Changelog
New features and updates
Visual Palette Refresh and Player Improvements
2026-04-12
- Refreshed the site color palette with a softer rose-lavender tone in light mode and a deeper, more neutral dark mode
- Removed the Archive Shortcuts section from the home page to simplify the layout
- Capped the Models and Karaoke sections on the home page to four entries each
- Hiding chat replay now collapses the sidebar and expands the video; a Chat button in the controls row restores it
- Share and Download buttons now show a link icon and download icon on mobile for clarity at small sizes
- Chat replay now appears directly below the video on mobile
- Fixed a gap appearing between the result count and its plural suffix on browse pages
- Fixed karaoke cards overflowing their container on narrow mobile screens
- Fixed badge tooltips causing the home page to scroll horizontally on touch devices
- Fixed the Create Clip and Community Tags cards appearing too bright in dark mode
Sleeping Mode for Video Playback
2026-04-10
- Added a Sleeping Mode toggle to the video player that helps keep watching comfortable by automatically lowering sudden loud moments
- Sleeping Mode remembers its setting on the same browser even when not signed in
Stats Page Overhaul
2026-04-09
- Redesigned the stats page with gradient summary values, per-metric color-coded toggles, and table row hover highlights
- Replaced the archive growth bar chart with a smooth SVG area chart supporting per-metric toggles and a monthly/cumulative mode switch
- Added hover tooltips to the growth chart showing exact values per month
- Removed the redundant storage bar chart from Storage Breakdown and added a share percentage column to the table
- Added a Longest Streams panel showing the top five longest individual sessions
- Added a Day of Week chart showing which days streams most commonly fall on
- Added a Streaming Calendar heatmap showing monthly VOD activity across all years in the archive
- Added a Tags per VOD panel showing the distribution of tag counts across the archive
- Added a Streaming Habits panel with average VODs per month, most active month, longest streak, coverage, and time since last VOD
Expanded Favorites, Karaoke Discord Embeds and Watch History Controls
2026-04-07
- Extended the favorites system to cover karaoke songs and models, with dedicated favorite buttons on each
- Favorite counts are now shown inside the favorite button across VOD, karaoke, and model pages
- Added favorite count badges to unified VOD cards and the models listing
- Added the ability to remove individual entries from watch history on the history page
- Added remove buttons to Continue Watching cards on the homepage and account overview
Design Refresh, Bug Fixes and Discord Server
2026-04-06
- Video player controls and cursor now auto-hide after 3 seconds of inactivity while playing
- Redesigned and unified VOD cards across the site to better match the overall design language
- Reduced the header sign-in and account buttons to compact icon-only buttons consistent across desktop and mobile
- Fixed issue with up next play order for VODs with multiple parts
- Fixed issue where users with preferred source set to YouTube couldn't manually switch to Twitch on the player page
- Created a project Discord for updates, suggestions, bug reports and notifications
- Improved mobile layout to reduce wasted space
- Added new dot for tags presence
Add Accounts
2026-04-04
- Added the ability to create an account for cross-device favorites and watch history, as well as source preference persistence
Add Karaoke Share Buttons
2026-04-03
- Added share buttons to the Karaoke page
- Improved the layout of the VOD playback page
- Improved the players visual style and controls
Model, Homepage, and Player Refresh
2026-04-02
- Redesigned model detail pages with a richer, more organized information card
- Turned the debut VOD into a proper media card with clearer stream details and archive badges
- Improved model artwork presentation so the main image feels more integrated and prominent
- Overhauled the toggle gallery with clearer category browsing and larger preview cards
- Reworked model update entries into a more compact grid to keep long pages easier to scan
- Added a Random shortcut to the homepage archive shortcuts for quicker access to screenshot shuffle
- Adjusted the homepage hero title styling for cleaner display
- Added YouTube VOD playback on the viewer page when a stream has a YouTube archive available
- Added YouTube chat replay support so YouTube versions can show their matching replay chat
- Refreshed the VOD player header with a source switcher, platform-specific titles, and cleaner stream metadata
- Improved theater mode controls by moving the toggle into the video player
Homepage, Search, Player and Archive Discovery Refresh
2026-04-01
- Added a new stats page with archive totals, storage breakdowns, and growth views
- Expanded site search to surface VOD tags and jump straight to matching moments
- Added a clearer search hint in autocomplete and simplified the header search controls
- Turned the homepage into a content launchpad with continue watching, recent additions, and random picks
- Added random VOD and random karaoke shortcuts alongside the screenshot shuffle
- Improved search result cards with richer visuals and better model image fitting
- Made search update live while typing on the search page instead of relying on autocomplete there
- Reworked archive browsing with a new sidebar layout for VODs, models, and karaoke
- Expanded VOD browsing with YouTube, chat, date range, duration, and advanced sort options
- Added dedicated mobile browse and filter pages for VODs, models, and karaoke to make archive options easier to use on phones
- Stopped the VOD browse card from following the page while scrolling
- Improved community tag highlighting on the VOD player so the page no longer jumps during playback
- Extended continue watching into VOD cards and added resume choices on the player page
- Improved player sharing and moment jumps with clearer current-time links and richer community tag actions
- Expanded Up Next into a short queue so it is easier to keep moving through nearby streams
- Added shortcut help on the player and faster clip presets for grabbing the last 30 seconds, 60 seconds, or 2 minutes
- Improved visibility and contrast of UI elements
Player and Search Update
2026-03-31
- Reduced the VODs page to 16 entries per page for easier browsing
- Refreshed the VOD player layout with a cleaner information card
- Added autoplay controls, an up next countdown, and collapsible community tags
- Added VOD length badges and an expanded header search for VODs, models, and karaoke
- Improved visual style of the video player control's background blur
Date Display Update
2026-03-30
- Simplified date display to use ISO format (YYYY-MM-DD) throughout the site
Launch
2026-03-29
- Initial public release of The Henya Vault
- VOD archive with Twitch chat replay and community tags
- VTuber model gallery with toggle viewer
- Karaoke clips section
- Random screenshot viewer