Replace sandboxed Capacitor filesystem with native IPC for reliable file exports:
- Add IPC handler in main process for direct Downloads folder access
- Expose secure electronAPI via contextBridge in preload script
- Update ElectronPlatformService to use native IPC with web fallback
- Add TypeScript definitions for electron APIs
- Fix file export issues where files were trapped in virtual filesystem
- Enable proper date-stamped backup filenames in Downloads folder
- Follow Electron security best practices with process isolation
Files now export directly to ~/Downloads with exact path feedback.
Replace sandboxed Capacitor filesystem with native IPC for reliable file exports:
- Add IPC handler in main process for direct Downloads folder access
- Expose secure electronAPI via contextBridge in preload script
- Update ElectronPlatformService to use native IPC with web fallback
- Add TypeScript definitions for electron APIs
- Fix file export issues where files were trapped in virtual filesystem
- Enable proper date-stamped backup filenames in Downloads folder
- Follow Electron security best practices with process isolation
Files now export directly to ~/Downloads with exact path feedback.
- Migrated all notification calls in AccountViewView.vue to use a notify helper initialized in mounted(), ensuring this.$notify is available and preventing runtime errors.
- Removed NotificationMixin and $notifyHelper usage; restored and standardized notify helper pattern.
- Migrated all database and platform service operations to use PlatformServiceMixin ultra-concise methods ($accountSettings, $saveSettings, $saveUserSettings, etc.).
- Cleaned up unused imports and code related to previous notification and database patterns.
- Ensured all linter errors and warnings are resolved in both AccountViewView.vue and notification utility files.
- Migrated all notification calls in AccountViewView.vue to use a notify helper initialized in mounted(), ensuring this.$notify is available and preventing runtime errors.
- Removed NotificationMixin and $notifyHelper usage; restored and standardized notify helper pattern.
- Migrated all database and platform service operations to use PlatformServiceMixin ultra-concise methods ($accountSettings, $saveSettings, $saveUserSettings, etc.).
- Cleaned up unused imports and code related to previous notification and database patterns.
- Ensured all linter errors and warnings are resolved in both AccountViewView.vue and notification utility files.
- Replace Record<string, any> with Record<string, string> for query params
- Fix error handling from catch(err: any) to catch(err: unknown)
- Add EntityData interface for proper entity typing
- Update EntitySelectionEvent interface with union types
- Remove USE_DEXIE_DB conditionals and unused import
- Clean up database service calls removing Dexie fallbacks
Resolves 9 TypeScript any type warnings, improves type safety across
entity selection components, and removes deprecated database migration code.
- Replace Record<string, any> with Record<string, string> for query params
- Fix error handling from catch(err: any) to catch(err: unknown)
- Add EntityData interface for proper entity typing
- Update EntitySelectionEvent interface with union types
- Remove USE_DEXIE_DB conditionals and unused import
- Clean up database service calls removing Dexie fallbacks
Resolves 9 TypeScript any type warnings, improves type safety across
entity selection components, and removes deprecated database migration code.
- Replace all `any` types in $db, $exec, $one, $query, $first, and $contacts with proper interfaces:
- Use QueryExecResult and DatabaseExecResult for raw database operations
- Use Contact[] for contact queries
- Add generics for mapped query results
- Update PlatformService and database interfaces to match new types
- Remove unused type imports and fix linter errors
- Reduces risk of runtime errors and improves type safety for all database access
- Replace all `any` types in $db, $exec, $one, $query, $first, and $contacts with proper interfaces:
- Use QueryExecResult and DatabaseExecResult for raw database operations
- Use Contact[] for contact queries
- Add generics for mapped query results
- Update PlatformService and database interfaces to match new types
- Remove unused type imports and fix linter errors
- Reduces risk of runtime errors and improves type safety for all database access
- Add initialization phase detection to logger (2-second delay)
- Prevent database logging during critical startup phase
- Use console logging for critical startup messages to avoid circular dependency
- Add manual initialization control functions (markInitializationComplete, isInitializationPhase)
- Filter initialization-related messages from database logging
Files modified:
- src/utils/logger.ts: Add initialization state tracking and filtering
- src/registerSQLWorker.js: Use console for critical startup message
- src/services/PlatformServiceFactory.ts: Use console for singleton creation message
- src/services/platforms/WebPlatformService.ts: Use console for worker context message
Resolves circular dependency where logging tried to access database during platform service initialization, causing infinite loops with [DB-PREVENTED-INFO] messages.
- Add initialization phase detection to logger (2-second delay)
- Prevent database logging during critical startup phase
- Use console logging for critical startup messages to avoid circular dependency
- Add manual initialization control functions (markInitializationComplete, isInitializationPhase)
- Filter initialization-related messages from database logging
Files modified:
- src/utils/logger.ts: Add initialization state tracking and filtering
- src/registerSQLWorker.js: Use console for critical startup message
- src/services/PlatformServiceFactory.ts: Use console for singleton creation message
- src/services/platforms/WebPlatformService.ts: Use console for worker context message
Resolves circular dependency where logging tried to access database during platform service initialization, causing infinite loops with [DB-PREVENTED-INFO] messages.
- Reduce migration/platform logging verbosity in development mode (~80-90% less noise)
- Fix AbsurdSQL platform check to support 'development' alongside 'web'
- Add missing WebPlatformService methods (isWorker, initSharedArrayBuffer)
- Fix Electron API endpoint resolution to prevent JSON parsing errors
- Prevent circular database logging that caused [DB-PREVENTED-INFO] spam
Console now shows only essential information while preserving all errors/warnings
- Reduce migration/platform logging verbosity in development mode (~80-90% less noise)
- Fix AbsurdSQL platform check to support 'development' alongside 'web'
- Add missing WebPlatformService methods (isWorker, initSharedArrayBuffer)
- Fix Electron API endpoint resolution to prevent JSON parsing errors
- Prevent circular database logging that caused [DB-PREVENTED-INFO] spam
Console now shows only essential information while preserving all errors/warnings
fix: eliminate SharedArrayBuffer checks on non-web platforms
* Add platform guard in AbsurdSqlDatabaseService to only initialize on web
* Change singleton pattern from eager to lazy instantiation
* Update worker import to use lazy singleton pattern
* Prevents absurd-sql initialization on Electron/Capacitor platforms
* Reduces console noise and memory footprint on desktop/mobile
* Maintains full web platform functionality and performance
Resolves SharedArrayBuffer-related console output on Electron platform
while preserving all web features and maintaining clean architecture.
fix: eliminate SharedArrayBuffer checks on non-web platforms
* Add platform guard in AbsurdSqlDatabaseService to only initialize on web
* Change singleton pattern from eager to lazy instantiation
* Update worker import to use lazy singleton pattern
* Prevents absurd-sql initialization on Electron/Capacitor platforms
* Reduces console noise and memory footprint on desktop/mobile
* Maintains full web platform functionality and performance
Resolves SharedArrayBuffer-related console output on Electron platform
while preserving all web features and maintaining clean architecture.
- Remove duplicate property declarations from TopMessage component
- Use (this as any) type assertion for mixin methods
- Resolves 'Data property already defined' warnings
- Fixes 'this.dbQuery is not a function' runtime errors
- Remove duplicate property declarations from TopMessage component
- Use (this as any) type assertion for mixin methods
- Resolves 'Data property already defined' warnings
- Fixes 'this.dbQuery is not a function' runtime errors
- Implement worker-only database access to eliminate double migrations
- Add parameter serialization in usePlatformService to prevent Capacitor "object could not be cloned" errors
- Fix infinite logging loop with circuit breaker in databaseUtil
- Use dynamic imports in WebPlatformService to prevent worker thread errors
- Add higher-level database methods (getContacts, getSettings) to composable
- Eliminate Vue Proxy objects through JSON serialization and Object.freeze protection
Resolves Proxy(Array) serialization failures and worker context conflicts across Web/Capacitor/Electron platforms.
- Implement worker-only database access to eliminate double migrations
- Add parameter serialization in usePlatformService to prevent Capacitor "object could not be cloned" errors
- Fix infinite logging loop with circuit breaker in databaseUtil
- Use dynamic imports in WebPlatformService to prevent worker thread errors
- Add higher-level database methods (getContacts, getSettings) to composable
- Eliminate Vue Proxy objects through JSON serialization and Object.freeze protection
Resolves Proxy(Array) serialization failures and worker context conflicts across Web/Capacitor/Electron platforms.
- Replace 'any' type assertions with specific types in migration name extraction
* Change '(row as any).name' to '(row as { name: string }).name'
* Add proper null checks and 'in' operator for property access
- Fix database integrity check type safety
* Change '(col: any)' to '(col: unknown)' with type guards
* Use specific type assertion for column name checking
Resolves: @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any warnings (2 instances)
Impact: Improves type safety without changing functionality
- Replace 'any' type assertions with specific types in migration name extraction
* Change '(row as any).name' to '(row as { name: string }).name'
* Add proper null checks and 'in' operator for property access
- Fix database integrity check type safety
* Change '(col: any)' to '(col: unknown)' with type guards
* Use specific type assertion for column name checking
Resolves: @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any warnings (2 instances)
Impact: Improves type safety without changing functionality
- Add comprehensive IndexedDB to SQLite migration service (1,397 lines)
- Create migration UI with progress tracking and validation (1,492 lines)
- Fix Electron TypeScript compilation and SQLite plugin issues
- Expand migration system with detailed documentation and error handling
- Add development guide and coding standards
Resolves: #electron-startup #database-migration #typescript-errors
Impact: Enables user-friendly database migration with full data verification
- Add comprehensive IndexedDB to SQLite migration service (1,397 lines)
- Create migration UI with progress tracking and validation (1,492 lines)
- Fix Electron TypeScript compilation and SQLite plugin issues
- Expand migration system with detailed documentation and error handling
- Add development guide and coding standards
Resolves: #electron-startup #database-migration #typescript-errors
Impact: Enables user-friendly database migration with full data verification
- Add detailed file-level documentation with architecture overview and usage examples
- Document all interfaces, classes, and methods with JSDoc comments
- Include migration philosophy, best practices, and schema evolution guidelines
- Add extensive inline documentation for database schema and table purposes
- Document privacy and security considerations in database design
- Provide troubleshooting guidance and logging explanations
- Add template and examples for future migration development
- Include platform-specific documentation for Capacitor SQLite integration
- Document validation and integrity checking processes with detailed steps
The migration system is now thoroughly documented for maintainability and
onboarding of new developers to the codebase.
- Add detailed file-level documentation with architecture overview and usage examples
- Document all interfaces, classes, and methods with JSDoc comments
- Include migration philosophy, best practices, and schema evolution guidelines
- Add extensive inline documentation for database schema and table purposes
- Document privacy and security considerations in database design
- Provide troubleshooting guidance and logging explanations
- Add template and examples for future migration development
- Include platform-specific documentation for Capacitor SQLite integration
- Document validation and integrity checking processes with detailed steps
The migration system is now thoroughly documented for maintainability and
onboarding of new developers to the codebase.
- Add multi-layered migration validation strategy with schema detection
- Implement database integrity checker that validates all core tables and columns
- Add schema-based migration skipping to prevent re-running applied migrations
- Enhanced error handling for duplicate table/column scenarios with validation
- Add comprehensive logging for migration tracking and database state verification
- Include final validation step to ensure all migrations are properly recorded
The system now properly:
1. Checks if migrations are recorded in the migrations table
2. Validates actual schema exists before attempting to apply migrations
3. Handles edge cases where schema exists but isn't recorded
4. Provides detailed integrity checking of database structure
5. Eliminates SQL errors from duplicate table/column creation attempts
Migration tracking is now working correctly with both migrations properly recorded.
- Add multi-layered migration validation strategy with schema detection
- Implement database integrity checker that validates all core tables and columns
- Add schema-based migration skipping to prevent re-running applied migrations
- Enhanced error handling for duplicate table/column scenarios with validation
- Add comprehensive logging for migration tracking and database state verification
- Include final validation step to ensure all migrations are properly recorded
The system now properly:
1. Checks if migrations are recorded in the migrations table
2. Validates actual schema exists before attempting to apply migrations
3. Handles edge cases where schema exists but isn't recorded
4. Provides detailed integrity checking of database structure
5. Eliminates SQL errors from duplicate table/column creation attempts
Migration tracking is now working correctly with both migrations properly recorded.
- Root cause: Migration names were not being properly inserted into migrations table
- Fixed parameter binding in Capacitor platform service migration functions
- Added detailed debugging to track SQL execution and parameter passing
- Reverted migrations back to proper form (without IF NOT EXISTS workarounds)
- Enhanced extractMigrationNames to handle Capacitor SQLite result format
The migration system should now properly track applied migrations and avoid
re-running them on subsequent app starts.
- Root cause: Migration names were not being properly inserted into migrations table
- Fixed parameter binding in Capacitor platform service migration functions
- Added detailed debugging to track SQL execution and parameter passing
- Reverted migrations back to proper form (without IF NOT EXISTS workarounds)
- Enhanced extractMigrationNames to handle Capacitor SQLite result format
The migration system should now properly track applied migrations and avoid
re-running them on subsequent app starts.
- Add comprehensive console logging for Electron with emojis for better visibility
- Use CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS and INSERT OR IGNORE to prevent duplicate creation errors
- Add specialized column existence checking for ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN operations
- Improve migration tracking with detailed status reporting (applied/skipped counts)
- Add proper error handling for existing schema scenarios
- Enhanced documentation and type safety for migration system
This resolves issues where migrations would fail with 'table already exists' or
'duplicate column' errors when the database schema was already properly set up.
The enhanced logging makes it clear to users when migrations are being skipped
vs. applied, improving the debugging experience in Electron.
- Add comprehensive console logging for Electron with emojis for better visibility
- Use CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS and INSERT OR IGNORE to prevent duplicate creation errors
- Add specialized column existence checking for ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN operations
- Improve migration tracking with detailed status reporting (applied/skipped counts)
- Add proper error handling for existing schema scenarios
- Enhanced documentation and type safety for migration system
This resolves issues where migrations would fail with 'table already exists' or
'duplicate column' errors when the database schema was already properly set up.
The enhanced logging makes it clear to users when migrations are being skipped
vs. applied, improving the debugging experience in Electron.
- Enhanced migration service error handling and logging
- Added better recovery mechanisms for failed migrations
- Improved database state validation before migration execution
- Added comprehensive error reporting in migration service
- Updated HomeView to handle migration errors gracefully
- Fixed database initialization sequence to prevent constraint violations
This addresses UNIQUE constraint failed errors during app startup
and provides better user feedback during database migration issues.
- Enhanced migration service error handling and logging
- Added better recovery mechanisms for failed migrations
- Improved database state validation before migration execution
- Added comprehensive error reporting in migration service
- Updated HomeView to handle migration errors gracefully
- Fixed database initialization sequence to prevent constraint violations
This addresses UNIQUE constraint failed errors during app startup
and provides better user feedback during database migration issues.
- Enhanced migration service to handle duplicate column errors gracefully
- Added detection for 'duplicate column' and 'already exists' errors
- Migration service now marks partially applied migrations as complete
- Prevents Electron app crashes due to cross-platform database conflicts
- Improved robustness for database schema migrations
Fixes database initialization issues when switching between platforms
(web, mobile, electron) that may have different migration states.
- Enhanced migration service to handle duplicate column errors gracefully
- Added detection for 'duplicate column' and 'already exists' errors
- Migration service now marks partially applied migrations as complete
- Prevents Electron app crashes due to cross-platform database conflicts
- Improved robustness for database schema migrations
Fixes database initialization issues when switching between platforms
(web, mobile, electron) that may have different migration states.
Code formatting improvements across multiple files:
1. databaseUtil.ts:
- Convert single quotes to double quotes for string literals
- Maintain consistency with project style guidelines
2. CapacitorPlatformService.ts:
- Convert single quotes to double quotes for string literals
- Align with TypeScript formatting standards
3. NewEditProjectView.vue:
- Improve code formatting for error handling lambda
- Better readability with proper line breaks and indentation
These changes improve code consistency and readability without
affecting functionality. All changes follow project style guidelines.
Code formatting improvements across multiple files:
1. databaseUtil.ts:
- Convert single quotes to double quotes for string literals
- Maintain consistency with project style guidelines
2. CapacitorPlatformService.ts:
- Convert single quotes to double quotes for string literals
- Align with TypeScript formatting standards
3. NewEditProjectView.vue:
- Improve code formatting for error handling lambda
- Better readability with proper line breaks and indentation
These changes improve code consistency and readability without
affecting functionality. All changes follow project style guidelines.
- Add parameter conversion in CapacitorPlatformService.queueOperation()
- Convert booleans to integers (0/1) for SQLite compatibility
- Convert objects/arrays to JSON strings for database storage
- Handle null/undefined values properly
- Ensure all SQL parameters are SQLite-compatible before queuing
This should resolve the 'SQLite3 can only bind numbers, strings, bigints, buffers, and null'
error by converting all parameters at the platform service level before they reach SQLite.
- Add parameter conversion in CapacitorPlatformService.queueOperation()
- Convert booleans to integers (0/1) for SQLite compatibility
- Convert objects/arrays to JSON strings for database storage
- Handle null/undefined values properly
- Ensure all SQL parameters are SQLite-compatible before queuing
This should resolve the 'SQLite3 can only bind numbers, strings, bigints, buffers, and null'
error by converting all parameters at the platform service level before they reach SQLite.
- Added Electron dependencies to package.json:
* @capacitor-community/electron ^5.0.1
* electron-builder ^26.0.12
* better-sqlite3-multiple-ciphers ^12.1.1
* electron-json-storage ^4.6.0
- Added Electron development scripts:
* electron:dev - Build and run Electron in development mode
* electron:setup - Initialize Electron environment
* electron:dev-full - Full development workflow script
- Updated .gitignore to exclude sql-wasm.wasm file
- Updated package-lock.json with new dependency resolutions
Note: Main app source files (router, platform service, views) also
have minor modifications from previous development work
- Added Electron dependencies to package.json:
* @capacitor-community/electron ^5.0.1
* electron-builder ^26.0.12
* better-sqlite3-multiple-ciphers ^12.1.1
* electron-json-storage ^4.6.0
- Added Electron development scripts:
* electron:dev - Build and run Electron in development mode
* electron:setup - Initialize Electron environment
* electron:dev-full - Full development workflow script
- Updated .gitignore to exclude sql-wasm.wasm file
- Updated package-lock.json with new dependency resolutions
Note: Main app source files (router, platform service, views) also
have minor modifications from previous development work
- Add electron platform section to capacitor.config.json
- Configure deep linking with timesafari:// scheme
- Set up build options for macOS, Windows, and Linux
- Configure output directory and file inclusion
- Add platform-specific build targets (DMG, NSIS, AppImage)
- Support both x64 and arm64 architectures for macOS
- Set appropriate app categories for each platform
This enables building TimeSafari as a native desktop application
using Capacitor's Electron platform while maintaining existing
mobile and web functionality.
- Add electron platform section to capacitor.config.json
- Configure deep linking with timesafari:// scheme
- Set up build options for macOS, Windows, and Linux
- Configure output directory and file inclusion
- Add platform-specific build targets (DMG, NSIS, AppImage)
- Support both x64 and arm64 architectures for macOS
- Set appropriate app categories for each platform
This enables building TimeSafari as a native desktop application
using Capacitor's Electron platform while maintaining existing
mobile and web functionality.
- Fix TypeScript compilation errors in platform services
- Add missing rotateCamera method and isNativeApp property
- Fix index.html path resolution for packaged Electron apps
- Create separate Vite config for Electron renderer process
- Migrate from nostr-tools to @nostr/tools via JSR for ESM compatibility
- Update all Vite configs to handle mixed npm/JSR package management
- Add comprehensive documentation in BUILDING.md
- Fix preload script path resolution in packaged builds
Resolves build failures with deep imports and missing UI in AppImage.
- Fix TypeScript compilation errors in platform services
- Add missing rotateCamera method and isNativeApp property
- Fix index.html path resolution for packaged Electron apps
- Create separate Vite config for Electron renderer process
- Migrate from nostr-tools to @nostr/tools via JSR for ESM compatibility
- Update all Vite configs to handle mixed npm/JSR package management
- Add comprehensive documentation in BUILDING.md
- Fix preload script path resolution in packaged builds
Resolves build failures with deep imports and missing UI in AppImage.
Matthew Raymer
Matthew Raymer
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