@yemi33/minions 0.1.421 → 0.1.423

package/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## 0.1.421 (2026-04-06)
+## 0.1.423 (2026-04-06)
 
 ### Features
+-  version check interval on settings page
+-  configurable version check interval, default 1 hour
 - Dashboard robustness — raw string fixes, plan steering clarity, safeWrite race fix
 - Low-priority cleanup: dedupe regex, consolidate streaming parse, add path validation alignment
 - Fix 6 medium bugs: dispatch pruning, null guards, skill regex, meeting advancement, CLI PID check, pipeline retry

package/dashboard/js/settings.js

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ async function openSettings() {
     '<div style="display:grid;grid-template-columns:1fr 1fr;gap:8px;margin-bottom:16px">' +
       settingsField('Eval Max Iterations', 'set-evalMaxIterations', e.evalMaxIterations || 3, '', 'Max review→fix cycles before escalating (1-10)') +
       settingsField('Eval Max Cost', 'set-evalMaxCost', e.evalMaxCost === null || e.evalMaxCost === undefined ? '' : e.evalMaxCost, '$', 'USD ceiling per work item across all eval iterations (blank = no limit)') +
+      settingsField('Version Check Interval', 'set-versionCheckInterval', e.versionCheckInterval || 3600000, 'ms', 'How often to check npm for updates (default: 1 hour)') +
     '</div>' +
 
     '<h3 style="font-size:13px;color:var(--blue);margin-bottom:8px">Claude CLI</h3>' +
@@ -164,6 +165,7 @@ async function saveSettings() {
       allowTempAgents: document.getElementById('set-allowTempAgents').checked,
       evalMaxIterations: document.getElementById('set-evalMaxIterations').value,
       evalMaxCost: document.getElementById('set-evalMaxCost').value || null,
+      versionCheckInterval: document.getElementById('set-versionCheckInterval').value,
     };
 
     const claudePayload = {

package/dashboard.js

@@ -169,15 +169,17 @@ function getVerifyGuides() {
 function getArchivedPrds() { return []; }
 function getEngineState() { return queries.getControl(); }
 
-// ── npm update check (cached for 4 hours) ──────────────────────────────────
+// ── npm update check ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 let _npmVersionCache = null;
 let _npmVersionCacheTs = 0;
-const NPM_CHECK_INTERVAL = 4 * 60 * 60 * 1000; // 4 hours
+function _getVersionCheckInterval() {
+  try { return queries.getConfig()?.engine?.versionCheckInterval || shared.ENGINE_DEFAULTS.versionCheckInterval; } catch { return shared.ENGINE_DEFAULTS.versionCheckInterval; }
+}
 const PKG_NAME = '@yemi33/minions';
 
 async function checkNpmVersion() {
   const now = Date.now();
-  if (_npmVersionCache && (now - _npmVersionCacheTs) < NPM_CHECK_INTERVAL) return _npmVersionCache;
+  if (_npmVersionCache && (now - _npmVersionCacheTs) < _getVersionCheckInterval()) return _npmVersionCache;
   try {
     // Use npm view — respects user's .npmrc proxy/registry config
     // Must use shell:true on Windows because npm is a .cmd batch script
@@ -210,7 +212,7 @@ function _compareVersions(a, b) {
 
 // Kick off first npm check on startup, then re-check every 4 hours
 checkNpmVersion().catch(() => {});
-setInterval(() => checkNpmVersion().catch(() => {}), NPM_CHECK_INTERVAL);
+setInterval(() => checkNpmVersion().catch(() => {}), _getVersionCheckInterval());
 
 // Cache disk version + git commit (only changes on deploy/pull, not per-request)
 let _diskVersionCache = null;
@@ -3356,6 +3358,7 @@ What would you like to discuss or change? When you're happy, say "approve" and I
           worktreeCreateTimeout: [60000], worktreeCreateRetries: [0, 3],
           idleAlertMinutes: [1], shutdownTimeout: [30000], restartGracePeriod: [60000],
           meetingRoundTimeout: [60000],
+          versionCheckInterval: [60000],
         };
         for (const [key, [min, max]] of Object.entries(numericFields)) {
           if (e[key] !== undefined) {

package/engine/shared.js

@@ -440,6 +440,7 @@ const ENGINE_DEFAULTS = {
   maxRetries: 3, // max dispatch retries before marking work item as failed
   pipelineApiRetries: 2, // max attempts for pipeline API calls
   pipelineApiRetryDelay: 2000, // ms delay between pipeline API retries
+  versionCheckInterval: 3600000, // 1 hour — how often to check npm for updates (ms)
 };
 
 // ─── Status & Type Constants ─────────────────────────────────────────────────

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@yemi33/minions",
-  "version": "0.1.421",
+  "version": "0.1.423",
   "description": "Multi-agent AI dev team that runs from ~/.minions/ — five autonomous agents share a single engine, dashboard, and knowledge base",
   "bin": {
     "minions": "bin/minions.js"