0.52.9

dgtlmoon/changedetection.io0.52.9Jan 22, 2026by dgtlmoon

AI Summary

Improves browser fetching speed and adds UI enhancements for language selection and navigation.

Key Highlights

  • Browser page fetching speedup
  • UI improvements (sticky language selection, new tab links)
  • German translation update

New Features

  • Performance optimizations

Full Release Notes

## What's Changed
* Update messages.po // German "From" by @DominikHerold in https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/pull/3793
* Open github link on new tab by @mstrey in https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/pull/3791
* Update French translation by @sCreami in https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/pull/3788
* Browser page fetching speedup - Element locking was adding up to 1minute page load time, Element locking 'off' by default (so they dont move when the screenshot scroll happens), only lock top viewport elements. Improve logging. by @dgtlmoon in https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/pull/3796
* Make language selection sticky and provide a way to return back to default auto-detect  #3792 by @dgtlmoon in https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/pull/3795
* Use credentials to fetch the web manifest by @ianis in https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/pull/3790
* Memory management improvements by @dgtlmoon in https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/pull/3798

## New Contributors
* @DominikHerold made their first contribution in https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/pull/3793
* @mstrey made their first contribution in https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/pull/3791
* @sCreami made their first contribution in https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/pull/3788
* @ianis made their first contribution in https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/pull/3790

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/compare/0.52.8...0.52.9