Release 2.16.3

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## 2.16.3 - 2026-10-21
+
+### Changed
+
+- The web image uses Alpine's system Chromium for slide thumbnail capture instead of bundling a second Chromium build.
+
 ## 2.16.2 - 2026-10-21
 
 ### Added

build/package.player.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "pulse-signage-player",
-  "version": "2.16.2",
+  "version": "2.16.3",
   "private": false,
   "description": "Pulse Signage player application bundle",
   "engines": {

build/package.web.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "pulse-signage-web",
-  "version": "2.16.2",
+  "version": "2.16.3",
   "private": false,
   "description": "Pulse Signage web and bridge application bundle",
   "engines": {
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
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   },
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     "express": "^5.2.1",
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package-lock.json

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 {
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package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "pulse-signage",
-  "version": "2.16.2",
+  "version": "2.16.3",
   "private": false,
   "description": "Pulse Signage application with MySQL and media storage",
   "engines": {
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
     "test": "node --test test/*.test.js"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@sparticuz/chromium": "^149.0.0",
     "animate.css": "^4.1.1",
     "bootstrap-icons": "1.13.1",
     "chart.js": "^4.5.1",

src/web/lib/media/slide-thumbnails.js

@@ -301,12 +301,6 @@ function buildRegionInnerHtml(region, regionContent, baseUrl, options) {
   return buildTextRegionMarkup(region, regionContent, Object.assign({}, options, { baseUrl: baseUrl }));
 }
 
-async function loadChromium() {
-  const chromiumModule = await import('@sparticuz/chromium');
-  const resolved = chromiumModule && chromiumModule.default ? chromiumModule.default : chromiumModule;
-  return resolved;
-}
-
 async function loadPuppeteer() {
   return require('puppeteer-core');
 }
@@ -351,41 +345,23 @@ function buildThumbnailPreviewPayload(slide, options) {
 
 async function launchBrowser() {
   const puppeteer = await loadPuppeteer();
-  const chromium = await loadChromium();
   let executablePath = SYSTEM_CHROMIUM_PATHS.find(function (candidate) {
     return fs.existsSync(candidate);
   }) || '';
-  const usingSystemChromium = Boolean(executablePath);
-
-  if (!executablePath && chromium && typeof chromium.executablePath === 'function') {
-    executablePath = await chromium.executablePath();
-  }
 
   if (!executablePath || !fs.existsSync(executablePath)) {
     throw new Error('Chromium executable was not found.');
   }
 
-  if (usingSystemChromium) {
-    return puppeteer.launch({
-      args: [
-        '--no-sandbox',
-        '--disable-setuid-sandbox',
-        '--disable-dev-shm-usage'
-      ],
-      defaultViewport: { width: 1920, height: 1080, deviceScaleFactor: 1 },
-      executablePath: executablePath,
-      headless: true
-    });
-  }
-
   return puppeteer.launch({
-    args: puppeteer.defaultArgs({
+    args: [
-      args: chromium && chromium.args ? chromium.args : [],
+      '--no-sandbox',
-      headless: 'shell'
+      '--disable-setuid-sandbox',
-    }),
+      '--disable-dev-shm-usage'
-    defaultViewport: chromium && chromium.defaultViewport ? chromium.defaultViewport : null,
+    ],
+    defaultViewport: { width: 1920, height: 1080, deviceScaleFactor: 1 },
     executablePath: executablePath,
-    headless: 'shell'
+    headless: true
   });
 }