- Disabled duplicate email service (emailService.js) that was creating redundant connections
- Increased connection pool size from 10 to 25 for production environment
- Extended session timeout cache from 5 to 30 minutes to reduce DB queries
- Added connection retry logic with exponential backoff for transient failures
- Fixed password validation to use retry wrapper and correct setting key
- Updated public settings and gallery middleware to handle connection failures gracefully
These changes address the "Connection terminated unexpectedly" errors in production by:
1. Reducing unnecessary database connections
2. Increasing available connection pool capacity
3. Implementing automatic retry for transient connection failures
4. Caching frequently accessed data for longer periods
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- Password Complexity: Added 4-level complexity selector (Simple/Moderate/Strong/Very Strong) in admin security settings with dynamic backend validation
- Gallery Security: Removed event date from login page (security risk), replaced with event type badge
- Analytics Config: Fixed "Not Configured" detection logic to check both admin settings and env variables
- Analytics Accuracy: Aligned calculation logic between dashboard and analytics endpoints, added totals verification
- Translations: Added missing activity keys (analytics_settings_updated, cms_page_updated, security_settings_updated, password_reset, admin_logout, system_activity)
- UI Fixes: Fixed German text overflow in CMS page selector with proper CSS truncation
- Date Format: Event creation now respects admin-configured date format instead of browser locale
- Chrome Compatibility: Replaced emoji flags with SVG components for Windows Chrome support
All changes maintain backward compatibility and production stability.
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- Added skipStrengthCheck option to bypass zxcvbn analysis for gallery passwords
- Added explicit date pattern matching for formats like "04.07.2025"
- Date passwords (DD.MM.YYYY, DD/MM/YYYY, DD-MM-YYYY) are now automatically accepted
- Gallery passwords skip all strength requirements but maintain 6 character minimum
- Fixes production issue where date passwords were rejected by zxcvbn
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- Modified backend password validation for galleries to be more lenient
- Reduced minimum password length to 6 characters for galleries
- Removed uppercase/lowercase/number requirements for gallery passwords
- Allow date formats like "04.07.2025" as passwords
- Added helper text to inform users about password options
- Still prevent overly simple passwords like "123456"
- Admin passwords remain strict with all security requirements
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- Reduce minimum password length from 12 to 8 characters
- Make special characters optional for gallery passwords
- Lower strength requirement from score 3 to 1 for galleries
- Add eye icon toggle for password visibility on each field
- Remove redundant 'Show passwords' checkbox
- Add translation for password security requirements error
- Update both English and German translations
This allows users to use simpler passwords like 'Sommer2025\!' for events
while maintaining security through other measures like expiration dates.
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