From e4677df320ed591fd95a76b91d220e9a77c7fc04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Niels van Velzen <git@ndat.nl>
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2026 17:39:39 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Load device information lazily in connection manager

---
 .../jellyfin-apiclient/ServerConnections.js    |  8 ++++----
 .../jellyfin-apiclient/connectionManager.js    | 18 ++++++++++--------
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/lib/jellyfin-apiclient/ServerConnections.js b/src/lib/jellyfin-apiclient/ServerConnections.js
index bae007970a..12864e2a7f 100644
--- a/src/lib/jellyfin-apiclient/ServerConnections.js
+++ b/src/lib/jellyfin-apiclient/ServerConnections.js
@@ -152,8 +152,8 @@ const capabilities = Dashboard.capabilities(appHost);
 
 export default new ServerConnections(
     credentialProvider,
-    appHost.appName(),
-    appHost.appVersion(),
-    appHost.deviceName(),
-    appHost.deviceId(),
+    () => appHost.appName(),
+    () => appHost.appVersion(),
+    () => appHost.deviceName(),
+    () => appHost.deviceId(),
     capabilities);
diff --git a/src/lib/jellyfin-apiclient/connectionManager.js b/src/lib/jellyfin-apiclient/connectionManager.js
index 898844b6fc..2789e9ddc2 100644
--- a/src/lib/jellyfin-apiclient/connectionManager.js
+++ b/src/lib/jellyfin-apiclient/connectionManager.js
@@ -63,13 +63,15 @@ export default class ConnectionManager {
         // Set the minimum version to match the SDK
         self._minServerVersion = MINIMUM_VERSION;
 
-        self.appVersion = () => appVersion;
+        self.appVersion = () => typeof appVersion === 'function' ? appVersion() : appVersion;
 
-        self.appName = () => appName;
+        self.appName = () => typeof appName === 'function' ? appName() : appName;
 
         self.capabilities = () => capabilities;
 
-        self.deviceId = () => deviceId;
+        self.deviceName = () => typeof deviceName === 'function' ? deviceName() : deviceName;
+
+        self.deviceId = () => typeof deviceId === 'function' ? deviceId() : deviceId;
 
         self.credentialProvider = () => credentialProvider;
 
@@ -137,7 +139,7 @@ export default class ConnectionManager {
             let apiClient = self.getApiClient(server.Id);
 
             if (!apiClient) {
-                apiClient = new ApiClient(serverUrl, appName, appVersion, deviceName, deviceId);
+                apiClient = new ApiClient(serverUrl, self.appName(), self.appVersion(), self.deviceName(), self.deviceId());
 
                 self._apiClients.push(apiClient);
 
@@ -232,12 +234,12 @@ export default class ConnectionManager {
                 headers: {
                     [AUTHORIZATION_HEADER]: getAuthorizationHeader(
                         {
-                            name: appName,
-                            version: appVersion
+                            name: self.appName(),
+                            version: self.appVersion()
                         },
                         {
-                            id: deviceId,
-                            name: deviceName
+                            id: self.deviceId(),
+                            name: self.deviceName()
                         },
                         server.AccessToken
                     )

From de26159fabe790048b83c63a7d78ca794f54766f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Niels van Velzen <git@ndat.nl>
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2026 17:39:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Initialize server notifications after apphost init

---
 src/index.jsx                      |  5 ++++-
 src/scripts/serverNotifications.js | 10 ++++++----
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/index.jsx b/src/index.jsx
index 6a2a3fbcbd..a5c4e76232 100644
--- a/src/index.jsx
+++ b/src/index.jsx
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { getPlugins } from './scripts/settings/webSettings';
 import taskButton from './scripts/taskbutton';
 import { pageClassOn, serverAddress } from './utils/dashboard';
 import Events from './utils/events';
+import { initializeServerConnections } from './scripts/serverNotifications';
 
 import RootApp from './RootApp';
 
@@ -37,7 +38,6 @@ import './components/themeMediaPlayer';
 import './scripts/autoThemes';
 import './scripts/mouseManager';
 import './scripts/screensavermanager';
-import './scripts/serverNotifications';
 
 // Import site styles
 import './styles/site.scss';
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ build: ${__JF_BUILD_VERSION__}`);
         Events.on(apiClient, 'requestfail', appRouter.onRequestFail);
     });
 
+    // Start server notifications
+    initializeServerConnections();
+
     // Render the app
     await renderApp();
 
diff --git a/src/scripts/serverNotifications.js b/src/scripts/serverNotifications.js
index 0f9353dcf4..81b621398f 100644
--- a/src/scripts/serverNotifications.js
+++ b/src/scripts/serverNotifications.js
@@ -201,10 +201,12 @@ function bindEvents(apiClient) {
     Events.on(apiClient, 'message', onMessageReceived);
 }
 
-ServerConnections.getApiClients().forEach(bindEvents);
-Events.on(ServerConnections, 'apiclientcreated', function (e, newApiClient) {
-    bindEvents(newApiClient);
-});
+export function initializeServerConnections() {
+    ServerConnections.getApiClients().forEach(bindEvents);
+    Events.on(ServerConnections, 'apiclientcreated', function (e, newApiClient) {
+        bindEvents(newApiClient);
+    });
+}
 
 window.ServerNotifications = serverNotifications;