Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/main'

Author: tomballgithub

.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+name: Publish to PyPI
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+
+jobs:
+  build-n-publish:
+    name: Build and publish Python distribution to PyPI
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment:
+      name: pypi
+      url: https://pypi.org/project/spotify-monitor/
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write
+      contents: read
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      with:
+        python-version: "3.x"
+    - name: Install build
+      run: python3 -m pip install build --user
+    - name: Build a binary wheel and a source tarball
+      run: python3 -m build
+    - name: Publish distribution to PyPI
+      uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1

RELEASE_NOTES.md

@@ -2,6 +2,18 @@
 
 This is a high-level summary of the most important changes.
 
+# Changes in 2.9 (23 Feb 2026)
+
+**Features and Improvements**:
+
+- **NEW:** Added configuration option `SPOTIFY_SUFFIX` to allow a **custom string** after **Spotify-curated public playlists** (thanks [@tomballgithub](https://github.com/tomballgithub))
+- **NEW:** Added **debug mode** with `DEBUG_MODE` config option and `--debug` CLI flag for technical troubleshooting output
+
+**Bug fixes**:
+
+- **BUGFIX:** Capped server-provided `Retry-After` for HTTP 429 responses to avoid long hangs
+- **BUGFIX:** Fixed fetching of TOTP secrets so it happens before retries
+
 # Changes in 2.8 (07 Feb 2026)
 
 **Features and Improvements**:

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "spotify_monitor"
-version = "2.8"
+version = "2.9"
 description = "Track Spotify friends' music activity in real time with auto-playback, skipped tracks detection and instant notifications"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"