide for Blizzard nameplate health bars so duplicate Blizzard bars no longer show behind AzeriteUI nameplates.

Fixes

• Restored and improved the BugSack copy workflow so the current session can be exported into a selectable multiline copy window again.
• Added the hidden SaiyaRatt Exposition command and improved SaiyaRatt alternate-player live refresh and threat-texture stability.
• Clarified the passive WoW 12 path in FixBlizzardBugs.lua so the legacy lower-half Blizzard rewrites are no longer misleading during maintenance.

5.3.5-JuNNeZ (2026-03-12)

Fixes

• Restored the embedded oUF, oUF_Plugins, and oUF_Classic libraries to the pre-sync snapshot after the newer mixed library state introduced startup, travel, combat, and secret-value regressions.
• Added local Backups/ snapshots to .gitignore so operational rollback folders no longer clutter the worktree.

5.3.4-JuNNeZ (2026-03-11)

Saiyaratt Exposition

• Added a built-in selectable SaiyaRatt profile preset alongside the default Azerite profile.
• Recreated the verified SaiyaRatt player, alternate-player, and target unitframe presentation using only the referenced AzRattUI assets and layout deltas.
• Added the required SaiyaRatt media for the alternate-player power bar and compact target presentation.
• Gated SaiyaRatt-specific target and alternate-player behavior so the stock Azerite profile remains unchanged.
• Fixed SaiyaRatt target health-percent placement and percent sourcing so the compact target crystal follows the live health percentage path more reliably.
• Prevented Blizzard's alternate power bar restore path from reintroducing the old playeralternate crystal while SaiyaRatt is active.

5.3.3-JuNNeZ (2026-03-11)

Fixes

• Party frame priority debuff stability:
  • Normalized oUF priority-debuff dispel entries to numeric priorities so party leader and roster updates no longer hit the boolean-vs-number compare error.

5.3.2-JuNNeZ (2026-03-10)

Fixes

• Class Power stability and layout follow-up:
  • Restored safe default anchoring for class power on fresh/reset/copied profiles so /lock placement stays aligned after reinstall or profile changes.
  • Synced the Elemental Shaman one-time anchor migration with the movable /lock anchor state.
  • Fixed Enhancement Shaman class power visibility gating so the configured spell-known requirement is actually honored in both retail and classic/shared oUF copies.
  • Removed dead Elemental class power toggle/offset leftovers from runtime defaults and options.
  • Split Rogue 6-7 combo point rendering onto a dedicated extended arc so Rogue gets the larger end-cap layout without changing Feral's original 5-point finisher presentation.
  • Prevented pre-specialization fallback from forcing the Elemental swap-bar path before spec is known.

5.3.1-JuNNeZ (2026-03-09)

Fixes

• Tooltip secret-value hardening:
  • Guarded unit-tooltip nameplate detection against secret unit tokens in arena and other restricted contexts.
  • Added safe tooltip unit fallback and protected C_NamePlate.GetNamePlateForUnit lookups to stop tooltip backdrop styling errors.
• Mouseover cast follow-up:
  • Restored checkmouseovercast propagation on AzeriteUI action buttons so Blizzard mouseover-cast keyboard targeting can work again when the CVar is enabled.
  • Added enableMouseoverCast CVar refresh handling for action-bar button settings.
  • Registered AzeriteUI raid unit buttons for clicks to match secure party-frame behavior for click-cast style interaction.

5.3.0-JuNNeZ (2026-03-08)

The big nameplate rework

• Reworked AzeriteUI nameplate scaling so friendly, hostile, target, and friendly name-only plates all use one explicit scale model instead of mixed Blizzard/addon scaling.
• Added separate sliders for global nameplate scale, friendly/player scale, enemy scale, friendly/player target scale, enemy target scale, friendly name-only font scale, and friendly name-only target scale.
• Normalized slider math so 100% maps to the intended default for each control, and additive target-scale sliders now allow 0 for no extra target bump.
• Fixed hostile target plates shrinking when targeted by changing target scaling to additive bump logic instead of raw multiplier logic.
• Hardened runtime fallback/default handling so missing or stale profile values no longer drift to smaller-than-intended plate or font scales.
• Added stronger nameplate driver refresh/update handling inspired by Platynator so scale and native size/CVar settings reapply more reliably after world entry, UI scale changes, and combat deferral.
• Friendly player name-only mode now fully hides remaining healthbar visuals and overlays and keeps only the class-colored name at the configured size.

Unit Frames

• Cleaned up Unit Frames -> Class Power option visibility so class/spec-specific controls only appear when relevant.
• Reordered Class Power options so shared controls stay grouped and niche toggles no longer crowd the section.
• Restricted the Elemental crystal/bar resource split option to Elemental Shaman, Enhancement Maelstrom settings to Enhancement, Vengeance-only 10-point display mode to Vengeance Demon Hunter, and similar class power toggles to their owning class/spec.

5.2.235-JuNNeZ-hotfix-20260308 (2026-03-08)

Fixes

• Elemental Shaman resource presentation rework:
  • Replaced Elemental class-plate style points with a dedicated secondary resource bar using pet-bar art.
  • Added crystal/bar split modes so the Power Crystal can show either Maelstrom or Mana while the secondary bar shows the other resource.
  • Added live numeric value rendering on the secondary bar using the same display-read strategy as the power crystal (short, full, percent, shortpercent).
  • Added one-time default anchor migration for the new bar placement and preserved /lock-moved positions across reloads.
• Shaman power update stability:
  • Hardened Retail and Classic oUF classpower Maelstrom handling against secret/unreadable payloads using safe fallbacks.
  • Added/expanded Shaman power event coverage so Enhancement/Elemental updates remain responsive during combat.
• Combat lockdown safety:
  • Deferred Elemental display-mode geometry/element toggles until PLAYER_REGEN_ENABLED to prevent ADDON_ACTION_BLOCKED when switching mode in combat.
• Blizzard action button taint follow-up:
  • Removed statehidden attribute write from Blizzard action button hide path to reduce protected-action taint risk.
• Unitframe options:
  • Added Elemental crystal/bar split selector in UnitFrames options and moved the 10-point Soul Fragments display selector lower in the Class Power section.

5.2.235-JuNNeZ (2026-03-08)

Fixes

• Minimap tracking right-click reliability follow-up:
  • Added dedicated retail minimap click handler overlay and improved tracking button discovery/fallback validation.
  • Prevents false-positive "opened" paths when tracking menu is not actually shown.
• Bossbar health text fallback cleanup:
  • *:Health(true) smart/full output now prefers secret-safe formatted health values and no longer surfaces literal ? placeholders.
• WoW12 compact frame taint hardening:
  • Removed compact manager IsShown setting write from quarantine path to avoid protected HideBase() taint (ADDON_ACTION_BLOCKED) during roster/EditMode refresh.

Added

• New GameMenuSkin module:
  • Added AzeriteUI skinning for ESC game menu frame/buttons via Components/Misc/GameMenu.lua.
  • Wired module load in Components/Misc/Misc.xml.
• Added resting icon prefix in info panel resting text for clearer status readability.

5.2.234-JuNNeZ (2026-03-07)

Fixes

• Player Alternate devmode gating follow-up:
  • Devmode is now required to enable Player Alternate from options, but no longer required to keep it active at runtime.
  • Turning devmode off no longer force-disables/hides an already-enabled Player Alternate frame.

5.2.233-JuNNeZ (2026-03-07)

Fixes

• Action bar keybind routing follow-up:
  • Override click bindings now use a dedicated Keybind button token instead of LeftButton.
  • Restores shift-mod macro behavior on bar 1 while preserving dynamic paging/dragonriding action functionality.
• Minimap tracking right-click reliability follow-up:
  • Added robust retail tracking open chain (proxy/menu visibility checks + fallback order) while keeping tracking hidden safely.
  • Added minimap click registration/mouse safeguards and fixed crafting-order tooltip count lookup path.
• Player Alternate toggle behavior:
  • Enabling/disabling Player Alternate now cleanly syncs with the main Player frame without requiring /devmode re-toggle workarounds.
• Shaman class power support and visibility:
  • Added Maelstrom toggle/visibility integration in unitframe options.
  • Removed talent-spell gate from oUF classpower for Enhancement Maelstrom detection.
  • Added Maelstrom to the 10-point classpower renderer path with Shaman-specific color treatment.
• Class power click-through and visuals:
  • Hardened click-blocker alignment/sync behavior.
  • Fixed stacked-mode threshold and overflow dimming so 5 vs 6 points are clearly distinct.

5.2.232-JuNNeZ (2026-03-07)

Fixes

• Tooltip deep-scan stability hardening (DiabolicUI-aligned):
  • Reworked tooltip backdrop cache to avoid SetAllPoints() secret-size inheritance.
  • Wrapped tooltip backdrop mixin callbacks (OnBackdropSizeChanged, ApplyBackdrop, SetupTextureCoordinates) and frame-level sync in protected calls.
  • Hardened tooltip default-anchor handling with forbidden/map-parent guards and protected placement.
  • Guarded tooltip post-call/statusbar update paths to reduce WoW12 taint/error cascades while keeping AzeriteUI tooltip skin enabled.
• Restored actionbar spell chat links on modified click:
  • Shift+Click/CHATLINK on action buttons now inserts spell links into the active chat edit box again.

5.2.231-JuNNeZ (2026-03-07)

Fixes

• Aligned WoW12 Blizzard frame disable behavior with ElvUI/GW2UI/DiabolicUI/FeelUI patterns:
  • Removed taint-prone shared Blizzard rewrites in FixBlizzardBugsWow12 (no global castbar mixin hooks, no global aura API rewrites).
  • Removed reusable Show -> Hide quarantine hooks and anonymous pool-frame quarantine.
  • Kept deterministic disable/reparent only for explicit Blizzard party/raid/arena frame names, reducing nameplate/EditMode taint spillover.
• Focus frame washout fix:
  • Focus target highlight now initializes hidden and uses focus tint when shown.

Known Bugs (Under Investigation)

• Rare Blizzard arena/compact aura defensive check can still throw a forbidden-table error in AuraUtil.IsBigDefensive.
• Rare Blizzard compact party health-color update can still throw a secret-value compare error in CompactUnitFrame_UpdateHealthColor.

5.2.230-JuNNeZ (2026-03-07)

Fixes

• Fixed talent/spec change castbar crash (CastingBarFrame.lua:GetTypeInfo forbidden-table indexing):
  • Added WoW 12 guards for GetTypeInfo on castbar mixins and live castbar instances (including OverlayPlayerCastingBarFrame) with safe fallback type info.
  • Replaced taint-prone Blizzard player/pet castbar suppression (UnregisterAllEvents()+Hide()) with non-invasive alpha suppression so Blizzard castbar internals stay intact during specialization/talent transitions.

5.2.229-JuNNeZ (2026-03-07)

Fixes

• Reworked WoW 12 tooltip handling so AzeriteUI tooltip skin can stay enabled with secret-value safety:
  • Kept SharedTooltip_SetBackdropStyle hook active.
  • Added non-secret width/height gating + cached dimension fallback.
  • Added protected backdrop apply fallback to Blizzard visuals on failure.
• Added WoW 12 tooltip money guards (SetTooltipMoney/MoneyFrame_Update) and reduced tooltip-related taint paths.
• Fixed top-right buff cancel regression by registering right-clicks on AzeriteAuraTemplate secure buttons.
• Reduced secret-mode taint in nameplate/CUF paths by stopping risky Blizzard nameplate mutations.
• Hardened compatibility portrait shim and removed forced global SetPortraitToTexture override to avoid secure-call taint (SetAvatarTexture chain).
• Hardened action button press/hold state updates and hidden stock Blizzard button isolation to reduce ActionButton.lua secret-value errors.
• Removed player/target health bar spark visuals (spark no longer rendered).
• Added AceAddon compatibility alias so external tools expecting AceAddon:GetAddon("AzeriteUI") work with AzeriteUI5_JuNNeZ_Edition (restores AzUI health color picker integration path).

5.2.228-JuNNeZ (2026-03-06)

Fixes

• Fixed startup banner crash from Major Faction unlock toast when re-anchoring top banners:
  • Added nil-frame guard in Banners.TopBannerManager_Show.
  • Prevented frame:PlayBanner(data) replay when data is nil.

5.2.227-JuNNeZ (2026-03-06)

Fixes

• Fixed player power crystal current-value text update regression:
  • Restored live player power value formatter behavior to match the known-good e53811f path.
  • Added explicit self.Power:ForceUpdate() on player power-related unit events so value text refresh stays in sync with the crystal bar.
• Hardened zero-value display handling for power tags/target power text so empty values clear cleanly instead of leaving stale text.

5.2.226-JuNNeZ (2026-03-06)

Fixes

• Action button count display split restored to preserve spell charge updates while keeping item stack customization:
  • Consumable/item counts still use custom display (>1 shown, 1 hidden, * over max display count).
  • Non-consumable/spell charge display now uses the original action display-count path again so spell charges update correctly.
• LAB charge payload handling hardened:
  • Added charge-info normalization wrapper for action/spell charge payload variants.
  • Reintroduced action-slot spell resolution (C_ActionBar.GetSpell + override chain) for charge lookups.
  • Added secret-safe guards to avoid secret-value comparison errors in count/charge paths.

5.2.224-JuNNeZ (2026-03-06)

Fixes

Known Not Working

5.2.225-JuNNeZ (2026-03-06)

Fixes

• Secret-value bug fix: Defensive check for secret value 'max' before comparison/arithmetic in Player.lua. Prevents taint crash on WoW 12+ secret values.
• Removed deprecated power/threat debug surfaces from /azdebug menu path.
• Player power crystal color/overlay cleanup: re-added crystalOrbAccent toggle, kept only default/class color source behavior, switched default crystal color back to stock blue base, changed accent handling to gold overlay pass.
• Removed target Power Crystal Lab options from UnitFrame settings.
• Power crystal stability/spark follow-up: added mirror-percent texture sampling opt-out flag, enabled for player crystal, pixel-aligned crystal sizing, restored visible crystal spark texture update path.
• Player crystal fakefill/overlay correction: added dedicated player power FakeFill texture, now drives crystal spark/overlay from fakefill percent, accent overlay anchors to fakefill/native texture bounds.

Files Modified

• Components/UnitFrames/Units/Player.lua
• Core/Debugging.lua
• Options/OptionsPages/UnitFrames.lua
• Components/UnitFrames/Functions.lua

5.2.218-JuNNeZ (2026-03-05)

Game Version Support

• Added WoW 12.0.1 support — Now targets and is compatible with Midnight patch 12.0.1 (120001) and 12.0.0 (120000).

Bug Fixes

• Fixed ExplorerMode crash — "attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'min' (a secret number value)" error when checking player mana power. Added secret value guards to prevent arithmetic on WoW 12+ secure values.
• Fixed BtWQuests compatibility crash — SetPortraitToTexture fallback in compatibility layer no longer calls a nil original API; now safely falls back to texture:SetTexture(asset) when needed.
• Fixed AuraTemplates global lookup crash — Restored legacy global alias AzeriteUI for XML/legacy script compatibility after addon folder renaming.
• Fixed enemy name visibility regressions — Nameplate hostile units are no longer misclassified as object plates when UnitCanAttack/UnitCanAssist return secret values; improved target/name fallback resolution in unit tag name logic.
• Fixed player power crystal art alignment defaults — Updated default widget/frame/threat offsets and crystal sizing so the player power crystal, case, and threat overlays line up correctly out of the box.
• Fixed debug SafeCall return passthrough — SafeCall() now preserves a fifth return value to avoid truncated data in debug dump helpers.

5.2.217-JuNNeZ (2026-03-04)

Breaking Changes

• Removed Classic/Vanilla support — Dropped AzeriteUI5_JuNNeZ_Edition_Vanilla.toc and Classic Era compatibility. This edition now targets Retail (Midnight/WoW 12+) only. Classic WoW code removal will follow in future versions.

CurseForge & Packaging Configuration

• Added JuNNeZ Edition CurseForge project ID — Now uses project ID 1477618 to prevent conflicts with original AzeriteUI (ID: 298648).
• Removed original AzeriteUI identifiers — Removed original project IDs (X-Curse-Project-ID: 298648 and X-Wago-ID: R4N2PZKL) from both TOC files.
• Updated addon folder references — All IconTexture paths now correctly reference AzeriteUI5_JuNNeZ_Edition folder name instead of generic AzeriteUI.
• Added edition attribution — TOC files now include X-Edition: JuNNeZ Fan Edition - Not affiliated with original AzeriteUI to clearly identify this as a fan project.
• Fixed package configuration — Updated build script and .pkgmeta to use correct addon name and removed invalid folder move directives.
• Improved multi-version support — GitHub Actions workflow now auto-detects all game versions (Retail, Cata Classic, Classic Era) instead of forcing retail-only.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed nameplate unit names in dungeons — Hostile enemy names now display on nameplates in dungeon/instance content. Previously, names were only visible when mousing over or in active combat due to overly restrictive visibility logic.

5.2.216-JuNNeZ (2026-03-03)

Demon Hunter Devourer — Soul Fragments Display

• New soul fragments display — Devourer DH soul fragments (0–50 stacks) now display as a 10-point combo-point-style system. Each point represents 5 stacks; points light up progressively in a spiral layout matching the rogue combo point aesthetic.
• 4 display modes — Choose between Alpha, Gradient, Recolor, and Stacked 5-Point (hide empty, bright overflow from bottom) via Options → Unit Frames → Class Power.
• Show Soul Fragments toggle — New visibility toggle in Options → Unit Frames → Class Power for Demon Hunter Devourer.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed ActionButton taint — ADDON_ACTION_BLOCKED and secret number compare errors caused by Blizzard action button hiding writing secure attributes. Now uses non-destructive hide+reparent only.

Libraries & Internals

• Loaded LibEditModeOverride-1.0 — Library was bundled but not loaded. Now available for future Edit Mode integration.
• Updated LibEditModeOverride-1.0 — Applied upstream CooldownViewer slider fix from commit 39f30e5.

Known Issues

• Edit Mode taint errors — Opening or closing Edit Mode causes multiple taint errors. Investigation ongoing for next version.
• Mana orb — Mana orb display is still under investigation for WoW 12.
• Target castbar crop — Some non-self target casts may still show incorrect fill behavior; probe bar validation is ongoing.

5.2.211-JuNNeZ (2026-03-02)

• JuNNeZ Edition: Updated and maintained by JuNNeZ.
• Added power text size slider for player power crystal and mana orb (50-200% scale).
• Fixed Blizzard PVP Match scoreboard pool nil Release spam (preventive guard for 3000+ errors).
• Added secret /junnez easter egg command for fun.
• Updated version numbering and credits across all TOC files.

5.2.210-Release (2026-03-01)

• Added a target castbar debug probe (Target.Castbar.TestBar) to compare timer-driven cast fill behavior against the current fake-fill path.
• Improved target cast runtime fallback handling by probing timer payloads (GetTimerDuration) in generic cast sync hooks and preserving live fill on transient pending ticks.
• Fixed PartyFrames post-combat callback crash (LibMoreEvents-1.0.lua:76) by adding the missing PartyFrameMod.OnEvent handler for deferred header updates.
• Improved target cast debug visibility by dumping probe castbar state/source in /azdebug dump target.
• Updated development guidance for WoW API tooling and MCP usage (AGENTS.md) to reflect current working workflow.

Known issue (deferred)

• Target castbar crop behavior for some enemy/non-self casts is still under investigation; probe bar output is now the primary validation path.
• Mana orb status remains under active investigation in WoW12 paths.

5.2.209-Release (2026-02-18)

• Restored actionbar cooldown swipe/timer progression in combat by returning the cooldown pipeline to the known-good WoW12 path.
• Added release-guard comments in actionbar and cooldown code to reduce risk of future regression during patching.
• Fixed party portrait click targeting reliability (including Brann follower targeting).
• Improved unit frame/tag stability for hostile target/nameplate names and health text updates.
• Removed forced archaeology UI loading path from AzeriteUI to avoid external protected-call taint chains (Rarity/Ace3) in this environment.
• Fixed oUF health color crash when runtime color data is not a ColorMixin object (GetRGB nil safeguard).

Known issue (deferred)

• Charge tracking for some spells (for example Divine Steed and Judgment) still needs additional WoW12 investigation and is deferred to the next build.
• Manaorb doesn't work still.

5.2.208-Release (2026-02-17)

• Improved WoW 12 secret-value stability in core UI update flows.
• Fixed player power visual update reliability (mana orb + crystal behavior).
• Fixed target health and fakefill update flow, including crop/stretch behavior.
• Stabilized target and nameplate health writes under restricted/secret value conditions.
• Improved tooltip/backdrop guard behavior for modern tooltip mixins.
• Restored WoW11 delayed module enable flow for action bars, pet bar, and stance bar.

Known issue (deferred)

• Charge tracking for some spells (for example Divine Steed and Judgment) still needs additional WoW12 investigation and is deferred to the next build.

5.3.44-JuNNeZ (2026-03-29)

Highlights

• Added a minimal, reliable toggle for the Blizzard raid utility bar: /az -> Unit Frames -> Show Blizzard Raid Bar now instantly shows or hides the Blizzard raid bar in party/raid using only Show/Hide (no quarantine or event unregistration).
• Toggle is reload-safe and does not interfere with Blizzard or AzeriteUI raid frames.

Internal

• Core/FixBlizzardBugsWow12.lua, Options/OptionsPages/UnitFrames.lua: replaced previous quarantine/toggle logic with a direct Show/Hide implementation for the Blizzard raid bar toggle.