- Introduced DATABASE_POOL_CONN_MAX_LIFETIME to manage pooled connection lifecycle, improving performance and resource management.
- Updated database engine path to use 'dispatcharr.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg3' for consistency.
- Enhanced logging configuration for geventpool connection lifecycle tracking.
- Switch engine to postgresql_psycopg3 (PR had wrong engine name,
and we're migrating from psycopg2 to psycopg3 as part of this work)
- Set CONN_MAX_AGE=0 (required by geventpool; PR had None)
- Reduce MAX_CONNS 20→8, REUSE_CONNS 10→3 to avoid exhausting
pg max_connections across 4 uWSGI workers + Celery
- Add pool=False to explicitly disable Django's native psycopg3 pool
- Enable gevent cooperative multitasking in all uWSGI worker configs
(gevent-early-monkey-patch + import dispatcharr.gevent_patch)
- Rewrite WebSocket group sends to bypass asyncio in gevent workers:
_gevent_ws_send() replicates the channels_redis 4.x wire format
directly via synchronous Redis so send_websocket_update() and
_send_async() no longer fail silently after epoll is patched out
- Fix PostgreSQL connection exhaustion: CONN_MAX_AGE=0 + explicit
close_old_connections() in stream manager and cleanup watchdog loops
- Fix stream proxy race: register client before the connect-wait loop
so the cleanup watchdog never sees zero clients on a live channel
- Channel list/logo/profile queryset optimisations: conditional DISTINCT,
EXISTS semi-joins for filter-options, channel_count annotation to
eliminate N+1 in LogoSerializer, prefetched memberships in
ChannelProfileSerializer
- JsonResponse for channel ID list and summary endpoints
- Set `DEFAULT_PERMISSION_CLASSES` to `Authenticated` in the DRF configuration.
- Explicitly marked the HDHomeRun discovery endpoints (`DiscoverAPIView`, `LineupAPIView`, `LineupStatusAPIView`, `HDHRDeviceXMLAPIView`) and the version endpoint with `permission_classes = [AllowAny]` to document their intentionally public access now that the global default is `Authenticated`.
Restructure cleanup in refresh_single_m3u_account so del statements
run before gc.collect(), enabling cyclic garbage collection. Add worker_max_memory_per_child as a safety net against memory fragmentation.
Closes#1012, Closes#1053
Add support for authentication when connecting to external Redis instances in modular deployment mode. This enables secure Redis deployments using either password-only authentication (Redis <6) or
username + password authentication (Redis 6+ ACL).
Changes:
- Add REDIS_PASSWORD and REDIS_USER environment variables
- Implement URL encoding for special characters in passwords
- Update all Redis connection points to support auth
- Add comprehensive documentation and examples to docker-compose.yml
- Maintains full backward compatibility (empty defaults = no auth)
All authentication mechanisms have been fully tested including pasword-only authentication, Redis 6+ ACL authentication with username + password, volume-mounted configuration files, and special character handling.
Existing deployments are not effected, authentication support is entirely opt-in using docker-compose.
Also, acknowledging the fact that the docker-compose file for modular deployments has been getting out of hand with auth support, the docker-compose.yml file was re-formatted for better visibility in configuration. This seemed like a better way to go than mandating a .env file.
Real-time notifications for system events and alerts
Per-user notification management and dismissal
Update check on startup and every 24 hours to notify users of available versions
Notification center UI component
Automatic cleanup of expired notifications
- Native Bearer token authentication support in Swagger UI - users can now enter just the JWT token and the "Bearer " prefix is automatically added
- Modern OpenAPI 3.0 specification compliance
- Better auto-generation of request/response schemas
- Improved documentation accuracy with serializer introspection
Replace hardcoded localhost:6379 values throughout codebase with environment-based configuration. Add REDIS_PORT support and allow REDIS_URL override for external Redis services. Configure Celery broker/result backend to use Redis settings with environment variable overrides.
Closes#762
Added ability to use custom comskip.ini
Added series recording without reliance on EPG
Fixed comskip bug
Fixed timezone mismatch when scheduling DVR recordings
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