- Introduced a new configuration option for command prefix in config.ini.example, allowing users to customize command invocation.
- Updated CommandManager to load and utilize the command prefix, ensuring commands are processed correctly based on the configured prefix.
- Enhanced message handling logic to check for the command prefix, maintaining backward compatibility with the legacy "!" prefix.
- Improved keyword matching to ensure bot responses are only triggered when the bot is mentioned, refining interaction accuracy.
- Added SNR (Signal-to-Noise Ratio) data handling to improve zero-hop bonus calculations for repeaters, enhancing selection accuracy.
- Implemented location validation checks to prioritize repeaters with valid geographic data, especially for final hop scenarios.
- Updated scoring logic to apply penalties for repeaters lacking valid location data, ensuring better routing decisions.
- Enhanced logging for SNR bonuses and location penalties to improve debugging and performance tracking.
- Added configuration options for the "prefix best <location>" command in config.ini.example, allowing users to enable/disable the feature and customize its behavior.
- Implemented logic in the PrefixCommand class to find the best prefix for a given location, considering neighbor prefixes and user-defined criteria.
- Enhanced MessageHandler to skip processing old cached messages based on connection time, improving message handling efficiency.
- Updated core bot to track connection time, ensuring accurate message processing and cache management.
- Introduced a new MultitestSession dataclass to manage active multitest sessions per user, enhancing concurrency handling.
- Replaced global variables with session-specific attributes to track listening duration, collected paths, and target packet hashes.
- Updated message handling logic to check active sessions and prevent race conditions during multitest execution.
- Enhanced path collection and RF data scanning to be user-specific, improving accuracy and logging for each session.
- Implemented execution locks to ensure thread safety during multitest command execution.
- Added new configuration options for path selection presets and proximity methods in config.ini.example, allowing users to customize routing behavior.
- Implemented a new database table for storing observed paths, enabling better tracking of paths from advertisements and messages.
- Updated MessageHandler to store complete paths in the observed_paths table, improving path validation and selection accuracy.
- Enhanced the PathCommand class to utilize new proximity and recency settings, optimizing repeater selection based on user-defined criteria.
- Improved web viewer functionality to display multiple paths for contacts, enhancing user experience and interaction with path data.
- Added a new mesh graph feature for improved path validation, allowing for enhanced routing accuracy.
- Introduced configuration options for recency decay half-life and graph-based validation settings in config.ini.example.
- Updated the PathCommand class to utilize graph-based selection methods, combining graph and geographic scores for better repeater selection.
- Implemented new methods in MessageHandler to update the mesh graph with advertisement paths and trace packet data.
- Created a new database table for mesh connections to support graph-based path validation.
- Enhanced web viewer integration to display mesh graph updates in real-time, improving user interaction and monitoring capabilities.
- Introduced a new section in configuration files for the Aurora command, allowing users to enable/disable the feature and set default coordinates.
- Updated English translations to include descriptions, usage instructions, and error messages for the Aurora command, enhancing user interaction and support.
- Updated utility functions to improve country name validation, ensuring accurate identification of country names and US states.
- Enhanced geocoding logic in multiple command classes to handle default state and country configurations more effectively.
- Modified error messages to reflect the correct region based on user input, improving user experience.
- Added short usage descriptions for satellite pass commands in multiple languages, enhancing internationalization support.
- Updated the message handling logic to format elapsed time more accurately, displaying "Nms" when the device clock is valid or "Sync Device Clock" when invalid.
- Introduced a new utility function `format_elapsed_display` to centralize elapsed time formatting, improving code maintainability.
- Modified configuration examples to clarify the usage of the {elapsed} placeholder.
- Added translations for the "Sync Device Clock" message in multiple languages to support internationalization.
- Introduced a new database table 'unique_advert_packets' for tracking unique advert packets by their hash.
- Enhanced the RepeaterManager to handle unique packet tracking during daily advertisement statistics.
- Updated StatsCommand to include a new subcommand for displaying the leaderboard of nodes with the most unique advert packets in the last 24 hours.
- Modified translations to support the new advert statistics feature, ensuring user-friendly command descriptions and error messages.
- Implemented geocode_zipcode_sync to handle US ZIP code queries, ensuring accurate geocoding results.
- Enhanced location handling to prevent foreign matches for ZIP codes, improving the reliability of location-based commands.
- Added error handling for reverse geocoding failures, ensuring robust logging and feedback for invalid ZIP codes.
- Added QueuedCommand dataclass to represent commands waiting for cooldown expiration.
- Enhanced CommandManager to support queuing commands when near global cooldown expiration, allowing for smoother command execution.
- Implemented background task to process queued commands, ensuring they are executed once cooldowns expire.
- Updated BaseCommand to include a method for retrieving queue threshold seconds, improving flexibility in command handling.
- Adjusted core.py to initiate the command queue processor upon bot startup.
- Introduced functionality to configure custom weather sources in config.ini, allowing users to specify URLs for different locations.
- Enhanced WxCommand and GlobalWxCommand classes to fetch weather data from custom WXSIM sources, improving flexibility in weather reporting.
- Implemented methods to retrieve and parse weather data from specified sources, ensuring compatibility with existing weather command structures.
- Updated documentation in config.ini.example to guide users on configuring custom weather sources.
- Introduced a new method `reload_config` to allow dynamic reloading of the configuration without restarting the bot, ensuring seamless updates to settings.
- Added a helper method `_get_radio_settings` to retrieve current radio settings for comparison during reload.
- Updated `admin_commands` in `config.ini.example` to include the new `reload` command, enabling admin users to reload configurations on-the-fly.
- Enhanced the `setup_scheduled_messages` method in the scheduler to clear existing jobs before reloading, preventing duplicates.
- Updated the `generate_html` function to include detailed command usage information, including syntax, examples, and parameters for better user guidance.
- Added CSS styles for improved presentation of command usage and parameters in the generated website documentation.
- Enhanced command classes with structured documentation fields, allowing for consistent and informative command descriptions across the platform.
- Updated the CommandManager to include channel restrictions for help keyword processing, ensuring that help requests are only handled in monitored channels or DMs when enabled.
- Improved the HTML documentation for commands by adding a new "General Commands" section and refining existing command descriptions.
- Added new CSS styles for better presentation of command subcommands in the website documentation.
- Implemented `get_usage_info` method in `BaseCommand` to provide structured usage information, including descriptions, sub-commands, usage patterns, and examples.
- Enhanced `generate_html` function to display sub-commands in the generated HTML output, improving command documentation.
- Updated translations in `en.json` to include sub-command details for various commands, enhancing user guidance and interaction.
- Added methods to retrieve companion and bot locations from the database and configuration.
- Enhanced weather command execution to utilize companion location if no user-specified location is provided.
- Improved location handling by supporting coordinates, zip codes, and city names, with reverse geocoding for display.
- Updated the `CommandManager` and `BaseCommand` classes to include an optional `skip_user_rate_limit` parameter in the `send_response`, `send_dm`, and `send_channel_message` methods, allowing automated responses to bypass user rate limits.
- Adjusted the `GreeterCommand` to utilize the new parameter, ensuring that automated greetings do not trigger user rate limiting checks.
- Enhanced documentation to clarify the purpose of the new parameter and its impact on message sending behavior.
- Revised `config.ini.example` and `README.md` to clarify the usage of escape sequences for newlines, changing from double backslashes (`\\n`) to single backslashes (`\n`).
- Enhanced comments in `CommandManager` and `GreeterCommand` to reflect the updated escape sequence behavior, ensuring accurate processing of newline characters and literal backslashes.
- Improved logging in `GreeterCommand` for better debugging of mesh info formatting.
- Added optional geocoding helper libraries for improved country name validation and US state handling.
- Implemented functions to normalize country names and US state abbreviations, enhancing location parsing accuracy.
- Updated weather command to utilize new geocoding features for better location handling in weather queries.
- Adjusted message length calculations in weather responses to accommodate dynamic content based on location information.
- Introduced the `airplanes` command to retrieve aircraft tracking information using ADS-B API data.
- Added detailed usage instructions, location options, and filter options for enhanced functionality.
- Updated `config.ini.example` to include configuration settings for the new command.
- Included translations for command descriptions and error messages in `en.json` to support user interaction.
- Implemented `_decode_escape_sequences` method in `GreeterCommand` to process escape sequences like `\\n`, `\\t`, and `\\r` in greeting messages.
- Updated `_load_config` to decode escape sequences in `greeting_message` and `mesh_info_format`, enhancing user flexibility in message formatting.
- Added decoding for per-channel greetings to ensure consistent message formatting across different channels.
- Implemented a configuration option for enabling or disabling commands across multiple command classes.
- Each command now checks its enabled state before execution, improving control over command availability.
- Updated the configuration loading mechanism to retrieve the enabled state from the config file for commands like Advert, AQI, Catfact, and others.
- Updated the weather string concatenation logic to use display width for checking available space, ensuring emojis are not cut off.
- Added a buffer of 5 characters to the maximum length check to enhance the user experience when displaying weather information.
- Added deep copy of event payloads in multiple modules to avoid segmentation faults when events are freed.
- Updated the handling of payloads in ChannelManager, MessageHandler, DiscordBridgeService, MapUploaderService, and PacketCaptureService to ensure safe access to event data.
- Enhanced logging for cases where payloads are missing, improving error handling and debugging capabilities.
- Improved the path decoding functionality to handle single nodes more effectively by checking for hex values.
- Added regex pattern matching to identify hex values in path parts, allowing for better decoding of repeater names.
- Updated fallback behavior for unknown formats to return the raw path string when decoding fails.
- Updated the response generation in CmdCommand to allow _get_commands_list to handle the "Available commands: " prefix internally, simplifying the code and improving readability.
- Removed redundant calculations for available length, enhancing maintainability.
- Introduced a new get_connection method in DBManager to standardize database connection creation with proper configuration.
- Updated all instances in GreeterCommand where sqlite3.connect was used to utilize the new get_connection method, improving code consistency and maintainability.
- Updated the get_weather_for_location and get_open_meteo_weather methods to accept a MeshMessage parameter for dynamic message length calculation.
- Improved weather forecast output by including precipitation amount alongside probability, ensuring clearer communication of weather conditions.
- Adjusted message length checks to utilize the dynamically calculated maximum length, enhancing message formatting and preventing truncation.
- Updated the weather forecast message to display high and low temperatures with clear labels (H: for high, L: for low) for better readability.
- Removed redundant period name from the forecast to streamline the message content.
- Removed per-command user cooldown tracking from individual command classes.
- Implemented a unified cooldown management system in BaseCommand for both global and per-user cooldowns.
- Updated command execution methods to call the new centralized cooldown handling, improving code clarity and reducing redundancy.
- Enhanced error handling and logging during cooldown checks to ensure robust command execution.
- Removed redundant command list in config example for clarity.
- Improved plugin validation by adding checks for required attributes and types, ensuring better error handling during plugin instantiation.
- Enhanced rate limiter classes to track total sends and throttled attempts, providing statistics for better monitoring.
- Updated command implementations to include metadata for better organization and clarity in command handling.
- Updated README to specify submitting pull requests against the dev branch.
- Added per-trigger lockout tracking in AnnouncementsCommand to prevent duplicate sends within a 60-second window.
- Implemented dynamic maximum message length calculation in BaseCommand for better message formatting.
- Enhanced response handling in PrefixCommand to support message splitting based on calculated length.
- Removed redundant team aliases for Spokane Chiefs and Vancouver Giants.
- Added new teams and their aliases for the WHL, including Tri-City Americans, Wenatchee Wild, and several others, enhancing the sports command's coverage of hockey teams.
- Updated city-to-code mappings to include new entries for better identification of teams.
- Added a new configuration option in config.ini.example for selecting the weather provider (NOAA or Open-Meteo), defaulting to NOAA.
- Updated WxCommand to delegate to wx_international when the Open-Meteo provider is selected, improving global weather command support.
- Implemented fallback behavior to use wx_international as the wx command if the default wx command is missing, enhancing user experience.
- Improved logging to provide clearer information on command delegation and provider usage.
- Introduced TheSportsDBClient class to handle API requests with rate limiting, allowing for efficient data fetching for teams and events.
- Updated SportsCommand to utilize TheSportsDB API for leagues not supported by ESPN, including Canadian Football League (CFL) and Western Hockey League (WHL) teams.
- Implemented methods for fetching team and league events, including upcoming and past games, with robust error handling and logging.
- Enhanced team and league score retrieval to support both ESPN and TheSportsDB APIs, improving overall sports command functionality.
- Added configuration sections for joke and dadjoke commands in config.ini.example, allowing channel restrictions for command usage.
- Updated BaseCommand to derive configuration section names for commands, improving consistency in command management.
- Implemented channel access checks in can_execute methods for JokeCommand and DadJokeCommand to ensure commands are only executed in allowed channels.
- Improved error logging in FeedManager and MessageScheduler to include database path information for better debugging.
