- Removed MQTT configuration from `config.ini.example` to streamline settings.
- Added new section for Repeater Prefix Collision Service in `config.ini.example`, including options for enabling notifications, alert channels, and prefix handling.
- Updated `service-plugins.md` to include documentation for the new Repeater Prefix Collision Service, enhancing user awareness of available plugins.
- Added today's high and low temperatures to the weather forecast output, improving clarity for users.
- Updated formatting to include labels for high and low temperatures, ensuring better readability of the forecast information.
- Introduced a lock to serialize access to the message processing queue, preventing concurrent executions that could lead to race conditions.
- Updated the process_message_queue method to utilize the new lock, ensuring safe access to the inner processing logic.
- Increased the timeout for awaiting feed message queue processing in the MessageScheduler to 600 seconds, accommodating longer processing times for queued items.
- Introduced `{field|auto}` placeholder in message formats to fill remaining characters up to `max_message_length`, improving message customization.
- Implemented logic in `FeedManager` to handle multiple `{field|auto}` placeholders, logging a warning if more than one is present.
- Updated `BotDataViewer` to utilize the new auto field feature, ensuring compatibility with existing message formatting.
- Added unit tests to validate the behavior of the new auto field functionality, including handling of message length constraints and multiple placeholders.
- Added configuration options for URL shortening in `config.ini.example` and updated documentation in `FEEDS.md`.
- Enhanced `FeedManager` to support URL shortening based on new settings, allowing for both global and per-link shortening.
- Refactored message formatting logic to incorporate URL shortening features, ensuring compatibility with existing link handling.
- Introduced new utility functions for encoding path length bytes in `utils.py`, improving path management in message handling.
- Added unit tests to validate the new URL shortening functionality and ensure proper behavior under various conditions.
- Updated `pyproject.toml` to include JavaScript files for the web viewer.
- Added a new script reference in `base.html` for channel operations.
- Improved the channel creation process in `feeds.html` with enhanced UI elements and error handling.
- Refactored channel index retrieval in `radio.html` to utilize a centralized method for better maintainability.
- Implemented asynchronous channel statistics loading to improve responsiveness during channel operations.
- Introduced `within_days` and `within_weeks` operators for filtering items based on their timestamps, allowing for more dynamic date range conditions.
- Updated documentation in `FEEDS.md` to include examples and usage of the new operators.
- Refactored filter evaluation logic in `FeedManager` and `BotDataViewer` to utilize a shared function for condition checking, improving code maintainability.
- Added unit tests to validate the new date-based filtering functionality.
- Modified the `monitor_channels` setting in `config.ini.example` to specify the use of hashtags for channel names, enhancing clarity for users configuring the bot's channel monitoring.
- Added a new configuration option `use_bot_location_when_no_location` to allow the use of bot's configured coordinates if no companion location is available.
- Updated `wx_command.py` and `wx_international.py` to utilize the new configuration, enhancing the user experience by providing a fallback mechanism for location-based commands.
- Improved logging to reflect the usage of bot coordinates and handle cases where bot location is not set.
- Introduced support for multiday forecasts up to 16 days, allowing users to specify days in various formats (e.g., Nd, 7day).
- Updated usage documentation and parameter descriptions to reflect new options for both US and international weather commands.
- Adjusted internal logic to validate and parse new forecast formats, ensuring compatibility with the extended range.
- Added `channelpause` and `channelresume` commands to the admin commands list in configuration files, allowing admins to pause or resume bot responses on public channels via DM.
- Updated documentation to reflect the new command functionality and its implications for channel responses.
- Modified validation and message handling to incorporate the new channel response control feature.
- Updated config.ini.example and discord-bridge.md to reflect the ability to fan out a single MeshCore channel to multiple Discord servers using a comma- or whitespace-separated list of webhook URLs.
- Modified DiscordBridgeService to handle multiple webhooks per channel, including validation and logging improvements for better monitoring of configured webhooks.
- Added patterns to .gitignore to exclude log files and local configuration files.
- Improved the install-service.sh script to verify the integrity of the virtual environment and ensure pip is available and up to date before installing dependencies.
- Updated the _cleanup_web_viewer and _cleanup_mesh_graph methods to avoid logging errors during shutdown, as the logger's stream may be closed at that time.
- Modified the shutdown method in MeshGraph to prevent logging of flushing errors, enhancing stability during the atexit process.
- Adjusted test configurations to use Path objects for bot_root and local_root, improving path handling in tests.
- Modified the test file to include a conditional import for the CheckInService, allowing tests to be skipped if the plugin is not installed. This change improves test reliability and clarity regarding plugin dependencies.
- Changed the meshcore dependency from a fixed version (2.2.14) to a minimum version (2.2.31) to ensure compatibility with newer features and improvements.
- Modified the RepeaterManager class to enable or disable auto-purge based on the 'auto_manage_contacts' setting from the bot's configuration.
- This change allows for more flexible management of contacts, aligning with the bot's operational mode.
- Changed the default IATA code from 'LOC' to 'XYZ' in `config.ini.example` and `packet-capture.md` to reflect updated routing requirements.
- Updated the `PacketCaptureService` to use 'XYZ' as the fallback IATA code, ensuring consistency across the application.
- Enhanced the ServicePluginLoader to add the modules directory to the path for local services, ensuring that utility modules can be resolved correctly.
- This change improves the loading mechanism for service plugins by allowing better integration of local utilities.
- Updated the ServicePluginLoader to include a built-in services directory in the module path, improving the loading mechanism for service plugins.
- Modified the class to accept BaseServicePlugin from both built-in and local services, allowing for greater flexibility in service integration.
- Enhanced the logic for identifying service classes, ensuring compatibility with multiple base service implementations.
- Updated the TraceCommand class to enhance the labeling of hops in the trace output.
- Replaced direct hash retrieval with a conditional approach to determine the source label for each hop, improving clarity in the output format.
- Ensured consistent labeling for the first and last hops, enhancing the readability of the trace results.
- Updated the command to handle 1-, 2-, or 3-byte hex prefixes, with longer input truncated to 3 bytes.
- Improved usage instructions and examples to clarify accepted prefix formats (2, 4, or 6 hex characters).
- Enhanced validation logic for prefix format, ensuring proper handling of hex strings and truncation.
- Updated documentation strings to reflect changes in prefix handling and expected input formats.
- Updated the MeshGraph class to prevent promoting a 1-byte edge to a 3-byte edge when the existing 1-byte edge lacks public keys, ensuring accurate observation attribution.
- Added a new test case to verify the behavior of edge promotion under specific conditions.
- Modified the BotDataViewer API to return the prefix length dynamically based on the edges, improving data consistency and user experience in the web viewer.
- Enhanced the mesh.html template to support displaying prefix byte counts, providing clearer information on node connections.
- Introduced a check in `load_service_from_path` to ensure the `local_services` module is created in `sys.modules` if it doesn't exist, facilitating proper relative and absolute imports for service plugins.
- This enhancement improves the loading mechanism for local service plugins, ensuring smoother integration and functionality.
- Added support for rotating log files in `core.py` using `RotatingFileHandler`, with a maximum size of 5 MB and up to 3 backup files.
- Updated `config.ini.example`, `config.ini.minimal-example`, and `config.ini.quickstart` to include descriptions of the new log rotation feature.
- Enhanced `data-retention.md` to clarify log file management and retention policies.
- Updated documentation in `data-retention.md` and `web-viewer.md` to clarify how stats are collected and displayed, including the new `collect_stats` configuration option.
- Modified `StatsCommand` in `stats_command.py` to introduce `collect_stats`, allowing message and command statistics to be recorded even when the `stats` command is disabled.
- Adjusted logic in `record_message`, `record_command_stats`, and `record_path_stats` methods to utilize the new `collect_stats` setting for improved flexibility in stats tracking.
- Updated `config.ini.example` and `config.ini.minimal-example` to include optional `local_dir_path` for specifying a custom local plugins directory.
- Enhanced `install-service.sh` to preserve the `local/` directory during installation and create its structure if it doesn't exist.
- Modified `CommandManager` and `MeshCoreBot` to resolve the local commands and services directory based on the new configuration.
- Added validation in `config_validation.py` to check the existence and readability of the specified local plugins path.
- Improved documentation in `local-plugins.md` to clarify the usage of local plugins and the new configuration options.
- Added a `join` method in `MessageScheduler` to wait for the scheduler thread to finish during shutdown.
- Updated the shutdown sequence in `core.py` to include a timeout for the `meshcore.disconnect()` method, with error handling for potential timeouts and exceptions.
- Improved logging to provide clearer information during the shutdown process.
- Added `send_channel_messages_chunked` method to `CommandManager` for sending multiple messages with appropriate rate-limit spacing.
- Introduced `send_response_chunked` method in `BaseCommand` to facilitate chunked responses in both channels and DMs.
- Updated `GreeterCommand` to utilize the new chunked response functionality, simplifying the greeting message sending process.
- Enhanced documentation in `local-plugins.md` with examples for using chunked message sending, improving clarity on handling long messages and rate limits.
- Changed `meshcore` dependency version in `requirements.txt` from `>=2.2.14` to `==2.2.14` for consistency.
- Added detailed instructions in `SERVICE-INSTALLATION.md` regarding Python version compatibility and potential f-string issues with Python 3.11.
- Introduced a new section in `local-plugins.md` explaining how to handle message chunking and bot rate limits, providing code examples for better clarity.
- Updated MeshGraph to support multi-resolution storage and node identity, allowing for better handling of 1-byte, 2-byte, and 3-byte edges.
- Implemented logic for merging and promoting edges based on observation counts and specificity.
- Enhanced BotDataViewer API to dynamically adjust prefix length based on configuration, improving data representation.
- Updated mesh.html template to display prefix byte counts, enhancing user experience with clearer information on node connections.
- Added support for bytes per hop in the BotDataViewer, allowing for better path data representation.
- Updated the contacts template to display bytes per hop and adjusted path formatting based on this value.
- Improved the decode path functionality to utilize the correct bytes per hop for decoding paths, enhancing overall path handling and user experience.
- Updated `meshcore` dependency version to `2.2.14` in both `pyproject.toml` and `requirements.txt`.
- Added multi-byte path support in the `PathCommand`, allowing for 1-, 2-, and 3-byte-per-hop paths.
- Enhanced `MessageHandler` to utilize `routing_info` for accurate path extraction and validation.
- Improved path extraction methods in `MultitestCommand` and `TestCommand` to prefer `routing_info` for node IDs.
- Refactored path handling logic across various commands to ensure consistent multi-byte path processing.
- Updated `.gitignore` to include local configuration and plugin directories, allowing users to add custom commands and services without modifying core code.
- Enhanced `config.ini.example` with instructions for using local plugins and added sections for local service configurations.
- Refactored `PluginLoader` and `ServicePluginLoader` to support loading local commands and services from specified directories, improving extensibility.
- Updated `mkdocs.yml` to include documentation for local plugins and the check-in API.
- Added tests to verify the discovery and loading of local plugins, ensuring functionality and preventing name collisions with built-in plugins.
- Updated the logic in `TraceCommand` to avoid capping the `path_nodes` after building the reciprocal path, ensuring that the return path is preserved.
- Improved clarity in the code by adding a comment to explain the rationale behind the change.
- Added support for `{hops}` and `{hops_label}` placeholders in `config.ini.example` and `core.py`, allowing for dynamic display of total hop count and pluralized labels in messages.
- Updated `format_keyword_response_with_placeholders` function in `utils.py` to extract and format hop count from message data, improving message clarity and detail.
- Ensured backward compatibility by providing default values for hop-related placeholders when not set.
- Added configuration options to bridge the bot's own channel responses to Discord and Telegram, allowing command replies to be sent to respective channels.
- Updated `DiscordBridgeService` and `TelegramBridgeService` to register listeners for bot-sent messages, ensuring they are included in the bridging process.
- Enhanced `CommandManager` to invoke listeners with a synthetic event when a message is successfully sent, providing context about the message.
- Updated `config.ini.example` to reflect the new `bridge_bot_responses` option for both services.
- Added tests to verify the correct invocation of listeners upon successful message sending.
- Added support for channel-specific triggers in the CommandManager, allowing triggers to be restricted to designated channels via `channel.<key>` or `channels.<key>` configuration.
- Updated `config.ini.example` to include examples of channel restrictions for triggers.
- Enhanced tests to verify that triggers only match in specified channels, ensuring proper functionality of the new feature.
- Updated the profanity filter to check for hate symbols (e.g., swastika Unicode) in addition to word-based profanity, ensuring comprehensive message filtering.
- Modified the `censor` function to replace hate symbols with `***`, maintaining functionality even when the `better-profanity` package is unavailable.
- Updated documentation in `discord-bridge.md` and `telegram-bridge.md` to reflect the new hate symbol handling features.
- Added tests to verify detection and censorship of hate symbols, ensuring robustness of the profanity filter.
- Introduced `filter_profanity` configuration option in `config.ini.example` to handle profanity in bridged messages: options include `drop` (default), `censor`, or `off`.
- Updated `requirements.txt` to include `better-profanity` for profanity filtering functionality.
- Enhanced `DiscordBridgeService` and `TelegramBridgeService` to implement the profanity filter logic, allowing messages with profanity to be dropped or censored before bridging.
- Updated documentation in `discord-bridge.md` and `telegram-bridge.md` to reflect the new profanity handling feature.
- Updated `MeshGraph` to support multi-resolution storage of edges, allowing prefixes of 2, 4, or 6 hex chars without truncation.
- Implemented prefix matching logic to ensure distinct links are maintained and accurately retrieved based on prefix queries.
- Refactored methods in `MessageHandler` and `PathCommand` to accommodate variable prefix lengths during graph lookups.
- Enhanced tests to validate prefix match functionality and edge management in the mesh graph.
- Commented out the 'help' command output in `config.ini.example` for clarity on overrides.
- Refactored prefix handling in `BotDataViewer` to use a dynamically retrieved `prefix_hex_chars` value instead of a hardcoded reference, improving flexibility and maintainability.
- Ensured consistent prefix handling across multiple instances in the `BotDataViewer` class.
- Updated the import statement for time zone handling in the `format_elapsed_display` function to use `timezone.utc` instead of `UTC` from `datetime`.
- Improved clarity and consistency in time zone management within the function.
