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PyCA 4.5

New Features
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* Ad-hoc Recordings by @lkiesow in https://github.com/opencast/pyCA/pull/378

Fixes
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* Lower required Prometheus client version by @lkiesow in https://github.com/opencast/pyCA/pull/345
* Missing steps in installation documentation by @lkiesow in https://github.com/opencast/pyCA/pull/346
* Development command for starting all parts of pyCA by @lkiesow in https://github.com/opencast/pyCA/pull/347
* Document how to configure a continuous preview by @kristofkeppens in https://github.com/opencast/pyCA/pull/355
* Fix Silently Discarding Data by @lkiesow in https://github.com/opencast/pyCA/pull/377
* Updated FFmpeg download source URL for newer FFmpeg version by @pitfisher in https://github.com/opencast/pyCA/pull/369
* Ensure Default Reload Interval by @lkiesow in https://github.com/opencast/pyCA/pull/379

Tests
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* Run Bandit Tests by @lkiesow in https://github.com/opencast/pyCA/pull/348
* User Interface Tests by @lkiesow in https://github.com/opencast/pyCA/pull/354
* Fix Event Modification Test Data by @lkiesow in https://github.com/opencast/pyCA/pull/380

The release also includes several updated libraries.

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/opencast/pyCA/compare/v4.4...v4.5

PyCA 4.4

This is the release 4.4 of pyCA.

PyCA 4.4 contains a new OpenMetrics endpoint, an enhanced user interface
and a few library updates.

New Features
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- OpenMetrics endpoint which alles monitoring PyCA via Prometheus (ffb12dd)

Enhancements
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- Add the event title to the recordings overview (efe62dd, 5707094)
- Update container images (e0204cd, b2da954)

Libaries
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- Updated several JavaScript libraries

PyCA 4.3

This is the release 4.3 of pyCA.

PyCA 4.3 is a minor bugfix release with no changes to configuration or
recording functionality.

Bug Fixes
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- Lower Required Flask Version (3458dd9)

PyCA 4.2

This is the release 4.2 of pyCA.

PyCA 4.2 is a minor bugfix release with no changes to configuration or
recording functionality.

Bug Fixes
---------

- Updated several front-end libraries
- Lower Required Flask Version (df4f8bf)
- Fix potential mixed content web interface error (c35c8b8)

PyCA 4.1

This is the release 4.1 of pyCA.

PyCA 4.1 improves its backup mode functionality while fixing some user
interface bugs and introduces containers as new deployment method.

Features
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- Allowed manual ingest via UI in backup mode (43e44a7)
- Introduce Containerization (a5f98b6, 47f1e74)

Bug Fixes
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- Updated several front-end libraries
- Fixed some documentation (2280a59)
- Fixed re-upload of events (64fb7ca)
- Prevent active events from being listed twice (5f909f9)

Tests
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- Fix Coveralls deployment (64e5ca0)

Development
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- Separate Vue components for improved source files structure (8db49a5)
- Droped old development UI server (596bd7c)

Note About 4.0/3.3
------------------

The same release was accidentially labeled as 3.3 at some placed as 4.0
at others.  They are identical.

PyCA 3.3

This is the release 3.3 of pyCA.

PyCA 3.3 adds new features helping in particular with larger
deployments, as well as a number of minor bug fixes.

Features
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- Re-ingest button in the user interface (008be68).
- Don't upload metadata catalogs by default since Opencast holds them
  internally anyway (15288d9, 2e684e5).
- Configurable, random delay for ingests to avoid accidental DDoS
  attacks (d93440d).
- Upload rate limiting for ingests (f9f6cb6, b8e120b)
- Official Python 3.9 support (5b9a612).

Bug Fixes
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- Updated several front-end libraries
- Release database sessions when they are no longer needed. This was
  causing issues when using PostgreSQL (80114f1).
- Fixed database initialization causing problems on first start-up when
  several services were started in parallel (568b47c).
- Fixed the content type of the metrics endpoint's response which was
  incorrect according to JSONAPI (060027b).
- Fixed a problem with the logs endpoint which was using functionality
  introduced in Python 3.7 (4277d79).
- Fixed a few minor logging issues where exceptions were not logged
  properly (730f0e4).

Tests
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- Switch to coverally-python (90e9055).
- Tests for the preview image JSON-API (7f29295).
- Additional tests for pyCA (820402a).
- Switch to GitHub Actions (bc2dc3e).

PyCA 3.2

This is the release 3.2 of pyCA.

Version 3.2 of pyCA introduces new functionality to monitor and manage
the capture agent's host system by freeing disk space and providing
access to logs.

It also comes with a major overhaul of pyCA's documentation.

Features
--------

- Complete overhaul of the documentation
  (682b0f0ade21ed18179334036ee51b58e1493b06)
- Option to remove recorded files locally after they have been
  successfully uploaded (f9c7f409943f93052aaec0f2810c32a9d3ffe4b0)
- Introduce a new optional API for system logs
  (c1c9bcede4d04f3f45bfe7f4d7d3e9ec169ae047)
  and make them available via the user interface
  (e0b11e3868bb8b435bcf9bd5f48392c07423eead)
- Improved debugging of HTTP requests
  (6ec5d56cdbe761c7aab50e773fc57ce30aa2704b)
- Highlight failed recordings with a warning icon
  (c343949af359559a451f8ee76574bc3202cfd053,
  d53e47cc66fda1577087de739462f58bd13af73d)

Bug Fixes
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- Improved routine for service endpoint updates ensuring that services
  are actually online before trying to use them e.g. for ingests
  (050bc4262f7427682a144a1495fb41f689d5b1db)
- Fix some edge cases when starting to record which could cause the
  service to fail (baa0561ccc5aeb65745f2eac6a38df4fe6b3d864)
- Fix test assertions (fef63d70534789a5c536d18d91ced29cd53cc895)

PyCA 2.1

PyCA 2.0

This is the release of pyCA 2.0.

Version 2.0 is a major redesign of the source code and a significant
step forward for more robustness, flexibility and usability.

Main Features
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- Introduction of new worker concept, enabling the capture agent to
  perform parallel capture, ingest and scheduling tasks. It also makes
  it possible to control and launch parts of the capture agent
  separately and ensures that potential errors are well contained and do
  not affect all of the capture agent.

- New user interface to see what is going on on the capture agent. The
  web interface provides information about current and past recordings
  as well as the currently buffered schedule. The interface is optimized
  for a mobile view as well.

- Automatic verification of the configuration to prevent issues early.
  This includes type and (in some cases) value checks for configuration
  options.

- 96% unit test coverage for the code to ensure that things actually
  work and new patches do not accidentally break known behavior.

- Python 2 and Python 3 compatibility to ensure that pyCA can be run on
  all types of devices and operating systems.

- Fixes for a lot of minor issues like general Unicode compatibility,
  user feedback, system logging, …

New Release Process
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PyCA will now follow a more agile release process with smaller, but more
frequent releases. PyCA 2.1 is already planned and will contain features
like a REST API, a more responsive web interface and capture process
control mechanisms.

Credits
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A special thanks to Jan Koppe and Sven Haardiek which helped a lot to
make this release possible by submitting and reviewing code as well as
complaining about potential issues. Thanks!

pyCA 1.0.1

Release v1.0.0