gosentry/docs/CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

All notable GoSentry changes are recorded in this file.

0.11.0 - 2026-06-25

Manual runs while paused, two-column Settings/details, and a more compact job list.

Scheduler:

• "Run now" is now allowed while the scheduler is globally paused. The global pause stops only automatic scheduled runs; an explicit manual run is the user's own one-off action and is no longer blocked (the already-running and sequential-mode guards still apply).

Jobs details panel:

• Metadata captions (Folder, Command, Run mode, …) are pinned to a fixed width instead of an even split, so widening the window now grows the value column rather than the short caption.
• Fixed a bug where the "Selected job activity" panel kept showing the previous job's entries when a different job was selected; the list now refreshes on every selection change.

Jobs list:

• List rows (name, schedule/command, status) are condensed with a tight, negative-gap layout so more jobs are visible without scrolling.

Settings tab:

• The form is reorganized into two columns — Application and Queue on the left, Storage and About on the right — with the Save button spanning the full width below. The Autostart status moved onto its own line so the section fits a half-width column.
• Removed the blank row that sat between the Save button and the following separator.

0.10.2 - 2026-06-25

Condensed details/settings panels and a window that shrinks to 720p.

Jobs details panel:

• Job metadata is laid out in two columns (Folder/Schedule, Command/Arguments, Run mode/Overlap policy, Last run/Next run, State/Statistics), roughly halving the block height.
• Metadata rows are stacked with a tight, negative-gap layout so the interval between rows is no longer oversized.
• The command-output area's minimum height was reduced so the details pane can get shorter; long output still scrolls.
• The "Selected job activity" panel is now sized to exactly fit maxJobActivityRows, derived from widget.List's own row metrics, so all three rows are visible without a scrollbar regardless of theme or DPI.

Settings tab:

• The form is wrapped in a vertical scroll so it no longer dictates the window's minimum height (tab containers size to the tallest tab); it scrolls on short screens instead.
• Label-only sections (Application, Queue, About) are condensed, while separators and the editable Storage fields keep normal spacing so dividers have breathing room and entry boxes stay visibly separated.

Window sizing:

• Together these changes drop the minimum window height from ~891px to ~570px, so the window can be resized noticeably shorter and fits comfortably on 720p screens.

0.10.1 - 2026-06-24

Refactoring:

• Unified icon asset naming from mixed scheme (big/16x16) to consistent size-based names (large/small) for clarity and maintainability.

Build:

• Windows build script now displays informative messages at each build step (version, output path, environment setup, icon embedding, compilation) to improve build transparency and aid troubleshooting.

0.10.0 - 2026-06-24

Compact activity rows; per-job execution-time statistics seeded from log files.

Activity panel (one-line rows):

• Each entry in the job log list is now a single truncated line using only the base name of the log file (e.g. 20260624-120000_Build.log) instead of the full path. Long lines are clipped rather than wrapped, keeping the panel compact with many runs.
• History table retains the full log path for reference; base-name truncation applies only to the activity rows in the Jobs details panel.

Execution-time statistics:

• Added DurationMS field to RunRecord; the runner measures wall-clock start-to-finish and writes it to both the record and a duration: header line in the log file. StartOnly jobs record 0.
• Added aggregate counters to JobRuntime: RunCount, FailCount, LastDurationMS, AvgDurationMS, MaxDurationMS. Updated after every completed run in executeRun.
• On startup the statistics are seeded from existing log files: the runner parses state: and duration: headers for each job's newest log files (bounded by MaxLogFiles). Legacy logs without a duration: line still count toward RunCount/FailCount but are excluded from duration aggregates so a missing duration cannot appear as a zero-millisecond run.
• A Statistics row in the Jobs details panel shows a one-line summary (N runs, M failed, last X ms, avg Y ms, max X ms) that refreshes after each run and is pre-populated from log files after a restart.

Per-job overlap policy:

• Added an OverlapPolicy field to domain.Job; a job can now override the global skip/queue default. RunDue resolves the effective policy per job (the job's value if set, otherwise Config.OverlapPolicy).
• The job dialog gains an overlap-policy selector with a "(Use global default)" option that saves empty so the job inherits the global setting. The details panel reflects the effective policy.

Persisted global pause:

• Added Paused to the config so the global "Pause all" state survives a restart. SetGlobalPause persists the new value, and the service initializes its paused state from config at startup — a paused install now relaunches paused instead of silently resuming the scheduler.
• The Pause-all/Resume-all button and scheduler-state label initialize from the persisted state.

Window sizing (720p-safe):

• Lowered the default window size to 1024×660 with a sensible MinSize so the window opens fully visible on a 1366×768 / 720p screen. Layout minimums in the Jobs view were tightened to match.

Packaging:

• Added portable-distribution helpers: scripts\package-windows.bat builds and bundles gosentry.exe, README.md, and CHANGELOG.md into a versioned .zip; scripts/package-linux.sh does the same for linux-amd64 and linux-arm64 into .tar.gz archives.

Internal cleanup:

• Split ui/jobs_view.go into focused files (jobs_view_details.go, jobs_view_helpers.go) to bring it back under the file-size guideline.
• Removed the one-time YAML→JSON import path (shadow structs, importYAML*, legacy path names) now that the 0.9.0 transition window has passed; go.yaml.in/yaml/v4 is dropped from go.mod.
• Post-field-test sweep of stale diagnostics, obsolete autostart-migration code, and noisy README/ignore rules. The startup-timing History event is retained.
• Removed the completed release-milestone docs and trimmed ROADMAP.md to open items only.

0.9.0 - 2026-06-24

Storage migrated to JSON; queue execution modes; failure notifications; tray left-click; Fyne 2.7.4.

Storage and data model:

• Settings and jobs now stored as gosentry.json and jobs.json (2-space indented JSON). On first run after upgrading, existing gosentry.yaml / jobs.yaml files are imported automatically and rewritten as JSON; the YAML files are not deleted.
• Removed SuccessExitCodes field. Exit-code handling is now fixed: exit code 0 = success, any nonzero exit code = failure. Jobs relying on nonzero success codes must switch to StartOnly mode if the exit code is irrelevant.

Execution modes and overlap policies:

• Added ExecutionMode (parallel/sequential) and OverlapPolicy (skip/queue) settings in Settings under a new Queue group.
  • Parallel mode (default): all due jobs start simultaneously.
  • Sequential mode: due jobs run one at a time, in order.
  • Skip policy (default): if a job comes due while its previous run is still active, the new run is discarded.
  • Queue policy: if a job comes due while running, the run is held and automatically started when the current run completes.
• Both settings are persisted to gosentry.json and validated on load; defaults ensure backward compatibility.

Notifications and command input:

• Failed job runs now raise a desktop notification (when enabled in Settings) with the job name and failure detail. Notifications fire for scheduled and manual runs; internal activity events are not notified.
• Added a Browse button next to the Command field in the job dialog for file picker selection.

UI and platform integration:

• Removed all PySentry legacy code: registry autostart entries (Windows), systemd and desktop file cleanup (Linux).
• Updated .gitignore and .dockerignore to track gosentry.json / jobs.json instead of legacy YAML filenames; added *.yaml wildcard to ignore legacy files during import.
• Moved developer documentation (Requirements, Build, Run From Source, Project Layout, Dependencies) out of README into docs/DEVELOPMENT.md. README now focuses on end-user content.

Icons and tray:

• Regenerated all icon assets with feathered color-to-alpha so the rounded-tile boundary is transparent — the opaque white halo visible on dark taskbars and trays is gone.
• Rebuilt gosentry.ico as a multi-size file (16 hand-tuned + 32/48/256 from the large PNG) and added a dedicated 16×16 icon for the Windows tray.
• Per-platform icon wiring: Windows window/taskbar uses the ICO resource so GLFW selects the right frame per slot; Windows tray uses the 16×16 ICO; Linux titlebar uses IconSmall() for a crisp ~16 px _NET_WM_ICON.
• Left-clicking the tray icon now shows and focuses the main window without opening the menu; the explicit "Show" menu item is preserved for right-click access.

Performance:

• Upgraded Fyne 2.6.3 → 2.7.4 (systray 1.11.0 → 1.12.1): startup time drops from ~644 ms to ~414 ms (−36%).
• Moved Windows-only runner tests into runner_windows_test.go (guarded by //go:build windows) to fix Linux test build.

0.8.0 - 2026-06-23

Desktop notifications for failed jobs; Browse button for command paths.

• Failed job runs now raise a desktop notification (title "GoSentry: Job Failed", body shows the job name and failure detail) when the "Show desktop notifications for failed jobs" setting is enabled. Notifications fire for scheduled and manual runs only; internal activity events are not notified.
• Added a Browse button next to the Command field in the job dialog so users can pick an executable from a file picker instead of typing the full path.

0.7.0 - 2026-06-23

Execution modes and overlap policies for parallel and sequential job dispatch.

• Added ExecutionMode setting (parallel/sequential) and OverlapPolicy setting (skip/queue) in Settings under a new Queue group.
  • Parallel mode (default): all due jobs start simultaneously.
  • Sequential mode: due jobs run one at a time, in order; a new job waits for the previous one to finish.
  • Skip policy (default): if a job comes due again while its previous run is still active, the new run is discarded.
  • Queue policy: if a job comes due again while running, the run is held and automatically started when the current run completes.
• Both settings are persisted to gosentry.json and validated on load; defaults ensure backward compatibility with existing installations.
• Added comprehensive unit tests verifying parallel start, sequential serialization, skip drops, and queue re-runs.
• Manual runs (RunNow) respect sequential mode: refused while any other job is running.
• No observable behavior changes with default (parallel/skip) settings; installations upgrading from earlier versions continue unchanged.

0.6.0 - 2026-06-22

PySentry legacy code removed.

• Removed all PySentry registry autostart entries (Windows), systemd and desktop file cleanup (Linux), and associated legacy code paths.
• Updated .gitignore and .dockerignore to ignore gosentry.json / jobs.json instead of the old YAML filenames; added *.yaml wildcard to ignore legacy files during the import window.
• No observable behavior changes; codebase cleanup after migration from PySentry naming.

0.5.0 - 2026-06-22

Storage migrated from YAML to JSON; exit-code flexibility removed.

• Settings and jobs are now stored as gosentry.json and jobs.json (2-space indented JSON). On first run after upgrading, existing gosentry.yaml / jobs.yaml files are imported automatically and the JSON files are written; the YAML files are not deleted and can be removed manually.
• Removed SuccessExitCodes field from jobs. Exit-code handling is now fixed: exit code 0 is success, any nonzero exit code is failure. Jobs that relied on nonzero success codes will now show "Failed"; update those jobs to use StartOnly mode if the exit code is irrelevant.
• Deleted runner/exitcodes.go; simplified runStateDetail accordingly.
• Tests updated: JSON round-trip tests, YAML-import tests for both config and jobs, exit-code flexibility tests removed.

0.4.0 - 2026-06-22

Architectural milestone: completed refactoring and reached target architecture.

• Completed Phase 5 refactoring: hardening, testing, and documentation.
  • Surface all save/cleanup errors from service and storage; no more silently swallowed _ = ... on persistence.
  • Introduced platform/autostart.Manager interface with per-platform implementations (Windows, Linux, other); inject into service instead of calling package functions.
  • Filled test gaps: folder filtering, log cleanup (count and age), settings persistence and migration, concurrent run prevention.
  • Verified go test -race ./... passes on Windows; no data races in the refactored codebase.
  • Updated docs/ARCHITECTURE.md, docs/TESTS.md, and README with final package structure and build/test instructions.
• Refactoring target reached: Service layer owns all state and is the sole writer; UI is a thin view marshaling updates via fyne.Do; core engines are stateless and injectable; domain layer is pure with no test noise.
• Known follow-ups recorded in ROADMAP.md:
  • Linux test build is currently broken (Windows-only test symbols need //go:build windows); will fix separately.
  • File-size soft limits exceeded in a few places; revisit when next editing those files.
• No observable behavior changes.

0.3.6 - 2026-06-22

• Completed Phase 4 refactoring: carved up the GUI into focused, testable components.
  • Renamed src/gui → src/ui and split monolithic app.go into run.go (lifecycle) and mainwindow.go (view construction).
  • Extracted view components into separate files: jobs_view.go, job_dialog.go, history_view.go, settings_view.go.
  • Extracted platform wiring into separate files: tray.go, singleinstance.go, layout.go.
  • Removed forbidden platform imports (autostart, desktop, paths) from src/ui; all platform concerns now flow through app.Service.
  • Upgraded Fyne from v2.5.3 to v2.6.3 to enable fyne.Do for cross-thread widget marshaling (resolves concurrency issue #4).
• Added docs/PERFORMANCE.md with measured startup-time analysis: the ~290ms increase from Phase 4 is entirely the Fyne 2.6.3 upgrade's w.Show() cost, not the restructuring.
• Added docs/PERFORMANCE.md and wired post-Fyne-2.7.x re-check into ROADMAP.md.
• No observable behavior changes; continued internal refactoring toward separated concerns and testability.

0.3.5 - 2026-06-19

• Completed Phase 3 refactoring: application service and state management.
  • Added app.Service as the single owner of application state (job registry, settings, run history).
  • Implemented event-driven observer dispatch: Services can emit events (JobAdded, JobChanged, etc.) to decouple state changes from UI updates.
  • Added app.Clock interface for testable time-dependent behavior in scheduler and run tracking.
  • Converted scheduler to drive app.Service instead of directly managing domain state.
  • Created app.Format helpers for display rendering (job names, schedule summaries, run times).
  • Added comprehensive unit tests for app.Service and supporting types.
• No observable behavior changes; continued internal refactoring toward separated concerns and testability.

0.3.4 - 2026-06-19

• Completed Phase 2 refactoring: domain cleanup and value object extraction.
  • Split durable job configuration (domain.Job) from transient execution state (domain.JobRuntime), keyed by job ID.
  • Added domain.Schedule value object with Parse, Validate, and Next(time.Time) methods for cron/interval parsing.
  • Migrated scheduler to parse schedules once at load/edit instead of per tick, removing duplicated parsing.
  • Made RunJob pure: runner no longer mutates jobs, returning only RunRecord for the caller to fold into runtime state.
  • Simplified storage.normalizeJobs to touch only durable configuration; runtime initialization moved to domain.NewRuntime.
• No observable behavior changes; continued internal refactoring toward separated concerns.

0.3.3 - 2026-06-18

• Completed Phase 1 refactoring: split the flat src/core package into specialized, focused packages:
  • src/domain for pure types (Job, RunRecord, Config)
  • src/storage for persistence (Load/Save, Paths, YAML helpers)
  • src/runner for job execution (RunJob orchestration, logging, exit codes)
  • src/scheduler for timing loop
  • src/platform/winproc for cross-platform hidden window configuration
  • src/platform/autostart for system autostart integration
  • src/platform/desktop for desktop environment integration
  • src/app for application-level code (Version, future Service layer)
• No observable behavior changes; internal structure improvements only.

0.3.1 - 2026-06-17

• Changed startup timing in History to measure until the main window is actually shown instead of stopping during UI construction.
• Added a separate startup History message for autostart launches that begin hidden in the tray.

0.3.0 - 2026-06-17

• Renamed the project from PySentry to GoSentry across the GUI, module path, build scripts, generated artifacts, desktop integration, and documentation.
• Renamed the command package to cmd/gosentry and Windows resource script to packaging/windows/gosentry.rc.
• Renamed portable application settings from pysentry.yaml to gosentry.yaml, while keeping one-time read compatibility for existing pysentry.yaml files.
• Renamed build artifacts from pysentry-* to gosentry-*.
• Updated autostart and Linux desktop integration to use GoSentry names while cleaning up older PySentry autostart entries.

0.2.5 - 2026-06-16

• Stabilized the Jobs details panel so long selected-job fields do not resize the right pane or application window.
• Switched Windows autostart from HKCU Run entries to a Startup folder shortcut, fixing executable paths that contain spaces.
• Added --start-in-tray autostart launches for Windows and Linux so sign-in startup does not open the main window.
• Added Windows shortcut tests and Linux autostart desktop-entry tests for the new startup-in-tray behavior.
• Updated autostart documentation and architecture notes for the Startup shortcut and XDG desktop-entry behavior.
• Documented the Windows VirtualBox/RDP OpenGL startup failure and the Mesa software OpenGL workaround.

0.2.4 - 2026-06-16

• Prevented repeated application launches by forwarding a second start attempt to the already running instance.
• A second instance now asks the first instance to show and focus the existing window, then exits.

0.2.3 - 2026-06-15

• Changed History to use chronological ordering with new records appended at the bottom.
• Replaced the History list with a compact table.
• Added Time column sorting in both ascending and descending directions.
• Made History table columns user-resizable through the native Fyne table header.
• Shortened the Log column display to file names instead of full paths.
• Unified UI event timestamps with command run timestamps.

0.2.2 - 2026-06-15

• Added Linux desktop integration that installs a user-level .desktop file and icon so taskbars can match the running window to the GoSentry icon.
• Added the installed icon path to Linux autostart desktop entries when available.
• Added ARCHITECTURE.md with a component interaction diagram and moved project documentation under docs/.
• Adjusted the Mermaid architecture diagram to avoid line-break syntax that breaks rendering in Gitea.
• Stabilized the Jobs tab pane layout so switching jobs does not move the divider.
• Added startup timing to the History tab.

0.2.1 - 2026-06-15

• Fixed Docker release scripts so container builds keep Go in PATH.
• Disabled Go VCS stamping for Docker release builds to avoid failures when .git metadata is unavailable inside the container.
• Made Docker release builds write dist/ artifacts with the current user's UID/GID instead of root ownership.
• Added ROADMAP.md with planned delivery formats and packaging priorities.
• Cleaned .gitignore for the current Go/Fyne project and kept the local _gsdata_/ rule.
• Added README links to official Go/Fyne sites and source repositories useful for dependency mirroring.
• Documented Windows dependency installation steps for Go and MSYS2 UCRT64 GCC.

0.2.0 - 2026-06-15

• Added working autostart support with status diagnostics in Settings.
• Switched Linux autostart to XDG Autostart .desktop files and clean up the legacy user systemd unit.
• Fixed Windows autostart status detection by parsing HKCU Run values and comparing executable paths reliably.
• Added background job execution so the GUI does not block while commands run.
• Suppressed Windows console windows for scheduled and manual command runs.
• Added application version display in the window title, Settings, and build artifact names.
• Moved release artifact commands from Dockerfile into scripts/build-release-linux.sh with interactive target selection.
• Added release build targets for Linux amd64, Linux arm64, and Windows amd64.
• Added README dependency installation notes and official Go/Fyne links.

0.1.0 - 2026-06-14

• Added the initial Fyne desktop GUI.
• Added YAML settings and single-file YAML job storage.
• Added @every and standard 5-field cron schedules.
• Added manual and scheduled command runs with per-run log files.
• Added job folders, history, global pause, and Windows tray support.
• Added Windows and Linux build helpers.