-Although the explorer still seems to work fine with older node.js versions, the mongodb 6.x docs indicate that the minimum supported version is v16.20.1 and therefore the explorer has been updated to also enforce this as the min version to help prevent future problems
-A small fix was applied to the prestart script that was previously not stopping execution of the explorer when an older version of node.js was found. This was bug only affected running the explorer with `npm start`
-The index and movement pages auto-refresh the list of transactions but the last updated dates were not updated until the page was reloaded. This has been changed so that the last updated date now also auto-refreshes along with the table data
-The initialize_data_startup() function is now being called in the update_explorer script to ensure that new changes to the database structure are automaticaly run after the explorer code is updated
-npm 9.7.2 added better color support detection which effectively broke the explorer's detection of whether pm2 or forever modules are installed due to extra color codes in the `npm list` output. This has been corrected so that pm2 and forever are now detected properly on newer and older npm versions
-Moved the database initialize call out of the instance code into the prestart script so that it is now only called once when you start the explorer even if you are running multiple cpus/threads
-The database connection function now uses the default connection string in the event a connection string is not supplied
-Removed unused reference to lib/explorer.js code from the cluster file
-Previously when manually linking TLS/SSL certificates from certbot, the certificates themselves would be automatically updated via certbot but the explorer was still referencing the old certificates in memory and would cause https connections to stop working once the certificates actually expired. The explorer now watches for changes to the certificate directory and will automatically refresh and use the new certificates without requiring any kind of restart.
-Version bumped to v1.102.0 in package.json
-Updated the UPGRADE file with details of changes in v1.102.0
-Updated the year in the LICENSE and README files
-The different methods of starting the explorer now set NODE_ENV to "development" or "production" depending on which options were chosen
-pm2 is now loaded from within the prestart script and will reload the config instead of starting if it was previously loaded which allows changing the NODE_ENV value if necessary
NOTE: if running via pm2 or forever when updating the explorer with this change, it is necessary to manually stop the explorer with `npm run stop-pm2` or `npm run stop-forever` and then start again after the code has been updated to allow NODE_ENV to be set to "production". Without doing this, the explorer will still be run in "development" mode until pm2 or forever is fully stopped and restarted.
-Updated the recommended versions for Node.js and MongoDB
-Added text to the first paragrpah to make it more clear that EVM blockchains are not supported
-Added a step for exiting the mongo shell in the "Database Setup" section
-Removed the "Full Setup Guide" section
-Dropped the "Quick Install Instructions" section title and now all install instructions are under the main Installation section
-Added new steps to the "Pre-Install" section for installing node.js and mongodb
-Added a new entry to the "Known Issues" section to explain the "Callback was already called" error msg
-Added a new entry to the "Known Issues" section that better explains the padLevels warning msgs when using the forever module
-Added alternate instructions to the "Manually Link TLS/SSL Certificates to the Explorer" section which better explain which method should be used depending on whether the explorer is running on port 80 for http traffic or not
-The find_masternodes function now searches for both txhash and address instead of only txhash to prevent matching different masternodes that were created in the same tx
-Moved the find_masternodes function out of the module.exports section of the database file since it doesn't need to be exported
-Added a new "powered_by_text" option to the page_footer settings which can be used to override the text in the middle of the footer without the need to modify the source code
-The word "Explorer" was removed from the powered by text for new installs
-Mongoose and mongodb dependencies have been updated to the most recent versions in package.json
-Updated the project for use with the newest mongoose major version which required fixing many breaking changes to a number of files in the explorer
-Removed the db.find_address_tx() function as it is unused
NOTE: This update requires mongoose 6.0.10 or higher. If you are getting errors running the explorer after upgrading, it is recommended to run an 'npm update' or manually update mongoose to a more modern version which should fix the problem
-The Flatly, Litera and Solar themes have been updated by removing some duplicate text that caused a number of deprecation msgs to appear when starting the explorer
-The block sync will now remove orphaned block data from the txes collecton, address balances/sent/received data as well as addresstx data and now stores limited info in a new orphans collection
-Added a new optional page for viewing orphaned block data
-The coinbase address now updates sent totals from POS rewards and other transactions that have vout but no vin addresses
-Block and transaction pages now display a warning when viewing an orphaned block or tx
-Added a couple new fields to the coinstats collection for tracking orphaned blocks
-Added new locale strings for the orphaned block feature
-Suppress the "DeprecationWarning: Mongoose: the `strictQuery` option will be switched back to `false` by default in Mongoose 7" warning msg when starting the explorer and using any of the scripts that connect to mongo
-Chart.js numbers are rounded to 3 decimals by default. This fix uses the raw value instead of the formatted number for display on the network hashrate and difficulty charts so that low numbers like 0.00028363 are displayed properly instead of being rounded to 0
-jstransformer-markdown-it was barely being used and its use as a dependency just isn't justified, so it has been removed
-The network page was the only place where the markup plugin was used so the text was rewritten to no longer use the plugin
-Small change to help sort the peers list a bit better when filtering ports so that lower protocols drop off the list if there are multiple connections from the same ip with different protocols
-Moved the code around for filtering ports and protocols on the network page to prevent filtering too aggressively when there are multipl entries for an ip address in which the 1st record for a given ip happens to be on a protocol that will be filtered
-The port_filter settings for all 3 network page tables now support a -1 value which will completely hide the port from the associated table. If there are/were multiple ip addresses in the peers list with connections from different ports, this new option will consolidate those multiple records into a single entry since the port is no longer visible
-The footer was being resized at the wrong width breakpoints because of an issue with determining the current width of the screen. If you had previously fine-tuned your page_footer.footer_height_xxx and page_footer.social_link_percent_height_xxx options, they may need to be readjusted to account for the new proper width breakpoints after this fix is applied
-A new side menu option was added for displaying menu items vertically on the left-hand side of the page
-Added a new script called OverlayScrollbars v1.13.3 for displaying custom scrollbars on the mobile menu (both top and side menu) in the event that they extend beyond the visible screen
-Updated the market menu dropdown colors to better match the base menu colors (default, light and dark colors only)
-Updated the Exor theme to v3.0.1 with a few small fixes for displaying menu items in the side menu and updated market dropdown colors
-Updated how the richlist pie chart is sized to prevent it from creating unnecessary scrollbars because of the side menu
-Search field and button are now hidden in the top menu when the mobile menu is expanded to make it easier to scroll through menu items
-Added a tooltip title to the top menu search and menu toggler buttons
-Removed the check for country and country_code since not all ip addresses have country information and can cause a peer drop loop as a result
-Updated the error msg text when port data is not found for existing peers
-The SIGINT and SIGTERM signals are now being caught and handled in the sync.js file so that most options for syncing blocks, markets, peers, masternodes, etc. are now being gracefully shut down instead of killed in the middle of the process. This should help prevent data anomalies when you need to stop or kill a sync process
-The update_tx_db function was moved from the database.js file into the sync.js file so that block syncs can now be gracefully stopped. The update_tx_db function was also copied to the benchmark.js
-The save_tx function was moved into the module.exports for the database.js file so that it can now be called from outside the database.js file
-Some blockchains store certain vin or vout addresses within an array instead of as a simple string which would cause them to be read improperly by the explorer and result in transactions that were not attributed to the proper address. It also caused multiple inputs/outputs from the same address in a single transaction to not be grouped together like other transactions in the explorer
-Locale string tx_hash was changed from "Hash" to "Tx Hash" to be clearer about which Hash it refers to
-TXid was renamed to "Tx Hash" throughout the site
-Removed the coin name from the tx hash label on the transaction page
-Removed the coin name from the block hash label on the block page and changed the text "block" to "Block Hash"
-Use the cmd `npm run update-explorer "explorer-only"` to update the explorer code only, without checking for out-of-date dependencies
-Use the cmd `npm run update-explorer "dependencies-only"` to update outdated dependencies only, without checking for explorer code updates
-Updated the README with the 2 new script arguments
-The custom.js file can be used to add custom javascript code without affecting the ability to do a git pull update
-Added a quick explanation of using the custom.js file in the "Configure Explorer Settings" section of the README
Joe Uhren