Archiving an event with no admin_email queued an email_queue row with
recipient_email=null, violating the NOT NULL constraint. The error was
thrown inside the output.on('close') callback (detached from the caller),
becoming an unhandled rejection that crashed Node and dropped admin
sessions on bulk archive.
- Skip queueEmail when event.admin_email is null/empty (admin_email has
been nullable since migration 073).
- Wrap the close handler in try/catch so any post-archive failure logs
instead of crashing the process.
Pre-zip downloads:
- Generate ZIP in background after photo mutations (upload/delete/watermark change)
- Serve cached zip with Content-Length for instant downloads and native progress bar
- Falls back to on-the-fly streaming when no cache exists yet
- Frontend uses browser-native download when zip is ready (no blob buffering)
- New downloadZipService with debounced regeneration and in-memory locking
Photo replacement:
- Admin upload form gets "Replace existing photos with same name" checkbox
- Matches by original_filename (case-insensitive) within the same event
- Preserves photo ID, position, feedback, category, and visibility
- Updates file, thumbnail, dimensions, EXIF capture date on replacement
- Ambiguous matches (multiple photos with same name) skip replacement with warning
- New photoReplacementService with findReplacementCandidate and replacePhoto
Introduces a new "Per-guest selections" identity mode for event
feedback, letting each visitor register under their own name so their
likes/favorites/comments/ratings are tracked independently. Includes
admin insights (list, per-guest detail, aggregate view, export) and
advanced identity features (forget-me, email recovery, invite tokens,
merge).
New event-level setting
- event_feedback_settings.identity_mode = 'simple' | 'guest' (default
'simple' → zero behavior change for existing events).
- Admin UI radio under Feedback Settings to toggle per event.
Root cause of the previous "all guests share state" bug
- generateGuestIdentifier() was sha256(ip + userAgent), so every visitor
on the same WiFi + similar device collided into one identity.
- Now: when a verified guest JWT is present (x-guest-token header),
req.guest.identifier takes precedence — per-person rate limits and
per-person deduplication.
Phase 1 — identity layer
- Migration 078: new gallery_guests, guest_invites, guest_verification_
codes tables; identity_mode column + check constraint; nullable
guest_id FK on photo_feedback.
- New guest JWT type scoped to (eventId, guestId).
- New middleware guestAuth.resolveGuest (non-blocking) + requireGuest.
- POST /gallery/:slug/guest, GET /guest/me, DELETE /guest/me.
- Gallery feedback route enforces guest identity in guest mode and
reads name/email from the verified token (never from the body).
- Frontend GuestIdentityContext + GuestNamePromptModal; axios
interceptor injects x-guest-token on gallery API calls.
- Feedback-only blocking: gallery opens freely, prompt only on first
interactive feedback action.
- Admin "Guests" tab (conditional on identity_mode='guest') with the
AdminGuestsList component.
Phase 2 — admin insights
- GET /admin/events/:eventId/guests list + aggregated counts.
- GET /admin/events/:eventId/guests/:guestId detail with per-type
groupings; AdminGuestDetail modal with thumbnail grid + tabs.
- GET /admin/events/:eventId/guests/aggregate sorted by distinct guest
pick count; GuestSelectionsAggregate component.
- Per-guest export (txt/csv/json) and bulk export-all ZIP.
Phase 3 — polish
- 3.1 Self-service forget-me link in gallery footer.
- 3.2 Email-based identity recovery: POST /guest/recover sends a
6-digit code via the existing emailProcessor, POST /guest/verify
exchanges it for a token (rate-limited, enumeration-safe).
- 3.3 Admin invite tokens: pre-mint identities, share URLs with
?invite=, single-use redemption stripping the param from history.
- 3.4 Admin merge endpoint reassigns feedback + soft-deletes sources.
Shared helper
- useGalleryFeedbackAction hook wraps the identity-check logic for
inline like buttons across Masonry/Grid/Justified/Mosaic/Carousel/
Timeline/Premium layouts.
Backwards compatibility
- Existing events default to 'simple' after migration; behavior
unchanged.
- Legacy photo_feedback rows keep guest_id NULL; admin shows them in
the generic feedback moderation view as before.
- feedback_count denormalized stat now uses COALESCE(guest_id,
guest_identifier) so per-guest counts are accurate without touching
legacy rows.
Verified end-to-end against local Docker
- Migration clean on existing data.
- Simple mode unchanged (no prompt, legacy flow).
- Guest mode: Alice registers on click, tokens persist in
sessionStorage, feedback rows carry guest_id.
- Carol via invite link auto-redeems, sees Alice's "1 likes" badge.
- Admin Guests tab shows both with correct counts; detail modal
displays thumbnail grid with badges; aggregate view sorts by picker
count (photo 227 = 2, others = 1); CSV/JSON export matches DB.
- Merge Carol into Alice: feedback reassigned, Carol soft-deleted,
Alice count = 4.
#263: The mandatory password change modal updated React state before
the browser stored the new JWT cookie, causing a race condition where
the auth context checked the session with the old (invalidated) token.
Replace the state update with a full page redirect to /admin/dashboard
after a brief delay, ensuring the new cookie is applied cleanly.
#269: The file watcher service imported isVideoMimeType from
fileSecurityUtils where it doesn't exist. The function is exported
from videoProcessor. Fix the import path.
Closes#269
Draft Mode:
- Events are created as drafts by default — no email sent until published
- Add "Publish & Notify Client" button with confirmation dialog
- Draft banner with yellow styling on event details page
- Draft filter tab in events list
- Gallery middleware blocks public access to draft events
- Migration 076 adds is_draft column to events table
Admin Draft Preview:
- Admins can preview draft galleries via JWT preview token (?preview=)
- "View Gallery" link on drafts auto-appends preview token
Admin & Login Page Branding:
- Admin header uses configured company logo/name from branding settings
- Login page shows configured logo instead of hardcoded PicPeak
- Respects logo_display_mode (logo_only, text_only, logo_and_text)
OG Tag Branding:
- DynamicFavicon component updates OG meta tags and page title from
branding settings
Editable Client Email:
- Customer email is now editable after event creation in edit mode
Branding Inheritance:
- New events inherit hero logo settings (visibility, size, position)
from global branding configuration
Share Link Full Domain URL:
- New getFrontendBaseUrl() utility with DB fallback to general_site_url
- Used in email processor and share link service
Replace column-based email template languages (subject_en/subject_de) with
a normalized email_template_translations table where each language is a row.
This allows adding new languages without schema changes.
- Add migration 075 to create email_template_translations table, migrate
existing EN/DE data, and seed NL/PT/RU for customer-facing templates
- Update processTemplate() to query translations table with fallback chain
(requested lang -> en -> first available), with legacy column fallback
- Restructure admin email API to return/accept translations object format
- Update frontend EmailConfigPage with dynamic 5-language tabs, translation
count badges, and copy-from-language feature for empty translations
- Add Dutch to default language dropdown in general settings
- Add Dutch to clientAccessI18n and password security messages in emails
- Expand email domain detection for NL/BE/BR/PT/RU domains
- Add email i18n keys (copyFrom, noTranslation, etc.) across all 5 locales
- Add Russian (Русский) to admin settings language dropdown
- Fix Premium layout hero using thumbnail instead of hero_url
- Hide "Uncategorized" section header in Story layout for uncategorized photos
- Add PhotoLightbox to Story layout so photo clicks open full-screen view
- Use full-res images in StoryPhotoCard instead of thumbnails
- Defer public gallery auto-login text until settings/locale are loaded
- Add validation and debug logging for email logo URL construction
Co-authored-by: Paul Nothaft <[email protected]>
- Fix dimension repair for external media by using photoResolver instead of hardcoded paths
- Extract photo dimensions via Sharp during external media import
- Remove duplicate theme useEffect from GalleryView to prevent flash/revert race condition
- Pass event welcome_message to Story layout footer for per-event customization
- Add email_primary_color/email_secondary_color settings with admin UI color pickers
- Add i18n keys for email branding in all 4 locales (en, de, ru, pt)
- Add photo_cap column to events table (migration 074) to limit photos per event
- Enforce photo cap in upload route, returning 400 when limit exceeded
- Pass photo_cap through all event CRUD routes and frontend forms
- Add complete Portuguese (pt-BR) translation (2300+ strings)
- Register pt locale in i18n config, language selector, date formatting
- Add photoCap/photoCapHelp translation keys to all locale files (en, de, ru, pt)
The email template preview modal was showing only raw body HTML without
the styled wrapper (green header bar, logo, footer with company name)
that processTemplate() applies when sending. This made preview not match
what recipients actually receive.
Extract wrapEmailHtml() from processTemplate() and reuse it in the
preview endpoint. Also fix logo URL to use FRONTEND_URL consistently.
Closes#229
The "Allowed File Types" admin setting was stored in the database but
never actually read during upload validation. Both frontend and backend
used hardcoded MIME type lists, causing video uploads (e.g. MP4) to be
rejected even when explicitly added to the setting.
Changes:
- Add getAllowedMimeTypes() to uploadSettings service that reads the
general_allowed_file_types DB setting and converts extensions to MIME types
- Backend admin upload route now resolves allowed types from settings
before multer processes files (via resolveAllowedTypes middleware)
- Backend gallery upload route uses dynamic allowed types from settings
- Expose allowed_file_types in public settings API for gallery clients
- Frontend PhotoUpload and UserPhotoUpload components now derive allowed
MIME types from settings instead of hardcoded image-only lists
- Add shared fileTypes.ts utility for extension-to-MIME conversion
Closes#203
- Disable production source maps and hide nginx version
- Reduce JSON body limit from 10gb to 50mb (uploads use multer, not JSON)
- Strip database info and error details from health endpoint
- Mask reCAPTCHA secret key in admin settings API responses
- Whitelist sort/order query parameters in events and photos endpoints
- Stop reflecting arbitrary origins in static file CORS headers
- Align nginx security headers with backend Helmet CSP, remove deprecated X-XSS-Protection
- Strip EXIF metadata from generated thumbnails and hero images
- Bind postgres/redis dev ports to localhost in docker-compose configs
- Add safeExec utility (spawn with shell:false) to prevent command injection
- Convert all exec/execAsync calls in backup, restore, and database backup
services to use safe spawn-based helpers
- Add Update Instructions Dialog with environment-specific commands (Docker/Git/Standalone)
- Add email notification settings for new version alerts
- Add "Sort by Capture Date" option using EXIF metadata extraction
- Fix E2E tests by loading environment variables via dotenv
- Add test-images/ and backend/*.db to .gitignore
Closes#181
- Fix masonry/mosaic layout regression where tiles displayed uniform heights
instead of respecting image aspect ratios. Changed from fixed 150-500px
height constraints to dynamic constraints based on column width.
- Add hero image optimization pipeline generating 1920x1080 images for
full-width hero sections instead of using low-quality thumbnails.
- New /hero/:photoId endpoint serves optimized hero images with watermark
support and automatic generation/caching.
- Add hero_url field to photos API response for frontend consumption.
- Migration 069 adds hero_path column to photos table.
Admin Dark Mode:
- Add AdminDarkModeContext with light/dark/system preference
- Update all admin components with Tailwind dark: classes
- Add dark mode toggle in admin header
- Persist preference in localStorage
SEO Settings:
- Add robots.txt configuration in Settings > SEO tab
- Block AI crawlers (GPTBot, ChatGPT-User, etc.) with toggle
- Custom robots.txt rules management
- Add RobotsMetaTags component for gallery pages
- Backend service for dynamic robots.txt generation
- Database migration for SEO settings storage
UI/UX Improvements:
- Consistent dark mode styling across all admin pages
- Update gallery components with themed CSS classes
- Fix input, card, and button styling for dark mode
Add Google Photos-style justified row layout as a mode within masonry:
- Add masonryMode setting: 'columns' (Pinterest) or 'rows' (Google Photos)
- Create justifiedLayoutCalculator utility for row-based layouts
- Extract and store image dimensions on upload for layout calculations
- Include width/height in gallery API response
- Add row height and last row behavior controls to theme customizer
- Support responsive container width detection with ResizeObserver
Photos in rows mode maintain their aspect ratios while filling
horizontal rows at a consistent height. The number of photos per
row is automatically calculated based on target row height and
photo dimensions.
Closes#146
Implements GitHub issue #139 - allows users to create and manage custom
event types beyond the default presets (wedding, birthday, corporate, other).
Backend:
- Add event_types table migration with default system types
- Create eventTypeService for CRUD operations with legacy fallback
- Add adminEventTypes routes with full REST API
- Update event validation to use dynamic event types
- Update slug generation to use custom slug_prefix
Frontend:
- Add EventTypesPage with full CRUD admin interface
- Add eventTypes.service.ts API client
- Update CreateEventPage to fetch types dynamically
- Add Event Types navigation in admin sidebar
- Add i18n translations (EN/DE)
Backward compatible: existing galleries continue to work, legacy types
accepted even if database is empty via fallback mechanisms.
Addresses GitHub issue #132 - enables filtering client feedback and
exporting filenames for use in Lightroom.
Changes:
- Add original_filename column to photos table via migration
- Store original filename during photo upload
- Fix export service column name mismatches (path, size_bytes, uploaded_at)
- Fix table name (photo_categories instead of categories)
- Fix toFixed() calls to handle string ratings from database
Export formats available:
- TXT with comma separator (for Lightroom Library Filter)
- CSV with full metadata
- JSON for automation
- XMP sidecar files (for Lightroom/Bridge/Capture One)
The invitation email was generating links to /admin/accept-invite/{token}
but the frontend route is configured at /invite/{token}. This caused
invited users to see a blank page when clicking the email link.
Fixes#129
Fixed inconsistent storage path fallbacks that caused 500 errors when
serving thumbnails. The paths were using '../../storage' (2 levels up)
instead of '../../../storage' (3 levels up) when STORAGE_PATH env var
is not set.
Affected files:
- backend/src/routes/gallery.js
- backend/src/services/photoService.js
- backend/src/services/eventService.js
Add global settings to make event_date and expiration optional when
creating galleries. This supports non-event use cases like portraits,
corporate shoots, etc.
New features:
- Settings toggles in Settings → Event Creation tab
- "Require event date" checkbox with warning about random URL identifiers
- "Require expiration date" checkbox with warning about manual archiving
- Galleries without date use random hex suffix in slug (e.g. portrait-smith-a1b2c3)
- Galleries without expiration never expire (stay active until archived)
Backend changes:
- New migration for settings and nullable columns
- Conditional validation based on settings
- Updated slug generation with random suffix fallback
- Updated expiration checker to skip null expires_at
- Updated gallery access control for null expiration
Frontend changes:
- New checkboxes in EventsTab with warnings
- Conditional event date field (shows optional label)
- No Expiration message when expiration disabled
- Updated types for nullable event_date and expires_at
Closes#118
- Fix JSON parsing error when uploading watermark logo by handling both
JSON-stringified and raw string paths
- Ensure publicPath is JSON.stringify'd consistently when saving
- Preserve original image format (PNG/WebP/JPEG) when applying watermarks
- Use maximum quality (100) to prevent unnecessary recompression
- Skip image processing for basic/standard protection levels when no
fingerprinting or watermarking is enabled
- Preserve original image format (PNG/WebP/JPEG) instead of always
converting to JPEG
- Fix SQLite migration failure for fresh installations by adding
multilingual columns to email_templates table before inserting
admin email templates
Fixes#95
The frontend expected `status.lastBackup` but the backend was returning
`status.lastRun`. This caused the backup dashboard to show "No backup available"
even when backups existed in the history.
Added:
- `lastBackup` as alias for `lastRun`
- `totalBackups` count of completed backups
- Manual backup button now works regardless of backup_enabled setting
- backup_enabled only controls scheduled/automated backups
- Manual backups only require destination to be configured
- Fixed backup_type to correctly show 'manual' vs 'scheduled'
- Increased max file size from 500MB to 10GB
- Created chunkedUploadService.js for managing chunked uploads
- Added chunked upload API endpoints (init, chunk, complete, status, abort)
- Added frontend chunked upload methods to photos.service.ts
- Files >100MB automatically use chunked uploads
- 10MB chunk size for reliable transfers
- Auto-cleanup of expired uploads after 24 hours
- Updated README with 10GB limit and nginx configuration example
This commit implements full video upload, storage, streaming, and playback functionality
for the PicPeak photo sharing platform, allowing users to upload and view videos alongside
photos in galleries.
Backend Changes:
- Added video processing dependencies (fluent-ffmpeg, @ffmpeg-installer/ffmpeg)
- Created videoProcessor.js service for video metadata extraction and thumbnail generation
- Updated photoProcessor.js to handle both images and videos
- Modified adminPhotos.js to accept video files with 500MB size limit
- Enhanced gallery.js with HTTP range request support for video streaming
- Expanded fileSecurityUtils.js with video MIME types and magic number validation
- Added database migration for video support columns (media_type, duration, codecs, dimensions)
Frontend Changes:
- Updated TypeScript types to include video metadata fields
- Created VideoPlayer.tsx component with custom controls
- Modified PhotoUpload.tsx to accept video files (.mp4, .webm, .mov, .avi)
- Updated UserPhotoUpload.tsx for guest video uploads
- Enhanced PhotoGrid.tsx with video badges and duration display
- Modified PhotoLightbox.tsx to conditionally render VideoPlayer for videos
Database Schema:
- Added media_type column ('image' | 'video')
- Added mime_type, duration, video_codec, audio_codec columns
- Added width and height columns for media dimensions
- Migrated existing photos to media_type 'image'
Features:
- Video thumbnail generation from video frames
- Streaming support with range requests for efficient playback
- Video duration display on thumbnails
- Play button indicators on video items
- Full-featured video player with playback controls
- Support for MP4, WebM, MOV, and AVI formats
This feature allows users with non-standard SMTP setups (shared hosting,
self-signed certificates) to bypass certificate validation when needed.
Changes:
- Add database migration for tls_reject_unauthorized column
- Update emailProcessor.js to pass TLS option to nodemailer
- Update adminEmail.js routes to handle the new field
- Add checkbox UI with security warning in EmailConfigPage
- Add English and German translations
Bug fixes included:
#52 - Thumbnail Generation: Added proper parsing of settings values and validation
of Sharp fit parameter to handle JSON-encoded strings correctly
#61 - Branding Settings Not Persisting: Added _parseBoolean helper for reliable
boolean parsing, added hide_powered_by option for white-label support
#55 - Categories Not Applied: Fixed category update logic to properly handle
numeric category IDs, added updated_at timestamp, improved cache invalidation
#59/#56 - Gallery Layout & Apply Theme: Set isPreviewMode=true so theme changes
immediately propagate to parent state, hidden redundant Apply button
#58 - Feedback Icons Show When Disabled: Added feedbackEnabled check to comment
and like buttons in MasonryGalleryLayout and GridGalleryLayout
#57 - Upload Limit 100MB: Increased body parser limit from 100MB to 500MB to
support larger batch uploads
#54 - Wrong Error Message: Enhanced email error handling with specific error
codes and translation keys for better user feedback
- Fix#49: Add column existence checks to migration 011_add_user_upload_settings.js
to prevent "column already exists" errors during deployment
- Fix#50: Create missing workerManager.js file that starts background services
(file watcher and expiration checker) for native installations
This commit fixes the core bugs that prevented Reference mode from functioning:
1. Missing external_relpath Error (CRITICAL FIX)
- Root cause: photoResolver prioritized event.source_mode over photo.source_origin
- Problem: Events in "reference" mode with uploaded photos would fail
because uploaded photos have source_origin='managed' but were being
treated as external photos (requiring external_relpath)
- Fix: Prioritize photo.source_origin over event.source_mode
- Result: Events can now have MIXED sources - imported external photos
AND newly uploaded managed photos coexisting correctly
- File: backend/src/services/photoResolver.js:19
2. Category Assignment Failure (CRITICAL FIX)
- Root cause: Update endpoints modified category_id column but display
used photo.type field ('individual' or 'collage')
- Problem: Category changes appeared to succeed but had no visible effect
- Fix: When category_id is 'individual' or 'collage', update the type
field instead of category_id
- Result: Category assignments now work correctly for all photos
- Files: backend/src/routes/adminPhotos.js:489-497, 605-607
3. Scroll Button Non-Functional (UX FIX)
- Root cause: Scroll indicator was purely visual (no click handler)
- Problem: Users expected to click the animated chevron to scroll
- Fix: Convert div to button with smooth scroll to grid section
- Result: Scroll button now functions as expected with proper a11y
- File: frontend/src/components/gallery/layouts/HeroGalleryLayout.tsx:165-184
Technical Details:
Mixed Source Support:
The photoResolver now correctly handles events that mix:
- External photos: source_origin='external' + external_relpath set
- Uploaded photos: source_origin='managed' + path in storage/events/active
This allows users to start with external media import and later upload
additional photos without errors.
Category/Type Distinction:
The system uses photo.type ('individual'|'collage') for display but also
has a legacy category_id column. The update logic now handles both:
- String values 'individual'/'collage' → update type field
- Numeric values → update legacy category_id field (backward compat)
Notes on Remaining Issues:
Issue #30 also mentioned:
4. Image display (cropped square) - This is by design. Thumbnails use
fit='cover' by default for consistent grid layouts. Can be changed
via app_settings.thumbnail_fit if needed.
5. Theme application - The "Apply Theme" button updates the form state
correctly. Users need to click "Save Changes" to persist to database.
This is standard form behavior, not a bug.
Testing:
- Create event in reference mode with external media
- Upload new photos to the same event → verify no external_relpath error
- Change categories on both external and uploaded photos → verify changes apply
- Use Hero gallery layout → verify scroll button works
Fixes#30
Paul Nothaft
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