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@dchuk dchuk released this 21 Feb 18:11
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[0.8.0] - 2026-02-21

Added

  • Automatic source favicons. Sources now display favicons next to their names in list and detail views. Favicons are fetched automatically via background job on source creation and successful feed fetches using a multi-strategy cascade: /favicon.ico direct fetch, HTML <link> tag parsing (preferring largest available), and Google Favicon API fallback. Requires Active Storage in the host app.
    • New configuration section: config.favicons with enabled (default: true), fetch_timeout (5s), max_download_size (1MB), retry_cooldown_days (7), and allowed_content_types settings.
    • Colored initials placeholder shown when no favicon is available (consistent HSL color derived from source name).
    • Graceful degradation: host apps without Active Storage see placeholders only, no errors.
    • OPML imports also trigger favicon fetches for each imported source with a website_url.
    • Manual "Fetch Favicon" button on source detail pages; favicon fetch also triggered on 304 Not Modified responses when missing.
    • Redirect-following in favicon discoverer for domains that redirect (e.g., reddit.com -> www.reddit.com).
  • Toast notification stacking. Bulk operations no longer flood the screen with overlapping toasts. At most 3 toasts are visible at a time; overflow is shown as a "+N more" badge that expands the full stack on click. "Clear all" button dismisses every toast at once.
    • Error-level toasts persist for 10 seconds (vs 5 seconds for info/success).
    • Hidden toasts promote into visible slots as earlier toasts auto-dismiss.
    • Container controller tracks DOM changes via MutationObserver and properly cleans up event listeners on disconnect.

Changed

  • Browser-like default User-Agent. Default HTTP User-Agent changed from SourceMonitor/<version> to Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; SourceMonitor/<version>) with full browser-like headers (Accept, Accept-Language, DNT, Referer from source website_url). This prevents bot-blocking by feed servers.
  • Smarter scrape rate limiting. Default max_in_flight_per_source changed from 25 to nil (unlimited). The previous default unnecessarily throttled scraping for sources with many items. Set an explicit value in your initializer if you need per-source caps.
  • Health check triggers status re-evaluation. A successful manual health check on a degraded (declining/critical/warning) source now triggers a feed fetch, allowing the health monitor to transition the source back to "improving" status instead of requiring the source to recover on its own schedule.

Fixed

  • Favicon discoverer properly follows HTTP redirects (e.g., reddit.com -> www.reddit.com).
  • Favicon fetch uses rails_blob_path for correct routing within the engine context.
  • Favicon display prefers PNG format (via Google Favicon API) over raw ICO for better browser compatibility.
  • Gemspec excludes .vbw-planning/ from gem package to reduce gem size.

Testing

  • 1,134 tests, 0 failures.
  • RuboCop: 0 offenses.
  • Brakeman: 0 warnings.
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