Changelog - Version 5.7.27 (2026-10-08)

Version Information

• Updated version from 5.7.26 to 5.7.27
• Fix: stream markers follow Twitch’s rules (live streams only, never during a rerun) and !marker explains why a marker couldn’t be made

Bug Fixes

• Stream markers were attempted when they can’t work
  • Automatic markers (raids, cheers, subs, gift subs, follows, clips) were sent to Twitch even while the stream was offline. Twitch refused them and the bot logged an error each time.
  • During a Specter rerun, the bot would have added markers to the rerun’s broadcast, which Twitch’s rules don’t allow.
  • Fix: Markers are skipped while the stream is offline or a Specter rerun is playing.
• !marker gave a generic failure message
  • When a marker couldn’t be made, !marker only said “Failed to create a stream marker.”
  • Fix: It now says when a rerun is playing (“Stream markers can’t be added while a rerun is playing.”) or when the channel doesn’t save past broadcasts (“Stream markers need past broadcasts (VODs) turned on for this channel.”).
• Marker requests that timed out could crash
  • The marker code tried to catch a timeout using a class that isn’t an exception, so a network error there caused a second error instead of being handled.
  • Fix: Timeouts and connection errors are caught and logged.

Technical Details

• Twitch doesn’t accept stream markers when the stream isn’t live, when the channel has VODs turned off, or on a rerun of a past broadcast. Specter reruns reach Twitch as normal live streams, so the bot checks vod_reruns in the website database for a live rerun on the channel before creating a marker. The VOD case is read from Twitch’s error response.

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