Disabled news check (#314)

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## v3.1.8
+## v3.1.9
 
 <!--Releasenotes start-->
+- Temporarily disabled the news feature.
+<!--Releasenotes end-->
+
+## v3.1.8
+
 - The button's tooltip may now show additional information on the shuffle status.
 - The extension will now show that a shuffle is still running when navigating within a channel.
 - Fixed a bug where an active shuffle would continue in the background when navigating to a different channel.
@@ -11,7 +16,6 @@
 - Fixed a bug where the playlist created by the extension would sometimes not be renamed correctly.
 - Fixed an animation bug when ignoring shorts and shuffling a channel with many videos from a shorts page.
 - Fixed the shuffle button not being added to the channel page if the browser is using a new YouTube UI.
-<!--Releasenotes end-->
 
 ## v3.1.7
 

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "random-youtube-video",
-  "version": "3.1.8",
+  "version": "3.1.9",
   "description": "Customize, shuffle and play random videos from any YouTube channel.",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "concurrently \"npm run dev:chromium\" \"npm run dev:firefox\"",

src/background.js

@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ async function initExtension() {
 	}
 
 	await checkLocalStorageCapacity();
-	await checkForAndShowNews();
+	// TODO: Temporarily disabled due to too many read operations, need to investigate why
+	// await checkForAndShowNews();
 }
 
 // Make sure we are not using too much local storage

static/manifest.json

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {
 	"name": "Random YouTube Video",
 	"description": "Customize, shuffle and play random videos from any YouTube channel.",
-	"version": "3.1.8",
-	"version_name": "3.1.8",
+	"version": "3.1.9",
+	"version_name": "3.1.9",
 	"manifest_version": 3,
 	"content_scripts": [
 		{