v1.1.0

Release v1.1.0

Release Notes

This release brings significant improvements to Gogios' reliability, usability, and maintainability. Key highlights include enhanced error handling, a new force notification feature for health monitoring, improved dependency management, and better development tooling.

✨ New Features

Force Notification Flag

• Added -force flag to send notifications even when all checks are OK
• Useful for verifying email server functionality and ensuring monitoring system health
• Recommended for weekly health checks via cron

Enhanced Retry Logic

• Added configurable retry attempts and retry intervals for failed checks
• Improves reliability by reducing false positives from temporary network issues
• Helps distinguish between transient and persistent problems

Automatic State Directory Creation

• Gogios now automatically creates the state directory if it doesn't exist
• Eliminates manual setup steps and reduces deployment complexity
• Includes OpenBSD-specific rc.local setup instructions

🔧 Improvements

Better Error Handling

• Improved error reporting and logging throughout the application
• More descriptive error messages for easier troubleshooting
• Enhanced dependency validation with clearer error messages

Code Quality & Maintenance

• Refactored codebase into logical internal packages for better organization
• Added comprehensive linting and vetting checks
• Improved code consistency and reduced technical debt
• Updated to use modern Go practices (replaced deprecated ioutil package)

Development Experience

• Added Taskfile.yml for streamlined development workflows
• Integrated GoReleaser for automated release management
• Added proper version string management
• Improved project structure following Go best practices

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed timeout handling for check commands
• Corrected JSON field tags for proper configuration parsing
• Fixed dependency error handling and context management
• Resolved various lint warnings and code issues

📝 Documentation Updates

• Enhanced README with clearer setup instructions
• Added OpenBSD-specific configuration guidance
• Improved cron job examples with force notification schedule
• Better documentation of retry functionality

🔄 Internal Changes

• Reorganized code structure with cmd/ and internal/ packages
• Standardized naming conventions (e.g., Nagios status codes)
• Improved configuration handling and validation
• Enhanced notification system reliability

This release maintains full backward compatibility with existing configurations while providing new capabilities for more robust monitoring setups.