BREAKING CHANGE: Permission system now actively enforced across all routes
## Summary
Complete implementation of advanced role-based access control (RBAC) system
with full route protection, UI conditionals, and enhanced management interface.
## Route Protection
- Updated all admin routes to use @admin_or_permission_required decorator
- Replaced inline admin checks with granular permission checks in:
* Admin routes: user management, settings, backups, telemetry, OIDC
* Project routes: create, edit, delete, archive, bulk operations
* Client routes: create, edit, delete, archive, bulk operations
- Maintained backward compatibility with existing @admin_required decorator
## UI Permission Integration
- Added template helpers (has_permission, has_any_permission) to all templates
- Navigation conditionally shows admin/OIDC links based on permissions
- Action buttons (Edit, Delete, Archive) conditional on user permissions
- Project and client pages respect permission requirements
- Create buttons visible only with appropriate permissions
## Enhanced Roles & Permissions UI
- Added statistics dashboard showing:
* Total roles, system roles, custom roles, assigned users
- Implemented expandable permission details in roles list
* Click to view all permissions grouped by category
* Visual checkmarks for assigned permissions
- Enhanced user list with role visibility:
* Shows all assigned roles as color-coded badges
* Blue badges for system roles, gray for custom roles
* Yellow badges for legacy roles with migration prompt
* Merged legacy role column into unified "Roles & Permissions"
- User count per role now clickable and accurate
## Security Improvements
- Added CSRF tokens to all new permission system forms:
* Role creation/edit form
* Role deletion form
* User role assignment form
- All POST requests now protected against CSRF attacks
## Technical Details
- Fixed SQLAlchemy relationship query issues (AppenderQuery)
- Proper use of .count() for relationship aggregation
- Jinja2 namespace for accumulating counts in templates
- Responsive grid layouts for statistics and permission cards
## Documentation
- Created comprehensive implementation guides
- Added permission enforcement documentation
- Documented UI enhancements and features
- Included CSRF protection review
## Impact
- Permissions are now actively enforced, not just defined
- Admins can easily see who has what access
- Clear visual indicators of permission assignments
- Secure forms with CSRF protection
- Production-ready permission system
Implement comprehensive time rounding preferences that allow each user to
configure how their time entries are rounded when stopping timers.
Features:
- Per-user rounding settings (independent from global config)
- Multiple rounding intervals: 1, 5, 10, 15, 30, 60 minutes
- Three rounding methods: nearest, up (ceiling), down (floor)
- Enable/disable toggle for flexible time tracking
- Real-time preview showing rounding examples
- Backward compatible with existing global rounding settings
Database Changes:
- Add migration 027 with three new user columns:
* time_rounding_enabled (Boolean, default: true)
* time_rounding_minutes (Integer, default: 1)
* time_rounding_method (String, default: 'nearest')
Implementation:
- Update User model with rounding preference fields
- Modify TimeEntry.calculate_duration() to use per-user rounding
- Create app/utils/time_rounding.py with core rounding logic
- Update user settings route and template with rounding UI
- Add comprehensive unit, model, and smoke tests (50+ test cases)
UI/UX:
- Add "Time Rounding Preferences" section to user settings page
- Interactive controls with live example visualization
- Descriptive help text and method explanations
- Fix navigation: Settings link now correctly points to user.settings
- Fix CSRF token in settings form
Documentation:
- Add comprehensive user guide (docs/TIME_ROUNDING_PREFERENCES.md)
- Include API documentation and usage examples
- Provide troubleshooting guide and best practices
- Add deployment instructions for migration
Testing:
- Unit tests for rounding logic (tests/test_time_rounding.py)
- Model integration tests (tests/test_time_rounding_models.py)
- End-to-end smoke tests (tests/test_time_rounding_smoke.py)
Fixes:
- Correct settings navigation link in user dropdown menu
- Fix CSRF token format in user settings template
This feature enables flexible billing practices, supports different client
requirements, and maintains exact time tracking when needed.
Features:
Add favorite projects feature allowing users to star/bookmark frequently used projects
New UserFavoriteProject association model with user-project relationships
Star icons in project list for one-click favorite toggling via AJAX
Filter to display only favorite projects
Per-user favorites with proper isolation and cascade delete behavior
Activity logging for favorite/unfavorite actions
Database:
Add user_favorite_projects table with migration (023_add_user_favorite_projects.py)
Foreign keys to users and projects with CASCADE delete
Unique constraint preventing duplicate favorites
Indexes on user_id and project_id for query optimization
Models:
User model: Add favorite_projects relationship with helper methods
add_favorite_project() - add project to favorites
remove_favorite_project() - remove from favorites
is_project_favorite() - check favorite status
get_favorite_projects() - retrieve favorites with status filter
Project model: Add is_favorited_by() method and include favorite status in to_dict()
Export UserFavoriteProject model in app/models/__init__.py
Routes:
Add /projects/<id>/favorite POST endpoint to favorite a project
Add /projects/<id>/unfavorite POST endpoint to unfavorite a project
Update /projects GET route to support favorites=true query parameter
Fix status filtering to work correctly with favorites JOIN query
Add /reports/export/form GET endpoint for enhanced CSV export form
Templates:
Update projects/list.html:
Add favorites filter dropdown to filter form (5-column grid)
Add star icon column with Font Awesome icons (filled/unfilled)
Add JavaScript toggleFavorite() function for AJAX favorite toggling
Improve hover states and transitions for better UX
Pass favorite_project_ids and favorites_only to template
Update reports/index.html:
Update CSV export link to point to new export form
Add icon and improve hover styling
Reports:
Enhance CSV export functionality with dedicated form page
Add filter options for users, projects, clients, and date ranges
Set default date range to last 30 days
Import Client model and or_ operator for advanced filtering
Testing:
Comprehensive test suite in tests/test_favorite_projects.py (550+ lines)
Model tests for UserFavoriteProject creation and validation
User/Project method tests for favorite operations
Route tests for favorite/unfavorite endpoints
Filtering tests for favorites-only view
Relationship tests for cascade delete behavior
Smoke tests for complete workflows
Coverage for edge cases and error handling
Documentation:
Add comprehensive feature documentation in docs/FAVORITE_PROJECTS_FEATURE.md
User guide with step-by-step instructions
Technical implementation details
API documentation for new endpoints
Migration guide and troubleshooting
Performance and security considerations
Template Cleanup:
Remove duplicate templates from root templates/ directory
Admin templates (dashboard, users, settings, OIDC debug, etc.)
Client CRUD templates
Error page templates
Invoice templates
Project templates
Report templates
Timer templates
All templates now properly located in app/templates/
Breaking Changes:
None - fully backward compatible
Migration Required:
Run alembic upgrade head to create user_favorite_projects table
This commit introduces several high-impact features to improve user experience
and productivity:
New Features:
- Activity Logging: Comprehensive audit trail tracking user actions across the
system with Activity model, including IP address and user agent tracking
- Time Entry Templates: Reusable templates for frequently logged activities with
usage tracking and quick-start functionality
- Saved Filters: Save and reuse common search/filter combinations across
different views (projects, tasks, reports)
- User Preferences: Enhanced user settings including email notifications,
timezone, date/time formats, week start day, and theme preferences
- Excel Export: Generate formatted Excel exports for time entries and reports
with styling and proper formatting
- Email Notifications: Complete email system for task assignments, overdue
invoices, comments, and weekly summaries with HTML templates
- Scheduled Tasks: Background task scheduler for periodic operations
Models Added:
- Activity: Tracks all user actions with detailed context and metadata
- TimeEntryTemplate: Stores reusable time entry configurations
- SavedFilter: Manages user-saved filter configurations
Routes Added:
- user.py: User profile and settings management
- saved_filters.py: CRUD operations for saved filters
- time_entry_templates.py: Template management endpoints
UI Enhancements:
- Bulk actions widget component
- Keyboard shortcuts help modal with advanced shortcuts
- Save filter widget component
- Email notification templates
- User profile and settings pages
- Saved filters management interface
- Time entry templates interface
Database Changes:
- Migration 022: Creates activities and time_entry_templates tables
- Adds user preference columns (notifications, timezone, date/time formats)
- Proper indexes for query optimization
Backend Updates:
- Enhanced keyboard shortcuts system (commands.js, keyboard-shortcuts-advanced.js)
- Updated projects, reports, and tasks routes with activity logging
- Safe database commit utilities integration
- Event tracking for analytics
Dependencies:
- Added openpyxl for Excel generation
- Added Flask-Mail dependencies
- Updated requirements.txt
All new features include proper error handling, activity logging integration,
and maintain existing functionality while adding new capabilities.
Store user avatars in persistent /data volume instead of application
directory to ensure profile pictures survive container rebuilds and
version updates.
Changes:
- Update avatar upload folder from app/static/uploads/avatars to
/data/uploads/avatars using existing app_data volume mount
- Modify get_avatar_upload_folder() in auth routes to use persistent
location with UPLOAD_FOLDER config
- Update User.get_avatar_path() to reference new storage location
- Add migration script to safely move existing avatars to new location
- Preserve backward compatibility - no database changes required
Benefits:
- Profile pictures now persist between Docker image updates
- Consistent with company logo storage pattern (/data/uploads)
- Better user experience - avatars not lost during upgrades
- Production-ready data/code separation
- All persistent uploads consolidated in app_data volume
Migration:
For existing installations with user avatars, run:
docker-compose run --rm app python /app/docker/migrate-avatar-storage.py
New installations work automatically with no action required.
Documentation:
- docs/AVATAR_STORAGE_MIGRATION.md - Full migration guide
- docs/AVATAR_PERSISTENCE_SUMMARY.md - Quick reference
- docs/TEST_AVATAR_PERSISTENCE.md - Testing guide
- AVATAR_PERSISTENCE_CHANGELOG.md - Detailed changelog
Files modified:
- app/routes/auth.py
- app/models/user.py
Files added:
- docker/migrate-avatar-storage.py
- docs/AVATAR_STORAGE_MIGRATION.md
- docs/AVATAR_PERSISTENCE_SUMMARY.md
- docs/TEST_AVATAR_PERSISTENCE.md
- AVATAR_PERSISTENCE_CHANGELOG.md
Tested: ✓ No linter errors, backward compatible, volume mount verified
BREAKING CHANGE: Removed legacy license server in favor of Stripe billing
Major changes:
- Remove license server system (563 lines removed from license_server.py)
- Add multi-tenant support with organizations and memberships
- Integrate Stripe billing and subscription management
- Enhance authentication with 2FA, password reset, and JWT tokens
- Add provisioning and onboarding flows for new customers
- Implement row-level security (RLS) for data isolation
- Add GDPR compliance features and data retention policies
- Enhance admin dashboard with billing reconciliation and customer management
- Add security scanning tools (Bandit, Gitleaks, GitHub Actions workflow)
- Implement rate limiting and enhanced password policies
- Update all routes to support organization context
- Enhance user model with billing and security fields
- Add promo code system for marketing campaigns
- Update Docker initialization for better database setup
Modified files:
- Core: app.py, app/__init__.py, app/config.py
- Models: Enhanced user model (+175 lines), updated all models for multi-tenancy
- Routes: Enhanced admin routes (+479 lines), updated all routes for org context
- Templates: Updated login, admin dashboard, and settings
- Docker: Enhanced database initialization scripts
- Dependencies: Added stripe, pyotp, pyjwt, and security packages
Deleted files:
- app/utils/license_server.py
- docs/LICENSE_SERVER_*.md (3 files)
- templates/admin/license_status.html
- test_license_server.py
New features:
- Organizations and membership management
- Stripe billing integration with webhook handling
- Enhanced authentication (2FA, password reset, refresh tokens)
- GDPR compliance and data export/deletion
- Onboarding checklist for new customers
- Promo code system
- Security enhancements (rate limiting, password policies)
- Admin tools for customer and billing management
Net change: 46 files changed, 1490 insertions(+), 1968 deletions(-)
- Integrate Flask-Babel and i18n utilities; initialize in app factory
- Add `preferred_language` to `User` with Alembic migration (011_add_user_preferred_language)
- Add `babel.cfg` and `scripts/extract_translations.py`
- Add `translations/` for en, de, fr, it, nl, fi
- Update templates to use `_()` and add language picker in navbar/profile
- Respect locale in routes and context processors; persist user preference
- Update requirements and Docker/Docker entrypoint for Babel/gettext support
- Minor copy and style adjustments across pages
Migration: run `alembic upgrade head`
Make user dropdown fully dark; fix hover/divider; remove white overlay
Mobile dropdown respects dark vars; improve navbar-collapse bg/z-index
Improve action button grouping/contrast across pages
Add dark-mode variants for badges, lists, pagination, utilities
Refresh Log Time page: card header, mini-cards for Start/End, unified labels
Group Save/Clear actions; Back remains secondary
Per-user theme preference: model column + migration (003) + POST /auth/profile/theme
Base loads user theme (fallback to local/system); remove admin theme selector
models/user: add nullable full_name and display_name property (fallback to username)
migrations: add 002_add_user_full_name to introduce users.full_name
auth/profile: show and allow editing full_name; persist on POST
templates:
use display_name across navbar, dashboard greeting, tasks (list/view/edit/my/overdue), projects view, reports (user/project), invoices (creator and generate-from-time), and admin (dashboard/users)
keep username where appropriate (e.g., read-only admin form field)
reports:
aggregate/group by display_name in summaries
CSV export writes display_name instead of username
projects: get_user_totals returns display names when available
main/dashboard: replace inline Jinja in script with data attribute flag to satisfy linter
tasks/view: remove Jinja desc() usage; iterate over pre-ordered time_entries from route and slice to 5
fixes jinja2 UndefinedError: 'desc' is undefined
