Release 1.0.0

Initial MVP release of Fragforce Reads - an audio playback service for the VTO Book Reading project.

Added

Core Recording Features

• Browser-based audio recording workflow with mic access checks
• Pre-flight checklist for copyright compliance before recording
• Upload progress bar with user-friendly error handling
• Automatic audio remux pipeline for seeking support with ffmpeg
• Recording status tracking (pending, processing, ready, failed)
• Narrator dashboard showing available books and personal recordings
• Recording detail page with playback and flag-for-review functionality
• Profile page for narrators to update name and email
• Re-record capability for flagged recordings

QR Code System

• Auto-generated QR codes with short codes and passwords
• QR code labels with book info, narrator name, and password
• Printable QR sheet view for admins
• Short URL redirect (/q/<code>) to playback pages
• Case-insensitive password entry with rate limiting

Playback & Security

• Public playback page with password protection
• Range request support for audio seeking
• License expiry enforcement at playback time
• Session-based password unlocking (7-day sessions)
• Rate limiting on password attempts (5 attempts, 5-minute lockout)
• Narrator attribution visible before password entry
• Duration display in mm:ss format

Registration & Authentication

• Event code registration with rate limiting
• Invite link registration system
• Passphrase login with rate limiting
• Case-insensitive login
• Logout endpoint
• Welcome/login flow at /login/

Admin Features

• Book management with max narrator limits
• Narrator management with passphrase generation
• Recording admin with status filters and retry action
• QR code management with admin links
• Event code and invite link management

Infrastructure & Deployment

• Docker containerization (dev and prod variants)
• PostgreSQL 18.3 support
• GitHub Actions CI/CD (lint, test, coverage, SonarCloud)
• Docker image builds for dev and prod
• Whitenoise static file serving
• SSL security settings with SECURE_SSL flag
• Health check endpoint (/healthz/) for internal networks
• Persistent database connections (CONN_MAX_AGE=600)
• Non-root container execution
• Media file storage and serving

Testing & Quality

• Comprehensive test suite (146+ tests)
• Coverage reporting
• SonarCloud quality gate integration
• Per-app test package structure
• CODEOWNERS for CI/build config protection

Security

• Rate limiting on login, event registration, and playback passwords
• Upload size validation (100MB limit)
• Recording duration bounds validation (max 3600s)
• Attestation text length validation (max 5000 chars)
• HTTP method restrictions on all views
• CSRF protection
• Session security with 7-day expiry
• File handle cleanup in range-request serving
• Healthz endpoint restricted to internal networks only

Changed

• Simplified QR password format from 4alphanumeric-word-word to word-word-2digits
• Narrator attribution now visible before password entry
• Audio files served through view with auth checks (no direct static serving)
• Recovered stuck recordings on app startup (gunicorn/runserver only)

Fixed

• N+1 query optimization in dashboard view
• File handle leak in range-request audio serving
• Max narrators check when set to 0
• Visited link color on buttons
• Audio URL routing conflicts
• Admin retry action queryset re-evaluation
• Remux claim race condition with SELECT FOR UPDATE SKIP LOCKED
• Signal registration and file cleanup on recording delete
• HTML accessibility and CSS deprecation warnings
• Cognitive complexity in views (SonarCloud)