diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 6d3e9b3d..3380b355 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -314,9 +314,18 @@ jobs:
           echo ${{ needs.version-info.outputs.version }}
           echo "VERSION='${{ needs.version-info.outputs.version }}'" >> module/__version__.py
 
+      - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v4
+        with:
+          version: "latest"
+
+      - name: Generate requirements.txt for non-uv consumers (#994)
+        run: |
+          cd backend && uv export --format requirements-txt --no-hashes --no-dev -o requirements.txt
+
       - name: Zip app
         run: |
-          cd backend && zip -r app-v${{ needs.version-info.outputs.version }}.zip src
+          cd backend && zip -r app-v${{ needs.version-info.outputs.version }}.zip \
+            src pyproject.toml uv.lock requirements.txt
 
       - name: Generate Release info
         id: release-info
diff --git a/backend/src/module/downloader/path.py b/backend/src/module/downloader/path.py
index 6e6caf74..af5232db 100644
--- a/backend/src/module/downloader/path.py
+++ b/backend/src/module/downloader/path.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import logging
 import re
 from os import PathLike
+from pathlib import PureWindowsPath
 
 from module.conf import PLATFORM, settings
 from module.models import Bangumi, BangumiUpdate
@@ -36,9 +37,11 @@ class TorrentPath:
 
     @staticmethod
     def _path_to_bangumi(save_path: PathLike[str] | str, torrent_name: str = ""):
-        # Split save path and download path
-        save_parts = Path(save_path).parts
-        download_parts = Path(settings.downloader.path).parts
+        # Use PureWindowsPath regardless of the host AB runs on: it accepts
+        # both "\" and "/" separators, so a qBittorrent-on-Windows save_path
+        # reaching a Linux AB still splits into segments correctly (#1016).
+        save_parts = PureWindowsPath(save_path).parts
+        download_parts = PureWindowsPath(settings.downloader.path).parts
         # Get bangumi name and season
         bangumi_name = ""
         season = 1
diff --git a/backend/src/module/network/request_url.py b/backend/src/module/network/request_url.py
index 11cf9db3..ab33d192 100644
--- a/backend/src/module/network/request_url.py
+++ b/backend/src/module/network/request_url.py
@@ -36,30 +36,32 @@ async def get_shared_client() -> httpx.AsyncClient:
     if _shared_client is not None:
         await _shared_client.aclose()
     timeout = httpx.Timeout(connect=10.0, read=30.0, write=10.0, pool=10.0)
+    # follow_redirects=True: Mikan mirrors and some CDNs respond with 302 to the
+    # canonical host; without this, raise_for_status treats the redirect as an
+    # error and the RSS pull fails (#983).
+    common_kwargs = {
+        "timeout": timeout,
+        "limits": _CONNECTION_LIMITS,
+        "follow_redirects": True,
+    }
     if settings.proxy.enable:
         if "http" in settings.proxy.type:
             if settings.proxy.username:
                 proxy_url = f"http://{settings.proxy.username}:{settings.proxy.password}@{settings.proxy.host}:{settings.proxy.port}"
             else:
                 proxy_url = f"http://{settings.proxy.host}:{settings.proxy.port}"
-            _shared_client = httpx.AsyncClient(
-                proxy=proxy_url, timeout=timeout, limits=_CONNECTION_LIMITS
-            )
+            _shared_client = httpx.AsyncClient(proxy=proxy_url, **common_kwargs)
         elif settings.proxy.type == "socks5":
             if settings.proxy.username:
                 socks_url = f"socks5://{settings.proxy.username}:{settings.proxy.password}@{settings.proxy.host}:{settings.proxy.port}"
             else:
                 socks_url = f"socks5://{settings.proxy.host}:{settings.proxy.port}"
             transport = AsyncProxyTransport.from_url(socks_url, rdns=True)
-            _shared_client = httpx.AsyncClient(
-                transport=transport, timeout=timeout, limits=_CONNECTION_LIMITS
-            )
+            _shared_client = httpx.AsyncClient(transport=transport, **common_kwargs)
         else:
-            _shared_client = httpx.AsyncClient(
-                timeout=timeout, limits=_CONNECTION_LIMITS
-            )
+            _shared_client = httpx.AsyncClient(**common_kwargs)
     else:
-        _shared_client = httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=timeout, limits=_CONNECTION_LIMITS)
+        _shared_client = httpx.AsyncClient(**common_kwargs)
     _shared_client_proxy_key = current_key
     return _shared_client
 
@@ -91,7 +93,9 @@ class RequestURL:
         }
         # For torrent files, use different Accept header
         if url.endswith(".torrent") or "/download/" in url:
-            base_headers["Accept"] = "application/x-bittorrent, application/octet-stream, */*"
+            base_headers["Accept"] = (
+                "application/x-bittorrent, application/octet-stream, */*"
+            )
         else:
             base_headers["Accept"] = "application/xml, text/xml, */*"
         return base_headers
@@ -102,7 +106,11 @@ class RequestURL:
         while True:
             try:
                 req = await self._client.get(url=url, headers=headers)
-                logger.debug("[Network] Successfully connected to %s. Status: %s", url, req.status_code)
+                logger.debug(
+                    "[Network] Successfully connected to %s. Status: %s",
+                    url,
+                    req.status_code,
+                )
                 req.raise_for_status()
                 return req
             except httpx.HTTPStatusError as e:
@@ -122,16 +130,16 @@ class RequestURL:
             except Exception as e:
                 logger.warning(f"[Network] Unexpected error for {url}: {e}")
                 break
-        logger.error(f"[Network] Unable to connect to {url}, Please check your network settings")
+        logger.error(
+            f"[Network] Unable to connect to {url}, Please check your network settings"
+        )
         return None
 
     async def post_url(self, url: str, data: dict, retry=3):
         try_time = 0
         while True:
             try:
-                req = await self._client.post(
-                    url=url, headers=self.header, data=data
-                )
+                req = await self._client.post(url=url, headers=self.header, data=data)
                 req.raise_for_status()
                 return req
             except httpx.RequestError:
diff --git a/backend/src/module/parser/analyser/raw_parser.py b/backend/src/module/parser/analyser/raw_parser.py
index df94a528..f34594b7 100644
--- a/backend/src/module/parser/analyser/raw_parser.py
+++ b/backend/src/module/parser/analyser/raw_parser.py
@@ -59,7 +59,11 @@ def pre_process(raw_name: str) -> str:
 
 
 def prefix_process(raw: str, group: str) -> str:
-    raw = re.sub(f".{re.escape(group)}.", "", raw)
+    # Guard against empty group: without this, the pattern degenerates to ".."
+    # and every pair of characters gets deleted, destroying titles that lack a
+    # [group] prefix (#1025).
+    if group:
+        raw = re.sub(f".{re.escape(group)}.", "", raw)
     raw_process = PREFIX_RE.sub("/", raw)
     arg_group = raw_process.split("/")
     while "" in arg_group:
diff --git a/backend/src/test/test_path_parser.py b/backend/src/test/test_path_parser.py
index 9221b69f..afb841a4 100644
--- a/backend/src/test/test_path_parser.py
+++ b/backend/src/test/test_path_parser.py
@@ -13,6 +13,34 @@ def test_path_to_bangumi():
     assert season == 2
 
 
+def test_path_to_bangumi_windows_style_save_path():
+    """Regression for #1016: when qBittorrent runs on Windows and AB runs on
+    Linux, qB returns backslash paths. PurePosixPath treats the whole string
+    as one segment, leaving season stuck at 1."""
+    from module.downloader.path import TorrentPath
+
+    with patch("module.downloader.path.settings") as mock_settings:
+        mock_settings.downloader.path = r"D:\video\Bangumis"
+        path = r"D:\video\Bangumis\小书痴的下克上\Season 4"
+        bangumi_name, season = TorrentPath._path_to_bangumi(path)
+
+    assert bangumi_name == "小书痴的下克上"
+    assert season == 4
+
+
+def test_path_to_bangumi_posix_path_on_linux_ab():
+    """Regression guard: POSIX paths still parse correctly after the fix."""
+    from module.downloader.path import TorrentPath
+
+    with patch("module.downloader.path.settings") as mock_settings:
+        mock_settings.downloader.path = "/downloads/Bangumi"
+        path = "/downloads/Bangumi/葬送的芙莉莲/Season 2"
+        bangumi_name, season = TorrentPath._path_to_bangumi(path)
+
+    assert bangumi_name == "葬送的芙莉莲"
+    assert season == 2
+
+
 class TestGenSavePath:
     """Tests for TorrentPath._gen_save_path with season_offset."""
 
diff --git a/backend/src/test/test_raw_parser.py b/backend/src/test/test_raw_parser.py
index 398da338..6b36fd03 100644
--- a/backend/src/test/test_raw_parser.py
+++ b/backend/src/test/test_raw_parser.py
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ def test_raw_parser():
     assert info.episode == 9
     assert info.season == 1
 
-    content = "[梦蓝字幕组]New Doraemon 哆啦A梦新番[747][2023.02.25][AVC][1080P][GB_JP][MP4]"
+    content = (
+        "[梦蓝字幕组]New Doraemon 哆啦A梦新番[747][2023.02.25][AVC][1080P][GB_JP][MP4]"
+    )
     info = raw_parser(content)
     assert info.group == "梦蓝字幕组"
     assert info.title_zh == "哆啦A梦新番"
@@ -65,7 +67,9 @@ def test_raw_parser():
     assert info.episode == 747
     assert info.season == 1
 
-    content = "[织梦字幕组][尼尔：机械纪元 NieR Automata Ver1.1a][02集][1080P][AVC][简日双语]"
+    content = (
+        "[织梦字幕组][尼尔：机械纪元 NieR Automata Ver1.1a][02集][1080P][AVC][简日双语]"
+    )
     info = raw_parser(content)
     assert info.group == "织梦字幕组"
     assert info.title_zh == "尼尔：机械纪元"
@@ -160,7 +164,9 @@ def test_raw_parser():
     assert info.season == 1
 
     # Issue #990: Title starting with number — should not misparse "29" as episode
-    content = "[ANi] 29 岁单身中坚冒险家的日常 - 07 [1080P][Baha][WEB-DL][AAC AVC][CHT][MP4]"
+    content = (
+        "[ANi] 29 岁单身中坚冒险家的日常 - 07 [1080P][Baha][WEB-DL][AAC AVC][CHT][MP4]"
+    )
     info = raw_parser(content)
     assert info.group == "ANi"
     assert info.title_zh == "29 岁单身中坚冒险家的日常"
@@ -310,8 +316,9 @@ class TestIssue764WesternFormat:
         assert info.resolution == "1080p"
         # No brackets → group detection fails
         assert info.group == ""
-        # No CJK chars → no title_zh/jp; EN detection also fails (short segments)
-        assert info.title_en is None
+        # After the #1025 fix, prefix_process no longer destroys titles without
+        # a [group] prefix, so the English title is now extracted correctly.
+        assert info.title_en == "Girls Band Cry"
         assert info.title_zh is None
 
 
@@ -323,7 +330,9 @@ class TestIssue986AtlasFormat:
         "[阿特拉斯字幕组·雪原市出差所][命运-奇异赝品_Fate／strange Fake][07_神自黄昏归来][简繁日内封PGS][日语配音版_Japanese Dub][Web-DL Remux][1080p AVC AAC]",
     ]
 
-    @pytest.mark.xfail(reason="Atlas bracket-delimited format not supported by TITLE_RE")
+    @pytest.mark.xfail(
+        reason="Atlas bracket-delimited format not supported by TITLE_RE"
+    )
     def test_parse_atlas_format(self):
         info = raw_parser(self.TITLES[0])
         assert info is not None
@@ -362,3 +371,24 @@ class TestIssue805TitleWithCht:
         assert info.source == "Baha"
         assert info.sub == "CHT"
 
+
+class TestIssue1025NoGroupPrefix:
+    """Issue #1025: Titles without a [group] prefix must still parse.
+
+    prefix_process was calling re.sub(f".{group}.", "", raw) even when
+    group was empty, which reduced the pattern to `..` and deleted every
+    pair of characters, leaving a stub like `1` that name_process couldn't
+    split into en/zh/jp.
+    """
+
+    def test_mixed_cjk_and_en_without_group(self):
+        content = (
+            "冰之城墙「氷の城壁」The Ramparts of Ice S01E02 1080p 日英双语-多国字幕"
+        )
+        info = raw_parser(content)
+        assert info is not None
+        assert info.episode == 2
+        assert info.season == 1
+        # Before the fix all three title fields were None and title_parser
+        # raised "Cannot extract title_raw". At least one must now be set.
+        assert any([info.title_en, info.title_zh, info.title_jp])
diff --git a/backend/src/test/test_request_url.py b/backend/src/test/test_request_url.py
index 4b85de3d..f5be50c6 100644
--- a/backend/src/test/test_request_url.py
+++ b/backend/src/test/test_request_url.py
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ class TestSharedClientLimits:
         assert pool._max_connections is not None
         assert pool._max_connections > 0
 
+    async def test_client_follows_redirects(self):
+        """Regression for #983: mikanime mirror returns 302 to the canonical
+        URL but httpx refuses to follow by default, so the RSS fetch fails."""
+        client = await get_shared_client()
+        assert client.follow_redirects is True
+
 
 class TestResetSharedClient:
     async def test_reset_closes_existing_client(self):