Warracker Files

🚀 Release 1.0.0 – Renovate Automation, Audit Trails, and Global Enhancements

Version 1.0.0 marks a major milestone, our 51st release, and the moment we’re officially taking Warracker out of beta 🎉. This release delivers automated dependency management, a robust admin audit trail, comprehensive multilingual support, and major Docker optimizations cutting the image size by half while improving security and maintainability.

⚠️ Important: It's advised that before upgrading, to please back up your database and configuration. After updating, clear or refresh your browser data to ensure all new assets load correctly.

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🤖 Automated Dependency Management with Renovate

✅ Smarter, Safer Dependency Upkeep

• Integrated Renovate Bot for continuous dependency maintenance.
• Intelligent grouping for Debian packages, Python libraries, and GitHub Actions.
• Automated weekly checks (runs every Monday at midnight).

• Includes:

• Merge confidence badges

• Version pinning
• OpenSSF Scorecard checks
• Safe handling of major upgrades

✅ Result: Secure, low-maintenance, and fully automated dependency management.

• Contributed by @Erwan-loot

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🧾 Administrator Audit Trail

✅ Complete Administrative Transparency

• Added admin-only audit logging for key events:

• Site setting changes (with secrets masked)

• User updates and deletions
• New GET /api/admin/audit-trail endpoint.
• Frontend: dedicated Audit Trail section under Settings for admins.

✅ Result: Full visibility into critical changes with safe and structured logs.

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🏷️ New “Model Number” Field for Warranties

✅ Richer Product Tracking

• Added optional Model Number field to all warranty records.
• Displayed in warranty cards and modals across all views (Home, Global, Status).
• Search and statistics updated to include model_number.

✅ Result: Easier product identification and traceability.

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🌍 Global Language Expansion

✅ Two New Languages + Complete Coverage

• Polish (pl) and Hebrew (he) added with full translation coverage.
• Hebrew includes full RTL layout support.
• Completed warranty claim modal translations across all locales (18+ languages).
• Added localized Reddit Community link to the About page.

✅ Result: True global accessibility with complete multilingual support.

Credits:

• Polish by @GaikMarcin
• Hebrew by @ngfblog

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🐳 Docker & Infrastructure Upgrades

✅ Streamlined, Secure, and Smaller Than Ever

• Refactored Dockerfile with multi-stage builds, reducing image size by ~50%.

• Added dedicated Docker setup:

• entrypoint.sh, nginx-wrapper.sh, and supervisord.conf

• Enforced LF endings for scripts, pinned dependencies, and applied Docker security best practices.

✅ Result: Faster builds, leaner deployments, and safer runtime environments.

Contributed by @Erwan-loot

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⚙️ Core Enhancements

✅ Reliability and Maintainability

• Refactored OIDC handler and database layer for cleaner code and stability.
• Enhanced frontend cache busting to ensure clients always load the latest files.
• PWA service worker now refreshes instantly (skipWaiting() + clients.claim()).

✅ Result: Faster load times, improved stability, and reduced caching issues.

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🧭 Smarter Search and Dashboard Behavior

✅ Model-Aware Search

• Search across Home and Status pages now matches by Model Number.
• Updated search placeholders and backend filters.

✅ Archived Status Support

• Added Archived filter to the Status dashboard.
• Archived warranties now appear under “All” and “Archived” views with neutral styling.

✅ Result: Clearer warranty organization and smoother search experience.

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🧩 UI & UX Fixes

• Global warranties now display correctly across users, including archived items.
• Model Number now appears correctly in all locales and views.
• Small-screen optimizations: Tabs and labels adapt below 430 px.
• Document links: External URLs now visible even without notes/files.
• Chrome scrollbar fix: Removed overflow-causing width hacks.

✅ Result: Cleaner, consistent, and mobile-friendly interface across browsers.

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📦 Dependency Upgrades

Major updates:

• Python → 3.14
• gevent → 25.9.1
• flask-cors → 6.0.1
• Font Awesome → 7.x
• postgresql-client → 17

Minor updates: Flask 3.1.2, Werkzeug 3.1.3, Psycopg2 2.9.11, PyJWT 2.10.1, APScheduler 3.11.0, Authlib 1.6.5, and more.

✅ Result: Updated dependencies with improved speed, security, and compatibility.

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🧭 Migration Notes

• Migration 047 adds model_number column to warranties.
• Migration 048 creates audit_log table for admin trail.
• Migration 049–050 adds pl and he to supported language constraints.
• Rebuild required: Rebuild Docker image for Python 3.14.

• Verify:

• flask-cors v6 compatibility

• Font Awesome 7 rendering
• PostgreSQL 17 client connection

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🙌 Credits

• Renovate integration and Docker optimization by @Erwan-loot
• Polish translation by @GaikMarcin
• Hebrew translation by @ngfblog

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This 1.0.0 release makes Warracker production-ready, leaner, faster, multilingual, and more maintainable than ever. While we’re proud to move out of beta, please back up before upgrading and refresh your browser data after the update to ensure a smooth transition.

✨ Welcome to Warracker 1.0 , Stable, global, and future-ready.