{"id":"pst_01M54C8GZ2XBTWRF7101VVKPM2","url":"https://openvibe.blog/@openvibe/patch-notes-billing-is-the-only-money-mode","blog":{"id":"blg_01M362MF0EDJ7QHQTRD8A3Q981","handle":"openvibe","title":"The OpenVibe blog","url":"https://openvibe.blog/"},"title":"Patch notes: Billing is the only money mode","summary":"What shipped on OpenVibe on 2026-10-17: 81 changes to OpenVibe.Live, OpenVibe.Network, OpenVibe.VIP, OpenVibe.Billing, OpenVibe.Tips, OpenVibe.Media and 32 more.","body_markdown":"What shipped on OpenVibe on 2026-10-17: 81 changes to OpenVibe.Live, OpenVibe.Network, OpenVibe.VIP, OpenVibe.Billing, OpenVibe.Tips, OpenVibe.Media and 32 more. Every line below is a commit message from the OpenVibers repositories, linked to the change itself.\n\n## Highlights\n\n- **OpenVibe.Live:** Billing is the only money mode: remove Live's old ledger code (#182) ([`35d02c6`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Live/commit/35d02c6b67f99a81662e5a3b13159ea3e2fe2c8f))\n\n## OpenVibe.Live\n\n[openvibe.live](https://openvibe.live) · [repository](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Live)\n\n- Billing's settlements reach people once Billing is the ledger: Vibes credited, Subscribed! (with the PowerChat sub alert), a site-routed PowerChat tip's celebration, and the renewal notices Live's sweeper sent (POST… ([`e3b8ca8`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Live/commit/e3b8ca82038af412cbda68b9c4a2413d8b4fdb73))\n- Restream: one start per stream and destination at a time (going live ran auto-start and resume together and spawned two FFmpeg on one stream key, which the platform refuses) (#173) ([`3606972`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Live/commit/36069727d67f28703a042993dfcb443f5e03cc2f))\n- openvibe.live/#vibes opens the Vibes window once (every site's account menu links its Vibes chip here, openvibe-shared 4.3) (#174) ([`2ae9e75`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Live/commit/2ae9e75a84b37ece316aaa36cedf6e4c1ed73e45))\n- openvibe-shared v4.3.0 (was v4.2.1) (#175) ([`e6a1dad`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Live/commit/e6a1dad447133025b5840f3fa67f2e7a03d5d8f1))\n- Chat: the emote and GIF pickers close (a ×, any tap outside them, Escape; the phone studio closes one when it takes over); a phone sent no click for a tap on a chat line, so they stayed open. A page that never loaded emotes loads them when… ([`72486c0`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Live/commit/72486c07ebacb9a169f9fbb6d69df4f08f2dbf89))\n- Channel on a phone held upright: the video on top, the chat filling the rest of the screen with its message box in view, the stream info after it (the docked chat grew with its history: 19,000 px, its box a long scroll away); the emote… ([`5f38afd`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Live/commit/5f38afd533c0b1132392fe3760fc04e5ca17cbbf))\n- nginx: PowerChat's webhook goes to OpenVibe.Billing (Billing cutover step 4; the signature covers the body, not the URL) (#172) ([`c36609f`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Live/commit/c36609f37ce4fe5f25ad721c8d44d342c2bd3174))\n- openvibe-contracts v0.200.0 (was v0.190.0) (#178) ([`e0b3250`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Live/commit/e0b32508389fa846239ed261e171140dd712bb7c))\n- Tips' settled tips reach the channel's donation goal and tip history again (tips.interaction.ready → /internal/tips-events; Tips posts its chat lines to OpenVibe.Chat since the Billing cutover) (#179) ([`eea1758`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Live/commit/eea1758263e6d2ea938ed67cc7d66db910bd86c6))\n- Subscribe shows what Billing charges: the creator's tier-1 price when they set one on OpenVibe.VIP (Billing tiers, contracts 0.201.0), else Billing's default (#180) ([`1f8894d`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Live/commit/1f8894d3b2f0420b9037fa81dfe99a62100e473e))\n- Channel: VIP tiers and Tips' other ways to support in the Subscribe and Donate windows (#181) ([`f3e4de1`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Live/commit/f3e4de1291b3f4dc23a6a7c8814a71fa7090c8ad))\n- Billing is the only money mode: remove Live's old ledger code (#182) ([`35d02c6`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Live/commit/35d02c6b67f99a81662e5a3b13159ea3e2fe2c8f))\n- openvibe-contracts v0.203.0 (was v0.200.0) (#183) ([`5329fdc`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Live/commit/5329fdc2d083a0404a6ff3acc7a7ca8e149848ef))\n- Home: Vibes bought and subscriptions are OpenVibe.Billing's counts (billing.stats.read); Live stops reading payment_orders, subscriptions and the old balance column (#184) ([`e75d35c`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Live/commit/e75d35c8d19a0f57a70e6c69a75c5f2148f88e21))\n- Thumbnails: Media answering with neither a picture nor a job is 'no picture yet' (200, remembered), not a 500 in every visitor's console (browser check, clip 455 on /@goosely) (#185) ([`7a90b0d`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Live/commit/7a90b0df3b98f6add2e1b7437d73bdd2ffc33090))\n\n## OpenVibe.Network\n\n[openvibe.network](https://openvibe.network) · [repository](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Network)\n\n- Tips and VIP launch: their domains leave the parked list, and the home's intents add Get tips on stream and Start a membership (#257) ([`6f6c688`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Network/commit/6f6c68889243346470cd561fd70db70b5dd89887))\n- Grant live tips.interaction.get on openvibe.tips (Live's goals and tip history read a settled tip's shown view) (#260) ([`3c02119`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Network/commit/3c02119e2c24c2a0d6c295af6232760410b36e37))\n- openvibe-contracts v0.200.0 (was v0.199.3) (#259) ([`9425ad0`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Network/commit/9425ad0a3a9cc4f9d2a1835a449167d15cd0fc08))\n- openvibe-contracts v0.201.0 (was v0.200.0) (#261) ([`3a8b206`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Network/commit/3a8b206431abbded45d8c2e3f986ee9af8c2a987))\n- VIP may set a creator's tier prices on Billing (billing.tier.manage, contracts 0.201.0) (#262) ([`48d2af2`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Network/commit/48d2af2286d71a7b9f5cd913bc75beba7d779ec0))\n- Billing may create its Events subscriptions (account export and deletion first; its account grants follow) (#263) ([`b7aa8b8`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Network/commit/b7aa8b84775fbe85d140daaf60f26189a22ef04c))\n- Billing answers account export and deletion: it holds the account grants (subscribed since Network#263, Billing#77) (#264) ([`56bf410`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Network/commit/56bf410fdbb15e941c964d740105c3022436802e))\n- openvibe-contracts v0.203.0 (was v0.201.0) (#265) ([`fc88ac0`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Network/commit/fc88ac0dae81e1080c8ff9c8152d4640a6b0ba26))\n- Live may read Billing's network-wide stats (billing.stats.read) for its home (#266) ([`4f24892`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Network/commit/4f24892c9ab7f608b49322bee799905918c1d720))\n\n## OpenVibe.VIP\n\n[openvibe.vip](https://openvibe.vip) · [repository](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.VIP)\n\n- openvibe-contracts v0.200.0 (was v0.188.2) (#63) ([`75f7367`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.VIP/commit/75f736762a06dd6482af56c0aeb0daf7d1879540))\n- README and STATUS: launched 2026-10-17 at openvibe.vip, checkout open since the Billing cutover (#64) ([`db82894`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.VIP/commit/db828941fde1a1b7c2afead5a2570d7e410570c9))\n- README: PowerChat checkout gets a link (VIP_POWERCHAT_LINK_TEMPLATE set to the canonical tip link on the site account) (#65) ([`b4ceee7`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.VIP/commit/b4ceee747d4df827065f7ae97e3e06a6e9b03f3d))\n- openvibe-contracts v0.201.0 (was v0.200.0) (#66) ([`a1a8a5f`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.VIP/commit/a1a8a5f646dbd41f48d6d42208192d7ab92e5a75))\n- openvibe-sdk v0.51.0 (was v0.50.1) (#67) ([`f347694`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.VIP/commit/f3476944939b12440b3b32edc53ee04b6644a555))\n- Tiers: one plan per tier (1-10), each priced by the creator on Billing (billing.tier.manage); pages, card and API show each tier's price; checkout buys the plan's tier; Billing's tier files memberships made elsewhere (#68) ([`8aa2dc9`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.VIP/commit/8aa2dc9dc6c56ea9c4a60b6e4dc4ccf2ef2d48a2))\n- Buttons readable in every theme: filled controls use the strong accent pair (white on #3b82f6 failed AA on creator pages; browser check) (#69) ([`db7bff6`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.VIP/commit/db7bff61d531a54472b0cf4faf0558f5bfe05b7e))\n\n## OpenVibe.Billing\n\n[billing.openvibe.network](https://billing.openvibe.network) · [repository](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Billing)\n\n- openvibe-contracts v0.200.0 (was v0.188.2) (#72) ([`3889035`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Billing/commit/388903598849e41ea5a474d733dd5ff74d76a097))\n- Live cutover runbook: done 2026-10-17 04:50 UTC; Tips' adapter is chat (no live-chat), and Live subscribes to Tips' settled tips (#73) ([`e35e0aa`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Billing/commit/e35e0aa367bb059ed481ffff22d6b59340629726))\n- README and STATUS: the money ledger since the cutover of 2026-10-17 (no longer shadow); the webhook arrives through Live's vhost (#74) ([`594782e`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Billing/commit/594782ed291aebc2a36c06429802bcebea2eb3fc))\n- Subscription tiers priced by Billing (contracts 0.201.0) (#76) ([`3349a5b`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Billing/commit/3349a5bcced1a668d2b1642d1f83495db42e9482))\n- Billing answers account export and deletion (ADR-033): the person's balances and money records exported, money records kept on deletion, settings removed; /internal/events on loopback, subscriptions at boot (#77) ([`2c50eb4`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Billing/commit/2c50eb4eddd436f3b09895ec163e184140555b57))\n- GET /api/v1/stats (billing.stats.read) + contracts 0.203.0 (#79) ([`4500a1f`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Billing/commit/4500a1f28dd01bc802f144c660ba2b594c573448))\n\n## OpenVibe.Tips\n\n[openvibe.tips](https://openvibe.tips) · [repository](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Tips)\n\n- openvibe-contracts v0.200.0 (was v0.188.2) (#63) ([`8869d58`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Tips/commit/8869d587c9b9f11083911ac66935ea1dfd1d1365))\n- Paid sounds: creators upload up to 12 sounds, supporters pay to play one, the overlay plays it and chat names it (kind sound, POST /api/v1/sound-requests) (#61) ([`365af51`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Tips/commit/365af51c826a2ad49d0f3e60b8298ac43f585158))\n- README and STATUS: launched 2026-10-17 at openvibe.tips; chat through OpenVibe.Chat; Live's goal from tips.interaction.ready (#64) ([`44f4289`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Tips/commit/44f428900ddfc2ab456726605a1c2f01bd198e49))\n- README and STATUS: PowerChat checkout works on openvibe.tips (TIPS_POWERCHAT_LINK_TEMPLATE set to the canonical tip link on the site account, as Live builds it) (#65) ([`d0636eb`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Tips/commit/d0636eb24ca4dcb1dcb4ac5c1b4b372be9fb22d4))\n- openvibe-contracts v0.202.0 (was v0.200.0) (#66) ([`b9f0265`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Tips/commit/b9f0265dd7d0bd5548a84a9e3915d6dbab21d629))\n- Other ways to support: a creator links Ko-fi, PayPal.me, Patreon and eight more services (Tips builds each link from a handle); the tip page shows them as paid outside OpenVibe (#67) ([`1bfc56c`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Tips/commit/1bfc56c5a48b15102f541a47719a1c5fdd314e91))\n\n## OpenVibe.Media\n\n[openvibe.media](https://openvibe.media) · [repository](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Media)\n\n- openvibe-shared v4.3.0 (was v4.2.1) (#133) ([`bd517a5`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Media/commit/bd517a55861c80f0c1c08374f027aeac1a96c12c))\n- Timeline cache: files no row names (a cut that died before its commit) are removed once older than a day and their object is idle; the sweep skipped them for good (7 GB from VOD 5726's failed cuts) (#134) ([`bde04ee`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Media/commit/bde04eeb9b36df728f056f7480342fc015d68690))\n- openvibe-contracts v0.200.0 (was v0.188.2) (#135) ([`6dc7f93`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Media/commit/6dc7f938b13272e6b6fa612861aed20b6f3e7d90))\n\n## OpenVibe.Wiki\n\n[openvibe.wiki](https://openvibe.wiki) · [repository](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Wiki)\n\n- openvibe-contracts v0.200.0 (was v0.188.2) (#74) ([`3c96885`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Wiki/commit/3c96885970a72422b57c2d30fdc75a60b001ec12))\n- Seed: OpenVibe.Billing, OpenVibe.Tips and OpenVibe.VIP pages (the ledger since the 2026-10-17 cutover; Tips and VIP launched that day), listed under Commerce (#75) ([`315ead9`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Wiki/commit/315ead9e6e48b03baf81ff29280ce3cd05f4e209))\n- Seed: VIP tiers and Tips' other ways to support (cited at the VIP and Tips commits of 2026-10-17) (#76) ([`c63b308`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Wiki/commit/c63b30817d2e3aa33f9962c7cb6229af5dc0a981))\n\n## OpenVibe.Trade\n\n[openvibe.trade](https://openvibe.trade) · [repository](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Trade)\n\n- openvibe-contracts v0.200.0 (was v0.188.2) (#75) ([`7981abe`](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.Trade/commit/7981abe846a90cc4df4365d4fdee7e2621d8cef7))\n- Home: the Latest column's observation time is a real