Server injects bootstrapping code for (potentially) all clients #412

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OVERLORD · 2026-02-06T19:40:46+03:00

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-06 19:40:46 +03:00

Originally created by @sparky8251 on GitHub (Feb 13, 2019).

Describe the bug
Server injects bootstrapping code for all web based clients (and potentially all) upon request of the index.html.
It also manipulates plugins to stop their scripts from loading until a specific time among other questionable activities.

Can find the relevant code in this file at these lines (though it only points to the bootstrapping code injection).

To Reproduce

Comment out the above code block
Try to browse to web UI
See completely black page greet you.

Expected behavior
Expected behavior is that a client (especially the web ui or android/cordova app) can bootstrap itself

System (please complete the following information):

OS: All
Browser: All
Jellyfin Version: All

Additional context
Allowing the clients to properly bootstrap themselves will make it easier to break out the web UI from the server and allow hosting it behind nginx and the like WITHOUT relying on a JF server to still be serving up its own web UI.

Originally created by @sparky8251 on GitHub (Feb 13, 2019). **Describe the bug** Server injects bootstrapping code for all web based clients (and potentially all) upon request of the `index.html`. It also manipulates plugins to stop their scripts from loading until a specific time among other questionable activities. [Can find the relevant code in this file at these lines (though it only points to the bootstrapping code injection)](https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/blob/eb4b7051676b7493a57a99a821d5dd38bd9d4919/MediaBrowser.WebDashboard/Api/PackageCreator.cs#L171-L176). **To Reproduce** 1. Comment out the above code block 2. Try to browse to web UI 3. See completely black page greet you. **Expected behavior** Expected behavior is that a client (especially the web ui or android/cordova app) can bootstrap itself **System (please complete the following information):** - OS: All - Browser: All - Jellyfin Version: All **Additional context** Allowing the clients to properly bootstrap themselves will make it easier to break out the web UI from the server and allow hosting it behind nginx and the like WITHOUT relying on a JF server to still be serving up its own web UI.

OVERLORD added the bug stale labels 2026-02-06 19:40:46 +03:00

OVERLORD closed this issue

2026-02-06 19:40:48 +03:00

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-06 19:40:49 +03:00

@stale[bot] commented on GitHub (Jul 30, 2019):

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