- 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.
- Introduced a new section in `config.ini.example` for the Discord bridge service, including options for enabling the service and configuring avatar styles and channel mappings.
- Updated `README.md` to document the new Discord bridge service and its integration, enhancing the overall service plugin section with relevant details.
- Enhanced the handle_connect, handle_disconnect, handle_subscribe_commands, handle_subscribe_packets, and handle_ping methods to include better error handling and logging.
- Added checks for client_id to prevent issues during connection and disconnection events.
- Implemented database file existence and accessibility checks in the polling loop, with detailed logging for errors.
- Improved handling of database connection errors, including exponential backoff for persistent issues, ensuring more robust database interactions.
- Improved the link extraction logic to prioritize HTML links over CAP XML links, ensuring more user-friendly URLs are used.
- Added a new method to convert CAP XML URLs to a more readable API format, accommodating changes in the NWS alerts webpage.
- Enhanced fallback mechanisms for link retrieval to ensure reliable access to alert information.
- Changed the lock attribute to a private variable and introduced a lazy initialization method for the async lock.
- Updated the CommandManager to use the new _get_lock method, enhancing thread safety and preventing potential RuntimeErrors when the event loop is not running.
- Introduced a mechanism to utilize the main event loop for scheduling coroutines, preventing deadlocks when the main loop is running.
- Updated the JWT renewal interval to 12 hours, with tokens now valid for 24 hours, improving token management.
- Refactored various async function calls in the MessageScheduler, WeatherService, and PacketCaptureService to ensure consistent event loop usage.
- Improved error handling and logging for scheduled tasks, enhancing robustness and maintainability.
- 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.
- Implemented a mechanism in MessageHandler to resolve location names from the database using public keys, providing a more user-friendly display of locations.
- Added fallback logic to ensure coordinates are used if no resolved location is found.
- Updated comments in RepeaterManager to clarify the order of preference for city extraction and introduced county as a fallback for rural areas, improving location accuracy.
- 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.
- Implemented periodic updates of system health status to the database every 30 seconds.
- Added a new method to aggregate and return comprehensive health status of all components, including core connection, database, services, and web viewer.
- Introduced an API endpoint at /api/system-health to retrieve system health data, providing a structured response for health status and component details.
- Enhanced error handling for health data storage and retrieval processes, ensuring robust logging and feedback in case of issues.
- 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.
- Simplified logger handler setup to prevent duplicates by checking if handlers already exist.
- Introduced a new method to check for MQTT availability, improving error logging when MQTT support is not available.
- Enhanced MQTT connection handling to streamline the connection process and improve logging clarity.
- Simplified database connection management by using context managers to ensure connections are properly closed.
- Enhanced error handling during MQTT client disconnection in packet capture service, logging specific exceptions.
- Updated message handling in MessageHandler to capture command data for web viewer integration, improving response tracking.
- 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.
- Introduced a thread-safe InternetStatusCache class to manage internet connectivity status with caching.
- Refactored internet connectivity checks to utilize the new cache, reducing redundant checks.
- Added a unified method for handling message send results, improving error logging and response management.
- Enhanced rate limit checks to streamline command execution and prevent spam.
- Improved plugin loading error handling and validation, ensuring robust plugin management.
- Improved exception handling in MeshCoreBot to catch specific errors related to database and service initialization.
- Added a new method in MessageHandler for cleaning up stale RF data cache entries, enforcing maximum size limits and periodic cleanup.
- Updated message processing to handle potential AttributeError in multitest listener, ensuring robustness during message 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.
- Replaced the validate_safe_path function with a new resolve_path utility to simplify database path resolution in BotDataViewer, BotIntegration, and MapUploaderService.
- Updated the logic to ensure that both relative and absolute paths are handled correctly, enhancing the robustness of database connections.
- Improved code readability and maintainability by centralizing path resolution logic.
- Centralized placeholder handling in utils instead of individual function handlers
- Added db_path configuration options in config.ini.example for both the main bot and web viewer
- Updated BotDataViewer and BotIntegration classes to retrieve the database path from the new Web_Viewer section
- Set a timeout of 30 seconds for SQLite connections in MessageScheduler and BotIntegration to improve reliability.
- Added validation for the database path in BotIntegration, ensuring it is safe and relative to the bot root, enhancing robustness.
- Introduced a bot_root attribute in BotDataViewer for path validation.
- 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 method in MessageScheduler to fetch and format mesh statistics for scheduled messages, including total contacts, repeaters, companions, and recent activity.
- Updated the message formatting logic to replace placeholders with actual mesh data, improving the relevance of scheduled updates.
- Enhanced logging for better debugging of mesh info retrieval and message processing.
- Updated config.ini.example to include examples of new placeholders for mesh network information.
- 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.
- Modified database connection calls in DBManager, FeedManager, and MessageScheduler to convert db_path to a string and set a timeout of 30 seconds, improving reliability and performance of database operations.
- Enhanced error logging to include detailed information about database path existence and permissions, aiding in debugging and ensuring smoother operation.
- Added validation for the database path using the validate_safe_path function to ensure paths are safe and relative to the bot root.
- Enhanced error handling to log warnings when invalid paths are detected, defaulting to 'bot_data.db' if necessary.
- This change improves the robustness of database connections across the application.
- Updated the validate_safe_path function to resolve the base directory to an absolute path and handle target paths more accurately.
- Enhanced logic to ensure that if the file_path is absolute, it is used directly; otherwise, it is joined with the base directory before resolution, improving handling of relative paths.
- Updated connection and reconnection logic in PacketCaptureService to use asyncio's run_in_executor, preventing blocking of the event loop during MQTT operations.
- Enhanced WeatherService to implement non-blocking connection and subscription handling, ensuring smoother operation and improved error logging for connection failures.
- 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.
- Updated WxCommand to better handle period identification for tomorrow's weather, ensuring accurate retrieval of daytime and nighttime periods based on current conditions.
- Added a cleanup mechanism in MapUploaderService to manage memory usage by periodically removing old entries from seen_adverts, preventing unbounded growth and improving performance.
- Optimized packet capture service to utilize indexed lookups for faster data retrieval and ensure fallback mechanisms for backward compatibility.
- Clarified comments in config.ini.example and map_uploader_service.py to specify that adverts with any coordinate exactly 0.0 are considered invalid and will be skipped during uploads. This enhances understanding of the coordinate validation logic in the map uploader service.
- Introduced a new [MapUploader] section in config.ini.example to configure the map uploader service, including options for enabling the service, API endpoint, private key path, re-upload interval, and verbose logging.
- Updated requirements.txt to include cryptography and pynacl packages for enhanced security features in the map uploader service.
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