Ignore text should override trigger text (It should ignore the trigger text if it appears)

.dockerignore

@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ venv/
 # Test and development files
 test-datastore/
 tests/
-docs/
 *.md
 !README.md
 

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@ updates:
     directory: /
     schedule:
       interval: "weekly"
-    "caronc/apprise":
-      versioning-strategy: "increase"
-      schedule:
-        interval: "daily"
     groups:
       all:
         patterns:
         - "*"
+  - package-ecosystem: pip
+    directory: /
+    schedule:
+      interval: "daily"
+    allow:
+      - dependency-name: "apprise"

.github/workflows/containers.yml

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - name: Set up Python 3.11
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: 3.11
 
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ jobs:
           push: true
           tags: |
             ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME }}/changedetection.io:dev,ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }}:dev
-          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64,linux/arm/v7,linux/arm/v8,linux/arm64/v8
+          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64,linux/arm/v7,linux/arm/v8
           cache-from: type=gha
           cache-to: type=gha,mode=max
 
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ jobs:
           file: ./Dockerfile
           push: true
           tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
-          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64,linux/arm/v7,linux/arm/v8,linux/arm64/v8
+          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64,linux/arm/v7,linux/arm/v8
           cache-from: type=gha
           cache-to: type=gha,mode=max
 # Looks like this was disabled

.github/workflows/pypi-release.yml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v5
     - name: Set up Python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v6
       with:
         python-version: "3.11"
     - name: Install pypa/build
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
         name: python-package-distributions
         path: dist/
     - name: Set up Python 3.11
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v6
       with:
         python-version: '3.11'
     - name: Test that the basic pip built package runs without error

.github/workflows/test-container-build.yml

@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ jobs:
             dockerfile: ./Dockerfile
           - platform: linux/arm/v8
             dockerfile: ./Dockerfile
-          - platform: linux/arm64/v8
-            dockerfile: ./Dockerfile
           # Alpine Dockerfile platforms (musl via alpine check)
           - platform: linux/amd64
             dockerfile: ./.github/test/Dockerfile-alpine
@@ -48,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
         - uses: actions/checkout@v5
         - name: Set up Python 3.11
-          uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+          uses: actions/setup-python@v6
           with:
             python-version: 3.11
 

.github/workflows/test-only.yml

@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ jobs:
           ruff check . --select E9,F63,F7,F82
           # Complete check with errors treated as warnings
           ruff check . --exit-zero
+      - name: Validate OpenAPI spec
+        run: |
+          pip install openapi-spec-validator
+          python3 -c "from openapi_spec_validator import validate_spec; import yaml; validate_spec(yaml.safe_load(open('docs/api-spec.yaml')))"
 
   test-application-3-10:
     needs: lint-code

.github/workflows/test-stack-reusable-workflow.yml

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # Mainly just for link/flake8
       - name: Set up Python ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
 

Dockerfile

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ ARG PYTHON_VERSION=3.11
 FROM python:${PYTHON_VERSION}-slim-bookworm AS builder
 
 # See `cryptography` pin comment in requirements.txt
-ARG CRYPTOGRAPHY_DONT_BUILD_RUST=1
 
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
     g++ \
@@ -17,6 +16,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
     libxslt-dev \
     make \
     patch \
+    pkg-config \
     zlib1g-dev
 
 RUN mkdir /install
@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@ COPY requirements.txt /requirements.txt
 
 # Use cache mounts and multiple wheel sources for faster ARM builds
 ENV PIP_CACHE_DIR=/tmp/pip-cache
+# Help Rust find OpenSSL for cryptography package compilation on ARM
+ENV PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/pkgconfig:/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig"
+ENV PKG_CONFIG_ALLOW_SYSTEM_CFLAGS=1
+ENV OPENSSL_DIR="/usr"
+ENV OPENSSL_LIB_DIR="/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf"
+ENV OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR="/usr/include/openssl"
+# Additional environment variables for cryptography Rust build
+ENV CRYPTOGRAPHY_DONT_BUILD_RUST=1
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/tmp/pip-cache \
     pip install \
     --extra-index-url https://www.piwheels.org/simple \
@@ -76,6 +84,11 @@ EXPOSE 5000
 
 # The actual flask app module
 COPY changedetectionio /app/changedetectionio
+
+# Also for OpenAPI validation wrapper - needs the YML
+RUN [ ! -d "/app/docs" ] && mkdir /app/docs
+COPY docs/api-spec.yaml /app/docs/api-spec.yaml
+
 # Starting wrapper
 COPY changedetection.py /app/changedetection.py
 

MANIFEST.in

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 recursive-include changedetectionio/api *
 recursive-include changedetectionio/blueprint *
-recursive-include changedetectionio/content_fetchers *
 recursive-include changedetectionio/conditions *
+recursive-include changedetectionio/content_fetchers *
 recursive-include changedetectionio/model *
 recursive-include changedetectionio/notification *
 recursive-include changedetectionio/processors *
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ recursive-include changedetectionio/realtime *
 recursive-include changedetectionio/static *
 recursive-include changedetectionio/templates *
 recursive-include changedetectionio/tests *
+recursive-include changedetectionio/widgets *
 prune changedetectionio/static/package-lock.json
 prune changedetectionio/static/styles/node_modules
 prune changedetectionio/static/styles/package-lock.json

README.md

@@ -280,7 +280,10 @@ Excel import is recommended - that way you can better organise tags/groups of we
 
 ## API Support
 
-Supports managing the website watch list [via our API](https://changedetection.io/docs/api_v1/index.html)
+Full REST API for programmatic management of watches, tags, notifications and more. 
+
+- **[Interactive API Documentation](https://changedetection.io/docs/api_v1/index.html)** - Complete API reference with live testing
+- **[OpenAPI Specification](docs/api-spec.yaml)** - Generate SDKs for any programming language
 
 ## Support us
 

changedetectionio/__init__.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Read more https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/wiki
 
-__version__ = '0.50.10'
+__version__ = '0.50.14'
 
 from changedetectionio.strtobool import strtobool
 from json.decoder import JSONDecodeError

changedetectionio/api/Import.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from changedetectionio.strtobool import strtobool
 from flask_restful import abort, Resource
 from flask import request
 import validators
-from . import auth
+from . import auth, validate_openapi_request
 
 
 class Import(Resource):
@@ -12,17 +12,9 @@ class Import(Resource):
         self.datastore = kwargs['datastore']
 
     @auth.check_token
+    @validate_openapi_request('importWatches')
     def post(self):
-        """
-        @api {post} /api/v1/import Import a list of watched URLs
-        @apiDescription Accepts a line-feed separated list of URLs to import, additionally with ?tag_uuids=(tag  id), ?tag=(name), ?proxy={key}, ?dedupe=true (default true) one URL per line.
-        @apiExample {curl} Example usage:
-            curl http://localhost:5000/api/v1/import --data-binary @list-of-sites.txt -H"x-api-key:8a111a21bc2f8f1dd9b9353bbd46049a"
-        @apiName Import
-        @apiGroup Import
-        @apiSuccess (200) {List} OK List of watch UUIDs added
-        @apiSuccess (500) {String} ERR Some other error
-        """
+        """Import a list of watched URLs."""
 
         extras = {}
 

changedetectionio/api/Notifications.py

@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 from flask_expects_json import expects_json
-from flask_restful import Resource
-from . import auth
-from flask_restful import abort, Resource
+from flask_restful import Resource, abort
 from flask import request
-from . import auth
+from . import auth, validate_openapi_request
 from . import schema_create_notification_urls, schema_delete_notification_urls
 
 class Notifications(Resource):
@@ -12,19 +10,9 @@ class Notifications(Resource):
         self.datastore = kwargs['datastore']
 
     @auth.check_token
+    @validate_openapi_request('getNotifications')
     def get(self):
-        """
-        @api {get} /api/v1/notifications Return Notification URL List
-        @apiDescription Return the Notification URL List from the configuration
-        @apiExample {curl} Example usage:
-            curl http://localhost:5000/api/v1/notifications -H"x-api-key:813031b16330fe25e3780cf0325daa45"
-            HTTP/1.0 200
-            {
-                'notification_urls': ["notification-urls-list"]
-            }
-        @apiName Get
-        @apiGroup Notifications
-        """
+        """Return Notification URL List."""
 
         notification_urls = self.datastore.data.get('settings', {}).get('application', {}).get('notification_urls', [])        
 
@@ -33,18 +21,10 @@ class Notifications(Resource):
                }, 200
     
     @auth.check_token
+    @validate_openapi_request('addNotifications')
     @expects_json(schema_create_notification_urls)
     def post(self):
-        """
-        @api {post} /api/v1/notifications Create Notification URLs
-        @apiDescription Add one or more notification URLs from the configuration
-        @apiExample {curl} Example usage:
-            curl http://localhost:5000/api/v1/notifications/batch -H"x-api-key:813031b16330fe25e3780cf0325daa45" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"notification_urls": ["url1", "url2"]}'
-        @apiName CreateBatch
-        @apiGroup Notifications
-        @apiSuccess (201) {Object[]} notification_urls List of added notification URLs
-        @apiError (400) {String} Invalid input
-        """
+        """Create Notification URLs."""
 
         json_data = request.get_json()
         notification_urls = json_data.get("notification_urls", [])
@@ -69,18 +49,10 @@ class Notifications(Resource):
         return {'notification_urls': added_urls}, 201
     
     @auth.check_token
+    @validate_openapi_request('replaceNotifications')
     @expects_json(schema_create_notification_urls)
     def put(self):
-        """
-        @api {put} /api/v1/notifications Replace Notification URLs
-        @apiDescription Replace all notification URLs with the provided list (can be empty)
-        @apiExample {curl} Example usage:
-            curl -X PUT http://localhost:5000/api/v1/notifications -H"x-api-key:813031b16330fe25e3780cf0325daa45" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"notification_urls": ["url1", "url2"]}'
-        @apiName Replace
-        @apiGroup Notifications
-        @apiSuccess (200) {Object[]} notification_urls List of current notification URLs
-        @apiError (400) {String} Invalid input
-        """
+        """Replace Notification URLs."""
         json_data = request.get_json()
         notification_urls = json_data.get("notification_urls", [])
 
@@ -100,19 +72,10 @@ class Notifications(Resource):
         return {'notification_urls': clean_urls}, 200
         
     @auth.check_token
+    @validate_openapi_request('deleteNotifications')
     @expects_json(schema_delete_notification_urls)
     def delete(self):
-        """
-        @api {delete} /api/v1/notifications Delete Notification URLs
-        @apiDescription Deletes one or more notification URLs from the configuration
-        @apiExample {curl} Example usage:
-            curl http://localhost:5000/api/v1/notifications -X DELETE -H"x-api-key:813031b16330fe25e3780cf0325daa45" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"notification_urls": ["url1", "url2"]}'
-        @apiParam {String[]} notification_urls The notification URLs to delete.
-        @apiName Delete
-        @apiGroup Notifications
-        @apiSuccess (204) {String} OK Deleted
-        @apiError (400) {String} No matching notification URLs found.
-        """
+        """Delete Notification URLs."""
 
         json_data = request.get_json()
         urls_to_delete = json_data.get("notification_urls", [])

changedetectionio/api/Search.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from flask_restful import Resource, abort
 from flask import request
-from . import auth
+from . import auth, validate_openapi_request
 
 class Search(Resource):
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
@@ -8,21 +8,9 @@ class Search(Resource):
         self.datastore = kwargs['datastore']
 
     @auth.check_token
+    @validate_openapi_request('searchWatches')
     def get(self):
-        """
-        @api {get} /api/v1/search Search for watches
-        @apiDescription Search watches by URL or title text
-        @apiExample {curl} Example usage:
-            curl "http://localhost:5000/api/v1/search?q=https://example.com/page1" -H"x-api-key:813031b16330fe25e3780cf0325daa45"
-            curl "http://localhost:5000/api/v1/search?q=https://example.com/page1?tag=Favourites" -H"x-api-key:813031b16330fe25e3780cf0325daa45"
-            curl "http://localhost:5000/api/v1/search?q=https://example.com?partial=true" -H"x-api-key:813031b16330fe25e3780cf0325daa45"
-        @apiName Search
-        @apiGroup Search
-        @apiQuery {String} q Search query to match against watch URLs and titles
-        @apiQuery {String} [tag] Optional name of tag to limit results (name not UUID)
-        @apiQuery {String} [partial] Allow partial matching of URL query
-        @apiSuccess (200) {Object} JSON Object containing matched watches
-        """
+        """Search for watches by URL or title text."""
         query = request.args.get('q', '').strip()
         tag_limit = request.args.get('tag', '').strip()
         from changedetectionio.strtobool import strtobool

changedetectionio/api/SystemInfo.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from flask_restful import Resource
-from . import auth
+from . import auth, validate_openapi_request
 
 
 class SystemInfo(Resource):
@@ -9,23 +9,9 @@ class SystemInfo(Resource):
         self.update_q = kwargs['update_q']
 
     @auth.check_token
+    @validate_openapi_request('getSystemInfo')
     def get(self):
-        """
-        @api {get} /api/v1/systeminfo Return system info
-        @apiDescription Return some info about the current system state
-        @apiExample {curl} Example usage:
-            curl http://localhost:5000/api/v1/systeminfo -H"x-api-key:813031b16330fe25e3780cf0325daa45"
-            HTTP/1.0 200
-            {
-                'queue_size': 10 ,
-                'overdue_watches': ["watch-uuid-list"],
-                'uptime': 38344.55,
-                'watch_count': 800,
-                'version': "0.40.1"
-            }
-        @apiName Get Info
-        @apiGroup System Information
-        """
+        """Return system info."""
         import time
         overdue_watches = []
 

changedetectionio/api/Tags.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from flask import request
 from . import auth
 
 # Import schemas from __init__.py
-from . import schema_tag, schema_create_tag, schema_update_tag
+from . import schema_tag, schema_create_tag, schema_update_tag, validate_openapi_request
 
 
 class Tag(Resource):
@@ -19,22 +19,9 @@ class Tag(Resource):
     # Get information about a single tag
     # curl http://localhost:5000/api/v1/tag/<string:uuid>
     @auth.check_token
+    @validate_openapi_request('getTag')
     def get(self, uuid):
-        """
-        @api {get} /api/v1/tag/:uuid Single tag / group - Get data, toggle notification muting, recheck all.
-        @apiDescription Retrieve tag information, set notification_muted status, recheck all in tag.
-        @apiExampleRequest 
-            curl http://localhost:5000/api/v1/tag/cc0cfffa-f449-477b-83ea-0caafd1dc091 -H"x-api-key:813031b16330fe25e3780cf0325daa45"
-            curl "http://localhost:5000/api/v1/tag/cc0cfffa-f449-477b-83ea-0caafd1dc091?muted=muted" -H"x-api-key:813031b16330fe25e3780cf0325daa45"
-            curl "http://localhost:5000/api/v1/tag/cc0cfffa-f449-477b-83ea-0caafd1dc091?recheck=true" -H"x-api-key:813031b16330fe25e3780cf0325daa45"
-        @apiName Tag
-        @apiGroup Group / Tag
-        @apiParam {uuid} uuid Tag unique ID.
-        @apiQuery {String} [muted] =`muted` or =`unmuted` , Sets the MUTE NOTIFICATIONS state
-        @apiQuery {String} [recheck] = True, Queue all watches with this tag for recheck
-        @apiSuccess (200) {String} OK When muted operation OR full JSON object of the tag
-        @apiSuccess (200) {JSON} TagJSON JSON Full JSON object of the tag
-        """
+        """Get data for a single tag/group, toggle notification muting, or recheck all."""
         from copy import deepcopy
         tag = deepcopy(self.datastore.data['settings']['application']['tags'].get(uuid))
         if not tag:
@@ -64,18 +51,9 @@ class Tag(Resource):
         return tag
 
     @auth.check_token
+    @validate_openapi_request('deleteTag')
     def delete(self, uuid):
-        """
-        @api {delete} /api/v1/tag/:uuid Delete a tag / group and remove it from all watches
-        @apiExampleRequest {curl} Example usage:
-            curl http://localhost:5000/api/v1/tag/cc0cfffa-f449-477b-83ea-0caafd1dc091 -X DELETE -H"x-api-key:813031b16330fe25e3780cf0325daa45"
-        @apiExampleResponse {string}
-            OK
-        @apiParam {uuid} uuid Tag unique ID.
-        @apiName DeleteTag
-        @apiGroup Group / Tag
-        @apiSuccess (200) {String} OK Was deleted
-        """
+        """Delete a tag/group and remove it from all watches."""
         if not self.datastore.data['settings']['application']['tags'].get(uuid):
             abort(400, message='No tag exists with the UUID of {}'.format(uuid))
 
@@ -90,21 +68,10 @@ class Tag(Resource):
         return 'OK', 204
 
     @auth.check_token
+    @validate_openapi_request('updateTag')
     @expects_json(schema_update_tag)
     def put(self, uuid):
-        """
-        @api {put} /api/v1/tag/:uuid Update tag information
-        @apiExampleRequest {curl} Request:
-            curl http://localhost:5000/api/v1/tag/cc0cfffa-f449-477b-83ea-0caafd1dc091 -X PUT -H"x-api-key:813031b16330fe25e3780cf0325daa45" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"title": "New Tag Title"}'
-        @apiExampleResponse {json} Response:
-            "OK"
-        @apiDescription Updates an existing tag using JSON
-        @apiParam {uuid} uuid Tag unique ID.
-        @apiName UpdateTag
-        @apiGroup Group / Tag
-        @apiSuccess (200) {String} OK Was updated
-        @apiSuccess (500) {String} ERR Some other error
-        """
+        """Update tag information."""
         tag = self.datastore.data['settings']['application']['tags'].get(uuid)
         if not tag:
             abort(404, message='No tag exists with the UUID of {}'.format(uuid))
@@ -116,17 +83,10 @@ class Tag(Resource):
 
 
     @auth.check_token
+    @validate_openapi_request('createTag')
     # Only cares for {'title': 'xxxx'}
     def post(self):
-        """
-        @api {post} /api/v1/watch Create a single tag / group
-        @apiExample {curl} Example usage:
-            curl http://localhost:5000/api/v1/watch -H"x-api-key:813031b16330fe25e3780cf0325daa45" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"name": "Work related"}'
-        @apiName Create
-        @apiGroup Group / Tag
-        @apiSuccess (200) {String} OK Was created
-        @apiSuccess (500) {String} ERR Some other error
-        """
+        """Create a single tag/group."""
 
         json_data = request.get_json()
         title = json_data.get("title",'').strip()
@@ -144,29 +104,9 @@ class Tags(Resource):
         self.datastore = kwargs['datastore']
 
     @auth.check_token
+    @validate_openapi_request('listTags')
     def get(self):
-        """
-        @api {get} /api/v1/tags List tags / groups
-        @apiDescription Return list of available tags / groups
-        @apiExampleRequest {curl} Request:
-            curl http://localhost:5000/api/v1/tags -H"x-api-key:813031b16330fe25e3780cf0325daa45"
-        @apiExampleResponse {json} Response:
-            {
-                "cc0cfffa-f449-477b-83ea-0caafd1dc091": {
-                    "title": "Tech News",
-                    "notification_muted": false,
-                    "date_created": 1677103794
-                },
-                "e6f5fd5c-dbfe-468b-b8f3-f9d6ff5ad69b": {
-                    "title": "Shopping",
-                    "notification_muted": true,
-                    "date_created": 1676662819
-                }
-            }
-        @apiName ListTags
-        @apiGroup Group / Tag Management
-        @apiSuccess (200) {JSON} Short list of tags keyed by tag/group UUID
-        """
+        """List tags/groups."""
         result = {}
         for uuid, tag in self.datastore.data['settings']['application']['tags'].items():
             result[uuid] = {

changedetectionio/api/Watch.py

@@ -11,7 +11,40 @@ from . import auth
 import copy
 
 # Import schemas from __init__.py
-from . import schema, schema_create_watch, schema_update_watch
+from . import schema, schema_create_watch, schema_update_watch, validate_openapi_request
+
+
+def validate_time_between_check_required(json_data):
+    """
+    Validate that at least one time interval is specified when not using default settings.
+    Returns None if valid, or error message string if invalid.
+    Defaults to using global settings if time_between_check_use_default is not provided.
+    """
+    # Default to using global settings if not specified
+    use_default = json_data.get('time_between_check_use_default', True)
+
+    # If using default settings, no validation needed
+    if use_default:
+        return None
+
+    # If not using defaults, check if time_between_check exists and has at least one non-zero value
+    time_check = json_data.get('time_between_check')
+    if not time_check:
+        # No time_between_check provided and not using defaults - this is an error
+        return "At least one time interval (weeks, days, hours, minutes, or seconds) must be specified when not using global settings."
+
+    # time_between_check exists, check if it has at least one non-zero value
+    if any([
+        (time_check.get('weeks') or 0) > 0,
+        (time_check.get('days') or 0) > 0,
+        (time_check.get('hours') or 0) > 0,
+        (time_check.get('minutes') or 0) > 0,
+        (time_check.get('seconds') or 0) > 0
+    ]):
+        return None
+
+    # time_between_check exists but all values are 0 or empty - this is an error
+    return "At least one time interval (weeks, days, hours, minutes, or seconds) must be specified when not using global settings."
 
 
 class Watch(Resource):
@@ -25,24 +58,9 @@ class Watch(Resource):
     # @todo - version2 - ?muted and ?paused should be able to be called together, return the watch struct not "OK"
     # ?recheck=true
     @auth.check_token
+    @validate_openapi_request('getWatch')
     def get(self, uuid):
-        """
-        @api {get} /api/v1/watch/:uuid Single watch - get data, recheck, pause, mute.
-        @apiDescription Retrieve watch information and set muted/paused status, returns the FULL Watch JSON which can be used for any other PUT (update etc)
-        @apiExample {curl} Example usage:
-            curl http://localhost:5000/api/v1/watch/cc0cfffa-f449-477b-83ea-0caafd1dc091  -H"x-api-key:813031b16330fe25e3780cf0325daa45"
-            curl "http://localhost:5000/api/v1/watch/cc0cfffa-f449-477b-83ea-0caafd1dc091?muted=unmuted"  -H"x-api-key:813031b16330fe25e3780cf0325daa45"
-            curl "http://localhost:5000/api/v1/watch/cc0cfffa-f449-477b-83ea-0caafd1dc091?paused=unpaused"  -H"x-api-key:813031b16330fe25e3780cf0325daa45"
-        @apiName Watch
-        @apiGroup Watch
-        @apiGroupDocOrder 0
-        @apiParam {uuid} uuid Watch unique ID.
-        @apiQuery {Boolean} [recheck] Recheck this watch `recheck=1`
-        @apiQuery {String} [paused] =`paused` or =`unpaused` , Sets the PAUSED state
-        @apiQuery {String} [muted] =`muted` or =`unmuted` , Sets the MUTE NOTIFICATIONS state
-        @apiSuccess (200) {String} OK When paused/muted/recheck operation OR full JSON object of the watch
-        @apiSuccess (200) {JSON} WatchJSON JSON Full JSON object of the watch
-        """
+        """Get information about a single watch, recheck, pause, or mute."""
         from copy import deepcopy
         watch = deepcopy(self.datastore.data['watching'].get(uuid))
         if not watch:
@@ -70,19 +88,14 @@ class Watch(Resource):
         # attr .last_changed will check for the last written text snapshot on change
         watch['last_changed'] = watch.last_changed
         watch['viewed'] = watch.viewed
+        watch['link'] = watch.link,
+
         return watch
 
     @auth.check_token
+    @validate_openapi_request('deleteWatch')
     def delete(self, uuid):
-        """
-        @api {delete} /api/v1/watch/:uuid Delete a watch and related history
-        @apiExample {curl} Example usage:
-            curl http://localhost:5000/api/v1/watch/cc0cfffa-f449-477b-83ea-0caafd1dc091 -X DELETE -H"x-api-key:813031b16330fe25e3780cf0325daa45"
-        @apiParam {uuid} uuid Watch unique ID.
-        @apiName Delete
-        @apiGroup Watch
-        @apiSuccess (200) {String} OK Was deleted
-        """
+        """Delete a watch and related history."""
         if not self.datastore.data['watching'].get(uuid):
             abort(400, message='No watch exists with the UUID of {}'.format(uuid))
 
@@ -90,21 +103,10 @@ class Watch(Resource):
         return 'OK', 204
 
     @auth.check_token
+    @validate_openapi_request('updateWatch')
     @expects_json(schema_update_watch)
     def put(self, uuid):
-        """
-        @api {put} /api/v1/watch/:uuid Update watch information
-        @apiExampleRequest {curl} Example usage:
-            curl http://localhost:5000/api/v1/watch/cc0cfffa-f449-477b-83ea-0caafd1dc091 -X PUT -H"x-api-key:813031b16330fe25e3780cf0325daa45" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"url": "https://my-nice.com" , "tag": "new list"}'
-        @apiExampleResponse {string} Example usage:
-            OK
-        @apiDescription Updates an existing watch using JSON, accepts the same structure as returned in <a href="#watch_GET">get single watch information</a>
-        @apiParam {uuid} uuid Watch unique ID.
-        @apiName Update a watch
-        @apiGroup Watch
-        @apiSuccess (200) {String} OK Was updated
-        @apiSuccess (500) {String} ERR Some other error
-        """
+        """Update watch information."""
         watch = self.datastore.data['watching'].get(uuid)
         if not watch:
             abort(404, message='No watch exists with the UUID of {}'.format(uuid))
@@ -114,6 +116,11 @@ class Watch(Resource):
             if not request.json.get('proxy') in plist:
                 return "Invalid proxy choice, currently supported proxies are '{}'".format(', '.join(plist)), 400
 
+        # Validate time_between_check when not using defaults
+        validation_error = validate_time_between_check_required(request.json)
+        if validation_error:
+            return validation_error, 400
+
         watch.update(request.json)
 
         return "OK", 200
@@ -127,24 +134,9 @@ class WatchHistory(Resource):
     # Get a list of available history for a watch by UUID
     # curl http://localhost:5000/api/v1/watch/<string:uuid>/history
     @auth.check_token
+    @validate_openapi_request('getWatchHistory')
     def get(self, uuid):
-        """
-        @api {get} /api/v1/watch/<string:uuid>/history Get a list of all historical snapshots available for a watch
-        @apiDescription Requires `uuid`, returns list
-        @apiGroupDocOrder 1
-        @apiExampleRequest {curl} Request:
-            curl http://localhost:5000/api/v1/watch/cc0cfffa-f449-477b-83ea-0caafd1dc091/history -H"x-api-key:813031b16330fe25e3780cf0325daa45" -H "Content-Type: application/json"
-        @apiExampleResponse {json} Response:
-            {
-                "1676649279": "/tmp/data/6a4b7d5c-fee4-4616-9f43-4ac97046b595/cb7e9be8258368262246910e6a2a4c30.txt",
-                "1677092785": "/tmp/data/6a4b7d5c-fee4-4616-9f43-4ac97046b595/e20db368d6fc633e34f559ff67bb4044.txt",
-                "1677103794": "/tmp/data/6a4b7d5c-fee4-4616-9f43-4ac97046b595/02efdd37dacdae96554a8cc85dc9c945.txt"
-            }
-        @apiName Get list of available stored snapshots for watch
-        @apiGroup Watch History
-        @apiSuccess (200) {JSON} List of keyed (by change date) paths to snapshot, use the key to <a href="#snapshots_GET">fetch a single snapshot</a>.
-        @apiSuccess (404) {String} ERR Not found
-        """
+        """Get a list of all historical snapshots available for a watch."""
         watch = self.datastore.data['watching'].get(uuid)
         if not watch:
             abort(404, message='No watch exists with the UUID of {}'.format(uuid))
@@ -157,21 +149,9 @@ class WatchSingleHistory(Resource):
         self.datastore = kwargs['datastore']
 
     @auth.check_token
+    @validate_openapi_request('getWatchSnapshot')
     def get(self, uuid, timestamp):
-        """
-        @api {get} /api/v1/watch/<string:uuid>/history/<int:timestamp> Get single snapshot from watch
-        @apiDescription Requires watch `uuid` and `timestamp`. `timestamp` of "`latest`" for latest available snapshot, or <a href="#watch_history_GET">use the list returned here</a>
-        @apiExampleRequest {curl} Example usage:
-            curl http://localhost:5000/api/v1/watch/cc0cfffa-f449-477b-83ea-0caafd1dc091/history/1677092977 -H"x-api-key:813031b16330fe25e3780cf0325daa45" -H "Content-Type: application/json"
-        @apiExampleResponse {string} Closes matching snapshot text
-            Big bad fox flew over the moon at 2025-01-01 etc etc 
-        @apiName Get single snapshot content
-        @apiGroup Snapshots
-        @apiGroupDocOrder 2
-        @apiParam {String} [html]       Optional Set to =1 to return the last HTML (only stores last 2 snapshots, use `latest` as timestamp)
-        @apiSuccess (200) {String} OK
-        @apiSuccess (404) {String} ERR Not found
-        """
+        """Get single snapshot from watch."""
         watch = self.datastore.data['watching'].get(uuid)
         if not watch:
             abort(404, message=f"No watch exists with the UUID of {uuid}")
@@ -203,20 +183,9 @@ class WatchFavicon(Resource):
         self.datastore = kwargs['datastore']
 
     @auth.check_token
+    @validate_openapi_request('getWatchFavicon')
     def get(self, uuid):
-        """
-        @api {get} /api/v1/watch/<string:uuid>/favicon Get favicon for a watch.
-        @apiDescription Requires watch `uuid`, ,The favicon is the favicon which is available in the page watch overview list.
-        @apiExampleRequest {curl} Example usage:
-            curl http://localhost:5000/api/v1/watch/cc0cfffa-f449-477b-83ea-0caafd1dc091/favicon -H"x-api-key:813031b16330fe25e3780cf0325daa45"
-        @apiExampleResponse {binary data}
-            JPEG...
-        @apiName Get latest Favicon
-        @apiGroup Favicon
-        @apiGroupDocOrder 3
-        @apiSuccess (200) {binary} Data ( Binary data of the favicon )
-        @apiSuccess (404) {String} ERR Not found
-        """
+        """Get favicon for a watch."""
         watch = self.datastore.data['watching'].get(uuid)
         if not watch:
             abort(404, message=f"No watch exists with the UUID of {uuid}")
@@ -249,18 +218,10 @@ class CreateWatch(Resource):
         self.update_q = kwargs['update_q']
 
     @auth.check_token
+    @validate_openapi_request('createWatch')
     @expects_json(schema_create_watch)
     def post(self):
-        """
-        @api {post} /api/v1/watch Create a single watch
-        @apiDescription Requires atleast `url` set, can accept the same structure as <a href="#watch_GET">get single watch information</a> to create.
-        @apiExample {curl} Example usage:
-            curl http://localhost:5000/api/v1/watch -H"x-api-key:813031b16330fe25e3780cf0325daa45" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"url": "https://my-nice.com" , "tag": "nice list"}'
-        @apiName Create
-        @apiGroup Watch
-        @apiSuccess (200) {String} OK Was created
-        @apiSuccess (500) {String} ERR Some other error
-        """
+        """Create a single watch."""
 
         json_data = request.get_json()
         url = json_data['url'].strip()
@@ -275,6 +236,11 @@ class CreateWatch(Resource):
             if not json_data.get('proxy') in plist:
                 return "Invalid proxy choice, currently supported proxies are '{}'".format(', '.join(plist)), 400
 
+        # Validate time_between_check when not using defaults
+        validation_error = validate_time_between_check_required(json_data)
+        if validation_error:
+            return validation_error, 400
+
         extras = copy.deepcopy(json_data)
 
         # Because we renamed 'tag' to 'tags' but don't want to change the API (can do this in v2 of the API)
@@ -293,37 +259,9 @@ class CreateWatch(Resource):
             return "Invalid or unsupported URL", 400
 
     @auth.check_token
+    @validate_openapi_request('listWatches')
     def get(self):
-        """
-        @api {get} /api/v1/watch List watches
-        @apiDescription Return concise list of available watches and some very basic info
-        @apiExampleRequest {curl} Request:
-            curl http://localhost:5000/api/v1/watch -H"x-api-key:813031b16330fe25e3780cf0325daa45"
-        @apiExampleResponse {json} Response:
-            {
-                "6a4b7d5c-fee4-4616-9f43-4ac97046b595": {
-                    "last_changed": 1677103794,
-                    "last_checked": 1677103794,
-                    "last_error": false,
-                    "title": "",
-                    "url": "http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php"
-                },
-                "e6f5fd5c-dbfe-468b-b8f3-f9d6ff5ad69b": {
-                    "last_changed": 0,
-                    "last_checked": 1676662819,
-                    "last_error": false,
-                    "title": "QuickLook",
-                    "url": "https://github.com/QL-Win/QuickLook/tags"
-                }
-            }
-
-        @apiParam {String} [recheck_all]       Optional Set to =1 to force recheck of all watches
-        @apiParam {String} [tag]               Optional name of tag to limit results
-        @apiName ListWatches
-        @apiGroup Watch Management
-        @apiGroupDocOrder 4
-        @apiSuccess (200) {String} OK JSON dict
-        """
+        """List watches."""
         list = {}
 
         tag_limit = request.args.get('tag', '').lower()
@@ -337,6 +275,8 @@ class CreateWatch(Resource):
                 'last_changed': watch.last_changed,
                 'last_checked': watch['last_checked'],
                 'last_error': watch['last_error'],
+                'link': watch.link,
+                'page_title': watch['page_title'],
                 'title': watch['title'],
                 'url': watch['url'],
                 'viewed': watch.viewed

changedetectionio/api/__init__.py

@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 import copy
+import yaml
+import functools
+from flask import request, abort
+from loguru import logger
+from openapi_core import OpenAPI
+from openapi_core.contrib.flask import FlaskOpenAPIRequest
 from . import api_schema
 from ..model import watch_base
 
@@ -8,6 +14,7 @@ schema = api_schema.build_watch_json_schema(watch_base_config)
 
 schema_create_watch = copy.deepcopy(schema)
 schema_create_watch['required'] = ['url']
+del schema_create_watch['properties']['last_viewed']
 
 schema_update_watch = copy.deepcopy(schema)
 schema_update_watch['additionalProperties'] = False
@@ -25,9 +32,47 @@ schema_create_notification_urls['required'] = ['notification_urls']
 schema_delete_notification_urls = copy.deepcopy(schema_notification_urls)
 schema_delete_notification_urls['required'] = ['notification_urls']
 
+@functools.cache
+def get_openapi_spec():
+    import os
+    spec_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '../../docs/api-spec.yaml')
+    with open(spec_path, 'r') as f:
+        spec_dict = yaml.safe_load(f)
+    _openapi_spec = OpenAPI.from_dict(spec_dict)
+    return _openapi_spec
+
+def validate_openapi_request(operation_id):
+    """Decorator to validate incoming requests against OpenAPI spec."""
+    def decorator(f):
+        @functools.wraps(f)
+        def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+            try:
+                # Skip OpenAPI validation for GET requests since they don't have request bodies
+                if request.method.upper() != 'GET':
+                    spec = get_openapi_spec()
+                    openapi_request = FlaskOpenAPIRequest(request)
+                    result = spec.unmarshal_request(openapi_request)
+                    if result.errors:
+                        from werkzeug.exceptions import BadRequest
+                        error_details = []
+                        for error in result.errors:
+                            error_details.append(str(error))
+                        raise BadRequest(f"OpenAPI validation failed: {error_details}")
+            except BadRequest:
+                # Re-raise BadRequest exceptions (validation failures)
+                raise
+            except Exception as e:
+                # If OpenAPI spec loading fails, log but don't break existing functionality
+                logger.critical(f"OpenAPI validation warning for {operation_id}: {e}")
+                abort(500)
+            return f(*args, **kwargs)
+        return wrapper
+    return decorator
+
 # Import all API resources
 from .Watch import Watch, WatchHistory, WatchSingleHistory, CreateWatch, WatchFavicon
 from .Tags import Tags, Tag
 from .Import import Import
 from .SystemInfo import SystemInfo
 from .Notifications import Notifications
+

changedetectionio/api/api_schema.py

@@ -78,6 +78,13 @@ def build_watch_json_schema(d):
               ]:
         schema['properties'][v]['anyOf'].append({'type': 'string', "maxLength": 5000})
 
+    for v in ['last_viewed']:
+        schema['properties'][v] = {
+            "type": "integer",
+            "description": "Unix timestamp in seconds of the last time the watch was viewed.",
+            "minimum": 0
+        }
+
     # None or Boolean
     schema['properties']['track_ldjson_price_data']['anyOf'].append({'type': 'boolean'})
 
@@ -112,6 +119,12 @@ def build_watch_json_schema(d):
 
     schema['properties']['time_between_check'] = build_time_between_check_json_schema()
 
+    schema['properties']['time_between_check_use_default'] = {
+        "type": "boolean",
+        "default": True,
+        "description": "Whether to use global settings for time between checks - defaults to true if not set"
+    }
+
     schema['properties']['browser_steps'] = {
         "anyOf": [
             {

changedetectionio/async_update_worker.py

@@ -310,15 +310,6 @@ async def async_update_worker(worker_id, q, notification_q, app, datastore):
                     continue
 
                 if process_changedetection_results:
-                    # Extract title if needed
-                    if datastore.data['settings']['application'].get('extract_title_as_title') or watch['extract_title_as_title']:
-                        if not watch['title'] or not len(watch['title']):
-                            try:
-                                update_obj['title'] = html_tools.extract_element(find='title', html_content=update_handler.fetcher.content)
-                                logger.info(f"UUID: {uuid} Extract <title> updated title to '{update_obj['title']}")
-                            except Exception as e:
-                                logger.warning(f"UUID: {uuid} Extract <title> as watch title was enabled, but couldn't find a <title>.")
-
                     try:
                         datastore.update_watch(uuid=uuid, update_obj=update_obj)
 
@@ -357,6 +348,14 @@ async def async_update_worker(worker_id, q, notification_q, app, datastore):
                 # Always record attempt count
                 count = watch.get('check_count', 0) + 1
 
+                # Always record page title (used in notifications, and can change even when the content is the same)
+                try:
+                    page_title = html_tools.extract_title(data=update_handler.fetcher.content)
+                    logger.debug(f"UUID: {uuid} Page <title> is '{page_title}'")
+                    datastore.update_watch(uuid=uuid, update_obj={'page_title': page_title})
+                except Exception as e:
+                    logger.warning(f"UUID: {uuid} Exception when extracting <title> - {str(e)}")
+
                 # Record server header
                 try:
                     server_header = update_handler.fetcher.headers.get('server', '').strip().lower()[:255]

changedetectionio/blueprint/rss/blueprint.py

@@ -108,10 +108,13 @@ def construct_blueprint(datastore: ChangeDetectionStore):
 
                 fe.link(link=diff_link)
 
-                # @todo watch should be a getter - watch.get('title') (internally if URL else..)
+                # Same logic as watch-overview.html
+                if datastore.data['settings']['application']['ui'].get('use_page_title_in_list') or watch.get('use_page_title_in_list'):
+                    watch_label = watch.label
+                else:
+                    watch_label = watch.get('url')
 
-                watch_title = watch.get('title') if watch.get('title') else watch.get('url')
-                fe.title(title=watch_title)
+                fe.title(title=watch_label)
                 try:
 
                     html_diff = diff.render_diff(previous_version_file_contents=watch.get_history_snapshot(dates[-2]),
@@ -127,7 +130,7 @@ def construct_blueprint(datastore: ChangeDetectionStore):
                 # @todo User could decide if <link> goes to the diff page, or to the watch link
                 rss_template = "<html><body>\n<h4><a href=\"{{watch_url}}\">{{watch_title}}</a></h4>\n<p>{{html_diff}}</p>\n</body></html>\n"
 
-                content = jinja_render(template_str=rss_template, watch_title=watch_title, html_diff=html_diff, watch_url=watch.link)
+                content = jinja_render(template_str=rss_template, watch_title=watch_label, html_diff=html_diff, watch_url=watch.link)
 
                 # Out of range chars could also break feedgen
                 if scan_invalid_chars_in_rss(content):

changedetectionio/blueprint/settings/templates/settings.html

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {% extends 'base.html' %}
 
 {% block content %}
-{% from '_helpers.html' import render_field, render_checkbox_field, render_button, render_time_schedule_form %}
+{% from '_helpers.html' import render_field, render_checkbox_field, render_button, render_time_schedule_form, render_ternary_field %}
 {% from '_common_fields.html' import render_common_settings_form %}
 <script>
     const notification_base_url="{{url_for('ui.ui_notification.ajax_callback_send_notification_test', mode="global-settings")}}";
@@ -75,18 +75,10 @@
                     <div class="pure-control-group">
                         {{ render_checkbox_field(form.application.form.rss_hide_muted_watches) }}
                     </div>
-                    <div class="pure-control-group">
-                        {{ render_field(form.application.form.pager_size) }}
-                        <span class="pure-form-message-inline">Number of items per page in the watch overview list, 0 to disable.</span>
-                    </div>
                     <div class="pure-control-group">
                         {{ render_field(form.application.form.rss_content_format) }}
                         <span class="pure-form-message-inline">Love RSS? Does your reader support HTML? Set it here</span>
                     </div>
-                    <div class="pure-control-group">
-                        {{ render_checkbox_field(form.application.form.extract_title_as_title) }}
-                        <span class="pure-form-message-inline">Note: This will automatically apply to all existing watches.</span>
-                    </div>
                     <div class="pure-control-group">
                         {{ render_checkbox_field(form.application.form.empty_pages_are_a_change) }}
                         <span class="pure-form-message-inline">When a request returns no content, or the HTML does not contain any text, is this considered a change?</span>
@@ -203,7 +195,7 @@ nav
 
             <div class="tab-pane-inner" id="api">
                 <h4>API Access</h4>
-                <p>Drive your changedetection.io via API, More about <a href="https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/wiki/API-Reference">API access here</a></p>
+                <p>Drive your changedetection.io via API, More about <a href="https://changedetection.io/docs/api_v1/index.html">API access and examples here</a>.</p>
 
                 <div class="pure-control-group">
                     {{ render_checkbox_field(form.application.form.api_access_token_enabled) }}
@@ -260,6 +252,13 @@ nav
                     {{ render_checkbox_field(form.application.form.ui.form.favicons_enabled, class="") }}
                     <span class="pure-form-message-inline">Enable or Disable Favicons next to the watch list</span>
                 </div>
+                <div class="pure-control-group">
+                    {{ render_checkbox_field(form.application.form.ui.use_page_title_in_list) }}
+                </div>
+                <div class="pure-control-group">
+                    {{ render_field(form.application.form.pager_size) }}
+                    <span class="pure-form-message-inline">Number of items per page in the watch overview list, 0 to disable.</span>
+                </div>
 
             </div>
             <div class="tab-pane-inner" id="proxies">
@@ -324,8 +323,8 @@ nav
             <div id="actions">
                 <div class="pure-control-group">
                     {{ render_button(form.save_button) }}
-                    <a href="{{url_for('watchlist.index')}}" class="pure-button button-small button-cancel">Back</a>
-                    <a href="{{url_for('ui.clear_all_history')}}" class="pure-button button-small button-error">Clear Snapshot History</a>
+                    <a href="{{url_for('watchlist.index')}}" class="pure-button button-cancel">Back</a>
+                    <a href="{{url_for('ui.clear_all_history')}}" class="pure-button button-error">Clear Snapshot History</a>
                 </div>
             </div>
         </form>

changedetectionio/blueprint/tags/templates/edit-tag.html

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {% extends 'base.html' %}
 {% block content %}
-{% from '_helpers.html' import render_field, render_checkbox_field, render_button %}
+{% from '_helpers.html' import render_field, render_checkbox_field, render_button, render_ternary_field %}
 {% from '_common_fields.html' import render_common_settings_form %}
 <script>
     const notification_base_url="{{url_for('ui.ui_notification.ajax_callback_send_notification_test', mode="group-settings")}}";
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
             <div class="tab-pane-inner" id="notifications">
                 <fieldset>
                     <div  class="pure-control-group inline-radio">
-                      {{ render_checkbox_field(form.notification_muted) }}
+                      {{ render_ternary_field(form.notification_muted, BooleanField=True) }}
                     </div>
                     {% if 1 %}
                     <div class="pure-control-group inline-radio">

changedetectionio/blueprint/ui/edit.py

@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ def construct_blueprint(datastore: ChangeDetectionStore, update_q, queuedWatchMe
                 'available_timezones': sorted(available_timezones()),
                 'browser_steps_config': browser_step_ui_config,
                 'emailprefix': os.getenv('NOTIFICATION_MAIL_BUTTON_PREFIX', False),
+                'extra_classes': 'checking-now' if worker_handler.is_watch_running(uuid) else '',
                 'extra_notification_token_placeholder_info': datastore.get_unique_notification_token_placeholders_available(),
                 'extra_processor_config': form.extra_tab_content(),
                 'extra_title': f" - Edit - {watch.label}",

changedetectionio/blueprint/ui/templates/edit.html

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {% extends 'base.html' %}
 {% block content %}
-{% from '_helpers.html' import render_field, render_checkbox_field, render_button, render_time_schedule_form, playwright_warning, only_playwright_type_watches_warning, render_conditions_fieldlist_of_formfields_as_table %}
+{% from '_helpers.html' import render_field, render_checkbox_field, render_button, render_time_schedule_form, playwright_warning, only_playwright_type_watches_warning, render_conditions_fieldlist_of_formfields_as_table, render_ternary_field %}
 {% from '_common_fields.html' import render_common_settings_form %}
 <script src="{{url_for('static_content', group='js', filename='tabs.js')}}" defer></script>
 <script src="{{url_for('static_content', group='js', filename='vis.js')}}" defer></script>
@@ -72,15 +72,16 @@
                         <div class="pure-form-message">Some sites use JavaScript to create the content, for this you should <a href="https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/wiki/Fetching-pages-with-WebDriver">use the Chrome/WebDriver Fetcher</a></div>
                         <div class="pure-form-message">Variables are supported in the URL (<a href="https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/wiki/Handling-variables-in-the-watched-URL">help and examples here</a>).</div>
                     </div>
+                    <div class="pure-control-group">
+                        {{ render_field(form.tags) }}
+                        <span class="pure-form-message-inline">Organisational tag/group name used in the main listing page</span>
+                    </div>
                     <div class="pure-control-group inline-radio">
                         {{ render_field(form.processor) }}
                     </div>
                     <div class="pure-control-group">
-                        {{ render_field(form.title, class="m-d") }}
-                    </div>
-                    <div class="pure-control-group">
-                        {{ render_field(form.tags) }}
-                        <span class="pure-form-message-inline">Organisational tag/group name used in the main listing page</span>
+                        {{ render_field(form.title, class="m-d", placeholder=watch.label) }}
+                        <span class="pure-form-message-inline">Automatically uses the page title if found, you can also use your own title/description here</span>
                     </div>
                     <div class="pure-control-group time-between-check border-fieldset">
 
@@ -101,15 +102,16 @@
                         </div>
 <br>
               </div>
-                    <div class="pure-control-group">
-                        {{ render_checkbox_field(form.extract_title_as_title) }}
-                    </div>
+
                     <div class="pure-control-group">
                         {{ render_checkbox_field(form.filter_failure_notification_send) }}
                         <span class="pure-form-message-inline">
                          Sends a notification when the filter can no longer be seen on the page, good for knowing when the page changed and your filter will not work anymore.
                         </span>
                     </div>
+                    <div class="pure-control-group">
+                        {{ render_ternary_field(form.use_page_title_in_list) }}
+                    </div>
                 </fieldset>
             </div>
 
@@ -262,7 +264,7 @@ Math: {{ 1 + 1 }}") }}
             <div class="tab-pane-inner" id="notifications">
                 <fieldset>
                     <div  class="pure-control-group inline-radio">
-                      {{ render_checkbox_field(form.notification_muted) }}
+                      {{ render_ternary_field(form.notification_muted, BooleanField=true) }}
                     </div>
                     {% if watch_needs_selenium_or_playwright %}
                     <div class="pure-control-group inline-radio">
@@ -469,11 +471,11 @@ Math: {{ 1 + 1 }}") }}
                 <div class="pure-control-group">
                     {{ render_button(form.save_button) }}
                     <a href="{{url_for('ui.form_delete', uuid=uuid)}}"
-                       class="pure-button button-small button-error ">Delete</a>
+                       class="pure-button button-error ">Delete</a>
                     {% if watch.history_n %}<a href="{{url_for('ui.clear_watch_history', uuid=uuid)}}"
-                       class="pure-button button-small button-error ">Clear History</a>{% endif %}
+                       class="pure-button button-error">Clear History</a>{% endif %}
                     <a href="{{url_for('ui.form_clone', uuid=uuid)}}"
-                       class="pure-button button-small ">Clone &amp; Edit</a>
+                       class="pure-button">Clone &amp; Edit</a>
                 </div>
             </div>
         </form>

changedetectionio/blueprint/watchlist/__init__.py

@@ -44,12 +44,16 @@ def construct_blueprint(datastore: ChangeDetectionStore, update_q, queuedWatchMe
         # Sort by last_changed and add the uuid which is usually the key..
         sorted_watches = []
         with_errors = request.args.get('with_errors') == "1"
+        unread_only = request.args.get('unread') == "1"
         errored_count = 0
         search_q = request.args.get('q').strip().lower() if request.args.get('q') else False
         for uuid, watch in datastore.data['watching'].items():
             if with_errors and not watch.get('last_error'):
                 continue
 
+            if unread_only and (watch.viewed or watch.last_changed == 0) :
+                continue
+
             if active_tag_uuid and not active_tag_uuid in watch['tags']:
                     continue
             if watch.get('last_error'):
@@ -83,7 +87,6 @@ def construct_blueprint(datastore: ChangeDetectionStore, update_q, queuedWatchMe
             form=form,
             guid=datastore.data['app_guid'],
             has_proxies=datastore.proxy_list,
-            has_unviewed=datastore.has_unviewed,
             hosted_sticky=os.getenv("SALTED_PASS", False) == False,
             now_time_server=round(time.time()),
             pagination=pagination,
@@ -93,6 +96,7 @@ def construct_blueprint(datastore: ChangeDetectionStore, update_q, queuedWatchMe
             sort_order=request.args.get('order') if request.args.get('order') else request.cookies.get('order'),
             system_default_fetcher=datastore.data['settings']['application'].get('fetch_backend'),
             tags=sorted_tags,
+            unread_changes_count=datastore.unread_changes_count,
             watches=sorted_watches
         )
 

changedetectionio/blueprint/watchlist/templates/watch-overview.html

@@ -82,8 +82,11 @@ document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
         {%- set cols_required = cols_required + 1 -%}
     {%- endif -%}
     {%- set ui_settings = datastore.data['settings']['application']['ui'] -%}
-
-    <div id="watch-table-wrapper">
+    {%- set wrapper_classes = [
+        'has-unread-changes' if unread_changes_count else '',
+        'has-error' if errored_count else '',
+    ] -%}
+    <div id="watch-table-wrapper" class="{{ wrapper_classes | reject('equalto', '') | join(' ') }}">
         {%- set table_classes = [
             'favicon-enabled' if 'favicons_enabled' not in ui_settings or ui_settings['favicons_enabled'] else 'favicon-not-enabled',
         ] -%}
@@ -118,7 +121,8 @@ document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
                 {%- set checking_now = is_checking_now(watch) -%}
                 {%- set history_n = watch.history_n -%}
                 {%- set favicon = watch.get_favicon_filename() -%}
-                {#  Mirror in changedetectionio/static/js/realtime.js for the frontend #}
+                {%- set system_use_url_watchlist = datastore.data['settings']['application']['ui'].get('use_page_title_in_list')  -%}
+                {#  Class settings mirrored in changedetectionio/static/js/realtime.js for the frontend #}
                 {%- set row_classes = [
                     loop.cycle('pure-table-odd', 'pure-table-even'),
                     'processor-' ~ watch['processor'],
@@ -133,7 +137,8 @@ document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
                     'checking-now' if checking_now else '',
                     'notification_muted' if watch.notification_muted else '',
                     'single-history' if history_n == 1 else '',
-                    'multiple-history' if history_n >= 2 else '',                    
+                    'multiple-history' if history_n >= 2 else '',
+                    'use-html-title' if system_use_url_watchlist else 'no-html-title',
                 ] -%}
             <tr id="{{ watch.uuid }}" data-watch-uuid="{{ watch.uuid }}" class="{{ row_classes | reject('equalto', '') | join(' ') }}">
                 <td class="inline checkbox-uuid" ><div><input name="uuids"  type="checkbox" value="{{ watch.uuid}} " > <span class="counter-i">{{ loop.index+pagination.skip }}</span></div></td>
@@ -155,7 +160,12 @@ document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
                     {%  endif %}
                         <div>
                         <span class="watch-title">
-                            {{watch.title if watch.title is not none and watch.title|length > 0 else watch.url}}&nbsp;<a class="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="{{ watch.link.replace('source:','') }}">&nbsp;</a>
+                            {% if system_use_url_watchlist or watch.get('use_page_title_in_list') %}
+                                {{ watch.label }}
+                            {% else %}
+                                {{ watch.get('title') or watch.link }}
+                            {% endif %}
+                           <a class="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="{{ watch.link.replace('source:','') }}">&nbsp;</a>
                         </span>
                             <div class="error-text" style="display:none;">{{ watch.compile_error_texts(has_proxies=datastore.proxy_list) }}</div>
                             {%- if watch['processor'] == 'text_json_diff'  -%}
@@ -234,10 +244,10 @@ document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
             </tbody>
         </table>
         <ul id="post-list-buttons">
-            <li id="post-list-with-errors" class="{%- if errored_count -%}has-error{%- endif -%}" style="display: none;" >
+            <li id="post-list-with-errors" style="display: none;" >
                 <a href="{{url_for('watchlist.index', with_errors=1, tag=request.args.get('tag')) }}" class="pure-button button-tag button-error">With errors ({{ errored_count }})</a>
             </li>
-            <li id="post-list-mark-views" class="{%- if has_unviewed -%}has-unviewed{%- endif -%}" style="display: none;" >
+            <li id="post-list-mark-views" style="display: none;" >
                 <a href="{{url_for('ui.mark_all_viewed',with_errors=request.args.get('with_errors',0)) }}" class="pure-button button-tag " id="mark-all-viewed">Mark all viewed</a>
             </li>
         {%-  if active_tag_uuid -%}
@@ -245,6 +255,9 @@ document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
                 <a href="{{url_for('ui.mark_all_viewed', tag=active_tag_uuid) }}" class="pure-button button-tag " id="mark-all-viewed">Mark all viewed in '{{active_tag.title}}'</a>
             </li>
         {%-  endif -%}
+            <li id="post-list-unread" style="display: none;" >
+                <a href="{{url_for('watchlist.index', unread=1, tag=request.args.get('tag')) }}" class="pure-button button-tag">Unread (<span id="unread-tab-counter">{{ unread_changes_count }}</span>)</a>
+            </li>
             <li>
                <a href="{{ url_for('ui.form_watch_checknow', tag=active_tag_uuid, with_errors=request.args.get('with_errors',0)) }}" class="pure-button button-tag" id="recheck-all">Recheck
                 all {% if active_tag_uuid %}  in '{{active_tag.title}}'{%endif%}</a>

changedetectionio/content_fetchers/res/stock-not-in-stock.js

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ async () => {
             'nicht lieferbar',
             'nicht verfügbar',
             'nicht vorrätig',
+            'nicht mehr lieferbar',
             'nicht zur verfügung',
             'nie znaleziono produktów',
             'niet beschikbaar',

changedetectionio/forms.py

@@ -23,11 +23,14 @@ from wtforms import (
 )
 from flask_wtf.file import FileField, FileAllowed
 from wtforms.fields import FieldList
+from wtforms.utils import unset_value
 
 from wtforms.validators import ValidationError
 
 from validators.url import url as url_validator
 
+from changedetectionio.widgets import TernaryNoneBooleanField
+
 
 # default
 # each select <option data-enabled="enabled-0-0"
@@ -54,6 +57,8 @@ valid_method = {
 
 default_method = 'GET'
 allow_simplehost = not strtobool(os.getenv('BLOCK_SIMPLEHOSTS', 'False'))
+REQUIRE_ATLEAST_ONE_TIME_PART_MESSAGE_DEFAULT='At least one time interval (weeks, days, hours, minutes, or seconds) must be specified.'
+REQUIRE_ATLEAST_ONE_TIME_PART_WHEN_NOT_GLOBAL_DEFAULT='At least one time interval (weeks, days, hours, minutes, or seconds) must be specified when not using global settings.'
 
 class StringListField(StringField):
     widget = widgets.TextArea()
@@ -210,6 +215,35 @@ class ScheduleLimitForm(Form):
         self.sunday.form.enabled.label.text = "Sunday"
 
 
+def validate_time_between_check_has_values(form):
+    """
+    Custom validation function for TimeBetweenCheckForm.
+    Returns True if at least one time interval field has a value > 0.
+    """
+    res = any([
+        form.weeks.data and int(form.weeks.data) > 0,
+        form.days.data and int(form.days.data) > 0,
+        form.hours.data and int(form.hours.data) > 0,
+        form.minutes.data and int(form.minutes.data) > 0,
+        form.seconds.data and int(form.seconds.data) > 0
+    ])
+
+    return res
+
+
+class RequiredTimeInterval(object):
+    """
+    WTForms validator that ensures at least one time interval field has a value > 0.
+    Use this with FormField(TimeBetweenCheckForm, validators=[RequiredTimeInterval()]).
+    """
+    def __init__(self, message=None):
+        self.message = message or 'At least one time interval (weeks, days, hours, minutes, or seconds) must be specified.'
+
+    def __call__(self, form, field):
+        if not validate_time_between_check_has_values(field.form):
+            raise ValidationError(self.message)
+
+
 class TimeBetweenCheckForm(Form):
     weeks = IntegerField('Weeks', validators=[validators.Optional(), validators.NumberRange(min=0, message="Should contain zero or more seconds")])
     days = IntegerField('Days', validators=[validators.Optional(), validators.NumberRange(min=0, message="Should contain zero or more seconds")])
@@ -218,6 +252,123 @@ class TimeBetweenCheckForm(Form):
     seconds = IntegerField('Seconds', validators=[validators.Optional(), validators.NumberRange(min=0, message="Should contain zero or more seconds")])
     # @todo add total seconds minimum validatior = minimum_seconds_recheck_time
 
+    def __init__(self, formdata=None, obj=None, prefix="", data=None, meta=None, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(formdata, obj, prefix, data, meta, **kwargs)
+        self.require_at_least_one = kwargs.get('require_at_least_one', False)
+        self.require_at_least_one_message = kwargs.get('require_at_least_one_message', REQUIRE_ATLEAST_ONE_TIME_PART_MESSAGE_DEFAULT)
+
+    def validate(self, **kwargs):
+        """Custom validation that can optionally require at least one time interval."""
+        # Run normal field validation first
+        if not super().validate(**kwargs):
+            return False
+
+        # Apply optional "at least one" validation
+        if self.require_at_least_one:
+            if not validate_time_between_check_has_values(self):
+                # Add error to the form's general errors (not field-specific)
+                if not hasattr(self, '_formdata_errors'):
+                    self._formdata_errors = []
+                self._formdata_errors.append(self.require_at_least_one_message)
+                return False
+
+        return True
+
+
+class EnhancedFormField(FormField):
+    """
+    An enhanced FormField that supports conditional validation with top-level error messages.
+    Adds a 'top_errors' property for validation errors at the FormField level.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, form_class, label=None, validators=None, separator="-",
+                 conditional_field=None, conditional_message=None, conditional_test_function=None, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Initialize EnhancedFormField with optional conditional validation.
+
+        :param conditional_field: Name of the field this FormField depends on (e.g. 'time_between_check_use_default')
+        :param conditional_message: Error message to show when validation fails
+        :param conditional_test_function: Custom function to test if FormField has valid values.
+                                        Should take self.form as parameter and return True if valid.
+        """
+        super().__init__(form_class, label, validators, separator, **kwargs)
+        self.top_errors = []
+        self.conditional_field = conditional_field
+        self.conditional_message = conditional_message or "At least one field must have a value when not using defaults."
+        self.conditional_test_function = conditional_test_function
+
+    def validate(self, form, extra_validators=()):
+        """
+        Custom validation that supports conditional logic and stores top-level errors.
+        """
+        self.top_errors = []
+
+        # First run the normal FormField validation
+        base_valid = super().validate(form, extra_validators)
+
+        # Apply conditional validation if configured
+        if self.conditional_field and hasattr(form, self.conditional_field):
+            conditional_field_obj = getattr(form, self.conditional_field)
+
+            # If the conditional field is False/unchecked, check if this FormField has any values
+            if not conditional_field_obj.data:
+                # Use custom test function if provided, otherwise use generic fallback
+                if self.conditional_test_function:
+                    has_any_value = self.conditional_test_function(self.form)
+                else:
+                    # Generic fallback - check if any field has truthy data
+                    has_any_value = any(field.data for field in self.form if hasattr(field, 'data') and field.data)
+
+                if not has_any_value:
+                    self.top_errors.append(self.conditional_message)
+                    base_valid = False
+
+        return base_valid
+
+
+class RequiredFormField(FormField):
+    """
+    A FormField that passes require_at_least_one=True to TimeBetweenCheckForm.
+    Use this when you want the sub-form to always require at least one value.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, form_class, label=None, validators=None, separator="-", **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(form_class, label, validators, separator, **kwargs)
+
+    def process(self, formdata, data=unset_value, extra_filters=None):
+        if extra_filters:
+            raise TypeError(
+                "FormField cannot take filters, as the encapsulated"
+                "data is not mutable."
+            )
+
+        if data is unset_value:
+            try:
+                data = self.default()
+            except TypeError:
+                data = self.default
+            self._obj = data
+
+        self.object_data = data
+
+        prefix = self.name + self.separator
+        # Pass require_at_least_one=True to the sub-form
+        if isinstance(data, dict):
+            self.form = self.form_class(formdata=formdata, prefix=prefix, require_at_least_one=True, **data)
+        else:
+            self.form = self.form_class(formdata=formdata, obj=data, prefix=prefix, require_at_least_one=True)
+
+    @property
+    def errors(self):
+        """Include sub-form validation errors"""
+        form_errors = self.form.errors
+        # Add any general form errors to a special 'form' key
+        if hasattr(self.form, '_formdata_errors') and self.form._formdata_errors:
+            form_errors = dict(form_errors)  # Make a copy
+            form_errors['form'] = self.form._formdata_errors
+        return form_errors
+
+
 # Separated by  key:value
 class StringDictKeyValue(StringField):
     widget = widgets.TextArea()
@@ -346,7 +497,7 @@ class ValidateJinja2Template(object):
         joined_data = ' '.join(map(str, field.data)) if isinstance(field.data, list) else f"{field.data}"
 
         try:
-            jinja2_env = ImmutableSandboxedEnvironment(loader=BaseLoader)
+            jinja2_env = ImmutableSandboxedEnvironment(loader=BaseLoader, extensions=['jinja2_time.TimeExtension'])
             jinja2_env.globals.update(notification.valid_tokens)
             # Extra validation tokens provided on the form_class(... extra_tokens={}) setup
             if hasattr(field, 'extra_notification_tokens'):
@@ -548,7 +699,6 @@ class commonSettingsForm(Form):
         self.notification_title.extra_notification_tokens = kwargs.get('extra_notification_tokens', {})
         self.notification_urls.extra_notification_tokens = kwargs.get('extra_notification_tokens', {})
 
-    extract_title_as_title = BooleanField('Extract <title> from document and use as watch title', default=False)
     fetch_backend = RadioField(u'Fetch Method', choices=content_fetchers.available_fetchers(), validators=[ValidateContentFetcherIsReady()])
     notification_body = TextAreaField('Notification Body', default='{{ watch_url }} had a change.', validators=[validators.Optional(), ValidateJinja2Template()])
     notification_format = SelectField('Notification format', choices=valid_notification_formats.keys())
@@ -582,11 +732,16 @@ class processor_text_json_diff_form(commonSettingsForm):
     url = fields.URLField('URL', validators=[validateURL()])
     tags = StringTagUUID('Group tag', [validators.Optional()], default='')
 
-    time_between_check = FormField(TimeBetweenCheckForm)
+    time_between_check = EnhancedFormField(
+        TimeBetweenCheckForm,
+        conditional_field='time_between_check_use_default',
+        conditional_message=REQUIRE_ATLEAST_ONE_TIME_PART_WHEN_NOT_GLOBAL_DEFAULT,
+        conditional_test_function=validate_time_between_check_has_values
+    )
 
     time_schedule_limit = FormField(ScheduleLimitForm)
 
-    time_between_check_use_default = BooleanField('Use global settings for time between check', default=False)
+    time_between_check_use_default = BooleanField('Use global settings for time between check and scheduler.', default=False)
 
     include_filters = StringListField('CSS/JSONPath/JQ/XPath Filters', [ValidateCSSJSONXPATHInput()], default='')
 
@@ -616,18 +771,18 @@ class processor_text_json_diff_form(commonSettingsForm):
     text_should_not_be_present = StringListField('Block change-detection while text matches', [validators.Optional(), ValidateListRegex()])
     webdriver_js_execute_code = TextAreaField('Execute JavaScript before change detection', render_kw={"rows": "5"}, validators=[validators.Optional()])
 
-    save_button = SubmitField('Save', render_kw={"class": "pure-button button-small pure-button-primary"})
+    save_button = SubmitField('Save', render_kw={"class": "pure-button pure-button-primary"})
 
     proxy = RadioField('Proxy')
+    # filter_failure_notification_send @todo make ternary
     filter_failure_notification_send = BooleanField(
         'Send a notification when the filter can no longer be found on the page', default=False)
-
-    notification_muted = BooleanField('Notifications Muted / Off', default=False)
+    notification_muted = TernaryNoneBooleanField('Notifications', default=None, yes_text="Muted", no_text="On")
     notification_screenshot = BooleanField('Attach screenshot to notification (where possible)', default=False)
 
     conditions_match_logic = RadioField(u'Match', choices=[('ALL', 'Match all of the following'),('ANY', 'Match any of the following')], default='ALL')
     conditions = FieldList(FormField(ConditionFormRow), min_entries=1)  # Add rule logic here
-
+    use_page_title_in_list = TernaryNoneBooleanField('Use page <title> in list', default=None)
 
     def extra_tab_content(self):
         return None
@@ -727,7 +882,7 @@ class DefaultUAInputForm(Form):
 
 # datastore.data['settings']['requests']..
 class globalSettingsRequestForm(Form):
-    time_between_check = FormField(TimeBetweenCheckForm)
+    time_between_check = RequiredFormField(TimeBetweenCheckForm)
     time_schedule_limit = FormField(ScheduleLimitForm)
     proxy = RadioField('Proxy')
     jitter_seconds = IntegerField('Random jitter seconds ± check',
@@ -755,6 +910,7 @@ class globalSettingsApplicationUIForm(Form):
     open_diff_in_new_tab = BooleanField("Open 'History' page in a new tab", default=True, validators=[validators.Optional()])
     socket_io_enabled = BooleanField('Realtime UI Updates Enabled', default=True, validators=[validators.Optional()])
     favicons_enabled = BooleanField('Favicons Enabled', default=True, validators=[validators.Optional()])
+    use_page_title_in_list = BooleanField('Use page <title> in watch overview list') #BooleanField=True
 
 # datastore.data['settings']['application']..
 class globalSettingsApplicationForm(commonSettingsForm):
@@ -779,7 +935,7 @@ class globalSettingsApplicationForm(commonSettingsForm):
 
     removepassword_button = SubmitField('Remove password', render_kw={"class": "pure-button pure-button-primary"})
     render_anchor_tag_content = BooleanField('Render anchor tag content', default=False)
-    shared_diff_access = BooleanField('Allow access to view diff page when password is enabled', default=False, validators=[validators.Optional()])
+    shared_diff_access = BooleanField('Allow anonymous access to watch history page when password is enabled', default=False, validators=[validators.Optional()])
     rss_hide_muted_watches = BooleanField('Hide muted watches from RSS feed', default=True,
                                       validators=[validators.Optional()])
     filter_failure_notification_threshold_attempts = IntegerField('Number of times the filter can be missing before sending a notification',
@@ -801,7 +957,7 @@ class globalSettingsForm(Form):
 
     requests = FormField(globalSettingsRequestForm)
     application = FormField(globalSettingsApplicationForm)
-    save_button = SubmitField('Save', render_kw={"class": "pure-button button-small pure-button-primary"})
+    save_button = SubmitField('Save', render_kw={"class": "pure-button pure-button-primary"})
 
 
 class extractDataForm(Form):

changedetectionio/html_tools.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from loguru import logger
 from lxml import etree
 from typing import List
+import html
 import json
 import re
 
@@ -9,6 +10,11 @@ TEXT_FILTER_LIST_LINE_SUFFIX = "<br>"
 TRANSLATE_WHITESPACE_TABLE = str.maketrans('', '', '\r\n\t ')
 PERL_STYLE_REGEX = r'^/(.*?)/([a-z]*)?$'
 
+TITLE_RE = re.compile(r"<title[^>]*>(.*?)</title>", re.I | re.S)
+META_CS  = re.compile(r'<meta[^>]+charset=["\']?\s*([a-z0-9_\-:+.]+)', re.I)
+META_CT  = re.compile(r'<meta[^>]+http-equiv=["\']?content-type["\']?[^>]*content=["\'][^>]*charset=([a-z0-9_\-:+.]+)', re.I)
+
+
 # 'price' , 'lowPrice', 'highPrice' are usually under here
 # All of those may or may not appear on different websites - I didnt find a way todo case-insensitive searching here
 LD_JSON_PRODUCT_OFFER_SELECTORS = ["json:$..offers", "json:$..Offers"]
@@ -510,3 +516,43 @@ def get_triggered_text(content, trigger_text):
         i += 1
 
     return triggered_text
+
+
+def extract_title(data: bytes | str, sniff_bytes: int = 2048, scan_chars: int = 8192) -> str | None:
+    try:
+        # Only decode/process the prefix we need for title extraction
+        match data:
+            case bytes() if data.startswith((b"\xff\xfe", b"\xfe\xff")):
+                prefix = data[:scan_chars * 2].decode("utf-16", errors="replace")
+            case bytes() if data.startswith((b"\xff\xfe\x00\x00", b"\x00\x00\xfe\xff")):
+                prefix = data[:scan_chars * 4].decode("utf-32", errors="replace")
+            case bytes():
+                try:
+                    prefix = data[:scan_chars].decode("utf-8")
+                except UnicodeDecodeError:
+                    try:
+                        head = data[:sniff_bytes].decode("ascii", errors="ignore")
+                        if m := (META_CS.search(head) or META_CT.search(head)):
+                            enc = m.group(1).lower()
+                        else:
+                            enc = "cp1252"
+                        prefix = data[:scan_chars * 2].decode(enc, errors="replace")
+                    except Exception as e:
+                        logger.error(f"Title extraction encoding detection failed: {e}")
+                        return None
+            case str():
+                prefix = data[:scan_chars] if len(data) > scan_chars else data
+            case _:
+                logger.error(f"Title extraction received unsupported data type: {type(data)}")
+                return None
+
+        # Search only in the prefix
+        if m := TITLE_RE.search(prefix):
+            title = html.unescape(" ".join(m.group(1).split())).strip()
+            # Some safe limit
+            return title[:2000]
+        return None
+        
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error(f"Title extraction failed: {e}")
+        return None

changedetectionio/model/App.py

@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ class model(dict):
                     'api_access_token_enabled': True,
                     'base_url' : None,
                     'empty_pages_are_a_change': False,
-                    'extract_title_as_title': False,
                     'fetch_backend': getenv("DEFAULT_FETCH_BACKEND", "html_requests"),
                     'filter_failure_notification_threshold_attempts': _FILTER_FAILURE_THRESHOLD_ATTEMPTS_DEFAULT,
                     'global_ignore_text': [], # List of text to ignore when calculating the comparison checksum
                     'global_subtractive_selectors': [],
                     'ignore_whitespace': True,
+                    'ignore_status_codes': False, #@todo implement, as ternary.
                     'notification_body': default_notification_body,
                     'notification_format': default_notification_format,
                     'notification_title': default_notification_title,
@@ -57,10 +57,11 @@ class model(dict):
                     'rss_hide_muted_watches': True,
                     'schema_version' : 0,
                     'shared_diff_access': False,
-                    'webdriver_delay': None , # Extra delay in seconds before extracting text
                     'tags': {}, #@todo use Tag.model initialisers
                     'timezone': None, # Default IANA timezone name
+                    'webdriver_delay': None , # Extra delay in seconds before extracting text
                     'ui': {
+                        'use_page_title_in_list': True,
                         'open_diff_in_new_tab': True,
                         'socket_io_enabled': True,
                         'favicons_enabled': True

changedetectionio/model/Watch.py

@@ -169,8 +169,8 @@ class model(watch_base):
 
     @property
     def label(self):
-        # Used for sorting
-        return self.get('title') if self.get('title') else self.get('url')
+        # Used for sorting, display, etc
+        return self.get('title') or self.get('page_title') or self.link
 
     @property
     def last_changed(self):

changedetectionio/model/__init__.py

@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ class watch_base(dict):
             'content-type': None,
             'date_created': None,
             'extract_text': [],  # Extract text by regex after filters
-            'extract_title_as_title': False,
             'fetch_backend': 'system',  # plaintext, playwright etc
             'fetch_time': 0.0,
             'filter_failure_notification_send': strtobool(os.getenv('FILTER_FAILURE_NOTIFICATION_SEND_DEFAULT', 'True')),
@@ -35,6 +34,7 @@ class watch_base(dict):
             'has_ldjson_price_data': None,
             'headers': {},  # Extra headers to send
             'ignore_text': [],  # List of text to ignore when calculating the comparison checksum
+            'ignore_status_codes': None,
             'in_stock_only': True,  # Only trigger change on going to instock from out-of-stock
             'include_filters': [],
             'last_checked': 0,
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ class watch_base(dict):
             'notification_screenshot': False,  # Include the latest screenshot if available and supported by the apprise URL
             'notification_title': None,
             'notification_urls': [],  # List of URLs to add to the notification Queue (Usually AppRise)
+            'page_title': None, # <title> from the page
             'paused': False,
             'previous_md5': False,
             'previous_md5_before_filters': False,  # Used for skipping changedetection entirely
@@ -122,12 +123,13 @@ class watch_base(dict):
                     }
                 },
             },
-            'title': None,
+            'title': None, # An arbitrary field that overrides 'page_title'
             'track_ldjson_price_data': None,
             'trim_text_whitespace': False,
             'remove_duplicate_lines': False,
             'trigger_text': [],  # List of text or regex to wait for until a change is detected
             'url': '',
+            'use_page_title_in_list': None, # None = use system settings
             'uuid': str(uuid.uuid4()),
             'webdriver_delay': None,
             'webdriver_js_execute_code': None,  # Run before change-detection

changedetectionio/notification/handler.py

@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ def create_notification_parameters(n_object, datastore):
     uuid = n_object['uuid'] if 'uuid' in n_object else ''
 
     if uuid:
-        watch_title = datastore.data['watching'][uuid].get('title', '')
+        watch_title = datastore.data['watching'][uuid].label
         tag_list = []
         tags = datastore.get_all_tags_for_watch(uuid)
         if tags:

changedetectionio/processors/text_json_diff/processor.py

@@ -153,12 +153,26 @@ class perform_site_check(difference_detection_processor):
             # CSS Filter, extract the HTML that matches and feed that into the existing inscriptis::get_text
             self.fetcher.content = html_tools.workarounds_for_obfuscations(self.fetcher.content)
             html_content = self.fetcher.content
+            content_type = self.fetcher.get_all_headers().get('content-type', '').lower()
+            is_attachment = 'attachment' in self.fetcher.get_all_headers().get('content-disposition', '').lower()
 
-            # If not JSON,  and if it's not text/plain..
-            if 'text/plain' in self.fetcher.get_all_headers().get('content-type', '').lower():
+            # Try to detect better mime types if its a download or not announced as HTML
+            if is_attachment or 'octet-stream' in content_type or not 'html' in content_type:
+                logger.debug(f"Got a reply that may be a download or possibly a text attachment, checking..")
+                try:
+                    import magic
+                    mime = magic.from_buffer(html_content, mime=True)
+                    logger.debug(f"Guessing mime type, original content_type '{content_type}', mime type detected '{mime}'")
+                    if mime and "/" in mime: # looks valid and is a valid mime type
+                        content_type = mime
+                except Exception as e:
+                    logger.error(f"Error getting a more precise mime type from 'magic' library ({str(e)}")
+
+            if 'text/' in content_type and not 'html' in content_type:
                 # Don't run get_text or xpath/css filters on plaintext
                 stripped_text_from_html = html_content
             else:
+                # If not JSON, and if it's not text/plain..
                 # Does it have some ld+json price data? used for easier monitoring
                 update_obj['has_ldjson_price_data'] = html_tools.has_ldjson_product_info(self.fetcher.content)
 
@@ -251,8 +265,7 @@ class perform_site_check(difference_detection_processor):
         update_obj["last_check_status"] = self.fetcher.get_last_status_code()
 
         # 615 Extract text by regex
-        extract_text = watch.get('extract_text', [])
-        extract_text += self.datastore.get_tag_overrides_for_watch(uuid=watch.get('uuid'), attr='extract_text')
+        extract_text = list(dict.fromkeys(watch.get('extract_text', []) + self.datastore.get_tag_overrides_for_watch(uuid=watch.get('uuid'), attr='extract_text')))
         if len(extract_text) > 0:
             regex_matched_output = []
             for s_re in extract_text:
@@ -311,23 +324,21 @@ class perform_site_check(difference_detection_processor):
 
         ############ Blocking rules, after checksum #################
         blocked = False
-        trigger_text = watch.get('trigger_text', [])
-        trigger_text += self.datastore.get_tag_overrides_for_watch(uuid=watch.get('uuid'), attr='trigger_text')
+        trigger_text = list(dict.fromkeys(watch.get('trigger_text', []) + self.datastore.get_tag_overrides_for_watch(uuid=watch.get('uuid'), attr='trigger_text')))
         if len(trigger_text):
             # Assume blocked
             blocked = True
             # Filter and trigger works the same, so reuse it
             # It should return the line numbers that match
             # Unblock flow if the trigger was found (some text remained after stripped what didnt match)
-            result = html_tools.strip_ignore_text(content=str(stripped_text_from_html),
+            result = html_tools.strip_ignore_text(content=str(text_for_checksuming),
                                                   wordlist=trigger_text,
                                                   mode="line numbers")
             # Unblock if the trigger was found
             if result:
                 blocked = False
 
-        text_should_not_be_present = watch.get('text_should_not_be_present', [])
-        text_should_not_be_present += self.datastore.get_tag_overrides_for_watch(uuid=watch.get('uuid'), attr='text_should_not_be_present')
+        text_should_not_be_present = list(dict.fromkeys(watch.get('text_should_not_be_present', []) + self.datastore.get_tag_overrides_for_watch(uuid=watch.get('uuid'), attr='text_should_not_be_present')))
         if len(text_should_not_be_present):
             # If anything matched, then we should block a change from happening
             result = html_tools.strip_ignore_text(content=str(stripped_text_from_html),

changedetectionio/realtime/socket_server.py

@@ -243,14 +243,15 @@ def handle_watch_update(socketio, **kwargs):
 
         general_stats = {
             'count_errors': errored_count,
-            'has_unviewed': datastore.has_unviewed
+            'unread_changes_count': datastore.unread_changes_count
         }
 
         # Debug what's being emitted
         # logger.debug(f"Emitting 'watch_update' event for {watch.get('uuid')}, data: {watch_data}")
 
         # Emit to all clients (no 'broadcast' parameter needed - it's the default behavior)
-        socketio.emit("watch_update", {'watch': watch_data, 'general_stats': general_stats})
+        socketio.emit("watch_update", {'watch': watch_data})
+        socketio.emit("general_stats_update", general_stats)
 
         # Log after successful emit - use watch_data['uuid'] to avoid variable shadowing issues
         logger.trace(f"Socket.IO: Emitted update for watch {watch_data['uuid']}, Checking now: {watch_data['checking_now']}")

changedetectionio/run_socks_proxy_tests.sh

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ set -x
 # SOCKS5 related - start simple Socks5 proxy server
 # SOCKSTEST=xyz should show in the logs of this service to confirm it fetched
 docker run --network changedet-network -d --hostname socks5proxy --rm  --name socks5proxy -p 1080:1080 -e PROXY_USER=proxy_user123 -e PROXY_PASSWORD=proxy_pass123 serjs/go-socks5-proxy
-docker run --network changedet-network -d --hostname socks5proxy-noauth --rm  -p 1081:1080 --name socks5proxy-noauth  serjs/go-socks5-proxy
+docker run --network changedet-network -d --hostname socks5proxy-noauth --rm -p 1081:1080 --name socks5proxy-noauth -e REQUIRE_AUTH=false serjs/go-socks5-proxy
 
 echo "---------------------------------- SOCKS5 -------------------"
 # SOCKS5 related - test from proxies.json

changedetectionio/static/js/realtime.js

@@ -117,15 +117,16 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
                 }
             })
 
+            socket.on('general_stats_update', function (general_stats) {
+                // Tabs at bottom of list
+                $('#watch-table-wrapper').toggleClass("has-unread-changes", general_stats.unread_changes_count !==0)
+                $('#watch-table-wrapper').toggleClass("has-error", general_stats.count_errors !== 0)
+                $('#post-list-with-errors a').text(`With errors (${ new Intl.NumberFormat(navigator.language).format(general_stats.count_errors) })`);
+                $('#unread-tab-counter').text(new Intl.NumberFormat(navigator.language).format(general_stats.unread_changes_count));
+            });
+
             socket.on('watch_update', function (data) {
                 const watch = data.watch;
-                const general_stats = data.general_stats;
-
-                // Log the entire watch object for debugging
-                console.log('!!! WATCH UPDATE EVENT RECEIVED !!!');
-                console.log(`${watch.event_timestamp} - Watch update ${watch.uuid} - Checking now - ${watch.checking_now} - UUID in URL ${window.location.href.includes(watch.uuid)}`);
-                console.log('Watch data:', watch);
-                console.log('General stats:', general_stats);
 
                 // Updating watch table rows
                 const $watchRow = $('tr[data-watch-uuid="' + watch.uuid + '"]');
@@ -150,12 +151,6 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
 
                     console.log('Updated UI for watch:', watch.uuid);
                 }
-
-                // Tabs at bottom of list
-                $('#post-list-mark-views').toggleClass("has-unviewed", general_stats.has_unviewed);
-                $('#post-list-with-errors').toggleClass("has-error", general_stats.count_errors !== 0)
-                $('#post-list-with-errors a').text(`With errors (${ general_stats.count_errors })`);
-
                 $('body').toggleClass('checking-now', watch.checking_now && window.location.href.includes(watch.uuid));
             });
 

changedetectionio/static/js/watch-settings.js

@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
         $('#notification_body').val('');
         $('#notification_format').val('System default');
         $('#notification_urls').val('');
+        $('#notification_muted_none').prop('checked', true); // in the case of a ternary field
         e.preventDefault();
     });
     $("#notification-token-toggle").click(function (e) {

changedetectionio/static/styles/scss/parts/_socket.scss

@@ -17,15 +17,6 @@ body.checking-now {
   position: fixed;
 }
 
-#post-list-buttons {
-  #post-list-with-errors.has-error {
-    display: inline-block !important;
-  }
-  #post-list-mark-views.has-unviewed {
-    display: inline-block !important;
-  }
-}
-
 
 
 

changedetectionio/static/styles/scss/parts/_watch_table.scss

@@ -127,5 +127,44 @@
       display: inline-block !important;
     }
   }
+
+
 }
 
+#watch-table-wrapper {
+  /* general styling */
+  #post-list-buttons {
+    text-align: right;
+    padding: 0px;
+    margin: 0px;
+
+    li {
+      display: inline-block;
+    }
+
+    a {
+      border-top-left-radius: initial;
+      border-top-right-radius: initial;
+      border-bottom-left-radius: 5px;
+      border-bottom-right-radius: 5px;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /* post list dynamically on/off stuff */
+
+  &.has-error {
+    #post-list-buttons {
+      #post-list-with-errors {
+        display: inline-block !important;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  &.has-unread-changes {
+    #post-list-buttons {
+      #post-list-unread, #post-list-mark-views, #post-list-unread {
+        display: inline-block !important;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}

changedetectionio/static/styles/scss/parts/_widgets.scss

@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+
+// Ternary radio button group component
+.ternary-radio-group {
+  display: flex;
+  gap: 0;
+  border: 1px solid var(--color-grey-750);
+  border-radius: 4px;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  width: fit-content;
+  background: var(--color-background);
+
+  .ternary-radio-option {
+    position: relative;
+    cursor: pointer;
+    margin: 0;
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+
+    input[type="radio"] {
+      position: absolute;
+      opacity: 0;
+      width: 0;
+      height: 0;
+    }
+
+    .ternary-radio-label {
+      padding: 8px 16px;
+      background: var(--color-grey-900);
+      border: none;
+      border-right: 1px solid var(--color-grey-750);
+      font-size: 13px;
+      font-weight: 500;
+      color: var(--color-text);
+      transition: all 0.2s ease;
+      cursor: pointer;
+      display: block;
+      min-width: 60px;
+      text-align: center;
+    }
+
+    &:last-child .ternary-radio-label {
+      border-right: none;
+    }
+
+    input:checked + .ternary-radio-label {
+      background: var(--color-link);
+      color: var(--color-text-button);
+      font-weight: 600;
+
+      &.ternary-default {
+        background: var(--color-grey-600);
+        color: var(--color-text-button);
+      }
+
+      &:hover {
+        background: #1a7bc4;
+
+        &.ternary-default {
+          background: var(--color-grey-500);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    &:hover .ternary-radio-label {
+      background: var(--color-grey-800);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @media (max-width: 480px) {
+    width: 100%;
+
+    .ternary-radio-label {
+      flex: 1;
+      min-width: auto;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+// Standard radio button styling
+input[type="radio"].pure-radio:checked + label,
+input[type="radio"].pure-radio:checked {
+  background: var(--color-link);
+  color: var(--color-text-button);
+}
+
+html[data-darkmode="true"] {
+  .ternary-radio-group {
+    .ternary-radio-option {
+      .ternary-radio-label {
+        background: var(--color-grey-350);
+      }
+
+      &:hover .ternary-radio-label {
+        background: var(--color-grey-400);
+      }
+
+      input:checked + .ternary-radio-label {
+        background: var(--color-link);
+        color: var(--color-text-button);
+
+        &.ternary-default {
+          background: var(--color-grey-600);
+        }
+
+        &:hover {
+          background: #1a7bc4;
+
+          &.ternary-default {
+            background: var(--color-grey-500);
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}

changedetectionio/static/styles/scss/styles.scss

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 @use "parts/lister_extra";
 @use "parts/socket";
 @use "parts/visualselector";
-
+@use "parts/widgets";
 
 body {
   color: var(--color-text);
@@ -203,24 +203,6 @@ code {
 }
 
 
-#post-list-buttons {
-  text-align: right;
-  padding: 0px;
-  margin: 0px;
-
-  li {
-    display: inline-block;
-  }
-
-  a {
-    border-top-left-radius: initial;
-    border-top-right-radius: initial;
-    border-bottom-left-radius: 5px;
-    border-bottom-right-radius: 5px;
-  }
-}
-
-
 body:after {
   content: "";
   background: linear-gradient(130deg, var(--color-background-gradient-first), var(--color-background-gradient-second) 41.07%, var(--color-background-gradient-third) 84.05%);
@@ -1130,11 +1112,12 @@ ul {
 }
 
 #realtime-conn-error {
-  position: absolute;
+  position: fixed;
   bottom: 0;
-  left: 30px;
+  left: 0;
   background: var(--color-warning);
   padding: 10px;
   font-size: 0.8rem;
   color: #fff;
+  opacity: 0.8;
 }

changedetectionio/store.py

@@ -202,14 +202,13 @@ class ChangeDetectionStore:
         return seconds
 
     @property
-    def has_unviewed(self):
-        if not self.__data.get('watching'):
-            return None
-
+    def unread_changes_count(self):
+        unread_changes_count = 0
         for uuid, watch in self.__data['watching'].items():
             if watch.history_n >= 2 and watch.viewed == False:
-                return True
-        return False
+                unread_changes_count += 1
+
+        return unread_changes_count
 
     @property
     def data(self):
@@ -262,11 +261,6 @@ class ChangeDetectionStore:
         extras = deepcopy(self.data['watching'][uuid])
         new_uuid = self.add_watch(url=url, extras=extras)
         watch = self.data['watching'][new_uuid]
-
-        if self.data['settings']['application'].get('extract_title_as_title') or watch['extract_title_as_title']:
-            # Because it will be recalculated on the next fetch
-            self.data['watching'][new_uuid]['title'] = None
-
         return new_uuid
 
     def url_exists(self, url):
@@ -308,7 +302,6 @@ class ChangeDetectionStore:
                     'browser_steps',
                     'css_filter',
                     'extract_text',
-                    'extract_title_as_title',
                     'headers',
                     'ignore_text',
                     'include_filters',
@@ -323,6 +316,7 @@ class ChangeDetectionStore:
                     'title',
                     'trigger_text',
                     'url',
+                    'use_page_title_in_list',
                     'webdriver_js_execute_code',
                 ]:
                     if res.get(k):
@@ -973,6 +967,16 @@ class ChangeDetectionStore:
                         f_d.write(zlib.compress(f_j.read()))
                         os.unlink(json_path)
 
+    def update_20(self):
+        for uuid, watch in self.data['watching'].items():
+            if self.data['watching'][uuid].get('extract_title_as_title'):
+                self.data['watching'][uuid]['use_page_title_in_list'] = self.data['watching'][uuid].get('extract_title_as_title')
+                del self.data['watching'][uuid]['extract_title_as_title']
+
+        if self.data['settings']['application'].get('extract_title_as_title'):
+            self.data['settings']['application']['ui']['use_page_title_in_list'] = self.data['settings']['application'].get('extract_title_as_title')
+
+
     def add_notification_url(self, notification_url):
         
         logger.debug(f">>> Adding new notification_url - '{notification_url}'")

changedetectionio/templates/_common_fields.html

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
                                     </tr>
                                     <tr>
                                         <td><code>{{ '{{watch_title}}' }}</code></td>
-                                        <td>The title of the watch.</td>
+                                        <td>The page title of the watch, uses &lt;title&gt; if not set, falls back to URL</td>
                                     </tr>
                                     <tr>
                                         <td><code>{{ '{{watch_tag}}' }}</code></td>

changedetectionio/templates/_helpers.html

@@ -1,14 +1,29 @@
 {% macro render_field(field) %}
-  <div {% if field.errors %} class="error" {% endif %}>{{ field.label }}</div>
-  <div {% if field.errors %} class="error" {% endif %}>{{ field(**kwargs)|safe }}
-  {% if field.errors %}
-    <ul class=errors>
-    {% for error in field.errors %}
-      <li>{{ error }}</li>
-    {% endfor %}
-    </ul>
-  {% endif %}
-  </div>
+    <div {% if field.errors or field.top_errors %} class="error" {% endif %}>{{ field.label }}</div>
+    <div {% if field.errors or field.top_errors %} class="error" {% endif %}>{{ field(**kwargs)|safe }}
+        {% if field.top_errors %}
+            top
+            <ul class="errors top-errors">
+                {% for error in field.top_errors %}
+                    <li>{{ error }}</li>
+                {% endfor %}
+            </ul>
+        {% endif %}
+        {% if field.errors %}
+            <ul class=errors>
+                {% if field.errors is mapping and 'form' in field.errors %}
+                    {#  and subfield form errors, such as used in RequiredFormField() for TimeBetweenCheckForm sub form #}
+                    {% set errors = field.errors['form'] %}
+                {% else %}
+                    {#  regular list of errors with this field #}
+                    {% set errors = field.errors %}
+                {% endif %}
+                {% for error in errors %}
+                    <li>{{ error }}</li>
+                {% endfor %}
+            </ul>
+        {% endif %}
+    </div>
 {% endmacro %}
 
 {% macro render_checkbox_field(field) %}
@@ -24,6 +39,23 @@
   </div>
 {% endmacro %}
 
+{% macro render_ternary_field(field, BooleanField=false) %}
+  {% if BooleanField %}
+    {% set _ = field.__setattr__('boolean_mode', true) %}
+  {% endif %}
+  <div class="ternary-field {% if field.errors %} error {% endif %}">
+    <div class="ternary-field-label">{{ field.label }}</div>
+    <div class="ternary-field-widget">{{ field(**kwargs)|safe }}</div>
+    {% if field.errors %}
+      <ul class=errors>
+      {% for error in field.errors %}
+        <li>{{ error }}</li>
+      {% endfor %}
+      </ul>
+    {% endif %}
+  </div>
+{% endmacro %}
+
 
 {% macro render_simple_field(field) %}
   <span class="label {% if field.errors %}error{% endif %}">{{ field.label }}</span>

changedetectionio/templates/base.html

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     <meta charset="utf-8" >
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" >
     <meta name="description" content="Self hosted website change detection." >
+    <meta name="robots" content="noindex">
     <title>Change Detection{{extra_title}}</title>
     {% if app_rss_token %}
       <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Changedetection.io » Feed{% if active_tag_uuid %}- {{active_tag.title}}{% endif %}" href="{{ url_for('rss.feed', tag=active_tag_uuid , token=app_rss_token)}}" >
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@
     {% endif %}
   </head>
 
-  <body class="">
+  <body class="{{extra_classes}}">
     <div class="header">
     <div class="pure-menu-fixed" style="width: 100%;">
       <div class="home-menu pure-menu pure-menu-horizontal" id="nav-menu">
@@ -236,7 +237,7 @@
     <script src="{{url_for('static_content', group='js', filename='toggle-theme.js')}}" defer></script>
 
     <div id="checking-now-fixed-tab" style="display: none;"><span class="spinner"></span><span>&nbsp;Checking now</span></div>
-    <div id="realtime-conn-error" style="display:none">Offline</div>
+    <div id="realtime-conn-error" style="display:none">Real-time updates offline</div>
   </body>
 
 </html>

changedetectionio/tests/custom_browser_url/test_custom_browser_url.py

@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ def do_test(client, live_server, make_test_use_extra_browser=False):
                   "tags": "",
                   "headers": "",
                   'fetch_backend': f"extra_browser_{custom_browser_name}",
-                  'webdriver_js_execute_code': ''
+                  'webdriver_js_execute_code': '',
+                  "time_between_check_use_default": "y"
             },
             follow_redirects=True
         )

changedetectionio/tests/fetchers/test_custom_js_before_content.py

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ def test_execute_custom_js(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
             'fetch_backend': "html_webdriver",
             'webdriver_js_execute_code': 'document.querySelector("button[name=test-button]").click();',
             'headers': "testheader: yes\buser-agent: MyCustomAgent",
+            "time_between_check_use_default": "y",
         },
         follow_redirects=True
     )

changedetectionio/tests/proxy_list/test_multiple_proxy.py

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ def test_preferred_proxy(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
                 "proxy": "proxy-two",
                 "tags": "",
                 "url": url,
+                "time_between_check_use_default": "y",
               },
         follow_redirects=True
     )

changedetectionio/tests/proxy_list/test_noproxy.py

@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ def test_noproxy_option(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
                 "proxy": "no-proxy",
                 "tags": "",
                 "url": url,
+                "time_between_check_use_default": "y",
               },
         follow_redirects=True
     )

changedetectionio/tests/proxy_list/test_proxy_noconnect.py

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ def test_proxy_noconnect_custom(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
         "url": test_url,
         "fetch_backend": "html_webdriver" if os.getenv('PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_URL') or os.getenv("WEBDRIVER_URL") else "html_requests",
         "proxy": "ui-0custom-test-proxy",
+        "time_between_check_use_default": "y",
     }
 
     res = client.post(

changedetectionio/tests/proxy_socks5/test_socks5_proxy.py

@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ def test_socks5(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
             "proxy": "ui-0socks5proxy",
             "tags": "",
             "url": test_url,
+            "time_between_check_use_default": "y",
         },
         follow_redirects=True
     )

changedetectionio/tests/proxy_socks5/test_socks5_proxy_sources.py

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ def test_socks5_from_proxiesjson_file(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage)
             "proxy": "socks5proxy",
             "tags": "",
             "url": test_url,
+            "time_between_check_use_default": "y",
         },
         follow_redirects=True
     )

changedetectionio/tests/smtp/test_notification_smtp.py

@@ -157,7 +157,8 @@ def test_check_notification_email_formats_default_Text_override_HTML(client, liv
         data={
             "url": test_url,
             "notification_format": 'HTML',
-            'fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
+            'fetch_backend': "html_requests",
+            "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"Updated watch." in res.data

changedetectionio/tests/test_add_replace_remove_filter.py

@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ def test_check_removed_line_contains_trigger(client, live_server, measure_memory
         data={"trigger_text": 'The golden line',
               "url": test_url,
               'fetch_backend': "html_requests",
-              'filter_text_removed': 'y'},
+              'filter_text_removed': 'y',
+              "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"Updated watch." in res.data
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ def test_check_removed_line_contains_trigger(client, live_server, measure_memory
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
     time.sleep(0.5)
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'unviewed' not in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' not in res.data
 
     # The trigger line is REMOVED,  this should trigger
     set_original(excluding='The golden line')
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ def test_check_removed_line_contains_trigger(client, live_server, measure_memory
     client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'unviewed' in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' in res.data
 
     time.sleep(1)
 
@@ -97,14 +98,14 @@ def test_check_removed_line_contains_trigger(client, live_server, measure_memory
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
     time.sleep(1)
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'unviewed' not in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' not in res.data
 
     # Remove it again, and we should get a trigger
     set_original(excluding='The golden line')
     client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'unviewed' in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' in res.data
 
     res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
     assert b'Deleted' in res.data
@@ -154,7 +155,8 @@ def test_check_add_line_contains_trigger(client, live_server, measure_memory_usa
               'processor': 'text_json_diff',
               'fetch_backend': "html_requests",
               'filter_text_removed': '',
-              'filter_text_added': 'y'},
+              'filter_text_added': 'y',
+              "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"Updated watch." in res.data
@@ -167,7 +169,7 @@ def test_check_add_line_contains_trigger(client, live_server, measure_memory_usa
 
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'unviewed' not in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' not in res.data
 
     # The trigger line is ADDED,  this should trigger
     set_original(add_line='<p>Oh yes please</p>')
@@ -175,7 +177,7 @@ def test_check_add_line_contains_trigger(client, live_server, measure_memory_usa
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
 
-    assert b'unviewed' in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' in res.data
 
     # Takes a moment for apprise to fire
     wait_for_notification_endpoint_output()

changedetectionio/tests/test_api.py

@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ def test_api_watch_PUT_update(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
                                  "value": "."  # contains anything
                              }
                          ],
-                         "conditions_match_logic": "ALL"
+                         "conditions_match_logic": "ALL",
                          }
                         ),
         headers={'content-type': 'application/json', 'x-api-key': api_key},
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@ def test_api_watch_PUT_update(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     )
 
     watch_uuid = list(res.json.keys())[0]
+    assert not res.json[watch_uuid].get('viewed'), 'A newly created watch can only be unviewed'
 
     # Check in the edit page just to be sure
     res = client.get(
@@ -341,7 +342,12 @@ def test_api_watch_PUT_update(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     res = client.put(
         url_for("watch", uuid=watch_uuid),
         headers={'x-api-key': api_key, 'content-type': 'application/json'},
-        data=json.dumps({"title": "new title", 'time_between_check': {'minutes': 552}, 'headers': {'cookie': 'all eaten'}}),
+        data=json.dumps({
+            "title": "new title",
+            'time_between_check': {'minutes': 552},
+            'headers': {'cookie': 'all eaten'},
+            'last_viewed': int(time.time())
+        }),
     )
     assert res.status_code == 200, "HTTP PUT update was sent OK"
 
@@ -351,6 +357,7 @@ def test_api_watch_PUT_update(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
         headers={'x-api-key': api_key}
     )
     assert res.json.get('title') == 'new title'
+    assert res.json.get('viewed'), 'With the timestamp greater than "changed" a watch can be updated to viewed'
 
     # Check in the edit page just to be sure
     res = client.get(
@@ -383,13 +390,13 @@ def test_api_watch_PUT_update(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 
 
 def test_api_import(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
-    
+
     api_key = live_server.app.config['DATASTORE'].data['settings']['application'].get('api_access_token')
 
     res = client.post(
         url_for("import") + "?tag=import-test",
         data='https://website1.com\r\nhttps://website2.com',
-        headers={'x-api-key': api_key},
+        headers={'x-api-key': api_key, 'content-type': 'text/plain'},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
 

changedetectionio/tests/test_api_openapi.py

@@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+OpenAPI validation tests for ChangeDetection.io API
+
+This test file specifically verifies that OpenAPI validation is working correctly
+by testing various scenarios that should trigger validation errors.
+"""
+
+import time
+import json
+from flask import url_for
+from .util import live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks
+
+
+def test_openapi_validation_invalid_content_type_on_create_watch(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
+    """Test that creating a watch with invalid content-type triggers OpenAPI validation error."""
+    api_key = live_server.app.config['DATASTORE'].data['settings']['application'].get('api_access_token')
+
+    # Try to create a watch with JSON data but without proper content-type header
+    res = client.post(
+        url_for("createwatch"),
+        data=json.dumps({"url": "https://example.com", "title": "Test Watch"}),
+        headers={'x-api-key': api_key},  # Missing 'content-type': 'application/json'
+        follow_redirects=True
+    )
+
+    # Should get 400 error due to OpenAPI validation failure
+    assert res.status_code == 400, f"Expected 400 but got {res.status_code}"
+    assert b"OpenAPI validation failed" in res.data, "Should contain OpenAPI validation error message"
+
+
+def test_openapi_validation_missing_required_field_create_watch(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
+    """Test that creating a watch without required URL field triggers OpenAPI validation error."""
+    api_key = live_server.app.config['DATASTORE'].data['settings']['application'].get('api_access_token')
+
+    # Try to create a watch without the required 'url' field
+    res = client.post(
+        url_for("createwatch"),
+        data=json.dumps({"title": "Test Watch Without URL"}),  # Missing required 'url' field
+        headers={'x-api-key': api_key, 'content-type': 'application/json'},
+        follow_redirects=True
+    )
+
+    # Should get 400 error due to missing required field
+    assert res.status_code == 400, f"Expected 400 but got {res.status_code}"
+    assert b"OpenAPI validation failed" in res.data, "Should contain OpenAPI validation error message"
+
+
+def test_openapi_validation_invalid_field_in_request_body(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
+    """Test that including invalid fields triggers OpenAPI validation error."""
+    api_key = live_server.app.config['DATASTORE'].data['settings']['application'].get('api_access_token')
+
+    # First create a valid watch
+    res = client.post(
+        url_for("createwatch"),
+        data=json.dumps({"url": "https://example.com", "title": "Test Watch"}),
+        headers={'x-api-key': api_key, 'content-type': 'application/json'},
+        follow_redirects=True
+    )
+    assert res.status_code == 201, "Watch creation should succeed"
+
+    # Get the watch list to find the UUID
+    res = client.get(
+        url_for("createwatch"),
+        headers={'x-api-key': api_key}
+    )
+    assert res.status_code == 200
+    watch_uuid = list(res.json.keys())[0]
+
+    # Now try to update the watch with an invalid field
+    res = client.put(
+        url_for("watch", uuid=watch_uuid),
+        headers={'x-api-key': api_key, 'content-type': 'application/json'},
+        data=json.dumps({
+            "title": "Updated title",
+            "invalid_field_that_doesnt_exist": "this should cause validation error"
+        }),
+    )
+
+    # Should get 400 error due to invalid field (this will be caught by internal validation)
+    # Note: This tests the flow where OpenAPI validation passes but internal validation catches it
+    assert res.status_code == 400, f"Expected 400 but got {res.status_code}"
+    assert b"Additional properties are not allowed" in res.data, "Should contain validation error about additional properties"
+
+
+def test_openapi_validation_import_wrong_content_type(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
+    """Test that import endpoint with wrong content-type triggers OpenAPI validation error."""
+    api_key = live_server.app.config['DATASTORE'].data['settings']['application'].get('api_access_token')
+
+    # Try to import URLs with JSON content-type instead of text/plain
+    res = client.post(
+        url_for("import") + "?tag=test-import",
+        data='https://website1.com\nhttps://website2.com',
+        headers={'x-api-key': api_key, 'content-type': 'application/json'},  # Wrong content-type
+        follow_redirects=True
+    )
+
+    # Should get 400 error due to content-type mismatch
+    assert res.status_code == 400, f"Expected 400 but got {res.status_code}"
+    assert b"OpenAPI validation failed" in res.data, "Should contain OpenAPI validation error message"
+
+
+def test_openapi_validation_import_correct_content_type_succeeds(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
+    """Test that import endpoint with correct content-type succeeds (positive test)."""
+    api_key = live_server.app.config['DATASTORE'].data['settings']['application'].get('api_access_token')
+
+    # Import URLs with correct text/plain content-type
+    res = client.post(
+        url_for("import") + "?tag=test-import",
+        data='https://website1.com\nhttps://website2.com',
+        headers={'x-api-key': api_key, 'content-type': 'text/plain'},  # Correct content-type
+        follow_redirects=True
+    )
+
+    # Should succeed
+    assert res.status_code == 200, f"Expected 200 but got {res.status_code}"
+    assert len(res.json) == 2, "Should import 2 URLs"
+
+
+def test_openapi_validation_get_requests_bypass_validation(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
+    """Test that GET requests bypass OpenAPI validation entirely."""
+    api_key = live_server.app.config['DATASTORE'].data['settings']['application'].get('api_access_token')
+
+    # Disable API token requirement first
+    res = client.post(
+        url_for("settings.settings_page"),
+        data={
+            "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180,
+            "application-fetch_backend": "html_requests",
+            "application-api_access_token_enabled": ""
+        },
+        follow_redirects=True
+    )
+    assert b"Settings updated." in res.data
+
+    # Make GET request to list watches - should succeed even without API key or content-type
+    res = client.get(url_for("createwatch"))  # No headers needed for GET
+    assert res.status_code == 200, f"GET requests should succeed without OpenAPI validation, got {res.status_code}"
+
+    # Should return JSON with watch list (empty in this case)
+    assert isinstance(res.json, dict), "Should return JSON dictionary for watch list"
+
+
+def test_openapi_validation_create_tag_missing_required_title(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
+    """Test that creating a tag without required title triggers OpenAPI validation error."""
+    api_key = live_server.app.config['DATASTORE'].data['settings']['application'].get('api_access_token')
+
+    # Try to create a tag without the required 'title' field
+    res = client.post(
+        url_for("tag"),
+        data=json.dumps({"notification_urls": ["mailto:test@example.com"]}),  # Missing required 'title' field
+        headers={'x-api-key': api_key, 'content-type': 'application/json'},
+        follow_redirects=True
+    )
+
+    # Should get 400 error due to missing required field
+    assert res.status_code == 400, f"Expected 400 but got {res.status_code}"
+    assert b"OpenAPI validation failed" in res.data, "Should contain OpenAPI validation error message"
+
+
+def test_openapi_validation_watch_update_allows_partial_updates(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
+    """Test that watch updates allow partial updates without requiring all fields (positive test)."""
+    api_key = live_server.app.config['DATASTORE'].data['settings']['application'].get('api_access_token')
+
+    # First create a valid watch
+    res = client.post(
+        url_for("createwatch"),
+        data=json.dumps({"url": "https://example.com", "title": "Test Watch"}),
+        headers={'x-api-key': api_key, 'content-type': 'application/json'},
+        follow_redirects=True
+    )
+    assert res.status_code == 201, "Watch creation should succeed"
+
+    # Get the watch list to find the UUID
+    res = client.get(
+        url_for("createwatch"),
+        headers={'x-api-key': api_key}
+    )
+    assert res.status_code == 200
+    watch_uuid = list(res.json.keys())[0]
+
+    # Update only the title (partial update) - should succeed
+    res = client.put(
+        url_for("watch", uuid=watch_uuid),
+        headers={'x-api-key': api_key, 'content-type': 'application/json'},
+        data=json.dumps({"title": "Updated Title Only"}),  # Only updating title, not URL
+    )
+
+    # Should succeed because UpdateWatch schema allows partial updates
+    assert res.status_code == 200, f"Partial updates should succeed, got {res.status_code}"
+
+    # Verify the update worked
+    res = client.get(
+        url_for("watch", uuid=watch_uuid),
+        headers={'x-api-key': api_key}
+    )
+    assert res.status_code == 200
+    assert res.json.get('title') == 'Updated Title Only', "Title should be updated"
+    assert res.json.get('url') == 'https://example.com', "URL should remain unchanged"

changedetectionio/tests/test_auth.py

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def test_basic_auth(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     # Check form validation
     res = client.post(
         url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"),
-        data={"include_filters": "", "url": test_url, "tags": "", "headers": "", 'fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
+        data={"include_filters": "", "url": test_url, "tags": "", "headers": "", 'fetch_backend': "html_requests", "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"Updated watch." in res.data

changedetectionio/tests/test_backend.py

@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ def test_check_basic_change_detection_functionality(client, live_server, measure
         # Give the thread time to pick it up
         wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
-        # It should report nothing found (no new 'unviewed' class)
+        # It should report nothing found (no new 'has-unread-changes' class)
         res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-        assert b'unviewed' not in res.data
+        assert b'has-unread-changes' not in res.data
         assert b'test-endpoint' in res.data
 
         # Default no password set, this stuff should be always available.
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ def test_check_basic_change_detection_functionality(client, live_server, measure
     res = client.get(url_for("ui.ui_edit.watch_get_latest_html", uuid=uuid))
     assert b'which has this one new line' in res.data
 
-    # Now something should be ready, indicated by having a 'unviewed' class
+    # Now something should be ready, indicated by having a 'has-unread-changes' class
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'unviewed' in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' in res.data
 
     # #75, and it should be in the RSS feed
     rss_token = extract_rss_token_from_UI(client)
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ def test_check_basic_change_detection_functionality(client, live_server, measure
     assert b'CDATA' in res.data
 
     assert expected_url.encode('utf-8') in res.data
-
-    # Following the 'diff' link, it should no longer display as 'unviewed' even after we recheck it a few times
+#
+    # Following the 'diff' link, it should no longer display as 'has-unread-changes' even after we recheck it a few times
     res = client.get(url_for("ui.ui_views.diff_history_page", uuid=uuid))
     assert b'selected=""' in res.data, "Confirm diff history page loaded"
 
@@ -104,26 +104,34 @@ def test_check_basic_change_detection_functionality(client, live_server, measure
 
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
-    # Do this a few times.. ensures we dont accidently set the status
-    for n in range(2):
-        client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
 
+    # Do this a few times.. ensures we don't accidently set the status
+    for n in range(2):
+        res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
         # Give the thread time to pick it up
         wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
-        # It should report nothing found (no new 'unviewed' class)
+        # It should report nothing found (no new 'has-unread-changes' class)
         res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-        assert b'unviewed' not in res.data
-        assert b'class="has-unviewed' not in res.data
-        assert b'head title' not in res.data  # Should not be present because this is off by default
+
+
+        assert b'has-unread-changes' not in res.data
+        assert b'class="has-unread-changes' not in res.data
+        assert b'head title' in res.data  # Should be ON by default
         assert b'test-endpoint' in res.data
 
-    set_original_response()
+    # Recheck it but only with a title change, content wasnt changed
+    set_original_response(extra_title=" and more")
 
-    # Enable auto pickup of <title> in settings
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
+    wait_for_all_checks(client)
+    res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
+    assert b'head title and more' in res.data
+
+    # disable <title> pickup
     res = client.post(
         url_for("settings.settings_page"),
-        data={"application-extract_title_as_title": "1", "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180,
+        data={"application-ui-use_page_title_in_list": "", "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180,
               'application-fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
@@ -132,21 +140,19 @@ def test_check_basic_change_detection_functionality(client, live_server, measure
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'unviewed' in res.data
-    assert b'class="has-unviewed' in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' in res.data
+    assert b'class="has-unread-changes' in res.data
+    assert b'head title' not in res.data  # should now be off
 
-    # It should have picked up the <title>
-    assert b'head title' in res.data
 
     # Be sure the last_viewed is going to be greater than the last snapshot
     time.sleep(1)
 
     # hit the mark all viewed link
     res = client.get(url_for("ui.mark_all_viewed"), follow_redirects=True)
-    time.sleep(0.2)
 
-    assert b'class="has-unviewed' not in res.data
-    assert b'unviewed' not in res.data
+    assert b'class="has-unread-changes' not in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' not in res.data
 
     # #2458 "clear history" should make the Watch object update its status correctly when the first snapshot lands again
     client.get(url_for("ui.clear_watch_history", uuid=uuid))
@@ -159,3 +165,53 @@ def test_check_basic_change_detection_functionality(client, live_server, measure
     # Cleanup everything
     res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
     assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+
+def test_non_text_mime_or_downloads(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
+    with open("test-datastore/endpoint-content.txt", "w") as f:
+        f.write("""some random text that should be split by line
+and not parsed with html_to_text
+this way we know that it correctly parsed as plain text
+\r\n
+ok\r\n
+got it\r\n
+""")
+
+    test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', content_type="application/octet-stream", _external=True)
+
+    # Add our URL to the import page
+    res = client.post(
+        url_for("imports.import_page"),
+        data={"urls": test_url},
+        follow_redirects=True
+    )
+
+    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+
+    wait_for_all_checks(client)
+
+    ### check the front end
+    res = client.get(
+        url_for("ui.ui_views.preview_page", uuid="first"),
+        follow_redirects=True
+    )
+    assert b"some random text that should be split by line\n" in res.data
+    ####
+
+    # Check the snapshot by API that it has linefeeds too
+    watch_uuid = next(iter(live_server.app.config['DATASTORE'].data['watching']))
+    api_key = live_server.app.config['DATASTORE'].data['settings']['application'].get('api_access_token')
+    res = client.get(
+        url_for("watchhistory", uuid=watch_uuid),
+        headers={'x-api-key': api_key},
+    )
+
+    # Fetch a snapshot by timestamp, check the right one was found
+    res = client.get(
+        url_for("watchsinglehistory", uuid=watch_uuid, timestamp=list(res.json.keys())[-1]),
+        headers={'x-api-key': api_key},
+    )
+    assert b"some random text that should be split by line\n" in res.data
+
+
+    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
+

changedetectionio/tests/test_basic_socketio.py

@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ def run_socketio_watch_update_test(client, live_server, password_mode=""):
 
     has_watch_update = False
     has_unviewed_update = False
+    got_general_stats_update = False
 
     for i in range(10):
         # Get received events
@@ -65,15 +66,11 @@ def run_socketio_watch_update_test(client, live_server, password_mode=""):
 
         if received:
             logger.info(f"Received {len(received)} events after {i+1} seconds")
-
-            # Check for watch_update events with unviewed=True
             for event in received:
                 if event['name'] == 'watch_update':
                     has_watch_update = True
-                    if event['args'][0]['watch'].get('unviewed', False):
-                        has_unviewed_update = True
-                        logger.info("Found unviewed update event!")
-                        break
+                if event['name'] == 'general_stats_update':
+                    got_general_stats_update = True
 
         if has_unviewed_update:
             break
@@ -92,7 +89,7 @@ def run_socketio_watch_update_test(client, live_server, password_mode=""):
     assert has_watch_update, "No watch_update events received"
 
     # Verify we received an unviewed event
-    assert has_unviewed_update, "No watch_update event with unviewed=True received"
+    assert got_general_stats_update, "Got general stats update event"
 
     # Alternatively, check directly if the watch in the datastore is marked as unviewed
     from changedetectionio.flask_app import app

changedetectionio/tests/test_block_while_text_present.py

@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ def test_check_block_changedetection_text_NOT_present(client, live_server, measu
         url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"),
         data={"text_should_not_be_present": ignore_text,
               "url": test_url,
-              'fetch_backend': "html_requests"
+              'fetch_backend': "html_requests",
+              "time_between_check_use_default": "y"
               },
         follow_redirects=True
     )
@@ -106,9 +107,9 @@ def test_check_block_changedetection_text_NOT_present(client, live_server, measu
     # Give the thread time to pick it up
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
-    # It should report nothing found (no new 'unviewed' class)
+    # It should report nothing found (no new 'has-unread-changes' class)
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'unviewed' not in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' not in res.data
     assert b'/test-endpoint' in res.data
 
     # The page changed, BUT the text is still there, just the rest of it changes, we should not see a change
@@ -119,9 +120,9 @@ def test_check_block_changedetection_text_NOT_present(client, live_server, measu
     # Give the thread time to pick it up
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
-    # It should report nothing found (no new 'unviewed' class)
+    # It should report nothing found (no new 'has-unread-changes' class)
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'unviewed' not in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' not in res.data
     assert b'/test-endpoint' in res.data
 
     # 2548
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ def test_check_block_changedetection_text_NOT_present(client, live_server, measu
     client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'unviewed' not in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' not in res.data
 
 
     # Now we set a change where the text is gone AND its different content, it should now trigger
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ def test_check_block_changedetection_text_NOT_present(client, live_server, measu
     client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'unviewed' in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' in res.data
 
 
 

changedetectionio/tests/test_conditions.py

@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ def test_conditions_with_text_and_number(client, live_server):
             "conditions-5-operator": "contains_regex",
             "conditions-5-field": "page_filtered_text",
             "conditions-5-value": "\d",
+            "time_between_check_use_default": "y",
         },
         follow_redirects=True
     )
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ def test_conditions_with_text_and_number(client, live_server):
     time.sleep(2)
     # 75 is > 20 and < 100 and contains "5"
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'unviewed' in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' in res.data
 
 
     # Case 2: Change with one condition violated
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ def test_conditions_with_text_and_number(client, live_server):
 
     # Should NOT be marked as having changes since not all conditions are met
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'unviewed' not in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' not in res.data
 
     res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
     assert b'Deleted' in res.data
@@ -288,7 +289,8 @@ def test_lev_conditions_plugin(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
             "conditions_match_logic": CONDITIONS_MATCH_LOGIC_DEFAULT,  # ALL = AND logic
             "conditions-0-field": "levenshtein_ratio",
             "conditions-0-operator": "<",
-            "conditions-0-value": "0.8" # needs to be more of a diff to trigger a change
+            "conditions-0-value": "0.8", # needs to be more of a diff to trigger a change
+            "time_between_check_use_default": "y"
         },
         follow_redirects=True
     )
@@ -297,7 +299,7 @@ def test_lev_conditions_plugin(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'unviewed' not in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' not in res.data
 
     # Check the content saved initially, even tho a condition was set - this is the first snapshot so shouldnt be affected by conditions
     res = client.get(
@@ -324,7 +326,7 @@ def test_lev_conditions_plugin(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'unviewed' not in res.data #because this will be like 0.90 not 0.8 threshold
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' not in res.data #because this will be like 0.90 not 0.8 threshold
 
     ############### Now change it a MORE THAN 50%
     test_return_data = """<html>
@@ -343,7 +345,7 @@ def test_lev_conditions_plugin(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     assert b'Queued 1 watch for rechecking.' in res.data
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'unviewed' in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' in res.data
     # cleanup for the next
     client.get(
         url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"),

changedetectionio/tests/test_css_selector.py

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ def test_check_markup_include_filters_restriction(client, live_server, measure_m
     # Add our URL to the import page
     res = client.post(
         url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"),
-        data={"include_filters": include_filters, "url": test_url, "tags": "", "headers": "", 'fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
+        data={"include_filters": include_filters, "url": test_url, "tags": "", "headers": "", 'fetch_backend': "html_requests", "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"Updated watch." in res.data
@@ -116,10 +116,10 @@ def test_check_markup_include_filters_restriction(client, live_server, measure_m
     # Give the thread time to pick it up
     time.sleep(sleep_time_for_fetch_thread)
 
-    # It should have 'unviewed' still
+    # It should have 'has-unread-changes' still
     # Because it should be looking at only that 'sametext' id
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'unviewed' in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' in res.data
 
 
 # Tests the whole stack works with the CSS Filter
@@ -154,7 +154,8 @@ def test_check_multiple_filters(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
               "url": test_url,
               "tags": "",
               "headers": "",
-              'fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
+              'fetch_backend': "html_requests",
+              "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"Updated watch." in res.data
@@ -208,7 +209,8 @@ def test_filter_is_empty_help_suggestion(client, live_server, measure_memory_usa
               "url": test_url,
               "tags": "",
               "headers": "",
-              'fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
+              'fetch_backend': "html_requests",
+              "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"Updated watch." in res.data

changedetectionio/tests/test_element_removal.py

@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ def test_element_removal_full(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
             "tags": "",
             "headers": "",
             "fetch_backend": "html_requests",
+            "time_between_check_use_default": "y",
         },
         follow_redirects=True,
     )
@@ -189,7 +190,7 @@ def test_element_removal_full(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
-    # so that we set the state to 'unviewed' after all the edits
+    # so that we set the state to 'has-unread-changes' after all the edits
     client.get(url_for("ui.ui_views.diff_history_page", uuid="first"))
 
     #  Make a change to header/footer/nav
@@ -245,6 +246,7 @@ body > table > tr:nth-child(3) > td:nth-child(3)""",
                 "url": test_url,
                 "tags": "",
                 "fetch_backend": "html_requests",
+                "time_between_check_use_default": "y",
             },
             follow_redirects=True,
         )

changedetectionio/tests/test_errorhandling.py

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def _runner_test_http_errors(client, live_server, http_code, expected_text):
 
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
     # no change
-    assert b'unviewed' not in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' not in res.data
     assert bytes(expected_text.encode('utf-8')) in res.data
 
 
@@ -127,7 +127,8 @@ def test_low_level_errors_clear_correctly(client, live_server, measure_memory_us
         url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"),
         data={
             "url": test_url,
-            "fetch_backend": "html_requests"},
+            "fetch_backend": "html_requests",
+            "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
 

changedetectionio/tests/test_extract_regex.py

@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ def test_check_filter_multiline(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
               "url": test_url,
               "tags": "",
               "headers": "",
-              'fetch_backend': "html_requests"
+              'fetch_backend': "html_requests",
+              "time_between_check_use_default": "y"
               },
         follow_redirects=True
     )
@@ -149,7 +150,8 @@ def test_check_filter_and_regex_extract(client, live_server, measure_memory_usag
               "url": test_url,
               "tags": "",
               "headers": "",
-              'fetch_backend': "html_requests"
+              'fetch_backend': "html_requests",
+              "time_between_check_use_default": "y"
               },
         follow_redirects=True
     )
@@ -172,10 +174,10 @@ def test_check_filter_and_regex_extract(client, live_server, measure_memory_usag
     # Give the thread time to pick it up
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
-    # It should have 'unviewed' still
+    # It should have 'has-unread-changes' still
     # Because it should be looking at only that 'sametext' id
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'unviewed' in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' in res.data
 
     # Check HTML conversion detected and workd
     res = client.get(
@@ -222,7 +224,8 @@ def test_regex_error_handling(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
         url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"),
         data={"extract_text": '/something bad\d{3/XYZ',
               "url": test_url,
-              "fetch_backend": "html_requests"},
+              "fetch_backend": "html_requests",
+              "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
 

changedetectionio/tests/test_filter_exist_changes.py

@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ def test_filter_doesnt_exist_then_exists_should_get_notification(client, live_se
         "title": "my title",
         "headers": "",
         "include_filters": '.ticket-available',
-        "fetch_backend": "html_requests"})
+        "fetch_backend": "html_requests",
+        "time_between_check_use_default": "y"})
 
     res = client.post(
         url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"),

changedetectionio/tests/test_filter_failure_notification.py

@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ def run_filter_test(client, live_server, content_filter):
                   "notification_format": "Text",
                   "fetch_backend": "html_requests",
                   "filter_failure_notification_send": 'y',
+                  "time_between_check_use_default": "y",
                   "headers": "",
                   "tags": "my tag",
                   "title": "my title 123",

changedetectionio/tests/test_group.py

@@ -424,7 +424,8 @@ def test_order_of_filters_tag_filter_and_watch_filter(client, live_server, measu
             "url": test_url,
             "tags": "test-tag-keep-order",
             "headers": "",
-            'fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
+            'fetch_backend': "html_requests",
+            "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"Updated watch." in res.data

changedetectionio/tests/test_ignore_text.py

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ def test_check_ignore_text_functionality(client, live_server, measure_memory_usa
     # Add our URL to the import page
     res = client.post(
         url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"),
-        data={"ignore_text": ignore_text, "url": test_url, 'fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
+        data={"ignore_text": ignore_text, "url": test_url, 'fetch_backend': "html_requests", "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"Updated watch." in res.data
@@ -128,9 +128,9 @@ def test_check_ignore_text_functionality(client, live_server, measure_memory_usa
     # Give the thread time to pick it up
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
-    # It should report nothing found (no new 'unviewed' class)
+    # It should report nothing found (no new 'has-unread-changes' class)
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'unviewed' not in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' not in res.data
     assert b'/test-endpoint' in res.data
 
     #  Make a change
@@ -141,9 +141,9 @@ def test_check_ignore_text_functionality(client, live_server, measure_memory_usa
     # Give the thread time to pick it up
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
-    # It should report nothing found (no new 'unviewed' class)
+    # It should report nothing found (no new 'has-unread-changes' class)
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'unviewed' not in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' not in res.data
     assert b'/test-endpoint' in res.data
 
 
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ def test_check_ignore_text_functionality(client, live_server, measure_memory_usa
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'unviewed' in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' in res.data
 
     res = client.get(url_for("ui.ui_views.preview_page", uuid="first"))
 
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ def _run_test_global_ignore(client, as_source=False, extra_ignore=""):
     #Adding some ignore text should not trigger a change
     res = client.post(
         url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"),
-        data={"ignore_text": "something irrelevent but just to check", "url": test_url, 'fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
+        data={"ignore_text": "something irrelevent but just to check", "url": test_url, 'fetch_backend': "html_requests", "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"Updated watch." in res.data
@@ -222,9 +222,9 @@ def _run_test_global_ignore(client, as_source=False, extra_ignore=""):
     # Trigger a check
     client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
-    # It should report nothing found (no new 'unviewed' class), adding random ignore text should not cause a change
+    # It should report nothing found (no new 'has-unread-changes' class), adding random ignore text should not cause a change
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'unviewed' not in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' not in res.data
     assert b'/test-endpoint' in res.data
 #####
 
@@ -238,10 +238,10 @@ def _run_test_global_ignore(client, as_source=False, extra_ignore=""):
     # Give the thread time to pick it up
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
-    # It should report nothing found (no new 'unviewed' class)
+    # It should report nothing found (no new 'has-unread-changes' class)
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
 
-    assert b'unviewed' not in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' not in res.data
     assert b'/test-endpoint' in res.data
 
     # Just to be sure.. set a regular modified change that will trigger it
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ def _run_test_global_ignore(client, as_source=False, extra_ignore=""):
     client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'unviewed' in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' in res.data
 
     res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
     assert b'Deleted' in res.data

changedetectionio/tests/test_ignorehyperlinks.py

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ def test_render_anchor_tag_content_true(client, live_server, measure_memory_usag
     assert '(/modified_link)' in res.data.decode()
 
     # since the link has changed, and we chose to render anchor tag content,
-    # we should detect a change (new 'unviewed' class)
+    # we should detect a change (new 'has-unread-changes' class)
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
     assert b"unviewed" in res.data
     assert b"/test-endpoint" in res.data

changedetectionio/tests/test_ignorestatuscode.py

@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ def test_normal_page_check_works_with_ignore_status_code(client, live_server, me
     # Give the thread time to pick it up
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
-    # It should report nothing found (no new 'unviewed' class)
+    # It should report nothing found (no new 'has-unread-changes' class)
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'unviewed' in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' in res.data
     assert b'/test-endpoint' in res.data
 
 
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ def test_403_page_check_works_with_ignore_status_code(client, live_server, measu
     # Add our URL to the import page
     res = client.post(
         url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"),
-        data={"ignore_status_codes": "y", "url": test_url, "tags": "", "headers": "", 'fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
+        data={"ignore_status_codes": "y", "url": test_url, "tags": "", "headers": "", 'fetch_backend': "html_requests", "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"Updated watch." in res.data
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ def test_403_page_check_works_with_ignore_status_code(client, live_server, measu
     # Give the thread time to pick it up
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
-    # It should have 'unviewed' still
+    # It should have 'has-unread-changes' still
     # Because it should be looking at only that 'sametext' id
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'unviewed' in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' in res.data
 

changedetectionio/tests/test_ignorewhitespace.py

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def test_check_ignore_whitespace(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     # Give the thread time to pick it up
     time.sleep(sleep_time_for_fetch_thread)
 
-    # It should report nothing found (no new 'unviewed' class)
+    # It should report nothing found (no new 'has-unread-changes' class)
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'unviewed' not in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' not in res.data
     assert b'/test-endpoint' in res.data

changedetectionio/tests/test_jinja2.py

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def test_jinja2_in_url_query(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     assert b"Watch added" in res.data
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
-    # It should report nothing found (no new 'unviewed' class)
+    # It should report nothing found (no new 'has-unread-changes' class)
     res = client.get(
         url_for("ui.ui_views.preview_page", uuid="first"),
         follow_redirects=True
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def test_jinja2_security_url_query(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     assert b"Watch added" in res.data
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
-    # It should report nothing found (no new 'unviewed' class)
+    # It should report nothing found (no new 'has-unread-changes' class)
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
     assert b'is invalid and cannot be used' in res.data
     # Some of the spewed output from the subclasses

changedetectionio/tests/test_jsonpath_jq_selector.py

@@ -257,7 +257,8 @@ def check_json_filter(json_filter, client, live_server):
               "url": test_url,
               "tags": "",
               "headers": "",
-              "fetch_backend": "html_requests"
+              "fetch_backend": "html_requests",
+              "time_between_check_use_default": "y"
               },
         follow_redirects=True
     )
@@ -279,9 +280,9 @@ def check_json_filter(json_filter, client, live_server):
     # Give the thread time to pick it up
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
-    # It should have 'unviewed' still
+    # It should have 'has-unread-changes' still
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'unviewed' in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' in res.data
 
     # Should not see this, because its not in the JSONPath we entered
     res = client.get(url_for("ui.ui_views.diff_history_page", uuid="first"))
@@ -328,7 +329,8 @@ def check_json_filter_bool_val(json_filter, client, live_server):
               "url": test_url,
               "tags": "",
               "headers": "",
-              "fetch_backend": "html_requests"
+              "fetch_backend": "html_requests",
+              "time_between_check_use_default": "y"
               },
         follow_redirects=True
     )
@@ -393,7 +395,8 @@ def check_json_ext_filter(json_filter, client, live_server):
               "url": test_url,
               "tags": "",
               "headers": "",
-              "fetch_backend": "html_requests"
+              "fetch_backend": "html_requests",
+              "time_between_check_use_default": "y"
               },
         follow_redirects=True
     )
@@ -415,14 +418,14 @@ def check_json_ext_filter(json_filter, client, live_server):
     # Give the thread time to pick it up
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
-    # It should have 'unviewed'
+    # It should have 'has-unread-changes'
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'unviewed' in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' in res.data
 
     res = client.get(url_for("ui.ui_views.preview_page", uuid="first"))
 
     # We should never see 'ForSale' because we are selecting on 'Sold' in the rule,
-    # But we should know it triggered ('unviewed' assert above)
+    # But we should know it triggered ('has-unread-changes' assert above)
     assert b'ForSale' not in res.data
     assert b'Sold' in res.data
 
@@ -462,7 +465,7 @@ def test_ignore_json_order(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'unviewed' not in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' not in res.data
 
     # Just to be sure it still works
     with open("test-datastore/endpoint-content.txt", "w") as f:
@@ -473,7 +476,7 @@ def test_ignore_json_order(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'unviewed' in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' in res.data
 
     res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
     assert b'Deleted' in res.data

changedetectionio/tests/test_live_preview.py

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ def test_content_filter_live_preview(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
             "ignore_text": "something to ignore",
             "trigger_text": "something to trigger",
             "url": test_url,
+            "time_between_check_use_default": "y",
         },
         follow_redirects=True
     )

changedetectionio/tests/test_nonrenderable_pages.py

@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ def test_check_basic_change_detection_functionality(client, live_server, measure
 
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
-    # It should report nothing found (no new 'unviewed' class)
+    # It should report nothing found (no new 'has-unread-changes' class)
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'unviewed' not in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' not in res.data
 
 
     #####################
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ def test_check_basic_change_detection_functionality(client, live_server, measure
     # Give the thread time to pick it up
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
-    # It should report nothing found (no new 'unviewed' class)
+    # It should report nothing found (no new 'has-unread-changes' class)
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'unviewed' not in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' not in res.data
 
     uuid = next(iter(live_server.app.config['DATASTORE'].data['watching']))
     watch = live_server.app.config['DATASTORE'].data['watching'][uuid]
@@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ def test_check_basic_change_detection_functionality(client, live_server, measure
     # Give the thread time to pick it up
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
-    # It should report nothing found (no new 'unviewed' class)
+    # It should report nothing found (no new 'has-unread-changes' class)
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'unviewed' in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' in res.data
     client.get(url_for("ui.mark_all_viewed"), follow_redirects=True)
     time.sleep(0.2)
 
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ def test_check_basic_change_detection_functionality(client, live_server, measure
 
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'unviewed' in res.data # A change should have registered because empty_pages_are_a_change is ON
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' in res.data # A change should have registered because empty_pages_are_a_change is ON
     assert b'fetch-error' not in res.data
 
     #

changedetectionio/tests/test_notification.py

@@ -108,7 +108,8 @@ def test_check_notification(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
         "tags": "my tag, my second tag",
         "title": "my title",
         "headers": "",
-        "fetch_backend": "html_requests"})
+        "fetch_backend": "html_requests",
+        "time_between_check_use_default": "y"})
 
     res = client.post(
         url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"),
@@ -225,7 +226,8 @@ def test_check_notification(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
         "notification_title": '',
         "notification_body": '',
         "notification_format": default_notification_format,
-        "fetch_backend": "html_requests"},
+        "fetch_backend": "html_requests",
+        "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"Updated watch." in res.data

changedetectionio/tests/test_notification_errors.py

@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ def test_check_notification_error_handling(client, live_server, measure_memory_u
               "title": "",
               "headers": "",
               "time_between_check-minutes": "180",
-              "fetch_backend": "html_requests"},
+              "fetch_backend": "html_requests",
+              "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"Updated watch." in res.data

changedetectionio/tests/test_pdf.py

@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ def test_fetch_pdf(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
-    # Now something should be ready, indicated by having a 'unviewed' class
+    # Now something should be ready, indicated by having a 'has-unread-changes' class
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'unviewed' in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' in res.data
 
     # The original checksum should be not be here anymore (cdio adds it to the bottom of the text)
 

changedetectionio/tests/test_preview_endpoints.py

@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ def test_fetch_pdf(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
-    # Now something should be ready, indicated by having a 'unviewed' class
+    # Now something should be ready, indicated by having a 'has-unread-changes' class
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'unviewed' in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' in res.data
 
     # The original checksum should be not be here anymore (cdio adds it to the bottom of the text)
 

changedetectionio/tests/test_request.py

@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ def test_headers_in_request(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
               "url": test_url,
               "tags": "",
               "fetch_backend": 'html_webdriver' if os.getenv('PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_URL') else 'html_requests',
-              "headers": "jinja2:{{ 1+1 }}\nxxx:ooo\ncool:yeah\r\ncookie:"+cookie_header},
+              "headers": "jinja2:{{ 1+1 }}\nxxx:ooo\ncool:yeah\r\ncookie:"+cookie_header,
+              "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"Updated watch." in res.data
@@ -109,7 +110,8 @@ def test_body_in_request(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
               "tags": "",
               "method": "POST",
               "fetch_backend": "html_requests",
-              "body": "something something"},
+              "body": "something something",
+              "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"Updated watch." in res.data
@@ -126,7 +128,8 @@ def test_body_in_request(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
               "tags": "",
               "method": "POST",
               "fetch_backend": "html_requests",
-              "body": body_value},
+              "body": body_value,
+              "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"Updated watch." in res.data
@@ -172,7 +175,8 @@ def test_body_in_request(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
               "tags": "",
               "method": "GET",
               "fetch_backend": "html_requests",
-              "body": "invalid"},
+              "body": "invalid",
+              "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"Body must be empty when Request Method is set to GET" in res.data
@@ -211,7 +215,8 @@ def test_method_in_request(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
             "url": test_url,
             "tags": "",
             "fetch_backend": "html_requests",
-            "method": "invalid"},
+            "method": "invalid",
+            "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"Not a valid choice" in res.data
@@ -223,7 +228,8 @@ def test_method_in_request(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
             "url": test_url,
             "tags": "",
             "fetch_backend": "html_requests",
-            "method": "PATCH"},
+            "method": "PATCH",
+            "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"Updated watch." in res.data
@@ -297,7 +303,8 @@ def test_ua_global_override(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
             "tags": "testtag",
             "fetch_backend": 'html_requests',
             # Important - also test case-insensitive
-            "headers": "User-AGent: agent-from-watch"},
+            "headers": "User-AGent: agent-from-watch",
+            "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"Updated watch." in res.data
@@ -365,7 +372,8 @@ def test_headers_textfile_in_request(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
             "url": test_url,
             "tags": "testtag",
             "fetch_backend": 'html_webdriver' if os.getenv('PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_URL') else 'html_requests',
-            "headers": "xxx:ooo\ncool:yeah\r\n"},
+            "headers": "xxx:ooo\ncool:yeah\r\n",
+            "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"Updated watch." in res.data
@@ -440,7 +448,8 @@ def test_headers_validation(client, live_server):
         data={
             "url": test_url,
             "fetch_backend": 'html_requests',
-            "headers": "User-AGent agent-from-watch\r\nsadfsadfsadfsdaf\r\n:foobar"},
+            "headers": "User-AGent agent-from-watch\r\nsadfsadfsadfsdaf\r\n:foobar",
+            "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
 

changedetectionio/tests/test_restock_itemprop.py

@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ def test_itemprop_price_change(client, live_server):
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
     assert b'180.45' in res.data
-    assert b'unviewed' in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' in res.data
     client.get(url_for("ui.mark_all_viewed"), follow_redirects=True)
     time.sleep(0.2)
 
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ def test_itemprop_price_change(client, live_server):
     set_original_response(props_markup=instock_props[0], price='120.45')
     res = client.post(
         url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"),
-        data={"restock_settings-follow_price_changes": "", "url": test_url, "tags": "", "headers": "", 'fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
+        data={"restock_settings-follow_price_changes": "", "url": test_url, "tags": "", "headers": "", 'fetch_backend': "html_requests", "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"Updated watch." in res.data
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ def test_itemprop_price_change(client, live_server):
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
     assert b'120.45' in res.data
-    assert b'unviewed' not in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' not in res.data
 
 
     res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
@@ -155,7 +155,8 @@ def _run_test_minmax_limit(client, extra_watch_edit_form):
         "url": test_url,
         "headers": "",
         "time_between_check-hours": 5,
-        'fetch_backend': "html_requests"
+        'fetch_backend': "html_requests",
+        "time_between_check_use_default": "y"
     }
     data.update(extra_watch_edit_form)
     res = client.post(
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ def _run_test_minmax_limit(client, extra_watch_edit_form):
     assert b'more than one price detected' not in res.data
     # BUT the new price should show, even tho its within limits
     assert b'1,000.45' or b'1000.45' in res.data #depending on locale
-    assert b'unviewed' not in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' not in res.data
 
     # price changed to something LESS than min (900), SHOULD be a change
     set_original_response(props_markup=instock_props[0], price='890.45')
@@ -187,7 +188,7 @@ def _run_test_minmax_limit(client, extra_watch_edit_form):
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
     assert b'890.45' in res.data
-    assert b'unviewed' in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' in res.data
 
     client.get(url_for("ui.mark_all_viewed"))
 
@@ -199,7 +200,7 @@ def _run_test_minmax_limit(client, extra_watch_edit_form):
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
     assert b'820.45' in res.data
-    assert b'unviewed' in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' in res.data
     client.get(url_for("ui.mark_all_viewed"))
 
     # price changed to something MORE than max (1100.10), SHOULD be a change
@@ -209,7 +210,7 @@ def _run_test_minmax_limit(client, extra_watch_edit_form):
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
     # Depending on the LOCALE it may be either of these (generally for US/default/etc)
     assert b'1,890.45' in res.data or b'1890.45' in res.data
-    assert b'unviewed' in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' in res.data
 
     res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
     assert b'Deleted' in res.data
@@ -278,7 +279,8 @@ def test_itemprop_percent_threshold(client, live_server):
               "url": test_url,
               "tags": "",
               "headers": "",
-              'fetch_backend': "html_requests"
+              'fetch_backend': "html_requests",
+              "time_between_check_use_default": "y"
               },
         follow_redirects=True
     )
@@ -292,7 +294,7 @@ def test_itemprop_percent_threshold(client, live_server):
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
     assert b'960.45' in res.data
-    assert b'unviewed' not in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' not in res.data
 
     # Bigger INCREASE change than the threshold should trigger
     set_original_response(props_markup=instock_props[0], price='1960.45')
@@ -300,7 +302,7 @@ def test_itemprop_percent_threshold(client, live_server):
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
     assert b'1,960.45' or b'1960.45' in res.data #depending on locale
-    assert b'unviewed' in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' in res.data
 
 
     # Small decrease should NOT trigger
@@ -310,7 +312,7 @@ def test_itemprop_percent_threshold(client, live_server):
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
     assert b'1,950.45' or b'1950.45' in res.data #depending on locale
-    assert b'unviewed' not in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' not in res.data
 
 
 

changedetectionio/tests/test_rss.py

@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ def test_rss_xpath_filtering(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
                 "proxy": "no-proxy",
                 "tags": "",
                 "url": test_url,
+                "time_between_check_use_default": "y",
               },
         follow_redirects=True
     )

changedetectionio/tests/test_scheduler.py

@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 import time
+from copy import copy
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
 from flask import url_for
 from .util import  live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks, extract_UUID_from_client
+from ..forms import REQUIRE_ATLEAST_ONE_TIME_PART_MESSAGE_DEFAULT, REQUIRE_ATLEAST_ONE_TIME_PART_WHEN_NOT_GLOBAL_DEFAULT
+
 
 # def test_setup(client, live_server):
    #  live_server_setup(live_server) # Setup on conftest per function
@@ -42,11 +45,12 @@ def test_check_basic_scheduler_functionality(client, live_server, measure_memory
     uuid = next(iter(live_server.app.config['DATASTORE'].data['watching']))
 
     # Setup all the days of the weeks using XXX as the placeholder for monday/tuesday/etc
-
+    last_check = copy(live_server.app.config['DATASTORE'].data['watching'][uuid]['last_checked'])
     tpl = {
         "time_schedule_limit-XXX-start_time": "00:00",
         "time_schedule_limit-XXX-duration-hours": 24,
         "time_schedule_limit-XXX-duration-minutes": 0,
+        "time_between_check-seconds": 1,
         "time_schedule_limit-XXX-enabled": '',  # All days are turned off
         "time_schedule_limit-enabled": 'y',  # Scheduler is enabled, all days however are off.
     }
@@ -58,13 +62,13 @@ def test_check_basic_scheduler_functionality(client, live_server, measure_memory
             new_key = key.replace("XXX", day)
             scheduler_data[new_key] = value
 
-    last_check = live_server.app.config['DATASTORE'].data['watching'][uuid]['last_checked']
     data = {
         "url": test_url,
-        "fetch_backend": "html_requests"
+        "fetch_backend": "html_requests",
+        "time_between_check_use_default": "" # no
     }
     data.update(scheduler_data)
-
+    time.sleep(1)
     res = client.post(
         url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"),
         data=data,
@@ -77,6 +81,7 @@ def test_check_basic_scheduler_functionality(client, live_server, measure_memory
 
     # "Edit" should not trigger a check because it's not enabled in the schedule.
     time.sleep(2)
+    # "time_schedule_limit-XXX-enabled": '',  # All days are turned off, therefor, nothing should happen here..
     assert live_server.app.config['DATASTORE'].data['watching'][uuid]['last_checked'] == last_check
 
     # Enabling today in Kiritimati should work flawless
@@ -177,3 +182,44 @@ def test_check_basic_global_scheduler_functionality(client, live_server, measure
     # Cleanup everything
     res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
     assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+
+
+def test_validation_time_interval_field(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
+    test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
+    res = client.post(
+        url_for("imports.import_page"),
+        data={"urls": test_url},
+        follow_redirects=True
+    )
+    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+
+
+    res = client.post(
+        url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"),
+        data={"trigger_text": 'The golden line',
+              "url": test_url,
+              'fetch_backend': "html_requests",
+              'filter_text_removed': 'y',
+              "time_between_check_use_default": ""
+              },
+        follow_redirects=True
+    )
+
+    assert REQUIRE_ATLEAST_ONE_TIME_PART_WHEN_NOT_GLOBAL_DEFAULT.encode('utf-8') in res.data
+
+    # Now set atleast something
+
+    res = client.post(
+        url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"),
+        data={"trigger_text": 'The golden line',
+              "url": test_url,
+              'fetch_backend': "html_requests",
+              "time_between_check-minutes": 1,
+              "time_between_check_use_default": ""
+              },
+        follow_redirects=True
+    )
+
+    assert REQUIRE_ATLEAST_ONE_TIME_PART_WHEN_NOT_GLOBAL_DEFAULT.encode('utf-8') not in res.data
+
+

changedetectionio/tests/test_search.py

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def test_basic_search(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 
     res = client.post(
         url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"),
-        data={"title": "xxx-title", "url": urls[0], "tags": "", "headers": "", 'fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
+        data={"title": "xxx-title", "url": urls[0], "tags": "", "headers": "", 'fetch_backend': "html_requests", "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"Updated watch." in res.data
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def test_search_in_tag_limit(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     res = client.post(
         url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"),
         data={"title": "xxx-title", "url": urls[0].split(' ')[0], "tags": urls[0].split(' ')[1], "headers": "",
-              'fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
+              'fetch_backend': "html_requests", "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"Updated watch." in res.data

changedetectionio/tests/test_security.py

@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ def test_bad_access(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
               "tags": "",
               "method": "GET",
               "fetch_backend": "html_requests",
-              "body": ""},
+              "body": "",
+              "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
 
@@ -150,7 +151,8 @@ def test_xss_watch_last_error(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
         data={
             "include_filters": '<a href="https://foobar"></a><script>alert(123);</script>',
             "url": url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True),
-            'fetch_backend': "html_requests"
+            'fetch_backend': "html_requests",
+            "time_between_check_use_default": "y"
         },
         follow_redirects=True
     )

changedetectionio/tests/test_share_watch.py

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def test_share_watch(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     # Add our URL to the import page
     res = client.post(
         url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"),
-        data={"include_filters": include_filters, "url": test_url, "tags": "", "headers": "", 'fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
+        data={"include_filters": include_filters, "url": test_url, "tags": "", "headers": "", 'fetch_backend': "html_requests", "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"Updated watch." in res.data

changedetectionio/tests/test_source.py

@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ def test_check_basic_change_detection_functionality_source(client, live_server,
 
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
-    # Now something should be ready, indicated by having a 'unviewed' class
+    # Now something should be ready, indicated by having a 'has-unread-changes' class
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'unviewed' in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' in res.data
 
     res = client.get(
         url_for("ui.ui_views.diff_history_page", uuid="first"),
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ def test_check_ignore_elements(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 
     client.post(
         url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"),
-        data={"include_filters": 'span,p', "url": test_url, "tags": "", "subtractive_selectors": ".foobar-detection", 'fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
+        data={"include_filters": 'span,p', "url": test_url, "tags": "", "subtractive_selectors": ".foobar-detection", 'fetch_backend': "html_requests", "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
 

changedetectionio/tests/test_trigger.py

@@ -72,7 +72,13 @@ def test_trigger_functionality(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     )
     assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
 
-    # Trigger a check
+
+    # And set the trigger text as 'ignore text', it should then not trigger
+    live_server.app.config['DATASTORE'].data['settings']['application']['global_ignore_text'] = [trigger_text]
+
+
+
+# Trigger a check
     client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
 
     # Goto the edit page, add our ignore text
@@ -81,7 +87,8 @@ def test_trigger_functionality(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
         url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"),
         data={"trigger_text": trigger_text,
               "url": test_url,
-              "fetch_backend": "html_requests"},
+              "fetch_backend": "html_requests",
+              "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"Updated watch." in res.data
@@ -95,7 +102,7 @@ def test_trigger_functionality(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 
 
     
-    # so that we set the state to 'unviewed' after all the edits
+    # so that we set the state to 'has-unread-changes' after all the edits
     client.get(url_for("ui.ui_views.diff_history_page", uuid="first"))
 
     # Trigger a check
@@ -103,9 +110,9 @@ def test_trigger_functionality(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
-    # It should report nothing found (no new 'unviewed' class)
+    # It should report nothing found (no new 'has-unread-changes' class)
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'unviewed' not in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' not in res.data
     assert b'/test-endpoint' in res.data
 
     #  Make a change
@@ -115,19 +122,30 @@ def test_trigger_functionality(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
-    # It should report nothing found (no new 'unviewed' class)
+    # It should report nothing found (no new 'has-unread-changes' class)
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'unviewed' not in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' not in res.data
 
     # Now set the content which contains the trigger text
     set_modified_with_trigger_text_response()
 
+    # There is a "ignore text" set of the change that should be also the trigger, it should not trigger
+    # because the ignore text should be stripped from the response, therefor, the trigger should not fire
     client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'unviewed' in res.data
-    
-    # https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/issues/616
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' not in res.data
+
+
+    live_server.app.config['DATASTORE'].data['settings']['application']['global_ignore_text'] = []
+    # check that the trigger fired once we stopped ignore it
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
+    wait_for_all_checks(client)
+    res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' in res.data
+
+
+# https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/issues/616
     # Apparently the actual snapshot that contains the trigger never shows
     res = client.get(url_for("ui.ui_views.diff_history_page", uuid="first"))
     assert b'Add to cart' in res.data

changedetectionio/tests/test_trigger_regex.py

@@ -42,18 +42,19 @@ def test_trigger_regex_functionality(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 
     # It should report nothing found (just a new one shouldnt have anything)
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'unviewed' not in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' not in res.data
 
     ### test regex
     res = client.post(
         url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"),
         data={"trigger_text": '/something \d{3}/',
               "url": test_url,
-              "fetch_backend": "html_requests"},
+              "fetch_backend": "html_requests",
+              "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
-    # so that we set the state to 'unviewed' after all the edits
+    # so that we set the state to 'has-unread-changes' after all the edits
     client.get(url_for("ui.ui_views.diff_history_page", uuid="first"))
 
     with open("test-datastore/endpoint-content.txt", "w") as f:
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ def test_trigger_regex_functionality(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 
     # It should report nothing found (nothing should match the regex)
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'unviewed' not in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' not in res.data
 
     with open("test-datastore/endpoint-content.txt", "w") as f:
         f.write("regex test123<br>\nsomething 123")
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ def test_trigger_regex_functionality(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'unviewed' in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' in res.data
 
     # Cleanup everything
     res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)

changedetectionio/tests/test_trigger_regex_with_filter.py

@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ def test_trigger_regex_functionality_with_filter(client, live_server, measure_me
         data={"trigger_text": "/cool.stuff/",
               "url": test_url,
               "include_filters": '#in-here',
-              "fetch_backend": "html_requests"},
+              "fetch_backend": "html_requests",
+              "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
 
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ def test_trigger_regex_functionality_with_filter(client, live_server, measure_me
 
     # It should report nothing found (nothing should match the regex and filter)
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'unviewed' not in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' not in res.data
 
     # now this should trigger something
     with open("test-datastore/endpoint-content.txt", "w") as f:
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ def test_trigger_regex_functionality_with_filter(client, live_server, measure_me
     client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
     time.sleep(sleep_time_for_fetch_thread)
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'unviewed' in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' in res.data
 
 # Cleanup everything
     res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)

changedetectionio/tests/test_ui.py

@@ -2,12 +2,107 @@
 
 from flask import url_for
 from .util import set_original_response, set_modified_response, live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks
+from ..forms import REQUIRE_ATLEAST_ONE_TIME_PART_WHEN_NOT_GLOBAL_DEFAULT, REQUIRE_ATLEAST_ONE_TIME_PART_MESSAGE_DEFAULT
+
+
+def test_recheck_time_field_validation_global_settings(client, live_server):
+    """
+    Tests that the global settings time field has atleast one value for week/day/hours/minute/seconds etc entered
+    class globalSettingsRequestForm(Form):
+        time_between_check = RequiredFormField(TimeBetweenCheckForm)
+    """
+    res = client.post(
+        url_for("settings.settings_page"),
+        data={
+              "requests-time_between_check-weeks": '',
+              "requests-time_between_check-days": '',
+              "requests-time_between_check-hours": '',
+              "requests-time_between_check-minutes": '',
+              "requests-time_between_check-seconds": '',
+              },
+        follow_redirects=True
+    )
+
+
+    assert REQUIRE_ATLEAST_ONE_TIME_PART_MESSAGE_DEFAULT.encode('utf-8') in res.data
+
+
+def test_recheck_time_field_validation_single_watch(client, live_server):
+    """
+    Tests that the global settings time field has atleast one value for week/day/hours/minute/seconds etc entered
+    class globalSettingsRequestForm(Form):
+        time_between_check = RequiredFormField(TimeBetweenCheckForm)
+    """
+    test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
+
+    # Add our URL to the import page
+    res = client.post(
+        url_for("imports.import_page"),
+        data={"urls": test_url},
+        follow_redirects=True
+    )
+
+    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+
+    res = client.post(
+        url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"),
+        data={
+            "url": test_url,
+            'fetch_backend': "html_requests",
+            "time_between_check_use_default": "",  # OFF
+            "time_between_check-weeks": '',
+            "time_between_check-days": '',
+            "time_between_check-hours": '',
+            "time_between_check-minutes": '',
+            "time_between_check-seconds": '',
+        },
+        follow_redirects=True
+    )
+
+
+    assert REQUIRE_ATLEAST_ONE_TIME_PART_WHEN_NOT_GLOBAL_DEFAULT.encode('utf-8') in res.data
+
+    # Now set some time
+    res = client.post(
+        url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"),
+        data={
+            "url": test_url,
+            'fetch_backend': "html_requests",
+            "time_between_check_use_default": "",  # OFF
+            "time_between_check-weeks": '',
+            "time_between_check-days": '',
+            "time_between_check-hours": '',
+            "time_between_check-minutes": '5',
+            "time_between_check-seconds": '',
+        },
+        follow_redirects=True
+    )
+
+    assert b"Updated watch." in res.data
+    assert REQUIRE_ATLEAST_ONE_TIME_PART_WHEN_NOT_GLOBAL_DEFAULT.encode('utf-8') not in res.data
+
+    # Now set to use defaults
+    res = client.post(
+        url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"),
+        data={
+            "url": test_url,
+            'fetch_backend': "html_requests",
+            "time_between_check_use_default": "y",  # ON YES
+            "time_between_check-weeks": '',
+            "time_between_check-days": '',
+            "time_between_check-hours": '',
+            "time_between_check-minutes": '',
+            "time_between_check-seconds": '',
+        },
+        follow_redirects=True
+    )
+
+    assert b"Updated watch." in res.data
+    assert REQUIRE_ATLEAST_ONE_TIME_PART_WHEN_NOT_GLOBAL_DEFAULT.encode('utf-8') not in res.data
 
 def test_checkbox_open_diff_in_new_tab(client, live_server):
     
     set_original_response()
-   #  live_server_setup(live_server) # Setup on conftest per function
-
     # Add our URL to the import page
     res = client.post(
         url_for("imports.import_page"),
@@ -78,3 +173,119 @@ def test_checkbox_open_diff_in_new_tab(client, live_server):
     # Cleanup everything
     res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
     assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+
+def test_page_title_listing_behaviour(client, live_server):
+
+    set_original_response(extra_title="custom html")
+
+    # either the manually entered title/description or the page link should be visible
+    res = client.post(
+        url_for("settings.settings_page"),
+        data={"application-ui-use_page_title_in_list": "",
+              "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180,
+              'application-fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
+        follow_redirects=True
+    )
+    assert b"Settings updated." in res.data
+
+
+    # Add our URL to the import page
+    res = client.post(
+        url_for("imports.import_page"),
+        data={"urls": url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)},
+        follow_redirects=True
+    )
+
+    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    wait_for_all_checks(client)
+
+    # We see the URL only, no title/description was manually entered
+    res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
+    assert url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True).encode('utf-8') in res.data
+
+
+    # Now 'my title' should override
+    res = client.post(
+        url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"),
+        data={
+        "url": url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True),
+        "title": "my title",
+        "fetch_backend": "html_requests",
+        "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
+        follow_redirects=True
+    )
+    assert b"Updated watch." in res.data
+    res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
+    assert b"my title" in res.data
+
+    # Now we enable page <title> and unset the override title/description
+    res = client.post(
+        url_for("settings.settings_page"),
+        data={"application-ui-use_page_title_in_list": "y",
+              "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180,
+              'application-fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
+        follow_redirects=True
+    )
+    assert b"Settings updated." in res.data
+
+    # Page title description override should take precedence
+    res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
+    assert b"my title" in res.data
+
+    # Remove page title description override and it should fall back to title
+    res = client.post(
+        url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"),
+        data={
+        "url": url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True),
+        "title": "",
+        "fetch_backend": "html_requests",
+        "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
+        follow_redirects=True
+    )
+    assert b"Updated watch." in res.data
+
+    # No page title description, and 'use_page_title_in_list' is on, it should show the <title>
+    res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
+    assert b"head titlecustom html" in res.data
+
+
+def test_ui_viewed_unread_flag(client, live_server):
+
+    import time
+
+    set_original_response(extra_title="custom html")
+
+    # Add our URL to the import page
+    res = client.post(
+        url_for("imports.import_page"),
+        data={"urls": url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)+"\r\n"+url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)},
+        follow_redirects=True
+    )
+
+    assert b"2 Imported" in res.data
+    wait_for_all_checks(client)
+
+    set_modified_response()
+    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
+    assert b'Queued 2 watches for rechecking.' in res.data
+    wait_for_all_checks(client)
+    res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
+    assert b'<span id="unread-tab-counter">2</span>' in res.data
+    assert res.data.count(b'data-watch-uuid') == 2
+
+    # one should now be viewed, but two in total still
+    client.get(url_for("ui.ui_views.diff_history_page", uuid="first"))
+    res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
+    assert b'<span id="unread-tab-counter">1</span>' in res.data
+    assert res.data.count(b'data-watch-uuid') == 2
+
+    # check ?unread=1 works
+    res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index")+"?unread=1")
+    assert res.data.count(b'data-watch-uuid') == 1
+    assert b'<span id="unread-tab-counter">1</span>' in res.data
+
+    # Mark all viewed test again
+    client.get(url_for("ui.mark_all_viewed"), follow_redirects=True)
+    time.sleep(0.2)
+    res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
+    assert b'<span id="unread-tab-counter">0</span>' in res.data

changedetectionio/tests/test_unique_lines.py

@@ -92,11 +92,12 @@ def test_unique_lines_functionality(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
         url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"),
         data={"check_unique_lines": "y",
               "url": test_url,
-              "fetch_backend": "html_requests"},
+              "fetch_backend": "html_requests",
+              "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"Updated watch." in res.data
-    assert b'unviewed' not in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' not in res.data
 
     #  Make a change
     set_modified_swapped_lines()
@@ -107,16 +108,16 @@ def test_unique_lines_functionality(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     # Give the thread time to pick it up
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
-    # It should report nothing found (no new 'unviewed' class)
+    # It should report nothing found (no new 'has-unread-changes' class)
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'unviewed' not in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' not in res.data
 
     # Now set the content which contains the new text and re-ordered existing text
     set_modified_with_trigger_text_response()
     client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'unviewed' in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' in res.data
     res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
     assert b'Deleted' in res.data
 
@@ -140,7 +141,8 @@ def test_sort_lines_functionality(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
         url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"),
         data={"sort_text_alphabetically": "n",
               "url": test_url,
-              "fetch_backend": "html_requests"},
+              "fetch_backend": "html_requests",
+              "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"Updated watch." in res.data
@@ -155,7 +157,7 @@ def test_sort_lines_functionality(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
     # Should be a change registered
-    assert b'unviewed' in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' in res.data
 
     res = client.get(
         url_for("ui.ui_views.preview_page", uuid="first"),
@@ -192,7 +194,8 @@ def test_extra_filters(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
               "trim_text_whitespace": "y",
               "sort_text_alphabetically": "",  # leave this OFF for testing
               "url": test_url,
-              "fetch_backend": "html_requests"},
+              "fetch_backend": "html_requests",
+              "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"Updated watch." in res.data

changedetectionio/tests/test_watch_fields_storage.py

@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ def test_check_watch_field_storage(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
                "url": test_url,
                "tags": "woohoo",
                "headers": "curl:foo",
-               'fetch_backend': "html_requests"
+               'fetch_backend': "html_requests",
+               "time_between_check_use_default": "y"
                },
         follow_redirects=True
     )

changedetectionio/tests/test_xpath_selector.py

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def test_check_xpath_filter_utf8(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
     res = client.post(
         url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"),
-        data={"include_filters": filter, "url": test_url, "tags": "", "headers": "", 'fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
+        data={"include_filters": filter, "url": test_url, "tags": "", "headers": "", 'fetch_backend': "html_requests", "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"Updated watch." in res.data
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ def test_check_xpath_text_function_utf8(client, live_server, measure_memory_usag
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
     res = client.post(
         url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"),
-        data={"include_filters": filter, "url": test_url, "tags": "", "headers": "", 'fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
+        data={"include_filters": filter, "url": test_url, "tags": "", "headers": "", 'fetch_backend': "html_requests", "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"Updated watch." in res.data
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ def test_check_markup_xpath_filter_restriction(client, live_server, measure_memo
     # Add our URL to the import page
     res = client.post(
         url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"),
-        data={"include_filters": xpath_filter, "url": test_url, "tags": "", "headers": "", 'fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
+        data={"include_filters": xpath_filter, "url": test_url, "tags": "", "headers": "", 'fetch_backend': "html_requests", "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"Updated watch." in res.data
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ def test_check_markup_xpath_filter_restriction(client, live_server, measure_memo
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'unviewed' not in res.data
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' not in res.data
     res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
     assert b'Deleted' in res.data
 
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ def test_xpath_validation(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 
     res = client.post(
         url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"),
-        data={"include_filters": "/something horrible", "url": test_url, "tags": "", "headers": "", 'fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
+        data={"include_filters": "/something horrible", "url": test_url, "tags": "", "headers": "", 'fetch_backend': "html_requests", "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"is not a valid XPath expression" in res.data
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ def test_xpath23_prefix_validation(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 
     res = client.post(
         url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"),
-        data={"include_filters": "xpath:/something horrible", "url": test_url, "tags": "", "headers": "", 'fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
+        data={"include_filters": "xpath:/something horrible", "url": test_url, "tags": "", "headers": "", 'fetch_backend': "html_requests", "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"is not a valid XPath expression" in res.data
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ def test_xpath1_lxml(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     res = client.post(
         url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"),
         data={"include_filters": "xpath1://title/text()", "url": test_url, "tags": "", "headers": "",
-              'fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
+              'fetch_backend': "html_requests", "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
 
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ def test_xpath1_validation(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 
     res = client.post(
         url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"),
-        data={"include_filters": "xpath1:/something horrible", "url": test_url, "tags": "", "headers": "", 'fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
+        data={"include_filters": "xpath1:/something horrible", "url": test_url, "tags": "", "headers": "", 'fetch_backend': "html_requests", "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"is not a valid XPath expression" in res.data
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ def test_check_with_prefix_include_filters(client, live_server, measure_memory_u
     res = client.post(
         url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"),
         data={"include_filters": "xpath://*[contains(@class, 'sametext')]", "url": test_url, "tags": "", "headers": "",
-              'fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
+              'fetch_backend': "html_requests", "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
 
@@ -413,7 +413,8 @@ def test_various_rules(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
                   "url": test_url,
                   "tags": "",
                   "headers": "",
-                  'fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
+                  'fetch_backend': "html_requests",
+                  "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
             follow_redirects=True
         )
         wait_for_all_checks(client)
@@ -444,7 +445,8 @@ def test_xpath_20(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
               "url": test_url,
               "tags": "",
               "headers": "",
-              'fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
+              'fetch_backend': "html_requests",
+              "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
 
@@ -481,7 +483,8 @@ def test_xpath_20_function_count(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
               "url": test_url,
               "tags": "",
               "headers": "",
-              'fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
+              'fetch_backend': "html_requests",
+              "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
 
@@ -517,7 +520,8 @@ def test_xpath_20_function_count2(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
               "url": test_url,
               "tags": "",
               "headers": "",
-              'fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
+              'fetch_backend': "html_requests",
+              "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
 
@@ -554,7 +558,8 @@ def test_xpath_20_function_string_join_matches(client, live_server, measure_memo
             "url": test_url,
             "tags": "",
             "headers": "",
-            'fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
+            'fetch_backend': "html_requests",
+            "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
 

changedetectionio/tests/util.py

@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ from flask import url_for
 import logging
 import time
 
-def set_original_response():
-    test_return_data = """<html>
-    <head><title>head title</title></head>
+def set_original_response(extra_title=''):
+    test_return_data = f"""<html>
+    <head><title>head title{extra_title}</title></head>
     <body>
      Some initial text<br>
      <p>Which is across multiple lines</p>

changedetectionio/tests/visualselector/test_fetch_data.py

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ def test_visual_selector_content_ready(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage
             # For now, cookies doesnt work in headers because it must be a full cookiejar object
             'headers': "testheader: yes\buser-agent: MyCustomAgent",
             'fetch_backend': "html_webdriver",
+            "time_between_check_use_default": "y",
         },
         follow_redirects=True
     )
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ def test_basic_browserstep(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
             'browser_steps-1-optional_value': '',
             # For now, cookies doesnt work in headers because it must be a full cookiejar object
             'headers': "testheader: yes\buser-agent: MyCustomAgent",
+            "time_between_check_use_default": "y",
         },
         follow_redirects=True
     )
@@ -167,7 +169,8 @@ def test_non_200_errors_report_browsersteps(client, live_server):
               'fetch_backend': "html_webdriver",
               'browser_steps-0-operation': 'Click element',
               'browser_steps-0-selector': 'button[name=test-button]',
-              'browser_steps-0-optional_value': ''
+              'browser_steps-0-optional_value': '',
+              "time_between_check_use_default": "y"
         },
         follow_redirects=True
     )