Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[1.7.0]

Changed

Wait for a longer time after flood control exceptions in the delete logic. This makes the whole process more resilient.
Move the whole poll deletion logic to an asynchronous background job.
Black code styling
Fix some weird issue that's probably related to Telegram's internal syncing when handling inline query results
Add client-side rate-limiting for errors to prevent flooding Sentry.
General dependency update.

Added

Users can retry to update references via button click.

Fixed

Fixed race-conditions that were created due to asynchronous poll deletion.
Some race-condition exception handling
Fix statistic plotting related memory leak
Handle a lot of edge-case exceptions that can be ignored.
Fix some unhandled markdown characters in usernames

[1.6.0] - 2020-08-09

Added

Pagination when listing polls.

Changed

Users are only allowed to own 200 polls (by default).
Poll Messages won't be removed when deleting all/all closed polls.
Use local venv for development with poetry
Dependency updates

Internal:

Huge internal restructuring and refactoring
Updated from raven to sentry-sdk

Fixed

Broken polls after adding new options to Priority Poll.
Fixed broken poll creation, when users added too many options at once.
Fixed exceptions when the bot was used in groups he wasn't allowed to send messages.
Fixed broken /list and /list_closed for users with too many polls
Fixed exceptions due to duplicate inline result updates.
Fixed exceptions due to channel posts in message handlers
Ignored exceptions when /start commands came in without a message.
Fixed broken polls due to special characters in usernames and poll names/titles

[1.5.0] - 2020-07-08

Added

Create new polls from native Telegram Polls. Thanks to @Josxa
Add complete deletion of all user data
Support /stop

Changed

Streamline poll styling interface
Added feature request tab in /help

Internal:

Fixe race-condition database bugs by running certain callback handlers synchronous
Add a contribution guide
New sentry sdk
Code formatting with black
Cleanup session handling

Fixed

Option with empty names can be fixed
Handle /start messages without a message
Handle polls that have too many options during creation
Fix a bug where inline message references could be duplicated

[1.4.0] - 2020-04-29

Added

Options can be sorted manually
New options. You have need to add those your config manually if you already have a deployed bot:
1. telegram.max_inline_shares The max amount of shared messages via inline query per poll
2. telegram.allow_private_vote This decides, whether you allowed
3. telegram.max_user_votes_per_day Set a limit how many votes are allowed per user per day.

Changed

Add anti-spam measures
Add possibility to ban users
Temporarily ban users on certain thresholds
Catalan language

Internal:

Configurable amount for max shared messages via inline query per poll
Slow async background updating of poll in other chats, while instantly updating the message the user voted on.
Removal of duplicate poll messages in private chats

[1.3.0] - 2020-02-11

Added

Priority vote poll. Thanks to Raffomania and hatzel!
Streamline all datepickers (breaking changes)
Display week day in vote buttons
Add explanations for most important options
Add warning about possible information leak via online status on anonymous polls
Add option to hide option count on polls.
Add option to allow/forbid sharing of polls
Language updates
Improvement of internal error handling

Fixed

Fixed poll notifications and due dates
Numerous minor bug fixes
Fix some security issues which allowed adding and sharing polls without explicit permission

[1.2.0] - 2019-11-07

Added

Completely revamp the user settings and /start interface
Add /settings command as shortcut to settings submenu
Add a prompt when deleting all polls of a user
Option to delete a specific poll without removing all messages
Link in poll settings, which allows anybody to share this poll to arbitrary groups
New doodle button layout. Old one can still be selected in poll styling settings
Lokalise integration
New language Italian
New language Spanish
New language Portuguese (Brazil)
New language Czech
Text adjustments
Forbid polls which are longer than 4000 characters at point of creation (Telegram limit)
Send warning for polls which are longer than 3000 characters at point of creation

Fixed

Hide remaining votes in anonymous polls
Fixed a bug where messages couldn't be sent due to messages being too long
Fixed a bug where inline queries didn't work due to many very long polls.
Percentage order option removed for doodle

[1.1.0] -

Added

Support for super long polls. Those polls now get summarized as soon as they reach a certain length and a new button appears. This button redirects to the bot and gives you a detailed summary of the poll results in multiple messages. (Telegram only allows 4096 characters per message)
Clicking on the letter buttons on a doodle poll (a), etc.) now shows the option's name
Revamp of the doodle result interface
Better help interface
Lots of text adjustments
Share polls after they have been closed
New language: Polish (Thanks to tszalbot)

New styling menu:

All styling and sorting related setting were put into a dedicated styling menu
All impacts on the poll layout can be seen live in the message above
Added new summarization setting. (Options with many votes are summarized like this and 10 oher people)

Fixed

Fixed a bug, where votes weren't registered, because the option name was too long.
Fixed a bug, where a user could vote twice on a single vote poll.
Fixed a bug, where a user could get a deleted poll in inline queries due to caching
Fixed a bug, where notifications weren't sent for all users due to one single user activating notifications and then removing the bot from the group.
Fixed a bug, where notifications weren't working, if the due date was more then 1 week in the future.
Hide remaining votes for unlimited poll

v1.0.1

Added

New language: German
New language: Turkish (Thanks to @cnpltdncsln)
Users in polls are linked with telegram mentions

Fixed

Prevent usage of markdown characters in user input
Fixed many typos/wrong translation keys
Fixed datepicker behaviour (Was really fucky before)
Some minor bugs

v1.0.0

Added

Support for super long polls. Those polls now get summarized as soon as they reach a certain length and a new button appears. This button redirects to the bot and gives you a detailed summary of the poll results in multiple messages. (Telegram only allows 4096 characters per message)
Clicking on the letter buttons on a doodle poll (a), etc.) now shows the option's name
Revamp of the doodle result interface
Better help interface
Lots of text adjustments
Share polls after they have been closed
New language: Polish (Thanks to tszalbot)

New styling menu:

All styling and sorting related setting were put into a dedicated styling menu
All impacts on the poll layout can be seen live in the message above
Added new summariza
New poll type - the shopping list
New poll type - doodle (yes, no, maybe)
Set a due date for a poll, at which the poll will be automatically closed
Activate notifications in chats, which remind everyone that the poll will close soon
Addition and removal of options
Introduce setting which allows all users to add options
Clone and Resetting of polls
Datepicker for options
External users can use the datepicker, when adding new options
Complete redesign of the poll interface
Better poll management interface structure
Allow european date formatting (This will be remembered for future polls)

Fixes

A good amount of bugfixes