node-red-contrib-join-wait 0.5.3 → 0.6.1

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+# Changelog
+
+All notable changes to this project are documented in this file.
+The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
+and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
+
+## [0.6.0] - 2026-05-08
+
+### Added
+
+- **Modern Node-RED `(msg, send, done)` input handler signature.** The
+  runtime now gets a proper `done()` / `done(err)` signal for every
+  message — meaningful for async-message tracking and graceful
+  shutdown. The async input handler previously relied on auto-completion,
+  which fired before any awaited work resolved.
+- **Smarter status indicator.** A single-group node shows progress toward
+  completion (e.g. `2/3 received`) rather than the raw queue depth.
+  Multi-group nodes still show aggregate counts.
+- Two more shipped example flows: `04-regex.json` (regex path matching)
+  and `05-exact-order.json` (exact-order with a repeated step).
+- **Editor UX overhaul.** Wait paths and reset paths now use Node-RED's
+  `editableList` widget — add/remove/reorder rows instead of typing JSON
+  arrays into a text box. Each row now validates inline (empty / invalid
+  regex are flagged red with a tooltip). Pressing <kbd>Enter</kbd> in a
+  row adds the next one.
+- **Persist store as a dropdown.** A new `/join-wait/stores` admin route
+  exposes the configured context stores; the editor populates the
+  Persist store field as a `<select>` showing each store's resolved
+  module (e.g. `file (localfilesystem)`). Eliminates typos and surfaces
+  available stores.
+- **Tooltips on every field label.** Hover-discoverable explanations
+  (`title` attributes) for every form row.
+- **Inline output-shape preview.** Under Wait paths, a small monospace
+  line shows what the merged success message looks like
+  (`→ msg.topic = { path_1: …, path_2: … }`), updating as the list
+  changes.
+- **Smart timeout warning.** When the resolved timeout is under 50 ms,
+  a yellow tip surfaces the README guidance about padding evaluation
+  overhead.
+- **Inline jsonata validation on Group by.** When the field type is
+  `jsonata`, the expression is parsed at edit-time and the field marks
+  invalid before the first message even arrives.
+- **Quick "Open example flows" button** in the editor opens the import
+  dialog directly.
+- Path-row placeholders changed from generic `path name` to a worked
+  example (`e.g. sensor_1`, `e.g. abort`) so empty rows hint at intent.
+- **Status-indicator error states.** Validation, regex compile, and
+  correlator-evaluation failures now show a red ring on the node with a
+  short reason in addition to the usual `node.error` log entry.
+- **Unhandled-rejection guard** around the async input handler so a future
+  bug or upstream throw can't escape without being logged.
+- End-to-end smoke test for **all five** shipped example flows, plus a
+  static config-shape sanity test on `join-wait.html` to catch drift
+  between the editor defaults and the runtime fields.
+- **Advanced settings** are collapsed under a single `<details>` group so
+  the editor presents the common options first.
+- **`msg.reset`** — sending `msg.reset = true` silently drains the queue
+  for the current correlation group with no output.
+- **`node.status()`** indicator showing the number of queued messages.
+- **Examples** — the package now ships three ready-made flows
+  (`Quickstart`, `Correlation`, `Reset paths`) discoverable via
+  **Menu → Import → Examples → join-wait**.
+- **Per-instance persistence store** — new `Persist store` field selects a
+  named context store from `settings.js` for restart-survival.
+- Unit-test specs for the `lib/config`, `lib/matcher`, and `lib/persist`
+  modules.
+
+### Changed
+
+- **Renames for clarity.** Internal-only — config keys and runtime
+  behavior are unchanged for existing flows. `node.paths` → `node.queues`;
+  `node.topic` / `node.topicType` → `node.correlator` /
+  `node.correlatorType`; `node.pathTopic` / `node.pathTopicType` →
+  `node.pathField` / `node.pathFieldType`; `node.disableComplete` →
+  `node.ignoreMsgComplete`; `node.persistOnRestart` → `node.persistQueue`;
+  `node.firstMsg` → `node.useFirstAsBase`. The `clearQueue*` family →
+  `dropQueue` / `flushQueueAsExpired` / `flushOnMsgComplete` /
+  `flushTimedOutEntries` / `flushTrailingEntries`. Magic
+  `'_join-wait-node'` → `DEFAULT_GROUP` constant. `pickArrayOverride` →
+  `arrayOrFallback`.
+- **`drainQueue` now takes an options object** (`{ sendExpired,
+expireByTime, keep }`) instead of three positional booleans + a count.
+- **`findAllPaths{AnyOrder,ExactOrder}` return shape** changed from
+  `null | number` to `{ matched: true } | { matched: false, keep: number }`
+  for self-documenting call sites. Lib functions are not part of the
+  public API.
+- **`asBool()` helper** accepts both `'true'`/`'false'` strings (from the
+  HTML `<select>`) and real booleans (programmatic flow construction).
+  Removes a class of subtle defaults-bug for non-editor-built flows.
+- **`countPathsAnyOrder`** now uses a `Set` to track used indices
+  (O(1) check vs the previous O(n) `Array.indexOf`).
+- **Comment around `flushOnMsgComplete`** documents the deliberately
+  partial behavior: `msg.complete` short-circuits a partial queue but
+  never overrides a successful match.
+- **`node:` prefix on core imports** in test files (`node:fs`,
+  `node:os`, `node:path`).
+- **Expired output now uses the configured `Path field`** for the merged
+  data (matching the success output). Previously hardcoded to `msg.paths`
+  even when a different `pathTopic` was configured. Existing flows that
+  use the default `paths` setting see no change.
+- **Persistence rewritten on top of Node-RED's context store** (replacing
+  the `node-persist` singleton, which raced when multiple `join-wait` nodes
+  were deployed in the same flow). Default in-memory store keeps queues
+  across deploys; a configured persistent store keeps them across full
+  restarts.
+- **`Preserve queue` defaults to on** for new nodes. Partial joins now
+  survive a redeploy out of the box. Existing 0.5.x flows keep their
+  original `persistOnRestart: false` until re-saved.
+- **`Persist store` is no longer required** for restart persistence.
+  If `localfilesystem` (or similar) is set as the **default** context
+  store in `settings.js`, every join-wait node uses it automatically.
+- **Auto-pick of a persistent named store.** When `Preserve queue` is
+  on, `Persist store` is empty, and the configured default store is
+  memory, the node auto-selects the first non-memory named store from
+  `settings.js` (with a `node.log` line so it's discoverable). If the
+  user has both `default: memory` and (say) `file: localfilesystem`
+  configured, they get restart persistence for free without setting
+  `Persist store` on every node. Setting `Persist store` explicitly
+  always wins.
+- **British → American spellings.** `normalisePaths` → `normalizePaths`,
+  `serialisable` → `serializable`, `behaviour` → `behavior` in code +
+  docs for consistency with the wider JS / npm ecosystem.
+- **`msg.pathsToWait`, `msg.pathsToExpire`, `msg.useRegex` are now one-shot
+  overrides** — they apply only to the current message instead of
+  permanently mutating the node's stored config.
+- **Code split** into `lib/config.js`, `lib/matcher.js`, and `lib/persist.js`
+  — `join-wait.js` is now a thin orchestrator. The input handler is broken
+  into discrete named phases for readability.
+- **`mapPayload` no longer mutates the caller's `pathTopic` object** —
+  incoming messages are left untouched.
+- **jsonata bumped to v2** (`evaluate()` is now properly awaited).
+- **Node-RED bumped to ≥ 3.0**, **Node.js ≥ 18**.
+- **`engines.node`, `files`** added to `package.json`; deprecated
+  `licenses` array removed.
+- Source labels in the editor renamed for clarity:
+    - "Paths topic" → **Path field**
+    - "Paths (Wait)" / "Paths (Expire)" → **Wait paths** / **Reset paths**
+    - "Sequence order" → **Match order**
+    - "Base message" → **Output base**
+    - "Merged data" → **Merge values**
+- README rewritten — quickstart first, technical details after.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **`node.error` / `node.warn` second argument now correctly passes the
+  originating `msg`** (was wrongly passed as `[msg, null]`, a 2-output
+  send array, since 0.5.x). Catch nodes downstream now receive the real
+  message instead of an array.
+- **Close handler always calls `done`**, even when the context-store
+  write rejects, so a transient persistence failure can't hold up
+  Node-RED shutdown.
+- Empty `<b></b>` tag in the help text.
+- Stale `ignoreUnmatched` references in older example flows.
+- Possible race when multiple `join-wait` nodes shared the global
+  `node-persist` singleton (now uses an isolated context-store entry per
+  node).
+
+### Tooling
+
+- GitHub Actions CI replaces Travis (matrix on Node 20/22/24, publishing
+  on Node 24). CI + release now live in a single workflow; the publish
+  job is gated by `needs: [quality, test]` so a tag push only ships once
+  lint, format, spellcheck, and the full test matrix have all passed.
+- Workflow steps pinned to current `actions/checkout@v6`,
+  `actions/setup-node@v6`, `actions/upload-artifact@v6`.
+- `prettier --check` enforced in CI to catch unformatted files.
+- `engines.node` bumped to `>=20` (Node 18 EOL'd 2025-04-30).
+- Automated npm publish workflow with provenance on tag push.
+- Dependabot configured for monthly npm + GitHub Actions updates.
+- ESLint upgraded to v9 with flat config (`eslint.config.js`).
+- Prettier upgraded to v3.
+- Coverage moved from `nyc` to `c8` (native V8 coverage).
+- Spellcheck moved from the unmaintained `markdown-spellcheck` to `cspell`.
+- `node-red-node-test-helper` bumped from 0.2.x to 0.3.6.
+- Test suite expanded from 32 to 97 cases — including dedicated specs
+  for each `lib/` module, the editor HTML, and end-to-end runs of every
+  shipped example flow.
+
+## [0.5.3] and earlier
+
+See the [git log](https://github.com/dxdc/node-red-contrib-join-wait/commits/master).